Meat-striped fruit squares

Meat-striped fruit squares were a fruit–based food that could be eaten by the Chiss species. The sky-walker navigator of the Chiss heavy cruiser Springhawk, Che'ri, occasionally ate meat-striped fruit squares for her morning and afternoon meals.^[1] In 18 BBY,^[2] Mitth'ali'astov, core name "Thalias," who was Che'ri's caregiver, offered to bring the dish for the young girl aboard the Springhawk.^[1] Later that year^[3] Che'ri also ate them before the Sunrise incident, where the Springhawk and the Nikardun blockade frigate Aelos faced off against the Kilji picket cruiser Hammer and a Grysk warship.^[4]

Behind the scenes

Meat-striped fruit squares were first mentioned in the novel Greater Good, the second installment of the Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy written by Timothy Zahn^[1] and released on April 27, 2021.^[5] They later appeared in Lesser Evil, the final installment of the trilogy that^[4] was published on November 16 of the same year.^[6]

Appearances

• Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
• Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil (and audiobook) (First appearance)

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