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- "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 mammalian[3] pig species[1] native to the planet Kyryll's World.[2] They were capable of sniffing out valuable minerals with the efficiency of a dozen mining scanners, making them very valuable to smugglers and miners.[1] The Mining Guild was known to pay very well for the animals.[4] When frightened, puffer pigs would inflate their bodies to massive proportions, and were capable of multiple size increases if further threats occurred.[1]
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.[1]
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. 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.[4]
Puffer pigs were raised as livestock for consumption by residents of the planet Batuu.[5]
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)
- A Crash of Fate (Mentioned only)
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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: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- Bucket's List: "The Children from Tehar" - Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small
- 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 biography gallery on StarWars.com (backup link () not verified!); image #6 (of 8)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10
Star Wars Rebels — "Idiot's Array"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:SWGECite
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.