Grelli Cryko

Grelli Cryko was a Melitto from the planet Li-Toran. In 9 BBY, Cryko drank in a saloon in Mos Eisley spaceport on the planet Tatooine. While Cryko was there, three Imperial Inquisitors entered the establishment in search of the Jedi Nari, who they lured out of hiding by threatening the saloon owner. Nari then fled from the saloon.

Biography

Grelli Cryko was a Melitto from the planet Li-Toran^[1] who spent time on the desert planet Tatooine during the reign of the Galactic Empire.^[2] In 9 BBY,^[3] Cryko was seated at a table with a drink in a saloon in Mos Eisley spaceport when three Imperial Inquisitors entered the establishment. The Melitto stayed seated while the leader of the trio, the Grand Inquisitor, questioned the saloon owner about rumors of a Jedi hiding in the building.^[2]

Grelli Cryko encountered the Grand Inquisitor on Tatooine.

The Inquisitor known as the Third Sister then threw a knife at the owner, forcing the Jedi fugitive Nari to reveal himself among the patrons when he used the Force to stop the weapon in mid-air. Having found their quarry, the Inquisitors closed in, but after the Grand Inquisitor stopped the Third Sister from executing Nari, the Jedi fled from the saloon and the Imperials gave chase, leaving Cryko and the others in their seats. Cryko later walked past the Jedi-in-hiding Obi-Wan Kenobi while carrying a container outside^[2] a checkpoint at Mos Eisley spaceport.^[4]

Personality and traits

As a cold-blooded Melitto, Cryko loved Tatooine's hot desert climes. They had green, yellow, and tan plating.^[1]

Equipment

While in Mos Eisley, Cryko wore a gray hooded jacket with a yellow chestpiece and black gloves. Tubes ran from the chestpiece to Cryko's face and the chestpiece had two white cylinders mounted on the back. When passing Kenobi, the Melitto carried a flat, gray case.^[2]

Behind the scenes

"I can confirm that I was cast as Grelli Cryko (at the time, we just called the character by its species name "Melitto") and I played this character in the first epsiode of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 90% of the screentime it's me in the costume, but the actor Rory Ross covered for me for a couple extra days on set because I was also filming The Book of Boba Fett at the time and I had to be two places at once."

―Greg Kufera^[5]

Grelli Cryko appeared in the first episode of the Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi television series,^[2] which aired on May 26, 2022.^[6] During production, the character was simply refered to as Melitto and was primarily performed by Greg Kufera, although Rory Ross also played the character during several extra days of filming when Kufera was unavaliable while filming for the Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett television series.^[5] The character was not identified in the series^[2] but received a name on a card in the 2023 Topps Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi set released by The Topps Company, Inc. in 2023.^[1]