Yes, very much so. Shaaks are large round herbivores bred for their hide and meat. They don't have much in the way of intelligence and stay together in herds.

[So it definitely wasn't a compliment Maul was paying people when he compared the populace to them.]

Assuming the Pthumerians actually want to rule with equanimity and a just hand. Most of those in Deerington didn't exactly show themselves to be the benevolent sort of rulers.

[He was thinking specifically of Mother Superior and the Pthumerian Queen, two that he would have loved to have gotten his hands on again if only to make their lives evermore miserable.]

Who is the little furry companion you have helping you there?