Did Exxon CEO Lee Raymond Inspire a Star Wars Alien?

Did Exxon CEO Lee Raymond Inspire a Star Wars Alien? The Post has some terrific evidence. Lucas named the alien Nute Gunray after Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan, whom he was intended to resemble. Maybe this was more of the same.

(For the uninitiated, the guy on the right is Twi'lek senator Orn Free Taa.)