Chaka Mater Laka

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	An excerpt of "Batuu Boogie" by Chaka Mater Laka and MW-59^[1]

Chaka Mater Laka was a musician who performed in the^[1] Huttese^[2] song "Batuu Boogie" alongside MW-59.^[1] The duo's song was featured by the droid DJ R-3X in Oga's Cantina, which was located in Black Spire Outpost on the Outer Rim planet Batuu,^[3] in the year 34 ABY.^[4] The cantina playlist was broadcast over the local radio station, BSO 401.72,^[5] which could be heard in the refreshers near the Droid Depot store,^[6] inside the Black Spire Station garage,^[7] inside the Black Spire Outpost Market,^[8] and inside Docking Bay 5 at the local spaceport.^[9]

Behind the scenes

Chaka Mater Laka's musical recording "Batuu Boogie" first appeared in the themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,^[3] which opened to guests at Disneyland on May 31, 2019.^[10] The track is used in the Oga's Cantina bar^[3] and included in the background audio for the restrooms near Droid Depot,^[6] Black Spire Station,^[7] the market,^[8] and in the stand-by queue for the attraction Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run.^[9] The in-universe artists behind the track were not revealed, however, until the release of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Oga's Cantina: R-3X's Playlist #1,^[1] a digital album released on September 6, 2019.^[11] The song was written by Jason Mater, whose surname is used in the name of the in-universe artist. Matthew Wood and Ben Burtt were consulted for the alien languages used throughout the cantina playlist.^[12]