Chance cube


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 or King Katuunko were known for using such chance-cubes. 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.

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. 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.

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

Non-canon appearances


  • LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

Sources


  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
  • Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
  • Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
  • Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021
  • Star Wars 100 Objects

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