Pure Sabacc

For other uses, see Pure Sabacc.

"Pure Sabacc! […] The Wookiee wins!"

―A dealer droid, to Chewbacca^[1]

Pure Sabacc was a winning hand in the card game Sabacc and various of its variants.

Usages

Sabacc

In the card game sabacc, a Pure Sabacc, sometimes referred to as simply Sabacc, was a hand that totaled positive or negative 23. It could only be beaten by an Idiot's Array, a rare hand made of the Idiot, a two, and a three.^[2]

Corellian Spike

In the Corellian Spike variant of Sabacc, Pure Sabacc was a winning hand that consisted of exactly two sylop cards, each valued at zero points.^[3]

Kessel Sabacc

In the Kessel Sabacc variant of Sabacc, Pure Sabacc was a winning hand that consisted of both sylop cards, with each of the two decks having only one sylop.^[4]

Behind the scenes

Sabacc

Pure Sabacc for the standard game was first shown in the 2015 Star Wars Rebels episode "Idiot's Array" however it was simply called "sabacc" at that time. It was later identified as "Pure Sabacc" in the 2015 Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles reference book.^[5]

Corellian Spike

Corellian Spike's version first appeared in the real world version of the card game sabacc,^[6] sold at the Toydarian Toymaker shop at the Star Wars theme park Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge^[7] which opened in 2019.^[8]