Chindinkalu plant

The chindinkalu plant was a plant native to the planet Kirdo III. Droopy McCool, a Kitonak musician and a native of the planet, used a hollow chindinkalu plant to craft the chindinkalu flute that he played as a member of the Max Rebo Band.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The chindinkalu plant first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi as part of Droopy McCool's chindinkalu flute,^[2] though the actual name of the plant was not used in Star Wars canon until it was identified in Droopy McCool's Base Series 1 card, which released on Star Wars: Card Trader^[1] on March 11, 2015.^[3] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the plant was identified as the chidinka in the StarWars.com article Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.^[4]

Appearances

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• War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha 1
• Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
• Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Jabba the Hutt - Galactic Gangster"
• "Tales from Wild Space: The Blue Brothers" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 13

Non-canon appearances

• "The Force Awakens From Its Nap"

Sources

• Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 1, Card: Droopy McCool - Chindinkalu Flute Player (First identified as chindinkalu plant)
• Ultimate Star Wars
• Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (Picture only)
• Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
• Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded (Picture only)
• Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z (Misspelled as chidinkalu)
• Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Droopy McCool in the Databank (backup link)

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