Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees

Goatgrass: the Tale of Ree-Yees is a short story that appeared in the Tales from Jabba's Palace anthology, published in January 1996 by Bantam Spectra. It was written by Deborah Wheeler. The story provides the backstory of the Gran, Ree-Yees who was present in Jabba's Palace in 4 ABY. The title is a reference to Goatgrass, a preferred food among Gran.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Barada (Mentioned only) Buboicullaar C-3PO (Indirect mention only) Chewbacca (Indirect mention only) Jabba Desilijic Tiure Bib Fortuna (Mentioned only) Gartogg Jabba's rancor Malakili (Mentioned only) Ephant Mon (Mentioned only) Oola (Mentioned only) Leia Organa Phlegmin Porcellus R2-D2 Ree-Yees Luke Skywalker Han Solo (Indirect mention only) Swee-beeps (Mentioned only) Eugene Talmont (Mentioned only) Tessek

Creatures

Bantha (Mentioned only) Feathered lizard Meewit (First appearance) Nilgarian worm (First appearance) (as insult) Rancor Sandmaggot (Mentioned only) Sarlacc (Mentioned only) Tusken sand-grub (as insult) Two-eyed maggot fish (as insult) Viridian termite (First mentioned)

Droid models

R2-series astromech droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of Hoth (Vision to Ree-Yees) Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon

Locations

Dagobah (Vision to Ree-Yees) Hoth (Vision to Ree-Yees) Kinyen (Mentioned only) Tatooine Great Pit of Carkoon Jabba's Palace Mos Eisley (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

B'omarr Order Bounty hunter Galactic Empire (Mentioned only) Prefect (Mentioned only) Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire Chef Jedi Smuggler

Sentient species

Frog-dog Gamorrean Gran Human Corellian Hutt Quarren Weequay Wookiee (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

All Terrain Armored Transport (Vision to Ree-Yees) Luxury sail barge Khetanna X-wing fighter (Vision to Ree-Yees)

Weapons and technology

Ax Blaster pistol Detonation link Force pike Luke Skywalker's lightsaber Repulsor sled Thought-trigger Ultra-short range bomb

Miscellanea

Alcohol Bantha Blaster Breast (Mentioned only) Carbonite (Mentioned only) Galactic Credit Standard Deity Doellin (First mentioned) Foodstuff Casserole (Mentioned only) Egg Fruit Sullustan gin Vegetable (Mentioned only) Four-cubes (First mentioned) Goatgrass Imperial Encyclopedia (First mentioned) Leather jerkin Potassium (First appearance) Rumble-pins (First mentioned) Rummy Tonic (First appearance) Snot (First mentioned) Wookiee-Wango (First appearance)

Notes and references

In other languages

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