- "The reason I dropped out and the day I took my first job were connected. My genetic science professor was always frazzled but had figured out a way to make a very potent tea from the haneli flower. But a drought on Haneli had made them nearly impossible to buy on her salary."
- ―Izal Garsea, to Julen Rakab
Haneli was a terrestrial planet located in the Expansion Region that was home to haneli flowers. In 382 BBY, Supreme Chancellor Orlen Mollo regularly enjoyed a cup of Haneli Flower Tea made from the world's flowers. During the reign of the New Republic, the student Izal Garsea traveled to the world to smuggle some of the flowers off Haneli for her professor—who made potent tea out of haneli flowers—amidst the world's drought but was caught and dropped the cargo. Between 34 ABY and 35 ABY, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs traveled to Haneli after the drought's end and picked some of the flowers, documenting his trip to the world in his cookbook The Ultimate Cookbook.
Description[]
- "Haneli flowers can be used to brew a potent tea that's great for calmin' even the most frayed of nerves. I used to keep a kettle of it in my kitchen at all times, but the price of those little red flowers skyrocketed when a severe drought hit Haneli years ago."
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
The terrestrial planet Haneli[3] was located in the Expansion Region[1] and the Trailing Sectors.[2] Haneli flowers—a type of flower that had multiple uses, including the creation of Haneli Flower Tea—were native to the world.[3]
History[]
- "Now that the drought has passed and the flowers are bloomin' again, you can land your ship on Haneli and pick as many as you want for free. That's the kinda deal I couldn't dare pass up. I had a kettle of Haneli Tea on the burner the second I was back on my ship. No better way to take the edge off as I set course for the Mid Rim…"
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
Haneli Flower Tea could be brewed from haneli flowers collected on Haneli.
Haneli flowers were harvested from Haneli and made into Haneli Flower Tea[4] during the High Republic Era. As part of his daily morning routine[5] in 382 BBY,[6] the Galactic Republic Supreme Chancellor Orlen Mollo consumed a cup of the tea while aboard the Alif-class Longbeam starship Paxion during a trip to the Eiram system.[5]
During the New Republic Era, a genetic science professor at an academy on the Mid Rim world Eroudac brewed a potent version of Haneli Flower Tea with flowers from the world, and the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs always kept a kettle of it in his kitchen. Due to a drought breaking out on Haneli[3] between 21 ABY and 32 ABY,[7] the price of the haneli flower increased substantially. The professor hired one of her students, Izal Garsea, to smuggle a quantity of the flowers for her, as the teacher could no longer afford them on her salary. Garsea was caught while attempting to carry the flowers aboard her starship, the Meridian, and abandoned the cargo, choosing not to return to the academy.[3]
Several years after her parents' deaths, in 34 ABY,[7] Garsea recounted the story of her smuggling attempt on Haneli to her friend Julen Rakab, a farmer on the Outer Rim planet Batuu.[3] The same year,[8] the historian Eloc Throno included Haneli on a map in his guidebook Traveler's Guide to Batuu.[1] Between 34 ABY and 35 ABY,[9] Tuggs took a culinary tour of the galaxy. The drought had ceased by that time, and the Artiodac stopped on Haneli to gather some haneli flowers—for free—as the final part of the Expansion Region portion of his tour. Tuggs later used his gathered flowers to brew a kettle of Haneli Flower Tea on the burner on board his food freighter as he traveled to the Mid Rim. He later documented his trip to Haneli and included a recipe for the tea in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published[4] in 35 ABY.[9]
Behind the scenes[]
Haneli was first mentioned in the 2019 novel A Crash of Fate, written by Zoraida Córdova.[3]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Convergence (Indirect mention only) (as tea of haneli flowers)
- The High Republic: Convergence audiobook (Indirect mention only) (as tea of haneli flowers)
- A Crash of Fate (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- A Crash of Fate audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu places Haneli in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Trailing Sectors.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 A Crash of Fate
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The High Republic: Convergence
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: Convergence to 382 BBY.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates A Crash of Fate to 34 ABY. The novel places Izal Garsea's departure from Batuu to thirteen years prior to the book's events—equating to 21 ABY. A Crash of Fate establishes that Garsea's turn to smuggling as a career, which began with her trip to Haneli, took place immediately following her parents' deaths. The novel further establishes that her parents had been dead for several years prior to her return to Batuu in 34 ABY, meaning she must have traveled to Haneli at some point between 21 ABY and 32 ABY. Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook, which was released in 35 ABY per the reasoning here, also establishes that the drought on Haneli—which A Crash of Fate establishes prompted Garsea's visit to the world—occurred several years prior to its publication.
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu establishes that at the time of the book's setting the Resistance was based on Batuu. Star Wars: Timelines dates both the establishment of the Batuu Resistance base and its eventual relocation to Ajan Kloss to 34 ABY. Therefore, the in-universe guide must have been authored that year.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook establishes that the publishing of the in-universe The Ultimate Cookbook and the culinary tour that preceded it occurred following the publishing of The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook and prior to the destruction of Kijimi. It also establishes that The Ultimate Cookbook was published following the Festival of the Ancestors that occurred during that time period. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook further establishes that The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook was published concurrently with the First Order's search for the Resistance base on Batuu, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. In addition, Timelines dates the Festival of the Ancestors and the destruction of Kijimi to 35 ABY, meaning the tour must have taken place between 34 ABY and 35 ABY and The Ultimate Cookbook must have been published in 35 ABY.