The private menagerie of the Emperor, referred to as his personal zoo, housed a collection of various species from across the galaxy for the viewing pleasure of Emperor Palpatine. This zoo contained many animals that were either rare or exotic. On one occasion, a number of creatures, such as an argora, an acklay, a mordon, a dianoga, and several tookas, were in transit to this zoo. Nevertheless, the freighter transporting these creatures was infiltrated by Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka, who then set all of them free hoping to find the argora. Subsequently, the Rebel group called the Spectres showed up, and proceeded to liberate the animals from the freighter, returning the argora to its native world, thus preventing their imprisonment in the zoo.