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I doubt it since we aren't even seeing old aliens in SW anymore. Although considering TLJ gave us Coneheads, its possible, but any cameo AvP would get would probably be insulting, and Disney-Lucasfilm is incredibly strict about their nu-Canon and anything that might make it look "unimmersive" which is ridiculous considering their decisions these last couple of years.
According to Pablo Hidlago and Wookieepedia, ET's species is still canon under Disney and they still have their old SW name and lore from pre-Disney which is "Asogians" (although they call themselves "Children of the Green Planet") and the Asogian senator seen in the video still has the same name and lore as in pre-Disney, however Disney hasn't really done anything with them outside of Hidalgo wankery. The ET senator in question was called Grebleips and he wanted funds to start an intergalactic mission to explore other galaxies "far far away™" for the sake of knowledge and studying exotic nature, but the senate rejected his appeal and he eventually ended up being arrested for supporting the rebel alliance but hoped someday a member of his kind would make his dream of intergalactic travel a possibility, which I guess is a nod to the film ET.
The first appearance of ET's species in SW was in the 89th issue of the 1970s SW comic. The Asogian in question was a crippled and elderly informant called Braxas who made a deal with Luke to get him off-world.
The appearance of ET's species in SW was apparently part of some kind of friendly arrangement between George and Spielberg, where after Spielberg featured a cameo of Yoda in ET, George promised to feature a cameo of ET in his next SW film.
I presume the First Order/Disney did fuck over their homeworld (Brodo Asogi) since the sector it was in no longer appears in Disney's updated map of the galaxy despite the species still existing, much like how not-Coruscant's sector in TFA ceased to exist after the FO blew up all its planets.
As for Xenomorphs aka "Internecivus raptus", they also sorta existed in SW before Disney and appeared in one comic, one non-canon parody comic and possibly a novel. There's also an old rumor that members of the Xenos were going to be in the Senate scene of the prequels but were deleted, but I could never find any solid evidence for this. Their first and only appearance was as a background creature in a 90s Dark Horse comic relating to Rogue Squadron.
As for why a Xenomorph is casually walking among civilians in the Rogue Squadron comic, well the planet its on has been the victim of a large war between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance, so an off-world Xenomorph that was lurking in the sewers barely getting by while surviving could take advantage of the now wartorn planet while its defenses are down and torment the vulnerable populace.
They were also mentioned as possible creatures that could exist in SW in an old RPG guide, but that was never referenced by Lucasfilm and the magazine itself was questionable.
The novel Coruscant Nights II has a droid character called I-Five who served as a medical droid on planet Drongar, and he mentions having been forced to deal with dissecting more xenomorphs than he wanted to, although he may have simply been referring to "members of many species" when he said xenomorphs rather than THE Xenomorphs in particular. But one interesting thing of note about planet Drongar and its brief connection to the word Xenomorphs is that Drongar was one of the most dangerous jungle planets in the Galaxy that was prone to mutations, which matches up with the homeworld of the Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise's expanded universe "Xenomorph Prime" which was also a hellish jungle world prone to change, and Drongar's sun was called Drongar Prime. However in the Alien EU their homeworld alternated between desolate black desert planet to dense crazy jungle planet depending on the artist. Strangely enough, unlike ET's planet, Drongar is still listed as existing in Disney canon's map but they haven't done anything with it and its possible surly population.
There's also a dainty human brat with a similarly shaped xenomorph head that appeared in TLJ who is an insult to Xenos everywhere and according to Hidalgo, she was a brat out on the night to defy her rich daddy.
Probably not a xenomorph obviously but she would fit with the theme of humanizing other pre-existing aliens and giving them human skin tones.
As for Predators aka the "Yautja", they didn't exist in SW's universe per se, however a very similar but less barbaric species are the Taung, who are the Progenitors of the Mandalorians and the fathers of their culture. Unlike the Yautja who loved the Hunt and would be merciless towards lesser beings, the Taung loved Battle and War and had a very complex culture revolving around honor, battle and brotherhood. Both were also technologically advanced and had weird plate-heads with weird hair. They also were at war with humans in ancient times as they both shared the same homeworld aka Coruscant.
Their first appearance was in Dark Horse's Tales of the Jedi comics from around 1994 or 95, about 7 or 8 years after Predator's premiere. While most Mandalorian shit and the worst of Karen Traviss has been recanonized, the Taung (which weren't conceived by Traviss) do not exist under Disney. So don't expect any Taung vs Xenomorph shit in the future.
