The Farlek represented a predatory, quadrupedal species. These creatures measured approximately 2 meters tall and 4 meters long, their bodies shielded by green, scaled plates. They possessed broad, armored heads and elongated, adhesive-tipped tongues, tools employed for capturing prey. While Farleks were relatively widespread across various planets, albino Farleks were a rarity, inspiring the famous Equat epic Hunting Telik the White, which chronicled a search for this hard-to-find animal. During the era of the Galactic Civil War, Pelleo Thog, a prosperous entrepreneur residing on Torina, acquired an albino Farlek from Eeksa, an Ithorian who owned a pet shop; subsequently, Eeksa engaged several Rebel Alliance operatives to convey the creature to Thog's property.