Nalan Cheel was a Bith musician who played a bandfill as a regular member of the band Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, Cheel and the other members of the band played at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina on the planet Tatooine when Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi visited trying to find a pilot to take them to the planet Alderaan.[2]
Appearances[]
- "Not for Nothing" — From a Certain Point of View
- "Not for Nothing" — From a Certain Point of View audiobook
- Bounty Hunt
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars Treasury: The Original Trilogy
- Star Wars in Pictures: The Original Trilogy
Non-canon appearances[]
- Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Star Wars: Visions — "Tatooine Rhapsody" (Ambiguous canonicity)
Sources[]
- Mos Eisley Cantina in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars (First identified as Nalan Cheel)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 13 (Databank A-Z: Poe Dameron–Delta 7-B) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 78 (Weapons & Uniforms: Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters (Picture only)
- Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes in the Databank (backup link)