- "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, mammalian[1] pig species[2] native to the planet Kyryll's World.[4] 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.[5] When frightened, puffer pigs would inflate their bodies to massive proportions, and were capable of multiple size increases if further threats occurred.[2]

Lando Calrissian and his puffer pig 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]
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.[5] 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.[5]
Puffer pigs were raised as livestock for consumption by residents of the planet Batuu.[6]
Appearances[]
Star Wars Rebels – "Idiot's Array" (First appearance)
- Always Bet on Chopper
"Rebel Bluff" – Star Wars Insider 158 (Mentioned only)
"Puffer Problems"—Star Wars Rebels Magazine 21
Star Wars Rebels – "Trials of the Darksaber" (Art only)
Star Wars Rebels – "The Occupation"
Star Wars Resistance – "The Children from Tehar" (As food)
Star Wars Resistance – "Secrets and Holograms" (As toy)
Star Wars Resistance – "The New Trooper" (As food)
Star Wars Resistance – "No Escape: Part 1" (As food)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook (Mentioned only)
- A Crash of Fate (Mentioned only)
- A Crash of Fate audiobook (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – Creature Stall
- Halcyon Legacy 3 (In flashback(s))
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
"Star Wars Rebels Recounted" – Star Wars Insider 156 (Indirect mention only)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
Star Wars: Destiny – Empire at War (Card: Appraise) (Picture only)
Bucket's List: "The Children from Tehar" - Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small
- The Star Wars Book
Lando | Star Wars A to Z on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
Azmorigan in the Databank (backup link)
Lando Calrissian in the Databank (backup link)
Puffer Pig in the Databank (backup link)
Puffer pig bacon in the Databank (backup link)
snarlfish in the Databank (backup link)
The Ghost in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9
Star Wars Rebels – "Idiot's Array"
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – Creature Stall
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
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.