MW-59

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

MW-59 was a musician who performed in the^[1] Huttese^[2] musical track "Batuu Boogie" with fellow artist Chaka Mater Laka.^[1] "Batuu Boogie" was one of the tracks used by the droid DJ R-3X in Oga's Cantina, located in Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu in the Outer Rim,^[3] in the year 34 ABY.^[4] The local radio station, BSO 401.72, broadcast the cantina playlist,^[5] which could be heard in the refreshers near Mubo's Droid Depot,^[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

MW-59's track "Batuu Boogie" first appeared in the themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,^[3] which opened to guests at Disneyland on May 31, 2019, and Disney's Hollywood Studios on August 29, 2019.^[10] The track is audible in the Oga's Cantina bar^[3] and 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 the digital album Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Oga's Cantina: R-3X's Playlist 1^[1] on September 6, 2019.^[11] Matthew Wood and Ben Burtt were consulted for the alien languages used throughout the cantina playlist.^[12]