“Babe, you OK? You barely touched your Star Wars blue milk.” May the 4th is National Star Wars Day, and dairy companies are releasing blue milk inspired by an old mystery: the weird inclusion of the blue drink in the franchise’s first film.
Kemps dairy and chocolate milk-maker TruMoo are among the brands launching limited edition lines of blue milk. It’s a great way to tackle the munchies, perhaps with some cereal or with some Oreos.
The iconic, infamous drink that was first introduced in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope. In the original film, Luke Skywalker sips blue Bantha milk with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru Lars, who are moisture farmers on the desert planet of Tatooine. A Bantha is a quadrupedal mammal on Tatooine that kind of looks like a yak with spiraled horns.
They actually have blue Bantha milk on tap: There’s a deleted scene in which Aunt Beru pours a glass of the blue milk from one of three spouts. It’s one of their last acts before being scorched by Imperial stormtroopers. When the stormtroopers fail to find the droids they’re after, they torch Luke’s aunt and uncle instead. In the story, the blue milk is one of Luke’s last encounters with his aunt and uncle before their deaths.
Now you can get your own blue milk, in multiple flavors. However it’s not Bantha milk, just old-fashioned cow milk with food coloring. Kemps’ version of the blue milk has a vanilla flavor.
“Entering the atmosphere near you—for a limited time only—Kemps Blue Milk. The Star Wars rebels in your life will love this low-fat, vanilla flavored milk,” the company posted on X, formerly Twitter.
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Author: Benjamin M. Adams / High Times
