Rootleaf stew

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A facsimile of the hearty soup eaten by Jedi Master Yoda on Dagobah

A facsimile of the hearty soup eaten by Jedi Master Yoda on Dagobah

"Eat, eat. Hot. Good food, hmm?"
―Yoda, while serving Luke Skywalker rootleaf stew[1]

Rootleaf stew was a favorite meal of Jedi Master Yoda during his exile on Dagobah. It was a staple of his diet, supplemented by yarum seeds, mushroom spores, galla seeds, and sohli bark. Yoda prepared rootleaf stew the evening that he met Luke Skywalker.

In 1 ABY,[2] a facsimile of rootleaf stew was available to spacers throughout the galaxy. It appeared to be made of a rich assortment of the swamp planet's unique flora. However, it was in fact made from fiberplast.[3]

Behind the scenes

In an unusual promotional campaign for the Empire Strikes Back radio dramatization, National Public Radio hired Craig Claiborne, a renowned chef and food critic, to create a version of rootleaf stew that could be made with ingredients originating from Earth—primarily lamb, spinach, parsley, onions, and many different spices. The recipe was published in newspapers and magazines across the United States.[4][5][6]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  2. ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  3. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Price of Victory Card: Yoda Soup Bowl Replica (backup link)
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real Feed Young Jedis Yoda's Herb Stew on the Scrantonian-Tribune (archived at Newspapers.com) (February 13, 1983) (backup link archived on January 23, 2024)
  5. ↑ Premium-Era-real Yoda's Incredible Herb Stew on www.mkescene.com (backup link archived on August 11, 2020)
  6. ↑ Premium-Era-real Recipe: Yoda Stew on Living History in the Star Wars Galaxy: Applying the methods of historic reenacting to the Galaxy Far, Far Away (November 20, 2017) (backup link archived on January 23, 2024)

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