- "Where are you going, Master?"
"For a drink." - ―Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Outlander Club
Alcohol, also known as booze and hooch, was a type of drink that came in several forms and had mind-altering effects on certain organic species.
Types of alcohol[]
Various type of beverages consumed by sentients such as ales,[6] liquors, and wines contained alcohol.[7] Alcoholic drinks could be divided into several categories: wines were made by fermenting fruit or other vegetation with a rising agent, meads were made by fermenting biological sugars, beers were brewed from grains, and liquors were made from various pressed, fermented, and blended ingredients.[8]
Other words for alcohol were "booze"[9] and "hooch".[10]
Side-effects[]
- "You may be surprised what people reveal when they have been drinking."
- ―Plo Koon to Ahsoka Tano
Excessive alcohol consumption caused temporary intoxication (or "drunkenness"), typically followed by unpleasant physical aftereffects in the form of a hangover.[5] According to Sinjir Rath Velus, Kowakian rum caused the worst cases of hangover, making people "plead for death while hiding in the darkness under [their] bedcovers or even under the bed itself."[12]
One danger of intoxication was impaired judgement: While gambling in the Canto Casino, the alien Dobbu Scay became inebriated[4] and mistook the astromech droid BB-8 for a slot machine. The droid ended up accumulating many of Scay's Cantocoins.[3] During a mission to the Coruscant Underworld, Jedi Ahsoka Tano and Plo Koon went into a cantina to find information on bounty hunter Aurra Sing, due to people being more likely to reveal information while intoxicated.[11]
Drunkenness could also lead to unsteadiness and a staggering gait. This happened to a Quarren member of Gorian Shard's pirate gang as they were drinking with their Trandoshan friend on Nevarro.[13]
Alcohol could also lead to sleepiness: Part of a fake cover story once concocted by Cassian Andor was that his friend Brasso had a bottle of nog at home and they went there and drank themselves to sleep.[14]
Although tolerance for alcohol varied between individuals, it was possible to train one's body to strengthen its resistance.[7]
Alcohol could be addictive: Kylo Ren claimed that Rey's mother and father had sold off their own daughter for drinking money,[3] although it later turned out that they actually sold Rey to protect her from her grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.[15]
Depending on its strength, an alcoholic drink could impart a burning impression in the mouth and digestive system.[10]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 4 (Databank A-Z: B1 Battle Droid–Bantha)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- No Disintegrations
- "Different Worlds, Different Customs: Built Close to the Water - Sea Worlds, Part 2" — Star Wars - Das offizielle Magazin 100
- "Common Ground" Episode Guide - The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
- 79's in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lost Stars
- ↑ A New Dawn
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dark Disciple
- ↑ "The Wine in Dreams" — Canto Bight
- ↑ Doctor Aphra (2016) 16
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bloodline
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lethal Trackdown"
- ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
- ↑ Andor — "Kassa"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker