Spicy noodles

Spicy noodles were a type of noodle edible by humans. During the High Republic Era, the vendor Koko served spicy noodles in their cart Koko Noodle at the outpost Port Haileap on the Outer Rim planet Haileap. By 232 BBY, the human Jedi Padawan Imri Cantaros ate from Koko Noodle while he was stationed at Port Haileap, considering the cart to be his favorite place to eat, and its noodles the spiciest and tangiest in Port Haileap.

In 230 BBY, the human scientist Avon Starros considered visiting the cart to get some lunch, but was unable to because she was captured during an attack on the outpost by the Nihil pirates. The attack also resulted in the destruction of Koko Noodle, which dismayed Cantaros when he found out. While the Padawan was later on the Outer Rim planet Dalna, Jedi Knight Yacek Sparkburn informed him that he would cook him spicy noodles for lunch. After he arrived on the Outer Rim planet Aricho no earlier than 230 BBY, Cantaros continued to think about the destroyed noodle cart.

Description

Spicy noodles were a type of noodle edible by humans. The human Jedi Padawan Imri Cantaros considered the spicy noodles sold at the noodle cart Koko Noodle to be the spiciest and tangiest of those in Port Haileap, an outpost on^[1] the Outer Rim planet Haileap.^[2]

History

Imri's favorite noodles

By 232 BBY,^[3] the vendor Koko served spicy noodles at their noodle cart, Koko Noodle, at Port Haileap. While he was stationed at the outpost, the human Jedi Padawan Imri Cantaros ate at Koko Noodle, coming to consider the cart his favorite place to eat.^[1] In 230 BBY,^[4] the human scientist Avon Starros, who was stationed at Port Haileap, considered visiting the cart to get some lunch, though she was prevented from doing so as the outpost came under attack by the Nihil pirates. During the attack, Starros was captured and Koko Noodle was destroyed.^[1]

Shortly after the attack, Cantaros and his Master—the Mirialan Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh—visited Port Haileap, and the Padawan saw the wreckage of the destroyed noodle cart and immediately became devastated before quickly becoming embarrassed by his reaction. As he later looked at the destroyed cart, Cantaros wondered what the Nihil would have gotten from destroying the cart with the spiciest and tangiest noodles in all of Port Haileap. He mentally noted Koko had not been seen since the attack and attempted to repair the cart using the Force. Afterward, as Cantaros and Rwoh traveled to^[1] the Outer Rim^[2] planet Dalna, the Padawan expressed hope that he would be able to get spicy noodles there like the ones from Koko Noodle.^[1]

Remembrance

While on Dalna, the two Jedi accompanied the human Jedi Knight Yacek Sparkburn—who was stationed at Dalna's Jedi temple—to Dalna's capital city Saludad to speak with Vice President Hackrack Bep about a series of disappearances. When it was determined they would need to return to the Jedi temple to wait for Cantaros' and Rwoh's friend Honesty Weft to visit them with information, the Padawan groaned at having to do more waiting. In response, Sparkburn stated that after they arrived back at the temple, he would cook him spicy noodles for lunch to help pass the time.^[1]

After the destruction of the Galactic Republic space station Starlight Beacon by the Nihil^[5] in 230 BBY,^[6] Cantaros began hiding on the Outer Rim planet Aricho and spent a number of nights thinking about the noodles. After being reunited with his Master^[5] in 228 BBY,^[6] the Padawan told Rwoh about the nights he had spent thinking about them.^[5]

Behind the scenes

Spicy noodles were first mentioned in the 2022 junior novel The High Republic: Mission to Disaster, written by Justina Ireland and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's^[1] Phase I.^[7] When asked what Imri Cantaros' favorite type of noodle pasta was, Ireland stated that all types of noodles were good noodles.^[8]

Appearances

• The High Republic: Mission to Disaster (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
• The High Republic: Defy the Storm (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)

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