The Dark Truth Behind Spice Mining in Star Wars #starwars #dune #spice #moseisley #moseisleycantina

thanks to the fantastic tie-in canon reference book Star Wars Complete Locations These Renate siblings were illegal spice runners who turned the bar into an illegal spice den This was similar to an opium den of Earth's history The spice of the Star Wars universe was said to have been heavily influenced by the spice melange from Frank Herbert's Dune Spice was mostly mined in the slave mines on #Kessel where #Wookiee slaves were worked to death It could also be found in other worlds in the galaxy including #Naboo In fact the assassination attempt against Senator Amidala's life was initially credited to disgruntled spice miners before it was revealed to have been ordered by the Separatists Spice particularly #Sansana Spice was so addictive that those who were hooked would allegedly sell their own mothers just to get another hit As is the case with any drug too much could kill the user #StarWars #StarWarsFacts #StarWarsLore #StarWarsCharacters #StarWarsTheory #StarWarsExplained #WhatCultureStarWars #StarWarsEasterEggs #DarthVader #LukeSkywalker #StarWarsHistory #StarWarsCanon #Yoda #StarWarsMovies #StarWarsTVShows #StarWarsTimeline #jedi #sith #hansolo #chewbacca #kyloren #rey #finn #poedameron #macewindu #emperor #emperorpalpatine #obiwan #obiwankenobi #c3po #padme #padmeamidala #queenamidala #princessleia #leia #quigonjinn #quigon #yoda #lando #landocalrissian #jarjar #jarjarbinks #r2d2 #milleniumfalcon #xwing #tiefighter #georgelucas