Hammerfish

Hammerfish were a type of fish from the Mid Rim planet Glee Anselm. At some point, the Nautolan Finial Bright hunted the fish while on Glee Anselm, and later reflected that they visually resembled the shape and aesthetics of a Longbeam cruiser. Between 34 ABY and 35 ABY, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs traveled to the world and created a dish made of a sweet sauce and the fish—Broiled Hammerfish—in an attempt to mend relations between the planet's two sentient species, the Nautolans and the Anselmi.
==Biology and appearance==
Hammerfish were a type of fish that had thick, blunt skulls and elegant, sinuous tailfins. They could be eaten as food by Artiodacs.
==History==
Hammerfish hailed from the oceans of the Mid Rim planet Glee Anselm. By the time of the High Republic Era, the Nautolan Finial Bright hunted hammerfish on Glee Anselm and became familiar with their traits. While serving as a Republic Defense Coalition captain aboard the Longbeam cruiser Aurora IX in 232 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of The High Republic: Light of the Jedi to 232 BBY. Bright thought about his cruiser's aesthetics and shape, mentally comparing it to what a hammerfish looked like.
During a culinary tour of the galaxy that he took between 34 ABY and 35 ABY, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs traveled to Glee Anselm and created a dish named Broiled Hammerfish to try and improve relations between the world's two native sentient species—the Nautolans and the Anselmi. He crafted the entrée using a sweet sauce made from island ingredients and freshly caught hammerfish. Though tourists to the world enjoyed the hammerfish dish, Tuggs felt that his invention was not enough to completely soothe tensions between the Nautolans and the Anselmi, though it at least did not worsen the feuding. The chef later documented his trip to Glee Anselm—including his creation of Broiled Hammerfish— in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published in 35 ABY.
==Behind the scenes==
Hammerfish were first mentioned in Light of the Jedi, a 2021 novel written by Charles Soule as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I. The 2023 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook, a recipe book written by Jenn Fujikawa and Marc Sumerak, included an out-of-universe recipe for Broiled Hammerfish that called for cubed salmon.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Light of the Jedi 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Glee Anselm
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet
Category:Fish
Category:Food creatures
Category:Species of undefined sentience