- "Dhandu's third moon is just the first stop."
- ―Mahjo Reeloo
Dhandu was a planet located in the the Interior and the Expansion Region, in grid square I-8 on the Standard Galactic Grid. It was orbited by at least three moons, including Dhandu 3, whose low-gravity grassland was home to the Dhanduese, a species of avian sentients.
Description[]
Dhandu was a planet orbited by at least three moons, including Dhandu 3, which was the homeworld to the avian species Dhanduese.[3] The planet was located in grid square I-8 on the Standard Galactic Grid,[4] in the the Interior[2] and the Expansion Region, of the galaxy.[1]
History[]
In 10 BBY,[5] Mahjo Reeloo, a clone created by Kaminoan scientist Kolac Pru, hired the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca to take her to Dhandu's third moon, where she recovered a security key for a deposit box in the Undervaults of Gwongdeen.[3] In 34 ABY,[6] Eloc Throno, a historian and author, included a map with the location of Dhandu in his Traveler's Guide to Batuu, a book that detailed the planet Batuu.[1]
During a culinary tour of the galaxy that he took[7] between 34 ABY and 35 ABY.[8] the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs visited Dhandu 3. In Tuggs' third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published[7] in 35 ABY,[8] he mentioned Dhandu while expounding on his travels to Dhandu 3 when documenting his recipe for the Dhanduese Drums dish.[7]
Behind the scenes[]
Dhandu was first mentioned in Pirate's Price, a novel written by Lou Anders and published in 2019.[3]
Appearances[]
- Pirate's Price (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Pirate's Price audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- Star Wars Galaxy Map
SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)- Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 According to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu, Dhandu is intersected by an imaginary line connecting Alderaan and Ilum and is closer to the former than the latter. Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide establishes that such a line passes through the boundary of the Unknown Regions, which contains Ilum, and the Interior, in which Alderaan is located. Since that boundary lies closer to Ilum than Alderaan, and Dhandu is closer to the latter, Dhandu must be located in the Interior.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Pirate's Price
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the first part of Pirate's Price to 10 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu establishes that at the time of the book's setting the Resistance was based on Batuu. Star Wars: Timelines dates both the establishment of the Batuu Resistance base and its eventual relocation to Ajan Kloss to 34 ABY. Therefore, the in-universe guide must have been authored that year.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook establishes that the publishing of the in-universe The Ultimate Cookbook and the culinary tour that preceded it occurred following the publishing of The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook and prior to the destruction of Kijimi. It also establishes that The Ultimate Cookbook was published following the Festival of the Ancestors that occurred during that time period. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook further establishes that The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook was published concurrently with the First Order's search for the Resistance base on Batuu, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. In addition, Timelines dates the Festival of the Ancestors and the destruction of Kijimi to 35 ABY, meaning the tour must have taken place between 34 ABY and 35 ABY and The Ultimate Cookbook must have been published in 35 ABY.