There are obviously a lot of aliens that show up in Star Wars movies - that's kinda ... and those are the fellows of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Why does E.T. appear in The Phantom Menace, though?

The supergiant bug species (L) and Star Wars villain Darth Vader (R). Scientists have discovered an alien-looking, 'supergiant' sea bug species in Vietnam and named it Bathynomus vaderi after ...