- "Are you sure you won't have that drink? The Fuzzy Tauntaun? Or maybe a Carbon Freeze? No? Well, then, settle back and prepare to be wowed as the great Hondo Ohnaka tells you a story."
- ―Hondo Ohnaka suggests cocktails at Oga's Cantina to Bazine Netal
Fuzzy Tauntauns were yellow, fruity, alcoholic cocktails topped with Golden Lichen and buzzz, a substance that caused lip tingling when consumed. The drink was named after the tauntaun species from the ice planet Hoth and was served at a very cold temperature.
In 34 ABY, the beverage was served at Oga's Cantina in Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu. The Weequay smuggler Hondo Ohnaka recommended the cocktail to the mercenary Bazine Netal, but she said she was not someone who would drink a Fuzzy Tauntaun. The young humans Julen Rakab and Volt Vescuso drank them after Rakab thwarted Ana Tolla's attack on the Saka Homestead.
Description[]
- "Yellow, fruity, and topped with foam, the Fuzzy Tauntaun is served cold as Hoth and lovingly named after the snow lizard creatures who live there."
- ―Eloc Throno, Traveler's Guide to Batuu
The Fuzzy Tauntaun was a yellow-colored, fruity, alcoholic cocktail served at Oga's Cantina in Black Spire Outpost on the Outer Rim planet Batuu[2] in 34 ABY.[6] It was made using a substance called buzzz,[3] a foam that caused a tingling sensation in the drinker's lips when it was consumed,[2] and its dusting with gold-colored flakes of Golden Lichen made it one of the most expensive drinks at the cantina.[4] Named after tauntauns, a snow lizard species, Fuzzy Tauntauns were served at very cold temperatures like the creatures' homeworld,[5] the ice planet Hoth.[7]
History[]
- "When something works, go with it. And speaking of something that works, are you sure you wouldn't like a Fuzzy Tauntaun?"
"Do I look like the kind of person who drinks Fuzzy Tauntauns?" - ―Hondo Ohnaka fails to convince Bazine Netal to try a Fuzzy Tauntaun
In 34 ABY,[8] the Weequay smuggler Hondo Ohnaka personally recommended the drink to the human mercenary Bazine Netal multiple times while she questioned him at Oga's Cantina during her search for the Millennium Falcon, a YT-1300 light freighter. She declined each time, and, upon his last attempt, asked him if she looked like the kind of person who drank the beverage; Ohnaka agreed that Netal did not.[1] According to Resistance spy Vi Moradi, the former First Order stormtrooper Archex was another human who did not seem the type to drink the beverage.[9]
That year,[8] Julen Rakab and Volt Vescuso, a pair of humans, drank congratulatory Fuzzy Tauntauns at Oga's Cantina after Rakab successfully thwarted Ana Tolla's attack on Saka Homestead.[4] Also in 34 ABY,[8] author and explorer Eloc Throno provided a description of the beverage in his book Traveler's Guide to Batuu.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
Fuzzy Tauntauns were first mentioned in the junior novel Pirate's Price, which was written by Lou Anders[1] and published on January 8, 2019.[10] On February 27 of that year, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club[11] and StarWars.com announced that the beverage, which was first pictured on the latter website, would be sold at the real-world bar Oga's Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,[12] a themed land that opened at Disneyland Park on May 31 and Disney's Hollywood Studios on August 29 of the same year.[13] The menu's description reads, "Cîroc Peach Vodka, Bols Peach Schnapps, and Simply Orange® topped with Tangerine, Pure Cane Sugar, 'Buzzz' Foam."[14] The real-world "buzzz" is derived from buzz buttons.[15]
The 2020 non-canon video game expansion The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu includes Fuzzy Tauntauns as a drink that the player's Sims can purchase from the Oga's Cantina vendor in the Black Spire Outpost neighborhood. Its price of sixty credits makes it the second most expensive item on the menu. Upon consuming the drink for the first time, the Sim automatically learns the recipe and can prepare it at mixology bars in their home neighborhood.[16]
Appearances[]
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Pirate's Price (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Pirate's Price audiobook (Mentioned only)
- A Crash of Fate
- A Crash of Fate audiobook
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Oga's Cantina (First appearance)
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- Everything You Need to Know About Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on D23.com (backup link)
- 27 Things We Learned About Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on StarWars.com (backup link)
- From Blue Milk to Ronto Wraps: The Food and Beverages of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)
- How to Taste Your Way Through Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on D23.com (backup link)
- Foodie Guide to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- Sip and Savor Intergalactic Food & Beverage at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World Resort, Opening August 29 on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- Must-Try Drinks at Oga's Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- 7 of the Coolest Star Wars Nightspots on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Disneyland: Oga's Cantina: Dinner Menu on Disney.go.com (backup link)
- Disneyland: Oga's Cantina: Lunch Menu on Disney.go.com (backup link)
- Disney's Hollywood Studios: Oga's Cantina: Dinner Menu on Disney.go.com (backup link)
- Disney's Hollywood Studios: Oga's Cantina: Lunch Menu on Disney.go.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pirate's Price
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Oga's Cantina
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Must-Try Drinks at Oga's Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Crash of Fate
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- ↑ The events of Oga's Cantina within Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the framing story of Pirate's Price, and the events of A Crash of Fate all take place in 34 ABY, per the reasoning here.
- ↑ Tauntaun in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu establishes that at the time of the book's setting the Resistance was based on Batuu. Star Wars: Timelines dates both the establishment of the Batuu Resistance base and its eventual relocation to Ajan Kloss to 34 ABY. Therefore, the in-universe guide must have been authored that year.
- ↑ Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
- ↑ Star Wars: Pirate's Price on Disney.com (backup link)
- ↑ Everything You Need to Know About Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on D23.com (backup link)
- ↑ From Blue Milk to Ronto Wraps: The Food and Beverages of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Foodie Guide to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- ↑ Disneyland: Oga's Cantina: Dinner Menu on Disney.go.com (backup link)
- ↑ Sip and Savor Intergalactic Food & Beverage at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World Resort, Opening August 29 on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
- ↑ The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu