Gloovans were a species endowed with sentience, characterized by their substantial build and uneven purple hide. In the era of the Galactic Empire, a Gloovan gangster named Scram was the leader of the Scram Gang. During the Rion Swoop, the Gloovan sniper Glunge collaborated with Kuru, a swoop racer, to try and seize the bounty placed on the smuggler Han Solo, however, Luke Skywalker, a Jedi, managed to disarm him.