Aimeé
There are a lot of questions to be asked about how the characters in Star Wars live their daily lives—for instance, I’ve always wondered how many bathrooms there are on the Death Star—but not that many answers.
Fanfiction writer and author of Archive of Our Own Violet Wilson is passing some of her quarantine hours by trying to fill in the blanks around how different characters prepare their hot morning beverage. Even far away in a distant galaxy, the best part of waking up is coffee in your cup.
She started with Obi-Wan, explaining why he loves a French press. Hey, me too! Guess I’m more of an Ethan McGregor type than I already thought.
Star Wars Characters and how they make their coffee: a thread
Obi Wan makes French press coffee and gently uses just the weight of his hand to lower the filter, so that the sediment isn’t overly disturbed and the acidity is controlled. pic.twitter.com/2q3ca0Ei2I
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Maybe I’m just really open to the power of suggestion, but all of Wilson’s explanations made total sense. Making coffee or at least drinking coffee, is a daily ritual that lets us slow down before speeding waaaaayyyy up. I can totally see each one of these characters enjoying their brew in exactly the way she describes.
Kylo Ren:
Kylo Ren uses an Aeropress because like, come on, just LOOK AT IT pic.twitter.com/rrNnqgpbAw
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Rey:
Rey only drinks gas station coffee with hazelnut creamer and she does not understand why everyone is all up in arms about it pic.twitter.com/VSxQhwS002
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Poe Dameron:
Poe Dameron uses a Chemex.
He has broken four of them this year alone but refuses to switch methods because he likes coffee preparation methods that wear a little scarf pic.twitter.com/OqgbjQNR6P
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Rose Tico:
Rose Tico uses a Moka pot because it’s so cute, and she can carry it around in her rucksack moving from camp to camp. pic.twitter.com/4SYMweLJux
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Darth Vader:
Vader likes it when things coordinate. pic.twitter.com/ncXMnDVRJT
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Padmé:
Padmé uses a Japanese cold brew coffee system that her mother gave her because it’s as much art as it is a method of preparation. pic.twitter.com/eOzY8hgobu
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Armitage Hux:
Armitage Hux thinks coffee is for the weak.
He leaves his tea bags in the entire time he’s drinking it so that it gets all bitter and full of tannins. pic.twitter.com/8GH2j8XgBs
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
BB8:
BB8 just cuts to the chase pic.twitter.com/GylpXW3f8P
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Finn:
Finn has a keurig because Jesus Christ not every thing has to be a beautiful tea ceremony in the morning for crying out loud he just wants a nice cup of coffee to go thank you very much pic.twitter.com/hRP50e6zRE
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Palpatine:
He just— I mean the beans are technically “cooked” if you squint pic.twitter.com/P3Ud0VApmy
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Han Solo:
Han Solo makes cold brew concentrate in a 5 gallon jug and he does NOT dilute it pic.twitter.com/98dxfGXoeP
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Leia:
Leia Organa is fueled entirely by a passion for global democracy and needs no additional stimulants pic.twitter.com/wr0guBAkAL
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
R2D2:
R2D2 shows up ten minutes late with the iced latte that is the reason he’s late and he doesn’t even try and hide it pic.twitter.com/FAjHjop5A4
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Luke Skywalker:
Luke makes matcha tea with the whisk and everything. pic.twitter.com/pWtBymuiWT
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
Ben Solo, who drinks coffee different from Kylo Ren for sure:
Ben Solo is going through a lot and recently had to switch to decaf 😞 pic.twitter.com/089TYpjeCj
— Violet “In Twt Jail” Wilson (@ViWiWrites) April 28, 2020
There were a couple of other characters that were left off the original list, but commenters supplied the truth of Yoda’s morning ritual:
Yoda makes very strong Turkish coffee over his campfire in a copper pot and drinks it out of a tiny cup — but it’s half bourbon because “his medicine grampa needs”. pic.twitter.com/8CO9D8Fckb
— Eli Evans (@_eevans) April 28, 2020
And Jar Jar, who we wish could be forgotten and who never will be:
— Shane Zeagman (@ItsShaZam) April 28, 2020
Wait. What about Ewoks? Chocolate covered espresso beans?
