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5 min read'Star Wars' With Bobby Moynihan
The first time Bobby Moynihan saw a deleted scene from Star Wars: A New Hope, he noticed something the message boards had been arguing about for decades: what exactly was Aunt Beru putting into that steaming pot? "It's fucking fennel," Moynihan says. "If you look at fennel, you cut it a certain way, it looks pretty foreign and crazy to begin with." That moment captures something essential about Star Wars food — it was never designed to look appetizing. It was designed to look alien, which in 1977 meant raiding the produce section for whatever looked weirdest.
The Blue Milk Problem
Across the entire Star Wars galaxy, the food is almost uniformly terrible. Moynihan, who has played nine characters in the franchise and had an alien species named after his last name, sums it up bluntly: "You're either eating super gross slimy blue green food, or you're getting next to nothing." The blue milk from the moisture farm on Tatooine is the most famous example — a practical effect that has become iconic despite (or because of) looking like something you would not voluntarily drink. "I don't like blue and I don't like milk," Moynihan says. "It's not a frequent color that appears in nature on Earth other than blueberries."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:38) **Introducing the Food of Star Wars** - The hosts explain why they've been nervous to cover this topic and establish Bobby Moynihan's unique qualifications as a lifelong fan who has voiced nine characters in the franchise.
- 2 (07:00) **The Blue Milk Scene and Tatooine's Fennel Mystery** - The hosts analyze the first major food scene in Star Wars: the Lars family dinner in A New Hope, and reveal what was actually in the deleted scene.
- 3 (14:34) **Luke's Dagobah Rations and the Tackle Box Lunch** - The hosts dissect Luke Skywalker's survival rations on Dagobah and reveal the actual contents of that iconic food box.
- 4 (20:43) **The Polystarch Bread Debate: Delicious or Disgusting?** - The hosts argue over whether Rey's instant polystarch bread from The Force Awakens looks appetizing, with a surprising split in opinion.
- 5 (24:25) **Padmé's Impossible Pear and Coruscant's Rich People Food** - The hosts examine the bizarre scene where Anakin magically cuts a pear-like fruit that has no core but does have a stem.
- 6 (27:21) **Why Star Wars Food is Blue, Green, and Unappetizing** - The hosts explore the color theory behind Star Wars cuisine and why blue and green foods are instinctively off-putting to humans.
- 7 (30:49) **The Mandalorian's Meat Processing Scene and Galaxy's Edge** - The hosts discuss the surprisingly appetizing food in recent Star Wars content, particularly the butcher scene in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Show Notes
There's a Jedi in the Recipe Club clubhouse this week. Bobby Moynihan (Jedi Bob) is here with Chris and Dave to unpack every detail of the food and drinks in the 'Star Wars' universe. While the gang is petrified that the 'Star Wars' fan base will pounce on any mistake, there's no mistaking the deliciousness of this week's recipe. Inspired by 'The Mandalorian and Grogu,' Chris bakes a meatloaf, then shaves it into a doner kebab. Dave says it's the best thing he's ever cooked.
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Producers: Noelle Cornelio, Jesse Aron, Magdalena Munao
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Production Support: Donald LoBianco, Neal Lett, Michael Delgado, Marcus Yasui, David Meyer
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