Star Wars has always been a full-formed world, full of virtues and vices. The Jedi are, of course, the height of virtue, but in order to prove that, they have to encounter the opposite. One of the best examples of this was in Attack of the Clones, when Obi-Wan Kenobi encountered a deathstick dealer in a club and used the Force to suggest he goes home and rethink his life.
But Star Wars’ relationship to illicit substances goes much further than just that, and the latest episodes of Andor prove that they’re far more pervasive than we first thought. But just how many times have we seen narcotics in Star Wars? The full story goes beyond just deathsticks and spice.
