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Cigarra

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

A cigarra, also cigar or cigarillo, was a mild narcotic that could be ignited and smoked for the purposes of relaxation.

Cigarras were kept in humidors, and were extremely popular in gambling districts and drinking establishments.

Lando Calrissian and Niles Ferrier were known to be avid cigarra smokers.

Aficionados could sometimes distinguish between different varieties by the scent of their smoke. In 9 ABY, while at Sluis Van shipyard, Lando Calrissian was able to identify the smell of carababba tabac with armudu spice on Luke Skywalker's clothing, meaning that the young Jedi had recently been in close proximity to someone smoking a carababba cigarra.

Knowing that ship thief Niles Ferrier was a frequent user of this variety, Calrissian feared that he may be attempting to steal from the New Republic Defense Fleet currently docked at the shipyard. His suspicions proved correct when Skywalker used Force memory enhancements to recall that Ferrier was heading towards a lesser used corridor. Skywalker later used used Force smell to track Ferrier by his cigarra smoke.

Other cigarra smokers included Senior Second Grubber Vapps of Bartyn's Landing and his superior Administrator Guther Bartyn.

Text and facts from the “Cigarra/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Appearances

35 works, in story order
  1. Knight Errant
  2. Blinking Eyes: Halves
  3. Reckonings
  4. Zygerrian Takedown (mentioned only)
  5. Shatterpoint
  6. Stone and Steel
  7. Kenobi
  8. Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
  9. Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
  10. Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
  11. Swoop Gangs
  12. Droids Defiant
  13. Lumrunners
  14. Seregar Turnabout
  15. Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (first appearance)
  16. Interlude at Darkknell
  17. River of Chaos 1
  18. The Long Arm of the Hutt
  19. Debts to Pay
  20. Mask of the Pirate Queen
  21. Lady Luck
  22. The Star Wars Holiday Special (first mentioned)
  23. Lando Calrissian: Idiot's Array
  24. Star Wars (1977) 65
  25. Star Wars (1977) 78
  26. Easy Money
  27. Fists of Ion
  28. Deader than a Triton Moon (in a flashback)
  29. Dark Force Rising
  30. The Last Command
  31. Counterstrike
  32. The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught (mentioned only)
  33. The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
  34. Fate of the Jedi: Vortex
  35. Fate of the Jedi: Ascension
Non-canon appearances: 1
  1. Tall Tales

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