Its just a gag/joke or just a promise between Spielberg and Lucas (who knew each other from film school) started from E.T. and ended on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Grebleips' species are a cameo appearance of the famous aliens of
Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. These
creatures were inserted in the movie to make good on a promise—after
Steven Spielberg included a Yoda cameo and Star Wars toys in E.T.,
George Lucas promised to include an E.T. cameo in the next Star Wars
film he made—The Phantom Menace. While this is primarily an easter
egg, and E.T. is probably not meant to be taken as part of Star Wars
canon, some Star Wars references in E.T. can be reinterpreted in light
of the E.T. references in Star Wars.(source:starwars.wikia.com)
So its a promise between Spielberg and Lucas that both allow to use each others character in their films like gag.
Their is a good link to read on this Does Earth Exist In The Star Wars Universe?
Even a similar question present on Scfi as Are E.T. and Star Wars in the same universe? with a good analytic answer.
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