Blue milk (2024)

Blue milk,^[17] also known as Bantha milk,^[18] was a rich blue-colored milk produced by female banthas. Sentients drank it,^[16] and also used it in bantha butter,^[11] blue bantha buttermilk biscuits,^[13] blue-milk cheese,^[14] blue milk custard, ice cream, and yogurt.^[16] It was notably available on Outer Rim planets such as Batuu,^[1] Lah'mu,^[3] Lothal,^[4] and Tatooine.^[6] Cid's Parlor on Ord Mantell served a similar beverage that was alcoholic called Dark Blue Milk.^[19]

During a lightsaber training session, the young Ezra Bridger had to protect himself as the astromech droid Chopper kept lobbing cartons of blue milk at him.^[17] Luke Skywalker drank blue milk while he discussed the new droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO, with his aunt and uncle.^[6]

Two establishments in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu, served blue milk or blue milk-based concoctions; Milk Stand sold blue milk and an alcoholic Blue Milk Cooler,^[15] while Oga's Cantina served the non-alcoholic Blue Bantha.^[12]

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Behind the scenes[]

Blue milk first appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the first installment in the original trilogy of Star Wars.^[6] Initially, one scene was to have featured Beru Lars, played by Shelagh Fraser, pouring blue milk into a jug in her kitchen. That footage, however, was left on the cutting room floor.^[20]

Mark Hamill stated the blue milk was "life-long milk" with "additives – they put blue food coloring in it – and it was really ghastly. Oily and sweet and euch! Triggered your gag reflex. But I said, 'Look – if they gave me blue milk, you bet I'm going to drink it on camera, because what other chance am I going to get?' So there's an indication that I'm an underrated actor – I gulped it and acted like I liked it without vomiting."^[21]

The anthology novel From a Certain Point of View, celebrating the 40th anniversary of A New Hope, was first teased on social media on April 6, 2017, using the hashtag #OperationBlueMilk.^[22]

The real-world Milk Stand found at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge serves "blue milk," which is actually a frozen plant-based blend of coconut and rice milks that the menu describes as having "alluring fruity characteristics." The Disney's Hollywood Studios location additionally serves an alcoholic Blue Milk Cooler.^[15] The real-world Oga's Cantina at both parks serves Blue Bantha, a non-alcoholic co*cktail with a cookie.^[12]

The 2020 non-canon video game expansion The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu includes blue milk as a drink sold to the player's Sims at the Milk Stand vendor in the Black Spire Outpost neighborhood. In the home neighborhood, it can be purchased as a quick meal from refrigerators.^[23]

Appearances[]

Non-canon appearances[]

• Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A Hero Discovered"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Peril on Kashyyyk" (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Test" (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Storms of Taul" (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel"
• LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season — "Father's Day"
• The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu
• The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
• LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales (In flashback(s))
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Sources[]

Non-canon sources[]

• LEGO Star Wars Yoda's Galaxy Atlas

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