Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Zafaria – Captain Hannibal Onetusk

Captain Hannibal Onetusk – Han Solo / Charlie Allnut & The African Queen
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Hannibal_Onetusk
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Han_Solo

https://societyofexplorersandadventurers.fandom.com/wiki/Charlie_Allnut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_African_Queen_(film)

Captain Hannibal “Han” Onetusk

Captain of the Zafarian Queen, a fast cargo ship, “Han” is willing to make the run to Stone Town. But he needs help fixing the ship’s drive system first.

“You want a fast ship? You’ve never heard of the Zafarian Queen? Doesn’t matter anyway. My boat’s broke.” – Hannibal Onetusk

Han Solo, was a human male smuggler. He became a leader in the Rebel Alliance and an instrumental figure in the defeat of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. He was owner and Captain of the fastest hunk of junk in the Galaxy, the Millennium Falcon and completed the Kessel Run in just twelve parsecs.

While under the employ of Jabba the Hutt he met and befriended Luke Skywalker when he and his first mate, the Wookiee Chewbacca, agreeded to charter Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO to Alderaan. He became caught up in the rebellion against the Empire after helping Princess Leia Organa escape from the Death Star. He fought in the Battle of Yavin, which allowed Skywalker to destroy the Death Star. Solo fought with the Rebellion for a number of years afterward, taking part in numerous operations and battles against the Empire.

Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart) and Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) on the African Queen

Charlie Allnut was a Canadian steamboat sailor in the 1910s who operated from his boat The African Queen to deliver cargo to British colonial missionaries in Africa. In the September of 1914 in the early months of World War I he would become pursued by German forces along with missionary Rose Sayer. The two initially had a contemplative relationship but a romance would bloom between the two with them abandoning the African Queen and using improvised torpedoes to blow up a ship of German soldiers before swimming away to safety where they would be married.

The African Queen

The current list of all the (known) Zafaria references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Captain Hannibal Onetusk image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Han Solo image is (c) Lucasfilm

All African Queen images are (c) United Artists

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