Sunfruit Sunfruit was a wild and sweet tropical fruit that was found on the planet Corellia . It was used to garnish or enhance dessert dishes , such as Corellian fried ice cream , and could also be converted into a liqueur or marinade . During the Galactic Civil War , the prisoner population of the Imperial penal world of Despayre regarded sunfruit as a commodity . Imperial Governor Carmal of the planet Lavisar also enjoyed sunfruit liqueur . Description . Sunfruit were tropical fruit that grew wildly on the Core World planet Corellia . Roughly spherical in shape , the fruit ' s outer skin coloration varied from light - to - dark orange , and a sunfruit was such a size as to be able to be balanced atop a humanoid ' s head . The sunfruit lent its sweet taste to multiple culinary recipes , particularly as a garnish or texture enhancement in dessert dishes , including Corellian fried ice cream . Sunfruit could be adapted as a marinade and served pleasingly with fowl , while sunfruit liqueur was an alcoholic derivative . One peeled a sunfruit when eating it naturally . History . Sunfruit was one of several fruits that grew naturally on the planet Corellia during the Galactic Civil War . By 2 BBY , sunfruit was a common commodity among the prisoner population of the jungle planet Despayre , an Imperial penal world and the final construction site of the first Death Star battlestation . Zelosian thief Celot Ratua Dil , a gifted scrounger and one - time inhabitant of Despayre ' s Slashtown prison colony , once hoped to acquire a few spare sunfruits for breakfast from among his fellow prisoners . In 7 ABY , New Republic Wraith Squadron pilot Garik " Face " Loran masqueraded as a pirate in order to infiltrate the forces of rogue Imperial Warlord Zsinj . While meeting with Zsinj aboard the Super Star Destroyer " Iron Fist " , Loran dined on fowl served in a sunfruit marinade , which he enjoyed but secretly hoped had not been poisoned . Imperial Governor Carmal of the planet Lavisar was partial to sunfruit liqueur , a propensity that the New Republic planned to exploit in its continuing campaign against Zsinj . By presenting Carmal with sunfruit liqueur as a gift in addition to military subterfuge , the New Republic hoped to convince him to abandon his allegiance to the warlord . That same year , a lounge called the Sunfruit Promenade served customers on the planet Storinal . Behind the scenes . Sunfruit was first mentioned in the May 1996 novel " Shadows of the Empire " , written by Steve Perry , as a device for illustrating the physical prowess of Prince Xizor , Underlord of the Black Sun crime syndicate . " Shadows of the Empire " describes Xizor as being able to kick a sunfruit off the top of a tall humanoid ' s head without a warm - up stretch . " " , the 1998 sixth installment of the " X - Wing " novel series , by author Aaron Allston , was the first story to feature sunfruit , establishing its culinary diversity as both a liqueur and marinade . For the MMORPG " Star Wars Galaxies " , sunfruit was one of several that the player could on the planet Corellia . It was also a possible ingredient in making Corellian fried ice cream , which the player could create as part of a quest that involved acquiring a . " Star Wars Galaxies " was the first source to illustrate sunfruit , an image also used in the game to depict Bloom Fruit , GoldFruit , and Honey Melon .