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The '''Gimer Stick''' was a "short twig with three small branches at the far end" that [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]] would chew<ref name="ESBn-121">[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]] p121</ref> or gnaw on.<ref name="ESBn-144">[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]] p144</ref> While training [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], Yoda would also use it to signal him.<ref name="ESBn-121" />

The edible twig was found on the planet [[Dagobah/Legends|Dagobah]] and produces a succulent juice stored in small juice sacs on the bark.<ref name="GSWU1">{{GSWUCite|1|gimer stick}}</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The Gimer Stick only ever appears or is mentioned in the [[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]]. In the film Yoda is not shown chewing on any such twig, and signals to Luke with his walking stick instead. It seems that this led to a confusion between the two, with the original Kenner Yoda toy perhaps being the first to label his walking stick a Gimer Stick.<ref name="Toy">{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (toy line)|pack=Yoda|link=VINtYoda.asp|archivedate=20191222062612}}</ref> [[The Essential Guide to Characters]] appears to be the only [[Canon]] book that makes this mistake, with a card from the [[Star Wars Customizable Card Game|Decipher CCG]] repeating it.<ref name="CCG">{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=Dagobah-Light/large/yodasgimerstick.gif|cardname=Yoda's Gimer Stick}}</ref> ''[[The Jedi Master's Quizbook]]'' is ambiguous as to what the stick is, only asking "What kind of stick did Yoda carry?".

The idea that the stick provides juice when chewed seems to be original content to ''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]'' which was then repeated in its [[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded|second edition]] and the ''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''.

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]] {{Only}}

==Sources==
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*{{GSWUCite|1|gimer stick}}
*{{GSWUCite|2|gimer stick}}
*{{EGCite|C|Yoda}}
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|link=Dagobah-Light/large/yodasgimerstick.gif|cardname=Yoda's Gimer Stick}}
*{{SWECite|gimer stick}}

==Notes and references==
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