Zelk

A zelk was a creature whose husk could be used in the production of clothing. While on the planet Batuv in 10 BBY, the smuggler Lando Calrissian, who intended to purchase a new cape, visited a marketplace which contained the stall of the Trandoshan vendor Borkus. The Trandoshan offered Calrissian a blue cape which he claimed was ameron skin. The smuggler, however, claimed that the cape resembled zelk husk instead. Borkus, who had taken Calrissian's response as an accusation of lying, then threatened to turn Calrissian into a cape.

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