- "Really? You're going to shoot me over some boxes of root-squash my mom wanted me to bring in from the mountains? Must be a slow day. Anyway, now you know about my mom's favorite vegetable. Move it."
- ―Gavi lying to two Nihil
Root-squash was a type of vegetable that could be found on the Outer Rim planet Valo.[1] In 229 BBY,[2] the human Jedi youngling Gavi disguised himself as the Nihil recruit Driggit Parse and drove the Parse family's treadtruck toward Lonisa City with his crew hiding in the truckbed. When two Nihil marauders stopped the vehicle, the youngling lied that the treadtruck contained boxes of root-squash brought in from Valo's mountains for Missus Parse and insisted the pair leave him alone. Though the Nihil continued to demand he remove the treadtruck's tarp, Parse herself arrived and claimed that Gavi was her cousin "Trank Varado," a grocer, and the marauders eventually left.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Root-squash was mentioned in Escape from Valo, a 2024 junior novel written by Daniel José Older and Alyssa Wong as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[3]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Escape from Valo (First mentioned)
- The High Republic: Escape from Valo audiobook (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The High Republic: Escape from Valo
- ↑ The events of The High Republic: Escape from Valo take place one year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which equates to 229 BBY per Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia.
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Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)