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"Porcellus is the best cook on Tatooine."
"Oh, you are much too kind, sir."
"He was brought here by Jabba the Hutt, a local... businessman of great repute. Most of the time Porcellus cooks for Jabba and his court, but when he is free, he creates his delights here."
―Feltipern Trevagg and Porcellus — (audio) Listen (file info)[1]

Porcellus was a balding male Human chef who worked for Jabba Desilijic Tiure during the Galactic Civil War. He was assisted by Phlegmin, the kitchen boy. Before working for the Hutt, he worked for Yndis Mylore.

Biography

"Oh, I must return to the kitchens before your praise overcooks my ego. Please, do come again."
―Porcellus — (audio) Listen (file info)[1]

Porcellus was a chef of considerable skill, having won both the Golden Spoon and Tselgormet Prize numerous times.[2] Early in his career, he worked for Yndis Mylore, the governor of Bryexx.

Eventually, he ended up working for the mighty Jabba the Hutt. He lived in constant fear, knowing that if he made one bad meal, Jabba would feed him to his rancor.[2] While he was Jabba's chef he became friends with the Askajian dancer Yarna d'al' Gargan and Malakili, the Rancor keeper.

Porcellus found it necessary to hide the choicest morsels and meals behind an electrified fence in his kitchen to keep the Palace's Gamorreans and Phlegmin, the kitchen boy, from stealing too many "samples". This, incidentally, kept him alive, as he did not wish to see his master going hungry.[2]

Porcellus sometimes used to cook large wild creatures for Jabba, including dune lizards, rock beetles (to prepare beetle broth), squills (to prepare squill liver salad), dragonets or zucca boars.[3] In 1 ABY,[4] Porcellus hired a spacer to steal several bottles of Corellian Merlot from Valarian pirates, who stole the shipment soon before.[3]

In 4 ABY when several bodies were turning up with no explanation as to how or why they had been murdered, he found Ak-Buz's murdered corpse in his kitchen, and hid the body. He also drove Jubnuk out of the kitchen's garbage area, believing the guard had intended to steal food. In actuality, Jubnuk had been rummaging through the trash to find Jabba's Tusken battle talisman, which had been misplaced.

Porcellus fell in love with Leia Organa after she was captured by Jabba, but realized that she loved Han Solo. Due to his compassionate nature, he decided to help Solo, and fed him select meals to hasten his recovery from hibernation sickness, helping to keep him alive, despite feeling great sorrow that the smuggler held the Princess' affections instead of him. For this he was thanked by Leia. Porcellus's life was soon in jeopardy, however, when Jabba accused him of putting a fierfek, or hex, on the food, noting that others such as Oola and Jubnuk, who consumed his cooking, died shortly thereafter. He was sentenced to death. However, Jabba was killed before the sentence could be carried out and Porcellus was freed by Malakili. They later founded a restaurant together called the Crystal Moon in Mos Eisley.

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Behind the scenes

Porcellus from Star Wars Insider 60.

In the article Who's Who in Jabba's Palace, Porcellus is illustrated as a heavy-set man with a mustache and cap. The drawing greatly resembles Rayc Ryjerd.

File:Porcellus SWG.jpg
The original Porcellus in Star Wars Galaxies.

Porcellus appeared as a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[5] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] Porcellus was present in the original release of the game, being part of the so-called Jabba's Theme Park. Originally, Porcellus was bald and wore dark green clothes.[5] With the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005,[7] the Jabba's Theme Park was extensively revamped and the quests given by Porcellus were completely modified. In addition, his appearance was changed to a more chef-like one, with black hair, a white apron and a chef's hat.[3]

The name "Porcellus" is Latin for "piglet" or "suckling pig".[8]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale"—Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Secrets of Tatooine
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  4. ↑ According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  6. ↑ File:Gal-icon.jpg IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  7. ↑ File:Gal-icon.jpg Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  8. ↑ [http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/30946/porcellus-porcelli Latdict: "Latin definition for: porcellus, porcelli"
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