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"Wait. You did all this for fruit?"
"No. Okay, maybe a little."
―A stormtrooper and Ezra Bridger[1]

The meiloorun fruit, also known as meiloorun melon or simply meiloorun, was a type of orange fruit.

Description[]

Meilooruns were a fruit with an orange and yellow rind. There also existed a hybrid variant that had a purple rind.[4]

Meilooruns were sold throughout the galaxy on planets such as Tatooine[2] and Lothal. The fruit did not grow on Lothal, making it quite rare on the planet.[1]

The fruit was known to be the favorite snack of rebel pilot Hera Syndulla.[1] The clone trooper "Big-Mouth" was known to find meilooruns to eat no matter where his unit was stationed.[5]

History[]

Caleb Dume shared a ripe meiloorun fruit with his clone trooper friends during the Battle of Kaller, two days before the execution of Order 66.[5][6]

A large quantity of these fruits were once in the possession of an Imperial unit on Lothal before they were lost due to the actions of two of the Spectres, Ezra Bridger and Garazeb Orrelios.[1]

During an attack on Imperial Troop Transports and after the Siege of Lothal, Zeb used the alias "Commander Meiloorun" for various purposes. He again used the name as a disguise to help his team escape from Inquisitors.[1]

A box of meilooruns could be sold for 260 Galactic Credit Standard[7] in 3 ABY.[8]

During a chase in Mos Espa between Mayor Mok Shaiz's majordomo and a street gang employed by Boba Fett, the majordomo crashed his landspeeder into a cart of meilooruns, which buried his landspeeder in the fruit and ended the chase.[2] After the Battle for Mos Espa, a small girl offered meilooruns to Boba Fett and Fennec Shand. Shand declined the offer, but Fett accepted the fruit and tossed it to Krrsantan, which he eagerly bit into.[9]

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Behind the scenes[]

Meilooruns originate from X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble, a Star Wars Legends novel written by Michael A. Stackpole and released in 1996.[10] Meiloorun juice is sold in the real-world Ronto Roasters in the themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.[11] The fruit is portrayed in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and Andor using the horned melon, also known as the kiwano.

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars Rebels — "Fighter Flight"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa"
  3. ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "Synara's Score"
  4. ↑ Guardians of the Whills
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kanan 9
  6. ↑ Kanan 2
  7. ↑ Star Wars Outlaws
  8. ↑ Visit a Galaxy Far, Far Away with our Star Wars liveblog direct from San Diego Comic-Con 2024! on Popverse: "We're beginning our journey three years after the Battle of Yavin" (backup link archived on January 22, 2025) dates the events of Star Wars Outlaws to 3 ABY.
  9. ↑ The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor"
  10. ↑ X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
  11. ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Ronto Roasters
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