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{{Dialogue|Fixer|Where's the juice? I'm thirsty.|Camie|Here, catch one.|Luke|So, where's the party?|Fixer|Wherever ''I'' am, Luke. Right, Cammie?|Camie|Correct, lover.|attr=The youth of Tatooine|src=Star Wars (radio)}}
'''Malt''', also known as '''malt brew''' or '''malt ferment''', was a [[brown]] [[Alcohol/Legends|alcoholic]] beverage served around [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]] in the [[Hard Heart Cantina/Legends|Hard Heart Cantina]] aboard the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|first Death Star]] as well as in the [[City/Legends|settlement]] of [[Anchorhead/Legends|Anchorhead]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]], and in the [[Elrood sector/Legends|Elrood sector]] around [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]]. The shade of [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Callista Ming]]'s brown hair resembled the [[Color/Legends|color]] of malt.

==Description==
Malt was a [[brown]]<ref name="children" /> mildly [[Alcohol/Legends|alcoholic]] beverage<ref name="tcswe" /> that was produced in different qualities. During the early stages of the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the [[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]] [[Memah Roothes]], operator of the [[Hard Heart Cantina/Legends|Hard Heart Cantina]] on the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|first Death Star]], served many different varieties of liquors, including generic and brand-named malts.<ref name="ds" />

Malt was also popular among the younger generation of [[Moisture farmer/Legends|moisture farmers]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] during the [[New Order/Legends|New Order]].<ref name="tcswe" /> In [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], [[Laze Loneozner/Legends|Laze "Fixer" Loneozner]] asked for a drink from his girlfriend, [[Camie Loneozner|Camie]], who handed him a container of malt.<ref name="radio">''[[Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization]]''</ref> A few days later, while remembering the past and imagining the future, [[Imperial Academy/Legends|Imperial Academy]] graduate [[Biggs Darklighter/Legends|Biggs Darklighter]] and his childhood friend, farmboy [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], drank a malt brew from [[black]] cups at the [[Tosche Station/Legends|Tosche power station]] in [[Anchorhead/Legends|Anchorhead]], a [[City/Legends|settlement]] on Tatooine.<ref name="anh" />

[[File:Utoz.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Men drinking Utoz]]

[[Utoz/Legends|Utoz]] was a potent fermented malt beverage<ref name="Elrood">[[Operation: Elrood (book)|''Operation: Elrood'']]</ref> made from [[Toz]] [[Grain/Legends|grain]]. It was widely popular throughout the [[Elrood sector/Legends|Elrood sector]].<ref name="Planets" /> Many brands of Utoz were served at the Utoz Houses,<ref name="Elrood" /> the most popular social spots on the planet [[Merisee]].<ref name="Planets" /> Utoz was considered a delicacy by the locals, but most of those who were used to [[Lum/Legends|lum]] and [[Corellian rum/Legends|Corellian rum]] considered the beverage barely drinkable.<ref name="Elrood" />

In [[44 ABY]], businessman [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] served his longtime friends [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]] and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] a special [[Jet juice/Legends|jet juice]] that had a deep malty flavor.<ref name="vortex">''[[Fate of the Jedi: Vortex]]''</ref>

Some [[Human/Legends|Humans]] had hair in the shade of brown matching the [[Color/Legends|color]] of malt; thus their hair was described as "malt brown" or "malty brown." [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Callista Ming]]'s original hair color was malt brown.<ref name="children" /> In [[12 ABY/Legends|12 ABY]], after Ming [[Transfer essence|transfered her spirit]] into the body of the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Cray Mingla]], the blond hair of Mingla's body began to change to malt blond,<ref name="darksaber">[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']]</ref> and later to malt brown.<ref name="twilight">''[[Planet of Twilight]]''</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
In the final script of [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], as presented in ''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]'', there was a conversation between Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter, wherein Darklighter told Skywalker that he had decided to join the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebellion]] against the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]]. The description of the opening of the scene stated that ''"Luke and Biggs are walking and drinking a malt brew.''" The scene was filmed in the principal photography, but it was cut during post-production.<ref name="btm">''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''</ref> Nevertheless, the scene appeared in some adaptations of the film, including the [[1976]] [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|novelization]], the [[1981]] [[Star Wars (radio)|radio drama]], and the [[Empire 8|eighth issue]] of the ''[[Star Wars: Empire]]'' [[Star Wars comic books|comic series]], but none of them depicted or mentioned Skywalker or Darklighter drinking anything.<ref name="radio" /><ref name="anh novel">[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novelization]]</ref><ref name="darklighter">[[Empire 8|''Empire'' 8]]</ref> However, the script of the radio drama identified a juice drunk by Fixer in another scene as "malt ferment."<ref name="radio" />

In [[1995]], the novel [[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']] was the first to describe Callista Ming's hair as malt brown.<ref name="children" /> In [[2000]], the [[Chronicle Books]] published the second Star Wars cookbook, [[The Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt and More Galactic Recipes|''Darth Malt and More Galactic Recipes'']]. The title refers to a drink made of malted milk balls, milk and ice cream.<ref name="cookbook">''[[The Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt and More Galactic Recipes]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
*[[Death Star (novel)|''Death Star'']]
*[[Star Wars (radio)|''Star Wars'' radio drama]] {{1st}}
*{{Film|IV}} {{Del}}
*[[Operation: Elrood (book)|''Operation: Elrood'']]
*[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Darksaber (novel)|''Darksaber'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[Planet of Twilight]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Vortex]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (audiobook)|''Fate of the Jedi: Vortex'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[The Art of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' <!--Nov 79-->
*''[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook]]'' <!--Oct 90-->
*''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Three]]'' <!--Sep 93-->
*''[[The Star Wars Planets Collection]]''
*[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook'', Second Edition]] <!--April 94-->
*''[[Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization]]'' <!--Sep 94-->
*''[[Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays]]'' <!--Sep 97-->
*''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]'' <!--Fall 98-->
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' <!--Dec 08-->

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{WP|Malt}}

[[Category:Alcoholic beverages]]