Gesh's Tapcafe was a tapcafe in Jedha City on the moon Jedha. It was owned by Gesh,[2] a descendant of Belloq, whose name the old cafe had previously shared[3] when it was known as Bar Belloq[4] and Cafe Belloq,[5] with Bar Belloq still being written on the sign.[4] In 1 BBY,[1] it was bombed by insurgents targeting Imperial personnel, resulting in over a dozen deaths and multiple injuries.[2] The establishment was then obliterated shortly after when the Galactic Empire destroyed all of Jedha City with the Death Star superweapon.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
Gesh's Tapcafe was created for the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,[6] which was released on December 15, 2016.[7] Prior to the film's release, it was revealed in the film's teaser trailer, which was posted on April 7, 2016. In the trailer, a shot shows a sign naming the bar as Bar Belloq in aurebesh;[4] however, this shot did not make it into the final film where the establishment goes unnamed.[6] Pablo Hidalgo gave the tapcafe's proper name[3] for the first time in Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, a reference book released alongside the film.[2] Hidalgo created the name in reference to[3] the Decraniated that can be seen inside, who had been known as "Headless Gesihas" during production.[8] Hidalgo later clarified that Gesh's Tapcafe was the establishment seen in the film and provided explanation for the alternate names,[3] also calling the building Cafe Belloq, on Twitter on September 23, 2023.[5]
Appearances[]
- Unlock!: Star Wars Escape Game
- Guardians of the Whills (Mentioned only)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
Sources[]
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Official Teaser Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (First pictured)- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (First identified as Gesh's Tapcafe)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Timelines places the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which includes the destruction of Gesh's Tapcafe and the rest of Jedha City, to 1 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on September 23, 2023): "Sort of kept part of the Geisha name by saying the cafe's proper name is Gesh's Tapcafe, an old establishment currently run by a descendent of the Belloq in the sign. Well, 'currently' at least until the moon is blasted." (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on September 23, 2023): "Very quick shot of the Cafe Belloq that has Imperial officers wearing what we took to calling Stasi coats and a very brief glimpse of what came to be known as the Decraniated." (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Rogue One switches its UK release date to 15 December by White, James on Empire (October 24, 2016) (backup link archived on January 4, 2019)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on September 23, 2023): "Their creepy production name was 'Headless Geishas' which wouldn't really work in-universe, so I coined Decraniated to describe them and folded them into the Evazan story thread lurking in the text of the Guide." (original link is obsolete)
