- "But why was it so important to get this pig here?"
"Because a puffer pig has a nose for precious minerals. It can do the job of a dozen mining scanners." - ―Hera Syndulla and Lando Calrissian
Puffer pigs were a non-sentient, herbivorous,[1] mammalian pig species native to the planet Kyryll's World.[5] Puffer pigs were known to inflate their bodies to a large degree when they felt threatened.[2]
Puffer pigs were occasionally used for their meat, which was consumable by several species. Their meat was cooked as bacon[6] and also incorporated into sandwiches.[7]
Biology and appearance[]
Puffer pigs were non-sentient mammalians.[1] Part of the pig species,[2] they were herbivorous.[1] Their homeworld was the planet known as Kyryll's World.[5] They lived in mines and amongst rocks[1] and were capable of sniffing out valuable minerals with the efficiency of a dozen mining scanners, making them very valuable to smugglers and miners.[2] The Mining Guild was known to pay very well for the animals.[8]
Puffer pigs were raised as livestock for consumption by residents of the planet Batuu.[9]
Behavior[]
When frightened, puffer pigs would inflate their bodies to massive proportions, and were capable of multiple size increases if further threats occurred.[2]
History[]
Lando Calrissian and his puffer pig Petunia on Lothal
The galactic entrepreneur Lando Calrissian once traded with the criminal Azmorigan for a puffer pig, offering him the Twi'lek pilot Hera Syndulla in return. Calrissian planned on using the pig to find minerals on the planet Lothal; however, Azmorigan confronted Calrissian and demanded the pig back after Syndulla escaped from him. Syndulla and her crew, along with Calrissian, then defeated Azmorigan and his men, using the pig itself in the combat to knock down several of the criminal's men.[2] Calrissian also owned another puffer pig named Petunia, who was unable to sniff out minerals due to a bad nose. So he tried to sell her off to someone else at the Capital City Casino on the planet Lothal.[10]
Years later, the Spectres traded several pigs to the crime lord Cikatro Vizago as payment for smuggling them onto Lothal, which had come under a severe Imperial lockdown.[8] The Empire restricted the use of puffer pigs on industrial worlds like Lothal.[1] After landing at the town of Jhothal, the Spectres used the pigs to escape from an Imperial boarding party by taking advantage of Lasat warrior Garazeb Orrelios' tendency to scare the animals, causing the Imperials to be surprised by a barrage of inflated pigs. Vizago, who had been arrested, attempted to escape as well, but couldn't resist trying to take along one uninflated pig, scaring it and becoming trapped when it inflated.[8]
The Pirate King Gorian Shard used the phrase "in a puffer pig's eye" when he refused to retreat from the pirate siege on Nevarro.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
Puffer pigs first appeared in the eleventh episode of the first season of Star Wars Rebels, "Idiot's Array,"[2] which was released on January 12, 2015.[12]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11
Star Wars Rebels — "Idiot's Array"
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Creature Stall
- ↑
Star Wars Resistance — "The Recruit"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Ronto Roasters
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars Rebels — "The Occupation"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge has official backstory elements that, though not directly published for the public, are officially canon details that can be obtained verbally from cast members working in the land.
- ↑ Legends of the Alliance
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
- ↑ "Star Wars Rebels Recounted" — Star Wars Insider 156