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Chance cube

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"I just happen to have a chance-cube here. Blue—it's the boy. Red—his mother."
―Watto, deciding whether to wager Anakin Skywalker or his mother in a bet[1]

A chance cube, also formatted as chance-cube, or alternatively known as a die, was a gambling device in the form of a small cube. Some types of chance-cube could only give two results after being thrown, as three of their sides were one color, while the other three were another color. Toydarians like Watto[1] or King Katuunko were known for using such chance-cubes.[2] Imperial cadets Pandak Symes and Nazhros Oleg used a chance cube to decide who would get the bottom bunk in their barracks, with Symes winning the roll.[6]

Another variant had from one to six dots marked on each side of the cube. Han Solo had a pair of such cubes decorating the cockpit of his starship, the Millennium Falcon.[4] It was Solo's copilot, Chewbacca, who had hung the cubes as a joke inside the ship's cockpit several years before the Battle of Yavin.[7]

In grav-ball, the team that won the chance-cube toss got to start at the center of the game's grid.[8]

Appearances

Wattos Chance Cube SoH

Non-canon appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ambush"
  3. ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "Kaz's Curse"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
  6. ↑ Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
  7. ↑ Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
  8. ↑ Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
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