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Dammit ain't this the be all end all of SW druggies?
I'm not a smuggler but carryin around some deathsticks I got from my friendly neighbourhood fence would be golden.

[please correct me if deathsticks are not a drug but they are surely pleasurable and illegal right?]

Message Edited by Qi_Ali on 11-04-2005 06:06 AM

Er.. it's widely believed that deathsticks are just Mr. Lucas' attempt at a contemporary comment on cigarettes/cigars.

if I remember my EU correctly, cigarettes/cigars are referred to as "Tabacc" and "Death Sticks" are actually a form of highly illegal drug. The Death Stick itself was like a needle that injected the drug directly into the user's blood stream. Kessel was producing tons of them due to the web residue left from spiders living in the kessel mines that made a very potent drug.

However, many sources contradict the other so its highly likely that as in the "real world" the term "Death Stick" referrs to several items.

I can't see that the guy in Episode II was trying to sell a box of ciggies to Obi Wan in the Cantina though. Doesn't have quite the same "re think your life" appeal as attempting to sell him drugs

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Vampiric_Hoshi wrote:
I can't see that the guy in Episode II was trying to sell a box of ciggies to Obi Wan in the Cantina though. Doesn't have quite the same "re think your life" appeal as attempting to sell him drugs

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Well, it's all relative based on the social/cultural standards; alcohol is prohibited by law and religion both now and throughout history, there's no reason that smoking, arguably more/just as dangerous to your health than moderate consumption of alcohol, is just such a taboo in the SW universe.

....Yehhhs....

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WesBelden wrote:
Er.. it's widely believed that deathsticks are just Mr. Lucas' attempt at a contemporary comment on cigarettes/cigars.

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That maybe so, but it makes them Star Wars canon. That's two drugs we've had named in the films: Spice, and Death Sticks.

For the same reason we can't ignore the Galactic Civil Warjust because it represents Lucas' comment on the American war of Independence.

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coldreboot wrote:
>That maybe so, but it makes them Star Wars canon. That's two drugs we've had named in the films: Spice, and Death Sticks.

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Oh, certainly; I was replying specifically to, "please correct me if deathsticks are not a drug but they are surely pleasurable and illegal right?"

Deathsticks are an illegal narcotic that make you very, very stoned for a short amount of time in exchange for a shortened life-span

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Vampiric_Hoshi wrote:

if I remember my EU correctly, cigarettes/cigars are referred to as "Tabacc" and "Death Sticks" are actually a form of highly illegal drug. The Death Stick itself was like a needle that injected the drug directly into the user's blood stream. Kessel was producing tons of them due to the web residue left from spiders living in the kessel mines that made a very potent drug.

However, many sources contradict the other so its highly likely that as in the "real world" the term "Death Stick" referrs to several items.

I can't see that the guy in Episode II was trying to sell a box of ciggies to Obi Wan in the Cantina though. Doesn't have quite the same "re think your life" appeal as attempting to sell him drugs

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Actually, I think what you are talking about is GlitterStim. I haven't read either the Han Solo Trilogy or the Jedi Academy Trilogy in awhile to remember, and I haven't bothered to look it up, but I think you are referring to Glitterstim.

Again, I could be wrong, but you are right about Tabacc, and Deathsticks being more then just a ciggie.

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Qi_Ali wrote:
Dammit ain't this the be all end all of SW druggies?
I'm not a smuggler but carryin around some deathsticks I got from my friendly neighbourhood fence would be golden.

[please correct me if deathsticks are not a drug but they are surely pleasurable and illegal right?]

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They are a drug, but not the be all and end all one. If anything, instead of deathsticks, they should add several spices that are mentioned in the EU, like glitterstim or ryll.

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JediArashi wrote:

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Vampiric_Hoshi wrote:

if I remember my EU correctly, cigarettes/cigars are referred to as "Tabacc" and "Death Sticks" are actually a form of highly illegal drug. The Death Stick itself was like a needle that injected the drug directly into the user's blood stream. Kessel was producing tons of them due to the web residue left from spiders living in the kessel mines that made a very potent drug.

However, many sources contradict the other so its highly likely that as in the "real world" the term "Death Stick" referrs to several items.

I can't see that the guy in Episode II was trying to sell a box of ciggies to Obi Wan in the Cantina though. Doesn't have quite the same "re think your life" appeal as attempting to sell him drugs

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Actually, I think what you are talking about is GlitterStim. I haven't read either the Han Solo Trilogy or the Jedi Academy Trilogy in awhile to remember, and I haven't bothered to look it up, but I think you are referring to Glitterstim.

Again, I could be wrong, but you are right about Tabacc, and Deathsticks being more then just a ciggie.

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You're right, it is glitterstim that's mined from kessel.

Thanks for the backup Glock

Glitterstim is the drug itself. From what I recall, the "Death Stick" is the device used to inhail/inject it. There are EU sources that describe a death stick as sort of like a hypospray used to inject the drug directly into the blood stream, others suggest its more like a spliff ... either way, it isn't a drug in itself but is a drug-delivery-system ... so if you like, the death stick is the needle and glitterstim is the heroin.