Bantha crap

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"In my professional archeological opinion… this is a buncha bantha crap."
―Doctor Aphra, commenting on an academic text[1]

Bantha crap was a phrase used to describe nonsense or false statements. For instance, during Doctor Aphra's escape from Darth Vader on Tython, she mentioned "the hopes of forgiveness and a happy ending and all the other bantha crap someone like me was never gonna get."[2] Later, when recounting the event to Sana Starros, Starros trusted her account, because Aphra's tone revealed when she was "spinning bantha crap" and attempting to make herself seem impressive.[3]

The term could also used as part of a longer phrase, such as:

  • Everything one touches turns to bantha crap: Everything a person does, goes wrong or turns into disaster.[4]
  • Feel like bantha crap: To feel very unwell.[5]
  • Full of bantha crap: Used to describe someone who is not telling the truth.[6]

Behind the scenes

The word "bantha crap" is similar to the real-world vulgar American English noun "bullcrap," which refers to something untrue or worthless,[7] and is a synonym for "bullshit."[8] Much like "bantha crap,"[6] "bullcrap" is a compound formed from the name of an animal, combined with the word "crap."[9]

The use of the word "bantha crap" is similar to various real-world phrases, which contain the word "crap" or "shit":

Star Wars English counterpart
Bantha crap[2] Bullcrap[7]
Everything one touches turns to bantha crap[4] Everything one touches turns to shit[10]
Feel like bantha crap[5] Feel like crap[11]
Full of bantha crap[6] Full of crap[12]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Doctor Aphra (2016) 40
  3. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 13
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The High Republic (2021) 12
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Beyond the Clouds" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Premium-Era-real bullcrap on Reverso English Dictionary: "something worthless or untrue US" (backup link archived on July 10, 2025)
  8. ↑ Premium-Era-real Synonyms for bullcrap in English on Reverso English Dictionary: "bullshit" (backup link archived on July 10, 2025)
  9. ↑ Premium-Era-real bullcrap on Rabbitique: "Compound from English bull + English crap." (backup link archived on July 10, 2025)
  10. ↑ Premium-Era-real everything one touches turns to shit: Idiom Meaning and Origin on The Village Idiom: "The idiom "everything one touches turns to shit" means that everything a person comes into contact with or tries to do goes wrong or becomes a disaster." (backup link archived on July 10, 2025)
  11. ↑ Premium-Era-real like crap on Merriam-Webster: "informal + impolite: very badly (…) Note: If someone feels like crap, he or she feels very sick, unhappy, etc." (backup link archived on July 10, 2025)
  12. ↑ Premium-Era-real full of crap on Merriam-Webster: "not to be believed : saying things that are not true" (backup link archived on July 10, 2025)