- "Try to imagine that you're at home. [...] Chewbacca is playing tree-drum music at ear-splitting levels. See-Threepio is nattering on about nothing. Artoo-Detoo is behind your chair, arguing with the household droids in Basic. The hypercomm is blaring two channels at once, both too loudly. Your comlink is chirping in your pocket. You have three messages from people who want you to come do them a favor, and Leia's insisting on your attention. Lando has a raucous sabacc game going in the next room, there's someone at the front door, and a flight of airspeeders keeps buzzing right over your head."
"Okay, that'd be a little worse than routine. A little." - ―Luke Skywalker explains to Han Solo his plight as a Jedi
Tree-drum music was a form of music.[1] The Wookiee species played tree-drum music to celebrate a holiday called Life Day as early as 1,500,000 BBY.[2] Between 16 ABY and 17 ABY,[3] during the Black Fleet Crisis, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker mentioned to Han Solo, general of the New Republic, that the Wookiee Chewbacca played tree-drum music loudly as part of a metaphor about his duties as a Jedi.[1]
Behind the scenes
Tree-drum music was first mentioned in 1996's Before the Storm, the first novel of Michael P. Kube-McDowell's The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy.[1]
Appearances
- Before the Storm (First mentioned)
Sources
Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Part 1 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Before the Storm
- ↑
Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Part 1 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Before the Storm between 16 ABY and 17 ABY.