Unidentified Gibbela crop plant

The plant was from the planet Gibbela, a primitive agricultural planet^[1] in the Outer Rim's Atrivis sector.^[2] It had had a single stalk that grew a cylindrical, spiraling, yellow crop, with white tufts at the top. The crop was supported by overlapping, dark green, pointed leaves.^[1] The Dazouri, Gibbela's native sentient species,^[3] cultivated the crop plants in concentric circles centered on groves of two or three fruit trees. These gardens were protected by scarecrows, and tended with hoes.^[1]

During the period of the Galactic Empire, Imperials scouted Gibbela as a possible site for colonization. Initial impressions suggested the local population would provide little in the way of resistance.^[4] Consequently, a small Imperial task force landed on the planet, with their Sentinel-class landing craft crushing several crop and fruit gardens. A local farmer retaliated and killed the Imperial task force, later converting some of their equipment to farming use.^[1]

Behind the scenes

Ken Lizzl created this crop plant for the two-page comic "The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated," which was illustrated by Lucas Marangon and published in Star Wars Tales 19^[1] on May 14, 2004.^[5] For volumes one to twenty of Star Wars Tales, plausible stories were considered S-canon unless referenced in a non-Tales source. If this occurred, the story would be elevated to C-canon.^[6] The events of this comic received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, thus raising the events to C-canon.^[4]

Appearances

• "The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated" — Star Wars Tales 19 (First appearance)

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