Haroun bread, or haroun loaf, was a type of brown bread. In 40 BBY, the human Rahara Wick held a haroun bread bun while snacking on the Gozanti-class freighter Meryx. In 32 BBY, the enslaved Shmi Skywalker had a bowl containing the bread on the table of her house on the planet Tatooine.

The musician Jess ate pieces of haroun bread smeared with bantha butter for breakfast in the palace of the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure in 4 ABY. In around 9 ABY, it was listed on the menus of both a diner and a cafe on the worlds of Lafete and Nevarro respectively. The menu of the Restraining Bolt in the Grand Arena on the planet Vespaara also listed the dish for sale.

Description[]

Haroun bread,^[3] also known as haroun loaf,^[4] was a type of light brown-colored bread^[3] that was edible by humans.^[5]

History[]

Republic Era[]

In 40 BBY,^[6] the human pilot Rahara Wick emerged from the mess of the Gozanti-class freighter Meryx, where she had been snacking, with a haroun bread bun in her hand while waiting to be signaled for pick up by the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi.^[5]

When Jinn, Queen Padmé Amidala, and the Gungan Jar Jar Binks took shelter from a sandstorm and ate dinner in the enslaved Shmi Skywalker's house in the city Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine^[7] in 32 BBY,^[8] a bowl containing a piece of haroun bread,^[7] two balls of ahrisa, and a lamta^[3] sat on the house's kitchen counter.^[7]

Imperial and New Republic Era[]

The musician Jess snuck down to the kitchens of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's palace on Tatooine and nibbled on spicy ahrisa and pieces of haroun bread smeared with bantha butter for breakfast on the morning of the day that the Hutt died^[9] in 4 ABY.^[10]

In 9 ABY,^[11] a diner on the desert^[1] world Lafete^[12] where the bounty hunters Boba Fett and Din Djarin met with Mandalorians Bo-Katan Kryze and Koska Reeves had haroun bread costing 5.78 listed on its menu.^[1] Around that same year,^[13] haroun bread also costing 5.78 was listed on the menu of a cafe in Nevarro City on the planet Nevarro.^[2] At some point between 9 ABY and 34 ABY,^[14] haroun loaf was listed as a menu item costing four credits in the Restraining Bolt, an eatery in the Mos Espa Waystation battlefield—which was inspired by Mos Espa on Tatooine—of the Hunters of the Outer Rim tournament's Grand Arena on the planet Vespaara.^[4]

Behind the scenes[]

Haroun bread first appeared in the 1999 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.^[7] In the current Star Wars canon, it was first identified in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, which was written by Adam Bray, Tricia Barr, and Cole Horton. In the book, one ball of ahrisa is erroneously labeled as haroun bread.^[3] Haroun bread originally received its name in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first identified in the 1999 reference book Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, written by David West Reynolds.^[15] The dish was first identified as haroun loaf on an Aurebesh sign added to the video game Star Wars: Hunters in version 0.16.0,^[4] which was released on March 7, 2023.^[16]

Appearances[]

• Master & Apprentice
• Master & Apprentice audiobook
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
• The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD
• "The Path of a Podracer" — The Prequel Trilogy Stories
• "The Path of a Podracer" — Star Wars Storybook Collection
• "Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
• "Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi audiobook
• The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue" (Mentioned on menu)
• The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate" (Mentioned on menu)
• Star Wars: Hunters (Mentioned on menu) (First identified as haroun loaf)

Sources[]

• Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (First identified as haroun bread)
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
• Quiz: Which Star Wars Character Should You Be for Halloween? on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)

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