Porcellus/Legends

"Porcellus is the best cook on Tatooine.''" "Oh, you are much too kind, sir." "''He was brought here by Jabba the Hutt, a local businessman of great repute. Most of the time Porcellus cooks for Jabba and his court, but when he is free, he creates his delights here."

- Feltipern Trevagg and Porcellus

Porcellus was a balding Human chef who worked for Jabba Desilijic Tiure. He was assisted by Phlegmin, the kitchen boy. Before working for the Hutt, he worked for Yndis Mylore.

Biography
"Oh, I must return to the kitchens before your praise overcooks my ego. Please, do come again."

- Porcellus

Porcellus was a chef of considerable skill, having won both the Golden Spoon and Tselgormet Prize numerous times.

Eventually, he ended up working for the mighty Jabba. He lived in constant fear, knowing that if he made one bad meal, Jabba would feed him to his rancor. While he was Jabba's chef he became friends with Yarna d'al' Gargan and Malakili.

Porcellus found it necessary to hide the choicest morsels and meals behind an electrified fence in his kitchen to keep the Palace's Gamorreans and Phlegmin from stealing too many "samples". This, incidentally, kept him alive, as he did not wish to see his master going hungry.

In 4 ABY when several bodies were turning up with no explanation as to how or why they had been murdered, he found Ak-Buz's murdered corpse in his kitchen, and hid the body.

Porcellus was once the chef to governor of Bryexx Yndis Mylore.

He felt deep remorse for Leia Organa and realized that she was in love with Han Solo. Due to his compassionate nature, he then decided to help Solo, and fed him, helping to keep him alive. For this he was thanked by Leia. Porcellus's life was soon in jeopardy, however, when Jabba accused him of putting a fierfek, or hex, on the food, noting that others (such as Oola and Jubnuk) who consumed his cooking died shortly thereafter. He was sentenced to death. However, Jabba was killed before the sentence could be carried out and Porcellus was freed by Malakili. They later founded a restaurant together called the Crystal Moon Restaurant in Mos Eisley.

Behind the scenes
In the article Who's Who in Jabba's Palace, Porcellus is illustrated as a heavy-set man with a mustache and cap.



In Star Wars Galaxies, originally, Porcellus was bald and wore dark green clothes, but his appearance has been changed to a more chef-like one, as he now wears a white apron and a chef's hat. He also now has black hair.

Appearances

 * Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale
 * Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale audio drama
 * A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
 * Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef
 * Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale
 * That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb
 * And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale
 * And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale
 * Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees
 * The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays
 * Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale
 * Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?
 * Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale
 * Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?