Asogian/Legends

The Children of the Green Planet were puddle-footed sapients indigenous to Brodo Asogi. They are the only species known to have left the Galaxy for exploration. They are also one of the many species in the Galaxy to refrain from wearing clothes.

Behind the scenes
E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet, a tie-in novel to the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, reveals "Children of the Green Planet" to be the translated name of E.T.'s species. It also mentions several names which other alien species have given E.T.'s homeworld, such as Brodo Asogi, all of which translate to "Green Planet". While the species itself is part of Star Wars canon, and the homeworld name is given in Cloak of Deception, the species name is not specified. Also, the ship that E.T. travels on looks very similar to a Core Ship, meaning that the Trade Federation, Techno Union, or any other wealthy financial powers may have been key in financing this expedition.

HoloNet News Vol. 531 50 also mentions that Senator Grebleips of Brodo Asogi funded an expedition to another galaxy. This is another reference to E.T., since E.T.'s visit to Earth takes place in a galaxy "far, far away" from the Star Wars galaxy. (E.T. is said to be "three million light years from home" in E.T.'s promotional materials, galaxies such as our Milky Way galaxy are only around 100,000 light years wide, and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way (Andromeda) is 2.5 million light years away. Thus, even without tying the two continuities together, E.T. must have been not only extra-terrestrial, but extra-galactic.)

While this is primarily an easter egg, and E.T. is probably not meant to be taken as part of Star Wars canon, some Star Wars references in E.T. can be reinterpreted in light of the E.T. references in Star Wars.

For example, E.T.'s telekinetic and telepathic abilities were not ultra-enhanced mental abilities, but rather E.T. was a Force-sensitive. When E.T. heals Eliott with the light finger trick, he actually practices Force Healing. Also, when E.T. goes trick-or-treating with the children, he spots a child in a Yoda mask and begins to follow that child saying "Home&hellip; home&hellip;" (Composer John Williams included a snippet of his "Yoda Theme" from The Empire Strikes Back to accompany this scene.) This could be interpreted as E.T. recognizing a familiar species from his home galaxy.

These creatures were inserted in the movie to make good on a promise -- after Steven Spielberg included a Yoda cameo and Star Wars toys in E.T., George Lucas promised to include an E.T. cameo in the next Star Wars film he made -- The Phantom Menace.

According to the Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide, Pat Welsh, the woman who did the voice for E.T. in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, also did the voice for the bounty hunter Boushh in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241