Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. Utai were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Sharing a common ancestor with the Ongree, Utai were a clan-based society that still bore common traits seen in baser cave-dwelling animals. Utai were a sentient species of amphibians that evolved on the verdant world of Utapau. Those few who did achieve knighthood often were drawn to the path of the Sentinel. Forceful members of the species were recruited by the Jedi Order in the wake of the Sith Wars, serving primarily as non-ranking members of the Jedi Service Corps. Despite the remoteness of their homeworld and the isolationist policies of the Pau'ans, Utai could be encountered in the greater galaxy, finding work in mass-construction sites and serving in the Trade Federation. Insofar as their evolution, the Utai were not as developed as the Pau'ans and were content to be ruled by the taller race while the Utai species served as Utapau's laborer class. Often referred to as the Shorts due to their short-lifespans in relation to their Pau'an neighbors, the Utai and the Pau'ans living peacefully together in great subterranean cities on their homeworld. A relative of the Ongree species, Utai were diminutive and labor-oriented.
The Utai were a race of amphibians from the terrestrial world of Utapau, a rocky planet located in the Outer Rim of the galaxy. Horen Hote, writing about Utai in the Jedi Order.
Members of the Technical Division, at academies and aboard space-faring vessels, Utai have proved to be diligent laborers and strong adherents of Jedi values. Across the galaxy, Utai members of the AgriCorps and StarCorps aide those in need and put their skills to the test in dangerous environments. Instead, many Utai are content to live by the Order's philosophy while working with the Service Corps. Unlike the Pau'ans of Utapau, the Utai are brought into the Order more frequently though seldom do they achieve knighthood.