Ahrisa

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Ahrisa was a type of spicy food that was baked and served in as a sphere. The enslaved human Shmi Skywalker had ahrisa in a bowl on the kitchen counter of her house in the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine in 32 BBY. In 4 ABY, the human Jess ate some ahrisa in Jabba's Palace on Tatooine. Around 9 ABY, ahrisa was listed on the menus of a diner on the desert world Lafete and a cafe in Nevarro City on the planet Nevarro.

Description

Ahrisa was a type of spicy, spherical, baked food[3] edible to humans[4] that was brown in color with small black bits mixed in.[3]

History

Shmi Skywalker had ahrisa in her kitchen on Tatooine.

Shmi Skywalker had ahrisa in her kitchen on Tatooine.

In 32 BBY,[5] a bowl containing two balls of ahrisa,[6] some haroun bread, and a lamta[3] sat on the kitchen counter of the enslaved Shmi Skywalker's house in the city Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine when she hosted the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Padmé Amidala of the planet Naboo, and the Gungan Jar Jar Binks for dinner during a sandstorm.[6] During their time together[7] between 12 BBY and 11 BBY,[8] the Dathomirian Merrin thought that the Keshiri Chellwinark Frethylrin's skin smelt of spiced ahrisa and wax on Grave Thorn wood.[7]

While in Jabba's Palace on Tatooine[4] in 4 ABY,[9] the human servant Jess ate some ahrisa while watching kitchen droids working around her.[4] In 9 ABY,[10] the bounty hunters Boba Fett and Din Djarin met with Mandalorians Bo-Katan Kryze and Koska Reeves in a diner on the desert[1] world[11] Lafete that listed ahrisa costing 6.12 on its menu.[1] Around that same year,[12] ahrisa costing 3.11 was listed on the menu of a cafe in Nevarro City on the planet Nevarro.[2]

Behind the scenes

Ahrisa first appeared in the prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace,[6] which was released on May 19, 1999.[13] In the current canon, it was first identified in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia.[3] Prior to the film's release, Ahrisa was first pictured in the "Prequel Update" section of the thirty-fifth issue of Star Wars Insider,[14] published in September 1997.[15]

Ahrisa originally received its name in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first identified in the 1999 reference book Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary, written by David West Reynolds[16] and released on May 26, 1999.[17] In Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, one ball of ahrisa is erroneously labeled as haroun bread.[3]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas: Updated Edition dates the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace to 32 BBY.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jedi: Battle Scars
  8. ↑ Jedi: Battle Scars dates itself to a few years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order which take place in 14 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines. Therefore, the events of Jedi: Battle Scars must take place in 12 BBY at the earliest. Additionally, the novel dates itself within the years before Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the events of which take place in 9 BBY per the reasoning here. Within Jedi: Survivor, it is also noted the Stinger Mantis crew has been broken up for "years." As the crew are together in Jedi: Battle Scars, the latest it can take place is 11 BBY. Therefore, the events of Jedi: Battle Scars occur between 12 and 11 BBY.
  9. ↑ The main story of "Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight" takes place during the Rescue of Han Solo, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 4 ABY.
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" and "Chapter 16: The Rescue" to 9 ABY. The events of Chapters 1 through 16 of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must therefore also take place in 9 ABY.
  11. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
  12. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition, SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, the latter of which includes "Chapter 21: The Pirate," must all be set in 9 ABY as well.
  13. ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
  14. ↑ SWInsider "Prequel Update" — Star Wars Insider 35
  15. ↑ While the credits for Star Wars Insider 35 list a Winter 1997 publication date, "The Editor's Desk" welcome in Star Wars Insider 34 confirms that issue 35 was published in September 1997. The issue 35 feature article "The Jedi Sandstorm" and the advertisement on the inside back cover further confirm that issue 35 was published after the release of the book Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, which Amazon dates to September 8, 1997.
  16. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
  17. ↑ GalaxyCollector "Books with Bite" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 6

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