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A member of Arns Grimraker's scavengers smokes a cigarra.
- "Thank you, but... well, whatever it is you do with those, I don't."
- ―Wynn Dorvan declining Booster Terrik's offer of a cigar before the Tendrando Arms Celebrity Sabacc Charity Challenge
A cigarra, also cigar or cigarillo, was a mild narcotic that could be ignited and smoked for the purposes of relaxation.
Cigarras contained chemically treated portions of dried vegetation rolled inside a slender paper shaft. A smoker would place one end of the cigarra at the tip of their mouth and ignite the opposite end. They would suck the smoke from the burning cigarra into their mouth, or inhale it directly into their lungs, and then blow out a cloud of smoke.[source?] Cigarras were kept in humidors,[2] and were extremely popular in gambling districts and drinking establishments.
Lando Calrissian and Niles Ferrier were known to be avid cigarra smokers.
Aficionados could sometimes distinguish between different varieties by the scent of their smoke. In 9 ABY, while at Sluis Van shipyard, Lando Calrissian was able to identify the smell of carababba tabac with armudu spice on Luke Skywalker's clothing, meaning that the young Jedi had recently been in close proximity to someone smoking a carababba cigarra.
Knowing that ship thief Niles Ferrier was a frequent user of this variety, Calrissian feared that he may be attempting to steal from the New Republic Defense Fleet currently docked at the shipyard. His suspicions proved correct when Skywalker used Force memory enhancements to recall that Ferrier was heading towards a lesser used corridor. Skywalker later used used Force smell to track Ferrier by his cigarra smoke.
Other cigarra smokers included Senior Second Grubber Vapps of Bartyn's Landing[3] and his superior Administrator Guther Bartyn.[4]
Varieties[]
One type of cigarra used carababba tabac. On Haruun Kal, cigarras were made from rashallo leaves. Shento cigars were another brand. Marcan herb was normally smoked through a hookah pipe but could also be smoked in a cigarra. Savorium herb could be eaten, or smoked in a cigarra, causing a mild euphoria.
Appearances[]
Sources[]
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
- The Last Command Sourcebook
"Blasters for Hire" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 (as cigar)- Platt's Starport Guide
- "Wanted by Cracken" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 6
- Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope, Second Edition (as cigar)
- The DarkStryder Campaign
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- The Black Sands of Socorro
- "Bartyn's Landing" — Star Wars Gamer 7
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- "Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy" — Star Wars Insider 89 (Picture only)
- Bushforb, Slyther in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Viva Space Vegas! The History of the Marvelous Wheel, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Enter the Unknown
- Far Horizons
- Fly Casual (Picture only)
