Eye/Legends

The eye was the primary visual organ of most biological lifeforms, comparable to the optics used by droids and cyborgs.

In most species, the eye worked by directing light onto the optic nerve by means of a lens, and was protected by an eyelid designed to remove foreign objects and shade against bright lights. But there were many variations, from the subtly degraded night-vision of the local human population of Hapes, through the glowing red eyes of the near-human Chiss, to the compound eyes of Rodians, the eyes of the Ssi-ruuk with their sensitive retinae and highly-evolved eyelids, and the exotic visual perceptions of the spacegoing Oswaft.

We should also think of species like the Miraluka, who had lost their eyes in the course of their evolution, depending instead on the Force, and the Shaper caste of the Yuuzhan Vong species, who had bred several species of highly sophisticated creatures called mqaaq'it to serve as symbiotic artificial eyes.

The photosensitive cilia the Cloak of the Nuun, another Yuuzhan Vong biot, are perhaps among the most exotic organic eyes known. Tiny membranes covering the creature's entire surface, they saw the immediate area with near-perfect accuracy from every angle, enabling the cloaker to disguise itself, chameleon-like, against its surroundings.