Gran were a sentient humanoid species who were identifiable from their goat-like faces and three eyes. Their heads were topped with four antennae-like nubs, two of which were short and straight and another set that were longer and curved. Gran could be found with two distinct body shapes, one being fat-bottomed and rotund at their mid-section and the other being skinnier and have proportions similar to a human. The former type also had hands that carried six slender digits. The latter type Gran either had smaller, human-like hands or fatter hands with thick digits that ended in flat suction-cup-like appendages. Gran had two stomachs and could live for several centuries.

Gran hailed from the planet Kinyen but as a colonial species, they had migrated and adapted to dominate many worlds. Their most prominent colony was Malastare where they subjugated the Dug species. The Gran of Kinyen were known for their peaceful agricultural pursuits and for raising Houjix while the Gran of Malastare and Hok were known to engage in more greedy and dangerous pastimes such as underworld dealings and podracing. By 32 BBY, the Gran had integrated with the larger galaxy.

Kinyen was represented by the Gran in the senate, with Philo and Kharrus having served as senators at different points during the Clone Wars. Although the Dug controlled Malastare’s natural fuel reserves, it was the Gran that represented the world in the Galactic Senate after the Republic awarded them ownership of the planet, with the Gran Ask Aak serving as senator shortly before the Clone Wars. The Gran on their native homeworld mainly worked as farmers and made a living selling their foodstuffs to locations across the galaxy. Other Gran, mostly those born off Malastare, were more opportunistic or aggressive in their pursuits and worked in various other jobs across the galaxy, including bounty hunters, mechanics, and professional podracer pilots.