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A pearl being claimed from a slain krayt dragon.

"I've been to Tatooine, actually, and bagged a krayt dragon there. Its pearls paid for the upgrades on the Jewel."
―Nakari Kelen, to Luke Skywalker[src]

Krayt dragon pearls were concretions that could be found in the bellies of krayt dragons,[1] a species of large creatures that could be found on the desert world of Tatooine. Those pearls were exceedingly rare and valuable.[2] The former senator Johhar Kessen, a notorious big game hunter, regarded a polished krayt dragon pearl paperweight as the ultimate trophy on Tatooine.[3] In 9 ABY,[4] a group of Tusken Raiders found a pearl in the corpse of a greater krayt dragon.[5]

A Tusken Raider holding an enormous krayt dragon pearl.

Krayt dragons had a very long lifespan, and during the course of their life, would ingest stones to assist in digestion. The corrosive digestive fluid would break down and eventually dissolve the rocks. Rarely, a stone would contain a kyber crystal that would remain in a beast's gut being refined over the life of the dragon until it formed a smooth sphere. These pearls could vary in size from palm-sized[6] to larger than a humanoid's head.[5] Because the pearls were formed from kyber, they could be used in lightsabers. A lightsaber equipped with one of these pearls emitted a very powerful and destructive blade that emitted a howling sound when ignited.[6]

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  1. ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
  2. ↑ Heir to the Jedi
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Commander
  4. ↑ StarWars.com SWCC 2019: 9 Things We Learned from The Mandalorian Panel on StarWars.com (backup link) establishes that The Mandalorian is set about five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 4 ABY. Therefore, The Mandalorian is set in 9 ABY.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The-Mandalorian-logo.png The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gadgets and Gear
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