Curious Commodities
this drink, imported from China, has become a mainstay of British identity
tea
Gandhi
Luke Skywalker grew up on this planet
Tatooine
This long-lived British monarch presided over the heyday of the British Empire
Queen Victoria
Contemporaries called World War I this
The Great War
this product, grown in India, supplied the British with cheap, comfortable clothing
cotton
He became the first prime minister of an independent India in 1947
Jawaharlal Nehru
Luke Skywalker's father
Darth Vader
She was queen when the Empire fell apart
Queen Elizabeth II
This Middle Eastern Empire dissolved in 1918
the Ottoman Empire
this fabric, imported from China, clothed the British aristocracy
silk
This group violently rebelled against the presence of foreigners in China at the turn of the 20th century
The Boxers
this bounty-hunter took Han Solo to Jabba the Hut
Boba Fett
this female British prime minister sent troops to maintain British power in the Falkland Islands
Margaret Thatcher
he was the First Lord of the Admiralty during World War I, but later became one of the most famous prime ministers in British history
Winston Churchill
this product started three wars between Britain and China in the 19th century
opium
He led a jihad against the British in Sudan
Muhammad Ahmad, aka "the Mahdi"
the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than twelve of these
a parsec
The daughter Jawaharlal Nehru, she is still the only female to have been prime minister of India
Indira Gandhi
This British man helped the Arab tribes revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916.
T. E. Lawrence (aka "Lawrence of Arabia")
used to dye cloth a deep blue, this product is native to India
indigo dye
Perhaps the world's first anti-drug czar, he is responsible for sinking 2000 chests of British opium into the South China Sea
Lin Zexu
Lando Calrissian runs this kind of business in Cloud City
mining
She presided over the Chinese government and was key in putting down the Boxer Rebellion
Empress Cixi
The ANZACS fought this 1915 battle in the Asia Minor, designed to help the British stop the advancement of the Ottomans into the Mediterranean
The Battle of Gallipoli