Well, its me exploring, in my mind, a simple infinitly small premise, with HUGE repercussions.
In Episode 3: What if PADME joined Vader and Palpatine before giving birth to Luke and Leia?
With that one change (Padme living and being part of the Empire instead of dying or fleeing) you remove the greatest heroes from the Rebels/New Republic (Luke, Leia, Han and Chewbacca since they never would have picked up Luke, Lando because no ESB connection from Han) and the cause of the Empires fall (After the death’s of Palpatine and Vader, there was no successor, so the high ranking people duked it out, depleted there strength, and the republic moved in).
Also, since he’s Imperial, Luke would never have blown up the 1st Death Star
Scary?
It gets worse..
MUCH worse.
Enjoy!
(Cue the Imperial March, and long live the Sith!)
Note: This is a heavy rewrite of TimeTales from TheForce.net. As such, the orginal/altered sources have been quoted.
Please note: The first 6 or 7 sections are historical reference sections. You can skip them if ya want to with this, but I included them here because
a)- the are Canonical
b)- we could use them in other debates
c)- Its nice to know where you came from
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Author's Note: This is included here for a little background material. You can skip this part without missing anything important. This just proves the exsistence of a few really old civilizations.
c. -5,000,000,000 BSW4
The Star Wars Galaxy is formed by the gravitational collapse of a large cloud of dust and gas. There are approximately 400,000,000,000 stars in the galaxy. This is about 400 billion. Around half of these have planets that support some form of life. 10% of those developed life on their own, and one in a thousand of these worlds developed sentient life (about 20 million forms of sentient life). The length of the galaxy is 120,000 light years across. ‘Star Wars Episode I: Incredible Locations’, ‘Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina’ and "SW: Shield of Lies".
c. -10,000,000 BSW4
In this era, Tatooine is a lush and water-covered world. For reasons unknown, the water dries up and the entire planet becomes one vast desert. ‘Star Wars Episode I: Incredible Locations.’
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Beggar’s Canyon is formed on Tatooine, a result of three rivers joining in a valley. "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 24]
The Columi are among the first star-faring races in the galaxy. Disappointed to find barbarian races on other worlds (if even that), the Columi soon give up space travel and returns to Columus to develop their own race. They spend the next millennium devoting themselves to meditation, science, and the improvement of their minds. Conjecture from "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races." [Page 31 - 32]
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The Corellian system is artificially created by an unknown race using planetary repulsors. A humanoid race slowly evolves there over the next million years. The repulsors are buried underground on each of the Corellian worlds, with the only external relic being the floating space station the Corellians later dub "Centerpoint." One prominent theory is that the original creators of Centerpoint Station constructed it when their own star had begun to go supernova. Once they arrived at the star Corell, they moved planets into orbit to give themselves a new place to live. Each planet’s repulsor would have helped the tractor - repulsor to organize the planets into orbits. The unknown race that creates the Corellian star system, may have also been responsible for the unlikely cluster of black holes near Kessel known as the Maw. Conjecture from "SW RPG Cracken’s Threat Dossier." [Page 124] and "SW: The Essential Chronology".
c. -300,000 BSW4
The height of the Gree civilization. An alien race, the Gree resemble large, six-tentacled cephalopods. They are covered with gray skin that is often tattooed, especially around their large, bulbous heads. The brain case of the Gree hangs in a sac-like appendage from the back of their head, and seems to draw their huge foreheads even longer. They have no mouth, per se, but instead there is a series of fleshy folds beneath their eyes that serves as a vocal communication method. The foremost pair of tentacles is used for manipulation of objects, while the middle pair is used for heavy work. The rear pair is used for locomotion, and they appear to be shambling mounds of flesh when they move. The Gree civilization is immensely old (it is rumored to be hundreds of thousands of years old and was well past its prime when the worlds were discovered by the Old Republic). They have a technology that is vastly alien to that of the rest of the galaxy, and has its roots in music and the Gree physiology. They developed the knowledge of quanta-technology and dimensional engineering (which defied future Imperial scientists). Their views of technology are biased, and the Gree find little use for droids and computers, which they consider unimportant. The Gree however, were undone by their technology, falling victim to the ability to use it rather than improve on it. The discovery of life-extending technology further accelerated their decline, until they no longer knew or cared about their own devices. The technology collapsed when none of the Gree could maintain it, and the Gree isolated themselves from the galaxy. Little is known about their life cycle and customs, although it was discovered that their number system is based on the number 14-the number of suction cups on each tentacle. They guard the Gree Enclave jealously, and any ship passing through it often disappears. "SW Adventure Journal #8".
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The Kashi Mer Dynasty, a civilization located in the Phellem Sector, reaches its height. The culture discovered ways in which to control and manipulate the Breath, or the Force. The culture was wiped out when the primary star supporting the planet Kashi went supernova, and destroyed the entire system. "SW RPG: Tales of the Jedi Companion" and "SW RPG: Star Wars Adventure Journal".
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The invention of the portable power cell and the discovery of high - energy gasses leads to the development of the first energy weapons, known as beam tubes. Conjecture based upon "Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology." [Page 2]
c. -25,200 BSW4
Several groups throughout the galaxy are gradually becoming aware of some energy existing beyond the senses of most sentient beings. Those groups begin to dedicate themselves to studying this phenomenon and learning how to master it. Those who do are dismissed as "wizards and mystics." Among the groups investigating are the Order of Dai Bendu, as well as the Chatos Academy and a group on Tython who worship this power as the Ashla, the positive energy of the universe. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 6][/b]
Dark Tales Section #2: Dawn of the Old Republic and the Jedi Order
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After two decades of research, the Corellians produce their first working Hyperdrive and sell their ideas to other star systems, notably Coruscant and Alderaan, and the first rumblings of a galactic community begin. Corellian Engineering Corporation is founded. "SW: Tyrant’s Test."Also conjecture based upon "SW Gamer #2."
The Galactic Republic, a galaxy-wide government of planetary systems, is formed in the Core Worlds after the tumultuous Unification Wars. It will spread out from there to settle other distant star systems. Coruscant, Alderaan, Corellia, and Chandrila are among the founding members of the Republic. Capital of the Republic, Coruscant is the most important planet in the galaxy. One of the original Core Worlds that grouped together at the birth of the Republic, Coruscant distinguished itself with the development and production of hyperdrive mechanics. This is the single most important invention in the galaxy’s history because it allowed ships to travel from one end of space to the other in a matter of days rather than years. As galactic scouts explored increasingly far - flung planets, large numbers of alien species made the return trip to Coruscant, swelling its population and causing the most rapid expansion a planet had ever seen. Coruscant reaped the glory and was awarded the coordinates zero-zero-zero on standard navigation charts, making it the effective center of the Republic: whoever rules Coruscant is truly master of the galaxy. ‘Star Wars Episode I: Incredible Locations.’ The Unification Wars reference is taken from ‘Star Wars Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections.’
The Galactic Constitution, the foundation document of the democratic Republic, is written. The Galactic Senate is formed to preside over the Republic. Lavender is chosen for the colour of the Senate interior because it is the only hue that had never been associated with war, anger, or mourning in any culture of the Republic. The Galactic Senate was entrusted with the incredible task of governing the galaxy. One of its main tasks was to establish universal law while maintaining the peace among it's many alien and human cultures. The Republic standardised trade and legal codes, while allowing each planet and people to maintain their original cultures, customs, and laws, languages, and governments. (5) "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary" and other sources.
The discovery of hyperspace and the founding of the Republic allows scientific, religious and philosophical groups to congregate for the first time and compare notes on what they’ve learned. Many are excited to discover common findings about a strange energy that comes to be called "The Force." The groups decide to found a new society dedicated to studying the Force. The society comes to be called the Jedi. The identity of the world where this happened has been lost to the mists of time; candidates include Coruscant, Corellia, Ossus, and even lost worlds such as Had Abbadon, Ondos and Utapau. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 6]
The Senate Library, one of the largest libraries in the galaxy is built. Based on Coruscant, it is a complete record of minutes, policy decisions, agendas, and related material of Senate rule over the Republic. The Galactic Registry, the document that describes all the peoples and races that has joined the galactic government begins cataloguing. "SW: Dark Force Rising."also "SW: Children of the Jedi."
"Galactic standard" timekeeping measurements are derived from those which originated on Coruscant. While many planets maintain there own timekeeping methods based on their local planetary cycles, all official communications and records use galactic standard measures. There are 60 standard minutes in a standard hour, 24 standard hours in a standard day, five standard days in a standard week and seven standard weeks in a standard month. A standard year is 368 standard days; ten standard months plus three fete weeks and three more holidays, all devoted to traditional celebrations, festivals, and observances. SW RPG material.
Shortly after the Republic is founded, young Force student Reda Jalooz steals an heirloom of the Kashi monarchy. Several months later, she returns claiming she has discovered a dark secret about the relic and asks for forgiveness. Very soon thereafter, the Kashi system suddenly supernovas. The cause of the supernova is lost to history. "SW Adventure Journal: Relic."
A Duro colony is established on the planet of Neimoidia. Over the millennia to follow, the "Neimoidians" (as they come to be known) put evolutionary distance between themselves and their parent race, developing grayish skin (to the Duro’s blue) and dark red eyes (to the Duro’s bright red). They also grow to be cowardly and greedy by nature. "The Essential Guide to Alien Species." [Page 86]
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After hundreds of years of study, the Jedi Order are making headway in understanding - and more importantly, learning how to use - the Force. They discover the ability to see into future events, to affect people’s minds, even how to heal injuries without the use of surgery or medicine. Sadly, some begin to use this power for evil and selfish purposes, and traditions rise about a "Dark Side" of the Force that encourages and even lures the unwary Jedi to commit heinous acts. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 6]
The first great schism between the Jedi takes place, a schism between the Forces of Light and Darkness. A single rogue Jedi, Xendor, first fell to the Dark Side. Using manipulation, the rogue turned many more Jedi to the Dark Side, creating an army. After amassing a fleet of spacecraft, the "dark" Jedi declared war on the Jedi Order. The conflict swept through the galaxy, consuming countless worlds, and lives. "Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith." Date was conjectured at around 11,500 BSW4, but this date has now been locked by "SW Gamer: The Emperor’s Pawns." The art seems to indicate Lightsabers were not yet invented at the time of the schism. Entry augmented by Michael Zeiger.
Arden Lyn, a corrupted Follower of Palawa and exile from Kashi Mer, battles the Jedi alongside her lover, the dark Jedi Xendor. Xendor is killed, and Arden is put into a death-like state by Jedi Master Awdrysta Pina, who used the technique of Morichro to stop Lyn’s heart as he lay dying from a bolt from a powerful Kashi Mer talisman Lyn used on him. "SW Gamer: The Emperor’s Pawns."
The Sith retained a harmonious social structure until now, with the arrival of a single fallen Jedi who took particular interest in their techniques for drawing power from the Dark Side. This dark Jedi dominated the Sith people, turning them into unwilling thralls, stealing their knowledge of sorcery and using it against them. This Jedi proclaimed himself the Dark Lord of the Sith, making him first in a lineage that would plague the rest of the galaxy for untold millennia. The Sith developed and perfected the techniques of calling on the dark side, enabling them to create more and more complex powers once thought well beyond the grasp of mere sentients. The Sith simultaneously feed on and empower the dark side in a symbiotic relationship whose ties can never be severed. This dark Jedi would continue to pervert Sith culture until his lineage is joined by hundreds of fallen Jedi during the Great Schism, which concludes in the total subjugation of the Sith species. "SW RPG: Tales of the Jedi Companion." [Page 79]
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After a century of battle, the Dark Jedi were exiled and eventually took over the Sith civilisation, built it into an empire, and brought about the so-called 'Golden Age of the Sith.' In time, the Republic grew complacent and believed that the Dark Side had been defeated. Among the many Jedi literature and traditions of this period is the prophecy of the one who will bring ‘balance to the Force’ and heal the schism. During this time, the fallen Jedi also begin experimenting on their subjects, converting many Sith into deadly Massassi warriors.
".... And in the time of greatest
despair there shall come a saviour,
and he shall be known as: THE SON
OF THE SUNS."
Journal of the Whills, 3:127 "Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith" and "Secrets of the Sith." Entry augmented by Michael Zeiger.
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Not long after the introduction of the Jedi Knights, they form a ‘code’ to live by, to prevent young Jedi being drawn to the Dark Side of the Force. Ever seeking knowledge and enlightenment, a Jedi never uses the Force to gain wealth or personal power. Because hatred, anger, fear, and aggression are made up of negative energy, Jedi apprentices are instructed only to act when they are at peace with the Force. Jedi should seek non -violent solutions to problems. Sometimes fighting is the only solution, but Jedi are encouraged to find alternatives. Jedi cannot allow evil to occur by inaction. A Jedi must do anything possible to stop the forces of darkness.
Jedi are the guardians of peace in the galaxy.
Jedi use their powers to defend and to protect, never to attack others.
Jedi respect all life, in any form.
Jedi serve others, rather than ruling over them, for the good of the galaxy.
Jedi seek to improve themselves through knowledge and training. "Episode I Scrapbook."
Another code of the Jedi:
Emotion, yet peace.
Ignorance, yet knowledge.
Passion, yet serenity.
Chaos, yet harmony.
Death, yet the Force. "Tales of the Jedi RPG Companion." [Page 143]
Hypertransceivers (precursor to the HoloNet), also called "hyperradio" is developed. The technology relies on a network of satellites to broadcast messages through hyperspace. Hyperstansceivers allow for instant, real - time communication with any world in the galactic network (although not every system is serviced). The medium is limited to audio and video transmission. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Roleplaying Game - 2nd Edition." [Page 192]
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Sith warlord - king Adas uses his knowledge of the dark side of the Force to conquer and subjugate his home world. "Tales of the Jedi RPG Companion." [Page 72]
-15,100 BSW4
The Anomids develop faster - than - light travel. The Anomids sought to develop advanced technology for the sheer sake of meeting the challenge, but they had little desire to actually leave their home system. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens - Enemies and Allies." [Page 15]
-14,000 BSW4
Holocron technology is developed by the Sith. Conjecture from "SW RPG Tales of the Jedi Companion." [Page 79]
-13,000 BSW4
The Ailon Nova Guard, an ancient military service, begins its history and traditions. The Ailon people are militaristic, devoted, and highly focused on professional military service. Soldiering has a deep religious meaning to the Ailon, and all able-bodied Ailon serve at least a five-year term in the Guard. "SW Adventure Journal, Vol. 1, Issue #15."
c. -11,500 BSW4
A Sith Holocron is created. In time, it will fall into the hands of Odan-Urr. "Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War." Urr said it contained knowledge "dating back a hundred thousand years and more."
The Kathol species (also known as the Precursors) develop a device called the Codex, which can detect, quantify, and even manipulate the Force. The activation of this device draws the attention of a highly powerful Dark Jedi, who sees it as a means to increase his personal power. He travels to the Kathol home planet (later named Kathol, after the race) and uses his Force abilities to enslave the Kathol. This action goes not go unnoticed by the Jedi Knight Halbert, who calls for a contingent of fellow Knights to bring down the Dark Jedi’s reign. The ensuing conflict between the Jedi Knights and the Dark Jedi and his Kathol followers leads to the activation and overload of one of the Kathol’s two launch gate, gigantic, orbiting, biomechanical constructs which act as jumpgates or hypergates to propel Kathol vessels through hyperspace. The overload causes the gate to explode. The explosion actually warps the fabric of hyperspace and the Force (since the Force is inherent in the form of the galaxy), which simultaneously tainting the region with the Dark Side, thanks to the death of the powerful Dark Jedi. The warped space comes to be known as the Kathol Rift. (During the explosion, much of the Charr Ontee servant species is "flipped" into the realm between normal space and hyperspace, known as "Otherspace." They will come to grow there, later being discovered as the "Charon.") The Kathol species, fearing what will happen to their world now that the Rift has been created, take their life essences and place them inside a Lifewell to survive the coming millennia. In the meantime, a clone/supercomputer creature they have created (which will later be called DarkStryder) will remain on the world creating new organisms to repopulate and terraform the ravaged landscape. Halbert, for her part, will go into a trance until the Kathol are released to reclaim their world. The DarkStryder will be stranded on the world, though, as the second launch gate is damaged beyond DarkStryder’s capacity to repair. With the Lifewell effectively channelling the life energy of the Kathol into one area, the Force becomes even more warped in the region, creating a highly localised bubble of sorts around the planet Kathol, which allows sentient species on the world to easily learn and use a type of Force power known as Ta-Ree. DarkStryder, of course, is self-aware, and realises that it can rule the world without the Kathol. It puts the hibernating Halbert into stasis and then, seeing how the Lifewell can interact with the Force, DarkStryder eventually begins taking small portions of life essence and placing them in biological weapon devices, which will come to be called DarkStryder technology. The devices have amazing offensive and defensive powers, but once used, they go "dead," as does the life essence that was originally some poor Kathol being. Thus, DarkStryder begins its long period of creating various servant species on the planet Kathol, longing for a time when it can somehow find a way off of the planet for itself. Conjecture based on Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game --"The DarkStryder Campaign: Endgame"
Borrowed from Nathan Butler’s Timeline Gold.
c. -10,000 BSW4
A young warlord named Vall Kumauri seizes several dozen star systems in an attempt to forge an empire in the outlaying regions of the Republic. His upstart fleet was suprisingly effective thanks to the ‘Kumauri Battleship’; a revolutionary capital ship developed in the outer systems and modestly named after the young would-be Emperor. The ‘Kumauri Battleship’, practically the last series in the line, the ‘Cal’ - class battleship, was a terror in its’ day due to its primary weapon - the huge mass driver slung over its main hall. This weapon tractored asteroids and other space debris into the rear end of the huge armoured cylinder and shot them at tremendous speeds out of the canon at the front. During this period of time, shield technology was unable to stop this type of weapon. A well - aimed asteroid could level an entire city, while a large asteroid could completely upset the ecological balance of the planet. Kumauri’s empire imploded within a few years, but the ‘Kumauri Battleship’ lived on as a legacy to his efforts. The ships of this line saw service in hundreds of navies, including the Republic starfleet that defeated the Kumauri Empire. Only when planetary shielding became practical and widespread was the ‘Cal’ - class warship rendered obsolete as a terror weapon. "SW RPG Cracken’s Rebel Operatives." [Page 84]
The HoloNet is built during the height of the Republic and is one of its greatest accomplishments. Using specially - developed hyperspace technology to link all members of the Republic in a real - time holographic communication network, the HoloNet relied upon a complex network of hundreds of thousands of transceiver satellites to transfer messages through hyperspace. Through the HoloNet, the President of the Republic could instantly address all member worlds, no matter how remote. The Republic used the HoloNet to encourage the free exchange of information and ideas, leading to great advancements in culture and commerce. However, the HoloNet was hideously expensive to maintain. Its use was commonly restricted to official Republic government functions and the largest corporations, yet it provided a vital sense of belonging and membership to the average citizen. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Roleplaying Game - 2nd Edition." [Page 192]
c. -9,990 BSW4
The first lightsabers are created. One of these will later come into the hands of Vima-Da-Boda, and from her to Leia Organa-Solo. Conjecture from "SW: Dark Empire" and new info from "The SW Encyclopedia."
c. -9,000 BSW4
The Jedi Knights build a massive underground library on Yavin IV, and a city around it. They tap geothermal energy to create a weather control system for the planet. Gradually, they transform the cold, barren world into a lush rain forest planet. Centuries later, for reasons unknown, the city is abandoned and falls into myth. Conjecture from "SW: The Lost City of the Jedi." Ken said it was "thousands of years ago," but it must also have significantly predated the "Tales of the Jedi" period by a great degree.
-5,007 BSW4
The symbol of the Republic Navy is carved on a moon of the Academy of Carida. There it will stay until the moon itself is destroyed 5,000 years later by a prank of Mako Spince. "SW RPG Dark Empire Sourcebook." [Page 46]
-5,000 BSW4
The Jedi face the Stennes Shifters. Realising that the Shifters are a threat, the Jedi virtually wipe out their entire race of the Stennes species. (Not exactly the Jedi’s most honourable moment.) This race of near-humans has the ability to blend into any crowd. They resemble short, pale-skinned humans with sunken eye sockets and no hair. Scientists believe that the Stennes Shifter is a genetic variant of the Stennes race. They were discovered by the ancient Jedi Knights, for the Stennes Shifters had a strange kind of Force sensitivity which allowed them to obtain energy from the Living Force. The Shifters can even "steal" the living energy from a nearby being, earning them the nickname "Force-eaters." Unlike other species, which can change their appearance, the Stennes Shifters are the only species that truly used their abilities to the disadvantage of other races. They are xenophobic in nature, partly because of their own inborn prejudices and partly from persecution by other races. Their homeworld of Stennaros has been bombarded several times since their appearance, in efforts to wipe them out. Unlike other species that can alter their physical appearance, the Stennes Shifters use telepathic manipulation to change their shape. "SW: Customizable Card Game." and "Star Wars Adventure Journal #13."
The first Sith Empire invades the Galactic Republic, but is eventually repulsed and defeated Various Dark Horse Comics, i.e Golden Age of the Sith
The Galactic Republic, in recognition of the pivotal role the Jedi Order played in their defense during the Great Hyperspace War, cedes to the Order a substantial area of land on Coruscant in hopes they will build a fortress to protect against future invasions. The Jedi instead build meditative centers and training facilities there, refusing to create such a strong association between the Order and the Republic government. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 141]
-4,998 BSW4
Naga Sadow places himself into suspended animation in a specially built chamber, in preparation for a new Sith golden age. "The Essential Chronology."
Odan-Urr begins to teach a new interpretation of the Jedi Code at his library/school on Ossus, one that emphasizes emotional control. Urr believes that any emotion, even positive ones such as love and loyalty, can blind Jedi to the will of the Force. In time his teachings come to be adopted by the entire Order. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 7]
-4,700 BSW4
Another Sith Holocron comes to the attention of the Jedi at around this time, the last to be found for centuries. "SW RPG Tales of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 79]
In response to discoveries that the Sith are an outgrowth of their own Order, the Jedi begin to establish a loose hierarchy. A group of trusted Jedi Masters begin meeting in a Jedi Assembly to discuss galactic affairs and the Jedi’s role in them. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 7]
c. -4,470 BSW4
Freedon Nadd, a Jedi apprentice of unequalled enthusiasm and dedication, approaches what he believes to be the end of his apprenticeship and promotion to Jedi Knight. However, when the time comes, the Jedi Masters refuse to grant him the title. Stunned at this contradictory action, he seeks the advice of Master Matta Tremayne, who tells him "some things you must find in yourself." She will not tell him what is keeping him from Knighthood. Enraged, he murders Tremayne, steals a ship, and flies toward the worlds of the former Sith Empire. "Tales of the Jedi RPG Companion." [Page 69-70]
c. -4,465 BSW4
After several years of searching, Freedon Nadd comes upon the planet Yavin IV. He briefly battles the Massassi, which by this point have degenerated into savages - but his vicious ways with the Force awakens memories within them. They bring him to the ancient temples, where he finds and revives Naga Sadow from his cryogenic slumber. Sadow spends the rest of his natural life training Nadd in the ways of the ancient Sith. "The Essential Chronology."
c. -4,450 BSW4
The Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd comes to a primitive world called Onderon, on the (then) outer edges of the Republic. He subjugates and rules over the planet, bringing to the walled civilisation of Iziz (Onderon’s only city) the dark power of the Sith. He institutes a policy of banishing criminals (those who would not worship him) out into the lethal jungles of Onderon to die. The policy backfires, however, as the exiles learn how to survive in the jungles, and how to tame the planet’s vicious flying beasts "Tales of the Jedi RPG Companion." [Page 72] and "The Essential Chronology." [Page 8]
-4,398 BSW4
Freedon Nadd dies on Onderon. Date locked by the Mos-Espa Timeline.
-4,150 BSW4
The Hapes Consortium, or Cluster, is first settled by pirates - the Lorell Raiders - who seize beautiful women to be their mates. Male domination would continue for a few generations. Conjecture from "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 124]
c. -4,050 BSW4
Jedi Knights decimate the male Lorell Raiders of the Hapes Consortium. Women take control of the cluster, and the inherited leadership title of Queen Mother is initiated. The first Hapan Queen Mother makes Hapes the capital of the Hapan Cluster. "The Courtship of Princess Leia." "SW RPG Cracken's Threat Dossier." and "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 124]
-4,022 BSW4
The Orb of Passage, an unusual stone, is discovered by the mysterious Tet-Ami. The Orb, nothing more than a round pebble in appearance, contained the power to control time. 'Star Wars Tales, Issue #13'.
-4,000 BSW4
The Tallaan shipyards are built. At the junction of a number of trade routes frequented by several space - faring species, among them the Herglics, Humans, and Sullustans, the Tallaan system has always been home to large communities made up of a variety of species. The Tallaan shipyards, orbiting the planet Tallaan, begin to become an internal cog in the interstellar operations of the Republic. "SW RPG Cracken’s Rebel Operatives." [Page 50]
-3,998 BSW4
During a Sith ritual, Queen Amanoa of Onderon is visited by the ghost of the ancient Sith Lord Freedon Nadd. He warns her that if the ongoing battle between Iziz and the Beast Riders continues, she will be destroyed. In a panic (and completely missing Nadd’s hint that she should redevote herself to dark side studies), Amanoa calls upon the Jedi Knights to help bring the war on her world to an end "Tales of the Jedi RPG Companion" [Page 68] and "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook" [Page 73]
"Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic."
On the planet Arcadia, Master Arca Jeth sends his three students - the impulsive Ulic Qel-Droma, his younger brother Cay, and the Twi'lek Tott Doneeta - to the planet Onderon, which has asked for the Republic's help in repelling the attack of the newly armed Beast Lords. Scarcely have they landed when Beast Lords attack, carrying away Princess Galia. Tott and Cay are reluctant to continue - there is something wrong here with the people of Iziz - but a headstrong Ulic will not listen. A rescue mission turns much more serious when their ship (the ‘Nebulon Ranger’) is shot down. They tame the local Boma beasts and make their way to the Beast Lord's headquarters where they learn Galia wants to marry Oron Kira, youngest head of the Beast Lords. When they try to negotiate a peace treaty on that basis, they learn firsthand how the Dark Side has taken control of Iziz, the one walled city on Onderon.
A battle ensues between Beast Lords and the city of Iziz, where Cay gets his arm chopped off in battle, and the Jedi are nearly overcome by Queen Amanoa's Dark Side powers. Only the last minute intervention of Arca saves the Beast Lords, who wrest control from the city dwellers. Amanoa dies when Arca exposes her to the power of the Light Side, and Oron and Galia are married and become King and Queen of Onderon. Meanwhile, on H'ratth, Andur Sunrider takes his wife Nomi and daughter Vima on a trip to the planet Stenness, to deliver a cargo of Adegan crystals (lightsaber components) to Master Thon. However, the cargo attracts the attention of gangster Bogga the Hutt, who has Andur killed at the Stenness spaceport before Nomi's eyes. Andur's ghost appears and urges her to take up his lightsaber - which she does, killing her attackers. Nomi escapes to the desolate world of Ambria, to meet with Master Thon. Bogga follows her and attacks Thon's home, only to be repelled by Thon and his student Oss Wilum. After being allowed time to grieve, Nomi is gradually trained by Thon, but there is a problem - she will not pick up a lightsaber again, for any reason. But when Bogga (using a pirate crew he captured) jumps Nomi, Vima, and Thon at a mountaintop rest stop, and a frustrated Thon surrenders to Bogga without a fight, Nomi finds she no longer has a choice, and uses Thon’s own lightsaber to tear the pirate gang apart. (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tom Veitch - October 1993 - February 1994) (AUDIO DRAMATISATION - Time Warner Audio - John Whitman - 1995)
Vara Nreem, a Jedi Knight who lived at the time of the Freedon Nadd Uprising and the Great Sith War, believed that there was no distinction between the light and dark sides of the Force. She felt that there was just one Force, with various aspects which all needed to be learned. She once travelled to the planet Krayiss Two to learn more about the Sith magicks which used the dark side of the Force. There, after encountering an ancient Sith - preserved spirit, she realised that the dark side of the Force was extremely powerful, and that it was a separate entity from the light side. The spirit showed her the forms of several Jedi Masters it had captured, and she tried to defeat it. She was consumed by the spirit of the Sith, forced to spend eternity wrapped in the pain and torture of their magic. "SW RPG Tales of the Jedi Companion."
"Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising."
On Onderon, a sudden uprising of Dark warriors besieges Iziz. When the Jedi attempt to take Freedon Nadd's coffin off-planet, they are overwhelmed by Darksiders led by the armoured Warb Null, who effortlessly spirits the coffin away. Even Oss Wilum, summoned by Arca from Ambria, is unable to help much. King Ommin, Galia's father, is revealed to be the leader - and leading him is the dark spirit of Freedon Nadd himself. When Ommin kidnaps Arca, Ulic (after killing Null) calls for help to the Republic. On Ossus, Nomi Sunrider constructs her own lightsaber under the instruction of Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, along with a sightless fellow student, Shoaneb Culu of Alpheridies. She then travels to Coruscant with Master Thon to plead on the Jedi's behalf.
The Republic Senate is reluctant at first to help, considering the matter a problem for the Jedi only. However, while the debate takes place, a new element enters the picture - Setal and Aleema Keto, two bored aristocrats from the Empress Teta System. They have formed a secret society called the Krath and are in search of knowledge about the Dark Side. As Setal and Aleema steal Sith artefacts from the Galactic Museum of Coruscant, the Senate is finally swayed by the arguments of Thon and Nomi. Nomi is sent to lead a Republic fleet to Onderon to wipe out the Darksiders. As the battle begins, the Ketos race right through the fleet, ignoring their warnings, and dodging rocket-jumper troops. Making their way to the Darksider headquarters, they receive aid and instruction from Nadd and Ommin.
The Jedi / Republic force faces not only Dark Side soldiers but strange war droids that radiate the Dark Side. Nevertheless, when they unite with Ulic and his group, the army proves stronger. The Ketos escape (guided by Nadd) just as the massed Jedi enter the subterranean headquarters, killing Ommin and freeing Arca. However, Nadd reveals that he planned everything that has happened - and the Jedi have not won, but are about to lose. The Jedi take the bodies of Nadd, Ommin and Amanoa to Onderon's moon of Dxun to free the planet of the Dark Side forever, unaware of the Ketos’ escape and plans....
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tom Veitch - August - September 1994)
(AUDIO DRAMATISATION - Time Warner Audio - John Whitman - 1995)
With the Republic distracted by the crisis on Onderon and other border wars with expansionist species, Provisional Governor Myrial of Argazda declares the Kanz sector independent, and quickly annexes and subjugates all worlds in the sector (including Lorrd). The Lorrdians masters, the Argazdans, forbade them to communicate with each other. This could have destroyed their culture within a couple of generations. Instead, the Lorrdians adapted. They devised an extremely intricate language of subtle hand gestures, body postures and subtle facial tics and expressions. Lorrdians also leaned how to interpret the body language of others. This was vital to survival during their enslavement - by learning how to interpret the body postures, gestures and vocal intonations of their masters, they could learn how to respond to situations and survive. They maintained their cultural identity in the face of adversity. "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 157] and "SW RPG Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook." [Page 132]
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"Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith."
The Krath - a secret society of Darksiders founded by Setal and Aleema Keto - lead a political coup in the Empress Teta system. Setal and Aleema unintentionally stumble upon the use of carbonite for life - suspension, a fact they cruelly use upon their own parents. Everyone who opposes them is subjected to hideous deaths via Sith magic. The Jedi gear up to free the Tetan system. While studying Sith artefacts to find a clue, Ulic Qel-Droma suddenly receives a vision of Freedon Nadd.... "The Sith are destined to rise again. Nothing can prevent that. YOU will be one of the great ones - and there is another even greater than you ."
Leading a Republic force to protect Koros Major, last free world of the Tetan system, Ulic and Nomi are resoundingly defeated by the Krath ships - and Setal and Aleema's evil magic. An unprecedented assembly of ten thousand Jedi occurs at Mount Meru on Deneba to discuss the problem. Ulic (with a piece of Sith-poisoned shrapnel permanently imbedded in his body in the Koros Major battle) advises infiltrating the Krath to learn their dark secrets, but is advised against it by fellow Jedi. A sudden attack by Krath war droids devastates the Jedi ranks - and Master Arca is brutally murdered in front of Ulic. A grief-stricken Ulic blames himself for Arca’s death. Ignoring the warnings of Nomi and Masters Ood Bnar and Odan-Urr, he attempts an infiltration on Cinnagar, capital of the Teta system. Just as a Tetan - led assassin group is actually about to kill the Keto’s, Ulic is forced to move in and kill them. However, Setal and Aleema are prepared for him - they arranged the trap. Infecting him with Sith poison, Aleema seduces Ulic and begins corrupting him.
Meanwhile, Exar Kun - an angry and reckless student of Vodo Siosk-Baas on Dantooine - finds his way to Dxun, where he is seduced into the Dark Side by Freedon Nadd. He continues on to Korriban, where Nadd forces him to either surrender totally to evil - or die. He chooses evil. Kun establishes his base on Yavin IV, the old base of Naga Sadow, and forces the Massassi race to his will. When Nadd announces he wishes to reborn into a new body, Kun uses his new power to subject Nadd to a second death - but not before Nadd warns the Ketos about Kun. Kun orders the Sith temples on Yavin augmented and increased. Finding Naga Sadow's spaceship, he begins studying Sith alchemy. Fearing for Ulic - a man she has come to love - Nomi attempts to rescue him on Cinnagar. Even as Aleema works to darken him, Setal tries to kill him. Finally giving way to his anger, Ulic murders Setal and becomes evil. Nomi, Cay and Tott leave Ulic, realising he is lost to them. But their consciences get the better of them and they plan another attempt. The Jedi Masters allow it, but warn that if Ulic has chosen the Dark Side, he must bear the consequences. The Jedi learns this sad fact for themselves when Ulic attacks them. Just after they leave, Exar Kun attacks Ulic and Aleema. The spirit of the last Dark Lord of the Sith, Marka Ragnos, intervenes and tells them they must work together. He declares Kun the new Dark Lord of the Sith, with Qel-Droma his lieutenant.
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tom Veitch / Kevin J. Anderson - October 1994 - March 1995)
(AUDIO DRAMATISATION - Time Warner Audio - John Whitman - 1996)
Members of the Massassi race travel to nearby Yavin VIII in hopes of freeing their children, who have been trapped in the Golden Globe, a magical device created by Exar Kun. When the native Melodies indicate they are unable to help, the Massassi carve their story into the side of the Sistra Mountains in the hope that some day, someone will free the children. "Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric’s World."
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"Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War."
Six months have passed since Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma fell to the Dark Side. The forces of Lord Mandalore attack the Empress Teta system. However, when Ulic defeats the masked Lord Mandalore one-on-one on the planet Harkul, the Mandalorian warriors become Qel-Droma's servants. Meanwhile, Exar Kun tries to recruit Jedi from Ossus, taking twenty of them (including Oss Wilum). He steals the Sith Holocron from Odan-Urr and murders him. At the shipyards of Foerost, the united Krath / Mandalore forces begin their invasion, gaining 300 Republic warships. Ulic vows to move on to Coruscant. Training the Jedi on Yavin IV, Kun refuses to aid him, saying he will go on alone if Qel-Droma fails.
The invasion begins, as Vodo, Nomi, and Cay organise the defence. Aleema abandons Ulic to be captured, using Lord Mandalore to replace him. Mandalore is aware of Aleema’s treachery and secretly intends to rescue Ulic. As Ulic stands trial before the Senate, Exar plans to wipe out all the Jedi Masters at once, using the corrupted Jedi. Kun breaks into the trial of Ulic, puts the Senate under a spell, murders both the Senate judge and Master Vodo, and takes Ulic with him. Mandalore informs Ulic of Aleema's betrayal. While Nomi and Thon are able to stop Oss Wilum from murdering them, the corrupted students of Kun carry out a massacre of the Jedi Masters. Ulic sets Aleema up for death in a battle at Kemplex, a battle that results in the deaths of Aleema, three Jedi, and the creation of the Cron asteroid field. As the shock wave nears Ossus, the dark Jedi attack. Ood Bnar transforms himself into a giant tree to protect Jedi artefacts from Exar Kun. Cay desperately confronts Ulic -who brutally slaughters his own brother. Only then does Ulic finally see what he has done - and it is far too late. Insane with grief and anger, Nomi inflicts the worst possible punishment on her former lover - she strips him of the Force forever.
Physically and emotionally broken, Ulic vows to do the one thing left that will give his life meaning - he will take Exar Kun down. As the Jedi escape, the shock wave hits Ossus, making the planet a wasteland. On Onderon, the Mandalorians attempt to retake the city, but are repulsed by Republic forces. When Lord Mandalore is killed, another warrior takes up the tradition.... Ulic leads the Jedi to Yavin IV. Realising he cannot win, Exar enacts a horrible means of survival - he saps the Massassi of their life forces to trap his spirit in the temples.
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Kevin J. Anderson - August 1995 - January 1996)
As a result of the Great Sith War, Jedi Knights discover bloodlines powerful in the Force in the House Pelagia in the Tapani Empire. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Lords of the Expanse." With thanks to Nathan Butler’s Timeline Gold.
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Advances in navicomputer technology makes hyperspace beacons obsolete. Conjecture from the "Tales of the Jedi" Audio Drama.
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The scouts of the Old Republic discover and explore the planet Iktotchon, and are stunned to find an intelligent species have been waiting for them for weeks! The Iktotchi had long had legends that said they would eventually join a great civilisation among the stars, and they were prepared. They even went to the trouble of carving a huge Old Republic seal on a high plateau. The first contact with the Iktotchi becomes known as one of the easiest first contacts of all time. Xenobiologists soon learn the Iktotchi have a nascent precognitive ability, and a Jedi temple is soon built on the planet. "SW RPG II: Alien Anthology." [Page 80]
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The Hapes Cluster cuts off all contact with the galaxy and seals off their borders. "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 124]
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One of the Jedi team on Pelgrin, Shannur Darkstar, advances a new theory on the Oracle building - that it is a relic of a Force-using culture. Bolstered by additional Jedi aid, Darkstar discovers that the intricate clockwork of the Oracle can only be activated by the power of the Force. As a result, she foresees what is [much much later] determined to be the Sith under Lord Kaan. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 148]
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Humans come to the planet Dathomir when a group of illegal arms manufacturers are exiled to the planet by the Jedi Knights. Conjecture from "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 68]
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Anakin Skywalker will later come into possession of what appears to be a Sith holocron from this era. Conjecture based upon "The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker." Borrowed with thanks from Nathan Butler’s Timeline Gold.
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A new sect of the Sith are formed, as a rogue Jedi Knight breaks from the order (stealing a Sith holocron as he flees the Jedi Temple) and pursues power. Over the following millennia, the Sith fight each other as much as the Jedi, making it easier for the Jedi to control them. The Sith embrace the concept that power denied was power wasted. While the Jedi order was created to serve, the Sith only believe in domination. "The Phantom Menace" novel and "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook" [Page 78]
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Incom Corporation, a leading starship manufacturer, and designer are formed. Among future designs later produced by the company are the Z-95 Headhunter (jointly designed with Subpro Corporation), the T-16 Skyhopper, the T-47 Airspeeder, the T-65 X-Wing and the I-7 Howlrunner. "The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels."
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Ecclessis Figg, the future builder of Cloud City of Bespin, is born. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin."
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Lord Ecclessis Figg of the Corellian system builds Cloud City in the atmosphere of the planet Bespin. Figg (with the aid of the Ugnaughts of Miser) designed Cloud City (originally known as Floating Home Colony) as a tibanna gas mine, used to tap into spin-sealed gas trapped in the lower atmosphere of Bespin. The then-young Incom Corporation works for years to modify existing repulsor-lift technology to create engines capable of holding the massive complex in the air. It then creates a subsidiary, Bespin Motors, which produces the cloud cars that fly over Cloud City. The inner planets of the system begin to be mined for ores to build the city. These mines would later become havens for smugglers and pirates. Over the years, Cloud City develops into a center of quiet, black-market commerce. Conjecture from "Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin," as well as the established date of Incom’s founding.
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The Cremlevian War occurs, one of the most legendary battles ever fought in the galaxy inhabited by the Yuuzhan Yong, it provided impetus for the Yuuzhan Vong to grow strong and powerful. When the tide was turning against the various tribes of the Yuuzhan Vong, Yo’Gand united the tribes and used a strong dovin basal to destroy the planet Ygziir, the homeworld of their enemies. The tactic eventually became known as Yo’Gand’s Core. Conjecture based upon "SW: Vector Prime".
-1,532 BSW4</P> A group of Dark Lords of the Sith find their way to Gap Nine and begin a reign of terror on the world, during which they build temples reminiscent of those of the First Order of the Dark Lords of the Sith. After a short time, Jedi Knights come and defeat the Sith Lords, remaking their evil temples into storehouses of knowledge and artefacts. Conjecture based on ‘A Taste of Adventure: The Battle for Gap Nine.’
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Belia Darzu was one of the most fearsome Sith Lords who kept their cult alive during the years before the Battle of Ruusan. She wore a suit of heavy armour that she had imbued with Dark Side energies, giving her a form of invisibility as well as augmenting her personal strength. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG II: The Dark Side Sourcebook"
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Having discovered the Cularin system and its power in the Force, the Dark Lords of the Sith finally abandon the world, leaving their structures behind. Conjecture based on Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game II -"Living Force Campaign."
Darth Rivan, a Sith Lord, chooses the planet Almas in the Cularin system as his home. Darth Rivan built a fortress partly underground, and enclosed the whole in a dome. Orbiting far from the suns of the Cularin system, the small planet of Almas would be unremarkable except for its importance in the history of the Jedi. The planet itself is an anomaly in space; a molten terrestrial world orbiting beyond the usual range for such planets. The core is hot, but the surface should be ice covered and unliveable. The planet's original atmosphere contained methane, phosphorus, and other heavy gases, all of them poisonous. Rivan, like most Sith, was not content to leave nature to its own devices. He possessed some expertise in biology, and over a period lasting but a single revolution of Almas about its suns, used the Force and his knowledge to develop a new species of plant he called kaluthin. Kaluthin is a wavy, grasslike plant that is green on the edges and deeply purple in the centers of the leaves. The stalks are generally greenish, but contain also white areas that mark phosphorus deposits. Kaluthin's unique properties include the ability to synthesise methane from the air and create oxygen, and a taproot that reaches miles into the crust of the planet. He spread the kaluthin across the surface of Almas, and they slowly changed the planet. The taproots brought heat from the center of the planet, and the methane processing turned the atmosphere. As the plants processed the phosphorus in the air, the mineral accumulated in the plants' structure, and they began to glow. Before he was slain, his creations had begun to terraform the planet from an unliveable nightmare into the gardenlike world it is today. Darth Rivan was driven from Almas by the Jedi during the Sith Wars, and his dome-like home blasted into pieces. The central fortress remained, somehow impervious to blaster fire. The Jedi, thinking that the fortress was not worth the continued effort, decided to leave it. Centuries passed, and the kaluthin continued to prosper. They spread across the whole planet, and by the time Reidi Artom came to Cularin the planet supported an oxygen atmosphere a little richer than humans considered normal. Trace elements of methane and phosphorus make the air slightly poisonous as well, but adverse health conditions do not manifest for a few months after one starts breathing the air here. Breath masks are strongly recommended. Though the planet is far from the suns, and therefore receives little light, the surface is always lit as if by the moonlight of Cularin. The kaluthin, glowing with phosphorus, are responsible for the light, and it can be a little unsettling to visitors to see the light coming from the planet rather than the sky. Materially, the planet remains non-viable. The expense of mining does not outweigh the value of the small mineral deposits in the planet's crust, and removing the kaluthin would cause the planet's atmosphere to become unstable. Thus, the planet is more like a living plant than anything else, as the roots of the kaluthin bind the soil together. Under the kaluthin, the planet is largely spherical, with two mountain ranges each of about 200km in length. The mountains are far from the settlements, and the kaluthin do not grow all the way to their tops. There is no surface water, but below the surface lie large underground lakes where the icy crust has melted. The kaluthin all nourish themselves from these underground lakes, and the settlers dig deep wells to mine the precious water. From space, Almas looks like a planet of contrasting, and conflicting, environments. Over much of the surface, the kaluthin grow. Other plants have been introduced into the soil, and those that survive form a symbiotic relationship with the kaluthin. On one side, however, there is a desolate wasteland where even kaluthin cannot grow anymore. The center of this wasteland is the ancient Sith fortress. Slowly, the wasteland grows. Jedi have measured the growth rate at about a meter of increased radius per year. Within this area, the planet is cold and dead. The atmosphere is barely breathable even with breath masks. Scholars among the Jedi study the area and speculate on what is killing the planet. ‘Wizards of the Coast Website’ Date moved to before "Jedi vs. Sith" thanks to the SWRPG website. .
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Jedi Master Aru-Wen was teaching Set Harth when Lord Hoth rallied the forces of the Jedi for the Battle of Ruusan. Rather than take his apprentice to Ruusan, Aru-Wen chose to leave Set Harth on Coruscant. Unfortunately, Aru-Wen was killed when Lord Kaan set off the Sith thought bomb. "SW RPG II: The Dark Side Sourcebook"
"Jedi vs. Sith."
The Sith Lord Kaan gathers an army of 20,000 Sith warriors called The Brotherhood of Darkness. Seeking a galactic dictatorship of "rule by the strong," the army attacks the Republic. After several days of battle on the obscure world of Ruusan, both sides are decimated, demoralised, and bitter...
A junk collector and his three children work at the site of a battle to pick up various remnants - Mandalorian armour, lightsabers, etc. Suddenly, one lightsaber flies out of a little boy’s hand - and slices his head off!! The lightsaber then arcs to kill the other two children and only then flies into the hands of a caped man in black. "Why? Why did you have to slay them first? Why did I have to see it?" the sobbing junk collector cries. A deathblow from the man’s lightsaber is his only answer
On the world of Somov Rit, three children play - Rain, Tomcat, and Bug. Their older cousin, Root, comes with an elderly Jedi scout named Torr Snapit. It seems the war is going so badly on Ruusan that the Jedi are forced to recruit children for the battle. It seems at first that Rain will not be able to go - she is just not strong enough in the Force. However, with a little help from Tomcat, she manages an elementary Force trick. Back at Ruusan, a Jedi Knight named Petja meets with Lord Hoth, head of the Jedi forces, and reports of a "glorious" battle that had taken place that morning - a battle that virtually no one returned from. And with children about to join the ranks, Hoth is starting to fear the worst - "To drive the darkness away, it seems, the light will have to perish with it!" Torr Snapit’s ship arrives at Ruusan with the three kids (and two more named Sladak and Slatka) in tow. Almost immediately, they are set upon by Sith starfighters. The ship is blasted open, and Sladak, Slatka, and Rain are sucked out to their deaths. Only then do Jedi fighters arrive and chase off the Sith.
Elsewhere, the man in black - a Sith Lord named Darth Bane -- faces a medicine man. He seeks a cure for the venom running through him. The medicine man refuses to help, not afraid of dying or torture. With that, Bane Force pulls the medicine man’s daughter out of his hut and dangles her over a boiling pot. Faced with that, the horrified medicine man agrees to cure him
Torr’s damaged ship crashes in the forest, and he, Tomcat and Bug head out toward the Jedi forces. They are forced to fight off Sith minions - including, Tomcat is horrified to find, little boys and girls. Chased across a rope bridge, Torr makes the kids cross and then cuts the bridge down while he and the Sith warriors are on it. Selfishlessly, Tomcat climbs down the cliffside and steals Torr’s lightsaber in full sight of the wounded Jedi Master. He climbs back up as Torr dies. He and Bug are again attacked by Sith minions - who are blown away by the arrival of Kiel Charny and his forces, who claim the two kids.
Several miles away, Bane lands in his ship and heads to the Sith headquarters. He finds Lord Kaan and the brotherhood plotting a forest attack like they were ordinary generals. He compliments Kaan for poisoning him - "the one brave decision of your life" - then rejects Kaan’s stupid battle strategy in favor of a simpler one - instead of attacking the Jedi in the forest, destroy the forest with the Jedi in it! He muses later that too many Dark Lords are using the Dark Side - it is being stretched too thin. The Dark Side should concentrated in one Dark Lord - or two, the female lord Ghitany suggests
In addition, elsewhere, several sentient flying creatures gather around a child they rescued - Rain. She befriends one of them, Laa, and learns to her horror how "death dreams" are killing the floating creatures one by one.
Another day dawns, and the weary Jedi army prepares for battle. Tomcat is disgusted at this mud-covered troop - "They have no business calling themselves Jedi!" Disgust turns to rage when Tomcat is assigned to - of all things - pushing a kitchen wagon. He takes a swing at the chef with his lightsaber, only to get it knocked out of his hands and punched in the gut. Crying, he takes the lightsaber back and stalks off as Bug willingly helps the kitchen crew. Charny shows up and offers to let Tomcat join his crew. The boy gladly accepts, and wades into battle with them. None of the Jedi notice that Tomcat is enjoying slicing up Sith a little too much. They are too busy noticing that not a single Dark Lord is amongst the Sith army - where are they? Answer: They are on a mountaintop, concentrating their Force powers under the guidance of Bane. In addition, bit-by-bit, the forest begins to die. Trees wilt, animals drop dead, and a tidal wave of fire rages through the woods. Jedi and Sith alike are incinerated in the firestorm
Lord Kaan breaks away from the Sith circle, ready to finish the weakened Jedi off. He and the other Sith fly off cheering, as Bane curses them for their weakness. Elsewhere, Tomcat is devastated at the ruin the battlefield has become. This is not at all like the songs told it!! He balks when Charny tells him to help the wounded - including wounded Sith. At that moment, Kaan and his forces attack from the air. The Jedi forces are ripe for the picking. However, just then, the Sith are attacked from behind and above by a giant golden spaceship. Lord Farfalla has finally arrived. Nevertheless, Lord Hoth has only angry words for the foppish Jedi, declaring him and his men cowards who stayed away from the battle. Furious, Farfalla turns around and leaves in his ship, taking his men with him. Githany takes the opportunity to attack the distracted Charny - her former lover. Using a lightwhip, she quickly chops Charny’s sword hand off. However, it is not she who strikes the deathblow it is Tomcat. Giving in to the lure of the Dark Side, the boy takes up Charny’s own lightsaber and impales him with it, then walks away arm-in-arm with Githany.
News spreads quickly through the Jedi camp of this shocking betrayal, and soon reaches a devastated Bug. Elsewhere, Rain and Laa sit in a circle of grass in the middle of hell. Rain had finally touched the Force, generating a forcefield around herself and Laa. But the green creature is haunted, having dreamed of Rain’s future - a future that will see her become a strong Sith Lord
Lord Hoth decides on a final, all-out frontal assault on the Sith’s caves. He begins issuing blaster rifles to the troops, one of whom - Bug - volunteers despite being jeered by the other Jedi as the "traitor’s blood." When asked why he wants to attack, Bug says he feels the need to fill a hole. "A hole where Tomcat the Jedi was supposed to be." He also asks that people refer to him by his real name, Hardin. Elsewhere, Githany is sickened to hear that Kaan is planning on using a "thought bomb" - a Force-generated telepathic explosive, drawn from the energies of all the Sith, that will destroy everything and everyone in its path. In other words, it’s a kamikaze attack that will destroy both sides. Disgusted, Githany takes Tomcat and leaves the Sith behind. Elsewhere still, Rain promises Laa that she will train with the Jedi, thus avoiding its nightmarish dream.
Petja and some other Jedi have taken to using the "Bouncers" (Laa’s people) as target practice for their bows and arrows, as the battle-deranged creatures have been causing panic in the Jedi ranks. In doing so, they nearly accidentally kill an emissary from Lord Farfalla. The emissary states that Farfalla has had a change of heart, and offers an apology to Lord Hoth in addition to presenting recon data. Hoth thanks the emissary and offers his apologies in turn to Farfalla. The winged emissary flies up to Farfalla’s ship, where the young Jedi laughs at the news of Hoth apologising unprompted. He opens a barrel of wine for his warriors to drink. "First, we spill wine - then we spill blood!"
Laa flies Rain to the Jedi army at last - only to get an arrow between the eyes from Petja. As Laa crashes to the ground, dead, Rain snaps. Using the full power of the Dark Side, she breaks the necks of Petja and his aide. At that moment, a grinning Darth Bane appears before her. Back at the Sith caves, Hardin and a pair of Jedi sneak in through a back door, only to come upon Githany and Tomcat. The other two Jedi are killed, but Hardin uses the Force to send bats swarming all over Githany. He finally faces his cousin at last, both of them holding a lightsaber
The Jedi and the Sith clash one more time on the battlefield. The Sith are easily defeated, but are actually begging the Jedi to kill them - what Kaan has in mind for both is far worse, the Sith Kopecz warns. Back in the cave, Hardin and Tomcat continue to battle, until Githany loses all patience and lightwhips the two apart, ordering Tomcat to find some speeder bikes for them to escape. Outside the caves, Lord Hoth senses the thought bomb, but takes his army inside anyway in an attempt to stop Kaan from using it. But it’s too late -- just as Hoth comes face-to-face with the Sith Lord, he slams his hands together and detonates the bomb. The caves collapse, and the life is literally sucked out of Hardin’s body before Tomcat’s astonished eyes - and then his young cousin is impaled by a falling stalactite. Outside, Githany also begins to decay. Inside and outside the caves, every Jedi - every Sith - dies.
Tomcat staggers into the inner depths of the caves, horrified at the sight he sees - a gigantic egg-shape, containing the life forces of all the Jedi and Sith, as Bouncers fly around it. Bane and Rain enter as well, but Rain’s expression turns cold - her name is Zannah, she says, and stays at Bane’s side. Tomcat tries to attack, but Zannah uses her powers and makes Tomcat’s lightsaber hand - not the lightsaber itself - explode. An emaciated Githany staggers in, begging to be Bane’s apprentice but she crumbles to dust before their very eyes. As Tomcat writhes on the floor, clutching the bloody stump of his arm, Darth Bane and his new Sith apprentice walk away into history
Some time later, a bandaged Tomcat walks out into the desert, surrounded by Bouncers who whisper of a future battle and the coming of another Jedi. However, what of his future? He has failed as a Jedi and as a Sith. "What could I hope to become?" "A man," the Bouncers reply
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Darko Macan - April - September 2001)
"SW Gamer: Bane of the Sith."
The last surviving member of the Sith Brotherhood, Darth Bane, flees the slaughter of his fellow Sith at the Battle of Ruusan. Flying off Ruusan in his ship, the ‘Valcyn’, Bane is taunted by the spectral image of his former master, Lord Qordis (killed in the recent battle), who accuses Bane of cowardice. Doing his best to ignore the ghost, he flies to the Onderon system, and the infamous Sith moon of Dxun. As it is about to land, Bane’s ship is suddenly attacked and torn to bits by Qordis’ dark side energies and crashes in the jungle. Bane pulls himself from the wreckage and hacks his way into the wilderness, fighting, and killing a panther-like animal. Suddenly another spectral image appears before him - Lord Kaan himself. Kaan’s ghost leads Bane through the jungle, bringing him to the tomb of the ancient Sith Lord Freedon Nadd. Bane enters the tomb, searches through the ancient tunnels, and finally comes upon what he needs - a Sith Holocron. As he moves to take it, however, several barnacle-like things fall from the ceiling and affix themselves to his body like leeches. As Bane screams in pain, the creatures fuse themselves into his very body, forming an organic suit of armour. Qordis appears and tells him that the creatures are called orbalisks, symbiotic creatures that will eventually breed and cover his entire body. Furious with them, Bane starts to delve into the Holocron
A long time later, Bane emerges from the Sith tomb. Bane now knows what Qordis meant - as the orbalisks spread over his body, they infuse him with adrenalin and strength. He considers the fall of his brothers at Ruusan, and decides that the Sith have been their own worst enemy - from now on, their numbers must be few (one master, one apprentice), their existence must be kept absolutely secret, and their will must be focused on one thing and one thing alone - destroying the Republic and the Jedi. From within. Wrestling and taking control of a flying Dxun beast, he flies toward nearby Onderon in search of an apprentice (SHORT STORY - Wizards of the Coast - Kevin J. Anderson - April 2001)
The imprisoned dark spirits of Lord Kaan’s forces blocked the Jedi’s attempts to free their fellow Knights’ spirits and gathered their influence in Darth Bane, who had returned with his new apprentice after leaving Dxun. Using Bane as a focal point, the spirits manipulated the dark side and sealed off the Valley, taking their revenge on the Jedi. Lord Hoth’s former apprentice, Johun Othone, petitions the Senate and the Jedi Council to establish a memorial on Ruusan. The Senate agrees and funds the effort, but the Council turns Othone down flat. The Council states that Hoth and his men did their duty, nothing more. This declaration infuriates Othone and the Republic, declaring it "an insult to the memory of those who died bravely defending the Republic." Othone has a vast mausoleum built in the Valley, complete with giant statues and solemn iconography. Over the centuries, as the Republic’s attention turned to other matters, the Valley fell into myth and was believed to have been cursed by the dark side of the Force. A prophecy is written, declaring that some day a powerful Force user would come and free the trapped spirits from their rocky prison. "Dark Forces: Rebel Agent and Jedi Knight", "The Essential Chronology", "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," "Secrets of the Sith" and "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." Date locked by "Secrets of the Sith." Entry by Michael Zeiger.
The Jedi begin to keep details of lightsaber manufacture a secret. "Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter." [Page 108]
Dark Tales Section #4: Golden Age of the Old Republic
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The Sith Archives, a hidden storehouse of knowledge was the repository of all information known to the Sith. It was formed shortly after Darth Bane established the Sith brotherhood. "Star Wars: Darth Maul's Journal."
The catastrophe on Ruusan leaves Jedi apprentice Set Harth without a master. Rather than seek a new one, Harth decides on independent training. He eventually tracks down rumours of a Sith artefact from the Ruusan battlefield, and finds himself battling a dark side warrior in a Sith armoury for it. Harth gives in to his anger and kills the Dark Sider, hence becoming one himself. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook." [Page 83]
The catastrophe at Ruusan galvanizes the Jedi Order into centralizing their organization. They build the ziggurat on Coruscant, already over a kilometre high, into a massive Temple from which to base their operations, and begin to restrict inductees into the Order based on age. Increasingly the youngest ones, ones not yet tainted by the material world, are accepted to the exclusion of all others. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 9, 141]
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Having set up shop at Nar Shaddaa, the dark Jedi Set Harth continues his search for Sith artefacts. One lead takes him to a Hutt slaver who, surprisingly, has another dark Jedi prisoner, one Bal Serinus. Bal furiously attacks Set, leaving both easy prey for the Hutt to capture. In his cell, Set learns to telepathically communicate with Bal. He starts to fall for the fallen Jedi, but love quickly turns to bitter hatred when Bal rebuffs his contact. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook." [Page 83]
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Another outgrowth of the Ruusan disaster was the development of a low-power training lightsaber for Jedi students. This weapon is nonlethal and isn't focused enough to cut through objects. Jedi students use them until they can build their own lightsaber. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 54]
Believing the Sith to be extinct, the Jedi give up the use of battle armor. This is a symbolic gesture to show the Republic that the Jedi will not become a conquering army. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 56]
The game Dejarik is invented. The Dejarik Entertainment Company decided to amalgamate a number of similar strategy games, devised by disparate species, into one. This new game, which was touted as a potential galactic peacemaker by its creators, would go on to be incorporated in a new range of hologame tables. While the idea was laudable and the basic game absorbing, the company encountered severe difficulties. The idea behind the game was to use representations of real and mythical creatures from a number of cultures. This plan was realized, but not before various minor politicians, fanatical religious cults, and animal protection groups all had their say. The game was delayed for over four standard years, costing the company a great deal in development costs and settlement fees from a number of lawsuits. It was worth it in the end, however, as the game was warmly accepted by the galactic public. Conjecture based upon "SW: Fact Files." "SW: Fact Files" mentions that Dejarik was created in the twilight of the Rise of the Empire era.
-989 BSW4
The Khomm, a race that values sameness above most, begins using cloning to propagate their species. "SW: Dark Apprentice" and "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 164]
-974 BSW4
The 'Baanu Miir', a Yuuzhan Vong worldship is launched, and begins to spend almost the next millennium in space, carrying twelve thousand Yuuzhan Vong from their own galaxy to the galaxy of the future Sith Empire. Its antiquated design meant that it achieved a level of artificial gravity, not through the use of dovin basals, but by spinning continually as it moved through space. Because of the differing gravity as one moved outward, the warriors took control of the outer levels, training in the heaviest gravity. However, the stress and strain of the journey eventually took its toll on the ship. Its rikyam brain began to die, and was unable to control the basic operate of its maw luur. "SW NJO: Edge of Victory II - Rebirth."
-896 BSW4
Yoda, a legendary Jedi Master, is born. Place of birth is unknown. Date locked by "Behind the Magic." I apparently had it confused with some other source, but Dan Wallace corrected me on it. Thanks, Dan!
c. -790 BSW4
Yoda, apparently a Jedi Master by now, begins to train Jedi Knights. From Yoda's line in SW V about having trained Jedi for eight hundred years.
c. -700 BSW4
The Death Seed, a horrific plague, rips through the galaxy. Whole sectors are either wiped out or reverts to barbarism. "SW: Planet of Twilight."
-600 BSW4
Jabba "The Hutt" Desilijic Tiure is born to Zorba, probably on Nal Hutta. Speculation from SW RPG "Galaxy Guide 4: Aliens."
Allya, a fallen Jedi, is banished to the planet Dathomir, home of a Republic prison colony. She tames the native Rancors and establishes rule over the planet. She begins teaching her daughters the ways of the Force. The teaching is corrupted in succeeding generations, leading to the "Witches of Dathomir." Allya creates 'The Book of Law', the source of the Singing Mountain clan's basic tenets. The book was created by Allya to describe the ways in which the women of Dathomir should use their power. Foremost among the laws is the tenet, "Never concede to evil." Over time, other women leaders and even other clans modified the book for their own use. If a woman ever broke the laws Allya created, she was exiled from her tribe. The woman could be given a chance to rejoin her group if, after three years in the wilderness, she agreed to once again take up the laws in the book. "SW: The Courtship of Princess Leia" and "The Essential Chronology" [Page 20].
509 BSW4
Yaddle is born, place unknown. She is of the same species as Yoda, and like Yoda, would become a Jedi Master and part of the Jedi Council. Date locked by "Episode I Visual Dictionary" [Page 11], as pointed out by Dan Wallace.
c. -500 BSW4
Starship building corporations Alderaan Royal Engineers, Core Galaxy Systems, and Rendili StarDrive are bought out by Kuat Drive Yards. "SW: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels." Borrowed with thanks from James McFadden's Chronology.
-495 BSW4
Ikrit, a future Jedi Master, is born on the planet Kushiba. "Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest." Borrowed (with thanks) from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
c. -490 BSW4
The Corporate Sector is established in a far - flung and minimally explored corner of the galaxy. The Sector encompassed several hundred systems, all of them devoid of sapient life. The companies had a right to lease or buy whole star systems of space, and develop those systems as they saw fit. In the Corporate Sector, the Republic took a much more active role than in the Expansion Region. The Republic placed itself squarely between the companies and their workers. A full naval sector group was deployed to the Corporate Sector with a dual purpose. The primary concern was protecting the civil rights and freedoms of those who chose to work and live in the Sector. The secondary concern was to make sure that the systems were responsibly managed: companies were not allowed to destroy entire planets for a few extra credits. The companies would have to operate in such a manner as to preserve the basic integrity of each world's natural ecosphere.
Despite these restrictions, most of the companies that did business in the Expansion Region chose to set up operations in the new Corporate Sector. Tax rates were comparably low. While a general tax was paid directly to the Republic government, the companies could avoid the myriad of sector, system, planetary and local taxes found on most worlds. While the companies had to work within carefully defined parameters, they generally had much greater freedom than on worlds with their own native governments. The companies also knew laws would be consistent throughout the sector. The biggest benefit of the Corporate Sector was the lack of competition. Since companies could buy whole undeveloped systems directly from the Republic, the corporations developed industrial and manufacturing facilities at a much faster rate. In brief, the Corporate Sector led to an era of unparalleled profits and industrial development. "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook." [Page 19] Date locked by "The New Essential Guide to Characters." [Page 12]
Corellia invokes the constitutional clause of Contemplanys Hermi ("meditative solitude"), thus cutting itself off from the Republic during a brief (and ultimately doomed) attempt at independence. This clause was written into the Republic Constitution in recognition of Corellia's distinct culture and its' role in the Republic's founding. The clause would not be used again until just before the Clone Wars. "Holonet News [531/47]."
-482 BSW4
Ikrit begins training as Yoda's Padawan Learner. "Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest." Borrowed (with thanks) from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
-481 BSW4
After a year of training, Ikrit visits Kushiba and saves his people from a xinkra. "Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress." Borrowed (with thanks) from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
c. -450 BSW4
As Ikrit grows stronger in the Force, he becomes increasingly egotistical. His selfishness grows to the point that he almost murders a fellow Jedi with his lightsaber over a disagreement, and Master Yoda risks his own life to stop the rogue Jedi. Guilt-stricken at his actions, Ikrit buries his lightsaber and vows never to use one again. "Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress."
c. -400 BSW4
A group of Jedi Masters, led by a Cerean named Fin-So-Rowan, are becoming concerned about the complacent malaise the Jedi Order - and indeed, the Republic itself - seem to be falling into. Rowan, along with the human Ivixa Delbaeth, argues for the construction of a flying Jedi academy to explore the uncharted areas of the galaxy and to go on peacekeeping missions. The Council approves, and the vessel Chu'unthor (Cerean for "academy") is built by Republic Fleet Systems in orbit around the planet Abhean. The vessel does better than hoped, injecting some badly needed energy into the Order and the Republic. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 132]
-385 BSW4
The Jedi Master Ikrit travels to Yavin IV for a study of the Massassi race. Whilst there, he stumbles upon the Golden Globe - a sickening experiment by Exar Kun in which the life-forces of Massassi children were trapped. Discovering that an adult cannot break the curse, he decides to watch over the globe, eventually going into a 400-year hibernation there. "Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe."
-350 BSW4
A conflict arises between two Bith cities, Nozho, and Weogar, concerning the patent rights to a new stardrive. In accordance with the laws of their society, the two cities submitted their claims to a neutral arbitrator. However, an agent from Nozho uncovered some compromising information about the arbitrator and blackmailed him. Subsequently, Weogar's mayor learned of the blackmail and refused to honour the arbitrator's decision, and soon both cities were producing the stardrive, resulting in severe trade competition and the first Bith war in nearly a million years. Unfortunately, when sophisticated technology such as that available to the Bith is involved, wars are almost always of a genocidal level. Nozho launched a chemical attack against Weogar, wiping out 90 percent of the city's population and guaranteeing that the Weogar industries would no longer be capable of producing stardrives. In retaliation, Weogar unleashed against Nozho a biological agent that altered the basic DNA structure of anything it contacted. The unforeseen result was a planet - wide wave of evolutionary degeneration and mutation that turned their garden world into a monster - filled wasteland. The surviving, untainted Bith were forced to construct and retreat into hermetically sealed domes, where they live to this day, afraid to venture onto the surface of their own planet. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races." [Page 23] Date locked by "Essential Guide to Alien Species." [Page 14]
"Itchy" Attichitcuk (future father of Chewbacca) is born on the planet Kashyyyk. Date locked by "SW: Galactic Battlegrounds."
The Trade Federation is founded, a massive conglomeration of various corporations and special interest groups. Chief among the founding members are the Neimoidians. They enter an exclusive contract with Hoersch-Kessel Drive Inc. to build tubular-shaped freighters for their use. The Trade Federation eventually becomes a behemoth in both trade and politics - to the point that it becomes one of the rare non-planetary members of the Galactic Senate. Date locked by "The Essential Guide to Alien Species." (after being referenced by Timetales!) Information also from "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook." [Page 5]
-335 BSW4
The Granite Slug is introduced into the undercity of Coruscant by the government to help clean up the detritus, garbage and refuse piled up in the netherworld over the centuries. "The SW Encyclopedia."
Around the same time the Granite Slug is introduced to Coruscant, so is the Garbage Worm. These genetically manufactured creatures were vital to the elimination of waste on Coruscant. It was known that they were based on a number of species of long worms from various other planets, but had been greatly altered by Coruscant's engineers over a period of several hundred years. They lived deep within the garbage pits of the city - planet, wallowing in silicone - filled pools. As waste from the city was dumped into the pits, it was pulverised and mixed into the silicone slurry. The worms then ate anything they could. They converted much of the waste into small pellets that could be used as fuels or stored. The rest was digested and eliminated as methane, carbon dioxide, and organic wastes. Anything they could not eat - heavy metals, primarily - were expelled and sank to the bottom of the garbage pits, where they were collected and sorted by garbage droids. These worms were covered with shiny, iridescent scales of a milky white colour. Rumour had it that a garbage worm could eat an entire hyperdrive core and survive . . . for a few seconds. The largest worms grew to lengths well over 100 meters, and were nearly four meters in diameter. "SW: Rogue Planet."Date borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
c. -300 BSW4
Berethon e Solo, an ancestor of Han Solo and King of Corellia, introduces democracy to the planet. "The Paradise Snare." 11-year-old Han learns this while studying in Corellia's public archives.
The company Gowix Computers is set - up on the planet Corulag, and begins to become one of the top 20 computer manufacturing and consulting firms in the Core Worlds. "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook" And "SW Adventure Journal #7."
The Jedi training vessel "Chu'unthor" crashes on the planet Dathomir. A rescue attempt led by Jedi Masters Yoda, Gra'aton, and Vulatan is repulsed by the 'witches of Dathomir', women with imperfect knowledge and control over the Force. Fourteen Jedi are killed in the battle. The damaged "Chu'unthor" had been surrounded and attacked by the witches and the rancors that were under their control. Master Yoda had saved the life of a young witch named Rell, and the two negotiate a truce. The "Chu'unthor" and its reader tapes were to be left behind, but the Jedi were free to leave. Yoda asked Rell to keep the disks hidden until a young Jedi would come to free her world from the Nightsisters, the group of witches who had turned to evil. Among the Jedi to be freed was Djinn Altis. "SW: The Courtship of Princess Leia," "SW: Darksaber" and "The Essential Guide To Vehicles and Vessels" [Page 20] Date moved by "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 132-133]
The Nagai, a race living in the Unknown Regions, sets out to explore their star system. That inadvertently brings them to the attention of the Tofs, a warrior race. The Tofs invade and subjugate the Nagai, setting off a three centuries-long war. "SW Gamer: The Marvel Series."
By this point in galactic history, the Jedi have canonized a tradition centuries in the forming: "One Master, One Apprentice." The fear is that training multiple candidates greatly increases the risk of Dark Side tragedies like Ulic Qel-Droma, Tomcat and others. They also begin recruiting Jedi candidates almost from the cradle, as children are more malleable and can be trained to keep their emotions from controlling their actions. It soon reaches the point where Jedi candidates are only taken from childhood (ranging from six months to five years of age), with Jedi seekers investigating reports of Force sensitive babies across the galaxy, using midichlorian tests to determine their potential strength. The lucky children are taken (with their parents' permission) to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where their elementary Force training begins. By the age of 13 or earlier, the most promising are apprenticed as Padawan Learners to Jedi Masters. (The unlucky ones who flunk are shifted to new civilian jobs that best suit their skills and personalities.) When the Master deems the apprentice ready, the apprentice is put through a series of "trials" to secure their Knighthood. While marriages and training one's own children is not forbidden among the Jedi, it is discouraged as much as possible. (Among Padawans, it is strictly forbidden.) While this strategy is very successful in weeding out potential Darksiders (with a couple of exceptions), it also has an unfortunate side effect: The Jedi's numbers slowly start dwindling Conjecture from various sources. This tradition was clearly centuries old, yet was not in existence at the time of Ikrit's training under Yoda (c.500 BSW4).
The Chazrach, a species of stocky, reptilian humanoids are conquered and enslaved by the Yuuzhan Vong. They become intensely loyal to the Vong, and over time, several Chazrach had earned social elevation to the warrior caste for their bravery in combat. Quite often, the Yuuzhan Vong sent in swarms of Chazrach as the first wave of an assault, thereby saving the strength of the Yuuzhan Vong warriors in the succeeding waves. Conjecture based upon "The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide - Onslaught."
c. -290 BSW4
The planet Myrkr is discovered, and what is found there - a Force - repulsing creature called Ysalamiri - makes the Jedi and Old Republic leave it strictly alone. The planet becomes a favoured haunt for smugglers and criminals. "SW: Heir to the Empire."
-280 BSW4
After decades of research, the Ho'Din develop herbal therapies to rid themselves of the parasitical organisms plaguing them, and this therapy (still used today), combined with the eventual restoration of the natural ecosystem on the planet Moltok, allowed the Ho'Din to survive as a species. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races." [Page 49]
-275 BSW4
The clock of the Central Gathering Hall of Coruscant is modified to begin marking the hour by spreading auroras in the planet's atmosphere. "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 58]
-200 BSW4
Chewbacca the Wookiee, son of Attitchcuk, is born on the planet Kashyyyk. From the Guide.
The highly advanced shipbuilding civilisation of Fere is wiped out by plague. The planet was home to an advanced culture of tall, pale humanoids with six fingered hands. They were master starship builders, and some of their small luxury liners can still be found today. During a series of wars, a deadly plague was carried to Fere, killing all life on the planet. "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 100]
The Tallaan Imperial Shipyards are built. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Lords of the Expanse." With thanks to Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
The Charon extinguish a lifeform and reconstruct it, naming it the 'gatebeast'. The gate power harnessed by the Charon is not fully understood, and the Charon bioscientists who program the gatebeast keep its abilities limited. The gatebeast targets a subject and reflects its matter to a new location. The gatebeast teleports targets to random locations. The gatebeast is a four-legged creature with leathery skin. It has a wide head on a thick neck. Bubble-shaped scales are clustered around its arms and legs. "SW RPG: Otherspace". Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index. Date corrected by Andrew Gordon.
-194 BSW4
The term "spice," a slang term creeps into galactic lexicon. It refers to a number of substances used to artificially enhance, or "spice up" a person's physical or mental attributes. There are many forms of spice, from the glitterstim of Kessel, to the ryll of Ryloth, to Sevarcos spice. Contrary to popular belief, not every form of spice is addictive, or even illegal. Some forms of spice are processed, made less potent and sold as pharmaceutical's by major corporations. Other types are manufactured in dingy warehouses run by chemistry school dropouts. Some forms of spice are easily obtainable in some parts of the galaxy, while the same product may be classified as criminal contraband in other areas. Substance classification is largely a factor of economic, political, and religious factors, which vary from one star system to another. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations." [Page 46]
-192 BSW4
Bunkurd Corporation on Coruscant engineers a bacterium that breaks down sewage for recycling 20% faster than previous agents used for the same purpose. If it gets into a human digestive system, it breaks down food as soon as it has eaten, giving the person the equivalent of violent food poisoning for about a week. "SW: X-Wing -- Wraith Squadron." Information by <U>Nathan Blumenfeld <mailto:Taseldor@aol.com></U>.
-190 BSW4
Vima-Da-Boda, descendant of Nomi Sunrider, is born. "SW: Dark Empire" and "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 328]
-188 BSW4
Sensing the taint of the Dark Side around the Cularin system, the Jedi send Master Qornah and his apprentice Kibh Jeen to investigate. They discover a half-buried Sith fortress on the planet. Suddenly, Kibh suddenly chops his master down from behind, seduced by the whispers of the Dark Side from the fortress. He enters the fortress and disappears for several months. Once he emerges, he takes his shuttle in search of pirates to recruit in an attempt to destroy the Jedi. He uses his Dark Side power to kill thousands on the floating cities of Genarius, setting off a war between him and the Jedi that in later years would come to be known as the "Dark Jedi Conflict." "SW RPG II: The Living Force Campaign Guide." [Page 4 - 5]
-150 BSW4
Bakura is discovered and used by the Bakur Corporation, who mines the planet extensively. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
The Qella are driven to extinction when asteroids hit their world. "SW: Before the Storm."
-132 BSW4
The planet Orax is discovered by the Republic. "SW Adventure Journal, Vol. 1, Issue #15."
A daring mechanic called Phoebos creates the high - octane sport of Podracing. Podracing had its origins in ancient contests of animal - drawn carts, of the kind still seen in extremely primitive systems far from the space lanes. Phoebos recreated the old arrangement with repulsorlift Pods and flaming jet engines for a completely new level of competition and risk. The famous first experimental race, instigated by a fearless alien racer named Gustab Wenbus on the planet Malastare, ensured Podracing's reputation as an incredibly dangerous and popular sport. Not long after, Podracing was banned from most civilised systems. Podracing is still famous on the planet Malastare and in few other locals. Real Podracing aficionados, however, look beyond the Republic to the rugged worlds of the Outer Rim, where Podraces still serve as a spectacle for hundreds of thousands and vast gambling fortunes are made and lost. This naturally makes the Hutts an accessory to most racing venues. Conjecture based upon "SW: Episode I Incredible Cross-sections" And "SW: Episode I Incredible Locations."
c. -130 BSW4
Perhaps due to the rising popularity of Podracing, the garbage pits of Coruscant inspire someone into creating a lethal new type of sport - garbage pit racing, where aspiring young toughs from Coruscant's rough neighbourhoods, deep below the glittering upper city, could prove their mettle. The sport involves gliding down a garbage pit, while avoiding a fatal run-in with garbage canisters being expelled into space. The sport had become increasingly popular in the pirate entertainment channels that fed into elite apartments, high in the star - scrubbing towers that rose everywhere on the capital world. "SW: Rogue Planet." [Page 9]
-120 BSW4
The Stasis Booth is developed, a device that allows its living contents to be placed in suspended animation until revived. They are often used in penal colonies or detention areas (Stars' End was the first facility to make it work) to keep prisoners in stasis until they can be tried. They would also later be used by the Corporate Sector Authority to silence its enemies, as well as to preserve viable sources of labor. "Han Solo at Stars End" and "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook."
-112 BSW4
The original form of C-3PO is first activated on Coruscant. The droid was built at Cybot Galactica Corp. The droid's first post-primary assignment is programming binary load lifters. From the Guide. The Visual Dictionary has indicated that R2 is actually older than Threepio. R2 was built by Industrial Automaton Inc.
-106 BSW4
Bohhuah Mutdah is born. An obese human, he will become the richest man in the galaxy during the early years of the New Order. He was a retired industrialist who personally controlled trillions of credits. He lived on Oseon 5792, an asteroid in the Oseon System that he had altered to create his own fortress. There, he had servants to perform any task he required. His old age was achieved by the proximity of one of the largest life-crystals ever exported from the Rafa System. Another source of his longevity was his intense addiction to lesai. He also had the asteroid's gravity modified, to allow him to manoeuvre his bulk around with ease. In his asteroid retreat, Mutdah had amassed one of the largest private collections of writings and books, and possessed them in all their forms: early scrolls, worn hardcover texts, memorywire spools and memory rods, and data cards. "SW: Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon."
-102 BSW4
Dooku, the future Jedi Master and trainer of Qui-Gon Jinn, is born to a family of nobles on Serenno. Shortly thereafter, he is taken for training by the Jedi. Conjecture from "SW Episode II: Attack of the Clones." Info also from "Episode II Visual Dictionary."
c. -100 BSW4
Rendili StarDrive reaches its zenith in starship production. During the next century, it would lay claim to such designs including the Victory Star Destroyer, the Dreadnaught, and the Mandalorian Dungeon Ships. "The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels."
Prince Xixor, the future head of Black Sun, is born on the planet Falleen. Speculation from "SW RPG Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook."
-96 BSW4
Inevitably, as the number of member worlds increased, the Republic found itself saddled with too massive a bureaucracy. It had grown too large, gotten too old, and corruption had set in. A few unscrupulous, greedy Senators had started a destructive chain reaction of malaise. They saw the first lingering problems as cracks in the system of government that could be exploited for personal gain. These beings found that their colleagues were far too occupied by the day to day running of the Republic to monitor their activities adequately. The corruption was too small to be noticed at first. However, as soon as the opportunities grew, so did the number of Senators who were seduced by the lure of illegitimate power and wealth. These Senators found an easy alliance with some of the mammoth corporate interests that constantly were on the lookout for easier ways to make a profit. A few arrogant, self - serving bureaucrats fell to seduction, and suddenly, a virus was in the stars.
Every instance of instability, each uncertainty in government action, every wrinkle in senatorial policy and procedure became a means to foster larger opportunities. Senator turned on Senator, values eroded, trusts were broken, and fear gripped the Republic. What was once thought to be immortal suddenly saw the approach of its own destruction, and the Old Republic was afraid. Corruption and fear spread like a mutant disease, quickly reaching epidemic proportions without any visible cause. The Old Republic's troubles multiplied, and no one seemed to know what was happening - or why. "The SW Encyclopedia." [Page 217] and "SW RPG: Imperial Sourcebook." [Page 7]
-95 BSW4
The political climate on Lwhekk (home planet of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium) changes when the new political ruler of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium assumes power. His Potency, the Shreeftut of Lwhekk, apparently seizes power after years of internecine fighting between his political allies and the factions that supported the former ruler. (The former ruler's name has been removed from all Ssi-ruuvi records). His Potency represents a more expansion minded faction of the Ssi-ruuvi population, and expresses his desire to move the Ssi-ruuk outward, not for exploration, but rather as a means of capturing more "energy resources." His Potency proposes the capture of other worlds as sources of energy ('entechment'), and indicates his desire to consecrate these worlds according to Ssi-ruuvi custom. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
-92 BSW4
Ki-Adi-Mundi is born on the planet Cerea. Date locked by "Episode I Insider's Guide."
Qui-Gon Jinn, a future Jedi Master, is born on the planet Malastare. "The Phantom Menace."
-91 BSW4
Qui-Gon Jinn begins his training to be a Jedi. Conjecture from "Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force." The implication is that all Jedi are trained almost from birth in the Prequel era.
Dooku is taken as a Padawan Learner by Master Yoda. The elderly Master hopes to tame the independent streak everyone senses in the young student. It is even rumored that young Dooku has been studying dark lore in the Jedi archives, making the elder teacher that much more determined to aid the young man. Conjecture from "Episode II Visual Dictionary."
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A female Jedi Knight known only as "The Dark Woman" comes to Cerea to see four-year-old Ki-Adi-Mundi, who has shown signs of Force sensitivity. His father refuses to allow Ki to go to Coruscant for testing by the Jedi Council - but an attack by raider Bin-Gardazon changes his mind. The Council approves Ki as a Jedi student, and he begins his basic training with the other Jedi younglings under Master Yoda. "SW: Vow of Justice." Date locked by "Episode I Insider's Guide."
Jedi Ashka Boda obtains Master Bodo Baas's Holocron. Conjecture from "Dark Empire."
-84 BSW4
Jorus C'Baoth is born on the planet Bortras. From "SW: Dark Force Rising." This and other dates in C'Baoth's life have been changed from their prior date due to new information and theories regarding the Clone Wars.
-83 BSW4
After nearly being caught out of meditation class by Master Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl vow to be "friends forever." "Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope." Info from TalonCard.
The Galactic Games are instituted, a peaceful competition held every seven years between the greatest athletes of the Republic's many worlds. "Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games."
-82 BSW4
The future Senator of Naboo, final Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, and Emperor of the Galactic Empire - Palpatine is born on the planet Naboo. Date locked by "Episode I Insider's Guide."
-81 BSW4
Nejaa Halcyon is born on the planet Corellia. He would later become a Jedi Master and an unsung hero of the Clone Wars. Conjecture based upon "I, Jedi."
Young Jedi Temple students perform exercises before the Jedi Masters on Exhibition Day. In a training lightsaber match, Qui-Gon Jinn defeats Tahl after a draining session. Afterwards, he asks "Don't you ever give up?" "Never" is her reply. "Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope." Info from TalonCard.
-80 BSW4
Nejaa Halcyon begins his Jedi training. Conjecture based upon the Jedi traditions of this era as represented in Episode I
Dooku successfully passes the trials and is declared a Jedi Knight. Master Yoda then takes Ki-Adi Mundi as his next Padawan Learner. Conjecture from "Episode II Visual Dictionary" and "Vow of Justice."
-79 BSW4
13-year old Qui-Gon Jinn becomes a Padawan Learner, under the tutelage of the newly-knighted Jedi Dooku. On a visit to his homeworld, he finds a small, smooth rock at the River of Light that he keeps as a personal memento for years to come. "Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past."
-72 BSW4
Mace Windu, a future Jedi Master and head of the Jedi Council (and thus the Order), is born. "Episode I Insider's Guide."
Shmi Skywalker, future mother of Anakin, is born. Birthplace unknown. "The Phantom Menace" screenplay.
-71 BSW4
Xanatos is born to Crion on the planet Telos. Conjecture from "Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning."
-68 BSW4
Andreas Pell is born. "SW: Before the Storm."
Nejaa Halcyon is taken as a Padawan Learner. Conjecture based upon the 'Jedi Apprentice' series of books.
Bail Prestor Organa, future foster father of Princess Winter (and Imperial Senator), is born on Alderaan. Conjecture from the age of Jimmy Smits, the actor who portrays Bail Organa in Episodes II and III. Suggested by Josh Ehrnwald.
Jango Fett is born on Concord Dawn. "Jango Fett: Open Seasons."
-66 BSW4
On a voyage in the Outer Rim, the Skywalker family's ship is boarded by pirates. The family is separated and (including 6 year old Shmi) sold into slavery. "The Phantom Menace" novel.
-64 BSW4
Wilhuff Tarkin is born on the planet Eriadu in the Seswenna sector. He would be the instigator in the 'Ghorman Massacre' and become the first Grand Moff. Conjecture based on Peter Cushing's age when filming ANH.
Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl become Jedi Knights, and Master Yoda suggests Qui-Gon take an apprentice. Qui-Gon decides to undertake one last mission before choosing. (He has a padawan in mind, Xanatos.) Qui-Gon has a stopover on Zekulae while waiting for transport, and stops into a cafe where he encounters Tahl. After an encounter with an angry Zeku and a conversation with Qui-Gon, she leaves. By the time he returns, Qui-Gon has reconsidered -- young Xanatos is eligible for apprenticeship, but just barely. He will instead take up the training of another apprentice, one who is only a few years away from Knighthood. After that time, Qui-Gon will take Xanatos as a padawan learner. Conjuncture from "Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival", "Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope", and the "Episode I Visual Dictionary." Info from TalonCard.
-62 BSW4
The R3-D Series Astromech Droid is developed during the last decades of the Old Republic to assist on starfighters with target acquisition and management. The use of an R3-D droid allowed the pilot to concentrate on flying the craft. The original design of the Aethersprite-class interceptor called for an R3-D astromech. Conjecture based upon "SW Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
-60 BSW4
The 'Millennium Falcon', a YT-1300 Corellian light stock freighter, is constructed. Conjecture based on circumstantial evidence that 'Millennium Falcon' had been quite old already when given to Lando Calrissian, and then to Han Solo.
Raith Sienar, future designer of the Sith Infiltrator (and its descendants, the TIE family of starfighters) is born. "SW: Rogue Planet." Date changed and locked by "The New Essential Guide to Characters." [Page 151]
-58 BSW4
Jorus C'Baoth is declared a Jedi Knight. "SW: Dark Force Rising."
A new face appears among the Hutts of Tatooine - a spoiled, petulant bully named Jabba. Sent by his father Zorba to represent the Desilijic Clan, Jabba takes over a sizeable portion of Mos-Espa's illegal activities, as well as the Podracing industry on that world. Jabba also inherits the B'Omarr monastery, pawned off on Zorba by a wily pirate. Jabba only uses the monastery to impress his business associates and rivals, making his main home in Mos-Espa. (Thus, the B'Omarr monks never get the chance to size him up for a brain walker.) "SW RPG II: Secrets of Tatooine Sourcebook." [Page 23]
"SW Tales: Stones."
14-year-old Mace Windu is, in the opinion of the Jedi Order, a genuine prodigy. Top of his class. But one thing about him worries them he hasn't built his own lightsaber. They think he's afraid. The truth is, the cocky and arrogant Mace was looking for a challenge, because he wanted a lightsaber unlike anyone else's. Master Yoda answers his need by sending him to the planet Hurikane, a world far on the edge of the galaxy. It's his first solo mission, as the boy uses his Force powers to fight the rock people there and navigate the elements. He effortlessly leaps a canyon, and the rock man pursuing him shatters at the canyon floor. As Mace sees the rock people wailing in grief at the other side of the canyon, his conscience pricks him. Realizing he had misjudged them, Mace scales down the side of the canyon and Force-calls several rocks to fuse into the broken rock man, healing him. In gratitude, the rock people give Mace a peace offering: a group of purple crystals, which he uses to create his unique electrum-plated lightsaber (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Haden Blackman - September 2002)
A split occurs among the ranks of the Mandalorians, and a fierce splinter group called the Death Watch is created. Its' leader, Vizsla, vows to conquer the galaxy. The leader of the main Mandalorian group, a reformed murderer named Jaster Mereel, wages war against the Death Watch on his homeworld of Concord Dawn. Forced to flee after his group is scattered by Vizsla's forces, Jaster takes refuge in a wheatfield where he meets the Fett family. The father of that family, who had replaced Jaster as Journeyman Protector of Concord Dawn, feeds Jaster secretly. But very soon Vizsla and his troops come and kill the entire family, burning the house and the farmland to the ground..
The entire family, that is, except for 10-year-old Jango Fett. He is found by Jaster, and joins him and his group of Mandalorians. Burning for revenge, Jango leads Jaster to the nearest town to ambush Vizsla and his men. The streets are soon filled with blaster fire, and a teary-eyed Jango faces Vizsla with a blaster and guns him down while Jaster and his men finish off the Death Watch. With that brutal act, Jaster formally adopts Jango into the Mandalorian Supercommandos "Jango Fett: Open Seasons."
-57 BSW4
Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi is born. Birthdate locked by "The Phantom Menace" screenplay.
A young Zabrak boy (possibly named Khameir Sarin?) is born on Iridonia. The child is strongly Force -sensitive. But before the Jedi can discover him, the baby is kidnapped from his family by (unbeknownst to anyone) Darth Sidious. Bringing the child to Coruscant, Sidious begins raising him as a Sith Apprentice. He renames the child "Darth Maul." "SW Journal: Darth Maul." [Page 17] The name Khameir Sarin is from an earlier version of Darth Maul's back-story that was removed from the Phantom Menace novel.
-56 BSW4
At the tender age of one, Obi-Wan begins his Jedi training at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, under Master Yoda. "Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force."
-55 BSW4
Chewbacca is on the planet Kashyyyk, his homeworld, for the last time before meeting Han Solo. "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
The Neimoidians become de facto leaders of the Trade Federation, and begin building the organisation into an even stronger presence in the trade lanes and in the Senate. They also secretly begin developing droid armies, supposedly for security reasons. "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook." [Page 13]
-53 BSW4
Aurra Sing is born on Nar Shaddaa to a spice addict named Aunuanna. Speculation based on the age of Michonne Bouirriague when Episode I was released.
-52 BSW4
Oppo Rancisis begins teaching at the Jedi Temple, located at Coruscant, after becoming a Jedi Master under the tutelage of Yaddle. Rancisis is a master of Malacia, a Jedi technique that induces a powerful dizziness and nausea in enemies. It is completely incapacitating like a hammer blow, but does not cause any lasting physical damage. Only a few other Jedi have come close to mastering the difficult discipline. When peaceful negotiations fail, Rancisis ensures that Jedi - counselled military tactics are cunning and effective using his artful strategies and battle plans. Starwars.com.
-51 BSW4
Jorus C'Baoth serves as the personal Jedi adviser to Senator (and future Emperor) Palpatine. "SW: Dark Force Rising."
At the age of two, Aurra Sing is rescued from her bleak life on Nar Shaddaa by the Jedi Knight known as "The Dark Woman," who takes her to Coruscant (with her mother's grateful permission) to begin training in the way of the Jedi. As she grows up, Aurra proves a difficult student, aggressive and unwilling to temper her behaviour. She is given the nickname "Nashtah" after a Drovin hound by one of her fellow students. The Official SW Website and "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook." [Page 87]
-50 BSW4
Ohran Keldor is born. He is one of the designers of the original Death Star, and he taught at Moff Tarkin's Omwat orbital school. Ohran and his colleagues were on the first Death Star when it destroyed Alderaan. They were dropped off on Carida as the Death Star made its way to Yavin IV. "SW: Children of the Jedi."
The term Gray Jedi begins to be used by the Jedi Knights to describe a Jedi Knight or Master who did things their own way, convinced in their own minds that the path they had chosen was the only true path. These Jedi tended to ignore the wisdom of others; although this was not a direct attribute of the Dark Side of the Force, many believed that it was not a trait of the Light Side. Conjecture based upon "SW: The Stark Hyperspace War."
Valin Halcyon (or as he is later known, Hal Horn) is born on the planet Corellia to Jedi Knight Nejaa Halcyon and his wife, Scerra. Conjecture based upon "I, Jedi." Hal's original name was provided by Matthew Long.
Soon after the birth of his son Valin, Nejaa Halcyon is partnered with CorSec officer Rostek Horn, in an effort to better police Coronet City and all of Corellia. Their successes would later make them feared by criminals all over Corellia. Conjecture based upon "I, Jedi" and "X-Wing" novels.
-49 BSW4
About a year after his birth, a very young Valin Halcyon begins to learn the ways of the Force from his father, Jedi Knight Nejaa Halcyon. Conjecture based upon "I, Jedi."
An outbreak of Toli-X virus claims the life of V-Davi's parents on Kegan. The two-year-old is initiated into the Learning Circle, something children usually do not do until age four. "Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth."
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-48 BSW4
Mon Mothma is born on the planet Chandrila. Her father is Arbiter-General of the Republic, and her mother is Chandrilan governor. Her father taught her respect for all beings, while her mother taught her how to administer, organise and - most important - how to lead. From the Guide. Family information from "The X-Wing Strategy Guide."
The Galactic Games are held. Conjecture based upon "Jedi Quest - The Dangerous Games."
-47 BSW4
Beru Whitesun, future wife of Owen Lars (and aunt of Luke Skywalker), is born (on Tatooine?) Conjecture based on a compromise between the late Shelagh Frasier's age while shooting ANH, and Bonnie Piesse's while shooting AOTC. Clearly Bonnie looks too young in AOTC to be as old-looking as Shelagh in ANH! So this way, we can blame Beru's weathered looks on the Tatooine sun.
Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl travel to the planet Apsolon, a planet that has overthrown its totalitarian government via industrial sabotage and is holding free elections. Until recently, the wealthy Civilised ruled over the poor Worker majority via a secret police, the Absolutes. The Leader of the Workers, Ewane, is elected Supreme Governor. Once the elections are complete, Qui-Gon prepares to leave - but Tahl suggests they stay, as she fears the new government is too fragile, and there is talk that the Absolutes are still in existence. After an argument, Qui-Gon hauls Tahl off the planet. "Jedi Apprentice: The Ties That Bind." [Page 16-19]
-46 BSW4
Padme Naberrie Amidala, future wife of Anakin Skywalker (and mother of Luke and Leia) is born on the planet Naboo to Jobal and Ruwee Naberrie, a pair of humble villagers. She has one older sister, Sola. "SW Episode I: The Phantom Menace" and "SW Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
A fleet of two hundred Dreadnaughts, slave-circuited together, is launched. The armada is called the 'Katana' fleet after its commanding vessel. (It was also known as the 'Dark Force.') The Katana fleet was designed where only one ship's crew was necessary - the other ships were all slave-circuited to the Katana itself, fully automated and functioning on remote control. Due to a hive virus that infiltrates the Katana crew shortly after launching, the 'Katana' fleet jumps into hyperspace and vanishes for the next half-century. "SW: Dark Force Rising." Moved here on the advice of a top - secret source.
The Ssi-Ruuvi Ivpikkis joins the Ssi-Ruuvi military, eventually becoming an Admiral. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
-45 BSW4
Senator Palpatine funds and promotes long-range exploration into the Deep Core. He commissions the launch of thousands of probots programmed to chart safe hyperspace routes into and through the Deep Core. Combining the apparent fatalism of a political realist with the shrewd and subtle power moves of a chess master, this senator from a humble provincial planet is a consummate performer in his chosen arts. The Senate Chamber is Palpatine's stage, and he takes advantage of everything it has to offer in order to drive his points home. The way sound bounces off the walls, the seating arrangement, the lighting that plays differently from one area to the other, the lines of sight everyone has or lacks - Senator Palpatine does not miss a single detail that might help him attain his goal. Which is to help Naboo, of course. "SW RPG Dark Empire Sourcebook." [Page 75] and Starwars.com
-44 BSW4
Tagge is born, place of birth unknown. He would later become an Imperial General. Conjecture. This Tagge was originally believed to be Ulric Tagge, the general seen in the Marvel Series. But now the Official SW Website says that the General Tagge seen on the Death Star was not Ulric, but one of his many siblings.
"Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Dave Wolverton - May 1999)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - May 1999)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - July 1999)
"Jedi Apprentice: Mark of the Crown." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - September 1999)
"Jedi Apprentice: Defenders of the Dead." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - December 1999)
The Dark Woman and her apprentice, nine-year-old Aurra Sing, travels to Ord Namurt on a mission. However, en route, Aurra is kidnapped by space pirates who coldly inform her that the Dark Woman sold her to them. They're lying, but it doesn't matter; Aurra believes them and gains a lifelong murderous grudge against all Jedi (and the Dark Woman in particular). The Official SW Website.
"Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books, Inc. - Jude Watson - January 2000)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - March 2000)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - May 2000)
"The Stark Hyperspace War."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - November 2001-February 2002)
-43 BSW4
"Galactic Battlegrounds: Attichitcuk and the Battle of Alaris Prime."
(PC GAME ADVENTURE - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - November 2001)
"SW Tales: Mythology."
Qui-Gon Jinn watches his apprentice, Obi-Wan, in meditation at the Jedi Temple. He notes fear in his student, fear of failing him. He gently reminds Obi-Wan that "A Jedi shall not know anger or fear or hatred or love."
Say what?!? Not know love?? Why?!? Qui-Gon smiles and tells his apprentice a story
Centuries ago, a Jedi Master named Shang-Troy Thanabo came to a planet called Boranall in response to a Force summons unlike anything he'd felt before. He traced the summons to a pregnant woman to her unborn twins. He watched over the woman and served as midwife at the birth, then took the two twins to train them in the way of the Jedi in isolation on a remote planet. Years passed, and the twins learned their lessons well. Together, they were far more powerful than when they were separate. They could anticipate each other's moves, thoughts, and match each other's skill. As they grew to young adulthood, Shang-Troy decided to introduce them to the greater universe. They served the Order well...
until they met her. A beautiful woman, who fell in love with the younger brother. The elder one burned with jealousy, and he tried to seduce her in disguise as his brother. She realized the truth when she spotted a scar on his arm (gained during birth) - the sole distinguishing mark between the two. When the younger brother learned of his sibling's treachery, the two clashed in a lightsaber duel. Shang-Troy tried to intervene, and was cut in half for his trouble. Each blaming the other for their master's murder, the brothers unleashed the full power of the Dark Side of the Force. Hotter and fiercer the battle raged, until the brothers the house they were in the woman the very planet they were on .was completely consumed in a fireball of Dark Side energy.
The battle was a stalemate. "Some say that they battle to this day - their anger fueling the fire of that star." He urges Obi-Wan to remember his tale, and pass it on to his own apprentice someday. "That is one lesson a master must always impart." (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Chris Eliopolous - December 2002)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - July 2000)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - September 2000)
For months, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Learner Obi-Wan Kenobi journey across the Galactic Republic on many missions for the Jedi Council. "Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter." Entry by Michael Zeiger.
"SW Tales: Children of the Force."
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Jason Hall - October 2002)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - November 2000)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - January 2001)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - March 2001)
-42 BSW4
Alaris Prime, a moon which orbits a huge gas giant, masked the moon's appearance to most shipboard sensors. For this reason, it went undiscovered to many millennia, until the Wookiees of nearby Kashyyyk discovered space travel. When the Wookiees first arrived, they found a world of temperate forests and oceans, with many stands of wroshyr trees, which were believed to be native only to Kashyyyk. Wookiee legends tell of wroshyr trees traveling through space to Alaris Prime, but no scientific explanation has ever been put forth. Alaris Prime was eventually turned over to the Wookiees by the Old Republic, after some twenty years of deliberation. It was a highly-valued world, given its proximity to Kessel and Bimmisaari, and the Trade Federation once tried to obtain control for themselves. The Wookiees objected to this, fighting to keep the Federation off Alaris Prime. "Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds."
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Anakin Skywalker is born and raised by his mother, Shmi Skywalker. His father is.... unknown. "Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
The R4-P Series Astromech Droid is developed during the last decades of the Old Republic. These astromechs were used in place of R3-D series astromechs whenever a pilot was skilled enough to handle the weaponry of their starfighter, even during a dogfight or evasive maneuvers. Conjecture based upon "SW Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
"Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions." To be continued below, at 29 BSW4.
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - June 2001)
Barriss Offee is born on the planet Mirial, and is soon discovered and adopted by the Jedi Order for training. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook." [Page 128]
Energy Torpedoes are developed as an alternative to standard concussion missiles. Instead of a concussion-wave of explosion, the energy torpedo released an energy-wave created by highly-charged particles contained in its shell. Conjecture based upon 'SW RPG II: Starships of the Galaxy'.
Seek is born. "The Phantom Menace" screenplay. Date corrected by Eddie Heijden.
-41 BSW4
"Jedi Apprentice: The Ties that Bind."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - July 2001)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - September 2001)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Call to Vengeance."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - November 2001)
The Galactic Games are held. Conjecture based upon "Jedi Quest - The Dangerous Games."
Gilad Pellaeon joins the Republic Navy. "SW: Heir to the Empire."
Shmi Skywalker is trained in technical matters by her master, Pi-Lippa. This benevolent master planned to free Shmi and her newborn son, but suddenly dies before he can do so. Shmi and Anakin are sold to one of Pi-Lippa's relatives, who in turn sells them to the Hutts. "SW RPG II: Secrets of Tatooine Sourcebook." [Page 37]
Jorj Car'das enters the smuggling business. "SW: Vision of the Future."
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"SW Tales: The Secret of Tet Ami."
On the planet Carthas in the ruins of Benja-Rihn, a media spectacle is in progress. The Kruy Mulacks Show is about to break open the ancient temple of Tet Ami and reveal its' secrets to the galaxy. Kruy explains on camera that 4,000 years ago, the "Time Guardian" Tet-Ami came and saved the armies of Carthas from a plague of savage beasts. He used an "Orb of Passage" to control time, he adds.
Unnoticed by all, Mace Windu enters that very temple by a secret route. Facing ancient battle droids in the corridors and defeating them, he makes his way through the temple halls and finds a stone statue .a statue of himself holding out a hand. Mace pulls out a glowing green stone and places it in the hand and suddenly he's 4,000 years in the past, in the middle of the battle between the Carthas army and the savage beasts. Over the next four days, he lives the legend of Tet-Ami - himself. And when he disappears back into the future at the end of that epic battle, he returns to the Jedi Temple and hears Yoda speak of how the Jedi discovered the temple all those millennia ago and recognized it as a time paradox. So they took the Orb of Passage from the temple and waited patiently for "Tet-Ami" to be born, at which point the Orb would regenerate its' time travel energies. "Always must a Jedi start the job he finished!" Yoda observes. (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Fabian Nicieza - October 2002)
"Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Inc. - Jude Watson - January 2002)
Now a teenager, Aurra Sing has learned piloting, astrogation, martial arts and hunting skills from her pirate captors. In fact, she's learned too well - the Senex pirates are starting to fear Aurra will some day kill them. To save their lives, the pirates sell Aurra to a Hutt named Wallanooga. Something about Aurra impresses Nooga, and he cashes in a favour with an Anzati friend named Anis. He wants Aurra trained in the ways of the Anzati assassin, something no non-Anzati has ever done. Anis agrees, promising to make Aurra "the deadliest dancing girl on Tatooine." They alter her body with biomechanical implants (including a sensor implant) to make up for what they consider species-specific deficiencies. "DHC Annual: Aurra's Song," "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook" [Page 87] and the Official SW Website.
"Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Inc. - Jude Watson - February 2002)
Nass becomes Governor of Otoh Gunga, earning the name "Boss." Determined to leave his mark on Gungan civilisation, he begins authorising the construction of several new bubbles to the underwater city, starting with a prestigious boardroom and office suites. 'Star Wars Episode I: Incredible Locations.'
Panaka gains combat experience in a Republic Special Task Force fighting against space pirates in the sector containing the Naboo system. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary."
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Padme Naberrie travels with the Naboo Relief Group to Sbadda-Bi-Boran. Its' sun was imploding, and the planet was dying, and Padme was helping to relocate the children. They were never able to adapt, and were never able to live off their native planet. Their deaths break Padme's heart, and causes her to begin building an almost impenetrable emotional shell that ironically lends itself well to her chosen path of politics. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones."
Firmus Piett, future Imperial Admiral, is born on Axxila. Conjecture based on Kenneth Colley's age. Information from Petri Tikka and "The New Essential Guide to Characters." [Page 173]
Willhuff Tarkin and Raith Sienar meet and become friends. "SW: Rogue Planet."
Yaddle is assigned as head of the Librarian Assembly, a group of Jedi scholars who maintain the Jedi Temple's collection of holocrons, ancient scrolls, and Sith writings. Her private quarters in the Jedi Temple are filled from floor to ceiling with thousands of tiny trinkets. Yaddle is skilled at all Jedi techniques and is one of few Jedi entrusted with the dangerous knowledge of Morichro - a forbidden Jedi art that rapidly slows the body functions of other beings, easily resulting in death. Yaddle is one of the Jedi Council's most compassionate, balanced, and patient members. In any debate or discussion, she will listen quietly and absorb all arguments before supplying her characteristically single and insightful opinion. Conjecture based upon information contained in Starwars.com
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Padme Naberrie joins the Apprentice Legislature of Naboo, which was like making a formal announcement that she was entering the public service. From there, she worked her way to become Senatorial Advisor. "SW Episode II - Attack of the Clones."
"Jedi Apprentice Special Edition #2 - The Followers."
[The book summary is continued at 28 BSW4, below.]
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Inc. - Jude Watson - March 2002)
Tiion Solo marries Randil Sal. Tiion is far from attractive, especially in her old age. "SW The Paradise Snare."
"Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Mike Kennedy - March-June 2002)
Wald is born. "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace."
Veruna is elected to the first of two four-year terms as King of Naboo. Senator Palpatine never favoured King Veruna, even after the stubborn ruler heeded Palpatine's suggestions to become more involved in foreign affairs. "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary." Originally dated 47 BSW4, but date is locked by "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook." A bit of an inconsistency between two LFL licensed products, as the Visual Dictionary stated that Veruna was King of Naboo for 13 years.
The old spacer who will come to befriend Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine leaves the Republic pilot corps after years of service, including stints flying Jedi Knights on missions, and taking Republic soldiers to Makem Te during its rebellion. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars:Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" novelisation. With thanks to Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
Shmi Skywalker and her son Anakin are sold into slavery under Gardulla the Hutt. Some time later, Gardulla loses a bet on the Boonta Eve Classic pod races on Tatooine, and is forced to sell the slaves to the Toydarian junk collector Watto. "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace."
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Darth Maul is finally ready for the test that will declare him a full-fledged Dark Lord of the Sith. Darth Sidious puts him through two weeks of gruelling physical tests, then sends Maul to an Outer Rim planet to face three matches on desert, swamp, and mountain terrain against assassin droids programmed to kill. Wounded in the final battle, Maul unexpectedly faces one more duel - against Sidious himself. Stoked to insane rage by Sidious, Maul holds his own and even manages to sink his teeth in Sidious' hand. Pleased, Sidious grants him the title of Sith Lord. He shows Maul the Sith Archives and suggests Maul adopt a weapon used by Exar Kun millennia ago, a double-bladed lightsaber. Maul builds the weapon himself. Instead of using the normal Adegan crystals, Maul, as other Dark Lords before him, prefers to create his own synthetic crystals, to match the harmonics in the searing heat of a crucible and thus take the creation of the weapon to a deeper level. Maul had sat by the furnace, focusing his hatred of all the Jedi to a fiery peak and expanding his control of the Force, which he used to manipulate the molecular structures of the four gems required for his double - bladed weapon. The choice to make two blades instead of one had been an easy one. Only an expert would even think of trying to handle a double - bladed weapon, and he would be no less than an expert. The glory of the Sith required it, as did his master. Not even the compressed ferrocrete walls of the pressurised chamber could entirely contain the intense temperature required to form the crystals. Hour after hour passed, the searing heat washing over the apprentice. Nevertheless, his control had not wavered; the pain had not swayed his focus. Layer after countless layer of the crystals had been laid down, aligned, and perfected. It had taken days, days without food, water, or sleep, but eventually he had sensed their readiness. Then he had deactivated the furnace and cracked it open. There sitting in the formation crucibles, had been his four perfect crystals. "SW Journal: Darth Maul" [Page 46 - 56] and "Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter."
Gilad Pellaeon graduates from the Academy in the top third of his class. Ensign Pellaeon's first command assignment is to take a squadron of transport vessels to the planet Garvyn. They are stopped by pirates, but Pellaeon manages to trick and destroy the pirate vessel. Pellaeon avoids capture by flying his vessel into Gavryn's magnetic pole, fouling the enemies' sensors. For his quick thinking, he will be eventually promoted to the command crew of the Imperial Star Destroyer 'Chimaera.' "SW: Heir to the Empire."
"Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Ryder Windham - December 2000 - March 2001)
Danaan Kerr, a rumoured Dark Jedi is born, place unknown. "SW RPG: Wanted by Cracken."
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While training on the Anzati homeworld, 17-year-old Aurra Sing finds herself the unwilling object of affection from her teacher, Torgo Tahn. She takes to the training well - too well, in fact, as she slices Nooga to ribbons upon her return to Tatooine. Making a clean getaway, she goes into the bounty -hunting business - in particular, hunting Jedi. She keeps the lightsabers of the Jedi she kills as trophies. "DHC Annual: Aurra's Song," "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook" [Page 87] and the Official SW Website. Date moved and locked by "The New Essential Guide to Characters." [Page 154]
Finis Valorum is re-elected as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. Conjecture based on "SW: Cloak of Deception."
In what he calls a "mercy killing," Torgo Tahn kills fellow Anzati assassin Anis. He begins pursuing former student Aurra Sing through the galaxy, killing any Anzati he finds along the way. "DHA: Aurra's Song."
To save a herd of wild banthas from being shot, five - year old Anakin Skywalker runs up a dune to chase them away. Although he collapses several times from the heat, he doggedly continues until he achieves his goal. "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" novelization. Info by <U>Nathan Blumenfeld <mailto:Taseldor@aol.com>
</U>At the age of 10, Padme Naberrie Amidala - by sheer skill and earnestness - becomes Governor of Theed, capital city of Naboo. She moves from her country home to Theed, where she lives with her grandmother Winama. As a going-away present, her father presents her with an amulet fashioned out of transparisteel. She proudly wears this amulet wherever she goes. "Star Wars Journal: Queen Amidala" and "The Queen's Amulet."
Raith Sienar receives his last interesting contract with the Republic for seven years. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet." Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
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The Jedi Council promotes Yaddle to Jedi Master. "SW Tales: Yaddle's Tale - The One Below."
Tremayne is born. (Future Imperial Inquisitor and later Sith Warrior/Lord) Conjecture based upon "SW Galaxy Magazine: Dark Vendetta."
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Hadiss the Vaulted was the ruler of Geonosis during the years prior to the Battle of Naboo. A veteran of the physical and mental battles forced upon the Geonosians during their evolution, Hadiss the Vaulted preferred to solve issues in battle. Rather than simply allowing criminals and others he despised survive in the petrana-ki gladiator arenas of his homeworld, Hadiss ensured that any individual who survived the necessary trials finally had to defeat an enraged acklay. His leadership skills were questioned by a small minority, led by Poggle the Lesser, during the years prior to the Clone Wars. After Poggle managed to win his way out of the gladiator arena, he received the backing of Darth Sidious and was eventually able to defeat Hadiss in battle. In a twist of fate, Poggle attacked Hadiss while riding on the back of an acklay, which cut Hadiss into three pieces before devouring him. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Insider."
Padme Naberrie has an adolescent relationship with Palo, a fellow member of the Legislative Youth Program. Eventually, they fall apart, as Palo becomes an artist, whilst Padme follows her career in the public service. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones."
After several years of hunting, Jango Fett and the Mandalorians finally track Vizsla and the Death Watch to the planet Galidraan. The governor there promises to give Vizsla up if Jango and his warriors wipe out a group of insurrectionists. The Mandalorians do so, killing every single one. When Jango returns to the governor, he is ambushed by Vizsla and his men and narrowly escapes. The whole mission was a setup!! And to make things worse, Republic Cruisers appear in the skies - the governor has called in the Jedi to take down the Mandalorians, blaming them for the deaths of numerous innocents (the so-called "insurrectionists") as well as women and children (that the Death Watch killed). An injured Jango limps to his camp just in time to witness the Jedi swarming in, swinging first and asking questions later. The leader of the Jedi group is Master Dooku
Before it's all over, all the Mandalorians - except Jango - are dead. And nearly half of the Jedi are dead as well. An enraged Jango goes berserk, killing several more Jedi. Not with his weapons. But with his bare hands. Finally he sinks to his knees, lost in grief as the Jedi apprehend him. Dooku is greatly shaken - "What have we done ?" Dooku realizes the Jedi have been used as assassins, and is further grieved when he is forced to turn Jango over to the governor as a slave "Jango Fett: Open Seasons."
"DHP Annual: Aurra's Song." *
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics -- Dean R. Motter - June 2000)
At the tender age of 12, and by an overwhelming majority vote, Padme Naberrie Amidala is crowned Princess. "The Phantom Menace" novel and "Star Wars Journal: Queen Amidala" and "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary".
R2-D2, owned by the Royal House of Naboo, is assigned to King Veruna's ship because of his outstanding performance record. "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary."
While Watto heads to Anchorhead to check out a crash between two sand skimmers and a space frigate, Anakin is stuck at the shop all day. With the help of the droids in the shop, though, Anakin gets the chores done in record time and heads back home. His friend (and fellow slave) Amee is on her one off day a month and the two kids decide to have a picnic in a small canyon near town. Under the shade of the lone tree there, the kids enjoy a good meal courtesy of Shmi. They return to town at dusk, to find the usually bustling streets deserted. They rush to the slave quarters, to find the place ransacked and people crying. The infamous slave raider Krayn has struck, stealing a ton of people from the quarters. A panicking Anakin searches frantically for his mother, and finally finds Shmi curled up in the corner of their house with a look of sheer terror on her face. Even worse, they learn Amee's mother, Hala, was taken by the raiders. A saddened Anakin vows to remember Amee's grief - but never his mother's fear "Jedi Quest - Path of Truth."
King Veruna is elected to a second four-year term as Naboo's monarch. "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook" [Page 38]
"SW Gamer - The Monster."
(SHORT STORY - Wizards of the Coast - Dan Wallace - February 2001)
While repairing a racing pod (a job assigned to him by Watto), Anakin Skywalker takes the pod out for a little ride. Impressed at the boy's skill, Watto allows Anakin to become a full-time Pod Racer. A dishevelled seven year old with blue eyes, Anakin Skywalker is an earnest and hardworking boy who lives in the slave quarters of Mos-Espa, on the planet Tatooine. A natural mechanic, he has a keen intuition with equipment and machinery. He can sense what makes an engine work. Leading a very humble life, Anakin dreams of becoming a starpilot and longs for a world of adventure. Good at heart, hopeful and optimistic, this young boy little suspects the destiny and fearful challenges that await him. Conjecture from "The Phantom Menace" novel, as revealed by Cinescape Online. Info also from Starwars.com
Anakin also quietly begins building a Pod of his own from spare parts and whatever else he can find. His mother indulges his hobby and helps him keep it hid from Watto. "The Phantom Menace" novel.
Increasingly, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum is influenced by Senators such as Palpatine to compromise what he knows is right for the sake of approved procedure. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary."
"SW Tales: Life, Death and the Living Force." *
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Jim Woodring - September 1999)
Growing increasingly alarmed at the war-like actions of the Yinchorri, Supreme Chancellor Valorum requests that the Jedi investigate. Mace Windu sends two Jedi Knights, Naeshahn, and Ebor Taulk, to Yinchorr. However, he did not know enough about the Yinchorri - either their resistance to Jedi mind tricks, or their use of lightsaber-blocking cortosis shields. Nor did he know about the orders Darth Sidious gave Villie Grarkh, his agent among the Yinchorri. As a result, the mutilated corpses of Naeshahn and Taulk are delivered to Valorum's front door Immediately before "Jedi Council: Acts of War." Information also from "SW: The Devaronian Version."
"Jedi Council: Acts of War."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Randy Stradley - June-September 2000)
"Darth Maul: Saboteur."
(E-BOOK- James Luceno -- Del Rey Books - February 2001)
"Republic: Prelude to Rebellion."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Jan Strnad - December 1998 - May 1999)
"Cloak of Deception."
(NOVEL - Del Rey Books - James Luceno - May 2001)
The corrupt King Veruna of Naboo abdicates his throne, resulting in a general election for the planet's next leader. By an overwhelming majority, Padme Naberrie Amidala is elected the new Queen of Naboo. During her coronation, Amidala meets Senator Palpatine for the first time. Veruna goes into hiding upon his abdication. Captain Magneta, Head of Royal Security fails to prevent the "accidental death" of the former King, and quietly resigns. Veruna's "accidental death" is covered up, even from Queen Amidala. Panaka (known as "the quickest eyes on Naboo") is appointed as replacement to Magneta as Captain of Security. Captain Panaka is an expert in his field, and he knows it. Even in the presence of awe inspiring Jedi Knights, he relies on his own experience and instincts to guide his actions. "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" novelization, "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary" and Starwars.com
On the advice of Captain Panaka, Queen Amidala selects a group of handmaidens to act as her loyal bodyguards. They include Rabe, Eirtae, Sabe, Sache, and Yane. Dedicated and low key, the Royal handmaidens shadow Queen Amidala at all times. This select group maintains Amidala's regal image, assisting behind the scenes with her elaborate gowns, hairstyles, and make - up. They also quietly protect Amidala, acting as secret bodyguards. Upon Amidala's coronation, the handmaidens were hand - picked for their intelligence, courage, fitness, and resemblance to Amidala. Inspired by Panaka's idea to have a handmaiden act as a decoy Queen, Padme goes undercover as a handmaiden herself, undergoing the same rigorous training program as the other girls. However, one of the training droids malfunctions and goes after Rabe with murderous intent. The handmaiden is chased behind a waterfall. Padme uses a grappling hook and kicks the droid into the waterfall, destroying it. She then swings Rabe to safety. The other handmaidens are surprised but pleased to learn of Padme's true identity, and become more loyal to her than ever. "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary" and "Queen in Disguise."
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As of this time, there are only 10,000 Jedi Knights left in the galaxy serving the Galactic Republic. "The Phantom Menace" novel.
For two years, Jango Fett has toiled in slavery aboard a spice transport after being sold by the governor of Galidraan. When pirates raid the transport, Jango sees a long overdue opportunity for revenge. He joins the pirates in killing every single one of the slavers and returns to Galidraan. He breaks into the governor's palace and finds the blue-and-grey armor of Myles, one of his former fellow Mandalorian warriors. In Myles's honor, he dons the armor as his own and then holds the governor at gunpoint. He gets out of the terrified old man the location of Vizsla and the Death Watch - on a ship heading for Corellia.
Jango catches up with the ship before it can reach Corellia and literally flies through the cockpit windows in his armor at Vizsla. The elder warrior is saved by a secondary explosion that dazes Jango, allowing him to knock him out. He races into an escape pod as the vessel starts to break apart, but Jango comes to and leaps into the pod after him. The brawl continues all the way down to Corellia's surface, where Vizsla shoots a poison dart into Jango. The queasy warrior juts blades out of his sleeve and slices Vizsla's belly open. It's not enough to kill him - but the giant dire-cats the blood attracts is. Jango collapses and passes out as the creatures tear Vizsla to shreds.
He awakens the next morning to find three kids hovering over him. He staggers to his feet, actually thankful for the poison (since it make the dire-cats decide he was "bad meat"), and puts his helmet back on. He walks off into the sunset, in search of a job "Jango Fett: Open Seasons" #4.
Saren Llalik, a future doctor and cyborg technology researcher is born. "SW RPG Cracken's Rebel Operatives." [Page 68]
"SW Tales: Urchins."
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Stan Sakai - December 2002)
An amendment is made to the Sullustan constitution that allows SoroSuub stockholders to vote in planetary elections in addition to Sullust citizens. From that time on, SoroSuub Corporation (a member of the Commerce Guild) gradually becomes the de facto government of Sullust. "Holonet News [531/46]."
"Episode I Adventures: Search for the Lost Jedi."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - September 1999)
"Episode I Adventures: The Bartokk Assassins."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - October 1999)
Borrowed with thanks from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
"Darth Maul."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Ron Marz - September- December 2000)
"Episode I Adventures: The Fury of Darth Maul." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham -November 1999) Borrowed with thanks from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
"Episode I Adventures: Jedi Emergency." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - December 1999) Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
Satisfied with his new starship, Darth Maul christens his new Sith Infiltrator the Scimitar. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook." [Page 62]
"SW Gamer: The Predators." *
(GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Owen K.C. Stephens - February 2001)
Word spreads through the ranks of the Trade Federation that a powerful new client has contracted the Federation to blockade a small world near the Outer Rim. Disturbed by this, and fearing the possibility of failure, two of the Federation's member races (the Filordi and the Caarites) drop out of the Federation. They set up shop in the Cularin system as the "Metatheran Cartel." They begin working to break the Federation's grip on Cularin's trade by exposing the Federation's dirty deeds in taking control of the system's wealth. Distracted by their planned blockade, the Neimoidians hire pirates to harass the Cartel. "SW RPG II: The Living Force Campaign Guide." [Page 6] "Episode I Adventures: Rescue in the Core." * Summary borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
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"Episode I Adventures: Festival of Warriors." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - June 2000)
"Episode I Adventures: Pirates from Beyond the Sea." Summary borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - July 2000)
"Episode I Adventures: The Bongo Rally." Summary borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
"SW Tales: The Death of Captain Tarpals." *
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Ryder Windham - March 2000)
"SW Gamer: The Starfighter Trap." *
(SHORT STORY - Wizards of the Coast - Steve Miller - December 2000)
"Obi-Wan - Coruscant and the Black Heth."
(X-BOX VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - December 2001)
"Obi-Wan: Into the Den of the Jin'Ha."
(X-BOX VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - December 2001)
"SW Tales: Single Cell." *
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Ryder Windham - March 2001)
"SW Role Playing Game II: Shadows of Coruscant."
(GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Bill Slavicsek - November 2000)
"Episode I Adventures: The Ghostling Children." *
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Dave Wolverton - January 2000)
[/b]Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
"Episode I Adventures: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker." * Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold. He notes the story is placed exactly one week before the Boonta Eve Podrace - in other words, one week before "The Phantom Menace." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Dave Wolverton - February 2000)
"Episode I Adventures: Capture Arawynne."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Dave Wolverton - March 2000) Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
"Episode I Adventures: Trouble on Tatooine."
(YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Dave Wolverton - April 2000) Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
"Anakin's Fate."
(CHILDREN'S BOOK - Scholastic Books - Marc Cerasini - May 1999)
With the aid of Jabba the Hutt, the Trade Federation gradually arms itself for war. Customs officials from the Republic grow suspicious of the war - like vehicles on Federation transports, but are led to believe they are merely new, expensive binary load-lifters. It soon becomes apparent, however, that the Federation is lying when reports come in that a "secret army" of droids is being used to devastating effect against pirates on the space lanes. The transports themselves are modified into battleships, with hidden turbolaser turrets inside and out on the hull. Republic intelligence speculates the Trade Federation is planning to force outlying systems to sign exclusive trade contracts with them, forcing other trade organisations out of the Outer Rim entirely. Xenosociologists retort that Neimoidians are too cowardly to take such blatant actions. 'Star Wars Episode I: Incredible Locations' and "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook."
"Starfighter."
(The summary is continued below.)
(SONY PLAYSTATION 2 VIDEO GAME -- Lucasarts Inc. - Various Authors -- February 2001)
"Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter."
(NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Michael Reaves - January 2001)
Darth Sidious sets into motion the final stages of his order's 2,000-year-old plan to destroy the Jedi. Working patiently, Sidious has extended his power and influence deep into the galactic government. Using his grasp on psychology and bureaucracy to stifle justice, he brings about the crisis he needs to make his move for domination. The shadowy figure incites key individuals within the Neimoidian Inner Circle to take drastic measures in pursuit of profit. When the Trade Federation's attempts to block Senate law BR-0371 come to nothing, Sidious goads them into aggressively blockading the planet Naboo in retaliation - the homeworld of the tax law's biggest supporter, Senator Palpatine. A standard month passes, and the situation on Naboo rapidly reaches crisis proportions. With no food being imported, the entire Naboo race is afflicted by starvation. Queen Amidala viciously harangues Supreme Chancellor Valorum over holochannel for his inaction, declaring him personally responsible for the suffering of her people. Shamed by Amidala's bitter accusation, and alerted to possible war-like actions from the Federation by Jedi Knight Adi Gallia, Valorum takes the biggest political risk of his career - without the consent or even the knowledge of the Senate, he calls on the Jedi Council for help.... "Star Wars Episode I: Visual Dictionary," "Star Wars Journal: Queen Amidala," and "The Essential Chronology" [Page 22] "Shadow Hunter" seems to contradict the one-month idea, and I do not know how to fix that continuity flaw yet.
Chancellor Valorum sends Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan a dossier on Naboo, the Gungans and the Trade Federation while en route to Naboo on the 'Radiant VII'. In the introduction, he tells them that he senses "something in the air here on Coruscant - something unpleasant." He fears the Naboo blockade may be a calculated move intended to achieve a greater political - or military end. He hopes, by sending the Jedi to Naboo, to force this "hidden hand" to move too quickly and thus become visible. "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook." [Page 2-3]
"SW Role Playing Game II: Signal Interruption."
A group of mercenaries meets with criminal Raymas Daal in a restaurant at the city of Kwilaan on Naboo. A powerful employer has hired him to temporarily disable the planet's sensor arrays, and he's offering them 8,000 credits to perform the actual work. The bargaining is interrupted by the arrival of plainclothes Naboo security forces, and Daal escapes while the mercenaries shoot it out with the officers. The next night, the mercenaries attack the sensor array, taking out four guards along the way. As they leave to get their reward from Daal, Daal's employer - the Trade Federation - starts secretly moving communications jamming satellites into Naboo's orbit
(GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Jesse Decker - August 2001)
"Podracing Tales."
(ONLINE COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Ryder Windham - January 2001)
Dark Tales Section 6: Rise of the Empire Note: This is the last Historical Reference Section, I promise. The changes start in Section 7
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STAR WARS, EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE[/b]
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi apprentice on the verge of knighthood, is sent with Master Qui-Gon Jinn to Naboo on the orders of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum in an attempt to end the blockade of the planet, brought on by the greedy Trade Federation. But when they arrive, the Neimoidian Viceroy Nute Gunray is ordered by a shadowy figure known as "Darth Sidious" to kill the Jedi, destroy the ship they came on (the 'Radiant VII'), cut off Naboo's communications, and invade the planet with a huge army of battle droids, hover tanks, and STAP vehicles. The Jedi repulse the attack on themselves and stows away on two Federation landers, determined to warn the Naboo and the Republic of the Federation's heinous acts.
On the surface, the Jedi encounter a Gungan exile named Jar Jar Binks, who offers the two sanctuary from the invading army at his underwater home town of Otoh Gunga. Trouble is, Gungan leader Boss Nass does not like "outlanders," hates the Naboo, and absolutely despises Jar Jar. Qui-Gon is forced to resort to mind tricks to get themselves a "bongo" to the surface, as well as save the clumsy Gungan from being pounded to death. The underwater journey proves even more harrowing, as they dodge various sea monsters.
On the surface, the Federation army has swiftly overwhelmed the pacifist Naboo, herding the people into concentration camps. At the capital city of Theed, Gunray orders the teenage Queen Amidala to sign a treaty legitimising the Federation's rule over Naboo (as well as avoiding Republic reprisals), or watch her people be systematically exterminated. She refuses to sign, and Gunray orders that she be taken to a camp.
As she is herded off with Security Chief Panaka and Governor Sio Bibble, the Jedi and Jar Jar arrive, barely avoiding a trip down a waterfall. Cutting down her captors, Qui-Gon recommends they take the Queen to Coruscant on her royal yacht to seek the aid of the Republic. He senses something more to all this, and suspects the Federation will kill Amidala and force a hand picked ruler to sign the treaty if she stays. Taking along a group of pilots and handmaidens, the small group boards the yacht and takes off. The yacht dodges the huge Trade Federation Navy in the orbit of Naboo. When the shield generator is shot, the courageous acts of a single astromech droid - R2-D2 - enables the ship to escape capture.
Unfortunately, the yacht's hyperdrive has been damaged, and the ship needs to make repairs. The nearest likely world is a desert planet called Tatooine, home of Jabba the Hutt. After harassing the Neimoidians at Naboo via hologram, and ordering them to kill Naboo's Council of Elders, Sidious sends his apprentice Darth Maul to track down the Queen, kill her Jedi protectors, and return her to Naboo to sign the treaty.
The yacht lands on the outskirts of Mos-Espa, and Qui-Gon goes in disguised as a farmer to find a new hyperdrive. Along for the ride is Jar Jar, Artoo, and a young handmaiden the Queen insisted go along named Padmé Naberrie. They find their way to a junk shop owned by a Toydarian named Watto. He has what they need, but they do not have the hard currency he needs. They also meet Watto's slave, a nine-year-old boy named Anakin Skywalker. It is love at first sight for Anakin as he introduces himself to Padmé. A little later, he saves Jar Jar from the wrath of Sebulba the Dug and befriends the group. He brings them to his house as a sandstorm approaches, where the heroes meet his mother Shmi, as well as a protocol droid Anakin is rebuilding to help Shmi around the house - a prissy and harried robot named See Threepio.
Meanwhile at the royal yacht, the Neimoidians use a holo-transmission of Bibble (who stayed behind to interfere with their actions) to try to locate the Queen themselves. Obi-Wan, who stayed on the ship, orders the crew not to reply to the message (which would give the Neimoidians the trace they want). En route to Tatooine, Darth Maul is ambushed by Togorian pirates, whom he utterly wipes out.
Back at Anakin's house, the boy offers to use his own hand built Podracer at the upcoming Boonta Eve Classic Podrace (hosted by Jabba) to win the money the heroes need to repair the yacht. Despite the great danger, no one can see any other way to get the hyperdrive. This strangely gifted boy increasingly intrigues Qui-Gon. He is startled when Shmi reveals that Anakin has no father - he was apparently conceivedby the Force itself - and downright shocked when a midichlorian count reveals Anakin to beTHEstrongest Force sensitive in existence.
The day of the Podrace arrives, as does Darth Maul (who immediately sends probe droids into the cities). As he waits, he takes on an entire Tusken raiding party single-handed. A Trooshti steals the battery from Anakin's Pod, but Padmé and Jar Jar gets it back and helps the Trooshti save their nest in the process. Anakin's chief competition is the nasty Sebulba, who sabotages Anakin's Pod prior to race start. Despite this, a five-hundred mile an hour rush through horrendous obstacles, pot-shooting Sandpeople, and exploding fellow Racers.... despite all this, Anakin manages to win the Podrace and secure the new hyperdrive from Watto. And thanks to a bet Qui-Gon made with Watto, the boy has also won his freedom and a chance to become a Jedi Knight. Sadly, this means he will have to leave Shmi and Threepio behind on Tatooine. He tearfully promises to return and free them when he becomes a Jedi. Qui-Gon outwits a last ditch effort by Watto (at Gardulla the Hutt's urging) to keep the boy, and has him disable the explosive slave chip inside him.
As the heroes return to the yacht, Darth Maul finally strikes. It is all Qui-Gon can do just to hold him back as they take off from Tatooine. He introduces Anakin to Obi-Wan, who is jealous and leery of the young boy. Anakin also meets pilot Ric Olie, who helps acquaint him with flying Naboo-style ships.
Finally, Coruscant is reached and the heroes can enjoy a brief respite. Qui-Gon reports the apparent existence of the new Sith to the surprised twelve member Jedi Council, and then drops the bombshell about Anakin. They agree to meet the boy and test his potential. Although his potential in the Force is obvious, a little probing by Yoda highlights the glaring flaws in Anakin's character....
Elsewhere, Amidala meets with Palpatine, who informs her that the corrupt and weak Senate probably will not be any help at all - unless she forces the ouster of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, Naboo's most ardent supporter. She will not hear of it - until she presents her case to the Senate, and sees first hand how bureaucracy and the Trade Federation's influence has destroyed the once-noble democratic institution, and any chance of saving her people with it. With Palpatine's lies about Valorum ringing in her ears, she loudly demands Valorum be impeached at once, and a new Supreme Chancellor elected.
While waiting for the Council to render their decision, Anakin, and Jar Jar helps a young boy and his malfunctioning nanny droid return home. A little later, the Jedi Council decides Anakin is indeed -notworthy for training as a Jedi. Not only is he too old, but also he has far too much anger and fear in him. Incensed at this, Qui-Gon defies the Council and announces he will train Anakin without their permission - Obi-Wan is ready to become a Knight, he declares. He believes Anakin to be the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, the "Chosen One" who will bring "balance to the Force." The Council, led by Mace Windu and Yoda, calms the tense situation down by stating they will reconsider Anakin's fate at a later time. Right now, with Amidala resigned to returning to Naboo and sharing the fate of her people, they want Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to go with her and protect her - and find out just what connection, if any, the Sith has with the invasion. As they leave, Sidious tells the Neimoidians he no longer needs her help at all - kill her when she lands.
But as the group returns to Naboo in the yacht, passing the sole remaining Neimoidian Battleship (a droid control ship - the others were no longer needed), they learn Amidala hasnot given up. Thanks to an off-the-cuff remark by Jar Jar, she sees a desperate last hope for her world. She asks to meet with Boss Nass and the Gungans, now forced out of Otoh Gunga by the Federation and hiding in sacred ruins. Nass is still unwilling to listen - until Padmé the handmaiden reveals herself to be the true Queen Amidala, with handmaiden Sache acting as her decoy. She openly begs Nass for help, to take back what was both theirs. Nass, touched by her willingness not to belittle the Gungans, finally agrees to help them.
Sidious, suspecting some kind of attack, sends Maul to join the Neimoidians on Naboo. Moreover, attack is indeed, what is on the Queen's mind, but that is only a distraction. As a now-promoted General Jar Jar and the Gungans face the battle droids on the ground, she and the Jedi will sneak back into the royal palace and free the main hangar, allowing Olie and the pilots to fly their N-1 starfighters into orbit and attack the droid control ship. Destroy it, and the droids will be disabled. At the same time, she intends to capture Gunray in the throne room and end this war once and for all.
The battle proceeds as planned, except for two complications - Maul is waiting for them at the hangar, drawing the two Jedi off for a savage duel. At the same time, Anakin and Artoo hide in an N-1 only to find themselves taking off for the orbital battle on autopilot. The tide turns against the Naboo / Gungan / Jedi fighters on all fronts, with the Gungans being captured by the battle droids and Qui-Gon being brutally slain by Maul before Obi-Wan's horrified eyes.
Yet the tables are just as quickly turned. Amidala manages to capture Gunray and force his surrender. Anakin, guided by the Force without his even knowing it, flies into the droid control ship and blows up the main reactor, destroying the Battleship and cutting off the battle droids. And Obi-Wan, fighting down his rage and relying on the Force, delivers a fatal blow and watches the two cut halves of Maul tumble down a reactor shaft. With his dying breath, Qui-Gon asks Obi-Wan to promise that he will train Anakin. Obi-Wan agrees.
A few days later, the new Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine, arrives on Naboo with the Jedi Council. Gunray and his lieutenant Rune Haako are being shipped back to Coruscant for trial, the Trade Federation's charter has been revoked, and the taxing laws that started the whole ordeal have been repealed. Palpatine praises Amidala's bravery in saving their world, and tells Anakin he will watch his career "with great interest." Yoda informs Obi-Wan that he is hereby promoted to Jedi Knight, and - over his own strong objections - the Council will allow Kenobi to train Skywalker. He urges Obi-Wan to keep a close eye on the would-be Jedi, as the future of this boy is still very clouded. Obi-Wan promises to be careful.
A sombre funeral is held for Qui-Gon that night, as his body is cremated. Obi-Wan tells a forlorn Anakin of the Council's decision. Yoda and Mace Windu mull over the remaining questions of this mess. Whywas Naboo invaded? And was Darth Maul the Sith Master.... or merely the apprentice? Those questions must wait for another day, as the next morning a grand parade and presentation of the Orb of Peace to Boss Nass allows the Naboo to celebrate their salvation, and cheer the heroes who delivered them from evil.... (MOTION PICTURE - 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm -George Lucas - 19 May 1999)
(NOVELISATION - Ballantine / Del Rey Books - Terry Brooks - May 1999)
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Henry Gilroy - May-October 1999)
(MANGA COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Kia Asamiya - December 1999-January 2000)
Typho, the teenage nephew of Captain Panaka, loses an eye in the battle with the Trade Federation. He takes to wearing a black leather patch over his left eye. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
Out of the thousands of Gungans assembled in the ground battle on the grassy plains outside Theed (2,000 or so per city), only 543 lost their lives. "SW: Galactic Battlegrounds."
Queen Amidala personally visits and extends her condolences to the families of every Gungan and Naboo killed in the tragic subjugation of her world by the Trade Federation, as well as the following battle. Having befriended Jar Jar Binks, she keeps him around as a travelling companion and adviser. She engages in a race with him (her on a Naboo tuskcat, him on a kaadu) as a morale-boosting measure for both the planet's races. "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" novelization and certain parts of "Lucas Learning: Yoda's Challenge." Novel information fromNathan Blumenfeld
By this era, a more advanced version of the Jedi Code has come into existence. It reads as thus:
"There is no emotion - there is peace.
"There is no ignorance - there is knowledge.
"There is no passion - there is serenity.
"There is no death - there is the Force." "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook" and "Star Wars Journal: Anakin Skywalker."
The Trade Federation occupation significantly changed Naboo defence policy, with increased harmony between Naboo and Gungans resulting in coordinated action plans to withstand any new siege. Gungan shield expertise was combined with Naboo power generation to form a global shield network that activates in minutes to repel any bombardment or hostile landing. The need for such effective, if discreet, homeworld defences is popularly supported. Captain Panaka's Security Forces have a healthy supply of volunteers, and Theed Palace engineers are designing a steady series of new starships to convey their dignitaries. "Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections."
After the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi begins to focus on Form III lightsaber training. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary."
In gratitude to the Jedi for their efforts in freeing Naboo, the Gungans build the Jedi Monument - a gorgeous building flanked by two eternal flame-orbs. "Episode I Insider's Guide."
The Gungans also erect another unique monument, the 'Queen's Monument', built in honour of Queen Amidala. It symbolised the peace that had been forged between the Naboo and the Gungans, which allowed them to break the Trade Federation's hold on their world. The center of the monument was a stone spire, atop which was set a single light representing the unified planet of Naboo. Five small globes encircled the spire, representing Amidala's virtues of leadership, compassion, beauty, wisdom, and strength. "Episode I Insider's Guide."
Jedi Master Dooku leaves the Jedi Order after the Battle of Naboo, returning to his homeworld of Serenno and his family title of Count. Only 20 individuals in the history of the Jedi Order have ever renounced their commissions. Their leave-taking is sorely felt among the Jedi, who memorialise them with portrait busts in the Archives. Count Dooku is the most recent of the "lost" ones. He is considered the most bitter loss because the Force was so strong in him. He had declared shortly before his leaving that the Senate had become irredeemably corrupt, and that the Jedi Order betrayed themselves and the Force by knowingly serving such a body. The Count has always wielded considerable power - by natural authority, by lightsaber, and now by wealth and persuasion. This double-dealing master of the Force has taken a place at the heart of galactic events and he threatens the very survival of the Republic. The Count is a master of his family's fortune and one of the wealthiest men in the galaxy. He could field an army on his own resources. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary."
After leaving the Jedi Order, Dooku began to develop a taste for rare, pre-Republic artefacts. An antiquities dealer near the Gree Enclave sold him an ancient sail, which demonstrates unique and startling properties. The sail is powered by an as-yet undetectable source of supralight emissions, allowing Dooku's custom ship an independence, and style, unknown by any other current space-faring vehicle. "Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections."
Count Dooku privately meets with Viceroy Nute Gunray to learn the details of his former apprentice Qui-Gon's death - and more specifically, to investigate Qui-Gon's allegations that the Sith had been involved with the invasion of Naboo. Gunray tells him everything he knows about Darth Sidious and his masterplan, adding that he had already told the Jedi High Council all this and they had ignored him. He also adds that Sidious has betrayed him and left him to face the justice of the Republic courts. Dooku thanks him for the information and promises to help him however he can. Using Gunray's information, he embarks on a private search for Darth Sidious. Whatever happened in the confrontation that followed is unknown but the outcome is not. Dooku renounced the Light Side of the Force and swore his loyalty to Sidious, who rewarded him with the title of a Sith Lord and the name "Darth Tyranus." Sidious orders Dooku to implement the next phase of his masterplan by finding a suitable warrior to serve as genetic template for a cloning project Conjecture from "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and its' ancillary spinoffs.
"Bounty Hunter."
Aboard his Solar Sailor, floating in the depths of space, Count Dooku receives a holo-message from his new master, Darth Sidious. The Sith Lord has become concerned about the Bando Gora, a fanatic cult that's attacking industrial interests across the galaxy. This cult is led by none other than Dooku's last Padawan Learner, the now berserk darksider Komari Vosa. She threatens the Sith masterplan, so Dooku is tasked to wipe her and the cult out. And while he's at it, Sidious wants Dooku to find a genetic donor for the planned Clone Army Sidious's scheme requires. He suggests Dooku look amongst the deadliest, most brutal mercenaries in the cosmos. Dooku agrees and decides to kill two mynocks with one stone
Outland Station, a distant outpost where beast fights are the pastime. Up in the rafters of the beast arena, a Muttani named Meeko Ghintee guides his chosen beast to victory via a cranial implant. Suddenly, a figure in blue-and-grey Mandalorian armor appears behind him. Jango Fett has arrived to claim the bounty on Meeko. The criminal panics and falls into the pit arena floor, with Fett in hot pursuit. Meeko guides his red borhek into Jango's jetpack, leaving the hunter fighting the beast as he escapes. Jango guns the beast down and continues the chase through the space station. He comes upon a Gran adviser of Meeko's, who he "recruits" into leading him to his prey. The two head into Merchant Row, a bazaar of shops and alleys. From there, they find Meeko in his hideout as he examines the purity of the death sticks he and his henchmen are dealing. Meeko again flees and puts his men between him and Fett. Another chase through the streets, but Meeko steals a speeder and zooms off. Jango buys a jetpack from the speeder vendor and takes off after the stolen speeder. The speeder crashes into a door into the docking bays, and Meeko limps into the bays with Jango still hot on his trail. After several close calls with conveyor belts and sharp drops, Fett catches up to Meeko just as he reaches his ship (theLongshot). Jango shoots out the vessel's weapon turrets, sending it back to the ground.
Jango hauls the injured-but-still-alive Meeko to his employer, a female Toydarian named Rozatta (owner of Outland Station). Rozatta then gives him a message from a guy named 'Tyranus,' who offers a jaw-droppingfive million credits for the killing of Komari Vosa and the destruction of the Bando Gora. Roz warns Fett against it - no bounty hunter has survived an attempt on that group. Fett takes it anyway and heads off to Coruscant on Roz's advice; a small-time death stick dealer named Jervis Gloom may lead Fett to the cult. But he's not the only one Dooku contacts - he also calls upon Montross, a former member of Jango's Mandalorian squad
Jango's rickety old ship,Jaster's Legacy, limps towards the entertainment district of Coruscant. Speaking to Jango in his cockpit over holo, Roz scoffs at him keeping such an old relic for a vessel. She says he's so obsessed with the man who took him under his wing - why don't he find someone to take underhis wing? Jango laughs at the thought and lands near Jervis's reported location. Jango quickly snares three of Jervis's men and finds his factory. After turning Gloom in to the police, Jango takes the dealer's craft and flies it into the industrial district and a death stick factory Gloom pointed out to him, owned by one Groff Haugg. On a hunch, Jango has some of the death sticks stored there analyzed and learns they contain a powerful, mindaltering drug not found in the usual death sticks. He tears through the factory, tagging and bagging several henchmen in search of Haugg. He eventually finds him frozen to death in a carbon freezer by Montross! Jango battles his former lieutenant, but the traitor jeers him and escapes. Jango, undeterred, checks the factory's computer. He notes that a senator must be involved to keep the operation so quiet, and he finds a holo of that terrified Senator wanting to know if the "bounty hunters" are coming after him. Roz recognizes the green Twi'lek as one Senator Trill, and gives Jango his penthouse address. He finds the building is crawling with Coruscant security, and he faces a dangerous shoot-and-climb ahead. But he is the best, and makes his way into the Senator's penthouse where he demands the location of Vosa from the terrified Senator. He gasps out that a Dug kingpin named Sebolto is manufacturing a new kind of death stick on Malastare with the Bando Gora's help. A police assault ship appears in the skies over the skyscraper and loudly demands Jango release the Senator. In response, Jango flings Trell off the balcony. He then blows up the police ship for good measure and flies off Coruscant.
Up in orbit, Roz (on holo) notes that Fett can't just walk into Sebolto's realm. But she does have an "invitation" - Bendix Fust, an inmate in the Republic's Oovo IV maximum-security prison, has a 50,000 living bounty on him posted by Sebolto. Montross is now said to be in the Gazzari system (Groff was evidently more afraid of the Bando Gora than him), so he won't have to worry about him this time. Roz urges him to consider retiring, settling down, maybe have a kid. "Not in this life, Roz." Meanwhile, on another planet, a fearsome horned alien warns his female leader that their Coruscant contacts are dead. The woman tells him that the contacts are replaceable - but the bounty hunters, if they surface again, are to be dealt with
Following a cargo vessel in through the planetary asteroid belt, Jango lands theLegacy under the planetary shield. Breaking into the prison proves surprisingly easy, but getting Fust is not - just as Jango reaches a vent to Fust's cell, a woman in purple spandex and a veiled hat busts him out herself and starts a riot! A furious Jango fights his way through an alarmed army of prison guards and escaped cons alike and escapes the prison. He spots the newly-incarcerated Meeko along the way and fries him. When he reaches his ship, he sees the woman and Fust trying to break into it. As he starts to berate the woman for wrecking his plan, a blue-and-gray vessel shoots down out of the sky - and blows theLegacy to atoms!! "That ship'smine," Jango snarls as it flies away. Forced to join forces, the three sabotage the reactors powering the planetary shield. Jango then sneaks into a hangar adjoining the reactors and steals the vessel (a prototypeFirespray-class police vessel) and vaporizes the other five prototypes. He deactivates theFirespray's transponder to trick the officials into thinking that ship destroyed too. He takes the woman and Fust with him to Malastare. The woman introduces herself as Zam Wesell, and notes she already knows who Fett is. He doesn't know her, though, and calls her a reckless amateur. Elsewhere, Montross figures out he was tricked and learns about the prison break. He heads for Malastare himself.
When theFirespray reaches Malastare, Jango is dropped off in the jungle while Zam (on Fett's orders - he threatens to kill her if she refuses) presents Fust and acts "charming" for Sebolto. Meanwhile, Fett treks through the jungle towards the Dug crimelord's lair. Gran, Dugs and Nexus block his way. He fights his way to the base, but finds Sebolto has retreated to a fortress nearby. With Zam covering him with his sniper rifle, Fett accesses a secret passage to the palace and confronts the Dug kingpin. Sebolto panics and jumps down an underground pipe into a death stick factory. He knocks himself cold on the wall just under his escape route, however, and falls into a molten chemical vat. "That'll be a sour batch," Jango mutters. But he explores the death stick factory anyway and meets the spooky Bando Gora for the first time. He also finds Montross's ship, and again battles the traitor. This time Montross is on a skiff, and again he escapes as Zam rejoins Jango. The woman demands to know what's going on, and Jango finally tells her about the Bando Gora. He notes that a freighter in Sebolto's hangar had Huttese markings on it, so the Hutts are involved in the Gora's "instant brainwashing/recruiting" scheme. As theFirespray flies to Tatooine, Montross monitors them via a listening device planted on the ship and heads there as well. Once in Tatooine orbit, Jango calls Roz for info. She tells him that an old friend of hers, Watto, told her that Gardulla and Jabba are in a heated feud for control of Tatooine. Since a gift is required to meet with a Hutt, she tells him that Watto placed a bounty on Jabba's behalf (in return for a finder's fee) on one Longo Two-Guns and his band of bandits. Jango decides to meet with Jabba while Zam meets with Gardulla. Roz also asks if he's come up with a new name for theFirespray. He has. "Slave I."
A short time later, Jango presents Jabba the Hutt with the corpses of Two-Guns and his gang. Jabba approves, and tells him that Gardulla is the Bando Gora supplier. He'd appreciate it if Jango were to terminate her. Jango agrees. He flies theSlave I into a Tusken canyon near her palace, as he overhears on his helmet headset Zam being captured by the Hutt's henchmen. He successfully breaks into the palace and finds Zam in a cell. When he refuses to let her out until after Gardulla's been dealt with, she screams for the guards. Brought before Gardulla, Jango learns that Zam is a shapeshifter - talk about two-faced! Jango is stripped of his weaponry and thrown into a pit to be eaten by Gardulla's pet krayt dragon. But they forgot his mini-torch, which he uses to cut his way through a grate at the pit's side. After retaking his weapons and fighting through the palace, he feeds Gardulla (after she refuses to tell him where Vosa is) to her own dragon with the words "Jabba sends his regards." He then leaves Zam in the cell of the now-empty palace. He calls up Roz again and this time, it's Montross on the other end. He's tortured Vosa's location out of Roz! Jango snarls that Montross has just signed his own death warrant and high-tails it to Outland Station. He finds it rigged to blow, with a dying Roz lying on the floor of her office. She just barely has enough life left to slip a holodisc into Jango's hand before expiring. Jango flees the exploding station and follows the coordinates Roz gave him - coordinates that led to the fog-enshrouded moon of Kohima, in the Bogden system.
The moon is a nightmare of gothic churches, cathedrals, catacombs, and graveyards flooded with acid. The horrible spirits of the Bando Gora are here in force, and Jango makes good use of his flamethrower to dispatch the demon creatures. And soon, he again encounters Montross. This time it's to the death, and Montross dons his own Mandalorian helmet to wage the battle. After a hard-fought contest, Jango leaves the wounded Montross to face the Gora's wrath. Jango then heads into the massive castle of Komari Vosa, but is overwhelmed by dozens of Bando Gora who present him to Vosa. She tortures him, vowing to make him her slave. Zam Wesell suddenly appears, her blaster aimed at Jango and Vosa both. Vosa ignites two lightsabers and easily blocks Zam's shots, sending one back into her. Dazed, Zam shoots Jango's shackles off. "We're even now." Jango reclaims his gear and confronts Vosa in her throne room. Vosa is extremely quick and nimble, but Jango is barely able to wrap his metal cable around her and gun her down. "Which will it be, bounty hunter," she gasps. "Dead or alive?" Before he can decide, her neck suddenly snaps…
…and Count Dooku enters the room and congratulates Jango. He has a new offer for the bounty hunter: To come to the planet Kamino and donate his DNA and his expertise to creating and training the perfect army - exact clones of Jango himself, grown at twice the normal rate and programmed for absolute loyalty and obedience. Jango considers this, and agrees on one condition - that he take the first clone, unaltered, for himself. The deal is struck, and Jango flies the wounded Zam off the moon of Bogden in theSlave I
(VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Jon Knoles - December 2002);
Due to the effectiveness (or lack thereof?) of their attack on Naboo, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine orders all battle droids and assassin droids outlawed. He forces legislation through the Senate that results in a general reprogramming of nearly all droids - now they will self-destruct rather than intentionally harm another sentient being. "The SW Encyclopedia"[Page 15 - 16] and "SW RPG: Scoundrel's Luck."
Upon his election as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine already had wealth and connections enough to guarantee him unlimited power. With support falling in line in the Senate, the Galactic Corporate Policy League threw its support behind New Order policies and gave credibility to its empty promises of restored glory and prosperity. Through contacts with powerful businesses outside the League, many other companies endorsed Palpatine's plans. Payback came easily enough once Palpatine had complete control over the budgets of a galaxy. With the enormous military build-up Palpatine planned, the most lucrative contracts could be awarded to those captains of industry who had already proven their "loyalty." Of course, even these incalculable sums proved too small for the greed of these mega - corporate titans. It was then that the GCPL conceived its boldest gamble yet. It wished to develop and expand the Corporate Sector. The League members realised how much potential there was if these countless riches could be given their unrestricted attentions. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook."[Page 20]
Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas places an order for a massive clone army with the Kaminoans. Not long after (or maybe some time before?), Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas is killed. In actuality, it is Darth Sidious who impersonates Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas in his meeting with the Kaminoans. The secret clone army would be created from a single source. An agent named Darth Tyranus selected the clone source: Jango Fett whom he meets on the moons of Bogden, a man whose natural combat ability and high endurance level would produce the ideal soldier. As the clone-source for the entire clone-trooper army, Jango Fett cooperates in devising the design of the armour, based on his experience. He also helps train most of the first-generation clones himself. Jango knows that Darth Tyranus, who recruited him for the clone-army project, is actually the Separatist leader, Count Dooku. As part of his compensation, Jango Fett receives a perfect, unaltered clone of himself, whom he names Boba Fett. Ministerial assistant Taun We serves as a Project Coordinator for the clone army. Taun We has studied human emotional psychology to ensure that the clones are developed into mentally stable individuals. Chief Scientist Ko Sai, serene yet exacting, oversees the clone-army project's biological aspects, ensuring that clones are of the highest quality. She also supervises the delicate redesign of the genetic codes that make the clones independently intelligent, but preconditioned for obedience. No other scientist in the galaxy could so capably manipulate the genes of other species. Under Kaminoan Chief Scientist Ko Sai, the clones' genetic code was altered to accelerate their growth to twice the normal human rate, and their mental structure was subtly reconfigured to make them obedient to authority. Comprehensive training shapes the identity and abilities of the clones throughout their development. The result of this colossal project is an army of identical soldiers produced in a world of clinical efficiency. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary" and "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
When devising armaments and vehicles for clone troops, the Kaminoans subcontracted the secret job to Rothana Heavy Engineering, a subsidiary of Kuat Drive Yards - and no friend of the Trade Federation or Techno Union. Toiling in immense underground factories and honeycombed orbital shipyards, RHE's workforce is famed for its diligence. Their star system is uniquely clear of Trade Federation espionage, due to factors ranging from impenetrably complex Rothanian etiquette (which makes outsiders stand out) to a sizeable KDY corporate-security Starfleet and inventively deployed mines in Rothana's inbound hyperlanes. Conjecture based upon "Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections."
Zenoma Sekot encounters a 'great intrusion' from an unknown spacefaring species (the Yuuzhan Vong). They lurk outside the system, sending in exploratory ships. The people of Zonama Sekot think that they are customers who stumble upon them without a guide or factor. The 'Far Outsiders', as they are dubbed by the people of Zonama Sekot, seem very curious about what that people had done on the planet. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet."[Page 62, 263 - 264]
Baktoid Combat Automata designs the heavy, unwieldy, E-5 battle droids as Trade Federation replacements, after the debacle of the Battle of Naboo. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet."[Page 137]
COMPNOR, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, is formed. Initially little more than a social group, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aids it covertly, building it into a major political movement to help in the transition of the Republic into the Empire. "SW RPG Imperial Sourcebook."
After the defeat of the Federation's Droid Control Ship at the Battle of Naboo, the hoop-shaped freighters used by the Federation were modified so that the central sphere could detach. Since this sphere was the primary living area for the Neimoidians, a detachable core ship allowed them to move to and from a planet's surface with relative ease. It also allowed them to escape any damage which might have been caused in the circular arms of a freighter. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary" and "Star Wars Episode II: Incredible Cross - Sections."
"Republic: Outlander -- The Exile of Sharad Hett."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - June-November 1999)[/i]
After the Battle of Naboo, Jar Jar Binks rode a wave of Naboo goodwill to become Associate Planetary Representative in the Galactic Senate. The Naboo value purity of heart over qualifications to govern, often electing juveniles as their rulers. In the case of Jar Jar, they elevate a simple, well-meaning soul to a position that may be beyond his abilities. The Amulet of Trust, a Gungan artifact, was kept in the Gungan Sacred Place, until Jar Jar Binks was named to be a special representative to the Galactic Senate. The Gungans bestowed the amulet to Jar Jar, and a symbol of his position and the faith the Gungan people had in his ability to represent the Gungans to the Senate. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary."
Akanah Norand Goss of the Fallanassi is born. "SW: Before The Storm."
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"SW Tales: Deal with a Demon." * (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - March 2000)
Moved to canon status thanks to mention in "SW: The Devaronian Version."
"Republic: Emissaries to Malastare."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - December 1999 - May 2000)[/i]
Lando Calrissian is born (on the planet Corellia?). Conjecture from "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
With the taxation laws that led to the Battle of Naboo repealed, and the badly needed income lost, the Galactic Republic down spirals into economic depression. Despite the best efforts of all worlds, the situation worsens every year, and soon buildings on Coruscant (such as the Senate chamber and Jedi Temple) become dilapidated and rotting. "SW: Rogue Planet."
"Republic: Twilight."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - June-September 2000)
"The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing." Date corrected by Nathan Blumenfeld (Nathan Blumenfeld)
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - August 1999)
"Republic: Infinity's End." * (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Pat Mills - October 2000-January 2001)[/u]
"Republic: Starcrash."[/b] (COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Doug Petrie - February 2001)
Vima-da-Boda's daughter Neema falls in with rebellious Jedi who turns the young woman to the Dark Side. Neema ends up marrying an Ottethan warlord who mistreats her. She attempts to harm him with the Dark Side, but is unsuccessful and is imprisoned. Vima rushes to her aid, but finds her daughter already dead. Momentarily insane with rage, Vima kills the warlord. Horrified by what she had done, Vima regresses and loses contact with the Force, which saves her from the Great Jedi Purge. Conjecture from "SW RPG: Dark Empire Sourcebook."[Page 61 - 62]
"SW Gamer: Deep Spoilers." (SHORT STORY - Wizards of the Coast - Ryder Windham - June 2001)
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"SW Role Playing Game II: Kashyyyk in Flames." (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - J.D. Wiker - June 2001)
The Naboo Moon Mining Union is formed to represent the various miners who worked in the Naboo System. It was formed by forty mining ships and their crews, and was created to ensure proper pricing of the kassoti spice found on the smallest Naboo moon. Conjecture based upon "Holonet News."
Syal Antilles (sister of Wedge) is born to Jagged and Zena Antilles on the planet Corellia. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade."
Barriss Offee is taken as the Padawan Learner to a fellow Mirialan Jedi, Luminara Unduli. Soon after her training with Luminara begins, the two visit their homeworld. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook."[Page 128]
Shmi Skywalker acquires a set of old droid plating from her master, Watto, and installs them on C-3PO to help the droid last longer in the sandy environment. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary".
"Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - March-June 2001)
The Jedi Council sends Vergere, student of Thracia Cho Leem, on a mission to find the legendary planet of Zonama Sekot. Vergere finds the planet, but discovers that it is under ecological attack from 'Far Outsiders'. A "life-plague" of sorts is transforming the southern hemisphere of the world, remaking it in the Yuuzhan Vong's twisted image. And the sentient planet is fighting back, burning out the contagion. The furious Vong attack with conventional weapons; again they are repulsed. But in their attack, they kill the kindly Magister who watched over the world. To Vergere's awe and wonder, his death fully awakens Zonama Sekotitself to consciousness. Desperate to give the planet time to adjust to its' new self, Vergere offers herself to the enemy to negotiate settlement of the conflict. The 'Far Outsiders' agree as they are fascinated with her, and likewise, as they know nothing of the Force, and the Force knows nothing of them. The Jedi Council hear their last ever message from Vergere, before all communication is cut off. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet"[Page 263 - 264, 274 - 75].
Callista achieves the rank of Jedi Knight after five years of training, despite having fallen in love with a fellow student, Geith. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 37]
"Republic: Darkness." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - July-October 2001)
Walex Blissex designs theVictory-class Star Destroyer. "SW RPG Sourcebook." It would have to have been before Thrawn was found.
"SW Gamer: Jedi's Legacy."
(CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - S. John Ross - April 2002)
"SW Gamer: Standoff on Leritor."
(GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Peter Schweighofer - April 2002)
Morna Faenarm, a future accountant for Incom, is born. "SW RPG Cracken's Rebel Operatives."[Page 48]
"SW Adventure Journal: The Breath of Gelgelar." SHORT STORY - West End Games - Jean Rabe - August 1997)
"Republic: Rite of Passage." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - May-September 2002)
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The Trade Federation begins to suffer from the economic downturn as much as the Republic. A veritable swarm of petty villains have moved in with their old freighters to run the most lucrative goods illegally between systems. Fighting them and reclaiming trade routes and privileges was a matter of life and death for the Trade Federation. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet"[Page 105].
"SW Role Playing Game: Swim Meet." (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Jeff Quick - August 2002)
"Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions (continued)." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - June 2001)
Raith Sienar begins work on the Expeditionary Battle Planetoid (an embryonic design of the Death Star). Raith Sienar develops 'Hypermatter,' a material that would be later used in the huge reactor cores that powered the first Death Star. 'Hypermatter' is devised when Raith Sienar and his Advanced Projects team began working with a kilometer - wide ball of plasma contained in an implosion core. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet"[Page 69].
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, after three years of legal wrangling in the Senate, finally forces the disarmament of the Trade Federation. Over the next few months, the Federation's weapons, droid starfighters, and battleships are turned over to Republic security forces. Rumors persist for years afterwards, however, that the Trade Federation's army has not been reduced by any significant amount at all. And after many hearings, and four trials in the Supreme Court, Nute Gunray still remains free and firmly in control as Viceroy of the Trade Federation, to the immense anger and frustration of the Naboo people. The Jedi are denied permission to investigate by the Senate, as it was thought it would be too dangerous for the galactic economy. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "SW: Rogue Planet."
"Rogue Planet."
12-year old Anakin Skywalker is fed up with the staid, boring pace of Jedi training. He is also haunted by nightmares . nightmares of dark, empty boot steps. He has gone into the underworld of Coruscant and found a dangerous new game to play - garbage pit racing. As he prepares for his third race, he meets a fellow racer - a Blood Carver named Ke Daiv, who enrages him with the words "you smell like aslave" Back at the Jedi Temple, Mace Windu runs into Obi-Wan Kenobi. He wants to speak to Obi-Wan and Anakin - as soon as the young Knight can find his wayward Padawan. Back at the garbage pit, Anakin is forced into the pit early by the Blood Carver, who tries to stab the boy - he seems to know who Anakin is, and is out to kill him. Having bought a pair of wings, Obi-Wan is right behind them. The Blood Carver catches up to Anakin and moves in for the kill and Obi-Wan attacks him, flinging him into a silicone lake. Master and Apprentice ward off an attack by garbage worms, then combines their fuel and blasts their way back up to safety
Meanwhile, weapons engineer Raith Sienar meets with Commander Willhuff Tarkin. Tarkin checks out the spherical, winged starfighter Sienar is developing, along with his idea of a moon-sized battle station. Then he tells Sienar about some friends who have contracted him, and whom Tarkin is now inviting him to work for. "Humans are the future." And along with the recruitment speech is a story involving a mystery planet, some strange new vessels, and the Jedi
Mace and the only other three Jedi Council members on the planet have it out with Anakin and Obi-Wan - the former for his recklessness, the elder for failing to watch over him. The confrontation is disrupted by the arrival of Thracia Cho Leem, a Master who has returned after years experiencing real life - marriage and motherhood. With her help, it becomes clear how restless Anakin is, how much he needs something to take his mind off his inner turmoil. She changes the subject, to that of her missing apprentice Vergere - and she suggests Obi-Wan and Anakin be sent after her. Obi-Wan is disturbed at the thought of giving Anakin this much adventure, but Mace agrees to the idea. Obi-Wan and Anakin are sent up to orbit to meet with Charza Kwinn, a Priapulin who helped Vergere on her mission. He takes them in his ship (the 'Star Sea Flower') to Vergere's last sighted position - the planet Zonama Sekot.
Tarkin demands an answer from Sienar, as well as a favour - activate a tracking device built into a number of ships Sienar had once retrofitted. In particular, Kwinn's ship. With Tarkin is the Blood Carver. Sienar finally agrees to help him. Tarkin has to stay on Coruscant for the time being, so Sienar will be taking some Trade Federation forces (including reprogrammed and improved battle droids), along with Daiv, after Kwinn's ship once it leaves hyperspace. Raith shows him a starfighter hulk he once got from Sekot - an organic starfighter. The 'Star Sea Flower' arrives at Zonama Sekot. Anakin tries looking into the future, and gets a sense of big trouble up ahead.Tarkin immediately sends Sienar after them. Sienar is given an antiquated Federation ship, the 'Admiral Korvin'. None of his own ships are aboard (except for a private vessel), and Sienar senses he is being set up. He reprograms the droids not to harm him. He also tries to lure Daiv over to his side, using Tarkin's own anti-alien rhetoric against him
Obi-Wan and Anakin land and make their way south, both disturbed by the sense of the Force around them. Neither can sense Vergere, and Obi-Wan is worried at just how much Anakin can interact with this lush planet. They meet a Magister named Gann, who puts them through a testing ritual that involves designing their own ship from the organic materials of Zonama Sekot. A woman named Sheekla Farrs gives the two Jedi the 'seed-partners' they will use to grow their ships. Incredibly, Anakin is able to draw twelve of the things to him. (Three are considered the normal number.) This draws the attention of the Magister, the head of Sekot society. On the way there, Anakin confesses that he senses the coming danger will be a crucial test for him. The Magister instantly recognises them as Jedi, but accepts them as clients anyway. Obi-Wan realises the man and his daughters around him are mere illusions, mental projections - but if that is the case, who is the real power here? Nevertheless, they move ahead with designing the ships the seed-partners will become. Anakin meets one of the Magister's real daughters, Jabitha. They note hints of a battle fought here long ago - but with whom, no one will say. Meanwhile, Sienar and Daiv arrive. Sienar sends Daiv down in his private vessel, with money to go undercover and buy a Sekotian ship. The mission is a disaster - the seed-partners reject Daiv, chewing off his clothes. Sienar sends Tarkin a message to bring reinforcements, but he thinks he will still have enough time to try his other plans - and Daiv's. Suddenly, five droid starfighters launch on their own from the ship
The two Jedi arrive at the ship-forging ceremony, where Obi-Wan stumbles across a fragment of a mental message by Vergere. She has left Zonama Sekot to investigate an even greater mystery - something about beings outside the galaxy. As the seed-partners are cooked and sculpted together, Anakin suddenly receives an omen about his own future, -This will happen to you. This is your destiny. He too will face a forging and rebirth. The ship is completed, but the Jedi sense that the danger - the trial - is now upon them. The droid starfighters are now in the atmosphere - and suddenly there is a fleet over the planet! At that moment, the two Jedi are ambushed by Daiv, who snatches Anakin and Jabitha up and spirits them away in the newborn Sekotian ship. Fly the ship to Sienar's ship, Daiv says, or Jabitha will die. Anakin hears a strange voice, prodding him to use his anger and hatred. With the ship lacking the fuel to reach Sienar, Daiv forces Anakin to fly to the Magister's palace in the south. Anakin talks with the assassin, trying to learn about him and win his empathy. He receives the full version of the message from Vergere, who had used some of the seed-partners Anakin had chosen to plant the message in. She tells him that she is left with the 'Far Outsiders' to prevent an even greater war. She speaks of the birth of an amazing being - and the message ends abruptly. Tarkin confronts Sienar, having anticipated all his plans and sabotaging them. He places Sienar under arrest. Zonama Sekot is alerted to the Republic fleet - which is just the opening Tarkin needed to subjugate the planet. He begins firing minelayers into the atmosphere, forcing all ships to stay on the surface. Obi-Wan suddenly puts two and two together - the Magister is the ex-Potentium Jedi Leor Hal. Moreover, he is dead.Anakin lands at the palace - which turns out to be in ruins. Jabitha is shattered at the sight, but Daiv continues to roughly prod the two, demanding fuel. Suddenly, something in Anakin snaps. Overwhelmed by years of repressed rage, Anakin summons the power of the Dark Side of the Force - channelling it into a lethal energy bolt that burns and shatters the Blood Carver's body. Anakin screams over the body of the man he just murdered
A few moments later, another image appears. It identifies itself as Sekot - the life force of the planet itself. Suddenly, Tarkin's ship appears and lands next to Anakin's, and the Republic commander takes Anakin hostage. Leaving Jabitha there, he forces Anakin back into the Sekotian ship at gunpoint. Obi-Wan sees Jabitha to safety, then goes after Anakin in Kwinn's ship. The image of Sekot tells Anakin that it's about to use its engines to escape - the reason the starfighters had been made and sold was to obtain large and powerful hyperspace engines for the planet. It warns Anakin that it may have to kill him and the fleet to make good that escape. Anakin almost lashes out and kills Tarkin as he orders the boy to fly the ship to Coruscant, but pulls his anger back barely in time. Obi-wan forces his way onto Tarkin's ship and fights his way to Anakin. They escape in the Sekotian ship just before Tarkin's ship (which Kwinn rigs with a charge) explodes. Tarkin and Sienar escape in a pod. Tarkin orders all of his forces after the one ship. Sekot speaks to Anakin again - if he does not want to go with it, he would better get clear. Anakin flies up into a solar orbit, as the massive hyperdrive engines placed all over the planet comes to life - and Zonama Sekot itself, the entire planet, roars into hyperspace.
They land at an emergency outpost on the way to Coruscant. Badly damaged in the escape, Anakin's Sekotian ship slowly dies. Thracia meets with the traumatised Anakin and does a mental probe on him. Whatever she sees in Anakin's mind makes her leave the Jedi Order shortly thereafter. Tarkin and Sienar returns the fleet to Coruscant, and Tarkin saves his career by presentinghis plans (Sienar lets him take the credit for it - he no longer wants any part of it or Tarkin) for a moon-sized battle station to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Greg Bear - May 2000)
Han Solo, grandson of the 'false' King of Corellia Dalla Solo, is born on the planet Corellia. He has four known relatives; his father Jonash Solo, his mother Jaina Solo (?), Aunt Tiion Sal-Solo, and her son Thracken Sal-Solo. Due to as - yet unknown circumstances, the young Solo is orphaned, and spends his early years as a street urchin. From various sources. Dalla and Jonash Solo is from "SW: The Courtship of Princess Leia", Thrackan from "SW: Assault at Selonia," and Tiion from "SW: The Paradise Snare." Jaina is from "Tales #2: Routine."
Jedi Master Djinn Altis sets out on theChu'unthor (named after the famous Jedi training ship of old) to recruit Force-sensitive individuals who were overlooked by the Jedi Council. A maverick among the Jedi, Djinn refused to adhere to the Council's laws about either training age or love. On the non-Republic planet Chad, he recruits a young woman named Callista, the daughter of deep-sea ranchers. Along with Geith and some other students, Callista is trained by Master Altis on a Jedi training platform hidden in the clouds of Bespin. "SW: Darksaber" and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 37]
Soontir Fel is born in an agro - combine on the planet Corellia. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel."
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"Jedi Quest - Path to Truth."
Out in the depths of space, a cargo vessel is subjugated by pirates. The pirate leader, a blue creature with glowing red eyes and huge fangs known as Krayn, takes the cargo (Rutian septuplets, intended for a Hutt) and then takes the crew to sell as slaves
Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker land on an icy mountain slope on the planet Ilum. Once they've landed, Obi-Wan reveals that here, Anakin will gather the crystals needed to build his own lightsaber. It took quite a bit of convincing, but the Jedi Council has finally agreed to give Anakin the full rights of a Jedi. The two Jedi begin a long and hazardous climb toward the Crystal Cave, only to come upon some hungry gorgodons. The two Jedi work together and battle the gorgodons, killing one and sending the rest scurrying away. Now comes the hard part - Obi-Wan hands Anakin some lightsaber parts and tells him he must enter the Crystal Cave alone. But he just can't resist taking a peek at the cave itself, and he follows his student in. There, he faces a terrible vision - Qui-Gon dying. Obi-Wan screams in anguish as he's forced to relive his master's death again, and again, and again. But suddenly the image of Qui-Gon reaches out to Obi-Wan, desperately trying to give a silent message to his apprentice. But he disappears before Obi-Wan can understand it.
Farther down the cave, Anakin also sees a vision - that of his mother, Shmi, being brutalised by a mysterious creature hidden in shadow. The young teen is overwhelmed with fear which he twists into anger. A voice taunts him, telling him he can never save his mother. The vision fades as Obi-Wan walks up to Anakin, urging him to pick his crystals. He does, and is then told to meditate, and go into a trance state. "Then your feelings will guide your intent." Anakin does and Obi-Wan suddenly changes into Darth Maul, who laughs at him and throws a red-bladed lightsaber at Anakin for him to use. Enraged, Anakin duels the spectral image, which encourages him using his anger as a weapon. The young man vows he will learn to let his anger go, that he doesn't want its power. Maul asks how he ever hopes to save his mother without power? Anakin lashes out at him with renewed fury, only to be thrown against the cave wall. He defies Maul's attempts to lure him to the dark side, but the image vows "I will return. I dwell inside you." Maul fades away and a completed, blue-bladed lightsaber appears in Anakin's lap.
The two Jedi are summoned back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where they are brought before the Jedi Council - and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine himself. Mace Windu tells them they have been assigned to escort a Colicoid diplomatic ship, which will be travelling through an area of space known to be raided by the pirate Krayn. Anakin jerks, a buried memory of his past emerging and shaking him to the core. Obi-Wan senses all of this, and he urges the Councilnot to send him and Anakin on this mission. Mace is incensed - after all that fighting to get Anakin his lightsaber, Obi-Wan's now having second thoughts about his student?!? Palpatine adds that he understands Anakin to be a special case, that he perhaps needs more protection than other Jedi students. Stung by this, Obi-Wan says he and Anakin will go after all. The two Jedi board the Colicoid ship, where they find the crew barely tolerating their presence and Obi-Wan finds Anakin hurt and thinking his master has no faith in him. Hoping Anakin will come to understand, he briefs him on Krayn and his two associates, the Wookiee Rashtah and the human female Zora. (He doesn't tell Anakin that Zora is none other than Siri, a former Jedi and friend of his who left after Adi Gallia abandoned her.) He notes with alarm that Anakin wants Krayn to attack the ship - that he wants to face the slave trader. He asks if Anakin knew of Krayn, and the boy lies and tells him he doesn't. Anakin restlessly explores the ship, yearning,needing to face Krayn while at the same time feeling guilty for lying to Obi-Wan. Finally, he gets his wish as the ship is yanked out of hyperspace and attacked by Krayn.
The ambushed ship is no match for Krayn's pirate vessel, and Obi-Wan asks for a small ship. He plans to infiltrate Krayn's ship and disable its weapons. Anakin chooses a G-class shuttle, and the Jedi sneak into the pirate ship's exhaust system via Anakin's inhuman piloting skills. They rush into the ship's engineering section, fighting tech droids along the way, and Obi-Wan slices the weapons console to bits. They start back to the shuttle and Anakin stops. He can't leave. He has to face Krayn. "That is not our mission, Anakin," Obi-Wan firmly states. "It'smine." Anakin turns and rushes deeper into the ship. A stunned Obi-Wan chases his rebelling student across the ship, but finds instead a group of battered slaves. He is forced to tell the slaves he is not here to free them or even help them. He finds Anakin at last, but Anakin is angrier than ever at Obi-Wan - he heard him turn his back on the other slaves. The Jedi Master explains that there is no way to help them at this point, and asks him to understand that this is the best way. "You're the one who doesn't understand!" Anakin shouts. Obi-Wan almost has to drag the resentful Anakin back to the shuttle. However before the boy can climb in with him, they are separated by the attack of a female pirate - Siri. She locks Obi-Wan in the shuttle and sends it hurtling out into space, and the Jedi can only watch helplessly as Krayn's ship leaps into hyperspace, taking Anakin with it.
Siri takes Anakin's lightsaber and turns him over to Krayn, passing him off as another slave. He spots a trophy on Krayn's belt - a bell Amee's mother once wore. So Krayn had indeed killed her. The pirate boasts that his ship is en route to Nar Shaddaa, where Anakin will - once again - be sold into slavery. Anakin's worst fears come to life. Meanwhile, the Colicoid ship limps back to Coruscant. Worried about Anakin, and disgusted over letting him get captured, Obi-Wan thinks about the situation and notes something strange in the Colicoid's manner beyond the hostility toward Jedi. Having already briefed the Council via HoloNet, Obi-Wan rushes to Didi and Astri's café. He asks his two friends about checking on possible ties between Krayn and the Colicoids. Didi tells Obi-Wan to go to the Splendor, a café in the lower levels of Coruscant, and ask for Gogol. After a sizeable bribe, Obi-Wan learns that the Colicoids are taking over the spice trade, and are dealing with Krayn for the use of his processing factory on Nar Shaddaa. He remembers that Siri's last mission as a Jedi had involved an unsuccessful attempt to shut down the spice market. Could he have been wrong about Siri ? He returns to the Council and asks for a fast ship and permission to infiltrate Krayn's factories, and also demands to know what undercover mission Siri is conducting. Busted, the Council admits she has been gathering information on the spice trade. After talking among themselves, the Council agrees to let Obi-Wan go to Nar Shaddaa, but urges him not to blow Siri's cover. Obi-Wan agrees, and returns to the café to ask Didi to help get him a cover identity.
Anakin has been a slave toiling in Krayn's processing factories for five days, and for him it feels like a lifetime. He spots another person with Siri and Krayn - the captain of the Colicoid ship, Anf Dec. He befriends a fellow slave, a Twi'lek woman named Mazie, as well as her daughter Berri.
One week later. Disguised as a slave trader named Bakleeda, Obi-Wan meets with Krayn and the Colicoids. He finds them bitterly arguing, as Krayn is sabotaging the Colicoids' efforts to control the spice trade, and he won't work with them until they do. They demand to inspect the factories, with "Bakleeda" as an independent observer - they hear the death rate in slaves has been alarmingly high. Obi-Wan is revolted by their words, and realises what
Dark Tales Section 6: Rise of the Empire Note: This is the last Historical Reference Section, I promise. The changes start in Section 7
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STAR WARS, EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE[/b]
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi apprentice on the verge of knighthood, is sent with Master Qui-Gon Jinn to Naboo on the orders of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum in an attempt to end the blockade of the planet, brought on by the greedy Trade Federation. But when they arrive, the Neimoidian Viceroy Nute Gunray is ordered by a shadowy figure known as "Darth Sidious" to kill the Jedi, destroy the ship they came on (the 'Radiant VII'), cut off Naboo's communications, and invade the planet with a huge army of battle droids, hover tanks, and STAP vehicles. The Jedi repulse the attack on themselves and stows away on two Federation landers, determined to warn the Naboo and the Republic of the Federation's heinous acts.
On the surface, the Jedi encounter a Gungan exile named Jar Jar Binks, who offers the two sanctuary from the invading army at his underwater home town of Otoh Gunga. Trouble is, Gungan leader Boss Nass does not like "outlanders," hates the Naboo, and absolutely despises Jar Jar. Qui-Gon is forced to resort to mind tricks to get themselves a "bongo" to the surface, as well as save the clumsy Gungan from being pounded to death. The underwater journey proves even more harrowing, as they dodge various sea monsters.
On the surface, the Federation army has swiftly overwhelmed the pacifist Naboo, herding the people into concentration camps. At the capital city of Theed, Gunray orders the teenage Queen Amidala to sign a treaty legitimising the Federation's rule over Naboo (as well as avoiding Republic reprisals), or watch her people be systematically exterminated. She refuses to sign, and Gunray orders that she be taken to a camp.
As she is herded off with Security Chief Panaka and Governor Sio Bibble, the Jedi and Jar Jar arrive, barely avoiding a trip down a waterfall. Cutting down her captors, Qui-Gon recommends they take the Queen to Coruscant on her royal yacht to seek the aid of the Republic. He senses something more to all this, and suspects the Federation will kill Amidala and force a hand picked ruler to sign the treaty if she stays. Taking along a group of pilots and handmaidens, the small group boards the yacht and takes off. The yacht dodges the huge Trade Federation Navy in the orbit of Naboo. When the shield generator is shot, the courageous acts of a single astromech droid - R2-D2 - enables the ship to escape capture.
Unfortunately, the yacht's hyperdrive has been damaged, and the ship needs to make repairs. The nearest likely world is a desert planet called Tatooine, home of Jabba the Hutt. After harassing the Neimoidians at Naboo via hologram, and ordering them to kill Naboo's Council of Elders, Sidious sends his apprentice Darth Maul to track down the Queen, kill her Jedi protectors, and return her to Naboo to sign the treaty.
The yacht lands on the outskirts of Mos-Espa, and Qui-Gon goes in disguised as a farmer to find a new hyperdrive. Along for the ride is Jar Jar, Artoo, and a young handmaiden the Queen insisted go along named Padmé Naberrie. They find their way to a junk shop owned by a Toydarian named Watto. He has what they need, but they do not have the hard currency he needs. They also meet Watto's slave, a nine-year-old boy named Anakin Skywalker. It is love at first sight for Anakin as he introduces himself to Padmé. A little later, he saves Jar Jar from the wrath of Sebulba the Dug and befriends the group. He brings them to his house as a sandstorm approaches, where the heroes meet his mother Shmi, as well as a protocol droid Anakin is rebuilding to help Shmi around the house - a prissy and harried robot named See Threepio.
Meanwhile at the royal yacht, the Neimoidians use a holo-transmission of Bibble (who stayed behind to interfere with their actions) to try to locate the Queen themselves. Obi-Wan, who stayed on the ship, orders the crew not to reply to the message (which would give the Neimoidians the trace they want). En route to Tatooine, Darth Maul is ambushed by Togorian pirates, whom he utterly wipes out.
Back at Anakin's house, the boy offers to use his own hand built Podracer at the upcoming Boonta Eve Classic Podrace (hosted by Jabba) to win the money the heroes need to repair the yacht. Despite the great danger, no one can see any other way to get the hyperdrive. This strangely gifted boy increasingly intrigues Qui-Gon. He is startled when Shmi reveals that Anakin has no father - he was apparently conceivedby the Force itself - and downright shocked when a midichlorian count reveals Anakin to beTHEstrongest Force sensitive in existence.
The day of the Podrace arrives, as does Darth Maul (who immediately sends probe droids into the cities). As he waits, he takes on an entire Tusken raiding party single-handed. A Trooshti steals the battery from Anakin's Pod, but Padmé and Jar Jar gets it back and helps the Trooshti save their nest in the process. Anakin's chief competition is the nasty Sebulba, who sabotages Anakin's Pod prior to race start. Despite this, a five-hundred mile an hour rush through horrendous obstacles, pot-shooting Sandpeople, and exploding fellow Racers.... despite all this, Anakin manages to win the Podrace and secure the new hyperdrive from Watto. And thanks to a bet Qui-Gon made with Watto, the boy has also won his freedom and a chance to become a Jedi Knight. Sadly, this means he will have to leave Shmi and Threepio behind on Tatooine. He tearfully promises to return and free them when he becomes a Jedi. Qui-Gon outwits a last ditch effort by Watto (at Gardulla the Hutt's urging) to keep the boy, and has him disable the explosive slave chip inside him.
As the heroes return to the yacht, Darth Maul finally strikes. It is all Qui-Gon can do just to hold him back as they take off from Tatooine. He introduces Anakin to Obi-Wan, who is jealous and leery of the young boy. Anakin also meets pilot Ric Olie, who helps acquaint him with flying Naboo-style ships.
Finally, Coruscant is reached and the heroes can enjoy a brief respite. Qui-Gon reports the apparent existence of the new Sith to the surprised twelve member Jedi Council, and then drops the bombshell about Anakin. They agree to meet the boy and test his potential. Although his potential in the Force is obvious, a little probing by Yoda highlights the glaring flaws in Anakin's character....
Elsewhere, Amidala meets with Palpatine, who informs her that the corrupt and weak Senate probably will not be any help at all - unless she forces the ouster of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, Naboo's most ardent supporter. She will not hear of it - until she presents her case to the Senate, and sees first hand how bureaucracy and the Trade Federation's influence has destroyed the once-noble democratic institution, and any chance of saving her people with it. With Palpatine's lies about Valorum ringing in her ears, she loudly demands Valorum be impeached at once, and a new Supreme Chancellor elected.
While waiting for the Council to render their decision, Anakin, and Jar Jar helps a young boy and his malfunctioning nanny droid return home. A little later, the Jedi Council decides Anakin is indeed -notworthy for training as a Jedi. Not only is he too old, but also he has far too much anger and fear in him. Incensed at this, Qui-Gon defies the Council and announces he will train Anakin without their permission - Obi-Wan is ready to become a Knight, he declares. He believes Anakin to be the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, the "Chosen One" who will bring "balance to the Force." The Council, led by Mace Windu and Yoda, calms the tense situation down by stating they will reconsider Anakin's fate at a later time. Right now, with Amidala resigned to returning to Naboo and sharing the fate of her people, they want Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to go with her and protect her - and find out just what connection, if any, the Sith has with the invasion. As they leave, Sidious tells the Neimoidians he no longer needs her help at all - kill her when she lands.
But as the group returns to Naboo in the yacht, passing the sole remaining Neimoidian Battleship (a droid control ship - the others were no longer needed), they learn Amidala hasnot given up. Thanks to an off-the-cuff remark by Jar Jar, she sees a desperate last hope for her world. She asks to meet with Boss Nass and the Gungans, now forced out of Otoh Gunga by the Federation and hiding in sacred ruins. Nass is still unwilling to listen - until Padmé the handmaiden reveals herself to be the true Queen Amidala, with handmaiden Sache acting as her decoy. She openly begs Nass for help, to take back what was both theirs. Nass, touched by her willingness not to belittle the Gungans, finally agrees to help them.
Sidious, suspecting some kind of attack, sends Maul to join the Neimoidians on Naboo. Moreover, attack is indeed, what is on the Queen's mind, but that is only a distraction. As a now-promoted General Jar Jar and the Gungans face the battle droids on the ground, she and the Jedi will sneak back into the royal palace and free the main hangar, allowing Olie and the pilots to fly their N-1 starfighters into orbit and attack the droid control ship. Destroy it, and the droids will be disabled. At the same time, she intends to capture Gunray in the throne room and end this war once and for all.
The battle proceeds as planned, except for two complications - Maul is waiting for them at the hangar, drawing the two Jedi off for a savage duel. At the same time, Anakin and Artoo hide in an N-1 only to find themselves taking off for the orbital battle on autopilot. The tide turns against the Naboo / Gungan / Jedi fighters on all fronts, with the Gungans being captured by the battle droids and Qui-Gon being brutally slain by Maul before Obi-Wan's horrified eyes.
Yet the tables are just as quickly turned. Amidala manages to capture Gunray and force his surrender. Anakin, guided by the Force without his even knowing it, flies into the droid control ship and blows up the main reactor, destroying the Battleship and cutting off the battle droids. And Obi-Wan, fighting down his rage and relying on the Force, delivers a fatal blow and watches the two cut halves of Maul tumble down a reactor shaft. With his dying breath, Qui-Gon asks Obi-Wan to promise that he will train Anakin. Obi-Wan agrees.
A few days later, the new Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine, arrives on Naboo with the Jedi Council. Gunray and his lieutenant Rune Haako are being shipped back to Coruscant for trial, the Trade Federation's charter has been revoked, and the taxing laws that started the whole ordeal have been repealed. Palpatine praises Amidala's bravery in saving their world, and tells Anakin he will watch his career "with great interest." Yoda informs Obi-Wan that he is hereby promoted to Jedi Knight, and - over his own strong objections - the Council will allow Kenobi to train Skywalker. He urges Obi-Wan to keep a close eye on the would-be Jedi, as the future of this boy is still very clouded. Obi-Wan promises to be careful.
A sombre funeral is held for Qui-Gon that night, as his body is cremated. Obi-Wan tells a forlorn Anakin of the Council's decision. Yoda and Mace Windu mull over the remaining questions of this mess. Whywas Naboo invaded? And was Darth Maul the Sith Master.... or merely the apprentice? Those questions must wait for another day, as the next morning a grand parade and presentation of the Orb of Peace to Boss Nass allows the Naboo to celebrate their salvation, and cheer the heroes who delivered them from evil.... (MOTION PICTURE - 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm -George Lucas - 19 May 1999)
(NOVELISATION - Ballantine / Del Rey Books - Terry Brooks - May 1999)
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Henry Gilroy - May-October 1999)
(MANGA COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Kia Asamiya - December 1999-January 2000)
Typho, the teenage nephew of Captain Panaka, loses an eye in the battle with the Trade Federation. He takes to wearing a black leather patch over his left eye. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
Out of the thousands of Gungans assembled in the ground battle on the grassy plains outside Theed (2,000 or so per city), only 543 lost their lives. "SW: Galactic Battlegrounds."
Queen Amidala personally visits and extends her condolences to the families of every Gungan and Naboo killed in the tragic subjugation of her world by the Trade Federation, as well as the following battle. Having befriended Jar Jar Binks, she keeps him around as a travelling companion and adviser. She engages in a race with him (her on a Naboo tuskcat, him on a kaadu) as a morale-boosting measure for both the planet's races. "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" novelization and certain parts of "Lucas Learning: Yoda's Challenge." Novel information fromNathan Blumenfeld
By this era, a more advanced version of the Jedi Code has come into existence. It reads as thus:
"There is no emotion - there is peace.
"There is no ignorance - there is knowledge.
"There is no passion - there is serenity.
"There is no death - there is the Force." "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook" and "Star Wars Journal: Anakin Skywalker."
The Trade Federation occupation significantly changed Naboo defence policy, with increased harmony between Naboo and Gungans resulting in coordinated action plans to withstand any new siege. Gungan shield expertise was combined with Naboo power generation to form a global shield network that activates in minutes to repel any bombardment or hostile landing. The need for such effective, if discreet, homeworld defences is popularly supported. Captain Panaka's Security Forces have a healthy supply of volunteers, and Theed Palace engineers are designing a steady series of new starships to convey their dignitaries. "Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections."
After the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi begins to focus on Form III lightsaber training. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary."
In gratitude to the Jedi for their efforts in freeing Naboo, the Gungans build the Jedi Monument - a gorgeous building flanked by two eternal flame-orbs. "Episode I Insider's Guide."
The Gungans also erect another unique monument, the 'Queen's Monument', built in honour of Queen Amidala. It symbolised the peace that had been forged between the Naboo and the Gungans, which allowed them to break the Trade Federation's hold on their world. The center of the monument was a stone spire, atop which was set a single light representing the unified planet of Naboo. Five small globes encircled the spire, representing Amidala's virtues of leadership, compassion, beauty, wisdom, and strength. "Episode I Insider's Guide."
Jedi Master Dooku leaves the Jedi Order after the Battle of Naboo, returning to his homeworld of Serenno and his family title of Count. Only 20 individuals in the history of the Jedi Order have ever renounced their commissions. Their leave-taking is sorely felt among the Jedi, who memorialise them with portrait busts in the Archives. Count Dooku is the most recent of the "lost" ones. He is considered the most bitter loss because the Force was so strong in him. He had declared shortly before his leaving that the Senate had become irredeemably corrupt, and that the Jedi Order betrayed themselves and the Force by knowingly serving such a body. The Count has always wielded considerable power - by natural authority, by lightsaber, and now by wealth and persuasion. This double-dealing master of the Force has taken a place at the heart of galactic events and he threatens the very survival of the Republic. The Count is a master of his family's fortune and one of the wealthiest men in the galaxy. He could field an army on his own resources. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary."
After leaving the Jedi Order, Dooku began to develop a taste for rare, pre-Republic artefacts. An antiquities dealer near the Gree Enclave sold him an ancient sail, which demonstrates unique and startling properties. The sail is powered by an as-yet undetectable source of supralight emissions, allowing Dooku's custom ship an independence, and style, unknown by any other current space-faring vehicle. "Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections."
Count Dooku privately meets with Viceroy Nute Gunray to learn the details of his former apprentice Qui-Gon's death - and more specifically, to investigate Qui-Gon's allegations that the Sith had been involved with the invasion of Naboo. Gunray tells him everything he knows about Darth Sidious and his masterplan, adding that he had already told the Jedi High Council all this and they had ignored him. He also adds that Sidious has betrayed him and left him to face the justice of the Republic courts. Dooku thanks him for the information and promises to help him however he can. Using Gunray's information, he embarks on a private search for Darth Sidious. Whatever happened in the confrontation that followed is unknown but the outcome is not. Dooku renounced the Light Side of the Force and swore his loyalty to Sidious, who rewarded him with the title of a Sith Lord and the name "Darth Tyranus." Sidious orders Dooku to implement the next phase of his masterplan by finding a suitable warrior to serve as genetic template for a cloning project Conjecture from "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and its' ancillary spinoffs.
"Bounty Hunter."
Aboard his Solar Sailor, floating in the depths of space, Count Dooku receives a holo-message from his new master, Darth Sidious. The Sith Lord has become concerned about the Bando Gora, a fanatic cult that's attacking industrial interests across the galaxy. This cult is led by none other than Dooku's last Padawan Learner, the now berserk darksider Komari Vosa. She threatens the Sith masterplan, so Dooku is tasked to wipe her and the cult out. And while he's at it, Sidious wants Dooku to find a genetic donor for the planned Clone Army Sidious's scheme requires. He suggests Dooku look amongst the deadliest, most brutal mercenaries in the cosmos. Dooku agrees and decides to kill two mynocks with one stone
Outland Station, a distant outpost where beast fights are the pastime. Up in the rafters of the beast arena, a Muttani named Meeko Ghintee guides his chosen beast to victory via a cranial implant. Suddenly, a figure in blue-and-grey Mandalorian armor appears behind him. Jango Fett has arrived to claim the bounty on Meeko. The criminal panics and falls into the pit arena floor, with Fett in hot pursuit. Meeko guides his red borhek into Jango's jetpack, leaving the hunter fighting the beast as he escapes. Jango guns the beast down and continues the chase through the space station. He comes upon a Gran adviser of Meeko's, who he "recruits" into leading him to his prey. The two head into Merchant Row, a bazaar of shops and alleys. From there, they find Meeko in his hideout as he examines the purity of the death sticks he and his henchmen are dealing. Meeko again flees and puts his men between him and Fett. Another chase through the streets, but Meeko steals a speeder and zooms off. Jango buys a jetpack from the speeder vendor and takes off after the stolen speeder. The speeder crashes into a door into the docking bays, and Meeko limps into the bays with Jango still hot on his trail. After several close calls with conveyor belts and sharp drops, Fett catches up to Meeko just as he reaches his ship (theLongshot). Jango shoots out the vessel's weapon turrets, sending it back to the ground.
Jango hauls the injured-but-still-alive Meeko to his employer, a female Toydarian named Rozatta (owner of Outland Station). Rozatta then gives him a message from a guy named 'Tyranus,' who offers a jaw-droppingfive million credits for the killing of Komari Vosa and the destruction of the Bando Gora. Roz warns Fett against it - no bounty hunter has survived an attempt on that group. Fett takes it anyway and heads off to Coruscant on Roz's advice; a small-time death stick dealer named Jervis Gloom may lead Fett to the cult. But he's not the only one Dooku contacts - he also calls upon Montross, a former member of Jango's Mandalorian squad
Jango's rickety old ship,Jaster's Legacy, limps towards the entertainment district of Coruscant. Speaking to Jango in his cockpit over holo, Roz scoffs at him keeping such an old relic for a vessel. She says he's so obsessed with the man who took him under his wing - why don't he find someone to take underhis wing? Jango laughs at the thought and lands near Jervis's reported location. Jango quickly snares three of Jervis's men and finds his factory. After turning Gloom in to the police, Jango takes the dealer's craft and flies it into the industrial district and a death stick factory Gloom pointed out to him, owned by one Groff Haugg. On a hunch, Jango has some of the death sticks stored there analyzed and learns they contain a powerful, mindaltering drug not found in the usual death sticks. He tears through the factory, tagging and bagging several henchmen in search of Haugg. He eventually finds him frozen to death in a carbon freezer by Montross! Jango battles his former lieutenant, but the traitor jeers him and escapes. Jango, undeterred, checks the factory's computer. He notes that a senator must be involved to keep the operation so quiet, and he finds a holo of that terrified Senator wanting to know if the "bounty hunters" are coming after him. Roz recognizes the green Twi'lek as one Senator Trill, and gives Jango his penthouse address. He finds the building is crawling with Coruscant security, and he faces a dangerous shoot-and-climb ahead. But he is the best, and makes his way into the Senator's penthouse where he demands the location of Vosa from the terrified Senator. He gasps out that a Dug kingpin named Sebolto is manufacturing a new kind of death stick on Malastare with the Bando Gora's help. A police assault ship appears in the skies over the skyscraper and loudly demands Jango release the Senator. In response, Jango flings Trell off the balcony. He then blows up the police ship for good measure and flies off Coruscant.
Up in orbit, Roz (on holo) notes that Fett can't just walk into Sebolto's realm. But she does have an "invitation" - Bendix Fust, an inmate in the Republic's Oovo IV maximum-security prison, has a 50,000 living bounty on him posted by Sebolto. Montross is now said to be in the Gazzari system (Groff was evidently more afraid of the Bando Gora than him), so he won't have to worry about him this time. Roz urges him to consider retiring, settling down, maybe have a kid. "Not in this life, Roz." Meanwhile, on another planet, a fearsome horned alien warns his female leader that their Coruscant contacts are dead. The woman tells him that the contacts are replaceable - but the bounty hunters, if they surface again, are to be dealt with
Following a cargo vessel in through the planetary asteroid belt, Jango lands theLegacy under the planetary shield. Breaking into the prison proves surprisingly easy, but getting Fust is not - just as Jango reaches a vent to Fust's cell, a woman in purple spandex and a veiled hat busts him out herself and starts a riot! A furious Jango fights his way through an alarmed army of prison guards and escaped cons alike and escapes the prison. He spots the newly-incarcerated Meeko along the way and fries him. When he reaches his ship, he sees the woman and Fust trying to break into it. As he starts to berate the woman for wrecking his plan, a blue-and-gray vessel shoots down out of the sky - and blows theLegacy to atoms!! "That ship'smine," Jango snarls as it flies away. Forced to join forces, the three sabotage the reactors powering the planetary shield. Jango then sneaks into a hangar adjoining the reactors and steals the vessel (a prototypeFirespray-class police vessel) and vaporizes the other five prototypes. He deactivates theFirespray's transponder to trick the officials into thinking that ship destroyed too. He takes the woman and Fust with him to Malastare. The woman introduces herself as Zam Wesell, and notes she already knows who Fett is. He doesn't know her, though, and calls her a reckless amateur. Elsewhere, Montross figures out he was tricked and learns about the prison break. He heads for Malastare himself.
When theFirespray reaches Malastare, Jango is dropped off in the jungle while Zam (on Fett's orders - he threatens to kill her if she refuses) presents Fust and acts "charming" for Sebolto. Meanwhile, Fett treks through the jungle towards the Dug crimelord's lair. Gran, Dugs and Nexus block his way. He fights his way to the base, but finds Sebolto has retreated to a fortress nearby. With Zam covering him with his sniper rifle, Fett accesses a secret passage to the palace and confronts the Dug kingpin. Sebolto panics and jumps down an underground pipe into a death stick factory. He knocks himself cold on the wall just under his escape route, however, and falls into a molten chemical vat. "That'll be a sour batch," Jango mutters. But he explores the death stick factory anyway and meets the spooky Bando Gora for the first time. He also finds Montross's ship, and again battles the traitor. This time Montross is on a skiff, and again he escapes as Zam rejoins Jango. The woman demands to know what's going on, and Jango finally tells her about the Bando Gora. He notes that a freighter in Sebolto's hangar had Huttese markings on it, so the Hutts are involved in the Gora's "instant brainwashing/recruiting" scheme. As theFirespray flies to Tatooine, Montross monitors them via a listening device planted on the ship and heads there as well. Once in Tatooine orbit, Jango calls Roz for info. She tells him that an old friend of hers, Watto, told her that Gardulla and Jabba are in a heated feud for control of Tatooine. Since a gift is required to meet with a Hutt, she tells him that Watto placed a bounty on Jabba's behalf (in return for a finder's fee) on one Longo Two-Guns and his band of bandits. Jango decides to meet with Jabba while Zam meets with Gardulla. Roz also asks if he's come up with a new name for theFirespray. He has. "Slave I."
A short time later, Jango presents Jabba the Hutt with the corpses of Two-Guns and his gang. Jabba approves, and tells him that Gardulla is the Bando Gora supplier. He'd appreciate it if Jango were to terminate her. Jango agrees. He flies theSlave I into a Tusken canyon near her palace, as he overhears on his helmet headset Zam being captured by the Hutt's henchmen. He successfully breaks into the palace and finds Zam in a cell. When he refuses to let her out until after Gardulla's been dealt with, she screams for the guards. Brought before Gardulla, Jango learns that Zam is a shapeshifter - talk about two-faced! Jango is stripped of his weaponry and thrown into a pit to be eaten by Gardulla's pet krayt dragon. But they forgot his mini-torch, which he uses to cut his way through a grate at the pit's side. After retaking his weapons and fighting through the palace, he feeds Gardulla (after she refuses to tell him where Vosa is) to her own dragon with the words "Jabba sends his regards." He then leaves Zam in the cell of the now-empty palace. He calls up Roz again and this time, it's Montross on the other end. He's tortured Vosa's location out of Roz! Jango snarls that Montross has just signed his own death warrant and high-tails it to Outland Station. He finds it rigged to blow, with a dying Roz lying on the floor of her office. She just barely has enough life left to slip a holodisc into Jango's hand before expiring. Jango flees the exploding station and follows the coordinates Roz gave him - coordinates that led to the fog-enshrouded moon of Kohima, in the Bogden system.
The moon is a nightmare of gothic churches, cathedrals, catacombs, and graveyards flooded with acid. The horrible spirits of the Bando Gora are here in force, and Jango makes good use of his flamethrower to dispatch the demon creatures. And soon, he again encounters Montross. This time it's to the death, and Montross dons his own Mandalorian helmet to wage the battle. After a hard-fought contest, Jango leaves the wounded Montross to face the Gora's wrath. Jango then heads into the massive castle of Komari Vosa, but is overwhelmed by dozens of Bando Gora who present him to Vosa. She tortures him, vowing to make him her slave. Zam Wesell suddenly appears, her blaster aimed at Jango and Vosa both. Vosa ignites two lightsabers and easily blocks Zam's shots, sending one back into her. Dazed, Zam shoots Jango's shackles off. "We're even now." Jango reclaims his gear and confronts Vosa in her throne room. Vosa is extremely quick and nimble, but Jango is barely able to wrap his metal cable around her and gun her down. "Which will it be, bounty hunter," she gasps. "Dead or alive?" Before he can decide, her neck suddenly snaps…
…and Count Dooku enters the room and congratulates Jango. He has a new offer for the bounty hunter: To come to the planet Kamino and donate his DNA and his expertise to creating and training the perfect army - exact clones of Jango himself, grown at twice the normal rate and programmed for absolute loyalty and obedience. Jango considers this, and agrees on one condition - that he take the first clone, unaltered, for himself. The deal is struck, and Jango flies the wounded Zam off the moon of Bogden in theSlave I
(VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Jon Knoles - December 2002);
Due to the effectiveness (or lack thereof?) of their attack on Naboo, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine orders all battle droids and assassin droids outlawed. He forces legislation through the Senate that results in a general reprogramming of nearly all droids - now they will self-destruct rather than intentionally harm another sentient being. "The SW Encyclopedia"[Page 15 - 16] and "SW RPG: Scoundrel's Luck."
Upon his election as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine already had wealth and connections enough to guarantee him unlimited power. With support falling in line in the Senate, the Galactic Corporate Policy League threw its support behind New Order policies and gave credibility to its empty promises of restored glory and prosperity. Through contacts with powerful businesses outside the League, many other companies endorsed Palpatine's plans. Payback came easily enough once Palpatine had complete control over the budgets of a galaxy. With the enormous military build-up Palpatine planned, the most lucrative contracts could be awarded to those captains of industry who had already proven their "loyalty." Of course, even these incalculable sums proved too small for the greed of these mega - corporate titans. It was then that the GCPL conceived its boldest gamble yet. It wished to develop and expand the Corporate Sector. The League members realised how much potential there was if these countless riches could be given their unrestricted attentions. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook."[Page 20]
Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas places an order for a massive clone army with the Kaminoans. Not long after (or maybe some time before?), Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas is killed. In actuality, it is Darth Sidious who impersonates Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas in his meeting with the Kaminoans. The secret clone army would be created from a single source. An agent named Darth Tyranus selected the clone source: Jango Fett whom he meets on the moons of Bogden, a man whose natural combat ability and high endurance level would produce the ideal soldier. As the clone-source for the entire clone-trooper army, Jango Fett cooperates in devising the design of the armour, based on his experience. He also helps train most of the first-generation clones himself. Jango knows that Darth Tyranus, who recruited him for the clone-army project, is actually the Separatist leader, Count Dooku. As part of his compensation, Jango Fett receives a perfect, unaltered clone of himself, whom he names Boba Fett. Ministerial assistant Taun We serves as a Project Coordinator for the clone army. Taun We has studied human emotional psychology to ensure that the clones are developed into mentally stable individuals. Chief Scientist Ko Sai, serene yet exacting, oversees the clone-army project's biological aspects, ensuring that clones are of the highest quality. She also supervises the delicate redesign of the genetic codes that make the clones independently intelligent, but preconditioned for obedience. No other scientist in the galaxy could so capably manipulate the genes of other species. Under Kaminoan Chief Scientist Ko Sai, the clones' genetic code was altered to accelerate their growth to twice the normal human rate, and their mental structure was subtly reconfigured to make them obedient to authority. Comprehensive training shapes the identity and abilities of the clones throughout their development. The result of this colossal project is an army of identical soldiers produced in a world of clinical efficiency. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary" and "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
When devising armaments and vehicles for clone troops, the Kaminoans subcontracted the secret job to Rothana Heavy Engineering, a subsidiary of Kuat Drive Yards - and no friend of the Trade Federation or Techno Union. Toiling in immense underground factories and honeycombed orbital shipyards, RHE's workforce is famed for its diligence. Their star system is uniquely clear of Trade Federation espionage, due to factors ranging from impenetrably complex Rothanian etiquette (which makes outsiders stand out) to a sizeable KDY corporate-security Starfleet and inventively deployed mines in Rothana's inbound hyperlanes. Conjecture based upon "Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections."
Zenoma Sekot encounters a 'great intrusion' from an unknown spacefaring species (the Yuuzhan Vong). They lurk outside the system, sending in exploratory ships. The people of Zonama Sekot think that they are customers who stumble upon them without a guide or factor. The 'Far Outsiders', as they are dubbed by the people of Zonama Sekot, seem very curious about what that people had done on the planet. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet."[Page 62, 263 - 264]
Baktoid Combat Automata designs the heavy, unwieldy, E-5 battle droids as Trade Federation replacements, after the debacle of the Battle of Naboo. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet."[Page 137]
COMPNOR, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, is formed. Initially little more than a social group, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aids it covertly, building it into a major political movement to help in the transition of the Republic into the Empire. "SW RPG Imperial Sourcebook."
After the defeat of the Federation's Droid Control Ship at the Battle of Naboo, the hoop-shaped freighters used by the Federation were modified so that the central sphere could detach. Since this sphere was the primary living area for the Neimoidians, a detachable core ship allowed them to move to and from a planet's surface with relative ease. It also allowed them to escape any damage which might have been caused in the circular arms of a freighter. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary" and "Star Wars Episode II: Incredible Cross - Sections."
"Republic: Outlander -- The Exile of Sharad Hett."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - June-November 1999)[/i]
After the Battle of Naboo, Jar Jar Binks rode a wave of Naboo goodwill to become Associate Planetary Representative in the Galactic Senate. The Naboo value purity of heart over qualifications to govern, often electing juveniles as their rulers. In the case of Jar Jar, they elevate a simple, well-meaning soul to a position that may be beyond his abilities. The Amulet of Trust, a Gungan artifact, was kept in the Gungan Sacred Place, until Jar Jar Binks was named to be a special representative to the Galactic Senate. The Gungans bestowed the amulet to Jar Jar, and a symbol of his position and the faith the Gungan people had in his ability to represent the Gungans to the Senate. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary."
Akanah Norand Goss of the Fallanassi is born. "SW: Before The Storm."
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"SW Tales: Deal with a Demon." * (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - March 2000)
Moved to canon status thanks to mention in "SW: The Devaronian Version."
"Republic: Emissaries to Malastare."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - December 1999 - May 2000)[/i]
Lando Calrissian is born (on the planet Corellia?). Conjecture from "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
With the taxation laws that led to the Battle of Naboo repealed, and the badly needed income lost, the Galactic Republic down spirals into economic depression. Despite the best efforts of all worlds, the situation worsens every year, and soon buildings on Coruscant (such as the Senate chamber and Jedi Temple) become dilapidated and rotting. "SW: Rogue Planet."
"Republic: Twilight."
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - June-September 2000)
"The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing." Date corrected by Nathan Blumenfeld (Nathan Blumenfeld)
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - August 1999)
"Republic: Infinity's End." * (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Pat Mills - October 2000-January 2001)[/u]
"Republic: Starcrash."[/b] (COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Doug Petrie - February 2001)
Vima-da-Boda's daughter Neema falls in with rebellious Jedi who turns the young woman to the Dark Side. Neema ends up marrying an Ottethan warlord who mistreats her. She attempts to harm him with the Dark Side, but is unsuccessful and is imprisoned. Vima rushes to her aid, but finds her daughter already dead. Momentarily insane with rage, Vima kills the warlord. Horrified by what she had done, Vima regresses and loses contact with the Force, which saves her from the Great Jedi Purge. Conjecture from "SW RPG: Dark Empire Sourcebook."[Page 61 - 62]
"SW Gamer: Deep Spoilers." (SHORT STORY - Wizards of the Coast - Ryder Windham - June 2001)
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"SW Role Playing Game II: Kashyyyk in Flames." (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - J.D. Wiker - June 2001)
The Naboo Moon Mining Union is formed to represent the various miners who worked in the Naboo System. It was formed by forty mining ships and their crews, and was created to ensure proper pricing of the kassoti spice found on the smallest Naboo moon. Conjecture based upon "Holonet News."
Syal Antilles (sister of Wedge) is born to Jagged and Zena Antilles on the planet Corellia. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade."
Barriss Offee is taken as the Padawan Learner to a fellow Mirialan Jedi, Luminara Unduli. Soon after her training with Luminara begins, the two visit their homeworld. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook."[Page 128]
Shmi Skywalker acquires a set of old droid plating from her master, Watto, and installs them on C-3PO to help the droid last longer in the sandy environment. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary".
"Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Tim Truman - March-June 2001)
The Jedi Council sends Vergere, student of Thracia Cho Leem, on a mission to find the legendary planet of Zonama Sekot. Vergere finds the planet, but discovers that it is under ecological attack from 'Far Outsiders'. A "life-plague" of sorts is transforming the southern hemisphere of the world, remaking it in the Yuuzhan Vong's twisted image. And the sentient planet is fighting back, burning out the contagion. The furious Vong attack with conventional weapons; again they are repulsed. But in their attack, they kill the kindly Magister who watched over the world. To Vergere's awe and wonder, his death fully awakens Zonama Sekotitself to consciousness. Desperate to give the planet time to adjust to its' new self, Vergere offers herself to the enemy to negotiate settlement of the conflict. The 'Far Outsiders' agree as they are fascinated with her, and likewise, as they know nothing of the Force, and the Force knows nothing of them. The Jedi Council hear their last ever message from Vergere, before all communication is cut off. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet"[Page 263 - 264, 274 - 75].
Callista achieves the rank of Jedi Knight after five years of training, despite having fallen in love with a fellow student, Geith. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 37]
"Republic: Darkness." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - July-October 2001)
Walex Blissex designs theVictory-class Star Destroyer. "SW RPG Sourcebook." It would have to have been before Thrawn was found.
"SW Gamer: Jedi's Legacy."
(CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - S. John Ross - April 2002)
"SW Gamer: Standoff on Leritor."
(GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Peter Schweighofer - April 2002)
Morna Faenarm, a future accountant for Incom, is born. "SW RPG Cracken's Rebel Operatives."[Page 48]
"SW Adventure Journal: The Breath of Gelgelar." SHORT STORY - West End Games - Jean Rabe - August 1997)
"Republic: Rite of Passage." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - May-September 2002)
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The Trade Federation begins to suffer from the economic downturn as much as the Republic. A veritable swarm of petty villains have moved in with their old freighters to run the most lucrative goods illegally between systems. Fighting them and reclaiming trade routes and privileges was a matter of life and death for the Trade Federation. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet"[Page 105].
"SW Role Playing Game: Swim Meet." (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Jeff Quick - August 2002)
"Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions (continued)." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - June 2001)
Raith Sienar begins work on the Expeditionary Battle Planetoid (an embryonic design of the Death Star). Raith Sienar develops 'Hypermatter,' a material that would be later used in the huge reactor cores that powered the first Death Star. 'Hypermatter' is devised when Raith Sienar and his Advanced Projects team began working with a kilometer - wide ball of plasma contained in an implosion core. Conjecture based on "SW: Rogue Planet"[Page 69].
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, after three years of legal wrangling in the Senate, finally forces the disarmament of the Trade Federation. Over the next few months, the Federation's weapons, droid starfighters, and battleships are turned over to Republic security forces. Rumors persist for years afterwards, however, that the Trade Federation's army has not been reduced by any significant amount at all. And after many hearings, and four trials in the Supreme Court, Nute Gunray still remains free and firmly in control as Viceroy of the Trade Federation, to the immense anger and frustration of the Naboo people. The Jedi are denied permission to investigate by the Senate, as it was thought it would be too dangerous for the galactic economy. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "SW: Rogue Planet."
"Rogue Planet."
12-year old Anakin Skywalker is fed up with the staid, boring pace of Jedi training. He is also haunted by nightmares . nightmares of dark, empty boot steps. He has gone into the underworld of Coruscant and found a dangerous new game to play - garbage pit racing. As he prepares for his third race, he meets a fellow racer - a Blood Carver named Ke Daiv, who enrages him with the words "you smell like aslave" Back at the Jedi Temple, Mace Windu runs into Obi-Wan Kenobi. He wants to speak to Obi-Wan and Anakin - as soon as the young Knight can find his wayward Padawan. Back at the garbage pit, Anakin is forced into the pit early by the Blood Carver, who tries to stab the boy - he seems to know who Anakin is, and is out to kill him. Having bought a pair of wings, Obi-Wan is right behind them. The Blood Carver catches up to Anakin and moves in for the kill and Obi-Wan attacks him, flinging him into a silicone lake. Master and Apprentice ward off an attack by garbage worms, then combines their fuel and blasts their way back up to safety
Meanwhile, weapons engineer Raith Sienar meets with Commander Willhuff Tarkin. Tarkin checks out the spherical, winged starfighter Sienar is developing, along with his idea of a moon-sized battle station. Then he tells Sienar about some friends who have contracted him, and whom Tarkin is now inviting him to work for. "Humans are the future." And along with the recruitment speech is a story involving a mystery planet, some strange new vessels, and the Jedi
Mace and the only other three Jedi Council members on the planet have it out with Anakin and Obi-Wan - the former for his recklessness, the elder for failing to watch over him. The confrontation is disrupted by the arrival of Thracia Cho Leem, a Master who has returned after years experiencing real life - marriage and motherhood. With her help, it becomes clear how restless Anakin is, how much he needs something to take his mind off his inner turmoil. She changes the subject, to that of her missing apprentice Vergere - and she suggests Obi-Wan and Anakin be sent after her. Obi-Wan is disturbed at the thought of giving Anakin this much adventure, but Mace agrees to the idea. Obi-Wan and Anakin are sent up to orbit to meet with Charza Kwinn, a Priapulin who helped Vergere on her mission. He takes them in his ship (the 'Star Sea Flower') to Vergere's last sighted position - the planet Zonama Sekot.
Tarkin demands an answer from Sienar, as well as a favour - activate a tracking device built into a number of ships Sienar had once retrofitted. In particular, Kwinn's ship. With Tarkin is the Blood Carver. Sienar finally agrees to help him. Tarkin has to stay on Coruscant for the time being, so Sienar will be taking some Trade Federation forces (including reprogrammed and improved battle droids), along with Daiv, after Kwinn's ship once it leaves hyperspace. Raith shows him a starfighter hulk he once got from Sekot - an organic starfighter. The 'Star Sea Flower' arrives at Zonama Sekot. Anakin tries looking into the future, and gets a sense of big trouble up ahead.Tarkin immediately sends Sienar after them. Sienar is given an antiquated Federation ship, the 'Admiral Korvin'. None of his own ships are aboard (except for a private vessel), and Sienar senses he is being set up. He reprograms the droids not to harm him. He also tries to lure Daiv over to his side, using Tarkin's own anti-alien rhetoric against him
Obi-Wan and Anakin land and make their way south, both disturbed by the sense of the Force around them. Neither can sense Vergere, and Obi-Wan is worried at just how much Anakin can interact with this lush planet. They meet a Magister named Gann, who puts them through a testing ritual that involves designing their own ship from the organic materials of Zonama Sekot. A woman named Sheekla Farrs gives the two Jedi the 'seed-partners' they will use to grow their ships. Incredibly, Anakin is able to draw twelve of the things to him. (Three are considered the normal number.) This draws the attention of the Magister, the head of Sekot society. On the way there, Anakin confesses that he senses the coming danger will be a crucial test for him. The Magister instantly recognises them as Jedi, but accepts them as clients anyway. Obi-Wan realises the man and his daughters around him are mere illusions, mental projections - but if that is the case, who is the real power here? Nevertheless, they move ahead with designing the ships the seed-partners will become. Anakin meets one of the Magister's real daughters, Jabitha. They note hints of a battle fought here long ago - but with whom, no one will say. Meanwhile, Sienar and Daiv arrive. Sienar sends Daiv down in his private vessel, with money to go undercover and buy a Sekotian ship. The mission is a disaster - the seed-partners reject Daiv, chewing off his clothes. Sienar sends Tarkin a message to bring reinforcements, but he thinks he will still have enough time to try his other plans - and Daiv's. Suddenly, five droid starfighters launch on their own from the ship
The two Jedi arrive at the ship-forging ceremony, where Obi-Wan stumbles across a fragment of a mental message by Vergere. She has left Zonama Sekot to investigate an even greater mystery - something about beings outside the galaxy. As the seed-partners are cooked and sculpted together, Anakin suddenly receives an omen about his own future, -This will happen to you. This is your destiny. He too will face a forging and rebirth. The ship is completed, but the Jedi sense that the danger - the trial - is now upon them. The droid starfighters are now in the atmosphere - and suddenly there is a fleet over the planet! At that moment, the two Jedi are ambushed by Daiv, who snatches Anakin and Jabitha up and spirits them away in the newborn Sekotian ship. Fly the ship to Sienar's ship, Daiv says, or Jabitha will die. Anakin hears a strange voice, prodding him to use his anger and hatred. With the ship lacking the fuel to reach Sienar, Daiv forces Anakin to fly to the Magister's palace in the south. Anakin talks with the assassin, trying to learn about him and win his empathy. He receives the full version of the message from Vergere, who had used some of the seed-partners Anakin had chosen to plant the message in. She tells him that she is left with the 'Far Outsiders' to prevent an even greater war. She speaks of the birth of an amazing being - and the message ends abruptly. Tarkin confronts Sienar, having anticipated all his plans and sabotaging them. He places Sienar under arrest. Zonama Sekot is alerted to the Republic fleet - which is just the opening Tarkin needed to subjugate the planet. He begins firing minelayers into the atmosphere, forcing all ships to stay on the surface. Obi-Wan suddenly puts two and two together - the Magister is the ex-Potentium Jedi Leor Hal. Moreover, he is dead.Anakin lands at the palace - which turns out to be in ruins. Jabitha is shattered at the sight, but Daiv continues to roughly prod the two, demanding fuel. Suddenly, something in Anakin snaps. Overwhelmed by years of repressed rage, Anakin summons the power of the Dark Side of the Force - channelling it into a lethal energy bolt that burns and shatters the Blood Carver's body. Anakin screams over the body of the man he just murdered
A few moments later, another image appears. It identifies itself as Sekot - the life force of the planet itself. Suddenly, Tarkin's ship appears and lands next to Anakin's, and the Republic commander takes Anakin hostage. Leaving Jabitha there, he forces Anakin back into the Sekotian ship at gunpoint. Obi-Wan sees Jabitha to safety, then goes after Anakin in Kwinn's ship. The image of Sekot tells Anakin that it's about to use its engines to escape - the reason the starfighters had been made and sold was to obtain large and powerful hyperspace engines for the planet. It warns Anakin that it may have to kill him and the fleet to make good that escape. Anakin almost lashes out and kills Tarkin as he orders the boy to fly the ship to Coruscant, but pulls his anger back barely in time. Obi-wan forces his way onto Tarkin's ship and fights his way to Anakin. They escape in the Sekotian ship just before Tarkin's ship (which Kwinn rigs with a charge) explodes. Tarkin and Sienar escape in a pod. Tarkin orders all of his forces after the one ship. Sekot speaks to Anakin again - if he does not want to go with it, he would better get clear. Anakin flies up into a solar orbit, as the massive hyperdrive engines placed all over the planet comes to life - and Zonama Sekot itself, the entire planet, roars into hyperspace.
They land at an emergency outpost on the way to Coruscant. Badly damaged in the escape, Anakin's Sekotian ship slowly dies. Thracia meets with the traumatised Anakin and does a mental probe on him. Whatever she sees in Anakin's mind makes her leave the Jedi Order shortly thereafter. Tarkin and Sienar returns the fleet to Coruscant, and Tarkin saves his career by presentinghis plans (Sienar lets him take the credit for it - he no longer wants any part of it or Tarkin) for a moon-sized battle station to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Greg Bear - May 2000)
Han Solo, grandson of the 'false' King of Corellia Dalla Solo, is born on the planet Corellia. He has four known relatives; his father Jonash Solo, his mother Jaina Solo (?), Aunt Tiion Sal-Solo, and her son Thracken Sal-Solo. Due to as - yet unknown circumstances, the young Solo is orphaned, and spends his early years as a street urchin. From various sources. Dalla and Jonash Solo is from "SW: The Courtship of Princess Leia", Thrackan from "SW: Assault at Selonia," and Tiion from "SW: The Paradise Snare." Jaina is from "Tales #2: Routine."
Jedi Master Djinn Altis sets out on theChu'unthor (named after the famous Jedi training ship of old) to recruit Force-sensitive individuals who were overlooked by the Jedi Council. A maverick among the Jedi, Djinn refused to adhere to the Council's laws about either training age or love. On the non-Republic planet Chad, he recruits a young woman named Callista, the daughter of deep-sea ranchers. Along with Geith and some other students, Callista is trained by Master Altis on a Jedi training platform hidden in the clouds of Bespin. "SW: Darksaber" and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 37]
Soontir Fel is born in an agro - combine on the planet Corellia. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel."
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"Jedi Quest - Path to Truth."
Out in the depths of space, a cargo vessel is subjugated by pirates. The pirate leader, a blue creature with glowing red eyes and huge fangs known as Krayn, takes the cargo (Rutian septuplets, intended for a Hutt) and then takes the crew to sell as slaves
Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker land on an icy mountain slope on the planet Ilum. Once they've landed, Obi-Wan reveals that here, Anakin will gather the crystals needed to build his own lightsaber. It took quite a bit of convincing, but the Jedi Council has finally agreed to give Anakin the full rights of a Jedi. The two Jedi begin a long and hazardous climb toward the Crystal Cave, only to come upon some hungry gorgodons. The two Jedi work together and battle the gorgodons, killing one and sending the rest scurrying away. Now comes the hard part - Obi-Wan hands Anakin some lightsaber parts and tells him he must enter the Crystal Cave alone. But he just can't resist taking a peek at the cave itself, and he follows his student in. There, he faces a terrible vision - Qui-Gon dying. Obi-Wan screams in anguish as he's forced to relive his master's death again, and again, and again. But suddenly the image of Qui-Gon reaches out to Obi-Wan, desperately trying to give a silent message to his apprentice. But he disappears before Obi-Wan can understand it.
Farther down the cave, Anakin also sees a vision - that of his mother, Shmi, being brutalised by a mysterious creature hidden in shadow. The young teen is overwhelmed with fear which he twists into anger. A voice taunts him, telling him he can never save his mother. The vision fades as Obi-Wan walks up to Anakin, urging him to pick his crystals. He does, and is then told to meditate, and go into a trance state. "Then your feelings will guide your intent." Anakin does and Obi-Wan suddenly changes into Darth Maul, who laughs at him and throws a red-bladed lightsaber at Anakin for him to use. Enraged, Anakin duels the spectral image, which encourages him using his anger as a weapon. The young man vows he will learn to let his anger go, that he doesn't want its power. Maul asks how he ever hopes to save his mother without power? Anakin lashes out at him with renewed fury, only to be thrown against the cave wall. He defies Maul's attempts to lure him to the dark side, but the image vows "I will return. I dwell inside you." Maul fades away and a completed, blue-bladed lightsaber appears in Anakin's lap.
The two Jedi are summoned back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where they are brought before the Jedi Council - and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine himself. Mace Windu tells them they have been assigned to escort a Colicoid diplomatic ship, which will be travelling through an area of space known to be raided by the pirate Krayn. Anakin jerks, a buried memory of his past emerging and shaking him to the core. Obi-Wan senses all of this, and he urges the Councilnot to send him and Anakin on this mission. Mace is incensed - after all that fighting to get Anakin his lightsaber, Obi-Wan's now having second thoughts about his student?!? Palpatine adds that he understands Anakin to be a special case, that he perhaps needs more protection than other Jedi students. Stung by this, Obi-Wan says he and Anakin will go after all. The two Jedi board the Colicoid ship, where they find the crew barely tolerating their presence and Obi-Wan finds Anakin hurt and thinking his master has no faith in him. Hoping Anakin will come to understand, he briefs him on Krayn and his two associates, the Wookiee Rashtah and the human female Zora. (He doesn't tell Anakin that Zora is none other than Siri, a former Jedi and friend of his who left after Adi Gallia abandoned her.) He notes with alarm that Anakin wants Krayn to attack the ship - that he wants to face the slave trader. He asks if Anakin knew of Krayn, and the boy lies and tells him he doesn't. Anakin restlessly explores the ship, yearning,needing to face Krayn while at the same time feeling guilty for lying to Obi-Wan. Finally, he gets his wish as the ship is yanked out of hyperspace and attacked by Krayn.
The ambushed ship is no match for Krayn's pirate vessel, and Obi-Wan asks for a small ship. He plans to infiltrate Krayn's ship and disable its weapons. Anakin chooses a G-class shuttle, and the Jedi sneak into the pirate ship's exhaust system via Anakin's inhuman piloting skills. They rush into the ship's engineering section, fighting tech droids along the way, and Obi-Wan slices the weapons console to bits. They start back to the shuttle and Anakin stops. He can't leave. He has to face Krayn. "That is not our mission, Anakin," Obi-Wan firmly states. "It'smine." Anakin turns and rushes deeper into the ship. A stunned Obi-Wan chases his rebelling student across the ship, but finds instead a group of battered slaves. He is forced to tell the slaves he is not here to free them or even help them. He finds Anakin at last, but Anakin is angrier than ever at Obi-Wan - he heard him turn his back on the other slaves. The Jedi Master explains that there is no way to help them at this point, and asks him to understand that this is the best way. "You're the one who doesn't understand!" Anakin shouts. Obi-Wan almost has to drag the resentful Anakin back to the shuttle. However before the boy can climb in with him, they are separated by the attack of a female pirate - Siri. She locks Obi-Wan in the shuttle and sends it hurtling out into space, and the Jedi can only watch helplessly as Krayn's ship leaps into hyperspace, taking Anakin with it.
Siri takes Anakin's lightsaber and turns him over to Krayn, passing him off as another slave. He spots a trophy on Krayn's belt - a bell Amee's mother once wore. So Krayn had indeed killed her. The pirate boasts that his ship is en route to Nar Shaddaa, where Anakin will - once again - be sold into slavery. Anakin's worst fears come to life. Meanwhile, the Colicoid ship limps back to Coruscant. Worried about Anakin, and disgusted over letting him get captured, Obi-Wan thinks about the situation and notes something strange in the Colicoid's manner beyond the hostility toward Jedi. Having already briefed the Council via HoloNet, Obi-Wan rushes to Didi and Astri's café. He asks his two friends about checking on possible ties between Krayn and the Colicoids. Didi tells Obi-Wan to go to the Splendor, a café in the lower levels of Coruscant, and ask for Gogol. After a sizeable bribe, Obi-Wan learns that the Colicoids are taking over the spice trade, and are dealing with Krayn for the use of his processing factory on Nar Shaddaa. He remembers that Siri's last mission as a Jedi had involved an unsuccessful attempt to shut down the spice market. Could he have been wrong about Siri ? He returns to the Council and asks for a fast ship and permission to infiltrate Krayn's factories, and also demands to know what undercover mission Siri is conducting. Busted, the Council admits she has been gathering information on the spice trade. After talking among themselves, the Council agrees to let Obi-Wan go to Nar Shaddaa, but urges him not to blow Siri's cover. Obi-Wan agrees, and returns to the café to ask Didi to help get him a cover identity.
Anakin has been a slave toiling in Krayn's processing factories for five days, and for him it feels like a lifetime. He spots another person with Siri and Krayn - the captain of the Colicoid ship, Anf Dec. He befriends a fellow slave, a Twi'lek woman named Mazie, as well as her daughter Berri.
One week later. Disguised as a slave trader named Bakleeda, Obi-Wan meets with Krayn and the Colicoids. He finds them bitterly arguing, as Krayn is sabotaging the Colicoids' efforts to control the spice trade, and he won't work with them until they do. They demand to inspect the factories, with "Bakleeda" as an independent observer - they hear the death rate in slaves has been alarmingly high. Obi-Wan is revolted by their words, and realises what
Obi-Wan is revolted by their words, and realises what Anakin was trying to tell him - he couldn't understand Anakin's feeling about slavery, but now he does. The group travels to Nar Shaddaa and the spice factories, but Obi-Wan is suddenly jumped by Rashtah in a turbolift. Obi-Wan is forced to kill the Wookiee in self-defense, then rushes to find Anakin. Elsewhere, Siri tries to speak with Anakin. But the exhausted and bitter boy verbally lashes her with contempt for betraying the Jedi. Krayn overhears this, and has them both dragged into a cell to await execution. Only then does she get to tell him about her mission - a mission he's now ruined. Now that he understands everything, Anakin comes up with a plan - convince the Colicoids (via their sense of greed) to get rid of Krayn and take over the Nar Shaddaa operation. Then Nar Shaddaa will come under Republic law (since Colicoids are Republic members), and slavery will be outlawed on the planet. To convince them that Krayn is untrustworthy (which will not be too hard), Anakin will ignite a slave rebellion in the factory.
Feeling a growing disturbance in the Force, Obi-Wan searches for Krayn. Anakin slips a message to Mazie (via Berri) to get his and Siri's lightsabers back. Once they cut their way out, Siri mind-tricks the leader of Nar Shaddaa (Aga Culpa) into ordering his guards to look the other way while Anakin incites a revolt. She then tells the Colicoids (with a disguised Obi-Wan present) that Krayn is losing control over his operations and they need to take over. Anakin sets off the revolt as planned, and the Colicoids agree to Siri's plan. Back down in the factory, Anakin leaves the growing revolt and hunts for Krayn. He finds the pirate about to leave in his transport and attacks - not out of revenge, he tells himself, but out of justice. "You will die at my hands, Krayn. You will die at the hands of a boy." Obi-Wan and Siri show up at the platform, and sees Anakin about to strike the deathblow at the exhausted Krayn. With a dark and terrifying look in his eyes, before the other Jedi can reach him, Anakin buries his lightsaber blade in Krayn's chest
A few days later, a Senate delegation arrives on Nar Shaddaa to return the Jedi to Coruscant. Nar Shaddaa is now freed, as well as all the slaves on it. However, Obi-Wan is filled with doubts; Anakin insists that Krayn had a blaster in his hand, that it was Krayn or him. And in truth, Krayn had a blaster and vibroaxe both. But as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine congratulates Anakin, Obi-Wan can't shake the feeling that something has somehow gone horriblywrong (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Inc. - Jude Watson - August 2001)
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Ryder Windham - September-December 2001)
"DH Extra: The Poison Moon." Summary by TOD-UK.Moved thanks to the advice of TalonCard.
(COMIC - Dark Horse Comics - Michael Carrigltto- 2002)
"Jedi Apprentice Special Edition #2: The Followers (continued)." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Inc. - Jude Watson - March 2002)
"SW Gamer: Reckonings." (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Cory J. Herndon - October 2001)
Jan Dodonna, an experienced fighter and brilliant tactician, becomes one of the first captains of a Republic Star Destroyer. "SW: The Essential Chronology"[Page 48]
A Jedi student, Jedgar, is haunted by nightmares of coming holocaust for the Jedi and the destruction of the Republic itself. He frightens the other students, and no Jedi Master agrees to train him. Assigned to the Agri-Corps at age thirteen, Jedgar flees the Temple and falls into the Dark Side. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 96]
Palpatine is elected to his second term as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 126]
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Cliegg Lars buys the slave Shmi Skywalker from the Toydarian junk-dealer Watto. Not long after, Cliegg and Shmi fall in love, and they are married. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones." Conjecture based upon "Holonet News."
"Jango Fett." (GRAPHIC NOVEL - Dark Horse Comics - Ron Marz - March 2002)
"Zam Wesell." (GRAPHIC NOVEL - Dark Horse Comics - Ron Marz - March 2002)
The Outbound Flight Project, a space voyage outside the galaxy, is launched. One of the six Jedi Masters aboard is Jorus C'Baoth. Fifteen Republic vessels with hand-picked units are sent under the secret orders of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to destroy the Outbound Flight - and then are themselves destroyed by twelve Chiss vessels led by then - Commander Thrawn. Thrawn leaves only one ship intact, and interrogates Palpatine's main adviser, Kinman Doriana. Doriana explains the situation to Thrawn. Two weeks later, Thrawn destroys the Outbound Flight. Palpatine apparently has genetic material of C'Baoth that is later cloned. Thrawn's actions do not sit well with the Chiss ruling families, and he is eventually exiled on an uninhabited planet on the edge of Imperial space. Conjecture based on various sources
"Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books Inc. - Jude Watson - April 2002)
"SW Gamer: Snow Job." * Date locked by HoloNetNews #49. (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Daniel Kaufman - February 2001)
"Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Inc. - Jude Watson - April 2002)
"Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - July 2002)
"Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Jude Watson - October 2002)
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Yeorg Captison becomes a Bakuran Senator. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
Barely out of school, Ackbar becomes a member of the Calamarian Council, representing Coral City. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 16]
For nearly three thousand years, the Oracle at Pelgrin had been used by the Jedi to predict - and thus prevent or mitigate - disasters of galactic proportions. But a well-armed pirate band attacks and destroys the Temple in this time, killing several of the Jedi in it. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine decries this massacre, declaring it an example of why the galaxy needs order restored to it. Dissidents would later learn, however, that Palpatine actually funded the pirates "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook."[Page 148]
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As the result of an orbital battle, the planet Honoghr is devastated by chemical poisoning. "SW: Dark Force Rising."
The Sonic Blaster, a form of sonic weapon, is developed by the Geonosians. They developed a handheld version of the sonic blaster as well as a larger, turret-mounted version. The sonic energy was ejected from the blaster within a plasma containment sphere, which glowed a strange gold color that seemed to ripple and writhe as it moved through the air. When it struck its target, the containment sphere exploded, unleashing an omnidirection blast of sonic energy. Conjecture based upon 'Star Wars Databank'.
Adler Roty, an alien, was a noted Sorcerer of Tund during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. Adler Roty was also a showman, and traveled across the galaxy to entertain beings of all species with his unusual magic. He made sure to reinforce the idea that his form of magic was not The Force, but actual magic. He often used the adjectives "Facinorous, Moliminous, Nefandous, and Numamorous" to describe his show. "Holonet News."
Barada Rakul, a Klatooinan, was the Captain of the Moulee-Rah Patogga, working for the Hutt Besadii kajidic during the years leading up the Battle of Geonosis. Captain Rakul, his ship, and his crew were captured on Karnst by a joint law enforcement team, after their ship was discovered to have been transporting more than 100 metric tons of ryll spice. Captain Rakul, when questioned, seemed to have no idea what kind of cargo he was carrying. "Holonet News."
AndroosinLiann, a Troig was the host of the popluar Eriadu-based talkshowEssence, during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. "Holonet News."
Asador Leen worked at the Xizor Transport Services refueling depot on Karnst during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. He was the Crew Chief on duty when the Moulee-Rah Patogga made an emergency landing at the facility, only to be captured by law enforcement officials and Jedi Knights for carrying a hold full of ryll spice. "Holonet News."
A group of Yuuzhan Vong warriors infiltrate the galaxy, landing on the obscure planet Bimmiel. From there, the warriors begin surveying the surrounding sectors for the coming invasion. The warriors, after gathering sufficient information, left Bimmiel to return to their own galaxy, leaving behind a lone warrior, Mongei Shai, to report to them further as they journeyed home. As the distance between the Vong craft and Bimmiel increased, the signal from Mongei Shai became progressively weaker, until it was lost altogether. Shai, who was broadcasting from inside a cave on Bimmiel, was later killed by slashrats, which are native to the planet. His body was buried inside the cave by sandstorms that ravaged the planet over the next fifty years, until his remains were discovered along with his weapons and tools by a group of xenoarcheology students from the University of Agamar. "The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide - Onslaught." With thanks to Michael Zeiger
The planet Omwat is discovered by aVictory-class Star Destroyer commanded by Willhuff Tarkin. After some initial culture shock, the Omwati welcome the Republic visitors. Tarkin is impressed with the astounding civilisation the Omwati have established without any help from the outside galaxy, as well as their ability to balance progress with the environment. He leaves behind some technological, cultural, and historical data for the Omwati to study and leaves promising to return one day with other ships. (Tarkin doesn't bother to inform them that an ancient branch of the Omwati resides on Coruscant.) Tarkin decides to keep Omwat a secret from the Republic, as he plans to one day exploit them as a think tank. "SW RPG II: Alien Anthology."[Page 90]
The planet Isis, a world outside the fringe of the Republic, is found and explored by Alderaanian scouts. Several native life forms are found and contacted, including a nomadic crystalline people called the Gutretees. Bail Organa, at this time the First Chairman, decides to keep information about this world secret, known only to his political allies - sensing this world could become an important ace in the hole in this time of growing turmoil. "SW RPG: The Isis Coordinates."
Kadaan, a dwarf-sized Jedi Knight, strives to understand the meaning of the ancient Jedi prophecies - the "balance of the Force." He decides that light and dark are needed in equal measure in order to truly understand the Force. And so he leaves the Jedi Order and starts to travel the galaxy, experimenting with the Dark Side. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 95]
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"Starfighter - Crossbones." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Haden Blackman - January-March 2001)
After eight years out of sight, Count Dooku resurfaces - with a vengeance. Appearing at Raxus Prime, he blasts the Republic and the Jedi Order both in a fiery speech, accusing them of being hopelessly corrupt, out of touch with the people they're supposed to protect, and unworthy to govern. He begins travelling throughout the Outer Rim, urging worlds to openly rebel against the Republic. He finds a very willing audience in the disgruntled Rim worlds, and soon an ominous popular movement begins to take shape. "Holonet News[531/54]."
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's two term limit ends, however a series of crises has allowed him to stay in office beyond the Senate's legal term limit. Due to growing tensions in galactic politics, close aides say that Palpatine sometimes works for days without sleeping, and added to his hectic schedule, Palpatine has revived the old tradition of appearing before the masses to accept their applause and vocal support. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary".
Anakin Skywalker begins study of lightsaber Form IV combat, known for its power. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary".
At the end of her second four-year term as Queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala finally steps down from the throne. Her elected successor is Queen Jamillia. Padmé runs for, and is elected, Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Conjecture from "SW RPG II: Secrets of Naboo Sourcebook"[Page 21] and information about Episode II.
As he grows closer to the Dark Side, Kadaan discovers a unique ability tied into it - the ability to foresee possible future events. He grows conflicted, wondering if perhaps he's growing too close to the Dark Side to serve his idea of balance. He also gains an apprentice and bodyguard in Jedgar, another Jedi dropout with seer-like abilities. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 95-96]
"SW Racer: Revenge." (PS2 VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - February 2002)
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"Republic: Honor and Duty." (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Ostrander - October 2002 -January 2003)
The Articles of Secession, a formal documentation package, is developed shortly before the Clone Wars for use by those planets which chose to secede from the Old Republic in order to join the Confederacy of Independent States. "Holonet News."
The Military Creation Act is devised and proposed and is meant to allow the Republic to form a "grand army of the Republic" to put a stop to the growing secession movement. Never fully embraced by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, it was strongly opposed by the Senator from Palpatine's homeworld of Naboo, Padmé Amidala, who formed the Campaign Against Republic Militarization in an effort to find a peaceful resolution to the secession problem. "SW Episode II: Attack of the Clones" and "Holonet News."
"SW Tales: A Jedi's Weapon." (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Henry Gilroy - May 2002)
An earthquake ruins the capitol city of Domitree on the planet Ord Thoden. Jedi rescue workers discover a Force-sensitive baby in the ruins and adopt her as a student, naming her Aris-Del Wari. Her parents are missing and presumed dead; In fact, her mother is lying wounded in a nearby town. "Holonet News[531/46]."
Tremayne begins his Jedi training under Master Kylanu. Conjecture based upon "SW Galaxy Magazine: Dark Vendetta."
One month after her child was taken by the Jedi, Jonava Billane recovers from the injuries incurred in the Ord Thoden quake and goes looking for her daughter (who she named Ludi). Her investigation leads her to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, but the Jedi refuse to return the child to her - "Aris-Del's" mind has been opened to the Force and she is considered a Jedi student now. Releasing her back into civilian life would be far too dangerous. A furious Billane files suit in the Republic courts for her daughter's return. "Holonet News[531/46]."
The Stone Mites, believed to have been bio-engineered by Arkania scientists, first appeared in the Expansion Region shortly before the Clone Wars. They were designed to consume virtually any material, and quickly became the ultimate scavenger on the worlds where they were released. Stone mites were originally thought to have been created to attack and destroy buildings and other non-organic systems, but these creatures could also subsist on the blood and flesh of living creatures. Individual stone mites were hermaphroditic, and were literally born with a clutch of eggs impregnated in their abdomens. This allowed them to breed prolifically, and even orbital bombardment of planets which had been infested by stone mites were often insufficient to kill off an entire population. The Arkanians, despite disavowing and knowledge of the stone mite's development, were instrumental in helping the New Republic devise ways to eradicate a colony on an infested world. Information from 'Wizards of the Coast Website'.
Darth Sidious visits the fallen Jedi Kadaan, having heard of his unique ability of prophesying through the power of the Dark Side. Following many discussions and debates, Sidious convinces Kadaan to serve him. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 95]
The Directors of the four organisations which gather and analyse intelligence for the Senate and other agencies of the Republic (Republican Security Organisation, Senate Bureau of Intelligence, Interstellar Consortium on Technology, and Special Acquisitions Branch of the Library of the Republic) meet in unprecedented negotiations in order to maintain an effective intelligence organisation for the government. However, which government? The Directors felt the Republic to be unsalvageable. In their opinion, the rot had gone too far, a strong central government was needed - exactly the sort of government which Palpatine and his New Order promised. They agreed to merge their organisations. The Ubiqtorate was born. "SW RPG Imperial Sourcebook."
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During this era, there are more than 9,000 fully trained Jedi, whom are scattered throughout the galaxy, with a further 200 available at the Jedi Temple for emergency missions. "Episode II: Visual Dictionary".
Senator Lanus Wrede of Sermenia supposedly commits suicide after a failed three-month investigation into Baktoid Armor Workshop and its' apparent continued prosperity in the face of Republic sanctions. Wrede had late last year suggested Baktoid was purchasing huge sums of raw materials for use in secret Outer Rim plants. The investigation went nowhere, and Wrede's political clout was destroyed in the process. Baktoid reported that the materials were being used in "investment in future diversification." "Holonet News[531/46]."
On behalf of Jovana Billane, Senator Boganni Hrul of Ord Thoden delivers a petition for the return of baby Ludi to the Jedi Council. "Holonet News[531/46]."
February 25, 22 BSW4
HoloNet News is attacked by slicers, and its' issues prior to 531/46 are erased. HNN employs MerenData socket guards and a Mandalmatrix security administrator to prevent further attacks. "Holonet News[531/46]."
February 28, 22 BSW4
The planets Ando and Sy Myrth secede from the Galactic Republic. Senators Po Nuda and Toonbuck Toora issue their resignations from the Senate by proxy. Andoan Aqualish begin to depart from Coruscant in droves in the wake of the secessions. "Holonet News[531/45]."
At a peace rally on Commenor, Senator Padmé Amidala blasts warmongering factions in the Senate trying to push through the Military Creation Act. She declares "warfare is the product of cowardice." Her words are critized by the Stark Veteran Assembly as "disgraceful, stupid and typical." "Holonet News[531/45]."
Industrial Automaton cancels its' R5 series of astromech droids after poor sales. Remaining R5 shells are incorporated into the R2-AG and R4 models of droids. "Holonet News[531/45]."
A Jedi diplomatic envoy consisting of Masters Ludwin Katarkus and Everen Ettene, plus their Padawans Danyawarra and Halagad Ventor, are presumed dead after disappearing three weeks ago on their way to try to broker a peace agreement in the Virgillian Civil War. "Holonet News[531/45]."
A Wookiee passenger shuttle is attacked over one of the moons of Trandosha, resulting in the deaths of 215 Wookiee passengers. Senator Yarua of Kashyyyk has trade to Trandosha blockaded until the bodies can be returned. The Trandoshans refuse, blaming the attack on rogue dissidents, and they declare Yarua has overstepped his authority. Over the next four weeks, 200 more Wookiees and 150 Trandoshans will die in terrorist acts between the two worlds. "Holonet News[531/48]."
Thanks to the efforts of the Ratts Tyrell Foundation, Podracing is banned on the planet Caporil. The late Ratts' son Pabs praises the decision. "Holonet News[531/45]."
A bounty of one million credits is posted for Count Dooku of Serreno on a Nar Shaddaa datanet. The source of the bounty is unknown. "Holonet News[531/46]."
March 7, 22 BSW4
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine announces that the long-debated vote on the Military Creation Act will be held on May 16th in the Senate. "Holonet News[531/46]."
In protest of that announcement, the Public Safety Commission on Chandrila (575 strong) holds a mass two-day walkout, leaving programmed droids in their place. "Holonet News[531/46]."
Thanks to punitive Republic regulations, Baktoid Armor Workshop is forced to close five of its' Inner Rim and Colony factories, laying off 12.5 million employees. "Holonet News[531/46]."
Incom and Subpro end their 125-year partnership following the lacklustre sales of the Z-95AF4 Headhunter, the last of that line of starfighters. Incom buys the Headhunter property rights from Subpro in the split. "Holonet News[531/46]."
Beolars Bribbs is elected President of Sullust as well as CEO of SoroSuub Corporation. His ascension to power means that the entire ruling council of Sullust is now comprised entirely of Sorosuub executives. Shu Mai, president of the Commerce Guild, attends the inauguration. "Holonet News[531/46]."
The planet of Kabal, stricken with two months of hunger after the Republic forced away Trade Federation shipping, explodes into riots in the capitol city of Shoribus. "Holonet News[531/46]."
The Church of Infinite Perception retakes power on Pergitor in a bloody coup that leaves thousands dead. "Holonet News[531/46]."
TheElegant Wake, a Sy Myrthian luxury liner, is attacked and destroyed by Merson pirates in the Merson asteroid cluster. 426 passengers are missing and feared dead - or worse. The attack is attributed to crew incompetence in practicing "silent running" in the asteroid belt. "Holonet News[531/46]."
The Jedi Council rejects the petition for the return of baby Ludi to her mother. With the aid of The People's Inquest (a Jedi-watch grassroots organization), Jovana Billane begins to drum up public support for the return of her infant daughter. "Holonet News[531/46]."
March 14, 22 BSW4
Senator Garm Bel Iblis leaves a shocked Senate and Coruscant after announcing that Corellia refuses to participate in the Military Creation Act and will close off its' borders. This comes after a week of closed-door meetings between Bel Iblis and Diktat Shyla Merricope. He stresses that this is not an official secession, but that "Corellia will not participate in what it deems a profound error that threatens its' sovereignty." "Holonet News[531/47]."
The Senate approves a 15% tax on starliner ticket prices, an act loudly opposed as hostile to the waves of refugees now moving to and from the Republic and the seceded worlds. "Holonet News[531/47]."
TheAethersprite-class Light Interceptor, a wedge-shaped fighter craft, is developed and manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards for the Jedi Order. Measuring eight meters in length, theAethersprite was created from the original designs of Adi Gallia and Walex Blissex. The ship requires an astromech droid to assist the pilot, but its limited size demands that the astromech be stripped down in order to be hard-wired into the ship's systems. The originalAethersprite design lacks a hyperdrive, requiring it to be transported through hyperspace with the help of a booster craft. TheDelta-7, a modifiedAethersprite-class light interceptor, is publically unveiled on Kuat by Adi, Aayla Secura, and Kuati Senator Risi Lenoan. Following a successful series of test flights conducted by Adi,Delta-7's are shipped to the Jedi Temple and the Jedi learning center on Kamparas. Databank from Starwars.com and "Holonet News[531/47]."
"Full of Surprises." By TalonCard, based on a transcript provided by Valiento. (COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Jason Hall - May 2002)
March 21, 22 BSW4
Chancellor Palpatine commandeers all government Holonet channels and 90 percent of private feeds to issue a 12-minute call to Count Dooku to discuss a peaceful solution to the mounting secessionist crisis. He proposes Bothawui as a neutral world for a conference, and reminds the count that all lines of communication to his office are open. "Holonet News[531/48]."
After five decades in politics, Horax Ryyder of Gravlex Med retires from the Galactic Senate. Zo Howler, former President of Gravlex Med, is appointed as his successor. Senator Bail Organa (and his predecessor, Bail Antilles) presents Ryyder with the Alderaanian Royal Chalcedony Shield at the quiet retirement gathering at his family compound. "Holonet News[531/48]."
Zorba the Hutt is arrested and sentenced to 45 years imprisonment on the planet Kip for illegally mining ulikuo gemstones, an operation which nearly bankrupted clan Desilijic. Zorba is locked up at the Girigard Subsurface Correctional Facility. Kip is a damp, mud-ball of a world, riddled with caves and dungeons. It is inhabited by small, pygmy aliens, and was overtaken by a group of pirates. These pirates would later free Zorba. "The SW Encyclopedia."[Page 353]Date moved by"Holonet News[531/48]."
Zu and Zan Pike (later Pikkel), a future team of sister bounty hunters, are born on the planet Epicanthix to teras kasi fighter Dux Pike and his wife. Dux is killed a couple of months later in a teras kasi tournament on Bunduki. "Shadows of the Empire."and "Holonet News[531/55]."
In the wake of the Jedi starfighter's unveiling, the People's Inquest demand a full budgetary disclosure of Republic funding of the Jedi. Their demand is refused. "Holonet News[531/48]."
The peace talks between Kashyyyk and Trandosha begin, with Master Oppo Rancisis as mediator. Trandosha Speaker-For-All Hadocrassk demands Senate representation. Senator Yarua replies that such a move will spark Kashyyyk seceding and joining Dooku. "Holonet News[531/48]."
The Corporate Alliance attacks a data slicer training asteroid in the Fakir sector, killing 25 slicers with their tank droids. Some Republic Senators express unease with the tank droids, but have little legal recourse. "Holonet News[531/48]."
March 28, 22 BSW4
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine announces the formation of "The Loyalist Committee," a group that will aid him in ongoing negotiations with the separatists. The ten senators in the committee are Bail Organa, Padmé Amidala, Orn Free Taa, Aks Moe, Darsana from Glee Anselm, Zo Howler from Gravlex Med, Ister Paddie from the Sermermia Expansion, Ronet Coor from Iseno, Lexi Dio from Uyter, and Havriso Looruya from Yir Tangee. "Holonet News[531/49]."
Alderaan opens its borders to refugees from Separatist worlds, breaking ground on 100 hectares of plains for use as homes. Former Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum personally digs the first shovelful. "Holonet News[531/49]."
Senator Lott Dod of the Trade Federation is badly injured in a skyway traffic accident on Coruscant. A malfunctioning pubtrans flitter went the wrong way on a skylane, and commuters swerving to avoid it hit an unmanned water silo. "Holonet News[531/49]."
The Sluis, Elrood, Danjar and Tantra sectors all secede from the Republic and join the separatist movement. The neighboring Seswenna sector, under the control of Senator Shayla Paige-Tarkin, swears its' loyalty to the Republic and Palpatine. "Holonet News[531/49]."
Baroness Sanya Tagge of the House of Tagge also affirms her loyalty to the Republic, speaking from the Tagge homeworld of Tepasi. The House's Biscuit Baron chain of restaurants begins a publicity campaign, "Heroes of the Republic," that includes commemorative holocubes in all biscuit bundles and breakfast batches. "Holonet News[531/49]."
"SW Tales: Puzzle Piece." (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Scott Beatty - September 2002)
The colonies of Ando swear their allegiance to the Republic, despite the secession of their mother world. "Holonet News[531/49]."
A Jedi taskforce led by Kit Fisto and Belsed Qan-Idan destroy the Iridium space pirates, raiders who were using "power gems" to disrupt Republic convoys' shields over the last year, in the Atrivis sector. One, Raskar, goes into hiding with the last power gem. Three Jedi are killed in the battle. "Classic Star Wars: The Power Gem." Date locked by "Holonet News[531/49]."
Despite a month of negotiations by Jedi Knights Empatojayos Brand, Bultar Swan and Chellemi Chuovvick (the third such Jedi mission to the sector in five years), the Sepan civil war reignites and escalates. "Holonet News[531/49]."
April 4, 22 BSW4
Senator Aks Moe is killed on Aargau when his speeder mysteriously explodes during a state visit. The separatists are suspected in his murder. The Jedi watchman of Aargau, Belsed Qan-Idan, had been reassigned to quell a pirate uprising on Atrivis and was unable to protect the Senator. Representative Ask Aak replaces Moe in both the Senate and the Loyalist Committee. "Holonet News[531/50]."
Director Armand Isard of the Senate Bureau of Intelligence is authorized by the Loyalist Committee to reform the Republic's entire intelligence network. Isard responds by forming a "Crisis Branch" (the first time such a measure has been enacted in over 60 years) that sends 32 remote intelligence subdirectors to the Mid-Rim. "Holonet News[531/50]."
The Lehara sector, a little-known area consisting of 250 agricultural worlds, secedes from the Republic. "Holonet News[531/50]."
Senators Tikkes of Mon Calamari, Bufus Ritomas of Till Chorios, Danry Ledwellow of Er'kit, and Wuja Wojayne of Pydyr are implicated in profiting from a powerful slaving ring. They are accused by a captured Thalassian slaver on Gyndine, who gave up their names to save himself. All four are suspended from the Senate pending criminal trial. "Holonet News[531/50]."
In a mock-vote held on Chandrila by a Legislative Youth Program, the Military Creation Act is approved 52-48. "Holonet News[531/50]."
On the planet Vulpter, Arakyd Industries (with the use of 60 assault droids) attacks and takes over (literally) Viper Sensor Intelligence Systems Inc. after a year-and-a-half dispute over the pedigree of Viper's XPLR-R hyperspace mapping / habitation locating unit. Arakyd claimed the unit was a ripoff of their own probe droid units. "Holonet News[531/50]."
The peace talks between Kashyyyk and Trandosha break down completely as word comes that Trandosha's bid for Senate representation is being aided by the Trade Federation. "Holonet News[531/50]."
The Republic courierQuickwit is attacked near Ando by a mystery vessel that deployed droid starfighters. Ando was considered demilitarized by the Republic, and the Trade Federation falls under suspicion of arming the Aqualish. "Holonet News[531/50]."
Jovana Billane appears on the Holonet news showEssence(filmed at Eriadu), tearfully begging the Jedi to return her daughter Ludi. 25 billion people tune in to the broadcast. At the same, a Holonet movie of Baby Ludi's story is in pre-production. At the same time, the increasingly unpopular Jedi Council blocks a company's attempt to produce "tradechips" of Jedi heroes for children to collect. "We are servants, not celebrities," the Jedi declare, and they refuse to release information that could be used against them by their enemies. "Holonet News[531/50]."
April 11, 22 BSW4
Citing overcrowding by refugees, the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress begins to severly restrict all incoming travel to the capitol world. Health officials begin to fear an airborne viral outbreak, and all incoming Neimoidians are segregated for vaccination against Brainworm Rot Type A. "Holonet News[531/51]."
The bomb that killed Senator Aks Moe is identified as being at least partly of Baktoid design, as well as boasting an unheard-of DNA trigger. The seceded world denies having anything to do with the Senator's murder. Meanwhile on Malastare, Moe's funeral is disrupted by Dug activists demanding freedom from their Gran overlords and Senate representation. "Holonet News[531/51]."
Senators Char Bibbeck of Colunda Prime and Jonas Wallen of Darlon are revealed by their disgusted aides as betting on which worlds will secede from the Republic. The betting pool has risen to eight million credits. "Holonet News[531/51]."
Under house arrest on Coruscant, Senator Tikkes jumps bail and flees the planet. A Republic-wide manhunt begins for the Quarren senator from Mon Calamari. "Holonet News[531/51]."
Republic Sienar Systems announces their adoption of a new engine technology, Raith Sienar's Twin Ion Engine (or SIE-TIE), into their spacecraft line. Santhe / Sienar Technologies stock jumps 27.58 credits, a 14% gain. "Holonet News[531/51]."
Kabal's month-long riots are quieted by the arrival of a food shipment from the separatist movement. It is also revealed that the Jedi envoy sent to Kabal to restore peace are all dead, as is Kabal's leader Jan Dovu. "Holonet News[531/51]."
20 university students deface the lobby of the Jedi Temple. Plo Koon stops them with a mind-trick and they are all arrested, but not before they graffiti-bomb the lobby with People's Inquest logos, accusations of "tyranny and oppression," and a call to free Baby Ludi. "Holonet News[531/51]."
April 18, 22 BSW4
The planets of the Abrion sector secede from the Republic and join the separatists. This is an especially alarming development, since the over 200 agricultural worlds in that sector put the separatists much closer to self-sufficiency. "Holonet News[531/52]."
The government of Carida calls for the passing of the Military Creation Act. They offer their reknowned military academy for Republic use should an army be created. "Holonet News[531/52]."
Senior Senate Bureau of Intelligence official Vyn Narcassan finds disturbing evidence of a communications channel from Coruscant that bypasses all detection. Few believe him. "Holonet News[531/52]."
Senator Simon Greyshade of Vorxyd introduces a Senate bill calling for Republic tax income to be gleaned from government-subsized casinos in his sector. "Holonet News[531/52]."
The worlds of Naboo, Cerea and Monastery open their borders to separtist refugees in the wake of Coruscant's recent actions. Kalarba, Sneeve, Bimmisaari, Durkteel, Garos IV, Ord Varee, and Ord Tessebok also participate in taking in refugees. "Holonet News[531/52]."
The Battle of Antar 4 takes place, and marks the first struggle of a world to secede from the Old Republic. The battle was initiated by the Gotal guerilla group known as Roshu Sune, and was meant to force the planetary government of Antar 4 to secede from the Republic. The Jedi Knights were called in to help settle the dispute, but were soundly denounced in the news and media for their inability to prevent the battle. The outcome of the battle was considered bloody by even the most minimal of standards, and left the Gotal populace of Antar 4 badly injured. "Holonet News[531/52]."
As the Baby Ludi scandal grows, the Jedi send the infant to the Jedi training academy on Kamparas. "Holonet News[531/52]."
Kalzutan Opreka, a native of the planet Naboo, served as the Chairman of the Naboo Moon Mining Union shortly before the Clone Wars. It was Opreka who called for the "sit-in"protest of the decision by Queen Jamillia to close off certain Naboo starports to mining traffic, in favor of allowing refugee ships to land there instead. Union ships were left in their berths, preventing refugee ships from landing, in protest of the loss of kassoti spice caused when it couldn't be processed in time. "Holonet News."
Exargan Mining Authority was the primary body which oversaw the wide variety mining operations that occurred both on Exarga, and in the asteroid belts found in its neighboring space. Shortly before the Clone Wars, Exargan was fined by the Mining Guild for doctoring their accounting records, when a shortfall of more than 200 million tons of doonium was discovered. "Holonet News."
Kevzod Stenir serves the Old Republic as a Fourth Assistant Attorney General in the Judiciary branch during the years leading up the Clone Wars. He was placed in charge of investigating the claims of former Republic corporations which were based on worlds which seceded from the Republic to join Count Dooku and the Separatists. Many of these corporations found themselves overrun by the Trade Federation or the Commerce Guild, but could not count on Republic intervention because the planet they were based on was no longer part of the Republic. "Holonet News."
Havridam City was one of the largest cities found on the planet New Bakstre. Shortly before the Clone Wars, the Mechanical Liberation Front destroyed a large portion of the city, in an effort to "free" a shipment of XM-15 Vindicator missiles. The clumsy activists set off the missile's explosives, killing fourteen members of their party and destroying almost 2,000 square kilometers of the city. "Holonet News."
The planetoid PDC3141-02 was found to microbial forms of life, shortly before the Clone Wars. The University of Sanbra, after discovering the mirobes, petitioned the Old Republic to ban all dumping on the planet. This injunction forced the Trade Federation scow Spotty Conveyor to abandon its mission until a resolution to the issue could be found. "Holonet News."
April 25, 22 BSW4
Givin maintenance worker Gavrilonnis Tejere is caught in the act of sabotaging the Yag'dhul Ambassador's landing platform thanks to the brave efforts of co-worker Jujiran Halbeet and Jedi Masters Yoda and Mace Windu. Tejere is arrested, and the platform is shut down for inspection. Yoda declares Tejere was a "lone agitator" with no ties to the Separatists. Jedi Knight Qu Rahn leads a special joint Jedi/Republic Intelligence taskforce investigating the sabotage incident. "Holonet News[531/53]."
Ask Aak is officially recognized as Senator of Malastare. Dug activists continue to protest outside the Senate building, demanding the freeing of Dug slaves from that Gran-controlled world. "Holonet News[531/53]."
The Jrade School Board expresses shock and dismay at the finding of death sticks in a public subadult school. PSAS-5128, in northern Jrade, institutes mandatory locker and body searches after two Level Six students are found in possession of death sticks and death stick paraphernalia. "Holonet News[531/53]."
A fundraiser is held for the Refugee Relief Movement on Alsakan. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Loyalist Committee attends. 75 million credits are raised, though no refugees are invited to the gala. "Holonet News[531/53]."
An anonymous tip warning of a Separatist bomb attack against Monument Plaza on Coruscant forces the closing of the recreational area and the increasing of security around the Menarai historic site. "Holonet News[531/53]."
Citing increased corporate competition, the Techno Union bolsters security on one of their largest construction assets, the Foerost Shipyards. The Senate has approves the Techno Union's request to allocate 40,000 battle droids to the shipyards, in exchange for continued government access to the facility. "Holonet News[531/53]."
The Senate and the Judicial Department approve increased restrictions on the distribution and use of cloaking devices and related technologies. "Holonet News[531/53]."
A group of kassoti spice miners, incensed at losing access to Naboo's best starports thanks to the refugee crisis, refuse to take off from their landing platform in their ship (thePickaxe) as a protest. A refugee-filled starliner, theSluissi Wanderlust, is forced to set down at Theed as a result. "Holonet News[531/53]."
The Tynna Central Government Building is destroyed by what are later identified as stone mites. The furious leader of Tynna, Razelfiin, announces Tynna will secede from the Republic and join the Confederacy. "Holonet News[531/53]."
In a show of Republic loyality, the small Mid Rim world of Leria Kerlsil announces the loosening of immigration laws to allow the influx of refugees. The planet, however, had an odd set of cultural restrictions on newcomers. According to the decree issued from the ruling house, all immigration candidates must be single males with a net worth of 750,000 credits or higher. Though Leria Kerlsil does appear on the latest astrogation charts in the BoSS databases, no official planetary information is listed. "Holonet News[531/53]."
The hostage crisis on Atzerri ends in the violent death of 12 hostages, five guerrillas, and Jedi Knights Antyard-Wo Shissan and Kaloor Cofi. The bloodbath is set off by a mysterious shooter in the swamps outside Skreeka (where the guerrillas were holding their hostages). The guerrillas panicked and began to kill the hostages, forcing the Jedi to storm the base. The Gotal blame the Jedi for the tragedy. "Holonet News[531/53]."
Jedi Knight Reeft is sent out to capture alive a thief named Rotar Lopani. Unbeknownest to him, the planet Circarpous (his employers) also place an 8000-credit bounty on Rotar's head. As a result, Reeft is forced to kill the Xexto bounty hunter Tosinqas - yet is too late to stop Tosinqas from killing Rotar. The Bounty Hunter's Guild files a protest with the Republic, arguing better communication with the Jedi Temple is needed. "Holonet News[531/53]."
Despite outcry from worlds that promote such things, promoter Mettez Roi works to organize spectator gladiatorial sports into the Galaxy Gladiator Federation (GGF). "Holonet News[531/53]."
Boshuda, a Kashyyykian bolystyngar, won second place in the annual Mid-Rim Domesticated Sub-Sentient Show, held on the planet Commenor shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars. The owner of the winning beast, a wilwog named Itipiniwi, became hysterical when the results were announced, causing the wilwog to yelp wildly. This yelping irritated Boshuda's sensitive ears, and the bolystyngar simply ate Itipiniwi. Boshuda was named the winner by default, as there were no rules regarding the consumption of one entrant by another. "Holonet News."
The Endangered Shreebird Aviary is developed on Coruscant to save the shreebird from extinction. "Holonet News."
Dasobo Meats, a meat-shipping operation, based on the planet Yulant, was the regional distributor for the Salliche Ag Corporation, during the last decades of the Old Republic. Shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars, Dasobo was sued by Salliche Ag for stealing the genetic secrets Salliche used to breed its gornts. A nanoscopic analysis of Dasobo's Finest Gornt Cutlets revealed Salliche genetic branding. Dasobo was forced to stop production or face even more serious charges of corporate espionage. "Holonet News."
Lora Besh claimed to have been a mistress of Nute Gunray. She wrote the racy tell-all biography,Gunray on Top, shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars. "Holonet News."
The Ardees Beverage Company was one of the Old Republic's best-known producers of soft-drinks during the last decades of the Republic. Shortly before the Clone Wars, Ardees paid grav-ball star Deme Tryshyn a reported 3.1 billion credits to serve as a spokesbeing for their drinks. "Holonet News."
The Refugee Resettlement Coalition is formed, a collection of planets who agreed to open up their spaceports and certain rural areas to refugees who were caught off-planet when their homeworlds seceded from the Old Republic, during the Separatist crisis which occurred just before the Clone Wars. Under the direction of the Refugee Relief Movement, planets such as Naboo, Cerea, and Monastery opened their ports to any being seeking political refuge. When it was first discussed, as many as twenty-five planets agreed to assist with the resettlement efforts, but the number was reduced to ten planets in order to facilitate the distribution of supplies and food. "Holonet News."
"Jedi Starfighter: A Deadly Plot."
(VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - March 2002)[/i]
En route to Ansion with his master for an important mission, Anakin Skywalker begins suffering horrifying visions in his sleep - visions of his mother, Shmi, being slowly and horribly tortured to death. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
April 6- May 2, 22 BSW4
"The Approaching Storm." (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Alan Dean Foster - February 2002)
Brookish Boon, a Sy Myrthian was a noted talkshow host and political commentator on his homeworld of Sy Myrth, during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. Boon once openly declared that the Loyalist Committee was nothing more than a "shadow government" established to ensure that the agenda of Chancellor Palpatine was carried out, regardless of what the Galactic Senate agreed to in chambers. He also denounced the Refugee Relief Movement's plan to hold a gala fundraiser on Alsakan, questioning whether or not any of the proceeds would actually reach the refugees. "Holonet News."
The Advanced Appendage Bus, introduced shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars, was Cybot Galactica's proprietary version of the Universal Socket Interface. While competitors and many small corporations claimed it was CG's method of driving its competition out of business, CG stated that the AAB was simply "more advanced technology." Benchmark tests showed that the AAB was up to three times as fast as the USI, at least according to CG spokebeings. Unfortunately for CG's customers, the AAB was incompatible with the USI, requiring the purchase of new technology in order to comply. "Holonet News."
Shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars, the Columi began a marketing campaign that claimed visits to Bailee and other locations on Columus were beneficial to a being's health. Medical officials refused to substantiate these claims. "Holonet News."
Zelebitha Effhod served as the Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress, during the years following the Battle of Naboo. Effhod was generally credited with implementing the closure of Coruscant to all immigration and transportsation, shortly before the Clone Wars, despite the fact that the planet remained a safe haven in the eyes of many beings and societies. Minister Effhod cited that the disaster in the Desrini District, where a garbage launcher misfired due to an illegal power tap, was a direct result of overcrowding in Coruscant's cities. "Holonet News."
Desrini District was one of the northernmost sections of Galactic City, located on the planet Coruscant, during the last years of the Old Republic. Shortly before the Clone Wars, one of the garbage-launching machines that propelled refuse into orbit misfired, sending industrial waste and shrapnel into the civilian area of the district, killing 48 and injuring more than 200 other beings. It was later discovered that a group of families were illegally tapping into the power supply for the launcher. The homemade power taps disabled the launcher's obstruction sensors, allowing it to fire even though the path was blocked. The Desrini District was closed off for many weeks, as the clean-up of industrial waste left the area unlivable. In the wake of this disaster, the Desrini District was set upon by a swarm of dianogas. More than twenty-five homeless beings were reportedly eaten by the scavengers before the problem was brought to the attention of the authorities. "Holonet News."
The Interstellar Consoritum on Technology was the name given to the panel of experts who guided the Galactic Senate of the Old Republic on matters of technology and innovation. In the wake of several terrorist attacks blamed on the Separatists, shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars, Chancellor Palpatine ordered sweeping changes in the ICT's membership, to root out any spies or double agents. "Holonet News."
Laslo Dorits, becomes the spokesman for the Stark Veteran Assembly, just before the onset of the Clone Wars. Shortly before the Clone Wars, Dorits and the Assembly denounced the peace rallies which were held by Senator Padmé' Amidala of Naboo, who said in her speeches that "warfare is the product of cowarice; only the bravest of beings can resolve conflict peacefully." "Holonet News."
Anwis Eddicus was a noted former Supreme Chancellor of the Old Republic. Chancellor Eddicus was honored by Bisquit Baron for his contributions, with a commemorative holocube that documented his history being included in many QuickSnack and QuickSnackLite meals. The meals and holocubes were available shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars. "Holonet News."
On Tatooine, Shmi Skywalker-Lars quietly celebrates her son's 20'th birthday. Though it pains her that Anakin isn't there to celebrate with her, she is content in the knowledge that he is a free man, a Jedi and working to aid the galaxy. The following week, the happiness she enjoys with her husband Cliegg, her stepson Owen and his girlfriend Beru is shattered - ominous signs appear around the farm that the Tusken Raiders are near. The lowing of nearby banthas. Alarms going off. Dung covering perimeter sensors. The other nearby moisture farms all report the same. But the Raiders don't come any closer, nor do they go away ..
Then, one morning, as Shmi leaves the farm building to gather mushrooms from the vaporators, the Tuskens swoop in and capture her. Cliegg furiously musters a pack of thirty farmers in swoops and speeders to chase down the kidnappers. But the wily Tuskens have left razor wires along their path, and most of the farmers are instantly decapitated before they even know what hit them. Cliegg loses his right leg, and is lucky to lose only that. Only three of the other farmers survive the massacre. Cliegg refuses a mechanical leg and is given a hovering mechno-chair instead. The few surviving farmers refuse to aid him - and after two weeks, the heartbroken Lars family decides Shmi is dead. At least they hope,pray she's already dead. Better that than the alternative... "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
11011101 #2 was the most popular song in the galaxy, performed by the ensemble Plexo-33 just prior to the onset of the Clone Wars. "Holonet News."
Tanu Aphidale replaces Lanyss Gutierrace as the Personnel Director for the Old Republic's Judicial Department. "Holonet News."
May 2, 22 BSW4
Count Dooku is briefly spotted on the Gree Enclave worlds of Asation and Lonatro, in the Outer Rim. A Jedi task force led by Ashka Boda and Jabidus Inspra head there to investigate. "Holonet News[531/54]."
Senator Onaconda Farr of Rodia accuses Loyalist Committee member Havriso Looruya of being a double agent for the Separatists. The Senate is rocked by this revelation, but Republic Intelligence soon backs up Farr's claims by revealing that Looruya has been funding the separatist movement through Ando, Sy Myrth and Sluis Van. Farr claims he has a list of 245 other separatist double agents working within the Senate. "Holonet News[531/54]."
On the morning showAmberdawn, Senate Orn Free Taa tactlessly jokes that injured Neimoidian senator Lott Dod is accusing the Skyway Flier company of being bigoted against Neimoidians and trying to horn in on Trade Federation markets. He later apologizes for the remark. "Holonet News[531/54]."
After three months of repeated warnings, the Commerce Guild sends bounty hunters to (literally) destroy the Vespula Manufacturing and Resources Company in the Kalinda System. Vespula had been illegally copying and selling carbonite-boron mining bits patented by the Guild. "Holonet News[531/54]."
Yag'Dhul secedes from the Republic, as the Givin and their Body Calculus predict a bleak future for the Republic mathematically. "Holonet News[531/54]."
Food shortages and rationing begin to take place all along the remaining worlds of the Republic. "Holonet News[531/54]."
Citing growing security concerns, the government of Malastare lays off the starport employees at Port Pixelito - most of them Dugs. "Holonet News[531/54]."
The Corellian CorvetteScarlet Thranta defects from the Republic to begin a private war against the Separatists. Declaring themselves "Freedom's Sons and Daughters," the 150-man crew of the Corvette vow to "preserve this union, even if the Senate is afraid to defend itself." "Holonet News[531/54]."
Two dozen Jedi from Corellia return to the Jedi Temple after carefully reviewing their homeworld's security. "Holonet News[531/54]."
May 9, 22 BSW4
A massive and borderline-violent crowd in front of the Senate Rotunda are dispersed by Senate Guards. Thirty-eight are arrested, four (including two Senate guards) are injured. Over the last week, the Guard has tripled security to deal with the 7,000 protestors (some in favor of the Military Creation Act, most against) outside the building. "Holonet News[531/55]."
After four months of protests against her, Judicial Department Personnel Director Lanyss Gutierrace is suspended for anti-alien bias in her hiring practices. "Holonet News[531/55]."
Dianogas begin to plague Coruscant's Desrini District due to a growing garbage buildup. A quarter of the district's homeless population are killed by the monsters. "Holonet News[531/55]."
Onaconda Farr replaces Havriso Looruya on the Loyalist Committee. 12 more in the Senate have been arrested after being accused by Farr in the Senate of being Separatist double agents. "Holonet News[531/55]."
Eriadu authorities bust an Intergalactic Bank Clan starship bound for the Separatist world of Praesitlyn. The vessel contains 144 IBC rolling hailfire droids. The Clan vehemently denies any connection between themselves and the Separatists. "Holonet News[531/55]."
Industrial Automaton limits the warranty on R2, R3, and R4 booster rockets to a mere 20 years. They recommend the rockets be removed by then. This occurs after a Sump port worker is injured by a falling droid. "Holonet News[531/55]."
With the vote on the Military Creation Act only a week away, several Senators briefly return to their homeworlds from Coruscant to gain a final word from their people on how to vote. Senator Padmé Amidala returns to Naboo and is met by a protest from miners. On the urging of Captain Panaka and his nephew Captain Typho, Padmé steps up security for her imminent return to Coruscant. Senator Jollin Resbin of Sneeve brings Podracer Boles Roor out of retirement to help rally support for the Act. On Chalacta, Yudrish Sedran consults the Chalactan Temple of Illumination and comes out against the Act. "Holonet News[531/55]" and "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" novelisation.
The Jedi Knights Tassida Judrelle, Quarmall, and Stass Allie (Adi Gallia's cousin) bust a salt smuggling cartel on Arcona. The cartel ringleader (Lojrak Shrag) is captured, and his lieutenant (Godiban Bakoosta) is killed. "Holonet News[531/55]."
The planet of Ord Tiddell is ravaged by the stone mites. The creatures are tearing a swath through the galaxy, heavily damaging Mid Rim and Colony worlds. Scientists are reporting the stone mites have been created artificially -- raising the question of who created them, and why? "Holonet News[531/55]."
12 Jedi and 30 Judicial officers are sent out in search of the renegade CorvetteScarlet Thranta. Nejaa Halcyon leads the Jedi arm of the task force. The Sluis sector posts a 45,000 credit bounty on theThranta's captain, Zozridor Slayke. "Holonet News[531/55]."
A pro-Separatist uprising on Cadinth leads to the death of Jedi watchman Bodis-Ker Vitan. The Cadinth government begins to consider secession from the Republic. "Holonet News[531/55]."
"Jedi Starfighter: Poisoned Skies."
As Nym, Jenkins and his pirate gang head out to attack the second Trade Federation sensor station, Adi and Reti respond to a distress call from Loreli Ro. Several missiles are falling from orbit onto a beach community on the shores of Maramere, followed by bombers. It soon becomes clear that the missiles contain a chemical capable of vaporizing everything around it. Adi shoots down the missile attacks in mid-air as Reti attacks the bombers. They are soon followed by fighters from Sabaoth Squadron - Captain Toth's handpicked starfighter wrecking crew. Sol Sixxa flies in in mid-dogfight, just as Lieutenant Bella is overheard commanding all her forces to wipe out the spaceport. Another tidal wave of missiles shoots down, and Adi uses the Force to speed up her reflexes to wipe them all out before they hit. When the fight is finally over, an alarmed Adi contacts Mace Windu about this news. She is ordered to stay in the system and help Nym and his rebels against Toth.
Elsewhere, Nym and Jenkins takes on the sensor station atop Mount Merakan. That's not all that's on the mountain, though; ore mining facilities and freighters are at work as well. Nym takes out the freighters and blows up the buildings, turning the entire inside of the mountain into an inferno. After reuniting and updating each other on the situation, Adi and Nym track the mining convoy to Nod Kartha, where they find the hex production facilities under a heavy shield. They also find orbital guns and Trade Federation bombers waiting for them. A pitched battle follows, as the rebels struggle to protect their two capital ships, theTritus andKethor. One of the orbital guns is destroyed, and a ton of Sabaoth frigates and fighters swarm in. As if that wasn't bad enough, Jango Fett also shows up in theSlave I and pursues Reti, vowing to collect a hefty bounty on him. Reti flees into hyperspace with Fett right behind him, and theKethor is overwhelmed and crippled. Captain Orsai, mortally wounded, sends the burning ship right into the shield generator, opening Nod Kartha up to the heroes.
Nym and a group of commandos land on the ground as Adi and Jinkins provide air cover. Blowing up several small shield bunkers, Nym plants explosives in the production facilities and gets swarmed by battle droids - and new Super Battle Droids!! Adi quickly lands and helps Nym's group flee the explosion. Quickly searching the rest of the planet, Adi and Nym come upon another production facility - and an alarmed and ready Trade Federation defense force. It's nothing they can't handle, however, and the refinery is soon ashes. As the heroes celebrate, Adi receives a summons from the Jedi Council - Obi-Wan Kenobi is in mortal danger on a world called Geonosis
(VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - March 2002)
May 16-28, -22 BSW4 STAR WARS, EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is teetering on the brink of civil war. Numerous mega corporations and the worlds they represent, fed up with years of pouring their hard-earned money into a perpetually grid locked and useless intergalactic government, are threatening to secede from the Republic and are banding together under a charismatic Jedi - turned - noble named Count Dooku. Corporations such as the Inte
May 16-28, -22 BSW4 STAR WARS, EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is teetering on the brink of civil war. Numerous mega corporations and the worlds they represent, fed up with years of pouring their hard-earned money into a perpetually grid locked and useless intergalactic government, are threatening to secede from the Republic and are banding together under a charismatic Jedi - turned - noble named Count Dooku. Corporations such as the Intergalactic Bank Clan, the Techno Union, the Corporate Alliance, and the Trade Federation have joined together into "The Confederacy of Independent Systems."
In an attempt to restore order and put down this looming rebellion, several terrified Senators have called for a massive military build-up, including the mobilisation of a vast army. The former Queen of Naboo, Senator Padmé Naberrie Amidala, adamantly opposes this desperate action and travels to Coruscant with her new bodyguard Captain Typho (Panaka's nephew) to speak out against it in the Senate. No sooner does the Royal Starship arrive and land, however, than the ship's ramp explodes under the embarking group's feet. Senator Padmé is apparently killed except she was in one of the N-1's, and Padmé's Senatorial decoy, Corde, was engulfed by the bomb meant for her. Padmé is advised by Typho to continue on to the Senate.
The Senate is in pandemonium as Palpatine announces the news of Padmé's murder. Despite his pleas for calm, the Senators clamor for an immediate vote on the army proposal - but Padmé suddenly comes in with Gungan representative Jar-Jar Binks and speaks out against it, pleading for a peaceful solution. She finds herself drowned out by the panicked assembly - if Senators are not free from the danger of assassination, who is? The jittery Senate ends their session, the all-important army question not yet voted on. Palpatine summons some Jedi to his office later, to hear Padmé's story. She confesses that she suspects Count Dooku, head of the separatists, is somehow behind the attacks. The Jedi find that hard to believe - Dooku was one of their own, and has always avoided open conflict. For Padmé's protection, however, Palpatine orders two Jedi bodyguards assigned to her, specifically the two Jedi she knows best -- Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the now 19-year-old apprentice Anakin Skywalker. Padmé returns to her apartment, with Obi-Wan and Anakin staying over as bodyguards. Anakin is heartbroken by his first meeting with her in ten years - she seemingly does not even recognise him, he has changed so much. Obi-Wan is concerned by the clear attraction Anakin has for Padmé, and warns him not to pursue it.
Later that evening, Padmé is attacked in her bed by a bunch of scurrying Kouhun caterpillars released by an assassin droid. She narrowly avoids the fatal attack and ducks for cover as Obi-Wan jumps out the window after the droid and Anakin rushes out to give chase. They discover the droid to be remote-controlled by a female assassin. Flying a "hot rod" airspeeder Anakin took, Obi-Wan and Anakin chase the female assassin into the lower levels of Coruscant. The chase leads into a crowded and sleazy nightclub where the two Jedi are forced to split up to continue the search. Obi-Wan uses the mind trick on a drug dealer (who tried to push his "death sticks" on him) named Elan Sleazebaggano, then sits down for a drink. The female shapeshifting assassin, Zam Wessell, sneaks up on Obi-Wan - but the Jedi Master sees it coming and chops her gun arm off. He and Anakin drag Wessell into an alley behind the nightclub. Before they can get anything out of her, however, she is shot and killed with a mysterious dart. Obi-Wan gets a fleeting glimpse of her killer - a man in blue-and-grey Mandalorian armour, who fires up his jetpack and flies out of sight .
Obi-Wan and Anakin reports the incident to the Jedi Council, and the Council orders Obi-Wan to investigate while Anakin escorts Senator Amidala home to Naboo and protects her. Obi-Wan is leery of the idea of letting Anakin go on this dangerous mission alone - he has been growing arrogant and reckless with his powers, and he has too much of an emotional connection with Padmé. But the Council now sees every sign that the ancient prophecy is coming true, and that Anakin is indeed the Chosen One. Anakin visits Chancellor Palpatine and gets him to order the reluctant Padmé home to Naboo. Palpatine fills Anakin's head with flattery, claiming he will be "the greatest of all Jedi." After saying goodbye to their friends, Anakin and Padmé travel to Naboo undercover in a refugee transport.
On Coruscant, at the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan searches for info on the mysterious dart, but with little luck - the SP analysis droids can't identify the dart's planet of origin. He leaves the Temple and heads to a diner owned by four-armed, obese Jedi informant Dexter Jettster. Dex identifies the dart as a Saberdart from the planet Kamino. He notes that Kaminoans are "cloners - and damned good ones, too." Not knowing where Kamino is, Obi-Wan consults the wise Jedi librarian Madame Jocasta Nu at the Jedi Library, a great hall filled with ancient Jedi relics and historical artefacts. The two discuss Count Dooku, a venerated Jedi Master who dissented from the Council and left the order shortly after the death of his former apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan and Jocasta come to a bust of Dooku, which is a testament to how widely respected Dooku was in the order. Jocasta tells Obi-Wan that Dooku is one of only twenty Jedi Masters who have left the order. Obi-Wan continues searching the archives with Jocasta's help, and finds ominous evidence of a cover-up - every mention of Kamino has been carefully erased from the archives. With the aid of Yoda and his young Bear Clan students, he pieces together enough to find the planet and takes off for there in a Jedi Starfighter.
After briefly visiting Queen Jamillia (the new ruler of Naboo) as well as Sio Bibble, Padmé and Anakin embark on what might as well be a vacation. Both are enjoying the peace of Naboo. Padmé and Anakin walk through the middle-class areas where Padmégrew up. Padméintroduces Anakin to her family (parents Jobal and Ruwee, sister Sola, and nieces Ryoo and Pooja). Anakin spends the day with the Naberrie's at their country home in the Naboo swamps and moves into a guestroom to spend the night. The next day, he and Padmé travel by gondola to Padmé's summer retreat, situated by a lake in the highlands. Anakin grows increasingly amorous, and so, gradually, does Padmé. But she jerks back from this blooming romance, refusing to accept it; for a Jedi, love isstrictly forbidden. It would mean Anakin being expelled from the Order. Anakin suggests they can keep it secret, but Padmé says it would only destroy them both.
Kamino is one giant ocean; rain constantly pours from the dark sky. The cities are elevated above the water on large poles that are built into the ocean floor. The native Kaminoans are a tall fish-like people. At the capital, Water City, Obi-Wan is greeted by Kaminoan Prime Minister Lama Su. Lama Su tells Obi-Wan that the project the Jedi wanted them to work on is proceeding on schedule. Saywhat?!? Kamino has volunteered to be the lab planet for the creation of a clone army, he explains. He shows Obi-Wan around the cloning facilities. Obi-Wan is told that the cloning was commissioned in advance of the Senate vote by the head of the Jedi Council, a "Master Sifo-Dyas." (Obi-Wan remembers a Jedi named Sifo-Dyas, but he had died over ten years prior.) The clones are based on the genetic template of one Jango Fett, a bounty hunter. Demanding to see this Jango Fett, Obi-Wan is led to him and his "son," Boba Fett. (Boba is actually a prototype clone that Jango took as reward for his aid in the cloning project.) Jango explains that he was hired by someone named "Tyranus" for this project. Almost certain Jango is Wessell's assassin, Obi-Wan contacts Mace and Yoda via hologram and brings them up to date. They assure him the Council didn't authorize any army, and they order him to arrest Jango and return him to Coruscant.
On Naboo at the lake retreat, Anakin tosses and turns in his guest room bed.... He has a disturbing vision of his mother in great danger on Tatooine. It is only the latest in a long line of nightmares that have tormented Anakin since he left Tatooine. That morning, Padmé walks into Anakin's room and sees him meditating on the balcony. Anakin tells her of his vision and his desire to return to Tatooine in order to prevent this possible danger to his mother, Shmi. But her safety is more important, so her heart goes out to him. Though she refuses to return his love, she decides to go to Tatooine to find Shmi, and Anakin as her bodyguard has to come along. Anakin, Padmé and Artoo return to Theed and journeys on to Tatooine in a Nubian cruiser Queen Jamillia provides.
Back on Kamino, Obi-Wan sneaks into Jango's apartment and finds it empty. He rushes out to the landing platform of Jango's ship and finds him and his son packing up to leave on his ship, theSlave I. Jango is wearing Mandalorian armour! A vicious fight erupts, and Jango escapes to his ship and takes off.... but not before Obi-Wan is able to tag the vessel with a tracer. Obi-Wan leaves Kamino in his starfighter, tailing Jango through space. Soon, Jango realises that Obi-Wan is following him, and he takes 'Slave 1' into the asteroid-filled rings of his destination, Geonosis, to try to lose the persistent Jedi Knight. A fierce battle ensues between the two ships. Although Obi-Wan is not the skilled pilot that Anakin is, he dodges asteroid after asteroid, firing.... Jango makes manoeuvres, firing back.... Obi-Wan is forced to hide behind an asteroid, and Jango believes that he has killed him and travels on. Obi-Wan, still in one piece, follows the trace to the rocky surface of Geonosis; two large Federation Droid Control Ships loom in orbit.
He discovers that Geonosis is run by an evil alien named Poggle the Lesser, who is working with Count Dooku and the Trade Federation (among other separatist organizations) to produce thousands upon thousands of monstrous new "Super Battle Droids." With these and the Federation's regular droid armies, the Confederacy plans to overrun the Republic.
In Mos-Espa, Anakin goes to Watto's Junkyard and interrogates him as to the whereabouts of his mother. Watto tells him that due to his gambling debts he was forced to free Shmi, and that she has married a man named Cliegg Lars and lives with him and his son Owen (from a previous marriage) on their moisture farm in the desert. Anakin and Padmé head there at once, and find Cliegg Lars there with his son Owen, and Owen's girlfriend, Beru Whitesun. They also find See-Threepio with a banged-up metal skin provided by Shmi. Cliegg and Owen tell Anakin that Sandpeople attacked the farm without warning a month ago and kidnapped Shmi. Cliegg formed a search party to find her, but was attacked and had his leg amputated by the Sandpeople. Fearing the worst, Anakin takes Owen's swoop (speederbike) and drives out into the desert to find her, leaving Padmé in Cliegg and Owen's temporary care. As the twin suns set, he comes upon a Jawa who points Anakin in Shmi's direction. Anakin finally finds Shmi in a Tusken village, tied up and fatally wounded. Shmi is barely alive as she is reunited with her son after ten years. They exchange some last, tearful words, and Shmi dies in Anakin's arms....
Giving in to blind rage, Anakin stalks out of the tent containing his mother's body, even as Qui-Gon's spectral voice urges him to control himself. When the Tuskens notice him, Anakin ignites his lightsaber....and mercilessly slaughters every one of them! When Anakin snaps out of his rage, he trudges back to the Lars farm and presents the Lars with his mother's body. Anakin stalks into the garage and breaks down in front of Padmé - "It's allObi-Wan's fault!! He's holding me back!!!" A short time later, a funeral is held at the farm as Shmi is buried next to Cliegg's first wife. Anakin vows he will never fail her again. Then Anakin receives a very fuzzy and distorted hologram message from Obi-Wan! Obi-Wan brings Anakin up to date up on the situation at Geonosis - with Coruscant too far away, he's forced to route his message through Artoo. He asks Anakin to relay to the Council what he's about to tell them, and the apprentice does. At Palpatine's office, the Chancellor, Jedi and several senators listen to Obi-Wan's report - but as they watch, Obi-Wan is set upon by droidekas and captured by the Confederacy! Anakin is told by Mace Windu to stay put and not to rescue Obi-Wan. But Padmé vows that Anakin won't lose another loved one, and she convinces him to go to Geonosis. Threepio joins Anakin, Padmé, and Artoo as they leave Tatooine. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan is held captive at the droid foundry. Count Dooku talks to him and urges Obi-Wan to join him. He reveals that the Republic is under the sway of the Sith Lord "Darth Sidious," and that he's been trying to stop his plans for galactic conquest. Obi-Wan doesn't believe a word he says.
On Coruscant, the message has sent the senators in Palpatine's office into a panic. Amedda immediately calls for the granting of emergency powers to Palpatine, a move the Chancellor begs off. Jar-Jar promises to propose the motion at the next Senate meeting, and he does. Palpatine is awarded emergency powers by a landslide. He announces that as his first act, he will fight fire with fire - raise a grand army and meet Dooku's forces head-on. The Council sends out a contingent of two hundred Jedi Knights led by Mace Windu to Geonosis in order to meet this great threat, while Yoda heads to Kamino to investigate the clone army. Anakin and Padmé land near the droid foundry and search for Obi-Wan - but are set upon and captured by the battle droids despite Artoo and Threepio's help. They are dragged before the entire Confederacy, convicted of espionage, and sentenced to death. As they are carted to a gladiatorial arena to join Obi-Wan, Padmé tells Anakin that she loves him - she no longer cares what consequences that love may bring. Dooku, Poggle, Nute Gunray, and Jango Fett are at the arena, eagerly awaiting the main event: Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padmé's scheduled demises in the jaws of a Reek, an Acklay, and a Nexu. All three are tied to a pole in the center of the arena, with a sour Obi-Wan thanking Anakin for his rescue efforts with a sarcastic "Good job." Just then, the Jedi Knights arrive, led by Mace Windu. The Jedi realise however that they have fallen into a trap when Poggle's advanced droid army reveals itself! The droid forces are far greater and more numerous than the Jedi had imagined. The Jedi Knights fight valiantly, but many are overwhelmed and killed left and right. As the battle rages on, Mace Windu and Jango Fett go one-on-one as the savage Reek breaks loose in the arena. Jango and Mace fight fiercely, but eventually Mace decapitates Jango, defeating the evil bounty hunter once and for all. A grieving Boba Fett dons his father's helmet and escapes in 'Slave I'.Meanwhile, Threepio has gotten his head accidentally severed from his body and attached to a battle droid's body. Artoo risks itself to find his wayward friend and restore him to his normal form. Despite the Jedi's best efforts, they are quickly slaughtered. Only fifteen are left, and Dooku gives the order to finish them
Suddenly, Yoda arrives with a surprise - the entire clone army from Kamino, now working for him! The Jedi succeed in freeing Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padmé. Nute and Rune escape in their shuttle, and Dooku heads for his own ship. Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padmé pursue him in their gunship. But the gunship is rocked by blaster fire from Dooku's escorting starfighters and Padmé is knocked out!! Anakin wants to look for her, but Obi-Wan orders his apprentice to forget her and stay with him - they've spotted Dooku fleeing the area in a speeder bike. Outside of the arena, Yoda and other Jedi Masters lead the contingent of Clonetroopers against Poggle's gigantic droid army. They find Padmé, and she joins the group. Obi-Wan and Anakin catch up to Dooku as he is about to leave in his ship. Dooku effortlessly holds the two Jedi at bay with his flawless lightsaber fencing skills and with purple Dark Side lightning. Eventually, Obi-Wan is badly injured and Dooku and Anakin go at it alone. The former Jedi Master is much more powerful than young Anakin, and he chops the young man's sword arm off. Suddenly, Yoda shows up and battles Dooku with his own tiny lightsaber. The little green Jedi is far too much for Dooku, easily outfighting him. Realising he has lost the battle, Dooku sends a stone pillar falling toward Obi-Wan and Anakin, flees to his personal starship and takes off as Yoda lifts the pillar off Anakin and Obi-Wan with the Force. As Anakin and Padmé are reunited, Anakin regains consciousness but can barely stand. Padmé helps Anakin up; both are overjoyed to see the other alive. Dooku returns to Coruscant, where he is greeted by Sidious as "Darth Tyranus." He reveals that Sidious' plan was successful - war has begun.
On Coruscant, the Jedi Council convenes. Most of the Masters who served on the Council are now dead, along with the two hundred Jedi killed in the ground battle on Geonosis. Mace Windu and Yoda face an uphill struggle in trying to put back the pieces of the Jedi Order, which has been dealt a cataclysmic blow. Even worse, civil war has openly broken out in the Republic a war the Jedi fear the Republic cannot win. Palpatine and other senators (including Jar-Jar and Bail Organa) stand on a platform watching tens of thousands of clonetroopers being shipped off to every corner of the Republic. And as this happens, Anakin and Padmé secretly wed in a small ceremony at the Lake Retreat on Naboo, with only the droids in attendance
(MOTION PICTURE - 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm - George Lucas - 16 May 2002)
(NOVELISATION - Ballantine / Del Rey Books - R.A. Salvatore - April 2002)
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Henry Gilroy -- April-May 2002)
Mace Windu was prevented from joining the hangar battle against Count Dooku by a trio of "Dark Acolytes" serving Dooku. Riding in aSaber-class TX-130 fighter tank, Mace kills all three. "The Clone Wars" videogame.
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine shuts down large portions of the Holonet by decree of Republic Executive Order 9302-84121 and nationalises the rest to obstensibly prevent the Confederacy from spying on the Republic. (In reality, it's to prevent news of his more evil activities from spreading throughout the Galaxy.) From this point on, the history of the Clone Wars becomes largely distorted and incorrect for generations to come. "The SW Encyclopedia"[Page 129] and "Holonet News."
"SW Tales: The Lesson."
Caught in the midst of the Jedi Massacre on Geonosis, in the last minute of her life, a young Jedi Knight named Tu'ala reminesces on her Master, Zuth, and the lesson he tried to teach her on sacrifice. "The Force has a plan for us all. For one, greatness. For the other, death if it aids the first to achieve his greatness." She couldn't understand it - it seemed to her like trading one life for another. She then remembers an assassination attempt on a Quarren Senator, and how Zuth had taken a fatal blaster bolt capturing the assassin. Back in the present, she herself takes a fatal bolt from a Geonosian while protecting Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. As she collapses, her master's last words fill her head: "It isn't that the Force loves you less than other creatures it is that you love other creatures more." With her dying breath, she whispers "I understand " (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Adam Gallardo - December 2002)
Among the few surviving Jedi of the Geonosis arena ambush were Echuu Shen-Jon and his apprentice Stam Reath. After the Clone Troopers of Kamino arrived and joined the battle, the Jedi regrouped and joined the growing bloodbath on the ground alongside the clonetroopers. Working alongside Ki-Adi Mundi, Depa Billaba and Eeth Koth, Echuu and Stam managed to destroy two landed Trade Federation Core Ships. Then word came that Count Dooku was escaping
Dooku had foreseen the battle on Geonosis, and had his escape route all set. To cover his getaway, he had the Chiss general and Dark Side Adept Sev'Rance Tann lead a group of Super Battle Droids to clear the path. As Dooku and his Beakwing escorts passed Tann's position, Echuu and his group discovered her. While the other Jedi continued on after Dooku, the hot-headed Stam rushed at Tann - and was instantly cut down. With his dying breath, Stam begged Echuu to forgive his failure. "It is I who have failed you, Stam." Tann got clean away, as did Dooku, and Echuu fell into a steep depression. Mace Windu, Echuu's former master, was stunned to sense a darkness in Echuu that hadn't been there before. But as the Jedi regrouped on Coruscant after the initial battle of the Clone Wars, Echuu's troubles were largely ignored in favor of greater issues "Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns."
"Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive."
For 10-year-old Boba Fett, life on the waterworld of Kamino is good. Proud of his father and what he does, he strives to memorize Jango's bounty hunter code and learns about the universe from Tipoca City's library. Jango isn't too hot on his son's love of books, though his friend Zam Wesell encourages it. And whenever Jango is out on a job, Boba whiles away his time with either the books or Jango's pet sea eel.
A good life. Until one day when his father comes home shaken from an assignment. Zam isn't with him, and he reluctantly admits she's dead. When asked how, Jango says "You don't want to know." He muses that what happened to Zam could happen to any bounty hunter, and so he hands Boba a black book; one he orders his son to openonly "when the time comes." Boba nods and throws the book in with his library books, thinking he'll never need to use it
A few days later. Shattered by his father's recent death at the hands of Mace Windu, Boba Fett returns in theSlave I to Tipoca City to retrieve the book. He realized to his horror that he'd given to the book to the library accidentally with his other library books, and so he heads there. The library droid, Whrr, gives him the book and a fine of 250 credits - that the library gives Boba for holding on to his merchandise. Grateful, Boba returns to his father's apartment one last time and finds Taun We there. He's helping the Jedi to capture him! Boba just barely avoid Siri Tachi, and takes off again inSlave I. Once in space, he opens the book. It contains a heartbreaking farewell message from his father, as well as directions to find Tyranus and Jabba the Hutt. He urges Boba to hold on to the book. "It will guide you when you read it. It is not a story, but a Way. Follow this Way and you will be a great bounty hunter some day."
Boba's first stop to find Tyranus - the moons of Bogden, where Jango first met him. Landing on Bogg 4, Boba messes up the landing and damages the ship. When he gets out, he finds a H'drachi character named "Honest Gjon" offering to repair the ship for a fee. Boba gives him some of his money and travels into town to find Tyranus. He's told to go to the Golden Cuff tavern on Coruscant. When he returns to the landing pad Slave I is gone. And with it his father's helmet and the black book. With the aid of a "courier" named Aia, Boba flies from Bogg 4 to Bogg 11 and catches up to Gjon and his ship. Gjon is a thief with honor, and he givesSlave I back to Boba. Retaking his ship, Boba consults the book and is told "Money is power." With that in mind, he learns from Gjon and Aia of a shipment of counterfeit money on Bogg 2 that could be stolen. The robbery is interruped by an armed "trooper." Boba responds by throwing the hijacker (with Gjon and Aia's help) out the airlock. Unfortunately, all the fake money goes out the airlock too, except for a hundred-credit note. Gjon takes pity on the poor kid and gives him the note. He says goodbye to him and Aia, then heads to Coruscant inSlave I. Once in deep space, Boba realizes Gjon lifted the note.
Upon landing, the book tells Boba "Watch out for things that go too well." Reaching the Golden Cuff cantina, Boba asks the bartender (Nan Mercador) about Dooku, one of the other names he heard Tyranus answered to. The bartender grins and promises to contact Dooku, and offers Boba a free juice. Suddenly, the child is jumped by two bounty hunters who plan to turn him in to the Jedi. The bartender's in with them - it's a setup! At the last second, Boba is saved by the timely arrival of Aurra Sing. She takes Boba to his ship, and flies in it to Raxus Prime. There, the child is finally presented to Count Dooku. The old man welcomes Boba warmly, saying he has big plans for him (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Terry Bisson - April 2002)
"Jedi Starfighter: Tug of War."
As Adi Gallia leaves their company to help rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi, Nym, Jinkins and the Tritus head back up into Nod Kartha's orbit to salvage the remains of the orbital guns they blasted. They find Lieutenant Bella and her Sabaoth aides up to the same thing, and the two forces battle to claim the valued junk. Nym destroys the tugs and fighters, but can't do anything about the huge warship (theReaver) that Bella is on. The group leaps into hyperspace.
Elsewhere, Adi is joined by her former apprentice, Siri Tachi. They are assigned to escort Master Yoda and a giant warship (theAken) containing thousands upon thousands of clone troopers. Mace explains that they were being developed by Count Dooku, and now they're going to be used against him instead. But as the group flies into the asteroid field surrounding Geonosis, they find themselves ambushed by a overwhelming group of Trade Federation landers, droid starfighters, and Saboath fighters. Even with the Force, it's all Adi and Siri can do to protect the transport ship.
Back at Lok, Nym and his group finally returns to the site of their old base. Having salvaged the remains of the two orbital guns into a single cannon, they attack the moon over the planet and wipe out the Trade Federation facilities there, setting up the cannon on the remains of one base.
On Geonosis, Adi and Siri provide air cover for the landing clonetroopers, fighting a seemingly unending swarm of both Trade Federation air and ground forces. They also help blow up a massive Trade Federation core ship that rises from the ground in an attempt to escape.
On the surface of Lok, Nym finds his old base has been converted into a refuelling depot. He has the cannon up on the moon fire down at the refuelling tanks, blowing them and the docked frigates to bits. He is surprisingly aided in this by Vana Sage, who shows up in theGuardian Mantis. Toth flies out of the base in his cruiser, shooting into hyperspace before anyone can touch him. Sol Sixxa lands and blows the door to the base - and 20 droid starfighters swarm out! Nym takes them out, then flies into the base and blows up turrets and refuelling tanks. Suddenly Lieutenant Bella's cruiser appears, hurling out a ton of missiles. A long, pitched one-on-one dogfight follows, which finally ends in Bella's destruction. With his base retaken, Nym and Vana track Toth - and find he's heading for Geonosis
On that planet, the battle between the Jedi / clonetroopers and the battle droids are going very badly. Casualties are massive, and neither side has a clear advantage. Adi receives Nym's warning and heads up into orbit with Siri. They find a dozen hex deployers and bombers flying at them, already firing off missiles. Mace sends up reinforcements - Saesee Tiin, The Dark Woman, Bant Eerin, A'Sharad Hett, Rannik Solusar, and Jaisen Suel. But Toth also sends in Sabaoth fighters and defenders, as well as two massive and well-shielded destroyers. Just as all seems lost, more ships come in - Nym, Vana, and their group! With Jinkins' directions, Adi takes out the destroyers' capitol turrets. Three Mere cruisers come in to finish off the destroyers, and the Jedi take on the Sabaoth fighters as this goes on. When one of the destroyers blows, Mace orders the Jedi back to the surface - the battle is going against the Jedi. Adi orders everyone but Siri and herself to go, and helps to cripple the remaining destroyer. As it explodes, Toth finally appears in his flagship. After a sustained volley from the heroes, the destroyer starts to shatter. Toth flies out in his own fighter, demanding a one-on-one fight with Adi. With Nym disabled and Siri handling the other fighters, Adi's on her own. After a punishing dogfight, Toth is killed and his flagship is destroyed. Mace contacts Adi and tells her that the Battle of Geonosis has been won - barely. Count Dooku has escaped, and war has begun.
Back on Coruscant, Mace and Adi talk about the battle and its' ramifications. Nym is offered the role of commander of the Karthakk system, but he refuses - he wants to "keep his options open." Adi asks for and receives permission to stay with Nym as his "personal Jedi adviser." Nym doesn't like it, but he won't order her away either. As they take off, they receive word from Vana that she's tracked Reti down. The two fly off into the sunset to join her (VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - March 2002)
Nejaa Halcyon, Corellian Jedi Master, is called away to fight in the Clone War. Meaning that he will be away from Corellia for an indefinite amount of time, Nejaa's partnership with Rostek Horn ends. He assures Rostek and his wife Scerra that he will survive the battle.
Fearing that Nejaa would not return from the Clone War, Rostek Horn begins to preserve the Jedi heritage for Valin Halcyon and for his future son Corran. Rostek would later store the Jedi knowledge in the genes of flowers. During his service in the Clone War, Nejaa Halcyon meets many famous individuals, including Jan Dodonna, Bail Organa, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Conjecture based upon "I, Jedi."
"Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns - Sev'Rance Tann and the Confederacy Campaign."
In the wake of the Confederacy's defeat at Geonosis, Count Dooku has to placate his edgy allies in the commerce guilds. He assures them that the events at Geonosis have lulled the Jedi Council into a false sense of security, and the time will soon be ripe for a counterattack. As he says this, General Sev'Rance Tann travels to an old Intergalactic Banking Clan outpost orbiting Kaer where she commandeers the abandoned factory facilities, builds a huge army of Commerce Guild spider droids and gets them out intact despite the Republic counterattack under a Jedi Master turned Republic General, Jor Drakas. She then heads for Tatooine to meet with Boorka the Hutt, who claims to have info on a new Republic weapon called "The Decimator." Boorka makes her attack and destroy a Republic trade outpost and spaceport at nearby Mos-Osnoe, as well as bring some Jawas to heel, then tells her the Republic's weapon is being developed on the icy world of Eredenn Prime, an out-of-the-way world far from notice - or reinforcements. Taking a stealth unit with her, Tann attacks and captures the Decimator research facilities and steals the Decimator prototypes. Unfortunately, the Decimators by themselves are useless since the Wookiee designers thoughtfully programmed anti-theft failsafes. Tann, with the data droid captured from the Eredenn facilities, leads a small group to the Wookiee colonies of Alaris Prime and captures the Decimator factories there. Once the data droid has deciphered the operational codes from the facilities, Tann levels them. Now with the Decimator's nature revealed - that of a giant, mobile enhanced turbolaser cannon - Dooku declares it is time to "strike the Republic where they least expect "
Sarapin. A volcanic world that generates over 80% of the total power of the Core Worlds. Heavily defended with asteroid anti-air turrets and a planetary shield but completely unprepared for an Air Cruiser attack by Tann and her forces. After a lengthy cat-and-mouse battle, the turrets and shields are taken down and the Confederacy lands an invasion force on the planet. With the nearly invincible Decimators, Tann's forces easily overwhelm and demolish the four Republic bases there, as well as the energy drills and the citadel on Mount Corvast. To add insult to injury, Jor Drakas is killed in the final stand. With the Core now (literally) powerless, Dooku praises Sev'Rance for her exemplary work and sends her to Krant to oversee the Confederacy's new Decimator factories (PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - May 2002)
"The New Droid Army."
Following his convalescence (and secret honeymoon) on Naboo, Anakin Skywalker returns to the Jedi Temple and presents himself before Mace Windu and Yoda. He finds the two even more dispirited than before; thousands more star systems have defected to the Confederacy in the wake of Sarapin's fall, and despair is beginning to grip the Senate and populace. He assures them (despite Yoda's concerns) that he is fit and ready to return to duty, and so he is given a new mission; a message has come to the Council from Tatooine. Specifically from a woman informer named Raala Ponchar, who has spotted a new type of battle droid on the desert planet. And since sending that message, Raala has vanished. Anakin accepts the mission and flies to Tatooine in a Delta-7.
Anakin lands near Mos-Espa, and walks the rest of the way. He tries out his new lightsaber and new arm along the way on scavenging womp rats as well as (to his delight) some Tusken Raiders. Near the outskirts, he finds a pair of battle droids searching a wrecked landspeeder for a "farm girl." He cuts them down and continues into town. He comes upon a hooded albino woman who promises information on Raala - if Anakin in turn deals with a womp rat infestation coming from the Xelric Draw. Several womp rat and Tusken beheadings later, Anakin enters a set of caves in the Draw and faces off against several ravenous anoobas! He defeats them, but finds it odd that they would be in a womp rat nest in the first place. He heads out of the cave and finds the albino woman waiting for him, sans hood ..Aurra Sing!! She flings a thermal detonator and sics several Nikto and battle droids on him, then runs off. Anakin fights his way back into town, where he finds the Nikto and droids tearing the town apart looking for something or someone. Anakin defeats them, then consults Watto at his shop. Watto, smarting at Anakin's no-nonsense, all-business attitude towards him, sends him toward the moisture farms north of town. Anakin comes upon a moisture farmer along the way begging for help; The Tuskens have attacked several homesteads and taken several farmers captive. The young Jedi doesn't have to be asked twice, and he wades into the Sandpeople with no mercy.
One of the farmers remembers who Raala was working for, and he takes Anakin to the homestead of Bellek. They find the homestead and the farms nearby in flaming ruins, with the survivors babbling about droids led by a "witch." Bellek himself reveals the battle droids (along with super battle droids) took Raala to Jabba the Hutt's palace before systematically destroying everything. Bellek clams up when the witch is brought up, though. Anakin hikes then through the Jundland Wastes, killing every Tusken and smashing every droid in his path. Surprise, surprise, Aurra is waiting for him at Jabba's front door. And with her is a raven-haired woman with a white-and-black tattooed face, a red bodysuit and a lightsaber in each hand. She effortlessly Force-chokes Anakin into unconsciousness and has him thrown in Jabba's dungeons, while informing her Master that the Jedi are no longer a threat to their operation
Anakin awakens in the dungeons, with Raala Ponchar standing beside him. After Force-nudging the cell door open, Anakin is brought up to speed by his new friend. Jabba the Hutt has been hired by Wat Tambor to set up smuggling operations for construction material, most notably, cortosis. All that material was sent to the planet Metalorn. After saying his farewells to her, Anakin frees every farmer in the dungeons and escapes in a skiff. But he doesn't get far, as the witch appears in a skiff alongside him and shoots the skiff down near the Sarlacc. Anakin and the witch, Saato, engages in a fierce lightsaber duel that finally ends with Anakin cutting the witch down. Anakin contacts Obi-Wan and tells him what happened. Obi-Wan urges him to hurry to Coruscant - the Separatists' battle droids (now cortosis armored) are attacking the undercity! Anakin races there in the Delta-7 immediately and is ordered by Obi-Wan into the fray. The young man faces battle droids and floating ASN droids, as well as a growing disturbance in the Force which manifests itself in a lightsaber-wielding bald man named Trenox, who Force-shoves him to the ground and assures him "the age of the Jedi is at an end." Anakin chases Trenox all through the streets of the city, facing an entire legion of battle droids along the way to the underground levels. He briefly meets Barris Offee and Dexter Jettster along the way before cornering Trenox at Bentho's nightclub. The guy slips away again, heading toward the Jedi Temple!
Anakin races there at once, and finds - Count Dooku!! He's there to completely destroy the Jedi Archives!! With all the other Jedi occupied in the city battle, only an exhausted and wounded Anakin has a chance of stopping him. Another gauntlet, this time through the Temple corridors and droidekas added to the mix. Trenox is in the library when Anakin gets there, but not Dooku. The acolyte's taunting gets to Anakin, and he brutally attacks and kills Trenox. When the Jedi finally return to the Temple, Anakin is again summoned before Mace and Yoda. They inform him that Obi-Wan was badly wounded in the city battle, and admit that Dooku hoodwinked them. They then send him to Metalorn to stop Wat Tambor at all costs. Anakin quickly infiltrates the Techno Union facility there, and discovers that Dooku and the Confederacy are well on their way to creating an entirely new army of cortosis-armored droids - droids the Jedi have zero chance against. He also encounters two more of Dooku's Dark Side Acolytes, Vinoc and Karoc. It takes all of his skill and energy to defeat them.
Anakin plants four thermal detonators at each of the factory's reactors, and is in the process of heading toward the fifth when Wat Tambor finally faces him. He introduces Vandalor, the Chiss bounty hunter from earlier, now decked out in cortosis armor. Anakin defeats him and captures Tambor, then plants the last detonator. The factory explodes, and all seems to be won until an angry Dooku again confronts Anakin. This time the Jedi apprentice is able to hold his own, and Dooku resorts to taunts and mind games. He senses confusion in the lad sorrow pain over his mother!! "If only you had released your anger then you might have been able to save her." Screaming, Anakin charges at Dooku and is able to knock the old man down. "Now you have tasted the power of the Dark Side." A shaken Anakin denies it. "My Master foresaw my defeat. You do not realize your importance, young Skywalker. Today you have ensured the fall of the Republic." Dooku slips away painfully, as Anakin and Tambor take off. Back on Coruscant, Mace and Yoda praise Anakin's efforts. The Separtists have been struck a critical blow, and Tambor is now in the hands of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's personal guards at his request. "An interesting request," Mace notes. "The Council will speak with him about this matter later." Yoda remarks that the Jedi must be more vigilant now than ever. "I will always be here to serve the Jedi," Anakin replies. "You have my word." (NINTENDO GAMEBOY ADVANCE VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Daniel Thron & Dave Konieczny - November 2002)
"Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns - Echuu Shen-Jon and the Battle for the Republic."[/b]
With the capture of Sarapin and its' vital energy resources by the Confederacy of Independent Systems, panic grips the Core Worlds as blackouts become commonplace. Immediate action must be taken if the Republic is to avoid a quick surrender. With that in mind, Mace Windu and the Jedi Council quickly appoint General Echuu Shen-Jon, Mace's former Padawan Learner, to the task of recapturing Sarapin. Assigned to him as a new student is Naat Reath, sister of Echuu's recently slain student Stam.
As Mace would later dictate in a journal, "This may not have been the wisest choice."
Echuu, Naat and a Republic force lands on Sarapin and, after a protracted campaign, recaptures Mount Corvast and the energy production facilities. They also capture Confederacy officer Zian Finnis, who under interrogation reveals the Hutts on Tatooine may know the whereabouts of Sev'Rance Tann. Echuu and Naat travel there and speak with Jabba the Hutt, learning from him the nature of the Confederacy's partnership with Boorka. Jabba makes it clear he'd love to see Boorka destroyed (he doesn't want to take sides in this war), but he won't help the Republic do it himself. The Republic forces therefore turn to nearby Jundland Station for help. In return for that aid, the Jundland locals beg the Jedi to deal with the Tusken Raiders. Raids have become an everyday thing now, and the Sand People are getting bolder with each attack. The Jedi themselves are unprepared for the Tuskens' ferocity - even the women and children fight the soldiers tooth and nail - and it takes all of Echuu's small group to destroy the Tusken village.
Praising the Jedi for their aid, the people of Jundland Station offer their city for use as a base. Over the course of a few days, Echuu sets up a sizable Republic base and destroys first Boorka and his hideout, then the Confederacy waystation next to it. Sifting through the rubble, he finds supplies with invoices pointing to Krant as the Confederacy's new Decimator facility. Echuu and Naat head there at once, ignoring the Council's words of caution.
As Mace later wrote, "The signs were all there. Why didn't I see them? Was I so blind to our purpose that I let it get in the way of better judgment?"
Echuu and his army pauses in Krant's orbit - the nearby orbiting moon of Aereen is showing signs of activity. Further investigation shows the Confederacy is mining there to deliver raw materials to the Decimator factories on Krant's surface. The Council orders Echuu to shut the mines down before even thinking about Krant; Echuu reluctantly agrees. A protracted ground battle begins, and the two sides fight back and forth for a while. But finally the mines are destroyed and the Confederate army routed. The mine director, one Plure Barron, reveals with her dying gasps that Sev'Rance Tann is on Krant - Stam Reath's killer! Ignoring the Council's warnings of caution, Echuu and Naat head for Krant's surface. They discover a group of Wookiees from the old colony that agree to help in return for passage offworld. With their aid in battle, the Decimator facilities are destroyed. Finally, Echuu and Naat face against Tann herself. The Sith acolyte wounds and captures Naat right out from under Echuu, spiriting her away in her ship. Completely ignoring the alarmed Council's entreaties, Echuu sets off in pursuit.
As he lands, Mace contacts him and urges him against throwing all his forces into battle just to save one Padawan. "Did you do any less for Obi-Wan and Anakin at Geonosis?" Echuu snarls back. Cutting off all further communication, Echuu again sets about building his forces for a final assault on Sev'Rance's fortress. Another protracted ground campaign follows, and finally Tann appears. She warns Echuu to face her alone, or she will kill Naat. Giving in to his rage, Echuu calls upon the Dark Side and kills Sev'Rance. Shaken over what he has done, he frees Naat and tells her to return to the Council and explain what has happened. As for himself, "the dark side will forever be a part of my destiny." Perhaps one day he can return to the Order. But for now he must wander alone, brooding sadly over what he has done (PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - May 2002)
Daelar vuv Tertarrnek is born. From the Covallon species, which has a bestial appearance, Daelar vuv Tertarnnek is a "pet" of Imperial Moff Jarnek. In fact, Daelar vuv Tertarrnek is a deep mole and spy. "SW RPG Cracken's Rebel Operatives."[Page 23]
The 'Freejack', a modified IPV-1 system patrol craft, was captured from an Old Republic planetary defense network by Frei Aycen around the time of the Clone Wars. She refitted the ship to have additional cargo space, and removed several shield generators in order to make room and power available for a hyperdrive. The 'Freejack' had room for 400 metric tons of cargo, and was armed with four light turbolasers and a tractor beam projector. Conjecture based upon 'SW RPG II: Starships of the Galaxy'.
The Medallion of Honour, an award given by the Old Republic, is received by those individuals who distinguished themselves during the Clone Wars. "SW RPG: Domain of Evil."
"The Clone Wars."
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are patrolling a quiet sector in the Tion Cluster in Jedi Starfighters, and the young apprentice is starting to grumble about Master Windu's wisdom in giving them this dull assignment. But boredom is quickly forgotten when sensors pick up three Trade Federation battleships lurching out of hyperspace. Chased bythousands of droid starfighters, the two Jedi find themselves being herded toward Rhen Var, an ice planet that's home to an unsuspecting Republic outpost. They land on Bravo Base barely ahead of the invaders, and Obi-Wan aids the evacuation efforts as Anakin pilots a Republic Gunship to pick up troops at a nearby outpost. Through a fierce firefight on the ground, Anakin picks up the troops and drops them off at Bravo Base. Obi-Wan then sends him right back out to defend an incoming Republic convoy. Anakin finds himself struggling to blow up the Confederacy's new Vehicle Armored Carriers as they try to destroy the convoy. When the convoy reaches the base, Anakin is sent north in the gunship to pick up some Jedi at a temple cut off from the base. After another fight, Anakin picks up five Jedi and flies them to Bravo Base, now under heavy assault. Anakin battles the landing VACs as the other three Republic gunships, filled to bulging with base personnel and Jedi, launch to safety. Anakin and Obi-Wan manage to escape as well.
The battered group head to a Jedi floating fortress in deep space, where Mace Windu and Yoda are coordinating the Republic war effort. Mace and Yoda are busy worrying about another world that's recently fallen to the Confederacy: Raxus Prime, a world ravaged by millennia of industrial excess. Despite Anakin's protests, he and Obi-Wan are sent with a small Republic force to investigate. Riding on speeder bikes, the two Jedi take out STAP-riding droids before they can radio in their presence, then move through the junkyard ruins until they find the Separatist base; an archeological site?!? What are they digging for? A disturbed Obi-Wan summons reinforcements from the Jedi fortress. As they wait, they spot three convoys heading for the dig site. With threeSaber-class fighter tanks dropped off, Obi-Wan and Anakin take two (a clone trooper takes the third) and destroys the convoys as well as some communication dishes. Finally the troop transportCandaserri arrives and the attack on the Separatist base begins. In theSaber tanks, the two Jedi escort AT-TE and new AT-XT units into the dig site. Anakin then moves into the narrow entrance alone in his tank and clears out ground vehicles and droid soldiers. The forces smash into the excavation and destroy a giant crane there. The rest seems to be a mop-up, but Obi-Wan and Anakin both sense a disturbance in the Force
Once Obi-Wan and Anakin leave their tanks, they are suddenly hailed by a distant figure - Count Dooku!! Anakin is closer, and rushes at the Confederacy leader despite Obi-Wan's shouted orders to hang back. Dooku enters a Techno Union ship with Anakin right behind him; the vessel closes its' hatch and takes off before Obi-Wan can reach it. Suddenly, a wall of the excavation pit explodes, revealing a monstrous attack warship called a Protodeka! The reinforcements are decimated by the Protodeka's missiles before Obi-Wan's horrified eyes. Rushing back into his tank, Obi-Wan takes on the monster ship and, after a protracted and difficult cat-and-mouse battle, manages to destroy it. An exhausted Obi-Wan rejoins what's left of his unit, only to be told they were too late - whatever Dooku was looking for here, he's found it. Dooku also knew they were coming, that much is obvious - and he only revealed himself to catch Anakin and only Anakin. "I have a bad feeling about this " (The game summary is continued below.)
Summary co-written by The2ndRest-In-Peace. (SONY PLAYSTATION 2/NINTENDO GAMECUBE VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - October 2002)
"Boba Fett: Crossfire." (YOUNG ADULT NOVEL - Scholastic Books - Terry Bisson - October 2002)
"The Clone Wars. (continued)"
Aboard the Techno Union ship, Anakin confronts Dooku. But he is unable to fight Dooku and Cydon Prax both and is thrown in a cell. Dooku muses that Anakin will make the perfect test subject for the recently unearthed "Force Harvester"
By the time Anakin comes to, the ship is entering the atmosphere of a moon orbiting Kashyyyk. In an adjoining cell is a female mercenary named Bera Kazan, who reveals that the Harvester that she helped Dooku and Prax find (the cell was her reward) sucks the Force - and the life -- out of all nearby beings. As the cells are placed in a forest of the moon near a Wookiee colony, Dooku orders the Harvester be tested immediately, and to ensure "no survivors." After he takes off, Anakin Force-shoves his cell open and takes back his lightsaber, freeing Bera and the other prisoners. He and Bera then outrun the Harvester's energy wave on two stolen STAPs. Reaching the nearby colony, the two learn that the entire moon has been conquered by the Confederacy, and all the Wookiees there enslaved. Anakin and Bera are given two Maru beasts to ride to a nearby Confederacy communications base. Fighting tiny gnasps along the way, the two take down any STAP patrols that spot them. They then steal an AAT from an enemy outpost and infiltrate the base, sending a distress call to Obi-Wan. They then return to the Wookiee colony and hold off Confederacy attackers until the Republic reinforcements arrive. So fierce a fighter is Anakin that most of the enemy are destroyed by the time Obi-Wan's transport finally sets down - a fact he rubs in his master's face. The united forces push the battle droids to the staging area where an experimental lander vessel (theHarbinger) awaits them. When it is destroyed, Obi-Wan contacts the Republic and tells them to set up a base to deter future attacks. He and Anakin then return to the Jedi fortress.
A shaken Mace Windu and Yoda ponder the news about the Force Harvester. Several systems, including Mon Calamari, Agamar and Bakura have already been ravaged by this device. Mace fears that this may only be the prelude to he clams up. Anakin prods him for info, and the Jedi Master finally opens up about a device used in the Sith War four millennia ago: "The Dark Reaper." The Force Harvester powered it, enabling it to suck life out of any army that faced it. It was defeated only thanks to the info provided by the fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma.That's why Rhen Var was invaded - Ulic died there, and his knowledge of the Reaper and how to defeat it went to the grave with him. Obi-Wan is assigned to recapture Rhen Var, while Yoda decides it is Anakin's "destiny" to learn from Ulic's example. A short time later, Anakin flies in a fighter tank on Rhen Var to recover a downed transport containing the Republic's new AT-XT walkers. After successfully defending the fallen transport from enemy attack, Anakin takes one of the new walkers and destroys a fuel depot with it, crippling enemy movements. Anakin then takes a gunship and destroys the enemy ships around the Jedi temple containing Ulic's remains. One Trade Federation Core ship bites the dust, as do three Techno Union ships. Fighting his way past a trio of "spectral guardians," Anakin confronts Ulic's ghost. The ghost promises to teach Anakin how to harness the Force around him in such a way as to make him immune to the Reaper's effects. But the knowledge is not without risk: It borders on the path of the Dark Side. Anakin blows off the warning, but is urged by Ulic to remember it - he too once thought himself immune to the Dark Side's lure.
Some time later, Mace and Yoda sadly survey the path of the war in the Jedi fortress. The tibanna colonies of Bespin have fallen. The Confederacy is winning everywhere, and the Reaper if completed will seal the Republic's doom. Just as Mace decides to send a fleet to Rhen Var, Anakin and Obi-Wan return. Anakin holds a council of war and announces the half-completed Reaper is at the ancient Sith stronghole of Thule. He intends to lead a small strike force to take out the planetary shield generator, at which point Obi-Wan will begin aeriel bombardment on Confederacy targets on the ground. Mace he directs to lead a frontal assault on the ancient city of Kesiak. Once the city is taken, Anakin will enter the Sith Temple within and destroy the Reaper.
Anakin's landing is quickly detected by the enemy, and he holds off the attackers in the tank while his troops disembark. He then takes an AT-XT and leads the convoy of engineers to the shield generator. He personally takes out the generator's charger couplings, disabling it.Acclamators begin to descend into the atmosphere of Thule. As Anakin starts to gather the Force around himself, Obi-Wan leads a gunship assault on the Confederacy command center. He and the other Jedi sense a growing disturbance in the Force - the Reaper is complete and powering up!! Obi-Wan cuts apart Techno Union ships and secures a drop zone for clonetroopers to hit the installation's energy farms. Once the troopers destroy the farm's shields, Obi-Wan annihilates them. The command installation itself is then smashed. With that done, Mace Windu leads his forces into Kesiak. With his AT-XT, Mace blows up the droid starfighter hangars. With the enemy's air support source neutralized, the Republic forces then begin their attack on the ground force factories, Mace and Luminara take to their tanks to escort the AT-TE's to those targets, since they have enough firepower to pierce the factory armor. Jedi starfighters dogfight overhead with the remaining droid starfighters as both factories are destroyed. The attack force then proceeds to the Sith city- which guarded by two Protodekas! After Mace and Luminara barely manage to defeat the two awesome war machines, they proceed to the city gates as Master Yoda sends an assault ship to support them. As it lands and the attack begins, a unique energy signature is detected- a custom tank piloted by Cydon Prax surprise attacks Mace and destroys his tank after he manages to barely escape in time. On foot, Mace heads across the battlefield towards a service duct that will give him access to a gate mechanism that will allow Anakin to move in with his strike force on the city.
Anakin and two clone troopers take tanks into the city, facing a tsunami of enemy forces as the Dark Side grows more powerful around them. When they finally reach the center of town, Count Dooku and Cydon Prax greet them. Dooku is impressed with Anakin's persistence, but he has more pressing business. So he takes off and lets Prax and his custom tank take Anakin on! Prax's tank, the Dreadnought, unleashes a vicious seismic wave that smashes Anakin's wingmen. Anakin himself destroys Prax after a protracted showdown. Obi-Wan calls him and tells him reinforcements are on the way and to hang back. Anakin, with Ulic's words whispering in his ear, tells him that he's taking the Reaper now - by himself!! He cuts off Obi-Wan's protest and charges in to face a monstrous saucer-shaped mothership. As Ulic's ghost points out targets, Anakin resists the Reaper's lethal energies. Finally, the massive ship takes one missile too many and becomes a fireball.
The following morning, Anakin and Obi-Wan survey the wreckage of Kesiak. Obi-Wan notes his apprentice has become much stronger in the Force - and much colder towards him. He urges him to remember that he is still a Padawan Learner. "I'll keep that in mind, Master." Anakin stalks off. Elsewhere, Mace Windu and Yoda plan the next phase of operations. Dooku is still out there, and the war has only just begun Summary co-written by The2ndRest-In-Peace. (SONY PLAYSTATION 2/NINTENDO GAMECUBE VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - October 2002)
"The Marvel Series: Silent Drifting. (#24)" (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Mary Jo Duffy - June 1979)
Kyle Katarn, future Rebel agent (and Sith Knight), is born on the planet Sulon. Conjecture from "Soldier for the Empire," assuming a four-year curriculum at the Academy, and that Kyle was 18 when he enlisted.
"SW Tales: Tides of Terror."
Generals Aayla Secura and Kit Fisto have arrived on Kamino to oversee the training of the Republic clone army. But during one training exercise, a unit of troopers all suddenly drop dead in front of Aayla! The Kaminoans quickly determine that the troopers were killed by a nano-virus engineered to kill only clones. Aayla and Kit quickly consult with Master Cloner Sayn Ta, who gets to work synthesizing a pure strain of the virus in order to create a vaccine while the Jedi set up a quarantine. A moment later, Ta is herself killed by a similar virus!! Kit runs down the one Kaminoan who was in the room with her, a treacherous Kaminoan he and Aayla find in the process of leaving with a group of Super Battle Droids! The Separatists have bought out a cloner! Kit flings his lightsaber into the launching ship, but the crash that results sends Aayla plunging into the waters below Tipoca City with a Super Battle Droid gripping her! Kit plunges in himself and frees her, breathing air into her with a kiss. When they swim back to the city, the traitor is waiting for them. She grabs Aayla and holds a syringe to her neck. But Aayla twists out of her grasp and the traitor injects herself, dissolving within seconds. Aayla thanks Kit for saving her life. "It was my pleasure," Kit says with a smirk (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Milton Freewater Jr. - December 2002)
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Ta'ania, illegitimate daughter of a Jedi, gives birth to a son, Gantoris, on Eol Sha. Conjecture based upon "The SW Encyclopedia."[Page 112]
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Tycho Celchu is born on the planet Alderaan. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron Handbook."
With the onset of the Clone War, the Republic Navy desperately needs to standardise and economise its starfighter branch. Republic Sienar Systems responds with the Twin Ion Engine starfighter - the T.I.E. Fighter. The small, fast, and inexpensive short-range fighter soon becomes a fixture on Republic ships. The T.I.E. design was based on the earlier Sith Infiltrator secretly built for Darth Maul. "SW Adventure Journal" and "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
Because of his exemplary service in the Clone Wars, Chancellor Palpatine bestows upon Anakin Skywalker the ace pilot title rank of Tan. Conjecture by Matthew Trias based on SW Gamer #5 and the first SW comic strip from 1979, in which Luke's father was given the first name of Tan by Threepio.
A part of the Clone War, the Battle of Dreighton occurs in the Dreighton System. The long, intense space battle in which many soldiers and Jedi died later spawned many superstitions and is avoided by many space travellers because of mysterious happenings there. Ever since the battle, strange ghostly ships and disappearing starships were reported in the area. Spacers and casual travellers alike have dubbed it 'The Dreighton Triangle.' Soon after the Battle of Hoth, the Empire used this sector as a testing ground for a top-secret project that failed due to an intrusion on the part of the Rebel Alliance. Conjecture based from "Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire."
Shortly before the fall of the Republic, Lant Mining Corporation righted itself after discovering a source of prismatic crystals in the Asran System. Then, the Empire took control of Brak Sector; LMC pledged its support for the Empire in order to remain as independent as it could. LMC continued to be the primary economic force in the Sector, and the financial fortunes of Brak Sector mirrored LMC's own fortunes. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
The Qektoth Confederation is formed by a group of scientists who wanted to find new uses for unusual bio - technology. They believe that modern technology is responsible for sapping the strength and spirit of any being it touched, and hoped to replace most items with biological equivalents. Gradually the Qektoth Confederation turned into a militant group that hoped to gain control by preying on those beings weakened by technology. Led by Trann Shoame, the Confederation unleashed a biochemical agent mated with a strange, biotechnology found near the Kathol Rift, on the crew of the 'FarStar' to test its effectiveness. "SW RPG DarkStryder: The Kathol Outback."
The Outer Rim planet Bakura is colonised. "SW: The Truce at Bakura." The planet was settled "during the final years of the Clone Wars."
Their precognitive abilities warning of imminent galactic catastrophe, the Iktotchi withdraw from life in the Republic, settling back on their homeworld and on specially built orbital colonies. "SW RPG II: Alien Anthology."[Page 81]
Winter, is born on the planet Alderaan. "SW: Rebel Dawn." Winter says she is one year and a few months older than Leia.
This concludes the History lesson. Changes start in the next section. I hope Padme doesn't surprise ya too much
Dark Tales Section 7: The Reign of Palpatine
"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times . . . Before the Empire." - Obi Wan Kenobi, "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope". Editor's Note: This is where the major changes begin. The privious sections are merely for historical reference.
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The substance 90a was used by the Jedi Knights of the Old Republic, in areas which were tainted with the Dark Side of the Force. Its chemical make-up, and instructions for its exact use, were lost in the Jedi Purge. "Wizards of the Coast Website."
A virus strikes the settlers of the Outer Rim world of Minavar, just as Palpatine was taking control of the galaxy, and their calls for help went unnoticed in the turnover. The majority of the population was wiped out. "SW Adventure Journal." Under the Skywalker led Sith Empire, this virus would eventually be developed into a biological weapon
The first detailed survey of the Tasar system is conducted by an Admiral looking for a suitable location for a hidden shipyard. The hope was that new, untapped, rich mineral resources would be discovered. The hope was in vain. "SW Adventure Journal, Vol. 1, Issue #15." This location will eventually become a World Devestator production shipyard under the Skywalker led Sith Empire
Near the end of the Clone War, a series of Dark Jedi attack the area of space that includes the Bpfassh system and the planet Dagobah. The last of this Dark Jedi steals smuggler Jorj Car'das's ship and flees to Dagobah. He attacks and is killed by Yoda, who nurses Car'das back to life and decides to live near the cave where the Dark Jedi was killed, as his dark aura cloaked Yoda's own aura of light. "SW: Heir to the Empire" and "SW: Vision of the Future." This reportedly happened "30 - 35 years ago," but was before the end of the Clone Wars.
Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon is killed in one of the last battles of the Clone Wars as he fights against three Dark Jedi on the planet Suarbi, beside his Caamasi friend Y'lenic It'kla and the great Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi. He and Y'lenic had been tracking a rumored lead to the Sith, but the Dark Jedi (led by an Anzati named Nikkos Tyris) had only the smallest of connections to the Dark Lord and were not even aware of Darth Sidious. Nejaa, realizing his group could not defeat the Anzati, sacrifices himself and dies killing Nikkos. Y'lenic delivers his things to his family, lacking only Nejaa's lightsaber, which he donated to the Galactic Museum's Jedi collection. His wife, Scerra, marries (and his son is adopted by) Corellian Security officer Rostek Horn. Nejaa's son Valin Halcyon changes his name to Hal Horn, and Rostek erases his new family's connection to the Jedi. "I, Jedi" and "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook."[Page 110]
A stray asteroid from the Duhrib Belt smashes into the planet Danoor, killing much of its native population, and destroying large areas of the settlements. Contact with Danoor is cut off for several years. "SW RPG DarkStryder: The Kathol Outback"
STAR WARS, EPISODE III: FALL OF THE JEDI
We can only guess what is going to happen here. What we do know for certain:
-- The film begins with the final battle of the Clone Wars. The Confederacy of Independent Systems is destroyed, and Count Dooku is killed.
-- Now securely in power, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine declares himself Emperor. Only then do the Jedi discover that Palpatine is in fact Darth Sidious of the Sith - and by then it's far too late. Declaring the Jedi to be traitors, Palpatine orders every last one of them executed.
-- Anakin Skywalker will fall completely to the Dark Side and become Darth Vader, Sith apprentice and slave to Emperor Palpatine. Gravely injured in a battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Vader will find his lower body, the remainder of his right arm and his other arm replaced with bionics. A chest-mounted life support system will keep his ravaged lungs operating, with a black helmet and mask totally covering his scarred face. Finishing the costume will be the cape of the late Count Dooku.
-- The Galactic Empire rises from the ashes of the fallen Galactic Republic, and virtually every Jedi Knight, Master and Learner in the galaxy will be killed except for Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.
-- Luke Skywalker and his twin sister Leia will be born and safely hidden on Tatooine and Alderaan (respectively). Leia will be adopted by Senator/Viceroy Bail Organa and become by adoption Princess of that world. Luke will be adopted by his uncle Owen Lars and his new wife Beru.
-- Yoda will go into hiding on the swamp planet of Dagobah, while Obi-Wan walks off into the deserts of Tatooine, carrying Anakin's old lightsaber, not to be seen again for twenty years. Conjecture from all Star Wars stories.
(MOTION PICTURE - 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm - George Lucas - May 2005)
(NOVELISATION - Ballantine / Del Rey Books - Alan Dean Foster -- May 2005)
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - May 2005)
The Big Change (based on what is now known, this would off course change with the events in Episode 3):
Near the end of her Pregnancy, a pregnant Padme Amidala-Skywalker is captured by agents working for Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, and brought before Vader on Coruscant.
Vader is stunned to realize Padme is carrying his children, and senses, because of it, she now has the potential to learn to use the force, and become either a Jedi, or a Sith.
Carefully, using the Dark Side, and taking advantage of her physical and mental condition, as well as her love for him as Anakin, Vader turns his wife to the Dark Side of the Force. Padme becomes his apprentice, to become the next Sith Lord when Vader is able to heal himself of his injuries, (which leave him vulnerable to the Emperor's Force Lightning), and kill the Emperor and take his place as Emperor of the Galaxy.
Darth Vader presents Padme to Palpatine after she gives birth to Luke and Leia, saying that she will be a useful servant of the Empire, both in the Senate and as a Force-User. Palpatine agrees that Padme would be useful, as he is already planning on training Force-users to serve him (what will later become the Emperor's Hands, the Inquisitors, the Secret Order, and the Prophets of the Dark Side), and with her new, and apparently limited Force abilities, she would serve as the ideal nurse-maid to raise force-sensitive children. Also, her political popularity would be a useful asset in the Senate chambers.
Shortly thereafter, Padme requests of Vader, since she is his apprentice, that instead of destroying Jedi knowledge, he bring it to her. "Since we are going to rule the galaxy one day, I shall begin making preparations for such a day. That knowledge could be useful if relearned using the Dark Side."
C-3P0 and R2-D2 are reprogrammed by Vader to act as bodyguards, assassins and spies for himself and Padme. This includes the installing of a repulsor lift system on both of the droids, as well as covert weapons and other surveillance equipment. A practice that will continue as upgrades and replacements are created.
Padme, having given birth to Luke and Leia, leaves the Jedi-Sith trainee's in the care of nurse droids, and heads to the Sith Grave World of Koribban to commune directly with the ancient Sith lords. Telling them of her plans, including doing away with the rule of two and forging a new Sith Order to rule the galaxy, the Sith spirits agree to help her, and keep her plans secret from Palpatine. (The spirits believe the Sith most worthy to rule the order, and therefore the galaxy, either Palpatine, Vader/Padme, or Vader's offspring, will win the confrontation), she allows them to literally rape her mind and rebuild it into what they, and through them Darth Vader, wish it to be.
"SW Adventure Journal: Mist Encounter."
An alien named Mitth'raw'nuruodo (exiled by his own people) runs a group of Imperial soldiers from the Victory class Star Destroyer 'Strikefast' (who was chasing smuggler Booster Terrik) in circles on a backwater planet just inside the Unknown Regions, killing troops, blowing up a TIE Fighter, and using both the environment and stolen technology to make a mockery of the troops. Impressed, Captain Voss Parck invites Thrawn to join the fleet. Emperor Palpatine (who had twice tried to bring Thrawn over to the Empire before) stifles his xenophobia to allow this talented man in and provide private Academy schooling. (SHORT STORY - West End Games - Timothy Zahn - August 1995)
When the Emperor overthrew the Old Republic and declared the Empire, he removed a number of nobles from power. Instead of killing them and creating a completely new pantheon of martyrs, he made a bargain with them. If they agreed to permanent exile, he would allow them to keep much of their wealth. Though many chose to flee or chose death, a large number of the families accepted. In a mass exodus of around 300,000 nobles, they were relocated to Eliad, and to other planets like it in the Minos Cluster. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters." Padme decides to use the planet as a testing ground for biological weapons later, and too seize the wealth there for her family after they take control of the galaxy.
Garlan Limoth, a Senator, was one of the small group which supported Senator Palpatine of Naboo, shortly before the Battle of Naboo and Palpatine's election to Supreme Chancellor. However, when Palpatine declared himself Emperor and instituted the New Order, Senator Limoth withdrew his support. He died almost immediately afterward in a tragic 'accident'. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
Unlike his father, Senator Garlan Limoth, Marsh Limoth never withdrew his support of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine when he declared himself Emperor. Marsh turned his back on his father, and was rewarded for his loyalty with a posting as Moff Nebin Cray's personal assistant. Cray hated being "assisted" by someone hand-picked by Emperor Palpatine, and was the first to nominate Marsh for the position of colonial governor of Goroth Prime. It was Cray's "sacrifice" which allowed Marsh to gain the governor's position, since he gave a glowing recommendation. Governor Limoth operated as a true supporter of the New Order, despite claims from his peers that he was only serving at Governor for his own personal gain. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
Toth Harovan, a native of the planet Reynon, this man joined the Alliance shortly after Emperor Palpatine instituted the New Order. He later served at Dantooine, where he fell in love with Tisha Rostek and got married. He became a skilled infiltrator with the Alliance's Special Forces division, and joined Scandium Team after the death of his wife in the Battle of Thovinack. After achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander, he served at the Massassi Base on Yavin and eventually became a full Commander. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #11."
The Alien Protection Zone, an area of Coruscant's Imperial City is set aside for the habitation of non-human labor during the New Order. It was set up to appease many Old Republic Senators who felt that the New Order unfairly treated aliens. "X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble."
Republic Fleet Systems is formally disbanded by decree of the Senate and most of the company's resources are absorbed by the Republic's Navy. "The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels."
Galen Derlin was one of the most famous Senators of the Old Republic, and a close friend of Bail Organa. He withdrew from politics altogether when Emperor Palpatine rose to power, returning to his homeworld of Tiisheraanin, in order to get away from the corruption of the Empire. However, he was hunted down and assassinated by Imperial forces as a reminder of the power of the Empire. "SW RPG: The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook".
The rise of Emperor Palpatine brings about the rise of "High Human Culture": the ideology that humans were inherently superior to aliens. While all humans did not support this philosophy - most found the idea of "High Human Culture" repugnant - many aliens found their rights and freedoms restricted under Imperial law and faced a high degree of prejudice that was formally encouraged by Imperial dictates. "Star Wars Roleplaying Game - 2nd Edition."[Page 198 - 199]
Wedge Antilles is born on Gus Treta spaceport in the Corellian system to Jagged and Zena Antilles. Raised in the neutral Corellian System, Wedge's youth was not disturbed by the growing unrest in the greater Empire. He spent half of each year on a farm school in Corellia's northern hemisphere and half on his parent's refuelling station in high orbit. Both places taught him how to ride: on Corellia's rolling hills, he herded naugas and nerfs from the backs of thaks and slopewings; and in space, he piloted tugs and shuttles. It was a tough life and not suited to everybody. "X-Wing: Wraith Squadron."
When Senator Palpatine declared himself Emperor, he found Moff Flirry Vorru, in charge of the Corellian Sector, to be a rival of sorts. Prince Xizor betrayed Vorru to the Emperor, but the Emperor did not slay him. It was thought that Vorru had ransomed his life by causing his datafiles about others in the Imperial Senate and throughout the Empire to be doled out to the Emperor bit by bit. Vorru instead became imprisoned on Kessel. Conjecture based upon "X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble"[Page 88]. Info also from "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 199]
Kendal Ozzel begins to support Palpatine in his rise to power. It is indicative of the Old Republic's decay that the powerful position of Fleet Admiral degenerated to that of a mere figurehead, bereft of any real control. And it is indicative of Emperor Palpatine's regime that men such as Kendal Ozzel ever made it to the rank of Fleet Admiral in the first place. Kendal Ozzel was born into a powerful land-owning family on Carida. His ancestor Mann Ozzel organized the trading of much of the planet's mineral wealth and became incredibly wealthy. Generations of Ozzels were raised to the good life, dabbling in politics and gentlemen's careers in the military. It was into this tradition that Kendal Ozzel was born. As a second son, he was not due to inherit the family business, but he attended the very best naval academy on Coruscant. Family wealth and connections ensured that he met all the right people. Somehow, Kendal managed not to offend too many of them. The result was his guaranteed rise through the ranks. Clever in some ways, Ozzel had a strong graps of languages and history, especially naval history, but he had little common sense and his bullish, argumentative personality frequently caused problems. However, so far as he was concerned, he never lost an argument. In short, Ozzel was the perfect naval politician. Ozzel rose to the rank of Captain of the Line but those in authority knew that he was not able enough to command in the field, so he was given a position in the Naval Academy on Coruscant. There, Ozzel was to teach naval history and languages. A tendency not to know when to keep quiet, an insistence on always having his say in any decision-making, and his general lack of common sense had caused embarrassment on a number of occasions, and near disaster on others. He became known as a strict disciplinarian, and a stickler for detail. His tendency to pick on women and non-humans did not make him popular, but Ozzel was remarkably effective in attracting those officers who might have future potential in the New Order. Eventually Ozzel reached the rank of Admiral, within what now became the Imperial Naval Academy. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Fact Files".
A Dejarik Hologame Galactic League flourishes during the reign of Emperor Palpatine. "Star Wars Fact Files".
Corran Horn is born on the planet Corellia to Hal and Nyche Horn. Conjecture. "SW: I, Jedi." Gives the impression that Corran is of the same age as Luke and Wedge. He will eventually become a power member of the Sith , dispite his handicap of not being able to use Telekinetic powers.
(Future Imperial Lieutenant) Creb is born on the planet Bettok. He would go on to create the "Black Wing" TIE Fighter Squadron. "SW RPG Dark Force Rising Sourcebook."
War breaks out between sistering worlds Kuan and Bortal. During this time, Maarek Stele is born on Kuan. "The SW Encyclopedia."[Page 170] Maarket Steele will eventually become one of the greatest Tie pilots in the Imperial military, as well as a member of the Sith order.
Thurlow Harris is born. He would later become one of the many Rebel pilots killed at the Battle of Yavin. "Rebel Assault Gamebook."
The Republic T.I.E. Fighter is upgraded into the Imperial TIE Fighter by the renamed Sienar Fleet Systems. The revised vessel is longer-ranged, but not equipped with a hyperdrive as some military personnel wished. Deflector shields are also eschewed as too expensive. At roughly the same time, a much larger version of the Star Destroyer, the 'Imperial'-class, is designed and commissioned in part as a TIE carrier as well as a super-dreadnaught class warship. TheImperial-class Star Destroyer is designed by Lira Wessex, daughter of theVictory-class designer Walex Blissex. "SW Adventure Journal."
Sickened of war, the government of Alderaan places all of the planet's weaponry aboard a huge unmanned military transport labelled "Another Chance." The ship is sent into a perpetual state of hyperspace until such time as the Council of Elders summons it back. Alderaan becomes a pacifist world, where peace and learning become the pastimes. "SW RPG Sourcebook."
Sate Pestage is made Grand Vizier of the Empire by Emperor Palpatine. The Grand Vizier is Steward of the Imperial Personal Archives, and is privy to Palpatine's most secret holo-communications. He is also put in charge of the preparation and testing of the Emperor's meals, holder of the Imperial Seal, and scheduling of all official functions. "SW RPG Dark Empire Sourcebook."[Page 41] Padme considers Sate Pestage little more then a nusisance to her plans, despite his apparently limited Force-Sensitivity. In her mind, Pestage will either end up serving the Skywalkers, or die.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Emperor Palpatine authorises the construction of the "Eye of Palpatine," an asteroid-shaped ship that is the largest of it's time, and completely automated. The ship is built to help exterminate the Jedi. The Jedi Knight Callista and her husband Geith board the asteroid, to find it only too able to defend itself. Geith flies off the 'Eye' to get help, only to be blown to bits. Given no choice, Callista makes a suicide run at the 'Eye's' computer. As she dies, Callista's spirit takes over the ship to keep it from launching. An angry Palpatine sentences the 'Eye of Palpatine's' designers to the sand mines of Neelgalmon. "SW: Children of the Jedi."
The Empire establishes a base on the planet Pzob, a colony world of the Gamorreans, where 45 stormtroopers were to await pickup by the 'Eye of Palpatine'. The battlemoon never arrived, and over the years, every stormtrooper except Triv Pothman was killed by internal fighting or constant skirmishes with the Gamorreans. "The SW Encyclopedia."[Page 235]
Although the battlemoon 'Eye of Palpatine'never arrives to wipe out the Jedi enclave on Belsavis, the Emperor sends a small backup force of interceptors to bomb Plawal. The attackers are wiped out by Belsavis' Y-wings, and the Jedi departed for places unknown-after erasing all knowledge of their presence from the inhabitants of the city. After their departure, Brathflen, Galactic, and Imperial / Republic arrived to dome the valley and cultivate vine-coffee and silk. Nubblyk the Slyte began blasting landing pads on the glaciers around this time, and the smuggling trade began in earnest. A small force of tariff police left by the region's Imperial Governor was little use against the smugglers. "SW: Children of the Jedi."
Imperial forces enter the Tapani Sector. Upon arrival at Pelagon, three Imperial Star Destroyers are faced with the 'Pelagia Star', which withstands their firepower. It is damaged beyond repair, but still is not damaged enough to send it crashing to Pelagon. After the Imperials have taken control of the planet, the ship, now in a standard orbit, is rechristened 'Pelagia's Moon' and used as a space station, though the nobility of Pelagon still desire to one day fix the ship / station and make it the flagship of a Pelagian battle fleet once again. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Lords of the Expanse." With thanks to Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
With the rise of the Empire, Palpatine orders all of what was once the Sith Empire closed to all but his Dark Side Adepts, who will, over the years, journey into that area of space to uncover information about the First Order of the Dark Lords of the Sith in order to help in Palpatine's rule as the most powerful current member of the Second Order of the Dark Lords of the Sith. Conjecture based on From the Files of Corellia Antilles. Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold. Padme also travels within the old Empire considerably while training Jedi children and not on the floor of the Senate supporting Palpatine.
Roganda Ismaren and her brother Lagan were among the Jedi children taken during the attack on Belsavis. Inquisitor Ameesa Darys skewers Lagan before Roganda's traumatised eyes, but lets the young girl live. Roganda is comforted after the tragedy by Padme, and quickly becomes like another daughter to her, and Roganda comes to idolize Padme.
Vowing never to be killed like her brother was, Roganda begins using her natural beauty, cultivating skills of seduction. She will sleep her way into the Imperial Court, eventually becoming one of a cadre of professional concubines for the Emperor,and a spy for Padme and Vader. "SW Gamer: The Emperor's Pawns."
Tyneir Renz, a native of the planet Jiaan, this Jedi Knight held the rank of Colonel in the Old Republic military, and was a veteran of the Clone Wars. He had been a student of anthropology, and studied at Alderaan University, where he met his wife. When Emperor Palpatine rose to power, Renz went into hiding with his family. He also joined the Alliance, staying one step ahead of the Empire while helping to bring about its downfall. Renz later assisted his daughter, Padija Anjeri, during her archaeological excavations. He still carried his lightsaber, using it to protect his daughter. He was injured when Imperial forces tried to block Padija's attempts to return the Nercathi clan's crystallite skulls to them, but soon recovered. Conjecture based upon SWAJ #13.
Many of the larger forces of the Sector Rangers are usurped by the Imperial machine; others simply fell though the cracks, and remained separate enforcement agencies. The Sector Rangers were a loose association of local system police forces, which filled the gaps in the galactic law enforcement system, and were created by the planetary governors of the Old Republic. The Senate authorised the formation of the Sector Rangers in an effort to bring law enforcement to newly colonised worlds quickly and efficiently. The Jedi Knights could not be everywhere, so the Sector Rangers held sway in their own systems. "SW RPG: Dark Empire Sourcebook" and "SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 11."
The Trunsks develop their own hyperdrive, but their ability to travel the galaxy is cut short when Emperor Palpatine institutes the New Order. Declared a slave species, the Trunsks are made the centerpieces of many intergalactic circuses and gladiator fighting rings, despite the fact that they are intelligent and independent. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #14."
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A group of anti-tax protesters on the planet Ghorman are crushed to death when an Imperial warship commanded by Captain Willhuff Tarkin lands on them at a spaceport. Dozens are killed, hundreds more are injured. This incident, known as "The Ghorman Massacre," serves as the beginning of rebellion in the Empire. When Tarkin is promoted to Admiral after the massacre, several Senators begin covertly aiding rebel uprisings. Tarkin is an interesting individual, a kind of person who appears untouchable, both in the heat of battle and on the Senate floor. His charisma and personal presence are capable of swaying even Darth Vader's iron resolve, saving some of his closest commanders from Vader's deadly mind-projected wrath. The SW Role-Playing Game and Starwars.com.
Rivoche Tarkin, daughter of Brigadier Gideon Tarkin (brother of Wilhuff) is born. "SW RPG Cracken's Rebel Operatives."[Page 33]
Under the rule of the Old Republic, slavery was abhorred and outlawed galaxy - wide, although it did exist and was ignored in the fringe of the Outer Rim territories. With the rise of the Empire, and the Emperor's anti-alien stance, the laws upholding the rights of sentient beings slackened. With the passing of Imperial Decree A-SL-4557.607.232, which legalised procurement of slaves under certain conditions, slaving guilds rose to prominence. The once secret Guild of Zygerrian Slavers went public, and prospered under the Empire's rule. Other slaving groups competing with the Zygerrians are the Thalassians and the Karazaks. Members of the guild receive a "patch" of space in which to operate in return for their membership fees. The guild guarantees that only two or three other slaver territories would overlap. The guild structure streamlined the bureaucratic process allowing the Zygerrians to obtain Slaver Permits. The Twi'leks of Ryloth tended to use the business-like Zygerrian guild for slaving in order to reduce the strains of slaving on their society. The Zygerrians organise themselves into clans. One of the most influential clans is the Pr'ollerg, leaders of the Zygerrian Slaver Syndicate. The Zygerrian Slaver Syndicate is a loose confederation of pro-slaving bounty hunters acting as a bounty-hunting guild. Their activities often resemble outlaw banditry. Live acquisitions brought back to the Syndicate are often sold into slavery. The Syndicate is ruled by the ruthless Pr'ollerg clan, dictating who hunts what acquisitions where. Their estimated membership of 2,000 comprises mostly younger hunters who work for lesser pay. They specialise in bounties fewer than 5,000 credits. Most others in the business regard the Zygerrian Slaver Syndicate as a bunch of thugs, hoodlums, and murderers. The Syndicate operates in the Outer Rim Territories, out of the world Kazarak. Membership requires a private initiation fee (rumoured to be between 2,000 - 5,000 credits). The fee is sometimes waived for those with relatives in the organisation. "SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim", "SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters" and "SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations". Despite her desire to see the galaxy willingly serving the coming Sith Empire, Padme does not make a recommendation to Palpatine to change or prevent this policy. Indeed, she might be able to use it to her advantage later. After all, most people become fiercely loyal to there Empancipators
Wookiees have long feuded with the reptilian Trandoshans, who inhabit another planet in the same star system. In fact, it was a Trandoshan official who convinced the Empire to exploit the powerful species as slave labor. The Empire places Kashyyyk under martial law, and Wookiees are enslaved as labourers. Vargi, brother of Mallatobuck, helps the Trandoshans hunt down any Wookiees that try to escape Kashyyyk, a move that estranges him from his family. "The SW Encyclopedia,"[Page 338]"The Essential Guide to Planxts and Moons,"[Page 107] and "The Essential Guide to Alien Species."[Page 133]
For thousands of years, the Ailon Nova Guard was allied to the Republic and served its defence with honour. With the coming of the Empire, the Guard's activity was sharply curtailed and largely restricted to ceremonial duties, except on occasions when Imperial Central Command needed cannon fodder to soften up tough positions (which led to a few embarrassments when the Nova Guard overran opposition before the Imperial military could act). The non - human Ailon were largely forced into inactive peace for a generation. During this period, the annual Ailon Military Ceremonies became the primary focus for the Nova Guard. The Guard honed its skills, upgraded its equipment, observed the martial traditions of other species, staged full war - games, and waited. This turned out to be a grand strategic disaster for the Empire. The high reproduction rate of the Ailon allowed the Nova Guard regiments to fill to capacity, and in time, new regiments were created simply to train the burgeoning youth. "SW Adventure Journal, Vol. 1, Issue #15." Padme and Vader realise the high reproduction rate of the Ailon will mean in 20 years, about when Luke, Leia and the other Force-sensitive children Padme is raising, will be ready to deal with Palpatine, that they will have a huge army at there disposal to help maintin order in the galaxy.
Padme begins searching for a way to control entire populaces with the DarkSide. She also makes several state visits there a year, in order to win the hearts of the Ailon people.
The failure of theEye of Palpatine (and its counterpart?) prompts the Emperor to support the development of one of Wilhuff Tarkin's pet projects, the Maw Installation, which would later produce horrific superweapons like the Sun Crusher and the final design of the Death Star, based on the concepts given to Tarkin years earlier by Raith Sienar. "The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II - Ruin, {pg. 85]." Information from Michael Zeiger.
When Palpatine came to power, he realized that in order for him to retain his throne he needed control over the people of the galaxy. An expanding population, discovering and colonizing worlds, is difficult to dominate. Colonies, far from the guiding hand of the Imperial star fleet, get dangerous ideas about freedom and self - determination. Thus, Emperor Palpatine choked off exploration - the Imperial Survey Corps still catalogued new systems, but the emphasis was on discovering new civilizations that could be conquered and forced to join the Empire. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts."[Page 21]
When Emperor Palpatine takes control of the galaxy, Republic News is renamed Imperial HoloVision. Imperial HoloVision is one of the largest, most powerful news agencies in the galaxy. The company is reorganized, given an Imperial warrant, and more or less passed back to its old management. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim."[Page 81]
Emperor Palpatine closes the Museum of the Galactic Republic on the planet Centares. 'Vader's Quest.'
The Avatar Orbital Platform, an orbital space station is designed by the Trandoshan bounty hunter Pekt, as a facility where the Empire could detain and subjugate Wookiees for slavery. It was located near Kashyyyk, in order to ensure minimal transport time for "wild" Wookiees. Over time, Avatar became a source of fear and sadness for the Wookiees, who knew that family members stolen from Kashyyyk were sent to Avatar for "taming." Conjecture based upon "Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds."
Del Korrot, a Cerean, emerged from the Clone Wars and presented himself to Emperor Palpatine as a Jedi hunter. Palpatine was amused by Del Korrot's audacity, and agreed to support Korrot's efforts within the Empire. Palpatine allowed Korrot to freelance outside the Empire's borders, so long as his Imperial duties were completed. Using the starship 'Shadow I', Del Korrot travelled the galaxy looking for any Jedi Knights whom might have survived the Jedi Purge. He wore a suit of cortosis-impregnated armour, and often killed innocent beings simply because they were in the way. He claimed these innocents were latent Force-sensitives, but Emperor Palpatine began to tire of his unnecessary killings. The Emperor sent Darth Vader to eliminate Del Korrot, and the Cerean was unable to overcome all the methods of attack the Dark Lord could bring at him. Eventually, Vader was able to strike down Del Korrot and kill him. "SW RPG II: The Dark Side Sourcebook"
Greedo is born on the planet Rodia to Greedo the Elder and his wife Neela. "SW: Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina."
Brianna is born. This young woman was a Force-sensitive student of the Jedi arts, but had the misfortune of being born shortly before Emperor Palpatine rose to power. She continued her studies on her own, during the height of the New Order, and found employment working for Desric Fol aboard the Blind Luck. Her optimism and friendly nature was considered by the rest of the crew to be the reason they stayed together and did not kill each other at the first opportunity. "SW RPG: Planets of the Galaxy, Volume 3."
The planet Mon Calamari is placed under martial law by the Empire, its two species (the Mon Calamari and the Quarren) conscripted into slave labor. Ackbar rises to the rank of Council Leader on Mon Calamari, and attempts negotiations with the hostile and threatening Galactic Empire. In direct response, an Imperial fleet moves into orbit to conquer the planet. Ackbar begins a passive resistance movement. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 16]
The Special Navy Forces are formed, a joint effort between the Empire's Ubiqtorate and its Navy - developed with several missions in mind. The Navy hoped to be able to eliminate the need for Army ground assault forces. The Ubiqtorate hoped to create a group of mobile intelligence operatives with specialised skills and training, who could be assigned virtually any mission on a moment's notice. Known as SpecNav, these forces were trained at the D8-Red base in the Ringali Nebula, but never saw action. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: The Far Orbit Project."
Emperor Palpatine forms a secret society within the highest echelon of the Imperial elite. The Secret Order receives commands directly from the Emperor and his loyal cadre of Advisers. Representatives from the Order appear on Imperial command ships with little or no warning, contacting prospective initiates and issuing secret missions and cryptic directives. The dark gray-clad beings wear hoods that mask their faces, and their command is absolute. It is believed that from the Order came the Emperor's closest agents - his Hands and dark side initiates. Indeed, high-ranking members of the Order exhibit talents in the Force with their chillingly accurate prognostications. Some reports also have the elite of the Order being able to wield terrifying Force lightning. Upon initiation into the Order, a member receives a purple tattoo in their inside forearm. As they continue to advance in rank and stature, the tattoo is added to, eventually forming an elaborate variation of the circular Imperial sigil. The Order represents absolute loyalty to Palpatine. They are tasked with rooting out treason and keeping the power-hungry Imperial elite in line. "TIE Fighter: Space Combat Simulator". Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index.
One of the branches of the Secret Order established is the Prophets of the Dark Side, a group of Darksiders able to see portents and omens of the future through the Dark Side. Leading this group is Kadaan, an ex-Jedi that quickly becomes one of Palpatine's most trusted advisers. By himself, however, Kadaan continues to practice his idea of balance in the Force - trying to achieve a state neither fully dark nor fully light. His apprentice, Jedgar, serves as High Prophet of the Dark Side. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 95-96]
Caamas, a peaceful and noble world loved throughout the Empire, is completely ravaged by unknown attackers. Even Caamas's enemies condemn the savage act that all but wipes out the Caamasi race. Unknown to everyone, the attackers were Imperials under orders from Emperor Palpatine. The Bothan race sabotaged Caamas's planetary shields to allow the butchery to take place; a fact the Bothans spare no effort to hide in later years. "SW: Specter of the Past." The commander of the massacare was Padme, to prove her loyalty to the Empire. Palaptine was a little curious as to the easy which see gave the order to perform the Base Delta Zero operation, but shrugged it off as the influence of the Darkside, turning her former naivete and idealism into cynism
Caamasi Jedi Y'lenic It'kla is away from his homeworld, Caamas, when it is brutally attacked by agents of Emperor Palpatine. Visiting friends on Alderaan, he escaped his planet's destruction. "I, Jedi."
Factions within the Empire work to establish Camaasi 'refugee camps' on worlds throughout the galaxy, one being the planet Alderaan. A large Caamasi remnant survives on Kerilt, and is soon joined by one on Susevfi. Conjecture based upon "I, Jedi." and the "Hand of Thrawn" duology. Info also from "The Essential Guide to Alien Species."[Page 17]
Darth Vader arrives at the struggling plant of Honoghr. He offers to aid the Noghri people. In return for Imperial detoxification of the land, the Noghri must serve him and the Empire as commandos. The Noghri gratefully accept. Unbeknownst to them, the Empire uses chemically treated kholm-grass to leave Honoghr contaminated, leaving the Noghri permanent slaves of Vader. "SW: Dark Force Rising." Date confirmed by "The Essential Guide to Alien Species,"[Page 92], which reveals the Noghri year to be half that of a human's (hence fixing the continuity error in the original novel).
Padme convinces Vader to use the Noghri as Hunter/Killers against Jedi and Force Sensitive. Informing the Noghri that these renegades are traitors to the Emperor, and giving them Stokhli stick's, stun weapons, and Force detectors. Some are given small suits of lightsaber resistant Sith armor.
Emperor Palpatine forms the Inquisitorius, supposedly to root out disloyalty and treason in the highest ranks of the Empire. In fact, these Force-trained hunters serve only one purpose - find other Force-users in the galaxy, and then either corrupt and recruit them, or kill them. Lord Torbin is appointed as the first Grand Inquisitor. He and his fellows are given carte blanche in the Empire and beyond to find any surviving Jedi and eliminate them. Recruits are tested and examined by Imperial Intelligence, the Grand Inquisitor, and finally by the Emperor himself. Failure means death. Success means great power. Even those who pass live in fear that one day the Emperor will send their fellow Inquisitors against them "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 29]
Taj Junak, a Jedi Knight, surrenders to the Empire so that they will not attack Mrlsst Academy to get to him. The Empire responds to his non-violent surrender by incinerating him in front of the school. For years afterward, rumours persist that Junak's ghost haunts the Academy. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair."
Bluenek Section becomes a restricted sector of the cityscape on Coruscant, controlled during the New Order by Emperor Palpatine and a handful of his closest advisors. The section was originally designation as an atmospheric reclamation station, many centuries before the rise of the Empire, and much of its machinery was left in place to hide the true nature of the section. It was set aside by the Imperial Intelligence division as a scientific research facility which was charged with developing large creatures which were sensitive to the Force and could hunt down Force-sensitive beings. The Pasarian Memorial Atmospheric Reclamation Complex Project located in the Bluenek Section of Coruscant, was part of a planet-wide network of stations that maintained the air quality of the urban planet. Using sophisiticated scrubbing systems, the Reclamation Project insured that chemicals were not allowed to build up in Coruscant's atmosphere, especially after the last area of arable land was covered with cityscape. When the Empire took control of Coruscant and began using the Bluenek Section for Imperial Intelligence operations, the organic staff of Pasarian was eliminated in favor of a droid staff. This allowed Emperor Palpatine to have complete control over Coruscant's atmopshere, giving him the ability to threaten the populace of the planet with a complete shutdown of the air quality systems. Conjecture based upon "NJO Enemy Lines - Rebel Stand."
The Imperial Diplomatic Corps is established, which was the diplomatic branch of the Empire, geared toward easing communications with newly-discovered or neutral systems during the early years of the New Order. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Gamer #6"
Cmdr. Jake Farrell, an Imperial pilot who earlier flew under the Old Republic, retires from the Imperial Navy to a secret location as he realises what the Empire is really about. "Rebel Assault Gamebook."
Darth Vader slaughters the colonists of Talasea for harbouring a single fugitive Jedi. "SW: X-Wing Rogue Squadron."[Page 120]
Neena is born in the household of Bail Organa on Alderaan. When she began to display musical talent, Organa sent her off-planet to school to master her art. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters."
The Emperor funds an experiment by Bobrorygmus Gog and Mammon Hoole into the nature of life. The experiment goes horribly wrong, and Hoole and Gog barely escape before the experiment kills everyone on the planet Kiva. Unbeknownst to Hoole, Gog knew all along about the impending genocide. Hoole leaves his homeworld of Sh'shuun and goes into exile. "Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror."
Padme secretly has a Victory Star Destroyer schedueled for scrapping sent to Myrkkr. Using ASP-4 Labour droids and the ships Turbolasers, the VSD is buried beneath the planets surface underneath the Ysalarami bubble, to hide it from the Emperor. She then places orders for Stasis booths with various manufactures, and constructs a prison within the former Destroyer to hold captured Force-Sensitives and Jedi Knights. The Noghri are instructed that any Jedi or force user they capture or kill is to be brough here.
Padme attempts to arrange a freak accident to kill Bail Organa. However, instead, two of his aids are killed instead, with Organa surviving through seer luck. The aids daughter, Winter, is adopted by Bail Organa and becomes Princess of Alderaan
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Mardoc the Hutt becomes Executive Secretary of the Grand Council of Hutts. Conjecture based upon "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
Dewlanna, a Wookiee, is recruited into the Shrike clan as cook, along with her exiled mate Isshaddik (killed just over a year later during a run to Nar Hekka). Meeting young Han Solo, she reveals to him his last name, which she learned from a drunk Shrike. The young man secretly begins to educate himself, with Dewlanna's help. "SW: The Paradise Snare."
Chel Dorat, a captain in the Old Republic Navy and later the Imperial Navy, is promoted to the Imperial General Staff. Conjecture based on 'Loyalties'. Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
Imperial Senator Garm Bel Iblis visits a convocation at the school on Corellia that 11-year-old Han Solo is attending. Solo asks Iblis several pointed questions about anti-alien bias and corruption in the Imperial Senate. Iblis begins covertly following the boy's career from this point on. "SW: Dark Force Rising."
"SW Tales: The Duty."
Time has run out for the Jedi Knight Gira. Despite his best efforts, the base containing the last remaining Padawan Learners in the galaxy is being overwhelmed by stormtroopers. He stays behind as the children rush to an escape vessel, holding the troops back singlehanded. But he then faces the one man he knows he can't beat - Darth Vader. Relentlessly driving Gira back with his lightsaber, Vader brings the Jedi to panic. "Join me and I'll let you live." Gira desperately fights back, but he's hopelessly outmatched. "Join me, and I will spare the Padawans." Gira desperately wants the students to live - so desperately that he agrees to Vader's offer. And the minute he shakes Vader's hand, Vader activates a viewscreen showing the escape vessel getting away...
Gira is surrounded by Noghiri with Stolick sticks, and escorted by a squadron of Stormtroopers to an Imperial Shuttle. Gira is heavily sedated and covered in Stolick spray, and sent to Padme for breaking later in the Myrkk facility. Meanwhile, the transmitor on the Padawans' transport let's a Star Destroyer track and capture them. Both Gira and the Padawans are sent to the Myrrkr detention facility. (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Christian Read - June 2002)
A monumental idea was born, linking vast and disparate corporate interests. Galactic Corporate Policy League members began analysing the revenues of the existing Corporate Sector. Probes into the surrounding regions of space showed an amazing coincidence; of the thousands of stars within and near the Corporate Sector, only eleven were known to contain intelligent species, and none of them had been contacted by the Republic. With careful doctoring of evidence and discrete "first contact teams," the League could distort the evidence to show no such species. The result was an undeveloped and "uninhabited" region of space, rich with resources. Thousands of star systems were ripe for "development." Baron Tagge, informal leader of the League, formulated a plan centred on changing the way the Corporate Sector was administered. He proposed that the region of space known as the Corporate Sector be expanded to include nearly 30,000 unclaimed stars. He proposed that a new corporation, the Corporate Sector Authority, be formed. The Authority would be the sole owner, employer, government, and military of the region. The Authority would buy all the existing corporate facilities within the Corporate Sector, as well as shepherd the development of all future resources. Companies that already had facilities would receive shares in exchange for turning over their property. These companies and others could invest in the Sector by providing funds to the Authority. The Authority would handle every major industrial venture, including exploration, extraction, refining, processing, and manufacturing. The Authority would maintain order, run the business operations, research and develop new products, and promote the sale of goods in the Sector without outside interference. Profits from the Sector's operations would be split proportionate to the shares amongst all the investing companies. Aside from profits derived directly from business operations, the Authority would also supply raw materials and manufactured goods to the parent companies at greatly discounted prices.
The companies would profit handsomely from this system. To interest Palpatine, the proposal would provide an operations tax directly to Palpatine. While the net would be considerably smaller than the taxes for comparable worlds within the Empire proper, the revenues would go directly to the Imperial government, rather that be split amongst sector, planetary and local governments. Likewise, because the Authority would be responsible for maintaining order and policing the region, there would be no investment in the region by the Empire. In Baron Tagge's vision, the Corporate Sector would be a tremendous boon to Imperial coffers with no effort on the part of the Empire. With his scheme developed, Baron Tagge invited all the existing Corporate Sector companies, as well as members of the League, to a week - long closed door conference on the banking world of Aargau. There, he presented his plan. For a week, in the splendour of the famed Dragonbird Gardens of Aargau, from dawn to late at night, they haggled, wrangled, and debated. Nevertheless, at the end of the week, the Baron and his comrades had their charter. The proposed charter further refined the Baron's ideas. The League proposed the creation of a special non - interference region, separate and autonomous from the surrounding Empire. The region would be a limited free market fief. That meant materials restrictions, often invoked during martial law in the Empire, could be ignored. In addition, there would be no content supervision over advertising and media in the Sector.
Since the region was devoid of all sapient life, there would be no first contact priorities to interfere with total economic conversion. Here, there would be no need of economic conversion or social policy and the Authority could maintain its own control over the fief worlds. As a special incentive, there were to be no corporate taxes or import / export fees on any products transported into or out of the Sector. Companies would not pay taxes of any sort on materials and expenditures intended for sale or trade to the Sector Authority. Of course, they still had to pay the usual taxes and levies on their total income and their non - Sector holdings. As a compensation to the Empire, there would be a yearly stipend of 3% of the total gross product from the Sector. Furthermore, all funds would be paid directly into the Imperial treasury. Lastly, 9% of all materials and 20% of strategic rare elements would be given directly to the Empire for its military build-up. Many well-known companies such as TaggeCo., Bank of the Core, Kuat Drive Yards, Rendili StarDrive, Cybot Galactica, Corellian Engineering Corp, and various others would be among the 'sponsors' of the Corporate Sector Authority. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook."[Page 20 - 23]
Serv-O-Droid, makers of labor automata, work droids and equipment goes out of business shortly after signing the Charter of the Corporate Sector Authority, and its assets and resources are split among the other droid manufacturing firms. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook."[Page 24]
Escaping briefly from Shrike, Han Solo meets his aunt Tiion and cousin Thracken. After six weeks of being jerked around, Han finally forces some information on his family out of Thracken; which amounts to next to nothing. The vindictive young Thracken locks his cousin up for days, and then sells him right back to Shrike. "SW: The Paradise Snare."
The Empire tightens its grip on Malastare, turning the Dug species against the Gran senators. Lord Darth Vader takes particular pleasure in manipulating - and in some cases, breaking - the Dugs. "The Essential Guide to Alien Species."[Page 32]
After the establishment of the New Order, the Cherishites of the planet Rhamalai begin working towards establishing a planetary government. Shortly afterward, Rhamalai was subjugated, and one male from each family was conscripted into Imperial service. "SW RPG: Star Wars Adventure Journal #14".
The Outer Rim Trade Consortium springs up during the early years of the New Order, in an effort to address the lack of Imperial support the Outer Rim's businesses was getting. The Consortium spent much of its time cataloging and documenting the various Outer Rim exports that were provided to the Empire, in the hopes of ensuring adequate compensation. The Consortium felt that most of the Empire's credits were going to Core World aristocrats, while Outer Rim farmers and laborers were working for a pittance. Behind the scenes, the Consortium supported the efforts of the Alliance, and even registered several freighters and transports - actually owned by the Alliance - under its own name. Conjecture based upon 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
The planet Ruisto was the site of a Mon Calamari colony, during the early years of the New Order. When the Empire began making plans to eliminate the shipyards of Calamari, they chose Ruisto as a suitable training location. Using a fleet of Star Destroyers, the Empire bombarded Ruisto's surface, obliterating the entire Mon Calamari colony. Conjecture based upon 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
The Mining Guild controls much of the mining throughout the galaxy during the New Order. Emperor Palpatine seduced the Guild's officers into aligning themselves with the Empire, solidifying his sources of raw materials for the Imperial war machine while allowing the Guild to remain "independent." Conjecture based upon "The Empire Strikes Back," "Crimson Empire II" and "Lords of the Expanse."
Nadra Enasteri is born on the planet Ramalai to Neth and Charis Enasteri. Conjecture based upon SWAJ #13.
Iella Wessiri is born on Corellia. (Eventually she will marry Wedge Antilles) "X-Wing: The Krytos Trap"
Part and parcel of the Corporate Sector Charter was a specific agreement on the part of the Empire to surrender direct military control over the entire Corporate Sector to the Authority. The Authority itself would act in the name of the Emperor to settle disputes and to maintain security. When this clause of the charter was first brought before the Emperor's advisers, the reaction was derisive to say the least. To ask the Emperor to surrender control he had just wrested for himself and give it over to a private company was laughable. None of them knew the Emperor was already aware of the proposal and had, in fact, had his Vizier suggest it to the corporate interests. Imagine the shock when Palpatine agreed to those conditions. Palpatine realised what an opportunity it would be to have a whole region providing unbridled revenue with no costs to maintain order. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook."[Page 43]
Thrawn graduates from the Imperial Academy of Carida. Conjecture from "SW: Specter of the Past," assuming a 4-year curriculum for Academy students.
Emperor Palpatine, firmly in power, uses his minions to act quickly and bring the annoying planet Adarlon of the Minos Cluster to heel. A series of crackdowns and black-listings, ostensibly to curb licentiousness and obscenity in the entertainment industry, effectively destroyed free speech, and all holos became subject to Imperial censorship. The purge was brilliantly conducted by Babel Torsch, at the time Consular-General on Adarlon. His name is still hated and feared today. Holos about Jedi or depicting any sort of the Empire are strictly forbidden, but are still produced and distributed on the black market. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters."
Retreats are built on Coruscant, and Bast Castle is built on Vjun, for Darth Vader. Padme moves the majority of her "Force Training" to Vader's Coruscant retreat. Conjecture based upon "Dark Empire II."
Padme reaches the effective level of 'Jedi' Knight under Vader Darkside Empowered training. Careful to keep her growing power hidden from the Emperor, she begins learning the secrets of the Sith, becoming a new, secret Sith lord, and breaking Darth Bane's "Rule of Two", with the blessing of the Sith Spirits of Koriban, who manipulate the Dark Side so that Palpatine is not aware of the situation. The Spirits are rather enjoying all the double-dealing and backstabbing Padme is doing.
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Mora, the newborn Princess of M'Haeli, is the sole surviving member of the royal family after an attack on her world by the Empire. Unbeknownst to the planet's new Imperial rulers, the child is found and raised by the H'drachi Ch'no. "SW: River of Chaos."
Fed up with their resistance of his actions, the Emperor chooses to make an example of the Zabrak race to any who would think to oppose the New Order. He has garrisons installed on all Zabrak worlds, Imperialising their companies and production facilities (the ones he doesn't have dismantled, anyway). He taxes Zabrak trade routes and lets pirates have their way on those routes. He releases plagues that ravage two Zabrak colonies. The infuriated Zabrak band together into an underground resistance movement. "SW RPG II: Alien Anthology."[Page 118]
As the Emperor continues to methodically kill or otherwise dispose of all his political enemies (as well as opponents to his New Order), Bail Organa begins to move surviving opponents of Palpatine, as well as their families, to Isis. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of the Emperor's targets make their home there. "SW RPG: The Isis Coordinates."
After several years in the Unknown Regions searching for lost artefacts, the Jedi Knight Jerec returns to find everything has gone wrong - the Sith have taken over, the Republic is now an Empire, and the Jedi are being slaughtered. He races back to the Unknown Regions, but doesn't make it - he is captured by High Inquisitor Tremayne and forced into the Dark Side. Jerec, now evil, willingly betrays the location of several other Jedi on long-range missions. Capturing them himself, he forces each of them into renouncing their Jedi vows and embracing the Dark Side. Within a few years, he has a loyal cadre of Dark Jedi under his command. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 102]
Gaeriel Captison is born on Bakura. (Future Senator of Bakura, eventual Reborn and wife of Luke Skywalker ) Conjecture from "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 42]
A mob hired by the Empire storms the royal palace of Velmor and murders the King and Queen. The youngest son, Anod, was an Imperial sympathiser and thus not harmed. The older son, Prince Denid, flees Velmor with his fiancé Loren and an alien protector named Jedidiah to an unnamed jungle planet. The crash landing kills Loren and leaves Jedidiah brain damaged. Denid sets an automatic distress beacon and learns to survive on the jungle planet. The Marvel Series, Issue #49.
Though loyal to his government, Jan Dodonna had grown disturbed by the Emperor's harsh tactics. Rather than speak out and commit what he considered treason, however, Dodonna had simply offered his resignation, which was gladly accepted by younger Imperial military commanders. The Emperor publicly presents Dodonna with his own moon, Brelor, over his homeworld of Commenor. Conjecture based upon "SW: The Essential Chronology"[page 48] and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 55]
TheBayonet-class Light Cruiser is developed by Sienar Fleet Systems; this 200-meter cruiser was developed during the early years of the New Order. It was quickly outdated, but saw extended use in the Outer Rim Territories. It was crewed by 120 officers and 30 gunners, and was armed with eight heavy turbolasers; six laser cannons, and a pair of tractor beams. It could transport up to 48 troops and 3,500 metric tons of cargo. "SW RPG: Planets of the Galaxy, Volume 3."
The Firehawk Repulsortank is was one of the first forms of military repulsortank developed for use by the Empire. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #15."
Life Preservation Programming is given to the subroutines, which every droid was required to have in their operational computer memory. Known as LPP, this programming was mandatory under the laws of the New Order, and prevented a droid from "experiencing the compulsion to do harm to an organic being." This programming could be overridden, but this act was considered a Class Two or higher crime by the Imperial Penal References. "SW RPG: Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids."
The Droid Statutes were the Imperial laws, which were enacted within the Imperial Penal References to cover criminal actions perpetrated by droids. The Droid Statutes mirrored the laws that pertained to organic life forms, and provided suitable punishments for the offending droid and its owner. "SW RPG: Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids."
Evitch Jenton, an Imperial Governor, is placed in command of the planet Ebra during the early years of the New Order. He quickly instituted martial law, and approved the enslavement of the Ebranite people. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #11."
The Empire executes the government of the Trans-Nebular sector, establishing a puppet state under the rule of Moff Nebin Cray. Reviewing the records of his predecessor, Cray rediscovers the planet Goroth, forgotten for centuries. More importantly, he learns of the high concentration of the hyperbarides on the planet. Cray's calls for annexation go unanswered - the Empire is spending too much money on building up the military to bother with the planet at the moment. However, neither can they leave it alone. Cray strikes a deal with various mega corporations to come in and mine the planet, under his supervision. Goroth becomes little more than a slave world. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."[Page 12-16]
Akanah Pell's mother Talsava abandons her on Carratos. "SW: Shield of Lies."
Neth Enasteri, a Jedi Knight, is forced to flee his homeworld, Rhamalai to escape Darth Vader and the continuing Jedi Purge. Conjecture based upon SWAJ #13.
During his escape his daughter 1 year old daughter Nadra is captured by Darth Vader and a group of Noghiri commando's, and sent to Padme for training. Nadra will become a Sith Acolyte.
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The father of Bothan Koth Melan is executed on trumped-up charges of espionage. This ironically turns his son into an anti-Imperial spy, who delivers information to various rebel cells. "SW: Shadows of the Empire" and "The SW Encyclopedia."[Page 191]
The Emperor takes a young Force-sensitive man found by his troops and conducts weeks of sick Dark Side experiments on him, driving the lad to the brink of insanity - and then far beyond. Finally growing bored with his plaything, he leaves the shattered young man to rot in a dungeon. High Prophet Kadaan, who assisted in some of the experiments, decides to secretly nurse the boy back to health and train him in a modified Jedi way. The result is Azrakel - a berserk warrior who knows nothing but hatred for everyone and everything, the very personification of the Dark Side itself. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 97]
Thermoskin, a high-tech bodysuit, is developed for starfighter pilots. It allowed fighter pilots on deepspace missions to retain large amounts of body heat, which gave the pilot the option to divert some power from life support to shields. Conjecture based upon "SW NJO: Edge of Victory II - Rebirth."
Imperial Moff Gal Brello begins to control the Trans-Nebular Sector. Moff Brello worked from a base on Milarian, the sector capital. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
Garik "Face" Loran is born on Pantolomin. Information from Aaron Allston, via Nathan Blumenfeld.
After nearly a century of research, the Bakur Mining Corporation develops a cure for the genetic fault that is threatening the native Kurtzen of Bakura with extinction. Only numbering around 4 million, the Kurtzen's population slowly begins growing again. "The Essential Guide to Alien Species."[Page 75]
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Darth Vader kills the Jedi Knight Aidan Bok on the space station Nespis VIII and destroys the library of Jedi lore Bok was protecting. "Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi."
Bail Organa takes his daughter Winter to an animal fair on Alderaan, where the young princess is spit upon by a nerf. She grows up hating the creatures and those who herd them. "The Essential Guide to Alien Species."[Page 87]
After four years of self-imposed exile, Mammon Hoole asks Jabba the Hutt to erase all records of him. He starts life again, enrolling in the Galactic Research Academy of Koann, where he becomes an anthropologist. "Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror."
Fed up with the passive resistance of the Calamari and Quarren, the Emperor orders - and his fleet carries out - the complete destruction of three of Calamari's floating cities from orbit. Enraged at this catastrophe, the Calamari turn violent and completely smashes the would-be invading fleet to rubble. This sparks a vicious war between the Empire and Calamari, which expands to involve the growing Rebellion. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races."[Page 67] and "SW: Dark Empire."
Through a freakish combination of circumstances, the ancient teras kasi master Arden Lyn is restored to life only to find herself hunted by the minions of the Empire. She severely injures Grand Inquisitor Tremayne and kills Inquisitor Darys, but Inquisitor Torbin chops off her right arm and she is captured and presented to the Emperor. Realising what a rare find he has on his hands, Palpatine makes Lyn a deal - in return for restoring her lost love (the dark Jedi Xendor) to life, she will serve him and train his dark mages on Byss and Sovereign Protectors in the art of teras kasi. She accepts, and is fitted with the arm of an ancient war droid. When the title is established years later, Lyn is declared an Emperor's Hand.[Colore=Red](And later, will become a Sith under the Skywalkers)
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Because of her killing Darys, the woman who killed her brother, Roganda Imaerson begins to idolize Arden Lyn, even to the point of learning some Teras Kasi martial arts. Padme instructs her to become friends with Arden Lyn, in hopes of bringing Lyn into the 'Sith conspiracy' against Palpatine.
A young Han Solo plays sabacc for the first time. " The New Jedi Order -- Agents of Chaos: Hero's Trial."[Page 240]
Qwi Xux is born on the planet Omwat. "SW: Jedi Search" and "SW Jedi Academy Sourcebook."
The Empire opened a varmigio mine on the planet Karra, but meet with no greater success than the original colonists. The Imperial base was later destroyed by swarms of attacking insects, presumably operating under the control of the native Karrans. "SW Adventure Journal."
The Lan system is officially taken over by the Empire, but the Empire has not bothered with direct control. Due to its extreme isolation, Lan Barell is now a refuge for smugglers and refugees trying to avoid the Empire's attentions. "SW Adventure Journal."
Keelii Mazral joins the ThunderForce mercenary unit. "SW RPG: Heroes and Rogues".
A month previous to his death at Weerden, Imperial High Inquisitor Torbin visited the Corporate Sector on an inspection tour. While relaxing in an opulent pool, survivors of the religious cult Church of the First Frequency attempted to kill Torbin. Odumin, disguised as a Tynnan tourist, used his native aquatic skills to save Torbin and alert security about the would-be assassins. For his heroism, Odumin was promoted. Odumin was influential in cracking slaving and criminal operations in the Corporate Sector. He is credited with single-handedly breaking the Xiochi slaver gang, and his actions caused him to become the target of the Malorm gang. The criminal family nearly killed Odumin, so the Tynnan hired notorious gunman Gallandro to permanently solve the Malorm problem. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook". Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index.
Lord Torbin, Grand Inquisitor of the Galactic Empire, is killed by an assassin droid on the planet Weerden. Though no replacement would be found for Torbin, the Inquisitorius continued on until the end of the Rebellion,by which point, they will have all been turned into Sith Warriors by Padme and Vader/Anakin Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Dark Empire Sourcebook"
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Bail Organa takes eight - year old Winter to the Time of Meeting on Ithor, a holiday where the herd-ships of the Ithorian race gather for a brief time. "SW: Children of the Jedi."
Padme begins more 'pro-active' training of the Force-Sensitive Children under her care. Immediately, her children show incredible promise and power, as does 8 year old Mara Jade, 10 year Roganda Imaerson begins showing a great deal of promise as the more subtle, emotional aspects of the Force, and helps tend to the youngest students, including 3 year old Nadra Enasteri
After a protracted battle, Mon Calamari is reconquered by the Empire. Ackbar, leader of the Calamari resistance movement, is presented as a "pet" by the Emperor to Moff Tarkin. Conjecture from "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 16]
Cray Mingla,future Sith, is born. "SW: Children of the Jedi."
The future Duchess Mistal is born on the planet Dargul. "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook."
The Empire takes over the Dushkan League in the Koornacht Cluster after extensive diplomatic efforts by Padme. Using the Darkside, Padme breaks the Yevethan leaders, who send a represenative to the Imperial senate, and become fiercely loyal to the Empire (and Padme and Vader in particular). They build a shipyard at N'Zoth and begin producing ships for the Empire. "SW: Before the Storm."
Tendra Risant, (future wife of Lando Calrissian), is born on the planet Secorria. "SW: Ambush on Corellia."
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Tash Arranda is born on the planet Alderaan. (Future Sith) "Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders."
Zeth Durron is born on the planet Deyer. (Future Sith) "SW: Dark Apprentice."
The Justice Action Network, or JAN for short rises to prominence on the planet Findris, led by its founder Earnst Kamiel. The movement spread over much of the Colonies region of the galaxy before Kamiel's capture. "SW Adventure Journal #8."
After several years of secret construction, Emperor Palpatine opens his private resort world of Byss, near the center of the galaxy. Luring unsuspecting people (about a 3/4 billion a year) with promises of a 'paradise,' he begins to ruthlessly feed upon those people's life-energies to help fuel his own Dark Side power.
Jem Brogan is born on the planet Ossus. (Future Sith) "Dark Empire II."
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Zak Arranda is born on the planet Alderaan. (Future Sith) "Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders."
Teneniel Djo, future heir to the throne of Hapes (and mother of Tenel Ka) is born on the planet Dathomir. (Future Sith) "SW: The Courtship of Princess Leia."
Leonia Tavira is born. She will later become the youngest Moff (at 16) in history. "SW: I, Jedi."
After getting caught cheating at cards on the planet Jubilar, 17-year old Han Solo is forced to participate at the Gladiatorial All-Human Free-For-All. Boba Fett (on assignment to Jabba to kill Hallolar Voors) is in the crowd when Solo narrowly defeats three men. Feeling cocky after his victory, Han picks a fight with Garris Shrike. The already -injured young man is promptly beaten to the brink of death by the enraged pirate captain. Han starts looking for a way - any way - out of the Shrike gang. "SW: The Paradise Snare" and "SW: Tales of the Bounty Hunters."
Brakiss is born on the planet Msst. Imperial occupation forces there identify the baby as Force-sensitive, and he is taken from his parents and turned over to Imperial reprogramming teams for use as an agent. (Future Sith) "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 31]
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Thrawn leaves a contingent of his own people, the Chiss, in a hidden fortress codenamed the 'Hand of Thrawn' on the planet Niraun. The caves and tunnels beneath the fortress were lined with cortosis ore. During the intervening time in wait of Thrawn's return, they kept a huge assortment of weapons and warships armed and ready for his arrival. The existence of the fortress - which had five large towers, and resembled an up-turned hand - is kept secret. Conjecture based upon "SW: Vision of the Future."
Falynn Sandskimmer is born. "SW: Wraith Squadron."
The Empire takes tight control of Tatooine's government, wresting it away from the Hutts. Emperor Palpatine (on the advice of Darth Vader?) declares the sport of Podracing outlawed. As a result of the Imperial edict, Mos-Espa goes into a downward spiral. The Hutts move their seat of power from Mos-Espa to Mos-Eisley. Jabba the Hutt profits the most from this deal, acquiring a death grip on smuggling in the Outer Rim and giving him the power to force every other Hutt off the planet. Tour Aryon is appointed governor of Tatooine by the Empire. "SW RPG II: Secrets of Tatooine Sourcebook."[Page 18, 34, 39] and "SW: Demolition."
Ghent, future associate of Talon Karrde (and slicer expert) is born on the planet Baroli. "SW RPG Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook."
A teenage Han Solo and Dengar participate in a swoop race through the crystal swamps of Agrilat (on Corellia). Solo wins, grievously wounding Dengar in the process. Imperial doctors wire Dengar with cybernetic parts, burning whole emotions out of Dengar's brain by surgery, and begin training him to be an assassin. They hold out the promise of restoring Dengar's emotions if he serves them well. Han goes on to win the swoop racing championship of the entire Corellian system. "SW: The Paradise Snare" and "Tales of the Bounty Hunters: Payback - the tale of Dengar." 9 year old Leia Skywalker watches this event along with several other of Padme's Sith trainee's. Leia almost immedately devlops a crush on Han, and orders C-3P0 and R2-D2 to monitor all of Han's activities from that point on.
Dev Sibwarra is born on the planet Chandrila.(Future Sith) "SW: The Truce at Bakura."
Alex Winger is born to Matt and Anii Turhaya. (Future Sith) "SW Adventure Journal: Rendezvous with Destiny" and "A Glimmer of Hope."
18-year-old Soontir Fel rescues a friend from an attack by Ilir Post, the spoiled son of the Fel's employer. Post's father sees to it that Soontir receives an appointment to the Imperial Academy at Carida to prevent him from testifying against his son. While all Soontir wanted to do was pilot transports for his father's agro - combine, the move to the Academy would change his life forever. Conjecture based upon "SW: Rogue Squadron Handbook." and "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel."
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The Imperial fleet finally stops the Lortan, an expansionist race that sent a battle fleet into twelve systems and wiped out every planet it encountered, including the Jiroch System. This extermination of life was known as the Reslian Purge. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens - Enemies and Allies." In the Senate, Padme berates the rest of the Senate for not encouraging a great military presence within the Empire. "If the Empire had a larger military then what you envision, then 12 star systems would not be dead now as a result!"
Several senators that point out her pre-Clone Wars pacifism end up missing within a week, and one is found dismembered. Investigations are launched, and point to over-enthusastic Imperial supporters, who are rounded up and executed.
In reality, Padme and her more promising students broke into the senators residences and killed them with the Darkside. The dismembered senator, the most brutal execution, was performed by 10 year old Luke using a alchemical Sith Sword.
Matt Turhaya enters the Imperial Naval academy at Carida. Conjecture based upon "SW Adventure Journal: Passages." With thanks to Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
10-year-old Leia Skywalker begins showing a vicious, rebellious streak. While attending a dance recital on Alderran with her mother (when 12 year old Princess Winter is performing) she uses the Darkside to cause Princess Winter to fall, painfully, into the Orchestra pit "SW Tales: The Princess Leia Diaries." (FYI Original: Leia performed dressed as a Twi'lek slave girl at that recital)
The Empire discovers the planet Maridun, home of the Amanin. The Amanin react well to their first contact with offworlders, responding with curiosity and interest. Eventually, the Empire establishes several small mining and research facilities on Maridun, with a small force of Imperial Army troopers for protection. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens - Enemies and Allies."[Page 13]
The Empire eventually takes control of the former Republic base on the planet Borleias, adding shields, ion cannons, and TIE squadrons for its defence. The installation's commander, General Evir Derricote, also discovered the forgotten Biotics facility and made it profitable once more, while secretly siphoning Imperial credits and resources to make his headquarters more powerful and secure than it would otherwise appear to be. Conjecture based upon "X-Wing - Rogue Squadron."
"SW Galaxy Magazine: Dark Vendetta."
Sullustan Jedi Master Darrin Arkanian runs through the shadow - drenched alleys of Coruscant with his human companion, Corwin Shelvay, searching for Captain Rashh, their ticket to get off-planet. Master Arkanian hears a voice behind him, he turns to view the person as he steps from the shadows, and it is High Inquisitor Tremayne. Tremayne meets the gaze of Corwin - he knows him. Arkanian and Tremayne duel with their lightsabers. Shelvay watched in horror, unable to do more than crawl back into the shadows. He did not see the armoured figures skulking in the alley until they had pointed their Imperial - issue blasters at him and ordered him to remain motionless. Tremayne had brought reinforcements.
Tremayne orders Jedi Master Arkanian to drop his weapon, or the Troopers will kill the boy. Arkanian complies, but is then promptly cut down by Tremayne. High Inquisitor Tremayne gloats to himself that he has finally killed a Jedi Master. Shelvay, distraught at his master's death, calls his fallen mentor's weapon into his hand and attacks Tremayne. Shelvay, during the duel, manages to sever Tremayne's arm just below the shoulder, and slashes across his face.
Floating in a bacta tank, Tremayne is delirious, and has a vision of himself shortly after his 15th birthday. He dreams of the time when he was a Jedi Apprentice under Master Kylanu. Master Kylanu tells him "that Palpatine himself is interested in weeding out the corruption that has begun to rot the Jedi ranks. And you, Tremayne, have been chosen to help him. Palpatine is quite convinced of your ability, your integrity, and your loyalty. You shall train under his premier agent, Darth Vader . . .."
Tremayne, awake, studied his new facial and arm implants. The new implants made the grotesque wounds look even more fearsome. The medical droid revealed that Darth Vader himself had demanded the use of such unattractive prosthetics - as a sign of the Dark Lord's displeasure over his student's failure. Vader rebukes Tremayne for being defeated by the boy Apprentice Shelvay, but is pleased that Arkanian was defeated. Arkanian had been an irritation to the Emperor for too long. Vader tells Tremayne that he is in a forgiving mood, and departs, leaving Tremayne to ponder his future, vowing not to fail his master again. (SHORT STORY - Topps Publishing - Eric Trautmann - Summer 1996) Meanwhile, Corwin Shelvay is taken to Padme's prison on Myrkkr.
The starship 'Moldy Crow' is constructed at Corellia. "Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire."
The Neuvalis Bounty Hunters Guild is formed. It would become one of the most prominent guilds, which was due mainly to the family fortunes of the Guild's founders, Marjan, and Feras Neuvalis. "SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 10."
Chewbacca is briefly captured by the Empire, but escapes and vows to keep a low profile. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 45]
"The Paradise Snare."
Nineteen-year-old Han Solo finally escapes Garris Shrike's ship the 'Trader Luck', but unfortunately at the cost of Dewlanna's life. Stowing away aboard the drone ship 'Ylesian Dream', he passes himself off as a pilot when he reaches Ylesia, a so-called religious retreat / glitterstim spice mine run by Teroenza and Zavval the Hutt (who takes his orders from Aruk). Under the alias Vykk Draygo, Han befriends Muuurgh, a Togorian, and Bria Tharen, a young woman working in the mines. Practicing his piloting, Han starts hauling glitterstim spice for Teroenza, learning how to fight off pirates at the same time. (During this, he travels to Alderaan for the first time, where he learns first hand you CAN NOT sell spice on Alderaan. He also meets Aryn Dro and Bornan Thul.)
Han gradually catches on to the fact that the colony is a concentration camp, handing out "Exultations" like drugs. He manages to pull Bria from the mines, and begins to fall in love with her. Revealing the truth about the colony to Muuurgh and Bria, and rescuing Muuurgh's love Mrrov from the mines, Han escapes Ylesia, killing Zavval, stealing Teroenza's art collection, and blowing up the glitterstim factory. They travel to Togoria for Muuurgh and Mrrov's wedding. They continue on to Corellia and Bria's family, with Bria suffering from Exultation withdrawal. Needless to say, the family does not welcome Bria's new lover with open arms. Then on to Coruscant, where Han begins preparations to join the Imperial Academy.
Thanks to the Hutts, Han barely avoids arrest at the Imperial bank. However, far worse than this, Bria leaves him, unable to deal with her addiction and her love for him both. She does leave Han a sizeable loan from her father to go on with. Torn apart by this, Han continues on to the Academy. Just as he is accepted and about to begin classes - Garris Shrike catches up to him at last, seeking a bounty from the Hutts. Shrike is killed by another bounty hunter that had also come for Solo. In a desperate fight, Han kills the bounty hunter. He officially becomes a cadet in the Imperial Navy. (NOVEL - Bantam Books - Ann Crispin - July 1997) Shortly after Han's enrollment, C-3P0 and R2-D2 inform Princess Leia Skywalker of this. Leia is delighted, as her crush for him is growing stronger, and perhaps a little darker and more lustful..
Gavin Darklighter (cousin of Biggs) is born on the planet Tatooine to Jula and Silya Darklighter, moisture farmers. "SW: X-Wing Rogue Squadron."
Wedge Antilles' older sister, Syal, was not a child of the world of greasy rags and hydrospanners. In her late teens, she left home to pursue her more cosmopolitan dreams that even the wonders of Coronet City could not provide. Wedge had not spoken to her for some time, and now she was gone. Syal went on to use her business savvy and stunning beauty to become the acclaimed holostar "Wynssa Starflare." "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade." and "X-Wing Rogue Squadron Handbook."
Rendili StarDrive wins its last major military starship contract. "The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels."
"SW Adventure Journal / Tales from the Empire: The Final Exit."
On the planet Najiba, currently suffering through the visitation of the "Children of Najiba" (asteroid cluster), a mysterious man named Adalric Brandl demands a ship to carry him through the treacherous asteroids to the planet in the Trulalis system, and terrifies the unwilling populace with Force powers. A bartender calls up a smuggler friend named Thaddeus Ross and offers him 2,000 on top of whatever Brandl pays - "just get him off the planet!" Brandl gives him 8,000. Ross checks on a 10-96 (what the bartender called Brandl) on the computer - and learns Brandl is a Jedi.
They arrive, and a suspicious Ross questions the Jedi, who claims is on a journey of penance. They make their way to the village of Kovit, where they meet Brandl's master, the old actor Otias. Twelve years have passed since Brandl fell under the Emperor's sway, and he is tried to struggle back to the light, but the old master has no words of forgiveness for him.
Returning to Ross's ship, Brandl is confronted by his teenage son Jaalib, who warns him that the villagers plot to kill him. The ship is set upon as it lifts off, but Brandl has been using a transponder - bringing a Star Destroyer to the planet. The ship is hauled aboard, and Brandl is taken to Inquisitor Tremayne, while Ross receives his freedom and 10,000 credits for returning Brandl to them. Brandl himself pays his travel fee to Ross - then uses a thermal detonator to kill himself as Ross leaves the Star Destroyer.... Conjecture, assuming 12 years dates back to the rise of the Emperor, and given that Jedi were still in (limited) existence at this time. (SHORT STORY - West End Games - Patricia A. Jackson - November 1994)
Senator Bail Organa points out Gilad Pellaeon to his adopted daughter Winter at the annual Grand Alderaanian Gathering at the Royal Pavilion. Bail tells Leia that Pellaeon is one of the Fleet's most promising officers. "SW: Vision of the Future."
Daala, a female Imperial tactician chafing under the Empire's prejudice towards women, creates a computer network alter ego to transmit her ideas and tactics through the Imperial fleet. Her work attracts the attention of Moff Willhuff Tarkin, who meets her on Carida. She is reassigned to Tarkin's personal staff and begins to rise in the ranks. She also becomes Tarkin's mistress. "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook."
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On her twelth birthday, Leia begins to show a lot more of a rebellions and vicious streak, tossing a fellow Sith trainee into a viewscreen with enough power to shatter the screen and cause the trainee to suffer from a mild case of electrocution. She and Mara Jade begin sneaking out of there residence at night to party with boys in the lower levels of Coruscant. Luke begins to follow them. Padme encourages this behaviour, including in the other trainee's, and makes it harder and harder for them to sneak out, forcing them to improve there powers and skills. "SW Tales: The Princess Leia Diaries." (Inspired by incident where she tossed food in someone's face a a formal dinner)
Emperor Palpatine becomes terminally ill, as age and the effects of the Dark Side catch up with him. But the killing of Jedi Master Ashka Boda reveals a Holocron, and a way for Palpatine to cheat death by transferring his consciousness into a clone of his former self. Palpatine does this for the first time (on Korriban?). The Emperor completes his Mount Tantiss storehouse on Wayland, placing the mad clone dark Jedi Joruus C'Baoth and one other Dark Jedi (whom C'Baoth kills) as guardian. Garrbo V'Droz and his brother, considered the best architects of their time, design the Mount Tantiss facility. Despite their successful completion of the project, the Emperor executes Garrbo and his brother in order to maintain the secrecy of the facility. Among the hidden treasures are a working prototype for a cloaking device and scores of Spaarti cloning cylinders. Conjecture from "SW: Dark Empire" and "The SW Encyclopedia."[Page 202] This event inspires Padme. Carefully obtaining a DNA sample of her husband, she has a clone grown for him to move into before they are ready to overthrow Palpatine. Arranging the kidnapping of the best genetists, biochemists and other related scientists and medical experts in the galaxy, she has the facility constructed near Myrrkr. She orders the clone grown to about age 30, and has one grown of herself as well. The clones are grown at a normal rate, in a device the opposite of a stasis booth, a temporal acceleration chamber. The technology is very expensive, each booth costing the same as 100 Imperial Class Star Destroyers.
Princess Winter meets Governor Willhuf Tarkin for the first time when he comes to visit Senator Bail Organa at his family home. Winter is the model of a princess and proprity, and functions as hostess to during the event.
Shortly thereafter, Governor Tarkin meets the Skywalker children (other trainee's are being keep secret from the high-ups in the Empire, as per ordered by the Emperor, which suits Vader's plans anyway).
Taking a dislike to Tarkin, and an interest in his Calamari slave, Ackbar, the twins perform a training exercise for him, using water balloons and sticks and the Force. However, the ballons are full of ice water, and an apparent-miscalculation on the part of the twins sends several ballons crashing into Tarkin's lap.
"SW Tales: The Princess Leia Diaries." (Orginally, Leia dropped a water ballon on him from Organa's palace)
While at the Imperial Academy, Han Solo manages to safely land a malfunctioning U-33 orbital loadlifter so well he earns the nickname "Slick" by his piloting instructor, Lieutenant Badure. "The Essential Chronology"[Page 28].
All key industries on Mecetti worlds are nationalised. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Lords of the Expanse." With thanks to Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
An unknown man leaves a newborn orphan within The Lost City of the Jedi, an underground city on Yavin IV. The young Jedi Prince, Ken, is brought up entirely by droids. "The Lost City of the Jedi."
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Darth Vader develops a biological weapon that accidentally gets out and infects the Falleen populace. To protect the Empire from the virus, Darth Vader orders a bombardment of the planet. Over 200,000 Falleen die, including the entire family of Prince Xizor (except for his niece Savan), who was away on Black Sun (a criminal syndicate) business at the time. (Indeed, he had just become the undisputed leader of Black Sun.) Xizor vows revenge against the Dark Lord. "Shadows of the Empire," "Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook" and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 199]
Soontir Fel graduates from the Imperial Academy of Carida. He is assigned to the Dreadnaught 'Abrogator'. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service" and "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel."
Gara Petothel's parents, both working in Imperial Intelligence, are arrested and executed for an unspecified treason. Gara becomes completely loyal to the Empire so that nothing like that will ever happen to her. "SW: X-Wing - Iron Fist."
Wrenga Jixton, an agent involved in the Falleen disaster, is court-martialled and sent to the spice mines of Kessel. Eventually he escapes, and hides out on Aridus. "Shadow Stalker."
Kyp Durron is born on the Deyer colony of the Anoat system. Future Sith "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook."
Under circumstances as yet unknown, Cadet Han Solo gains a rare honour - a Corellian Bloodstripe. Conjecture from "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
Also at the Academy, Han Solo's friend, and fellow cadet, Mako Spince, is expelled after a prank results in the destruction of the Academy's mascot moon. Amused by the stunt, the corrupt Senator Simon Greyshade sees to it that charges against Spince are dropped. "SW: Dark Empire." Information on Greyshade from "Dark Empire Sourcebook."[Page 45 - 46]
Imperial intelligence, acting under orders from Padme and Darth Vader, back track the Savourium laced meat to it's inventor, Ithorian botanist Zorneth. Capturing him, they brig the botanist before Padme, he breaks him using the Dark Side of the Force, and begins experimenting with Savourium, to create a alchemically altered variety to suit her families master plans.
Padme, using some of her female charms, convinces Palpatine to let her perform Dark Side experiments on any Force-Sensitive she comes across that may not be of use to the Empire. She take's Corwin Shelvay from her prison on Myrrkr and begins experimenting with Sith Alchemy and Savrioum on him, to break him to the Darkside and turn him into a totally loyal force-warrior in her service. If successful, she will have found away to give her husband the final needed item to forging there new empire. A Reborn Sith Order. One where the Acyoltes and Warriors serve the Sith Lords, with the Sith Lords serving Emperor and Empress Skywalker, above all others.
Belindi Kalenda is born. "SW: Ambush at Corellia."
Winter Organa begins to blossom into a confident, poised young woman and a quick political thinker. In Alderaan's ruling city of Aldera, Winterstudies diplomacy, government, and languages . Senator Bail Organa often brought his adopted daughter on trips to other worlds, including the capital planet of Coruscant, and attended to her physical development by hiring weapons master Giles Durane to instruct Winter in the arts of self - defence and marksmanship. Conjecture based upon "SW: The Essential Chronology"[page 44]
At the Age of 14, Luke and Leia reach the level of true Padawan learner under there parents. Mara Jade, now 16, becomes one under Padme. The other trainee's continue there studies. 18 year old Roganda Imaerson begins sleeping her way into the Imperial court as a spy for the Vader and Padme.
Gallofree Yards, Inc., a small starship manufacturer that tried to compete in the crowded transport and freighter markets goes bankrupt. Despite repeated product overhauls and slick marketing, the company seldom turned a profit. Many of the company's remaining transports found their way into the Rebel Alliance's fleet. "The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels."
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Han Solo graduates from the Imperial Academy of Carida at the top of his class, beating even fellow cadet Soontir Fel as class valedictorian. He enters the Imperial Navy. "SW: The Hutt Gambit" and "The Essential Chronology"[Page 28]
Shortly therafter, at the graduation ceremony, he is introduced to Padme and Leia. Leia makes not effort to hide her crush on Han, including giving him her private Holonet address so they can be pen pals. Embarrassed, he thanks her and hides the chip among his belongings. How often do you have Darth Vader's daughter show signs of a crush on you? Han forgets about the chip over the course of the next few months, as his duties leave him little time for idol chit chat. Leia is a little disappointed, since she, inspired by some Twi'lek dancing girls, had an idea for a show for Han ..
An Imperial 'Carrack' - class cruiser named the 'Dominant' is commissioned, and is sent to join the Imperial defence of Dufilvian and Filve. However, it was damaged in battle against the Crimson Nova pirates near F'Dann IX, and recalled for repairs. It was later assigned to the Filve reserve fleet before being sent to subjugate the planet Bakura. "SW: The Truce at Bakura." and "SW RPG: The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook".
"Star Wars Roleplaying Game II: Tempest Feud - A Hutt's Best Hope."
A group of Rebels used to extremely hazardous covert missions are summoned to base for a mission involving a rare thing - an honest Hutt. Specifically, a 900-something year old Hutt named Popara, renowned for keeping his word, and who has information about a safe hyperspace route through the Indrexu Spiral in the Tion Cluster. Getting this route will give the Rebellion a sizable advantage in that region, and so the Rebels are sending this covert group to negotiate with the Hutt for the information. The next morning, the group meets with Popara's aides, the droid H-3P0 and the young Hutt Vago. The two puts them into a shuttle and flies them up to Popara's Ubrikkian yacht, theImru Ootmian. When they reach the Hutt's audience chamber, they find Popara's son, Zonnos, entertaining a group of drunken Wookiees as his father watches. The ancient Hutt listens patiently to the Rebels' pitch, and then agrees to their plea - on one condition. A plague has struck the planet Endregaad in the Tion Cluster - and Popara's younger son, Mika, is on that world. He asks the Rebels to take a ship filled with medicinal spice to Endregaad and see to Mika's well being. As he asks this, Zonnos and the drunk Wookiees jeer and mock the Rebels. Finally, Popara orders his son to shut up. Zonnos retorts that "The least of my Wookiees can take any one of their number!" Intrigued, Popara asks the Rebels if they dare to answer the challenge. One of them does, and defeats the chosen Wookiee handily. Impressed, Popara dismisses them with the words (in Basic) "Find my boy."
The Rebels are given a Suwantek TL-1200 freighter and vaccinated against the plague. As the spice is loaded aboard, Zonnos approaches them quietly and presents them with a pilot, a beaten-down Klatoonian slave named Gabbera. He also makes them a side offer - if they see to it that Mika doesn't make it back alive, he will reward them. The Rebels promise to consider the offer (of course they won't) and say farewell to him. As they set off, unbeknownst to them, a group of little "crab tracers" erupt out of the cargo bins and transmit a homing signal
No sooner do the Rebels exit hyperspace than they are jumped by a group of pirate ships - Rodian pirates led by Heedran and Ormann of the Bomu clan. With the ship blasted by ion cannons, the Rebels work to repel the boarding pirates. Ormann is shot down, and Heedran grabs his injured brother and orders a retreat. The Rebel ship continues on with what prisoners they were able to take and enters Endregaad orbit. A Corporate Sector Authority blockade is in full effect there, and the heroes are hauled into the dreadnaughtResolute and brought before Lieutenant Commander Angela Krin. She seizes the spice meant for the surface. With one in ten dead of plague on the planet below, she refuses to let them land but does agree to let them try to call Mika from orbit. Knowing Popara won't settle for that, the Rebels choose to run the blockade and evade Krin's IRD starfighters as best they can. They crash less than a half-day's walk from Tel Bollin, the city where Mika was last seen. (Gabbera is killed in the crash.) They trudge into the smoky, fire-ravaged town and search for Mika's agent, Orgamon the Nikto. After several false leads, and a run-in with a swoop gang, they finally find him unconscious in the "Fallen Warrior" cantina, where the swoop gang is using his body for a drinking game. He's come down with the plague. As the heroes try to save the Nikto, the swoop gang flies into a Wookiee-like rage and attacks the Rebels. The group is barely able to beat this rampaging gang, and the bartender explains why; they're hopped up on some new spice called "Tempest." They treat Orgamon with the vaccine, and the weakened Nikto reveals that Mika went north to find the source of the plague. He believed he had found it in a place called Temple Valley.
Orgamon leads the Rebels to a cargo caravan heading for Temple Valley, a slow four-day journey. The Rebels volunteer to serve as guards for this caravan. On the first night of the journey, one of the native guards goes missing and strange animal tracks are seen. The second night, they are attacked by creatures resembling headless great apes with poisonous claws. The Rebels chase these monsters to their mother - a giant tree-like creature that feeds upon the prey its' "children" catch and bring to her. The Rebels destroy it and its' children and return to the caravan. Two days later, they reach Temple Valley and are assaulted by another group of tempest addicts. After they are driven off, the Rebels learn Mika is less than a day away near a crashed ship in the valley. They immediately head that way and finally find the young Hutt. After introductions are made, and Popara's worries are communicated to his son, Mika indicates that the crashed ship is the source of the plague. The ship is also spilling out some purple dust - recognized by the heroes as the spice tempest
Suddenly, a group of spice raiders led by one Sundro Tam tears into the valley on swoops and attacks everyone in sight. As Mika is protected by his Nikto bodyguards, the Rebels dispose of the raiders. The group heads back to Tel Bollin, contacts Popara (through a sour Krin) to let him know his son is alive, and waits two weeks for the CSA to finally get the plague under control and lift the blockade. With parts provided by Mika, the heroes return to their crashed ship to repair it - and are ambushed by the Bomu pirates again. A grief-striken Heedron tries his best to kill them, but is taken down with the rest. The Rebels and Mika finally take off from Endregaad and fly to a space station orbiting Droxu where Mika is reunited with his father. The Rebels accuse Zonnos of sending the Bomu pirates after them, a charge the Hutt denies whole-heartedly. Popara has the Rebels' loaned ship repaired, upgraded and given to them as a gift, and he also gives them the hyperspace route they wanted. He also allows each of them a favour they can call in from him at any time, and "the greatest boon that any being can hope to attain - the gratitude of a Hutt lord." (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Jeff Grubb & Owen K.C. Stephens - March 2002)
Weeks prior to Matt Turhaya's graduation from the Imperial Academy, his wife Anii is killed in a freak accident at her job in a weapons factory. Devastated, Matt nevertheless graduates as planned, leaving his daughter Alex in the care of relatives on Janara III and getting assigned to the Star Destroyer Relentless'. But after a few months of witnessing Imperial cruelty and atrocities firsthand, he deserts. "SW Adventure Journal: Passages."
Incom Corp. is nationalized by the Empire. At the time, its newest starfighter, the T-65 X-Wing, is in prototype stage. A rebel group helps Incom's entire senior staff escape the Empire, along with the blueprints and prototypes of the X-Wing. Development of the vessel continues. Conjecture from "SW RPG Sourcebook." The E-Wing, shown in the "X-Wing Rogue Squadron" comic book, was not made operational for another six years, so this seems a reasonable amount of time.
Designers employed by Incom Corporation defect to the Rebel Alliance and start the company FreiTek, Inc. "The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels."
Dr. Issan Len, a well-renowned droid specialist, sets up a laboratory on Cloud City at Bespin. He begins work on a new droid series called the X1. He intends to have the X1 series be capable of controlling starships and space stations, a feat currently beyond droid capability. "SW RPG: Crisis on Cloud City."
Garik "The Face" Loran gets to sit on Ysanne Isard's lap. After his hitWin or Die is released, he gets a trip to Coruscant to meet the Emperor, but Palpatine is in a bad mood after receiving a report informing him of the degree of organization the Rebels actually have, so he gets to see Isard instead. She tells him what a good boy he is. "SW: X-Wing -- Wraith Squadron." Information byNathan Blumenfeld.
Padme successfully creates a new Sith Alchemical varites of the Savourium Herb. She tests begins testing it on slaves of various species, finding it works on all of them, some species or individuals more then others. Padme begins working on refining the herb, which she calls Savithim, an abbreviation for "Savour the Sith". Savithim works the same as Savourium, but instills feelings of worship in those infected when near a powerful Dark Side user, and causing Force Sensitives infected with it to develop a noticable rash on their skin, making them easy to identify. Training with the Dark Side removes this rash.
Colonel Matthews is sent to the Corporate Sector to procure badly needed weapons and supplies for the Rebel cause. After months of covert activity, Matthews managed to open several secret supply routes and war material steadily made its way to the Alliance. "SW RPG Truce At Bakura Sourcebook."
"SW Role Playing Game II: Tempest Feud - Night on Nar Shaddaa."
One month has passed since a rebel unit aided Popara the Hutt and gained his favour. Now they receive a personal message from him, asking for them to meet with him as soon as possible on Nar Shaddaa. After an uneventful journey, the heroes meet Mika at the landing pad. One of them spots a sniper taking aim at them, but is too late to stop him from hitting his target - Popara's H-3P0 droid. The Cerean sniper is gunned down by Mika's Nikto bodyguards and is identified as a freelancer who worked for a Hutt named Lungru. The assassin has a pattern of darkened veins all over his head - the sign of a tempest addict. Mika hurries the rebels toward his father's penthouse home, but yet another person is watching them go - Angela Krin
After they are given rooms and allowed to freshen up, the rebels are shown into the penthouse, where a party is underway. Popara is entertaining a menagerie of aliens, and speaks to the rebels privately later. He tells them that tempest, the spice that "dulls the mind and inflames the passions," is spreading like wildfire through the underworld. And as such is cutting into Popara's profits in selling less-dangerous brands of spice. He asks the group to track down the source of this spice, and to find out who was shooting at Mika - there have been other attacks, on him as well as Zonnos. As he munches on a bowl of worms, Popara gives the group a list of tempest-selling bars and notes two Hutt competitors (Parella and Lungru) who he suspects of dealing in tempest. He notes that he is getting old, and plans to install Mika as his heir to the Anjiliac clan. Suddenly, he begins to belch, moan, and swell and suddenlyexplodes all over the rebels!! And before the rebels can do anything, Zonnos tears in with several guards and accusesthemof murdering his father!!
Facing certain torture and execution, the rebels panic and flee, fighting through the crowd. Despite their best efforts, they are overwhelmed and thrown into Zonnos' dungeon. Three hours later, they are visited by Vago, who tells them that Zonnos has declared himself leader of his clan and is signing their death warrants. Mika has disappeared. At this point, he's the only one in the clan who has any interest in finding the truth. He sets the group free and sneaks them out of the tower, begging them to track down Mika and the source of the tempest. They do stop by the scene of Popara's death first, though, where they determine that the worms - or rather, the catalyst in the worms - detonated a chemical explosive that Popara had ingested earlier.
With their ship impounded, the heroes descend into the lower depths of Nar Shaddaa and seek out the tempest bars. First stop is Kuzbar's Cantina, where they learn that Zonnos is buying tempest for himself and that Krin is asking about it as well. Their questioning is interrupted by a holotransmission of Zonnos; he declares a 100,000 credit bounty on the rebels' heads. One brawl later, the rebels continue the search. Next stop, theDark Melody, where they are chased out by an armour-clad Parella the Hutt. Next, the Headache Bar, where they find a blanket-wrapped Mika trying to hide. He says he fears Zonnos killed Popara and is trying to kill him too. He has arranged a way offworld, and offers to take the heroes along. A group of tempest-using thugs attack the group, and Mika reveals he has Force powers when he helps the rebels fight the thugs off. Mika then leads the group to the Muur cantina to meet his contact - Angela Krin, who has been promoted to Captain and is trying to find the source of tempest herself. She has a cargo skiff waiting in an adjoining warehouse. But in the skiff, they find a crying Evocii child named Matha - and a group of hungry vrblthers hunting her! After the rebels kill the creatures, they take Matha home to her clan. The leader of the clan, Sorgoth, is a Force-adept. He reads their fortunes for them and says "I see a storm of purple dust that will sweep up those who conceived. I see a mad Hutt, one who has lost his mind. I see danger and betrayal. To survive, you will need to trust in your friends."
Vago supplies a ship for the group to leave in. He tells them Zonnos is deranged and calling in every family favor the clan has to hunt them down. They rush into the hangar where the ship is and find an ambush waiting for them. The Bomu Clan has joined Zonnos' Wookiees in the attack, and capture Mika, Krin and a couple of the rebels. The remaining heroes fight their way out with the aid of the Evocii. Regrouping at the earlier warehouse, the heroes debate what to do next. Sorgoth approaches them with a holo - Zonnos, his head now covered with dark veins, announces his father's killers will be executed in an hour. Using the cargo skiff, the heroes crash the execution party - literally. Zonnos snaps and flies into a berserker rage, fighting alongside the Wookiees and Rodians. Krin and the captured rebels are saved, and Mika mind-tricks his Nikto guards into letting him go as well. Shaken and feeling all alone, Mika asks the rebels to help him. He offers Krin accommodations as she continues her investigation, and takes on the favors his father owed the heroes. (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Jeff Grubb & Owen K.C. Stephens - March 2002)
A small, independent smuggling group led by a Captain Hoffner accidentally stumbles onto the 'Katana' fleet. Amongst it's crew is navigator / sensor specialist Talon Karrde, who immediately recognises the find. "SW: Dark Force Rising." Thanks to Dan Wallace for correcting us on this!
Guri, a Human Replica Droid, is designed and constructed to serve as the personal aide of Prince Xizor. The droid is designed and built by an outlaw tech named Simonelle the Ingoian, with a budget of 9,000,000 credits allotted by Xizor. The plans for Guri were based on rebel plans Simonelle somehow stole from "Project Decoy." The droid incorporates such parts as a highly modified AA-1 Verbobrain, high-strength polymer-covered alloy "bones," bio-fiber "organs" that can fool any scanner, and flawless vat-grown clone skin. Upon her completion, Guri's first act is to murder her creator - or so she thought. Simonelle, wisely foreseeing the possibility, used part of that nine-million credit budget and created a replica of himself for Guri to kill. The real Simonelle goes into hiding. "SW: Shadows of the Empire." Information also from "SW RPG Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook."
"SW Role Playing Game II: Tempest Feud - The Spice Lord of Varl."
For two months, a group of Rebel agents have been working with the Hutt lord Mika as he solidifies his position as head of the Anjiliac clan. But the group is getting tired of being Hutt henchmen, and their Rebel bosses are starting to think they've abandoned them. Mika has helped them in turn, dealing with the Bomu clan and Parella the Hutt, but neither they or Angela Krin are any closer to finding the source of tempest - and now that dangerous spice seems to be all over the galaxy.
Mika, speaking to them via holo, assigns them to delivering a pair of Corellian sand panthers to Lungru the Hutt on Joodrudda. Shipping the panthers from Nal Hutta to Joodrudda proves easy, even though Lungru's henchmen try to pick a fight. Lungru apologizes for this, and leaves the Rebels with a warning: "Mika is not the Hutt his father was, but he is successful and profitable. I suspect you will find his collar less comfortable than Popara's, and his leash not quite so long." On their way back up into space, the Rebels are intercepted by Corporate IRD's and brought to Krin's new ship, theVigilance. She announces that she's finally got a lead to the source of tempest and it leads to the Hutts' homeworld, Varl. Explaining further, she notes that the Endregaad Plague is a mutated version of a virus native to Varl. Indeed, it seems that tempest is made up of the Varl virus combined with normal spice. She's been tracking a smuggler ship bringing huge quantities of spice to Varl, and she intends to capture it. She asks the Rebels to help, and they gladly agree - they've had it fighting tempest addicts!
The Rebels intercept the smuggler ship, theBarabi Run, at Rhilithan. Interrogating the crew, they learn that the tempest manufacturing plant is at the base of a large mountain on Varl. The crew has no idea who the spice lord is. After Krin and the CSA haul the smugglers off, the Rebels take it over and use the ship to sneak onto the heavily-guarded world of Varl. They land on the other side of the mountains from the plant and are greeted by one of Vago's H-3P0 droids. The droid hasn't heard from its' master recently and is worried. The heroes make their way into the dark and treacherous mineshafts under the mountain, where they face off against Hutt war droids, a photon spider, and some Nikto guards. Finally they reach the plant and find it covered in Hutt security droids. They sneak into the plant, and realize the "plant" is in fact a starship namedTempest!
Fighting their way past security droids and Nikto, the Rebels reach the ship's forward hold and the processing plant itself. Vago is there, with a pair of Force-using Twi'lek sisters protecting him. A firefight erupts, and the heroes notice Vago has a controlling device on his head. When they destroy it, Vago comes to his senses and attacks the sisters himself. He declares thatMika was the one who killed Popara - he's the one behind tempest!! The group heads to the starship's bridge, where they find Mika in the throes of tempest addiction. As soon as they walk in, Mika has theTempest launch from its' mountain pad. He gloats that he rules a shadow empire thanks to tempest and the Rebels' unwitting help. But now their usefulness is at an end, and he orders his Nikto guards and war droids to attack. The battle is fierce, and time is running out as the ship clears the atmosphere and fights its' way past Krin's IRD's. Slipping into a tempest-fueled rage, Mika fights to the death with his guards - and when defeat proves inevitable, Mika sets a self-destruct device going. The heroes have barely enough time to jump in an escape pod before theTempest explodes, taking Mika and the tempest spice with it.
Vago gives the Rebels 30,000 credits a piece for their valor, as well as a favour a piece. He offers their patronage as well, but the Rebels respectfully decline; they've had enough of working for a Hutt for a lifetime. Vago understands. As for Krin, she promises safe haven in Corporate space whenever they need it (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Jeff Grubb & Owen K.C. Stephens - March 2002)
Shortly there after, Imperial Intelligence tracks the source of Tempest spice down, and under orders from Padme, discover its nature. Padme adds Tempest spice to her Sith Alchemy experiments involving Savithim. While the varities of Savithim she has created so far are showing promise at working on non-Force Sensitives, there effects can be overcome with the Force. Hopefully by cross-breeding Tempest Spice and Savourium, combined with Sith Alchemy and Genetic Manipulation, she can make a plant to work on Force users to ensure loyalty to the Skywalkers.
Gideon Tarkin, a former Brigadier who served the Old Republic with distinguished loyalty but was overshadowed by his older brother Willhuf, is killed during the Erhynradd Massacre. After the death of her father, Rivoche Tarkin is offered a home at her uncle's estate. "SW RPG: Cracken's Rebel Operatives."
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Trandoshan slavers raid the late Tojjevvuk's home village, and all the children are taken as slaves. Chewbacca, in a stunning act of bravery, attacks the slaver ship on his own - and kills every last slaver. Before they can evacuate, however, an Imperial Star Destroyer arrives. Commander Nyklas orders a TIE squadron led by Lieutenant Han Solo to capture Chewbacca's ship. Chewbacca fights them off as best as he can, allowing the other Wookiees to escape. Han boards the ship and finds the wounded Chewbacca on the bridge. Nyklas orders Han to "skin him and bring me his hide." Han responds: "Negative, sir. Han Solo does not kick an enemy while he is down." Nyklas is furious at this and promises to pay them both back. Chewbacca is taken captive and sold into slavery. "SW: Chewbacca."
Han Solo, now a Lieutenant in the Imperial Army, rescues a dozen Wookiee slaves-including one called Chewbacca - from the bounty hunter Bossk at the under-construction Imperial Hall of Heroes on Coruscant. He defends Chewbacca against mistreatment by Imperial Commander Nyklas, and is promptly dishonourably discharged - forever barring him from any civilian piloting job. Chewbacca, somehow freed, believing he owes a life-debt to Solo, trails him around. At first wary, Solo eventually comes to accept Chewbacca as a partner. With the aid of Mako Spince, Solo eventually becomes a pirate and smuggler. "SW: The Hutt Gambit," "SW: Tales of the Bounty Hunters," and "The Essential Chronology"[Page 28]
6 hours after Han is dimissed from the Imperial Navy, 15 year old Leia is informed of this by C-3P0 at a family dinner. (Including with the other Sith Trainee's. Padme feels a sense of unity is important for them to have.) Enraged, Leia uses the force to hurl Threepio into a wall (narrowly missing her father), and storms off to her room. Padme follows her to find her packing clothes, already in a black outfit, and with her lightsaber on her belt. Leia fully intends to kill Commander Nyklas and bring Han back into the Imperial Navy, even if she has to kill ever senior Imperial officer in order to find a spot for him. Padme and Vader reign thier daughter back in, despite her launching a furious, if ineffective, Force lightning assault on her mother, and promise her the time will come for that.
The IG series of assassin droids is developed for use by Imperial Supervisor Gurdun. Only the IG's, it turns out, are madetoowell. The most advanced, IG-88, suddenly gains sentience - and in one horrific moment, murders its entire staff of creators. It copies its mind over to three identical copies of itself and escapes the Holowan laboratories along with the less advanced IG-72. "Tales of the Bounty Hunters: I Think, Therefore I Am - the tale of IG-88."
A rebel uprising on the Devaronian system results in a massacre in the holy city of Montellian Serat, with over 700 rebels killed. "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
Han Solo's dishonourable discharge from the Imperial Navy destroys any chance Thrackan Sal-Solo had of making it into the Imperial Naval Academy as he dreamed. Thrackan now bears a considerable grudge against his cousin. "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 143]
A resistance group in the Silken Asteroid Field is discovered and set upon by the Empire. Using incredible tactical skills, and against unbelievable odds, General Jan Dodonna successfully defends the base and defeats the Imperial attackers. "SW: Galactic Battlegrounds."
Wedge Antilles helps replace the fusion chamber on the starboard engine of the 'Pulsar Skate'. "X-Wing: Rogue Squadron."
Soontir Fel is eventually assigned to the 37th Imperial Fighter Wing, and soon took charge. Under his leadership, the 37th became on of the Empire's most feared units. Soontir Fel becomes a teacher at the Prefsbelt IV academy. Among the students he teaches in the following years are Hobbie Kilvan, Biggs Darklighter, and Tycho Celchu. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service." and "X-Wing Rogue Squadron Handbook".
Imperial Supervisor Gurdun arrives at the Holowan Laboratories to check out his new IG droids. He finds the lab is a shambles and the droids have all escaped. Gurdun sends out a general alert to the Imperial Navy - the droids are ordered "dismantled on sight." "Tales of the Bounty Hunters: I Think, Therefore I Am - the tale of IG-88."
"SW Adventure Journal: Turning Point."
Dair Haslip is more than ready for the shuttle that will take him off Garos IV and on to the Raithal Academy. He chats with Assistant Minister of Commerce Magir Paca about many things - his late father West, Minister Tork Winger's attempts to end the violence between Garos IV and Sundari, his grandmother Keriin's recent sale of the family mines to the Empire (unbeknownst to him, she was forced to). An Imperial shuttle arrives, and Senior Lieutenant Brandei steps out, ordering an immediate meeting with Winger and his wife Sali at the medical center. There, Brandei presents them with a battered young girl they pulled from the wreckage of Sreina of Janara III. It's Alex Turhaya, whom Brandei offers to sell to Winger as his foster daughter. They privately hear from a shaken lieutenant Chanceller the truth of what happened - how half the city was wiped out to capture Rebels that weren't there. They tearfully accept custody of young Alex.
A few nights later, Dair and his friend Jos go out for one last hike on the old mine mountains. Jos is conflicted by the fact that his father has joined a rebel group. Suddenly, they are set upon by scout troopers looking for Chanceller (who has gone AWOL). The scouts declare the two young men spies despite their protests, and Jos is murdered - shot in the back, unarmed. Dair is forced to attack and kill the two scout troopers. He staggers back home, where he tearfully reveals all to Keriin. She decides it's time to reveal a secret to Dair - she is a rebel. She brings the shaken young man to meet with the local underground and tell his story. He is stunned to find Paca among their number. He is surprised when they tell him he should join the Academy after all - as a rebel working undercover in the Empire, he can do a lot of damage. He agrees. (SHORT STORY - West End Games - Charlene Newcomb - February 1995)
Arriving at Mechis III, IG-88, and his three copies hack into the Holowan Laboratories' computers and droids, reprogramming them into serving only them. The droids murder the labs' human workers and begins automating construction of all Holowan products. The products are given sentience programming based on IG-88's, as well as secret instructions to begin preparing the galaxy for takeover by IG-88. "Tales of the Bounty Hunters: I Think, Therefore I Am - the tale of IG-88."
Dash Rendar's older brother Stanton is killed in a freighter crash in Coruscant. The freighter crashes into the Emperor's private wing of the Imperial Museum, destroying several Jedi and Sith artefacts. A furious Palpatine orders the Rendar family stripped of everything short of their lives and banishes them from the Core Worlds. (Their holdings are given to Prince Xizor, who "arranged" the crash.) Cadet Dash is expelled from the Academy of Carida and banished as well. He eventually becomes a smuggler. "SW RPG Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook."
After two months of searching, the Empire still has not found IG-88 or his copies. Realising this can not last forever, the four droids decide on a diversionary tactic - use their original assassin droid programming and go into the bounty hunting business, acting as one droid. They design four identical starships - all dubbedIG-2000 - and goes to work. IG-88B is the first to go bounty hunting, hired by a weapons runner on Peridon's Folly named Grlubb to destroy a rival. IG-88B takes the opportunity to visit Bolton Kek, one of his designers that was not at the Holowan labs. He puts a blaster bolt through Kek's skull. The droids continue bounty hunting, choosing to work in systems where (soon not to be) living members of the IG project live. "Tales of the Bounty Hunters: I Think, Therefore I Am - the tale of IG-88."
Twenty years after his first visit there, Moff Willhuff Tarkin returns to Omwat - in force. While diplomats keep the Omwat intrigued with stories of the galaxy, Tarkin constructs an orbital education facility. Once it's done, he sends in the troops. Tarkin kidnaps several Omwati children and hauls them into the orbiting facility, training them to serve as designers and tacticians. (Failure to learn, Tarkin coldly informs the shocked Omwat, means the destruction of not only the child, but also the child's family and home city. Resistance from the planet will be dealt with the same way.) Hundreds of children are taken; of them, only ten children (including Qwi Xux) survive the training. "SW: Jedi Search," "SW Jedi Academy Sourcebook," and "SW RPG II: Alien Anthology."[Page 90]
Ephaan Kenzon steps up his resistance efforts against the Empire, sending his Force-sensitive students out to wage a covert war against Imperial forces. "SW RPG II: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook."[Page 152]
Lando Calrissian comes into possession of the 'Millennium Falcon' (bought in a sabacc game on Bespin), and sets off on a series of adventures that helps to build his reputation. Shortly before "Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu," at the same time as the early chapters of "The Hutt Gambit."
In one of his earliest smuggling runs, Han Solo and the rest of the crew of a Corellian Rimrunner are captured on Skye and hunted like animals by the vindictive Majestrix, Kharys. Of the 20 - man Corellian crew, only Han and "Laughin'" Katya M'Buele survive. The Marvel Series, Annual #1.
"The Hutt Gambit."
Now a struggling amateur smuggler, Han Solo makes his way to Nar Shaddaa with his new friend Chewbacca, chased all the way by bounty hunters working for Teroenza. They meet up with Mako Spince, who helps Han learn more about the smuggling business. Five months later, Solo is starting to make a name for himself. He travels to Kessel for the first time, and comes to work for Lord Jiliac and his great -nephew Jabba. Three months later, Han rescues one of Jiliac's ships from Drell pirates working for Aruk, a rival Hutt. At the same time, Teroenza finally hires the most dreaded bounty hunter of all - Boba Fett - to catch Han.
Two months later, Han has just met (and had a brief fling with) the magician Xaverri when Fett catches up to him. Just when it seems Han's finished, a gambler named Lando Calrissian comes to the rescue and forces Fett off. In return, the grateful Han helps teach Lando how to fly the 'Millennium Falcon'. Deciding to lay low for a while, Han tells a now-pregnant "Lady" Jiliac (Hutts are hermaphrodites) that he is leaving Nar Shaddaa. But first he transports the Hutts to a meeting of all Hutt clans on Nal Hutta, where Aruk of the Besadii clan accuses Jiliac of raiding Ylesia. (The real raiders are Corellian rebels led by Bria Tharen.) Jabba counter-accuses Besadii of stealing from fellow Hutts, and putting the Hutts in danger of the Emperor's wrath. [The rest of the book summary continues down below.] (NOVEL - Bantam Books - Ann Crispin - October 1997)
"SW Tales: Routine."
Captaining an Imperial customs Dreadnaught named 'Vigilance'was not how Devd Llnewe wanted his career in the Imperial Navy to go. Having a by-the-book lieutenant named Raprice helping him along is not helping. So he welcomes the arrival of a Corellian Corvette (the 'Jaina's Folly') flown by Han Solo and Chewbacca. Han claims to be flying the ship (filled with grain, seed, and trinkets) to the planet Nadiem, a farming colony on the Rim. And an inspection proves him to be right. Llnewe lets it slide - but the next time the 'Folly'shows up, he orders a level two inspection. Again nothing. A third trip has Llnewe alarmed and ready to tear the Corvette apart. But all he has is this gut feeling - not enough. The 'Folly'passes on its way. Llnewe reviews the inspection results from all three trips, and onlythendoes it hit him - Han and Chewbacca have not been flying the same ship on all three trips! They are been smuggling theCorvettes themselves!!
And on this third 'Jaina's Folly', Han, and Chewbacca are laughing their butts off. Nobody expected two ships to get across the border and into the hands of the rebel cells, let alone three. The legend continues to grow (COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Tony Isabella - January 2000)
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Maw Installation, a secret Imperial weapons project, is constructed in the Kessel system. Over 100 Wookies of the Nysshyyyk clan were shipped to Maw Installation when it was under construction. Within a month, 12 of the warriors chose death rather than work under the "loving eye" of Lakky, the overseer of the slave pool, 8 repeatedly sabotaged their work until slain, and the other 4 simply opened their vac suits while in space. The remaining Wookies stayed on in the Maw when the base was completed, and did a lot of zero - G work in constructing and assembling the mighty girders of the prototype Death Star. This was gruelling and dangerous work, and more than 50 Wookies lost their lives before it was completed. "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook." It was rumoured to be in construction in "The Hutt Gambit."
Irek Ismaren, son of Imperial concubine Roganda, is born on Coruscant. As Roganda is the only one of the Emperor's mistresses to give birth, it is assumed by the Imperial Court that Irek is the Emperor's son (a lie Rogandaand Padme encourage greatly). In reality, his father was Sarcev Quest, a fellow servant of Palpatine. Irek shows early aptitude in the Force, and Roganda trains him in the ways of the Dark Side. "SW: Children of the Jedi" and "SW Gamer: The Emperor's Pawns."
20 year old Roganda, loyal to the Skywalkers because of her upbringing under Padme, begins assisting Padme with her Dark Side experiments.
Hal Horn records a holographic message for his son Corran that would reveal to him his Jedi heritage. "SW: I, Jedi." Corran was 16 at the time that Hal recorded the message.
A young mercenary named Sedriss is arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of several Imperial officers - officers who had recruited him but found him unsuitable. The Inquisitorium learns of Sedriss' Force sensitivity, and brings him before the Emperor. Palpatine makes him a deal - if Sedriss can best him in a duel, he can take Palpatine's life. However, if the Emperor wins, he will serve the old man with unquestioning loyalty - or suffer the most agonising death imaginable. Sedriss smugly accepts - and moments later, he's writhing on the ground in pain. He promises, swears, and finallybegs to serve the Emperor. With that, Palpatine frees him from his dark grip and begins training him in the ways of the Dark Side. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 102]
When the Empire determined they could not retain or convert Jan Dodonna, a secret COMPNOR order was issued for his prompt and quiet execution. Learning of the termination instructions, Mon Mothma sends a desperate message to inform him and to sway him to her cause. Dodonna initially refuses; according to his rigid military standards, the Rebellion is a treasonous insurrection against the lawful government. However, when Imperial assassination forces charge in unannounced and try to kill him and his son Vrad in cold blood, Dodonna flees in his nightshirt and fights his way out. Spurred by that cowardly betrayal, Dodonna becomes a staunch member of the growing rebellion movement. Conjecture from "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 55]
"Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu."
Intrigued by stories of ancient treasure, Lando Calrissian sets off from Oseon 2795 for the Rafa system in the newly bought 'Millennium Falcon' (Note: This is before Lando became a good pilot). No sooner does he land on Rafa IV (and buy the droid Vuffi Raa to fly the 'Millennium Falcon') than he is attacked and arrested by local police on trumped-up charges. The planetary governor, Duttes Mir, in league with a Tund sorcerer named Rokur Gepta, offers Lando a choice-death, or help them find the fabled Mindharp of Sharu, a religious artefact of rumoured great power. Given a Key that would unlock the way to the Mindharp, Calrissian does not even know where to begin. He begins hopping bars, hoping to find someone who would know the Key. He finds one in an old Toka who calls him "Emissary." The man, Mohs the High Singer, offers to help Lando find the Mindharp. He leads Lando to Rafa V, where the party is attacked by Captain Jandler (the cop who attacked Calrissian at the hotel and the bar earlier) ordered to get the Key by Governor Mir. The team defeats Jandler and finds a glass pyramid that serves as gateway to the Mindharp....
Four months later, Lando returns to Rafa IV - having felt like he was only a few days away. Giving the Mindharp to Mir, he is immediately thrown back in jail, but manages to escape as Mir, believing he will receive absolute power, inadvertently uses the Mindharp for its true purpose - reawakening the former civilisation of Rafa, the Sharu. The 'Millennium Falcon' gets away with the last Life-crystals to be harvested from the system, and Gepta vows revenge.... (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - L.Neil Smith - July 1983)
Lando Calrissian buys a spaceship lot from a Duros with the money from the life-crystals. "SW: The Hutt Gambit."
The Empire builds a maximum-security prison on Dathomir. Within its walls, thousands of political prisoners eked out a meagre existence, people too valuable to assassinate, yet too popular to imprison in a known facility. A short time later they are run off by the Nightsisters, the dark "witches" of Dathomir, led by the evil Gethzerion. The prison is bombed from orbit by then-Captain Zsinj, and Emperor Palpatine orders a patrol of at least two Star Destroyers around the planet at all times to ensure the Nightsisters' continued exile. Zsinj is promoted to admiral for his quick thinking. Gethzerion creates a heavily - modified version of The Book of Law, which she names The Book of Shadows. Gethzerion taught her followers that Allya had written the original book after she was old and weak, and that the laws she set down were for her own benefit, and not that of the other sisters. This book taught the use of what Gethzerion later called Shadow Magic. "SW: The Courtship of Princess Leia," "SW RPG: Cracken's Threat Dossier" and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."
The Empire establishes an interdiction field around the Rafa system, completely blockading the reborn Sharu civilisation. "The Essential Guide to Alien Species."[Page 131]
"Marvel Illustrated: The Weapons Master."
While on a visit to Challon, Princess Winter is nearly shot by a "reporter" - but saved by the timely intervention of one Giles Durane, a "weapons master" hired by Bail Organa to train Winter in how to handle weapons of all kinds. Even as he begins training her, the Empire secretly hires the Assassins' Guild to take Winter out. Winter proves a good student. A sneak attack forces her to speed-shoot an assassin. Durane had let the assassins on his ship to provide Winter with some practice. She finally resumes her business on Challon, only to face a Guild Master. Defeating him, she finds Giles himself is after her now-hired by the Empire, having paid his debts to Bail Organa. Winter is forced to draw against her own teacher-and manages to gun him down. Date corrected by "SW: Rebel Dawn." (COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - 1979)
Luke, Leia and Mara Jade are all named 'Knights' by Vader and Padme, and begin training as Sith Lords.
Using Sith Alchemy on a combination of Saviroium, Tempest spice and ancient Sith poisons, Padme perfects a "potion" that allows her and Vader to break anyone to the Darkside of the Force. The potion leaves them completely loyal to the Sith order, and the Leaders of that order in particular. The first of the new Sith order is Corwin Shelvay, the Jedi Padawan that injured and nearly killed Inquistor Tremayne, who begins training as a Sith. Padme calls the new plant "Sithim" as a joke.
Growing increasingly concerned over reports of rebellion, Governor Willhuff Tarkin presents the "Tarkin Doctrine" to Emperor Palpatine, presenting suggestions for more directly putting the Empire in the military's control. Among the provisions is the suggestion of a superweapon to be used as an anti-rebellion deterrent. Remembering the first time Tarkin presented this idea to him - at a time he could not make it happen -- Palpatine adopts the accord, making Tarkin the first Grand Moff, and putting him in charge of what comes to be known as "Project Death Star." Conjecture from the SW RPG Death Star Technical Companion. Tarkin's first name is from the SW Screen Entertainment Program.
Kyle Katarn enrols in the Imperial Military Academy on Carida. "Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire."
"The Hutt Gambit (continued)."
Han rents a ship from Lando (calls it the 'Bria') and goes back to work for Jabba. Jabba in return talks Boba Fett out of the bounty for Han. Han meets mechanic Shug Ninx, Rik Duel, and a female smuggler named Salla Zend, whom Han falls in love with. He also adopts a street kid named Jarik. Fed up with Aruk, Teroenza makes a deal with Jiliac to kill him by poisoned nala-tree frogs. To the Hutt's shock, Sector Moff Sarn Shild announces that the Emperor has ordered a crackdown on Hutt activities and all illegal activities in Hutt space. Han is sent to Coruscant as a peace emissary to Shild, who says that the Hutts will not be hurt if they "cooperate," and that Nar Shaddaa will be "made an example of." Han is shocked to see Bria as Shild's apparent mistress. (She is not.) The Hutts desperately attempt to bribe Admiral Greelanx, head of Shild's fleet. With the battle plan purchased, Han and Mako gathers every smuggler on Nar Shaddaa to create an army to battle Shild.
Meanwhile, Bria learns that the Emperor wants Besadii clan untouched in the coming attack - they are providing him with useful slaves. Shild plans to secede that part of the Empire, use the Hutt's wealth to build his power base, and challenge the Emperor himself. At the same time, Greelanx is ordered by the Emperor to throw the fight. The Battle of Nar Shaddaa begins. The smugglers put up such a ferocious fight that Greelanx forgets orders and plows into them. (Unbeknownst to Han, his former classmate Soontir Fel is among the opposition, commanding the Dreadnaught 'Pride of the Senate'.) After a protracted slaughter, the Hutts send in mercenary reinforcements. With the fleet shattered, Greelanx finally orders the retreat. As Han attends a friend's wedding, Aruk the Hutt dies. Durga, Aruk's son, takes over Besadii clan, opens talks with Black Sun and vows revenge. Going to pay Greelanx off, Han listens from another room as Darth Vader murders the admiral, and races back to Nar Shaddaa, escaping the attacked and exploding 'Bria' in a lifepod. Shild, not even knowing why he did the things he did, commits suicide. (NOVEL - Bantam Books - Ann Crispin - 1997)
"Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon."
Rokur Gepta manages to lure Lando Calrissian into Oseon space with an anonymous message offering great gambling wins. Gambling on the asteroid Oseon 6845 (and 2,300 credits ahead), Lando Calrissian finds himself a walking target. However, an invitation to a sabacc tournament is an inescapable lure for Calrissian. And if he sticks around long enough, he can see the Oseon sun flare into the legendary Flamewind. He does okay, until the 'Millennium Falcon' is sabotaged and he is attacked by (and forced to kill) an Oseon cop. He is not charged for killing the cop, but sentenced to death for carrying a gun. As always, he is offered a deal - to free himself, he must get two cops to Oseon 5792 to entrap and arrest a drug-using trillionnaire named Bohhuah Mutdah, thus allowing his rivals a chance at his fortune. And survive the lethal radiation of the Flamewind in the process. And survive Rokur Gepta's numerous attempts to kill him. Fighting his way to Mutdah's home, Calrissian is stunned when one of the cops kills the other, and then Mutdah (who talks to the cop like he is an employee) shoots him. And then, suddenly, Mutdah's morphs into his true form - that of Rokur Gepta, who is set all of this up (and killed Mutdah to take his place) just to kill Lando. The gambler barely survives Gepta's mental torture, stabs him in the eye, and makes off with twenty million of Mutdah's fortune. On the way out, Lando and Vuffi rescue Klyn Shanga, a Renatasian with a grudge against Vuffi. (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - L.Neil Smith - September 1983)
19 year old Princess Winter overhears a holo conversation her father has with Mon Mothma, plotting to form a Rebel Alliance. Long harboring her own hatred for the Empire, Winter silently vows to make her father proud of her. "SW Tales: The Princess Leia Diaries."
Han Solo and Chewbacca run into a group of Zygerran slavers near Janodral Mizar. Solo and Chewbacca free the slaves and turn command of the slave ship and the captive slavers to them. Solo and Chewbacca scare the Zygerrians away by broadcasting a transponder code misrepresenting them as a fully armed Imperial vessel complete with 20 stormtroopers. Among the captives were historian Arthul Hextrophon and his family. "SW: Heir to the Empire."
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Princess Winter Organa of Alderaan becomes the youngest member of the Imperial Senate, as well as a secret Rebel sympathiser. Her predecessor (and adopted father), Bail Prestor Organa, assumes the role of Viceroy and First Chairman of Alderaan. He begins working to quietly dismantle Alderaan's pacifist tendencies. Winter quietly lets Bail know that she's aware of his rebel activities and wants to help.
Shortly after becoming Senator for Alderaan, Princess Winter meets Leia Skywalker. Leia takes a liking to the Alderraanian princess, and they become friends. However, acting on her mothers suspicions, she learns of the growing rebel movements, including Mon Mothma's and Bail Organa's involvement. Deciding to keep this information to themselves, Padme and Vader order Leia to become as good as friends with Winter as possible.
"Lando Calrissian and the StarCave of ThonBoka."
Having survived Rokur Gepta's revenge (at least for the moment), winning a fortune on Oseon, and learning how to fly the 'Millennium Falcon' (with Vuffi's help), Lando's life is good - until he comes upon a starving living spaceship called Lehesu. After being told about the Oswaft's plight, he tries to help out the besieged space-living Oswaft race in the cloud called the ThonBoka. In return for the 'Millennium Falcon's' garbage (food for the Oswaft), the Oswaft will make various gems and valuables out of what materials they can not digest and give it to Lando. But there are a few obstacles between Lando and those riches.
For one thing, Rokur Gepta and Klyn Shanga have teamed up, both vowing either to kill Lando and Vuffi or die trying. For two, a massive fleet stands between the Oswaft and the 'Millennium Falcon'. Unable to fight, run from, or run around the fleet, Lando falls back on what he knows best - the con job. He presents himself as a trader, and ingratiates himself to the soldiers. Then, he sets up his own apparent death as he escapes the fleet and races into the ThonBoka. He meets with and feeds the Oswaft, but war is imminent - "negotiations" between the Oswaft and the fleet have ended in bloodshed and the entire fleet heading into the ThonBoka. And Gepta and Shanga, refusing to believe Lando is dead, are right on their tail. And with them is Vuffi Raa's former owner, a spy who claimed to be an archaeologist, Osuno Whett. Lando sets up a desperate plan: the Oswaft will jump between the ships, expel their waste, and jump out again while the fleet fires at the waste, hitting themselves instead. Gepta arrives and expels electromagnetic torpedos onto a few of the Oswaft, announcing that he will empty tons of them upon the ThonBoka unless Calrissian fights him in a duel to the death (he personally plans to wipe out the nebula regardless of the outcome).
At that point, Whett loses patience and tries to kill all three of them, giving Lando the opportunity he needed to kill Gepta - but not before Gepta apparently kills Vuffi. Realising Whett is the true Butcher of Renatasia, Shanga sets out after him. Suddenly, a HUGE starship arrives in the area, announcing itself to be.... Vuffi Raa's father. Vuffi is repaired, and explanations made. Vuffi is a larval starship, sent out to explore the universe and learn about it, then report back to his people. Vuffi leaves with his father, and Lando sets out for parts unknown, the 'Millennium Falcon' stuffed to bursting with gems and jewels.... (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - L.Neil Smith - December 1983)
At the age of seventeen, Wedge Antilles was looking forward to a career as an architect or a pilot, perhaps some day owning his own freighter. But a tragedy occurred that would change his life irrevocably and send him on the path of Rebellion. An armed freighter, the 'Buzzzer', came into the Corellian system, haphazardly ignoring designated flight paths and even buzzing other ships. Wedge's parents, Jagged and Zena, knew that the ship meant trouble, and that the 'Buzzer's' pirate activities had warranted a bounty alert. But they also knew that it would be best to give them what they wanted and hope that they left without trouble. The station was unarmed. Midway through refuelling, however, a cadre of CorSec patrol craft responded to the pirates' presence. Captain Lola Hask ordered the 'Buzzzer' disengaged, and its exhaust ignited the fuel lines. Wedge's parents managed to evacuate everyone from their module and then explosively detached it from the station. Wedge was forced to watch as his parents' module drifted away in flames. Jagged and Zena Antilles sacrificed their lives to save the thousands of other residents of the station. Wedge took a modified Z-95 from a family friend, Booster Terrik, and pursued the pirates, catching up to them near Jumus. In a blistering attack that foreshadowed his later years as an X-Wing pilot, Wedge laid apart the 'Buzzzer' and destroyed it with a blast to the main weapons magazine. Captain Lola Hask survived, and horribly disfigured, bore a grudge against Antilles. Hask escaped in a spacesuit, leaving his crew to die - at which point a space creature permanently attached itself to Hask's face. With no family left to tie him to Corellia, Wedge purchased a freighter with insurance receipts and went into business. Since many of his connections were through famed smuggler Booster Terrik, more often than not he hauled items for the Rebel Alliance. When the Alliance made an open call for fighter pilots in their new campaign against the Empire, Wedge signed up. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair." The "X-Wing Rogue Squadron Handbook" fixed the date.
During the dark days of the Empire, Imperials tried to use the drilling lasers to help keep the Duros government in line, believing that Duros officials would not stomach the loss of historical monuments on the planet's surface. When the Duros officials showed little concern for these monuments to their past, the Imperials abandoned the idea of using the platforms as weapons and sold them to the mining guilds and corporations. During the Imperial occupation of the Duro system, the Pri-Andylan Shipyard, an array of orbital starship construction depots on the fringe of the system, was a model of military efficiency. The shipyards were maintained by Pri-Andylan Propulsion Systems, an upstart Corellian corporation. Pri-Andylan retained the services of Niya Geidan, a Duros facilitator during the Imperial occupation, and relied on his efficient, militaristic methods to keep construction projects on schedule. Conjecture based upon "SW: Gamer #2."
Rejuvenation Therapy, a form of non - essential medical treatment that allows certain individuals to tone their bodies, both mentally and physically, making them appear younger - is developed. "The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos - Hero's Trial."
Padme has this therapy applied to her and Vader's clones, in order to keep biological problems with the clones to a minimum.
The planet Narg, located in the Rayter Sector, is discovered by the Empire. It is a low - tech world on which human life evolved normally, until the planet is quickly industrialised and stripped of its natural resources by the Empire. The Empire decided that the human population was not ready for entrance into the galactic community, and placed the planet under a provisional protectorate owned by TransGalMeg Industries, which moved its corporate headquarters there. TGM received ten years of full power over the planet's resources in return for managing the planet for the Empire. Because of their isolation, the humans of Narg are highly xenophobic. "SW RPG: The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer."
Tilas Magore was an Imperial Adviser to Emperor Palpatine, during the early stages of the Galactic Civil War. Magore was responsible for the planning of the subjugation of Brak Sector. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
At the Maw Installation in the Kessel sector, the Death Star designed is finallized by Bevel Lemelisk, Ohran Keldor, Nasdra Magrody, and Qwi Xux. Governor Willhuff Tarkin leaves Maw Installation with Lemelisk, Magrody and Keldor to begin construction, ordering Admiral Daala (Tarkin's lover) and Xux to come up with something even more destructive than the Death Star, within ten years. "SW: Jedi Search."
The planet Fibuli is among the Trianii colony worlds that is usurped by the Corporate Sector Authority. Intense fighting among the Trianii Rangers and the CSA resulted from the takeover. "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook." and "SW Adventure Journal".
Brak Sector - this area of the galaxy was located on the outer edge of the Expansion Region, some twenty light-years from the Corellian Trade Route. Within its borders were some 422 star systems, 67 of which were inhabited at the height of the New Order. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Adventure Journal #8" and "FlashPoint! Brak Sector."
"Pax Empirica - The Wookiee Annihilation."
Aboard an Imperial cruiser, Corporal Wayson Dower is one of two hundred Marines listening to a briefing from their commander, Captain Janzor. Moff Tarkin has ordered the stormtroopers to land on Kashyyyk and march north, destroying any communications arrays they encounter, and then secure a site. Janzor and the stormtroopers laugh at the Wookiees, which Janzor claims are descended from Banthas, and are convinced that they're only marginally intelligent. After the briefing, Dower and his friend Corporal Milo Strander stop at the Trooper's Canteen, where they see Janzor angrily talking with three new sergeants attached to the unit - three sergeants with the exact same face. The three men, First Sergeant Oswald Strepp, First Sergeant Tak Bazierre, and First Sergeant Dalia, are all clones.
But they're not the only ones. Dower notices that he's the only member of the platoon that isn't a clone - a "GeNode." They're all clones, programmed from birth not to realise that they're clones, and too polite to discuss cloning with other GeNodes from the same production line. The three sergeants are from an old, discontinued line, but most of them are from the same line as Strander. GeNodes don't retire; they never leave the service, because the Empire is everything to them. And they all have different personalities; Strander, with the personality of a street urchin, offers to sell Dower an illegal Vollusk hand bolt for 300 credits, for some extra insurance against Wookiees. On the way down, Dower and Strander are in the transport carrying Janzor's platoon, where Dower is harassed by the three sergeants. Soon, the transport runs into a highly-flexible branch, and is rolled to its side -- losing Bazierre, whose spine gets snapped in half when he lands on a branch. Strepp orders Dower to take charge of unloading the transport, which leaves him alone and unprotected for several minutes. Once the stormtroopers are ready to march to their destination, Strepp orders him to take point, and then orders him to take guard duty that night. The stormtroopers then take control of a small Wookiee outpost, which they then set about fortifying against Wookiee attackers, while the exhausted Dower takes watch.
That night, the Wookiees attack the outpost, routing the stormtroopers. Strepp orders all survivors back to the drop site, and sets off a thermal detonator, trying to save Janzor and fifteen others, but while the blast kills a lot of Wookiees (and Strepp himself), Janzor and most of his men don't make it, either. Only a half stormtroopers are left, out of 200. Dower tries to regroup with the survivors, but is forced to watch while a horde of Wookiees savagely rip to shreds a pair of stormtroopers who tried to hide in a tree, and then discovers that a TIE fighter-sized spider, so cold its IR signal is blue, is watching him, hidden beneath the floor of metre-thick branches....
Strander and Private Sterns Yennich find Dower, and they head toward the drop zone. Dower notices that the spider is still beneath them, even though they're far from where he first found it - and then he realises that it's following them. Yennich zigs where he should have zagged, and the spider spears him through the leg, and impales him with its mandibles, and drags him back down to its lair beneath the floor. Dower hyperventilates, and throws away his helmet; its audio equipment was broken anyway. Shortly after, the lone pair of stormtroopers is discovered by a trio of scouttroopers, bearing excellent news. The Wookiees have won the battle, but they're losing the war. Kashyyyk is now under Imperial control.
The three sergeants had told Janzor a secret, one he didn't want to hear. His platoon was never intended to succeed; it was a ruse. Central Command had ordered Janzor's platoon to attack a minor outpost, to lure away Wookiees from the main invasion force - a force which landed with Arakyd XR-85 tank droids, TIE crawlers, and AT-STs. The Empire had already conquered most of a continent by the time Dower, Strander, and Yennich had made their last dash for freedom. Strander and Dower are awarded medals, and promoted to first sergeant. They're shipped back to the cruiser, and won't see any more combat in the Kashyyyk campaign. Dower thinks that perhaps he's seen too much combat, period, and thinks about retiring to somewhere quiet, orderly... but then he realises that he'll never retire, because order can only come from a strong, guiding hand. He can never leave. He loves the Empire This short story was included in the Galactic Battlegrounds Strategy Guide. Summary by Thief. (SHORT STORY - Prima Games - Steven L. Kent - November 2001)
Lesan Ramier, a native of Lolnar, served the Empire as the Moff of Brak Sector, at the height of the New Order. Ramier was promoted to Brak Sector after successfully bringing several star systems into line with the Empire. His takeover of the sector was met with opposition, but most of his critics disappeared over a short period of time. His greatest achievement was the construction of the Imperial shipyards at Bacrana, but he was unable to subjugate the Aramandi. While trying to take control of the sector, Ramier was forced to consider the option of jointly controlling it with Lant Mining Corporation, due to strained relations between LMC and the Empire.</P> "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Laird Gustavu is appointed as the Imperial Moff who controlled much of Tapani Sector, during the height of the New Order. Prior to his appointment to Tapani Sector, Gustavu had served as the Imperial Governor on no less than five Core Worlds. He had hoped that his appointment as Tapani Sector's Moff would be the crowning achievement of his career, but he met with stern opposition to Imperial control in the sector, and struggled to stamp out any rebellion before Emperor Palpatine discovered his weakness. Gustavu was perhaps best known for his collection of more than 2,000 archaic pistols, which he maintained and repaired himself. "SW RPG: Lords of the Expanse."
Desperate to earn credits for the upcoming Bespin sabacc tournament, Lando Calrissian steals a cache of treasure from a Glottaphib crimelord named Nandreeson. He manages to escape with the treasure, though Nandreeson promises to kill him if he sees him again. "SW: The New Rebellion" and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 40]
The Novastar Corporation produced starship navigational computers during the New Order. It was rumoured that Novastar was developing a portable nav computer that did not require an astromech unit. It was also rumoured that they had acquired an Imperial TIE Fighter for their own study. "SW RPG: Shadows of the Empire Planet Guide."
The DL-56, a BlasTech blaster pistol, is produced for Imperial use during the last years of the New Order. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: The DarkStryder Campaign."
Tormax Ardellian, a Corellian pirate is a member of a raiding party that tries to smuggle in Alliance operatives and equipment to the planet Questal. His expedition is exposed, and the agents and crew are imprisoned. The Alliance operatives are killed in a public execution, and the pirates are permanently detained. Ardellian managed to escape the initial assault, and he wanders around Gralleenya city for several weeks, trying to figure out how to rescue his companions. "SW RPG: Game Chambers of Questal."
"Rebel Dawn." *
Han Solo flies an injured smuggler, Jadonna Veloz, and her ship the 'Wayward Girl'to Cloud City on Bespin. A happy accident for Han, as it will allow him into the biggest sabacc tournament in years. He immediately signs up, and soon meets up with Lando Calrissian as well. Han is attacked by the Barabel Shallamar, only to have all three rounded up by security. Han and Lando are let go, while Shallamar is put on probation. The next day, the Cloud City Sabacc Tournament begins. Unbeknownst to Han, Bria Tharen is watching the game from afar. Bria is helping a meeting between the various rebel cells of the galaxy, taking place under cover of the tournament. Among the attendees of that meeting are Jennsar So-Billes, Sian Tevv, Winter, and Caamasi Jedi Ylenic It'kla. She urges the groups to consider uniting the rebel groups into an "alliance." Back at the tournament, Han and Lando are the last two finalists. Lando, currently owning a shipyard, promises Han any vessel from the yard if he wins. Against all odds, Han wins the game and takes the 'Millennium Falcon'. Lando is angry at Han's choice, but accepts it. Meanwhile, on Nal Hutta, Durga the Hutt learns his father Aruk was poisoned. In return for a share of the Ylesian profits, Prince Xizor (head of the Black Sun criminal syndicate) promises to help Durga find - and avenge himself on - Aruk's killer.
Han returns to Nar Shaddaa, and gleefully tells Chewbacca and Jarik of his victory. He rips the armour off a wrecked bulk cruiser, the 'Liquidator',and begins bolting it to the 'Millennium Falcon's' hull. He plans to install a getaway blaster to the ship's underside, overhaul the hyperdrive, install a light blaster cannon under the nose as well as concussion missile launchers, move the quad lasers to the top and bottom of the ship (they were originally on top and on the starboard side). He also plans to add fake smuggling compartments. Once those instalments are complete, Han flies Chewbacca home to Kashyyyk for the first time in fifty-three years. Chewbacca introduces him to his family, and he learns from Ralrracheen that Bria has joined the Corellian rebel unit. Chewbacca reacquaints himself with Mallatobuck, hunting down a quillarat as an engagement offering. She gladly accepts his proposal, and Han becomes best man at his friend's wedding. At the reception, Han meets Dewlanna's son Utchakkaloch. After concluding a smuggling deal, Han prepares to take off and leave the newlyweds to their lives - but is stunned to find Chewbacca wanting to go with him, and Malla willing to let him go. Seems he underestimated the power of a Wookiee lifedebt.
Meanwhile, Durga learns of the type of poisoning used on Aruk. Jabba is getting fed up with Jiliac's deliberate negligence of the family business (motherhood is taking up all of her time). Boba Fett is hunting Bria on Durga's orders, and has discovered Mon Mothma's role in the Rebellion in the process (The book summary continues below.)
(NOVEL - Bantam Books - Ann C. Crispin - March 1998)
At Cantham House (Mon Mothma's home on Coruscant), the three leading insurrectionists in the Republic government - Mothma, Garm Bel-Iblis, and Bail Organa - begin working on creating a unified rebel operation. "SW RPG Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."</P>
"The Marvel Series: Shadeshine. (Annual #2)"
Han and Chewbacca arrive on the primitive world of Ventooine in search of a rare spice called sansanna. Going alone into the town of Goyokin disguised as a local, Han finds himself in a bar brawl the minute he mentions the spice. He is chased right into a parade honouring Empress Chrysalla, who he saves from a hand-thrown bomb. Needless to say, she isverygrateful. She takes him to meet the Satab, who entertains him by killing an insurgent - merely by holding his hand (which makes the boy age to death right before Han's eyes). That night, he sneaks out in search of sansanna - only to find an amorous Chrysalla.
Several hours later.... she tells him about a rock the Satab wears called the "Shadeshine" - a rock that gives him all kinds of mental powers such as the aging handshake. Impressed with a "test" (namely, Han vs. a big monster), the Satab decides Han will be his heir to the throne. But before giving Han the Shadeshine, the Satab tries to have the local insurgents (who infiltrated the ceremony) arrested. Han and Chrysalla end up running off with them. She explains that if Han took the Shadeshine, within a year he would be in suspended animation with all of his predecessors - because within that time, a person's senses become far too sensitive to anything! When the Satab attacks, Chrysalla has no choice but to take the Shadeshine herself to save Han. Han holds him off from the suspension chamber, and he literally explodes!! The insurgents cheer, but Chrysalla cannot - now afflicted with the same curse, she goes into the suspension chamber to spend eternity. Han is given the Shadeshine, and he - without touching it - dumps it in the 'Millennium Falcon's' engines to be incinerated. At the people's request, he records the story of these events in a memory stone for future generations. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - David Michelinie - November 1982)
The Empire is tipped off to Mon Mothma's Rebel ties by Boba Fett. Mothma is branded a traitor by Emperor Palpatine, who orders her arrest. Mothma manages to escape the Imperials, however. When the people of Chandrila protest this unexpected accusation, Palpatine orders a general massacre of the Chandrilan population. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
Over a five-month period, with the refitted 'Millennium Falcon'as their ship, Han Solo and Chewbacca become the kings of the smuggling business. Becoming bored with smuggling in Hutt Space (and avoiding a marriage proposal from Salla Zend, who clings to Solo after a near-fatal accident at Kessel), Han Solo and Chewbacca travel to the Corporate Sector to make some money. First, they have the 'Millennium Falcon's' hyperdrive reworked and enhanced even more by expert mechanic Doc Vandangante, who they were referred to by Shug Ninx. Later on, after a smuggling deal with Big Bunji goes bad, Han strafes Bunji's base with the 'Millennium Falcon's'weapons. "SW: Rebel Dawn," "SW: Han Solo at Stars' End," "Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook," and "The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos - Hero's Trial."
As theFalconis being worked on by Doc, Han and Chewbacca loan a ship (theWayfarer) from Roa. They collaborate with a minor smuggler named Reck Desh to run R'alla mineral water to the planet Rampa on Roa's behalf. After Desh claims theWayfarer is faster than theFalcon, Han and Reck races for fifty cases on Gizer Ale. Needless to say, Han wins by a long mile. "The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos - Hero's Trial."
Brathlen Corp. builds a light-amplification dome over the volcanic valley of Plawel on Belsavis (based on Jedi Master Plett's original design). "SW: Children of the Jedi." Cray said it was "twelve or fourteen years ago," so I split the difference.
Construction begins on the first Death Star around the prison planet Despayre, under the auspices of Grand Moff Willhuff Tarkin and designer Bevel Lemelisk. An order is placed for a second Death Star to be constructed, assuming the first is successfully operational. Conjecture from the SW Roleplaying Game's Death Star Technical Companion.
The rebel groups begin to smuggle ships and blasters to the Alignment Forces, providing what support they can in the Virgillian Civil War. Two factions, the Free Alignment and the Aristocracy, had vied for the Virgillia system for decades. The Aristocracy, allied with the Empire, controlled all blaster technology in Virgillian space and managed to keep the Alignment supporters confined to colony worlds and primitive technology. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
Shada D'ukal joins the Mistryl Shadow Guards of the planet Emberlene. The Mistryl roamed the starlanes, a sisterhood of exquisitely trained warrior women, hiring out their services and combat skills to the oppressed and powerless of the Galaxy and receiving in exchange the money vital for keeping the remnants of their devastated world alive. "SW: Specter of the Past."
Eventually, the Ssi-ruuk reaches the periphery of human space. Raids on the Outer Rim Territories attract the attention of Emperor Palpatine. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
The Outer Rim Territories were among the boldest opponents to the Emperor. This was primarily due to their location on the extreme edge of the Old Republic - their isolation had bred in them a stubborn independence and a remarkably strong distaste for government of any kind, totalitarian government in particular. The fact that the Empire maintained only a token military presence in the Outer Rim might have had something to do with it, as well. Foremost among the territories in opposition was Atrivis Sector, a relatively small sector of space that included the Mantooine and Fest systems. These systems had long histories of petty bickering among themselves, and they distrusted each other almost as much as they hated the far - away Emperor. Resistance to the Emperor was scattered among the different systems, each group of freedom - fighters isolated from and suspicious of the others. Despite their many weaknesses, the Resistance was an annoyance to the Imperial forces, and before long, an Imperial garrison post was established on Mantooine, where the Resistance was most active. The Resistance group there, the self - proclaimed "Liberators", wasted no time in attacking the under - defended post and confiscating it's weapons and equipment. However, instead of quickly retreating into the wilderness as an experienced force might have done, they occupied the remains of the Imperial garrison and boldly broadcast their triumph, urging all on Mantooine to join them in revolt. Because this was the first and only Imperial presence in the system, the Liberators had thought themselves safe from Imperial retribution. They had no knowledge of the Imperial strike fleet waiting in orbit around the nearby moons of Fest. The Resistance group of Fest knew about the fleet, but they had no communication with the Mantooine Rebels. There was no way to warn them . . .
Mantooine's Liberators were decimated by the Imperial strike fleet, hunted down almost to the last man. But the Resistance group on nearby Fest remained intact and uncompromised. Both groups now realised the value of communication and an expanded underground network. With this in mind, the Fest group formed its own Mantooine arm, as well as several other branches in various systems throughout Atrivis Sector. The newly - dubbed "Atrivis Resistance Group" (or ARG) was far more efficient than it's ill - fated predecessors. With lines of communication firmly established, the ARG was able to keep track of Imperial movement and operations throughout the Sector. The underground network worked feverishly to feed information to the ARG leaders, who had set up a hidden base of operations aboard a long-abandoned space station in the barren Generis system. Striking from their hidden base, the ARG was able to harass the Imperial establishment in Atrivis Sector. But as confidence grew within the Resistance ranks, so did concern. The ARG leaders realised just how isolated they were from all other groups throughout the galaxy. For all they knew, the Imperials could be mounting a major offensive against them from the very next sector. They simply had no way of knowing what was happening outside their remote sector of space. That was until Mon Mothma arrived . . .
Mon Mothma's visit to Atrivis Sector began a new era for its Resistance fighters. She proposed to link Atrivis's' forces with countless others throughout the galaxy, integrating them into the Rebel Alliance. The ARG's leaders were hesitant to establish an efficient organisation, and they were afraid to give control to outsiders. But Mon Mothma was persuasive. She pointed out the benefits to the ARG of a galaxy - wide communications net, and of the usefulness of a single galactic Resistance command as opposed to multiple uncoordinated ones. She admitted that this entailed some loss of control on the part of the ARG, but stressed that it was necessary if they were to have any chance of success against the monolithic Empire. She also noted that the ARG would get something in return for their loss of control. As she proposed to make the base on Generis a key communications station linking many Outer Rim resistance units through satellite beam transmissions, the Alliance would establish a fighter outpost on Generis to protect the base. Up until then, the ARG had had no starfighters at all. There was some mild argument over the proposition among the ARG leaders, but it quickly became obvious that the positive points of joining the Rebel Alliance far outweighed the negative. Yes, there would be an influx of foreign personnel, as well as new responsibilities and dangers. But the promise of new weapons, equipment, and the added security of open communication with other Resistance groups were more than enough to convince them. The treaty of Generis was signed shortly thereafter, binding the ARG to the Alliance for the Duration. The ARG was in the war. "SW: Rebel Dawn." Information also provided by "SW RPG: Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."
Falto Dragen serves the Empire as an Army Lieutenant, and was the first officer to the Imperial Prefect in command of the spaceport in Mal Ethon City, on Kwevron, during the height of the Galactic Civil War. He was regarded as a bully and disciplinarian, and believed that a frightened subject was a loyal subject. Dragen was originally from the planet Alderaan, where he chafed at his government's pacifist stance. He held to the belief that the New Order was the only true government, and wished to see Alderaan join it willingly, even after he turned his back on the planet and traveled to Kwevron. Conjecture baed upon 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
Gruu Dunrik, an old man, serves as one of the primary medical officers at the Alliance base on Aargonar 3 during the years leading up to the Battle of Yavin. In his youth, Doctor Durnik was training as a Jedipadawan during the last years of the Old Republic. He was never chosen by a Jedi Master, and had not completed his training when the Jedi Purge was initiated by Emperor Palpatine. This allowed Dunrik to escape the Empire, but it also steeled his resolve to do what he could to overthrow it. He obtained an education in medicine, and went to work for the Alliance. Doctor Dunrik secretly sought out those individuals he perceived as being sensitive to the Force, in an effort to unlock their potential and help restore the Jedi Knights. Conjecture based upon 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
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The Corellian Treaty; the various splinter rebel groups against the Empire are formally joined into the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The leadership is divided between Mon Mothma of Chandrila, Bail Organa of Alderaan, and Garm Bel Iblis of Corellia. The unified Alliance vows to "fight the battle until the Empire is destroyed or we are." The specifics of the organisation and command of the Alliance as described in the treaty were very close to what Mon Mothma and Bail Organa had determined long ago in the Cantham House meetings. The individual resistance groups would maintain their existing structures and have limited autonomy in the areas in which they were based; strategic command of the Alliance was strictly in Mothma's hands. She, with the help of the Alliance Advisory Council, had complete control over supply, recruitment and training, inter - ally communication, intelligence, and all space operations. In essence, this meant that the Allies each had authority only over operations on their own planets; Mothma and her people had all other control. Mothma's decisions could not be overturned or refused by the Allies. The Alliance was "forever binding, until the Empire is destroyed." Once in the Alliance, the Resistance groups could not withdraw. The battle was fought to the death. Once the first three Resistance groups were allied, the Alliance grew at an astonishing rate, as other groups saw how well the Allies functioned together. The expansion was rapid but careful, the Alliance never growing too quickly or without proper discipline and organisation. They had learned from earlier mistakes. According to the Corellian Treaty, the position of Chief of State "will be abolished when the Emperor is deposed, killed, or resigns his position of power." The Advisory Council will immediately assume Executive Power, and a Constitutional Convention will convene to decide the form of government of the Second Galactic Republic. Date fixed by "SW: Rebel Dawn." Information provided by "SW RPG: Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."
Shortly after the signing of the Corellian Treaty, Mon Mothma decided that it was time to make clear to the galaxy the political objectives of the Rebellion. Until this time, Imperial propagandists had been having good success portraying the Rebels as "pirates, criminals, and anarchists, intent upon overthrowing the Empire for personal gain." Issuing the "Declaration of Rebellion", Mothma wanted to set the record straight for all time. The Declaration of Rebellion was written by Mothma herself and addressed directly to the Emperor. Millions of holo - copies of the document were made and distributed by the Alliance's growing intelligence network. Within days, the Declaration could be found on virtually every planet in the Empire. Its effect was everything that the Alliance could have hoped for - and more. Soon after the Declaration was distributed, several systems openly declared their allegiance to the Alliance. This was valiant, but foolish - Mothma attempted to stop them but was too late. Imperial response was swift and harsh, and within weeks all the "Secession Worlds" were suppressed. However, in their few weeks of freedom, the planets were able to transfer much of their weaponry, resources and manpower off - world, into the hands of the Alliance. The Imperial Propaganda Bureau immediately went to work to discredit the Declaration, but if anything, their wild tales of "blatant terrorism" and "anti - establishment insurgency" merely served to fuel the fire. Many people of the galaxy had become acutely aware of, and generally sympathetic to, the Rebel Alliance, and there was nothing the Empire could do about it. "SW RPG Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."
In response to Mon Mothma's "Declaration of Rebellion", Emperor Palpatine formally announces Darth Vader and Chancellor Amidala as the heirs to the Imperial throne, and name both Luke and Leia as "Lords of the Empire", the 2nd in line to the throne, in order to promote "the Unity of the Empire against the sedatious rebellion". Why he did this is unknown, however, Roganda Imaerson is suspected to have convinced him to do so. Other rumoured names include Mara Jade, Leia, Padme and several others.
The Rebel Alliance sets up its first High Command Base, on a small planetoid in the Chrellis system. Chrellis base had to be abandoned, however, when the Empire moved one of its sector fleets uncomfortably close to that area - an unfortunate coincidence. They briefly move their main base to Dantooine, and then to Briggia. "SW RPG: Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."[Page 126]
Travia Chan is appointed as Commander - in Chief for the Atrivis Sector by Alliance High Command. Chan is one of the original founders of the Fest Resistance Group, and then, later, the principal architect of the marriage of Fest to the Mantooine Liberators, creating the ARG and becoming its first and only military commander. Chan is a fine theoretical strategist, able to judge the most complex and dangerous military situation coolly and without emotion. Her enemies call her the "Icewoman." "SW RPG: Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."[Page 32 - 33]
In response to the Rebel upstarts, Emperor Palpatine orders a military build - up that is unprecedented in galactic history. "SW RPG: Imperial Sourcebook."[Page 5]
Ma'w'shiye begins serving as a special forces operative for the Rebel Alliance. Conjecture based on 'Wanted by Cracken supplement in The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal #4'.
Garrik Trier, an Imperial Navy Admiral was the commander of the fleet stationed in Brak Sector, shortly before the Battle of Yavin. A confident man, Trier spent a good deal of his free time analysing Alliance naval tactics, hoping to determine the methods and plans of the Alliance in Brak Sector. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Frenil Alagar is a member of the Alliance's High Command, and was one of the primary observers stationed in Elrood Sector when the Empire subjugated Elrood. He urged the Alliance to keep Elrood in mind as a potential ally, despite its distance from the galactic core and its obvious Imperial control. Conjecture based upon"SW RPG: Planets of the Galaxy, Volume 3."
Ackbar, a Mon Calamarian slave of Governor Tarkin, defects to the Alliance and provides early information on the Death Star. He is promoted to Admiral of the Mon Calamari fleet. From the SW Roleplaying Game, X-Wing and "The New Essential Guide to Characters."[Page 16].
Yasinda Barkak, a well-educated woman was a native of Coruscant, and the daughter of the owner of TranStar Construction - she was a mainstay of the social life in Tasariq City's Paradise Square, doing whatever she wanted to do, whenever she felt like doing it. As the Imperial presence on Tasariq grew, Yasinda made more and more anti-Imperial remarks during her parties, and even openly questioned the wisdom of the Tarkin Doctrine. However, few realised that Yasinda was actually an Imperial Intelligence agent who had been recruited by Emperor Palpatine himself for special training. It was planned that she would one day become one of the Emperor's Hands, as Yasinda was found to be Force-sensitive, but her Imperial upbringing made her refuse to accept the possibility that the Force even existed, let alone was accessible to her. She was removed from the training, but continued her education with the Intelligence agency, and eagerly spent her time on Tasariq searching for rebel cells. Unfortunately for Yasinda, her proximity to the Tasar Crystals re-awakened her Force-sensitivity, and she started to hear voices in her head. This slowly drove her insane, and only her years of training kept her from completely losing her mind. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Adventure Journal #15."
Gatrara Shey'Tyan served as the Bothan Ambassador to the Empire, shortly before Bothawui was subjugated by the Empire. It was Ambassador Shey'Tyan who gave the Empire permission to take control of the Bothan worlds, much to the dismay of his people. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #3"
4D668493X, an incredibly dangerous, predatory creature was "manufactured" in an Imperial laboratory during the height of the New Order. Subject 4D669493X was a pale-skinned creature that was roughly humanoid in shape, but with long, muscular limbs and a whiplike tail. Its dorsal spine was protected by thick ridges, and its mouth was studded with fangs and needle-like teeth. Its heavy claws allowed it to climb buildings, and the dagger-like bone at the tip of its tail could impale a human quickly and cleanly. The Empire lost control of Subject 4D668493X when it escaped from its laboratory. A bounty was posted for its capture, although it was believed that the creature stowed away on a ship bound for Tatooine. Conjecture based upon "Star Wars Gamer #6"
Savielk Trey'dra becomes the leader of the Bothan Council, and the de facto ruler of the Bothan people, at the height of the New Order. Savielk owned a rare copy of The Way by Golm Fervse'dra, and modeled his life and his philosophies after the ancient Bothan Way. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Shadows of the Empire Planet Guide."
Dandamont Pring becomes Imperial Consul-General to the planet Bothawui at the height of the Galactic Civil War. He tended to rely on his staff to do all the work, especially Lieutenant Commander Janna Tammok. Dandamont had planned to marry off his daughter, Praleena, to the Captain of the Star Destroyer 'Dismay', but Praleena was extricated from Bothawui by Alliance agents who were there to pick up her lover, one of Pring's personal aides. Praleena Pring was Dandamont Pring's daughter. He lover was a minor bureaucrat assigned to Consul-General Pring himself, although he planned to defect to the Alliance. However, he would only turn himself over if the Alliance helped him bring Praleena with him. The plan to extricate the defector was a success, much to the dismay of Consul-General Pring, who lost his only daughter. "SW RPG: Shadows of the Empire Planet Guide."
Declination, a game of mental acuity and speed became popular during the height of the New Order. Using the power of their thoughts, players manoeuvred a simulated TIE Fighter through an asteroid field, eluding the pursuit of an opponent's vessel in an attempt to reach the far side of the asteroids. The game was played with a networked set of mental projectors and holographic displays, allowing up to eight players to participate in a single game. The projector units were attuned to the player's own brainwave patterns, and movements could be performed with just a thought. "SW RPG: Galladinium's Fantastic Technology"
This would later form the basis for Remote Control Tie Fighters later on
De'nel, a remote planet, located in Brak Sector, was the site of an Alliance base which was established shortly before the Battle of Yavin. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Plextech Plastic Corporation, a Bothan-owned company, was the largest corporate entity based on the planet Kothlis, at the height of the New Order. PPC produced a variety of raw plastics for use exclusively in the manufacturing industry of the city of Tal'cara. However, PPC is best known as a producer of noxious by-products, which it dumped into the Sesseranda Ocean. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Shadows of the Empire Planet Guide."
With the advent of the Rebellion and the disruption of normal trade and commerce in the galaxy, many smaller companies of the droid industry are driven out of business altogether, leaving Industrial Automation and Cybot Galactica to dominate the droid market. Since both of these corporate giants are firmly in the Empire's pocket, the Alliance has had to struggle to purchase droids in the quantity it requires. Fortunately, when the smaller droid companies first began to go bankrupt, the Alliance was able to acquire a good deal of droid manufacturing equipment quite inexpensively - at least until the Empire banned the sale of the equipment. Before that occurred, however, the Alliance got enough equipment to set up complete droid factories on several of its safe worlds. "SW RPG: Rebel Alliance Sourcebook."[Page 116]
Bria Tharen leads a Rebel attack on the Ylesian slave colonies. A month later on Corellia, she asks her commander for permission to attempt taking over Ylesia itself. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
The Incom T-65 X-Wing fighter is introduced into the Rebel Alliance fleet. Its first major battle is an Imperial attack of a Rebel fleet at Turkana, and turns the tide of battle to the Rebels. From the X-Wing computer game.
Shortly after the battle of Turkana, the pirate Crimson Jack captures a disabled Star Destroyer from the battlefield. With Jabba the Hutt's financial aid, he retrofits the Star Destroyer and uses it to begin a hijacking spree. From the Marvel Series #12, again assuming the battle of Turkana was the "first victory."
Corellian Diktat Dupas Thomree dies. Heir - apparent Daclif Gallamby becomes the new Diktat, though he is little more than just a figurehead for a puppet government. Gallamby's ascension brought Thracken Sal-Solo to a position of second-in-command. "SW: Assault at Selonia." Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index. Date corrected by Dan Wallace, who took into account Thrackan's age when he met Han.
Roganda Ismaren begins her training as a new Sith Acolyte under Padme and Vader. Her son Irek begins early training
"SW: Children of the Jedi."
Ederlatth Pallopides, a remote grandniece of Emperor Palpatine, is born. "SW RPG Dark Empire Sourcebook."[Page 33]
Cmdr. Jake Farrell comes out of retirement and joins the Rebel Alliance to fight the Empire. "Rebel Assault Gamebook."
Coming straight out of Secondary School, Corran Horn enters the Corellian Security Force Academy. Corran continued the Horn family tradition by establishing new records in the training there. One of the last marks that he surpassed had been set by his father Hal. "X-Wing: Rogue Squadron."
The leaders of the planet Balis-Baurgh nations decided to jointly build a space station as a symbol of their global peace. When the station's construction was secretly sabotaged by the Empire, the nations blamed each other and went to war-making the planet an easy target for the subsequent Imperial conquest. The Empire turned the space station into a fully-automated prison, and seeded the system with sensor jammers to make navigation in the system nearly impossible. "Star Wars Adventure Journal."
Imperial Mining Ltd. is founded on the planet Derilyn in the Elrood Sector. IML's chief source of ore is the Berea system, a short jump from Derilyn and securely within the bounds of Imperial Interdicted Space. Many Elrood citizens feel that IML is an active front for the Empire. "SW RPG Planets Of The Galaxy: Volume Three."[Page 22]
The pirate Booster Terrik is captured by Hal Horn, and sent to Kessel by Corellian Security. "X-Wing: The Bacta War."
"Han Solo at Stars' End."
Han and Chewbacca are operating in the Corporate Sector Authority, a branch of the galaxy that is extremely rich-and extremely ruthless. After the 'Millennium Falcon' is badly damaged during a arms run to Duroon, Han "pays" his employer Ploovo Two-For-One back with a de-venomed dinko, then flies to an outlaw-tech outpost to ask his old friend Doc for some repairs and modifications. Instead, he finds Doc's daughter Jessa, who tells him Doc has disappeared. After he helps her fight off an Authority attack of IRD's in Z-95 Headhunters, she explains what Han must do for the repairs. As payment, Han, Chewbacca, and a few other people who have lost loved ones are going to look for those lost relatives - including Doc. The 'Millennium Falcon' is put in a drone barge, and Han is introduced to an ancient droid named "Bollux," who carries a smaller droid called "Blue Max" in his chest. It is Max who will hack into the Authority computers and find the missing relatives.
The 'Millennium Falcon' travels to Orron III, where Han meets the other members of his mission: Rekkon, whose son was taken for speaking out against the government; Torm, who is lost several family members in "labor negotiations"; Atuarre, a Trianni whose husband has been lost - and her cub Pakka, tortured by Authority Espos to the point he cannot speak. The intelligence operation is a success, but Chewbacca is captured by the Authority, and Torm is revealed to be a traitor after he murders Rekkon - but not before Rekkon tells Han where to look for Chewbacca. (Han throws Torm out an airlock.) Undercover as replacement entertainers, Han and Co. infiltrate Stars' End prison, a massive fortress on Mytus VII. But the only entertainer Vice President Hirken is interested in is Bollux - to fight his gladiator droid, the Mark X Executioner. Thinking fast, Han uses the match as a distraction while he rigs the prison's systems to literally blow the massive tower off the planet. Freeing the prisoners and herding them onto the 'Millennium Falcon', Han battles Hirken and his bodyguard Uul-Rha-Shan in space. Shan is killed, and Hirken is shot by his own employees when he tries to plea-bargain his way to safety. The 'Millennium Falcon' escapes Stars' End just before it crashes back onto Mytus VII. They travel to Urdur to drop off the prisoners and reunite Jessa with her father. (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Brian Daley - October 1979)
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin -October 1980-February 1981)
Lando Calrissian meets Bria Tharen on the 'Queen of Empire' starliner when he saves her from Boba Fett, who was attempting to capture her for Teroenza. Fett initially captures them both, but theQueenis attacked by a pirate ship captained by Drea Renthal. Fett is willing to give Lando up for a shuttle from Drea, but Lando begs her to save "Han's girlfriend" as well. She pays Fett the 100,000 bounty and he takes off. Bria continues to Nar Shaddaa to meet with Jiliac the Hutt. Her meeting with Jiliac and Jabba is a disaster - although Jabba is willing to help her attack Ylesia, Jiliac will not hear of it. Jabba is more than ready to get rid of both Jiliac and her baby now "SW: Rebel Dawn."
The Imperials garrison the planet Nishr, located in the Outer Rim, which was a temperate world of rolling plains, low mountains, and the occasional desert. This planet was initially scouted by a team of Alliance SpecForce Wilderness Fighters and Pathfinders, who eventually established a base on the planet and became known as the Nishr Taskforce. They were originally just gathering intelligence on the Imperial presence on the planet, but became a fixture in an effort to harass the Imperials into leaving. The native Nish, a sentient race of near - humans, are subjugated by the Empire. The Nish, who were in a period of industrial revolution, were reluctant to assist the Alliance Special Forces unit that had arrived on the planet. They allowed the group to set up bases on the planet, but remained neutral in the conflict in order to avoid Imperial retribution. "SW RPG: Rules of Engagement."
Rayf Brogan is born on the planet Ossus. Future Sith) "Dark Empire II."
The A-Wing starfighter, designed by Jan Dodonna and Walex Blissex, is introduced into the newborn Rebel Alliance fleet. The A-Wing is based on the R-22 Spearhead starfighter. "SW: Droids." and "SW RPG Sourcebook." The X-Wing computer game indicated that the A-Wing was introduced after the X-Wing. "The New Essential Guide to Characters"[Page 55] indicates the R-22 backstory to explain why the A-Wing appeared in "Droids" nearly five years before its introduction.
"X-Wing: The Farlander Papers."
The city of Tondatha of the planet Agamar, in the Lahara Sector are punished by the Empire for being Rebel collaborators. Keyan Farlander survives, his sister Kitha is badly burned and shipped off to relatives on Oorn Tchis, but his parents are tragically killed. Three months later, Tondatha is deserted. Keyan moves to the city of Calna Muun, and eventually joins the Resistance movement on Agamar. Keyan is excited with the news that the co - founder of the Alliance, Mon Mothma is scheduled to visit Agamar.
When Mon Mothma arrives, Keyan is captivated by her speech as she outlines the history of the Rebellion so far, and reveals to the Agamarians tales of oppression of the Empire. A member of the Alliance - Lieandra - hands Keyan a pamphlet named "A Call to Reason" - 'to be caught with this means death . . .' he is told. Keyan decides to join the Rebellion, and enters the Starfighter Training Program.
Farlander is sent to a secret training area, and pilots 'the maze' to improve and hone his flying skills. Completing that, Keyan trains in the simulators, re-creating historical missions. General Dodonna, impressed with Farlander's test scores, rushes him into a squadron. (PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous authors - 1993)
Rumours begin to circulate that the Corporate Sector Authority was able to salvage Stars' End (which was made of a molecular bonded shell, impervious to most damage) and re-establish the prison on another world. "The Essential Chronology"[Page 31]
"X-Wing: Tour of Duty #1 - A New Ally." *
The Alliance desperately needs starfighter pilots; so many promising candidates are put through quick simulator training courses. Among these individuals is Keyan Farlander. Distinguished by nearly perfect simulator records, he is personally selected by General Dodonna to be assigned to Red Squadron, attached to the Mon Calamari Cruiser 'Defiance'.
Alliance Intelligence, fearing a major Imperial offensive in the works, attacks an Imperial freighter convoy near the Dellalt System. To their surprise, the captain of the Corvette escorting the convoy wishes to defect with his ship to the Alliance. The defector, Captain Nogdra, confirms Rebel fears about the upcoming Imperial Offensive, and informs the Alliance that the Imps are using the Dellalt system as a staging area for their fleet. Farlander is assigned a reconnaissance mission in the sector to scout out the Imperial Fleet and discover what ships it is comprised of. Information obtained on this mission confirmed the offensive, code named Operation Strike Fear, the purpose of which was to suppress the Rebellion and spread fear of the Emperor's power. The Imperial Star Destroyer 'Invincible' is leading the Imperial Fleet and the whole Operation Strike Fear Campaign.
Rebel intelligence discovers that Operation Strike Fear's first goal is to destroy the major Rebel base at Briggia, and High Command decides to abandon the base. During the evacuation, the 'Invincible'arrives, but due to the efforts of Red Squadron, and Farlander in particular, the Rebel Fleet escapes with no serious casualties. Red Squadron then rendezvous with the Fleet and is assigned to protect the transfer of wounded from the evacuation of Briggia to the Medical Frigate 'Redemption'. Farlander's efforts are again enough to keep several squadrons of TIEs at bay during the transfer of personnel. Due to his heroic efforts, Farlander is awarded the Kalidor Crescent, a high honour. The Rebels establish a new major base on Yavin IV.
Meanwhile, the 'Invincible' fleet destroys the Rebel Outpost of Orion IV. Alliance Intelligence discovers that Operation Strike Fear's next target will be the Alliance outpost at Rudrig, but that the Imperial Fleet is awaiting supplies and reinforcements before it strikes. In an attempt to disrupt Operation Strike Fear even temporarily, Red and Blue Squadrons destroy an Imperial Resupply Convoy.
The Rebels are losing R2 units at an alarming rate, so Red Squadron is sent to capture an Imperial freighter full of them. However, as it turns out, the R2's had been tampered with by the Empire, and it had been intended that the Rebels take them all along. The astromechs take control of several X-wings, so Farlander and a couple of other Reds are sent out in Y-wings to disable the X-wings, so the R2s can be replaced. Due to a communications error, the other Y-wings hyperspace out of the system when the job is half done, leaving Farlander to protect the X-wings and shuttles bearing new R2 units from wave after wave of TIEs.
The Alliance wants the Sullustans to support them, but the Sullustans are stubbornly refusing to see what the Empire is doing, so when a bunch of Sullustan officials are captured by Stormtroopers working on Operation Strike Fear and sent off to Coruscant, High Command sees an opportunity. They send Farlander out in a Y-wing to disable the transports holding the Sullustan officials, and then to protect them from the TIE escort while the Sullustans are rescued. The mission proceeds as planned, and the officials are returned to Sullust. Alliance High Command opens diplomatic relations with the Sullustans. Alliance and Sullustan ambassadors agree to meet along with a diplomatic envoy and several escort ships in a secret system, but somehow the 'Invincible' gets word of this and arrives to disrupt the engagement. However, thanks to Red Squadron's A-wings and the expert piloting of several Corellian Corvettes, the 'Invincible' was driven off without capturing or killing the Ambassadors. However, it turns out that the attack is just a ploy, to divert the Rebels and Sullustans while the Imperials kidnap the Sullustan leader off of Sullust. They hope to blackmail the Sullustans into helping the Empire. However, Farlander is able to rescue the Sullustan leader, and he is promoted to the rank of Captain. Now, with the Sullustans and Alliance working together, they come up with an idea to end Operation Strike Fear. To kill a serpent, you cut off the head. They want to destroy the 'Invincible'. The Alliance kidnaps some technicians from Cygnus Corporation to modify the security codes on aLambda shuttle, and then they go out and capture a freighter hauling a bunch of nuclear weapons for the Empire. The shuttle arrives at the 'Invincible' bearing 'supplies,' and departs, leaving a warhead counting down. The 'Invincible'is destroyed, Operation Strike Fear is effectively defeated, and Farlander has received another metal, the Corellian Cross. (PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous authors - 1993)
"Han Solo's Revenge."
After a smuggling run to Kamar goes bad (our heroes accidentally create a new religion), Han and Chewbacca make a fast escape to Lur. They undertake a wealthy charter from a man named Zlarb - which they learn too late (ie. at gunpoint) is a slaving run. After narrowly defeating the slavers (Zlarb himself is killed by the slaves) and freeing the Lurrian slaves, Han sets out to take the 10,000 credit payment for his services in revenge. They find clues that take them to Bonadan, to take the payment Zlarb was going to. They find instead an Authority auditor named Fiolla and a repo man (er, rodent) named Spray. Fiolla has discovered disturbing signs of a conspiracy between the slavers and the Corporate Sector. She pays out Han's debt to Spray so he can take her to Ammuud, where the conspirators seem to be located. As Chewbacca and Skip go on ahead of them on the 'Millennium Falcon', Han, and Fiolla take the pleasure ship Lady of Mindor, that gets attacked by the slavers to take the two. They barely escape the slavers - led by Fiolla's own assistant, Magg, who was working with Zlarb. Reaching Ammuud, they convince the Mor Glayyd (whose also on the slaver's trail) to help them when they show Zlarb was responsible for his father's recent murder. The slavers have set up a duel between Glayyd and Gallandro, THE best gunman in the galaxy. Only now, Han will be fighting in Glayyd's place - until Gallandro gallantly apologises.
The reunited group are jumped by slaver ships as they take off, and taken aboard aVictory-class Star Destroyer. Gallandro is aboard, and he recognises "Spray" as Odumin, territorial manager of the Authority. Odumin has been using Solo to make the slavers vulnerable and easy to catch. Han's reward for his aid: Arrest and trial. Han refuses to play it that way, and blasts out with Odumin, Fiolla, and Gallandro as hostages. Taking his hard earned money from the purser's vault, Han leaves the hostages and heads back out into space.... (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Brian Daley - December 1979)
The Empire conducts a campaign against the Icarii of Vestar. The Imperials suffer heavy casualties, as the Icarii are capable of regeneration. Colonel Abal Karda finally captures the female leader Selestrine, who vows a costly victory, and that Karda will "die in torment." Karda uses a bio-weapon to kill off the Icarii and decapitates Selestrine, but suffers lasting mental scars from the incident. "Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire."
Padme sends agents, including Mara Jade, to Icarri to recover DNA samples to include in her Sith experimentations. A few Icarri are found and taken to Coruscant for Padme to alter with Sith Alchemy into a new slave-warrior race to unleash on the galaxy
After their adventures in the Corporate Sector (and with "destroy on sight" orders being sent throughout the CSA about them), Han and Chewbacca travel to the Tion Hegemony. Between "Han Solo's Revenge" and "Han Solo and the Lost Legacy."
Lumpawarrump, son of Chewbacca and Mallatobuck, is born on the planet Kashyyyk. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
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Vanden Willard becomes personal assistant to the Organa royal family of Alderaan. He would later become a sector headquarters Commander in the Alliance, serving at the Suolriep base. Willard also became one of the leaders of the Alliance forces that fought in the Battle of Yavin, serving under General Dodonna. He later became one of the New Republic's foremost military advisers, along with Dodonna, Pashna Starkiller, and Adar Tallon. This group of elder statesmen became known as the Gray Cadre. "A New Hope", "SW RPG: Dark Empire Sourcebook" and "Essential Guide to Characters."
"Han Solo and the Lost Legacy."
In the Tion Hegemony, Han Solo and Chewbacca find themselves work
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Vanden Willard becomes personal assistant to the Organa royal family of Alderaan. He would later become a sector headquarters Commander in the Alliance, serving at the Suolriep base. Willard also became one of the leaders of the Alliance forces that fought in the Battle of Yavin, serving under General Dodonna. He later became one of the New Republic's foremost military advisers, along with Dodonna, Pashna Starkiller, and Adar Tallon. This group of elder statesmen became known as the Gray Cadre. "A New Hope", "SW RPG: Dark Empire Sourcebook" and "Essential Guide to Characters."
"Han Solo and the Lost Legacy."
In the Tion Hegemony, Han Solo and Chewbacca find themselves working for an egotistical stunt pilot named Grigmin. The offer of a job sends the heroes running (after showing Grigmin up) to Brigia, where they have to end up destabilising the planetary government when they are nearly arrested for ferrying educational materials (as well as a counterfeit machine). Next stop is Rudrig, where Han's old pal Badure introduces him to Hasti, who hires him to help find The 'Queen of Ranroon', treasure ship of Xim the Despot. Her sister Lanni was killed when she spotted a clue to the 'Queen's' location. Also joining them is Skynx, a Ruurian professor who wants some adventure before he has to metamorphose into a chroma -wing.
They head to Dallalt to find the 'Queen's' log recorder, in competition with Tion mine owners. After several adventures, they come upon a hollow mountain and a primitive native group called Survivors (descendants of Xim's people) who want to sacrifice them. Escaping them, they beat down Xim's war robots - but now Gallandro is here. If he gets a full share of the treasure, he will let bygones be bygones. He joins the group, as they continue the search.
When they finally find the treasure vaults, Gallandro turns on them. Despite the fastest draw of Solo's life, Gallandro gets the first shot off - but he is fried by the vault's automatic defence systems. The vault is opened, and the group cheers their victory. The obsolete treasure, while useful to Hasti, Badure, and Skynx, proves worthless to Solo and Chewbacca, who leaves Bollux and Blue Max with the group and decides to undertake a Kessel run for Jabba the Hutt. (NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Brian Daley - September 1980)
The Ssi-Ruuvi attacks the Chandrilan colony world of G'rho, and brainwash young Dev Sibwarra into being their spokesman. "SW RPG Truce at Bakura Sourcebook."
Mako Spince's luck runs out after he has a bloody run - in with the Na-Qoit bandits in the Ottega system, and is permanently crippled. No longer able to make the Kessel Run, and knowing his funds weren't long for this universe, he takes a job as a Traffic Controller on Nar Shaddaa. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG Dark Empire Sourcebook."[Page 45]
Brenn and Dellis Tantor begin to petition for active stormtrooper duty, but are rejected. However, they start dogging Cattena Squadron, and its captain, impressed with their determination, invites them to joining Cattena Squadron as "honorary stormtroopers," but they are never really accepted by the other members of the squad. "SW: Force Commander."
As intergalactic war becomes imminent, Bail Organa expands the role of the safeworld of Isis. Rich in minerals, the planet becomes a starfighter construction facility for the Rebel Alliance. Engineers begin to move there. The native Gutretees are sympathetic to the Rebel cause, and are asked by the Alliance not to leave the planet - it is feared the new race would attract the Emperor's attention. Isis remains, for the moment, one of the Alliance's best-kept secrets. "SW RPG: The Isis Coordinates."
While his mother lays ill in a hospital, 15 year old Havet Storm discovers a large trunk hidden in her closet at their family home. Inside he finds an old K-9 series droid, as well as a recording from his dead grandfather, Morvet Storm. Havet listens as he learns his grandfather was a Jedi Knight killed by Darth Vader, whose forces also sabotaged the starship of Havet's father, forcing him to plunge into a star, as part of the great Jedi Purge. As the recording ends, the droid gives to Havet his grandfather's lightsaber. He visits his mother in the hospital, who confirms his history, explaining that his grandfather's Force sensitivity was what had led to her wandering the galaxy from planet to planet for her son's safety. With her death, Havet flees the planet, terrified of being discovered as being Force-sensitive himself. With only his lightsaber and Arf, his K-9, he stays on the move, hiding from the Empire, honing his force skills. "The Lost Jedi: Jedi Dawn." Summary by TOD-UK.
The original copy of 54th Atrisian Emperor Uueg Tching's Sayings is sent to Coruscant under the request of Palpatine, as a personal trophy. Conjecture based on From the Files of Corellia Antilles
Lando Calrissian and Niles Ferrier are involved in a smuggling run to the planet Phraetiss that goes terribly wrong. Both escape with their lives, however. "SW: Dark Force Rising."
CD-12a, an autopilot droid brain is produced by Go-Corp during the height of the New Order. It was linked to a wrist unit worn by the owner. The droid brain was installed on the owner's starship, and accepted commands from the wrist unit. This allowed the owner to activate their ship's pre-flight sequences prior to boarding. Many enterprising smugglers altered the droid brain to have combat skills, allowing them to remotely defend their ships. "SW RPG: Galladinium's Fantastic Technology"
This droid brain will later be augmented to form the basis for Droid Tie Fighter brains
Having been completely unable to find the murderer of his father on his own, Durga the Hutt finally gives in and joins Black Sun full time. Xizor demands full information on Nal Hutta's defence systems in return for his help. Durga reluctantly agrees. A week later, Xizor provides the name: Jiliac. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
Vost Tyne, an Imperial Navy Admiral, retires from active duty, having commanded a Star Destroyer for the Emperor. Tyne was also a student of the Dark Side of the Force under Darth Vader himself, and many believed it was Vader who talked Tyne into retiring. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Planet of the Mists."
Colonel Abal Karda, colonel of the Imperial "Lightning Battalion," murders his superior officer (General Nim) and four bodyguards and goes AWOL. He is declared an "Enemy of the Empire" and sentenced to death. One month before "Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire."
Tessala Corvae is appointed as the Major General of the Imperial Army forces deployed in Tapani Sector, at the height of the Galactic Civil War. She got into the Imperial Academy on Carida because of her father's fame as a General during the Clone Wars, but used her own skills to graduate with honours. She started her military career working as an AT-ST driver, but her competence earned her swift promotions. She was disgusted to learn of her promotion to command of the 1st Tapani Assault Battlegroup, and even more upset to learn that the majority of her work in the Sector would be as a diplomat, trying to wing the hearts of the noble Houses before having to resort to military violence. Tessala was also the founder of the Firebird Society. "SW RPG: Lords of the Expanse."
"Boba Fett: Salvage."
While en route to Coruscant, Boba Fett comes upon the 'Mingula', a derelict freighter carrying Volpau, the late third cousin of Emperor Palpatine, as well as the crew's killer - Ubuugan fleshborers. Fett loses one bounty and barely gets away himself. He is forced to destroy the freighter, but intends to sell Volpau's amulet to make up the difference. (COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - John Wagner - December 1997)
Biggs Darklighter leaves Tatooine for the Imperial Academy on Carida. "A New Hope."
Iella Wessiri becomes a member of CorSec. Info provided by Dan Wallace.
Nil Spaar enters the Yevethan political arena. "SW: Before the Storm."
"Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire."
At the monastery of Maryx Minor, a man with a chest begs for sanctuary from Boba Fett.... Darth Vader orders Boba Fett to meet him. He assigns Fett to find Abal Karda for 12,000 credits - and bring him the casket in Karda's possession. Fett agrees and heads for Vestar, even as Vader sends assassins to kill Fett after he succeeds....
Fett interrogates the crew of a freighter, and forces out of them that they dropped Karda off at Starstation 12. With Vader's men hot on his tail, he finds Karda had a facial tattoo done on himself, apparently using the Icarii Queen's hair jewels as payment. He also corners one of the would-be hitmen and finds out about Vader's plot against him. The search continues on to Tatooine, then to Maryx Minor, where a crazed Karda threatens the local priesthood while the casket's contents - the living, disembodied head of Queen Selestrine of the Icarii - vows revenge and death is coming for him....
Fett arrives at Maryx Minor, slaughters the bounty hunters, and approaches the monastery with Vader himself hot on his trail. Flinging Karda into a lava pit, Fett then has a little talk with Selestrine. Not only are the jewels in her hair worth a fortune, but she can foretell the future - a valuable property for whoever has her. It was for this that Karda kept her head alive, and went rogue when the other Imperials found out. Fett is very interested in keeping her, to say the least.
At that moment, Vader arrives. Fett greets him with a thrown thermal detonator. An all-out brawl erupts, with Fett giving as good as he gets. Throwing selestrine's head toward a lava pit, Fett takes the opportunity to escape as Vader saves the head. Vader stalks back to his ship with the head, having the monastery bombed out of existence. Selestrine manages to talk Vader into killing her, leaving her future-telling powers to no one, least of all the Emperor. Fett, meanwhile, has gotten away with quite a few of the Queen's hair jewels.... (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - John Wagner - January-April 1999) And Padme acquires more Incarii Dna to play with, including the Selestrine's apparent force-sensitivity
While transferring protesters from Sulon to the uninhabited world of Ruusan, Morgan Katarn unintentionally stumbles upon the Valley of the Jedi. He sends word to the Jedi Master Rahn, and arranges for a message and a lightsaber to be given to his son Kyle when the time is right. Rahn (a former student of Yoda) refuses to learn the coordinates, and decides to prepare a team to investigate with Morgan leading them. Unbeknownst to any, Morgan engraves a map to the Valley on his workshop's roof. When Morgan is killed months later, the search is abandoned. "SW: Dark Forces - Rebel Agent."
Gaeriel Captison is elected a senator of Bakura. She spends the next five years at the Bakur Senatorial Academy, then does post-graduate work on Coruscant. "SW: The Truce at Bakura."
While on Coruscant, she meet's Luke and Leia. Luke uses the Force and seduces Gaeriael into a sexual relationship during her post-graduate work.
Jiliac the Hutt (Jabba's uncle / aunt) is killed by a vengeful Durga. (Jiliac had arranged the death of Durga's father / mother Aruk.) Jabba (after personally crushing Jiliac's newborn to death) takes over the Desijilic clan. Durga asks Xizor for military help to seize Ylesia before Teroenza (who already murdered his lieutenant Kibbick) can break off from the Hutts completely. Jabba contacts Bria Tharen and promises his help in the Rebels attacking Ylesia. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
"Marvel Illustrated: The Way of the Wookiee."
Han and Chewbacca flies to the planet Formos while en route to a Kessel Run. After some Imperial harassment, they meet Jabba's contact N'mrith at Zord's Atmosphere Baths. He warns him that the local Imperial commander, Quirt, is trying to fill his quota of prisoners to work in Kessel's spice mines. One of those prisoners, Chewbacca learns, is Hronk - an old rival from Kashyyyk. That night, without Han knowing, Chewbacca breaks into an Imperial prison ship and frees Hronk. He puts the Wookiee in the secret compartments against Han's wishes. They are forced to blast off with stormtroopers right behind them before they can argue the matter. But a Star Destroyer's waiting for them in orbit - N'mrith sold them out. Chewbacca is forced into desperate measures - namely, disguising Hronk to look like him and hiding in the compartments himself. The 'Millennium Falcon'is boarded, but Quirt never guesses the subterfuge. They land at the nearest spaceport and gets Hronk passage back to Kashyyyk. Unfortunately, they had to dump their spice at Formos to avoid capture, but they manage to swing by later and reclaim it. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - 1979)
Trep Reskan was the Alliance's commander-in-chief of the Brak Sector, during the height of the Galactic Civil War. He held the rank of General at the time. Prior to his service with the Alliance, Reskan was the Commander of the Bacrana System Defense Force. He knew that the Empire would never allow Bacrana remain totally free, and when Moff Lesan Ramier wiped out a group of protestors in Amma, Reskan had had enough. He took those members of the BSDF who would accompany him - virtually the entire force - and fled to the Tel System. From there, Reskan devised several offensive missions against the Empire before attracting the attention of the Alliance. When the Alliance asked him to join, Reskan and the remaining members of the BSDF joined them. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Kesh Sector sees a great deal of Alliance activity prior to the Battle of Yavin. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #11."
"X-Wing: Tour of Duty #2 - The Great Search." *
Operation Shadow Hand defeated; High Command has heard rumours of an even worse project, an Imperial Weapon that could destroy the Alliance. Hoping to confirm these rumours, Alliance officials want to rescue POWs. They send Farlander to rescue several prisoners that had escaped from the dreaded Stars' End prison facility, and from those prisoners they learned of a shipment of Wookiee slaves from Kashyyyk to work on the new Imperial project. Farlander succeeds in rescuing the Wookiees. High Command has noticed, however, that many of the Imperial Operations in this sector are guarded by the Imperial Star Destroyer 'Intrepid', so they are putting together a plan to take it out.
Meanwhile, Alliance Intelligence learns of an Imperial weapons convoy near Orron III. They send a flight group of Y-wing bombers led by Keyan Farlander to destroy it. Farlander succeeds, but due to bad leadership loses all his wingmen. As punishment, his next several missions are to be solo. First he is sent out in a Y-wing to capture a freighter full of Imperial Comm Satellites, a task at which he succeeds admirably. Farlander learns that he is Force-sensitive and has the potential to become a Jedi, but he is not comfortable with that, so he ignores it, and carries on with his life as a pilot. His next mission is to rendezvous with the freighter he had just helped to capture, and protect it while it waits for the Cruiser 'Maximus' to show up. He keeps it safe until the 'Maximus' arrives, and then goes above and beyond the call of duty, keeping waves of TIEs away from the whole convoy until they can escape to hyperspace. Now that the captured Comm Sats have been delivered to the Alliance and tampered with, they are deployed near Coruscant, in the Cron Drift of Asteroids, to monitor Imperial traffic and hopefully let the Alliance know what the Empire's up to.
Soon after that, an X-wing carrying vital information from the Comm Sats is ambushed and disabled, but Farlander and several others from Red Squadron are able to hold off the Imperials while a shuttle retrieves the X-wing and its pilot, Biggs Darklighter. The information he has is that the Imperial Star Destroyer 'Intrepid's' hyperdrive has malfunctioned, and while it is being replaced, it can not go anywhere. Red Squadron was scrambled, and hypered in to take out the freighters carrying the replacement hyperdrive and other supplies. They then take out the 'Intrepid's' Corvette escort and fighter screen and after a half-hour of refuelling for their ships, go after the 'Intrepid' itself, managing to destroy it.
Next, Farlander is assigned to protect Winter's ship, 'Tantive IV', while it is passing through the Toprawa system. It is attacked by the 'Devastator', but thanks to Farlander manages to escape to hyperspace. (PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous authors - 1993)
For the first time in a decade, Bria Tharen faces Han Solo to ask for his help. Burned by her betrayal, Han at first wants nothing to do with her or the Alliance. But after reconsidering, he agrees to help, and to ask his friends to help as well. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
"SW Gamer: Rendezvous at Ord Mantell."
A group of heroes for hire are approached in a bar on Ord Mantell by a Rebel agent named Renci Tosh. She is lost her Z-95 Headhunter to a local crimelord, and needs to get it back. She offers 500 credits a piece in reward for their help. The heroes agree. Just then, a pair of thugs in uniform come in and try to drag Renci away, setting off a firefight. Once they are defeated, the group (including Renci) decide to get out of town fast. They backtrack to where Renci crashed her ship two days ago. They then follow a trail, coming upon Twi'lek bounty hunter Gida Luroon. She tries to capture Renci for the bounty on her head, but is defeated. The trail leads to an abandoned mesa where a pirate base has been built. They fight their way to Renci's ship and begin hasty repair work on it. Before they finish, the pirate leader (a Trandoshan named Yarroq) tears in. The heroes beat him down. Grateful for their aid, Renci pays them off and offers to hook them up with the Rebellion (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Andy Collins - December 2000)
The Star Destroyer 'Hydra' is assigned to Maw Installation. First Mate (and future captain) Sten Thannas leaves an Outer Rim assignment to serve there. "SW RPG Jedi Academy Sourcebook."
Nosaurian general Fefar Bleckeye leads three campaigns against Imperial forces on New Plymento. Conjecture from "SW Gamer #9: The University of Sanbra Guide to Intellegent Life." Entry by Chissdude 10.
Durga the Hutt hires Boba Fett to murder Teroenza for 300,000 credits. He wants Teroenza's horn as proof, and he wants Fett to wait until he is within five hours of Ylesia - and to do it in such a way that the other t'landa Til will not know of it for hours. "SW: Rebel Dawn."
Koyo, an Imperial Corporal served in the ranks of Ghost Squadron, in the year leading up to the Battle of Yavin. Corporal Koyo was part of the platoon dispatched to subjugate Sulon and capture Morgan Katarn, and served under Lieutenant Brazack during the attack. "Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire."
Thurland Hack meets Rookie One while training at Mos-Eisley. They later became good friends over the course of the next year. "Rebel Assault Gamebook."
Rebel pilot Merrick Simms, after a victory near Dantooine, is promoted to the rank of Captain. He would later become the leader of Blue Squadron at the Battle of Yavin. "Rebel Assault Gamebook."
Now a seemingly invincible smuggler chief, Jorj Car'das suddenly vanishes. Talon Karrde takes over the organisation. His health failing, Car'das confronts Yoda on Dagobah, demanding more. Yoda tosses away Car'das beckon call and blaster, and berates him on how he squandered his gift of life. Yoda sends him to the Aangi-ti monks if he wishes to save himself. Yoda is preparing to train new Jedi he has forseen, and Jorj is too old to join them effectively. "SW: Vision of the Future."
Year 0
January 1, Year 0
Venthan Chassu's artwork - the Selonian Nudes, is displayed for a private reception for Museum patrons. Four hours, ten thousand credits per person. Corran's mother, Nyche, had volunteered with the museum for so long, that when it came to hiring additional security for the reception, the administration brought Corran and Hal Horn on board. 'Tales from the Empire: Side Trip'.[Page 271]
"Galactic Battlegrounds: Leia Organa and the New Republic."
Under diplomatic cover, Princess Winter Organa travels to the Bothan colony world of Krant to meet with a Bothan spy, Utric Sandov. But an Imperial Star Destroyer discovered her ship (TheCreatcian) in orbit, and shot it down without checking to see who was in it. Winter and her crew survive the crash, and set out from the wreck in search of Ghost Base, where Sandov is. They come upon a village under attack by stormtroopers and a Jedi named Echuu Shen-Jon, who kills all the stormtroopers with the Force. She learns from the locals that a Moff Yittreas is the one behind the attack, and is planning assaults on the towns of Peche and Theenes. She takes charge of the village, building up a resistance force. Protecting the bridges of the two towns, her forces manage to liberate Kaxol and Sagol from the Imperial forces.
Continuing her search for Ghost Base, she finds it - overrun by Imperials. She does manage to rescue some workers and gathers soldiers to retake Ghost Base. Once that is done, she is contacted by Sandov (who has taken refuge in the nearby town of La'Roche). Once they meet in person, Sandov relates distressing news - the Imperials have captured an ancient Jedi artifact called the Vor'Na'Tu, and taken it to the nearby asteroid of Geddes. Winter and Echuu gathers their troops and sets out for Geddes to retrieve the artifact.
As Winter and her forces land on Geddes, so do another army - a Wookiee army led by Attichitcuk, who Winter called for help. The two armies meet and join together, then travel to the base where Echuu seizes the Vor'Na'Tu and breaks it into pieces to prevent the Emperor from ever using it. While the rest of the Rebel / Wookiee army holds the Imperials back, Attichitcuk, Winter and Threepio escape in their transport. Echuu hangs back to hide the pieces of the Vor'Na'Tu. He is about to rejoin them when he is blocked - by Darth Vader. Echuu battles valiantly, but soon becomes yet another casualty of the Jedi Purge (PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous Authors - November 2001)
Or so it seems. Instead of killing Echuu, Vader slices off his legs and arms, much the way his were, and takes him to Myrkrr. There, Padme test her "Sith Potion" on Echuu, and finds it works just fine even on long-term Jedi Knights. The Vor'Na'Tu is taken to Coruscant. Echuu is fitted with cyborgknitic arms and legs, much like Vader, and becomes a Sith Acoylte.
January 22, Year 0
Jatz musician Fitz Roi is deported from Rimma after he shoots up several historical artefacts in the Crystal Room in the Teirra Parko where he was staying on his concert tour. Roi's fans riot after the deporting, causing millions of dollars of damage to downtown Recardeon. "SW Adventure Journal." These and other calendar dated events come from "Galaxywide Newsnets."
M'Nes also known as the True Faith, a Gorothite religion, was founded by the V'Sook during the Imperial occupation of Goroth Prime. The M'Nes religion was based on the belief that the Gorothite people were being tested in a crucible of suffering and pain, and that the endurance of the suffering would strengthen the B'Dellyi to the point of transcendence. Individual suffering was required, but an individual could not be raised without the complete transcendence of the species. The priestesses of the M'Nes, known as the K'Kela Mey, decried those Gorothites who sought to break free of Imperial control as heretics and sinners, working against the greater good of the species. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
Val DeGoort, served the Imperial Navy as an Admiral during the height of the Galactic Civil War. He was in command of the flagship 'Valor', in orbit around Goroth Prime, and controlled the ships that patrolled the Goroth System. He was respected by his subordinates, but a mistake in which he accidentally rammed the 'Valor' into another ship during a training exercise earned him a demerit and the posting at Goroth Prime. For his own part, Admiral DeGoort despised Crela Nen and her adherence to every shred of Imperial bureaucracy. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
The Death Star is completed in orbit over the prison world Despayre in the Horuz system. Tarkin's first act with the partially operational station is to destroy Despayre. "X-Wing."
The Empire creates and briefly employs a system known as the Battlefield Holographic Control Interface, or BHCI, by which a Commander can lead his ground troops effectively from the safety of his ship, minimising the risk to the officer. "SW: Force Commander." Entry by Trekkie 101.
Emperor Palpatine, even as he prepares for the next step in the conversion of the galaxy into a dictatorship, is planning ahead even further. While the Moffs and planetary governors are about to take power over the regions of the Empire, Palpatine's own dark side adepts are being trained in secret on Byss to eventually replacethem. When the people of the Empire are completely brought under the Emperor's iron grip and all resistance is crushed, the dark side adepts will take over, unleashing various horrors (being prepared at Byss) upon the galaxy, and bringing everything under Palpatine's direct control. "SW RPG II: Dark Side Sourcebook."[Page 103] The Sith Spirit on Korriban find this amusing, as it is almost a pacified version of Padme and Vaders plan to build a new Sith Order
February 13, Year 0
A small insurrection of Rebels within the local military on Gerrard IV is brutally crushed by the Empire. Two Star Destroyers, the 'Adjudicator' and the 'Relentless' blockade the planet. The planet's governor and senator are sent to Coruscant to explain their failure to the Emperor. "SW Adventure Journal."
"SW Adventure Journal: Breaking Free."
The smuggler Dannen Lifehold is only one job away from completely paying off his debts and owning his ship, the 'Lifeline',lock stock and barrel. Landing at Dohu VII, he finds only a challenge at a local cantina - a Silika named Ketna Anwa, who demands he compete in a drinking contest with him. Dannen wins. He is en route to his job when he has suddenly snatched up by bandits. He is saved just in time by Ketna's brother Klin. But now Dannen's cargo has been stolen, as well as his winnings from the contest. And to add insult to injury, the crimelord (Linkaas) he owes money to is the very same one who sent the bandits after him!! Now what?
He surprisingly finds himself a new mechanic, working on his ship as he arrives - a Tinnell named Purr. They take off for Evas, and Dannen has it out with Linkaas on subspace. Linkaas denies it all, and says Dannen now owes him 25,334 credits. Or Dannen can give him Purr as a slave. Dannen refuses, fights off Linkaas's fighters, and takes off for Alderaan.... (SHORT STORY - West End Games - Dave Marron - February 1994)
Imperial officer Davin Felth, on a training exercise on the new AT-AT Walker (created by Colonel Maximillian Veers), discovers the walker's fatal flaw - attacking the legs can defeat it. Veers "rewards" Felth by banishing him to stormtrooper duty on Tatooine. "SW: Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina."
As an "experiment," 22-year old Mara Jade goes on a secret mission during a gala dinner to break into Grand Moff Tarkin's safe (The Emperor suspects him of.... ambition). She passes the training exercise with flying colours and is the appointed "The Emperor's Hand," a Force-sensitive agent who is neither totally dark nor light. She will be but the first of many. "Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand," Issue #0.
In reality, it simply cemented her place in the eyes of Padme and Vader
Using her seduction skills, Roganda Ismaren becomes another of the Emperor's new cadre of Hands. She works to extract secrets from Palpatine's enemies, delivering those secrets to him,and to Padme and Vader "SW Gamer: The Emperor's Pawns."
Kuat Drive Yards is under contract to the government of Alderaan to provide a fleet of ostensibly peaceful "scout" ships. When the planet is later destroyed, the high-power weapons systems and other parts are recycled into Imperial warships. "SW: The Mandalorian Armour."
Crela Nen serves as the Director of Administration, under Imperial Governor Marsh Limoth, on the planet Goroth Prime during the height of the New Order. Under her direction, the number of administrators grew rapidly, but their activities were threatened when Limoth took over. He hated the bureaucracy, while Crela Nen had been trained in the nuances and processes of the Imperial bureaucracy. She fought had to ensure that all activities were properly documented, and even instructed her people to drop important items whenever Limoth began to impose his own structure on the Administration. Her loyalty to the Empire was surpassed only by her loyalty to herself. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
Talsa, an Alliance Major, was in command of the starfighter squadron deployed at Advanced Base Baskarn, during the early years of the Galactic Civil War. She was driven by her need to avenge a past event in which the Empire caused her a great injustice. "SW Adventure Journal #2."
The planet Latt, a barren world was the third planet in the Demar System. It had been stripped of all natural resources by the Lant Mining Corporation by the time of the Battle of Yavin. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
The planet Gaulus, site of a Rebel Base, is compromised by a MerenData 3PO espionage droid, obtained from Jawa traders. It had served as a translator between the Gaulians and the Rebels. As a result of this discovery, the base on Gaulus had to be evacuated. The Empire brutally subjugated the base, sending Garrison Company 125a under the command of Commander Harles. Many young men and women in the base were killed. The base's medical suite, living areas, command center, and life support areas were littered with dead Rebels. The Rebels did manage to destroy their computer records however. Upon inspecting the ruins of the base, Commander Harles discovered a young, 16-year-old survivor setting explosives on the base's main generator. Rather than capture her, Harles, who was sick of the death and destruction, aided her. Harles defected to the Rebellion, helping the young girl and her injured mother escape. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook". Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index.
"SW Tales: Extinction." *
Darth Vader is summoned to the Imperial throne room of Coruscant, where the Emperor reveals that one of the last surviving Jedi has been found - the "Dark Woman". Mara Jade tells him that she discovered the Jedi's location via a felon attempting to escape custody. The Woman is hiding on Cophrigin V on the Outer Rim. The two argue over who should kill her, until Palpatine makes it clear that it is Vader's duty to drive the Jedi to extinction.
Secretly pleased at Mara's acting performance infront of the Emperor, Vader obtains some of Padme's "Sith Potion" and takes a squadron of Noghri with him Cophrigin in a shuttle, and then travels alone into the jungle. He finds the old woman tending to an endangered species of plant, and orders the Noghri to use there stolick sticks on her. Using the Force, The Dark Woman battles Vader and the Noghri, but is overwhelmed. Using the Sith potion on her, he turns her to the Darkside
Now, they have they have the number of Force-users they need. It is only a matter of time before Palpatine falls, and Vader rules the galaxy.
Once the poison has run its physical course, Vader has the Dark Woman prove her loyalty to the Sith. She does so by stomping the rare plant to mush under her heel
(COMIC SHORT STORY - Dark Horse Comics - Ron Marz - September 1999 - January 2000)
Expanded Version
"What is thy Bidding, my master?"
Darth Vader waited patiently for his master's reply. He could sense Mara jade nearby, as well as her bemusement at seeing the Dark Lord of the Sith on his knee before the Emperor. Vader held his emotions in check. Now was not the time or place to deal with such bemusement.
"Arise my servant" The Emperor beckoned, as his throne turned to face Darth Vader. "I have a mission for you. We have the location of one of the last Jedi Master's we have not accounted for. We know the location of the Jedi Master known as the Dark Woman.
Beneath this mask, Vader fought the muscle reflex in his face as his surprise surfaced there. The Dark Woman had at one time trained Aurra Sing, one of the most dangerous bounty hunters in the galaxy. It was known to some that Aurra actively sought to kill the Dark Woman. The most powerful and knowledgeable of the Empire's elite had been assuming for the last decade or so that Sing had indeed caught up with the Dark Woman and removed her as a threat.
"This information is, reliable, my master?"
"It is, Lord Vader" Mara replied, stepping out of the shadows, giving the impression she had sough to conceal her presence from Vader. "I obtained her location myself. I extracted it from a felon attempting to escape custody. He sought to exchange the information for his freedom, but I relieved him off both. She is on Cophrigin V in the Outer Rim. I few my ship close enough to sense her presence there."
"Then you should have killed her when you had the chance" Vader replied. "You grow derelict in you duties, Emperor's Hand. Or perhaps disloyal and traitorous."
Mara started towards Vader, no doubt with murder in her heart for such an affront. Her loyalty to her master was without question.
"Enough of this. Lord Vader, it is your duty to drive the Jedi to extinction. No one else's. If my Hand left the Dark Woman alive, it was for you to perform your duty, and for no other reason. Now, take a ship and travel to Cophrigin V and kill the Dark Woman. Drive another nail into the final coffin of the Jedi Order."
Vader withheld the response that threatened to burn his tongue. "Yes, my master. It shall be done."
"You may leave, Lord Vader."
"Yes my master"
Lord Vader turned and stalked off. His body language showed through his dark cape. He was clearly unhappy with the situation.
"With my master's permission" Mara spoke "I shall return to my quarters, and await my next assignment"
"Very well" the Emperor spoke with a dismissive wave "Just make sure to attend Moff (name's) party tonight. He is ambitious, and I am sure you will be able to find evidence of any treasonous actions he has planned."
"Off course, my master"
Darth Vader traveled the corridors of his palace, considering his coming confrontation with the Dark Woman. She had been known as one of the most physically brutal Jedi Master's and duelist in the history of the Jedi Order. In fact, Vader had faced her once in a training duel, and even with his skill and power and youth, she had thrashed him.
At least now he would pay her back.
Vader's danger sense flared a warning in front of him, and he unhooked and brought his lightsaber up into a blocking, redirecting the purple lightsaber blade that appeared in front of him. The sensation he had picked up on dissolved into that of Mara Jade, as well as his daughter, Leia. Which in turn meant that his son, Luke, was nearby.
Beneath his mask, despite the pain it caused him, Vader smiled. "I see your ambition is tempered with restraint, Emperor's Hand."
Mara dropped to one knee, letting her lightsaber rest at her side "My ambition is to serve you and Lady Padme, my real master."
"Arrise Lady Jade" Vader spoke with respect, for Mara was one of the secret Sith lords he had been training in secrety with his wife for nearly a decade. "You acting abilities and Force stealth continue to impress me. I sincerely believe the Emperor was convinced of your apparent dislike and contempt for me."
Mara gave her smile in reply to the complement. Like her movements, it was much like a cat's. Graceful and deadly. Vader understood why Mara has proving adept at her covert activities.
"Mother sends something to assist you in your mission, father" Leia spoke, taking a package out from under her robes and handing it to Vader with a small nod. "I'm sure you know what it is already, if you wish to use it."
Vader took the case from his daughter, and even without gagging her sense, he knew what it was. Padme's augmented form of Sith Poison, which she had named Sithim.
"Indeed I shall, my child. Even though I desire to beat the Dark Woman, wasting a potential resource of her power without at first trying to obtain it would be counter-productive to our goal. Return to your studies now, the both of you."
"Yes, my master"
Vader continued on to the landing bay, where the squadron of Noghri he had summoned awaited him, along with his son, and heir, Luke. Vader watched for several moments as Luke dueled the Noghri with a training lightsaber. As Luke always did before the Noghri went out to capture a Jedi, Luke was making sure they knew how to deal with the abilities of a lightsaber. Vader also suspected Luke also did it as a way of demonstrating dominance to the Noghri.
Luke spotted his father and deactivated his lightsaber. Luke nodded to his father as Vader stepped from the shadows around the hanger bay.
"Good Fortune on your hunt Father"
"Thank you Luke" Vader replied. "Return to your training. The new dueling droids should have arrived by now"
Vader caught the wicked look in his son's eyes. However, Luke merely bowed to Vader, turned, and exited the room.
"Board the shuttle" Vader spoke to the Noghri. "And take us to Cophrigin V"
Vader picked his way through the jungles of Cophrigin V with care not to fall. The ground was not especially treacherous, but he had no interest in slowing he advance any more then he needed too. Finally he reached his destination
"Hello Anakin" The dark woman spoke, as she kneeled over a small species of plant "I've been expecting you."
The Dark Woman turned, stood, and smiled at Vader, and then motioned to the little plant she had been tending "Beautiful, isn't it Anakin?"
"I did not come here to banter with you Dark Woman, or to listen to you attempt to turn me from the Dark Side. I came here to either turn you, or kill you. I choose "
At his signal, Vader's Noghri errupted from the jungle. Not expecting the Noghri, the Dark Woman was taken by surprise as the Noghri began spraying stolick sticks at her. Using the Force, he managed to jump over the initial barrage, only to be meet in mid-air by Lord Vader. Their lightsabers ignited, and the duel was joined.
The duel was vicious, even by the Dark Woman's standards. She was forced to call on the Force more then she had previously, dodging both Vader's lightsaber swings and the Noghri's stolick sticks and blaster fire.
However, Vader proved to be the more brutal. With a deft block, he also cleaved a branch from a tree, and hurled it at the Dark Woman with the Dark Side. Dodging the branch, she leapped into a barriage of Noghri stun blaster fire. As she crashed to the ground, paralyzed, she felt a needle bury itself into her flesh, and its contents enter her body. Still using the Force to fight the effects of the blaster bolt, she succame to the drug now in her body.
Sithim. Augmented Sith Poison.
Vader and the Noghri stepped back as the Poison did its job. The Dark Woman convulsed as she tried to fight the poison with the lightside, but it spread it's influence among her body, causing pain and agony, and causing her to give into her rage. Finally, unable to fight it any more, she called upon the Dark Side of the Force to purge her body of the poisons effects.
Falling right into it's trap
A few moments later, the Dark Woman found the strength to rise to her feet. Now, she was truly dark, as the Dark Side of the Force burned in her eyes and her soul.
"Welcome to your destiny" Vader said "Welcome, to the Dark Side of the Force. Welcome, to the Sith"
Nodding to the Noghri, they moved into position, the Yslamari on there backs that had shielded them from being sensed by the Dark Woman, now cutting her off from the Force.
"Everything is now ready, Dark Woman. What is now coming has been planned for sometime. I shall teach you a method of hiding your presence in the Force from the Emperor, once I restore the Force to you. Then, you shall prove your loyalty to the Sith, and then take your place in its true rise to power."
The Noghri stepped away from the Dark Woman, as Vader wrapped her sense within his own, and showed her the secret of hiding in the Force. Satisfied, Vader watched as the Dark Woman stomped the plant she had been tending to into mush, then they walked off together, Vader, the Dark lord of the Sith, and the Dark Woman, the newest Sith Acolyte.
"Tales from the New Republic: Interlude at Darknell." *
Senator Garm Bel Iblis prepares to give a speech at the Treitamma Political Center on Anchoron that is going to rip the lid off what Emperor Palpatine really intends to do with the galaxy. However, he is called away from the center by an urgent letter from a Rebel named Aach. He is told that "Tarkin's project" has been located. A "courier" with some inside info on the project will be in Darknell in three days. Bail Organa wants Bel Iblis to get this data tape. As they discuss this, the Political Center is blown to bits by a thermal detonator - taking Bel Iblis' entire family with it. The Senator is traumatised, but Aach forces him to his senses -hewas the bomb's real target, and he had better get out of sight if he does not want to join his wife and children in death. Bel Iblis has always opposed the Emperor and his policies, but now . now it is personal. He takes Aach's offered ship and leaves Anchoron for Darknell
Meanwhile, at a tapcafe on Darknell, a thief named Moranda Savich steals the datapack from the "courier." And on Coruscant, Imperial Intelligence head Armand Isard sends his daughter Ysanne to get the datapack at all costs
Corsec officer Hal Horn arrives on Darknell searching for the infamous pickpocket Savich. Ysanne Isard arrives as well. Hal shakes down a junk dealer named Seb Arkos for info on Savich's location. At the same time, Isard arrives. She passes herself off to Horn as "Katya Glase of Darknell Internal Security." They both come upon Savich in the street. Isard's partner Trabler moves to kill her, but Horn uses the Force to deflect the blaster bolt. Bel Iblis manages to drag the wounded Savich off in the confusion. Now certain "Katya" is not who she appears to be, Hal nevertheless continues the hunt with her. Moranda is treated by Garm, but asks for a way offworld before she gives up the datapack. He agrees, and she tells him she hid it in Isard's rental speeder. Isard tries to have Hal killed, but he turns the tables - he will still help her, but he wants no more trouble. She adds one stipulation to that - a choke collar. They decide to resume their search at a nearby bar that stocks Moranda's favourite drink. "Having been shot the way she was, she will be wanting some fortification."
The trip there reveals thatsomebody's helping Moranda. Isard decides to hack into Darknell's computers to track her down. Horn advises against it - the locals, particularly one Colonel Nyroska, would object to the Empire riding roughshod over them. Isard could not care less. Moranda calls Nyroska herself, lets him know what is happening, then offers to give him the datapack for a million credits. Observing Isard and Horn at the ClearSkyes boutique, Bel Iblis spots the choke collar on Horn's neck. Moranda's gotten to like Horn over the years, and agrees with Bel Iblis that he should not be sacrificed by Isard. She calls Isard by comlink and sets up an auction between her and Nyroska for the datapack at a warehouse north of town. Isard pulls some strings to send Nyroska's men out of the way. Horn himself calls Nyroska at the same time, telling him that the lifter's at ClearSkyes. In disguise, Moranda approaches Horn and disarms the collar. Nyroska arrives, and Horn, Moranda and Bel Iblis finger Isard as the datapack thief!! As he drags Isard off, Bel Iblis gets the datapack from her speeder and heads for the Alliance with it.
On Coruscant, Armand harangues his daughter for her failure. Ysanne smugly informs him that the Emperor has read her report - thefullreport of what happened on Darknell. She declares her father a Rebel and a traitor - blowing up the Political Center to ensure Bel Iblis joined the Rebellion, as well as sending her on a suicide mission to Darknell to both get rid of her and ensure the Rebels got the tape about the Death Star. She has the Imperial Royal Guard drag her father off to certain death, and takes over his position at the head of Imperial Intelligence (SHORT STORY - West End Games/Bantam Books - Timothy Zahn & Michael A. Stackpole - December 1999)
Greedo meets Han Solo for the first time on Nar Shaddaa, when the young Rodian tries to steal a pair of power couplings from the 'Millennium Falcon'. Shortly thereafter, information about Rebels Greedo leaked to the Imperials leads to an all-out bloodbath on Nar Shaddaa that kills Greedo's family and his entire tribe (with the exception of two cousins, Chihdo and Beedo). He escapes to Tatooine to become a bounty hunter. "SW: Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina" and "The New Essential Guide to Characters"[Page 75]
"Rebel Dawn. (Continued)"
Han Solo is hired by Bria Tharen to help with a Rebel raid on the slave colony of Ylesia, in return for a share of the profits. Several of Han's friends, both old (Muuurgh, Mrrov, Jalus Nebl) and new (Lando, Jarik, Chewbacca, Salla) join in the attack. After a decade apart, Han and Bria's romance explodes back into life with a vengeance. Even the old transport Han grew up on, the 'Trader's Luck'(now known as the 'Liberator') is part of the assault force. Unbeknownst to Han, Bria is contacted in the middle of the night by Rebel commander Pianat Torbul. She is told the Alliance has learned of some new weapon "that could crush the entire Rebel Alliance in one or two engagements." Her orders regarding Ylesia have been slightly changed
Durga's (and Black Sun's) assault force and the Rebel (and Jabba's) assault force crashes head-on into each other on the battlefield of Ylesia. Jalus Nebl and Jarik are killed, but the t'landa Til are also killed. Han and the smugglers go to get their share of the wealth - only to see Bria and the other Rebels turn their guns on them. Bria has doublecrossed them all - except for Han, whom she does give a share of the money. Thanks to that, all of Han's friends - especially Lando - are convinced he was in on it all along. The Rebels take everything and leave the smugglers high and dry. As they leave, Han and Bria go on alone into the Treasure Room - to find Teroenza waiting for them. They are saved by the timely shot of Boba Fett, who rips Teroenza's horn off his corpse. Then, the final, most brutal betrayal of all: Bria takes even Han's share of the treasure and takes off, leaving Han and Chewbacca with nothing. Han's had it - he isneverletting a woman get close to him (or vice versa) ever again, he vows. And the Rebel Alliance can go to hell for all he cares. The only thing the 'Millennium Falcon'carries when it takes off are a group of Corellian children whose slave parents forgot them.
The 'Millennium Falcon'is not even halfway to Corellia when Jabba the Hutt calls, telling Han to drop everything and do a Kessel Runnow. He has worked everything out between him and Moruth Doole; everything is already paid for. 12 hours later, the 'Millennium Falcon'lifts off from Kessel with the holds stuffed to the gills with glitterstim spice - only to be immediately pursued by a pair of Imperial customs ships. The 'Millennium Falcon'never flies faster than it does this day, only threemore Imperial ships are waiting for the 'Millennium Falcon' at the edge of the system. It's a setup, and Han knows it. He has no choice but to dump all the spice out into space, and then submit to Imperial boarders. Once they are told of the children, the Imperials provide armed escort all the way to Corellia, ensuring Han can not go back for the spice. Han and Chewbacca are hailed as heroes when they arrive. Several long hours later, they race back to the scene of the crime - and again, the Imperials are waiting for them. They have already taken the spice themselves. Han pulls off the greatest escape of his life, managing to fly through the dangerous field of Kessel black holes in not only 12 standard timeparts, but less than 12 parsecs as well. [Summary is concluded below.] (NOVEL - Bantam Books - Ann Crispin - March 1998)
"Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika."
Jabba the Hutt has a pair of visitors at his palace - Embra and Malta, both fellow Hutts. They discuss Jabba's recent role in the Ylesian colony raid, and how Jabba set the smugglers up. Meanwhile, their respective aides (Bib Fortuna, a Bith named Farquil B'ann, and a human woman named Jozzel Moffett) talk about their bosses. The ambitious Jozzel breaks into the Hutts' rising arguments about their methods (and how successful they are) with an idea - why not settle it with a wager? She is picked up from Garindan a lead to a mythical statue made of corusca gem - the Yavin Vassilika. Why not send three of their best agents each after it? First one to Nar Shaddaa with the prize wins. The three Hutts like the idea, and agree on the contest. Jabba immediately calls Han Solo (via a servant named Holgurn) and puts him and Chewbacca on his team. Bib Fortuna, meanwhile, hires Lando Calrissian at Nar Shaddaa. (The gambler's on the run from a sore winner.) Elsewhere, Malta hires Bossk, Dengar, and IG-88 for his team. Jozzel insists on joining the trio. She offers them a deal - get an extra 300,000 on top of the agreed 150,000 credits to give the Vassilika to her and give Malta a forgery. The hunters quickly agree.
Zuckuss, 4-LOM, and Sardu Sallowe form Embra's team. Back at Mos-Eisley, Greedo gets wind of Han's planned trip and sees a golden opportunity to impress Jabba. And at Jabba's palace, the third member of his team arrives - Boba Fett
Han and Chewbacca arrive at the planet Kalkovak to find the rambling old man who claims to know where the Vassilika is. Both of the other teams are hot on their trail. Malta's team spots theFalcon,mistaking it for Lando's ship (they do not know Han won it) -- which gives Jozzel an idea. Han learns from a tavern that the old man lives in the Quarren sector, and heads out that way. He learns from a bar there that the old man, a guy named Webble, went to Mon Calamari. IG, Bossk and Dengar catch up to Solo there, and the smuggler duo's put on the run with Greedo in tow. The chase sends Han crashing into Lando (and Jozzel, who is sweet-talked her way to Lando's side). The whole group makes a run for theFalconand takes off. There is no price currently on Han's head, but Dengar could not care less - he takes off in his ship and chases theFalcon all the way into hyperspace. And Fett is not far behind the two ships
TheFalcon arrives at Mon Calamari, where Jozzel offers Han eight times what Jabba offered him for the Vassilika, as well as a forgery to give Jabba. Embra's trio of hunters are already on Mon Calamari, about to begin the search for Webble on a skiff. Malta's team is about to toss a couple of thermal grenades into theFalcon - until its automatic security cannons chase them off. Han does some checking around and learns Webble stole an impounded skiff and headed out into open sea. The skiff was full of leaks, so he is likely a goner. Han's group then heads to the port Webble stole the skiff from. They rent a skiff and head out into the ocean, ignoring the warning of the portmaster about a soul-stealing "Bank." Hours later, the skiff is hit from behind by another skiff - one carrying Jawas! Han, who is noticed them underfoot all throughout this adventure, now realises they have been following them all the way from Tatooine. With the engine and comm destroyed, things are looking bleak. Suddenly, Jozzel hears voices - from underwater. Han, Lando and Jozzel don scuba outfits and dive down, leaving a nervous Greedo and Chewbacca.
At the ocean floor, they find a wrecked skiff and the half-eaten body of Webble. They come upon a set of glowing clamshells, emitting the numerous voices. Han listens closely for Webble's voice. Jozzel manages to single out his voice, but is overwhelmed by the psychic contact. Han and Lando drag her back up to the surface, only to find Dengar's group has taken their skiff hostage. Dengar reveals Jozzel works for Malta, and orders Han to turn over the Vassilikanow. Suddenly Boba Fett appears, shooting at the skiff. Chewbacca plants a bomb on the skiff's fuel tank and jumps out with Greedo. Jozzel comes to and shoots at Fett before anyone can stop her. Han's group takes Dengar's skiff and races off while Fett leaves in his, leaving the three bounty hunters treading water
Once on theFalcon and off Calamari, Jozzel finally explains all to Han and Lando. They race to the planet Webble was on, only to find Embra's group has beaten them there. They land and set off into the jungles, fighting off local beasts. They find themselves in a village filled with friendly primitive natives. And in one of the huts is what they have been looking for - the Yavin Vassilika. But when Jozzel tries to grab it, she learns what 4-LOM learned hours before - the 'friendly' natives get murderously violent when anyone tries to take their treasure! One by one, Han and his group are beaten down and knocked out. Elsewhere, Embra's battered group returns to their ship to find theFalcon sitting nearby and Boba Fett standing behind them. He sprays knockout gas in Sardu and the Jawas' faces, then tells Zuckuss he wants Solo. That night, Jozzel (who managed to escape the village) finds Dengar and his group. She offers them 450k to help her get the Vassilika out of the village. Back at the village, Han, Lando, Greedo and 4-LOM are tied up in a hut and about to be sacrificed by being beaten to death with large flowers. (Poisonous thorns.) Suddenly, the hut is torn open by a blade, and Fett stands before the terrified foursome
To their surprise, Fett frees them - Jabba hired him to protect the group. Nearby, Jozzel's group is surrounded by the natives. A Jawa tries to make off with the Vassilika, but Han knocks it out of its hands and it flies right into Jozzel's. All three groups are at each other's throats, in a stalemate and Jozzel uses the distraction to steal Han's keys and takes off in theFalcon for Yavin IV, where she meets with her secret employers -- a Rebel group led by Jan Dodonna and Bria Tharen. Bria gives her four million and a forged Vassilika in return. Suddenly, Han and his group ambush Jozzel and the Rebels, as does Dengar's group and IG-88's group. Dengar and IG-88 soon come to blaster bolts, however, and the Rebels slip off in the confusion. Han, Lando, and Fett give chase - the Rebels are not swindling them a second time!
With the Rebels cornered, Han and Lando demand their fair share of the money from the Besadii spice raid on Ylesia. Bria coldly informs them the money has already been spent to aid the Rebellion. They then demand the Vassilika - it's clearly worth something, given all the effort spent to get it. It is, Dodonna admits - then he drops and shatters the Vassilika, revealing a key inside. The key opens a Massassi Temple, one the Rebels plan to convert into a base. The two smugglers are dumbstruck -that is what all this was about?!? The Rebels do offer a "reasonable compensation" - they help capture Dengar and Bossk, who have outstanding bounties, and give them to Han. "So are we even now?" Bria asks Han. "Not even close, sister."
Meanwhile, Jozzel is shot down and killed by Farquil, Embra's chief aide. He takes the reward money from her corpse and gives some to Sardu, then takes off for a resort world. Lounging by a beach, he contacts Embra and tells him he quits. Suddenly, a shadow comes over him - Fett, who is about to take the money and give it to Jabba (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - December 2000-June 2001)
Han, Chewbacca, and Lando collect the bounties on Dengar and Bossk (who later escape). Lando runs into his old friend Vuffi Raa and departs on theStar of Empire. Chewbacca and Han pick up a load of explorer craft, and head for Kashyyyk for a special event... Conjuncture from Underworld, SW Gamer, the Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire audio drama, and The Wookiee Storybook. Entry by TalonCard.
"Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire."
The Rebel base of Sulon is attacked by the Star Destroyer 'Vengeance', under the command of Captain Thrawn. Kyle Katarn's father Morgan is murdered by Lord Jerec. Katarn is told shortly after graduation that Rebels were responsible, but soon learns otherwise from Rebel Jan Ors, and decides to leave the Imperial Army and begin work as a Rebel sympathiser / freelance agent. (GRAPHIC NOVEL - Dark Horse Comics - William C. Dietz - April 1997)
(AUDIO DRAMA - Highbridge Audio - Tom Whitman - April 1997)
Feyet Kiez, an Imperial Navy officer, attains the rank of Admiral just before the Battle of Yavin. Admiral Kiez was given command of the 'Empire', the very first of theImperial-II class Star Destroyers, and missioned to patrol hyperspace lanes in search of Alliance supply convoys and medical ships. 'SW RPG II: Starships of the Galaxy'.
Color Coding of Changes stops here. I don't want to give anyone color-vision disorder
Dark Tales Section 9: The New Sith Empire Feb 27th
"Empire: Betrayal."
Darth Vader inspects a new regiment of stormtroopers meant for Coruscant city guard duty. But so impressed is he with their marksmanship that he instead has them sent to the Death Star and tells a protesting Moff Kadir "You shall make do with what we provide unless you'd rather share your predecessor's fate." A short time later, a man with a breath mask meets with the Emperor. This man, Grand Moff Trachta, is told to assemble a detachment for the Emperor's own journey to inspect the Death Star. After he leaves, Palpatine brings Vader before him with an assignment: A group of stormtroopers was murdered on Dargulli by a lone vigilante wielding a lightsaber. He wants this man, whoever he is, dealt with. Trachta looks over a regiment of stormtroopers - troopers he has had specially conditioned to follow only his orders. He then meets with a group of Grand Moffs and presents Kadir as his newest recruit. The Grand Moffs have decided that the galaxy can't be ruled by a theocracy of two - the Sith Lords Palpatine and Vader. Trachta is planning a coup, a coup ten years in the making. And now the plan goes into motion with Vader's departure from Coruscant. Even as this occurs, the Moffs are also plotting against each other
When Vader arrives at Dargulli aboard the SDMathayus(commanded by Admiral Coy), he learns of an intercepted communiqué from a Rebel rendezvous at nearby Yorn Skot. Vader orders a course set for there at once, and soon the SD hauls a small Rebel ship into its' hangar bay. The stormtroopers find it abandoned and Vader realizes it's a trap just as the ship explodes and opens the hangar to vacuum! Sucked out into space, Vader puts his life-support suit on full cutoff and hacks his way back into the giant ship's interior. Once back on the bridge, he orders an all-out search for the real ship the Rebels were on. He has theMathayus fire straight down on Yorn Skot, which scares the hidden ship out of hiding. Just as they lower their shields to shunt all power of the hyperdrive, Vader orders the SD to fire. The Rebel ship is vaporized. Elsewhere, on Coruscant, a bomb is planted on the Emperor's shuttle and the old man delays his trip long enough to escape the explosion. But the explosion claimed quite a few of his troopers and Royal Guard, so Trachta gladly offers the services of some ofhis troopers. The others are already on theMathayus,as Admiral Coy is murdered by his own first officer. The new commander then tries to have himself or a pilot join Vader on his trip down to Dargulli, but the Dark Lord refuses. Vader lands on Dargulli in his TIE Advanced and walks into the village the vigilante was rumoured to be in. He tells the villagers to either turn the would-be Jedi over to him now, or die. The villagers choose to attack, and Vader single-handedly cuts down every one. Boba Fett joins the fray - and fights at the Dark Lord's side, protecting him.
Trachta presents the stormtroopers to the Emperor, then pulls General Skosef (one of his group) aside and whispers that the bomb's been traced back to him. The masked Moff decides now is the time to strike, but he doesn't get the chance - one by one, the conspirators (including Trachta) begin to fall to assassin's blaster bolts. Elsewhere, Moff Kadir and the stormtroopers tear into the Emperor's private chambers where the old man awaits them with a smile, the Royal Guard and a tidal wave of Dark Side lightning. He compliments the injured Moff on his cunning and initiative. Back on Dargulli, Vader and Fett are confronted by the Force-wielding vigilante - a young woman with a blue-bladed lightsaber. To Vader's shock, she reveals that she wanted him to come here because she wants tojoinhim!! She's foreseen that one day Vader will destroy the Emperor, and she offers herself as his new apprentice. Vader considers her offer andaccepts. Telling Fett that he will receive a huge reward if he keeps his mouth shut and assists him.[/Color]
Vader contacts Palpatine, who has Kadir at his side. The Moff watches as Vader cuts down the traitorous stormtroopers. Vader then corners the first officer and demands to know who was behind this. "Trachta."
And with that, Palpatine electrocutes Kadir as Vader murders the first officer. Vader returns to Coruscant to meet with Palpatine's praise, and a new assignment: Governor Tarkin has asked for Vader's aid in the final preparations for the launch of the Death Star (COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Scott Allie - September 2002-January 2003)
The Young woman is sent to Padme, who promptly injects her with the Sith potion, and prepares her for the coming execution of the Emperor. An execution to happen in less then 12 hours!
Realising the attempted assassination by the traitourous Moff's is the perfect chance, Padme summons Boba Fett and gives him a Ysalamri, and then reveals her and Vader's clones to Vader, and with the help of there Sith followers, move there minds into there new bodies.
Disposing of the old bodies, with thier followers, they travel to the Emperor's throne room, and confront him there. The Sith Warriors deal with the Emperor's Royal Guard (those foolish enough not to turn on him) as Darth Vader, Padme, Luke, Leia, Mara, Eschuu, the Dark Woman, and Vader's recently acquired apprentice from Dargulli deal with Palpatine. Vader's new apprentice is struk down and killed by the Emperor's force lightning. Palpatine turns his fury towards the new Sith.
And his lightning storm suddenly stops. Boba Fett has snuck up on Palpatine, who is now cut off from the Force thanks to the Yslamari. Removing his helmet, Vader, Anakin Skywalker, takes off Palpatine's head. Palaptine dies, and without access to the Dark Side of the Force, is unable to transfer his mind into a clone.
Vader contacts Tarkin and informs him of the Moff's successful execution of the Emperor, as of Vader's dealing with the traitors. Vader, as Palpatine's successor, is now the ruler of the Empire. Vader removes his mask and orders Tarkin to bow "to your new Emperor, Anakin Skywalker". Tarkin complies, and Anakin orders Luke, Leia and Mara to head to the Death Star to assist Tarkin. In the meantime, he and Padme begin summoning the Inquisitors, the Prophets of the Darkside, and the Secret Order to Coruscant.
"It is time for the Sith Empire to be reborn!"
In the meantime, Padme announces to the Empire that Emperor Palpatine has become seriously ill. Boba Fett is paid a small fortune for his services, is sent on his way after being warned by Luke "Speak of this to any but my parents, myself or my sister, you will face the same fate Palpatine did". Remembering the Battle of Genosis from his youth, Boba Fett agree's to keep silent, and is rewarded even more for his "good sense".
At around the same time, Biggs Darklighter graduates from the Academy early (The Empire accelerated their courses) and joins the 'Rand Ecliptic'. He mutinies and joins the Rebel Alliance, becoming part of an X-Wing squadron. His teacher, Soontir Fel, is transferred to the 181st Fighter Wing, an unkempt TIE unit, in disgrace. Fel requested the opportunity to shape up the pilots of the "One-Eighty-Worst".
Biggs made it sound like he was about to join in the missing scenes of SW IV, but "Rogue Squadron #1/2" made it clear he had been a Rebel for some time. Fel's fate is from "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service."
"The Wookiee Storybook."
Kashyyyk is gearing up for a celebration - after a three-year mission with Han, Chewbacca is coming home to celebrate his two-hundredth birthday! However, Lumpy's feeling down in the dumps - no one will let him help. Itchy tries to cheer him up by telling the story of how the Wookiees discovered Kashyyyk and how Han freed Chewbacca. Inspired by these tales of heroism, Lumpy decides to gather some wasaka berries - a crucial ingredient Malla needs in Chewbacca's favourite pudding. He finds his way down into the lower levels of the forest, then slips and falls even further into the dangerous "'Nother World." The family soon notices he is missing, and Malla manages to send a telepathic message to Chewbacca (through the Force?) of his son's danger. The approaching 'Millennium Falcon'soon spots Lumpy on their sensors, and Chewbacca takes a small explorer-fighter down to the surface to save his son. Lumpy tearfully explains how he was trying to be a hero like Chewbacca, and his father tells him "Youare a hero. Even when you were afraid, you kept trying." The Wookiees return to the tree city with Han, and a grand birthday celebration begins Originally considered apocryphal, this story has been reinstated into canon via "Tyrant's Test"[Page 3]. Thanks to TalonCard, Valiento and Maverick for pointing that out! (CHILDREN'S BOOK - Random House Inc. - Patricia Wynne - 1979)
"Rebel Dawn. (Concluded)"
A week later, Han finally contacts Jabba. He is told in no uncertain terms: Pay Jabba off in 10 days, or start running. Thanks to the Ylesian fiasco, Han has no friends any more to help him - Lando responds to his plea with a fist to the jaw and the words "Do not EVER come near me again!" And then the most crushing blow of all - Boba Fett informs him that Bria Tharen died on Toprawa. Unbeknownst to either, she was killed in the process of transmitting the plans of the Death Star to the Corellian Corvette 'Tantive IV'.Fett had promised her if she died, he would find a way to inform her father. Han does so. His friends gone, the love of his life dead, his boss ready to hire bounty hunters to kill him - for Han Solo, things can not seem to get any worse (NOVEL - Bantam Books - Ann Crispin - March 1998)
Dalton served the Imperial Navy as Captain of the 'Engager', shortly before the Battle of Yavin. He had a scar on his face that he kept as a reminder of the Alliance, an injury he suffered when a trap laid by Brion Peck exploded in his face. Rumour held that Dalton would not get the scar repaired until Peck and his commandos were captured or killed. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #3."
Sky Slicing, a sport developed on urban planets during the height of the New Order. A one-man event, sky slicing involved "surfing" through the air on a repulsor-equipped platform, using only one's balance to manoeuvre. "SW RPG: Galladinium's Fantastic Technology"
Lord Luke Skywalker orders the Imperial Army to begin developing this as a possible Stormtrooper landing tactic
The Gyrica system is the site of Imperial control for surrounding space. The Alliance attack Imperial forces Milvayne to shut down Imperial control in Gyrica. This attack causes great controversy in the Alliance ranks, causing a split between leaders Mon Mothma and Senator Garm Bel Iblis. Supporting the attack is one of the last acts of Rebellion Bail Organa will contribute. "SW RPG: The Last Command Sourcebook". Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index.
The forces of the Alliance suffer a setback against the Empire in the Battle of Thovinack, shortly before the Battle of Yavin. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #11."
March 3, Year 0
On a consular mission to the planet Ralltiir, Princess Winter Organa discovers the planet under Imperial occupation, with the entire high council executed and people being herded into concentration camps. This causes Winter to become an active Rebel member and she urges her father Bail to do the same. Shortly thereafter, Lord Tion, a member of the Death Star construction crew, is inadvertently killed by Winter, forcing Winter and her father's direct involvement in the Galactic Civil War. The SW Radio Drama. Calendar date from "SW Adventure Journal."
Ralltiir Exchange was the primary financial market of the planet Ralltiir. It suffered a huge blow when the Empire subjugated the planet shortly before the Battle of Yavin, and virtually collapsed when the Empire nationalised Bansche Tech and SGI Systems. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #6"
Kyle Katarn, an independent bounty hunter hired by the Rebel Alliance, steals the Death Star plans from an Imperial vault on Danuta with the aid of Rebel agent Jan Ors. As the plans (engineering schematics) are forwarded to the Alliance, a strike team on Toprawa (led by Bria Tharen) intercepts a second set of plans bound for the Imperial vaults (the second set contains everything else about the Death Star). Before they can get it to the Alliance, however, the Toprawa system is put under Imperial restriction. The "Dark Forces" CD-ROM computer game, "Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire," and the SW IV Radio Drama.
"The Lost Jedi: Jedi Dawn."
For the last year, 16-year-old orphan Havet Storm has been on the run. His grandfather, Morvet Storm, was a Jedi Knight and his last gift to his grandson was his lightsaber. Ever since, he has dodged Imperials while trying to learn how to use the Force. Now his wanderings lead him to the planet Toprawa. He stops off for a meal at the cantina "Al the Alchemists'." He refuses to drink a toast to the Empire with one of the bar patrons, though, and thus finds himself in huge trouble with that patron .Boba Fett. Fett thinks "Solo" sent him, and Storm uses the opportunity to send Fett on a wild goose chase after Solo while he runs for his life. The run leads into an alley where he finds a woman coldly-bloodedly gunning down a terrified man named Ta'al Pierc. Havet frantically bolts, but the woman corners him. The woman, Commander Diamond, reveals she's head of security at a research station on the planet and the man she killed was part of the Rebel Alliance. But she didn't need a witness. Storm desperately knocks her down and steals her holdout blaster, security badge, a remote transmitter and her money. He is unexpectedly aided by a Rebel agent named Scarlett. Scarlett leads him to a holotheater where he is asked to infiltrate the research station. They suggest approaching Facet Anamor, daughter of the station's head of research. Havet isn't interested.
Havet gets to work finding a place to stay, and is approached by a guy who offers him a cheap Toprawan ID card. Sensing a ripoff, but letting his curiosity get the better of him, Havet agrees. Turns out the man, Carmine, is a Rebel too. Havet refuses the offer again, and is given a comlink number in case he changes his mind. Pausing at a café, he comes upon the pretty blond Facet. She's also head of Personnel at the station, and she agrees to help get Havet a job. After she leaves, he's grabbed by a turban-wearing guy named Vermilion. Once he drags Havet into an alley, the younger man knocks him out and steals his blaster. The next morning, Havet reports at the research station and is assigned as a computer troubleshooter. He impresses Havet enough to get a date with her. After his work day is done, he is approached by Scarlett again. He's getting fed up with the persistant Rebels and throws Scarlett's offer back in his face. He heads out for a bite to eat, ends up at Al's again, and runs into Fett again. He's unexpectedly helped by a Wookiee who sees the scalps on Fett's belt. With a lucky shot, Havet manages to shoot Fett's leg. Fett rasps that he'd better kill him, or "I shall hunt you until the last day of my life." Havet puts him into a healing trance. Suddenly, the skies above are filled with thunder -a space battle is being fought over Toprawa!
A shuttle from the fight tumbles from the skies and crashes into Al's, totalling it. Good thing Havet had left just before. He spots Scarlett poking around the debris, and he gets dragged before the Rebels again. The Rebels reveal the research station is building control systems for the Death Star, and they explain what that's about. The battle overhead was a Rebel attack on an Imperial convoy holding the Death Star plans (which were going to incorporate the superlaser blueprints from the station). Now the Rebels have it, and they intend to capture the station to transmit the plans to Princess Winter before Darth Vader can get to them. They want Havet to help them capture the superlaser plans and then transmit it with the other plans. He learns Vermilion is a Rebel, and returns his blaster.
The next day, Havet is given a knockout drug and reports to work. He spots Fett (but Fett doesn't spot him) asking for Facet. Havet beats him to her, helps her escape, and then has to fight Fett. Suddenly Diamond shows up as well - firing at Fett! Havet gets the upper hand and rushes back to the station. The Rebel attack commences, and Havet uses Diamond's security card to get into the inner sanctum of the station. He finds Facet at her apartment and slips her the knockout drug. He hacks into her computer terminal and memorizes the base layout, then turns to find her gone - and evidence of a disguise in the room. He's stunned to realize it - Facetis Diamond! He heads on to the apartment of her father, Druth Anamor - an old, mad scientist in an exoskeleton. After beating him, Havet steals the superlaser plans from Anamor's computer. He rushes to the communications center of the station where Vermilion - make that Scarlett (he was in disguise all along, and was also Carmine) - is waiting for him. And so is Diamond, as she gets the drop on both. She guns Scarlett down, and Havet does the same to her. He then transmits the plans to Princess Winter and gets out with the other Rebels as the station is blown sky-high. He's horrified to spot a wounded, but still alive, Diamond escape the explosion and get away (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Boxtree Books -- Paul Cockburn - 1992)
As punishment for their complicity in the Rebellion, the population of the planet Toprawa saw its world reduced to a pre - industrial state where banthas were the swiftest form of travel and fire was the highest level of energy production available to the native people. Imperial forces lived in gleaming citadels that remained lit like beacons throughout the night, becoming visible monuments to what the people of Toprawa had lost through their perfidy. "SW: X-Wing Rogue Squadron"[Page 350].
As part of Project Skyhook, Princess Winter Organa (aboard the Corellian Corvette 'Tantive IV') and Captain Colton Raymus Antilles pick up the Death Star plans from the Rebel spies (including Bria Tharen, killed in the battle) on Toprawa when the latter transmits the data to the vessel. The ship is confronted by the Imperial Star Destroyer 'Devastator' (commanded by Lord Skywalker), and manages to escape. Under orders from Bail Organa, Winter sets course for Tatooine to enlist Obi-Wan Kenobi in the war. Thanks to the droid U-3P0, forcibly reprogrammed by Imperial agents into an unwitting spy, Lord Skywalker is able to track the Princess to Tatooine. The SW IV radio program and "SW: Rebel Dawn."
"X-Wing Rogue Squadron #1/2."
Biggs Darklighter and his squadron buddies intercept a shipment of R2 units on Commenor and transport them to Yavin base in time for a battle.... (COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Michael A. Stackpole - February 1997)
Feltipern Trevagg, a Gotal tax collector, "feels" Obi-Wan Kenobi somewhere in the Mos-Eisley marketplace. "SW: Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina."
The Second battle of Ord Biniir occurs. This struggle was actually two battles, both of which took place during the in the weeks leading up to the Battle of Yavin. The Alliance's Y-Wings managed to defeat the 223rd Imperial Fighter Group and take the planet Ord Biniir from Imperial control. Shortly afterward, on the very day of the Battle of Yavin, the 181st Imperial Fighter Wing managed to destroy the Alliance forces over Ord Biniir and retake the planet - the 181st's first victory as a reformed unit for the Empire. "X-Wing: The Making of Baron Fel."
"X-Wing: Tour of Duty #3 - The Gathering Storm." *
Many of the Alliance's veteran pilots are really beginning to feel uneasy, as the Alliance is losing recruits at an alarming rate in this war. Morale should be up among the pilots due to their recent victories, but many of them are depressed because news has gotten out thatTantive IV, with Princess Winter aboard, has been destroyed. The next few days are to be very busy for Captain Keyan Farlander and other starfighter pilots. With Winter gone, and the Death Star plans with her, the Alliance starts stockpiling illicit arms and supplies for the upcoming battles. The starfighter pilots are sometimes assigned several boring escort missions a day. At the same time, the Alliance has to severely increase its efforts in the search for the location of the Death Star. This means harrowing missions are at an all-time high, and morale is at an all time low.
After several days worth of unfruitful search-and-destroy missions against high-profile Imperial Bases, as well as the capture of some of their ships believed to be housing officers who might know about the Death Star, the Imperials decide to turn up the ante. They start by sending the Imperial Star DestroyerImmortal in an attack on an Alliance weapons stockpile, but the ship is repelled by Capt. Farlander and his squad before it can succeed. Next, theImmortal is sent after the heart of the fleet itself - the Mon Calamari cruiserIndependence. TheDefiance and her starfighters jump in, and hold off theImmortal long enough for the damagedIndependence to jump into hyperspace, and then they flee the battle themselves - there is been a fleet-wide recall to the Yavin system. Red, Gold, and Blue starfighter squadrons off theDefiance are assigned to Yavin's fourth moon as soon as they arrive, while theDefiance andIndependence join the fleet elsewhere in the system. High Command is sure that the Death Star attack will be coming within the next couple days, and so there are no missions for the pilots in that time. None of the pilots were really able to get any rest, though. (COMPUTER GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Lawrence Holland - 1993)
"Rebel Assault."
At the hidden Anchorhead base on Tatooine, rebel recruit Rookie One begins his flight training. As he leaves, he bids his friend, Lt. Thurland Hack farewell. He leaves base, his first test navigating Beggar's Canyon. Proving his skill, he follows Green Leader through he rocky canyon, then shows his gunnery skills by taking out targeting remotes. Rookie One moves on to training in an A-Wing, taking him through an asteroid field, and the crystal canyons of the planet Kolaador. Along the way, he impresses the likes of Cmdr. Jake Farrell, as well as making a friend in Cmdr. Ru Murleen. His training complete, Rookie One is assigned to a X-Wing squadron. (COMPUTER VIDEO GAME - LucasArts Co. - Vincent Lee - 1993)
"Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina: Hammertong - the Tale of the 'Tonnika Sisters.'"
On the planet Gorno, Mistryl assassins Shada D'ukal and Manda D'ulin are hired by Dr. Kellering of the Imperial Prime University as security for a project he is on - Project "Hammertong." But Imperial stormtroopers attack the Mistryl security force and Manda is killed. Furious at the double-cross, Shada steals the Laronar strike cruiser with the Hammertong aboard. With Manda's sister Karoly, Shada flies the ship to Tatooine. They travel into Mos-Eisley to hire a freighter pilot, and ends up in Chalmun's Cantina in the guise of the infamous con artist Tonnika Sisters.
"Force Commander: Desert Training." *
Cattena Squadron, along with "honorary stormtroopers" Brenn & Dellis Tantor, is sent to quell a Rebel uprising on the planet Kalaan. Brenn assumes command of the squadron when all of his superiors are killed in the assault, and leads the squadron to victory. He is promoted to Lieutenant and placed under the command of General Malcor Brashin, who hands him over to Captain Beri Tulon for officer training. Captain Tulon calls Brenn to the backwater world of Tatooine for this training. For these exercises, he is given command of Captain Terrik's Zeta Squadron, as well as his brother Dellis.
March 5 - 10, Year 0 STAR WARS, EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..
The Corellian Corvette 'Tantive IV', with PrincessWinter Organa aboard, is attacked and boarded over the planet Tatooine by the Imperial Star Destroyer 'Devastator'. With capture imminent, Winter leaves the tape containing the Death Star's blueprints in the memory banks of anastromech droid, only with a holographic message for thedroid to present to General Obi-Wan Kenobi, who lives on the planet below.The droid, takes an escape pod down to the planet's surface asLord Luke Skywalker, Lady Leia Skywalker, and Inquistor Mara Jade takes Winter captive. The 'Tantive IV'is destroyed, its crew all killed, andInquisitor Jadetakes Winter with her to the Death Star. Commander Daine Jir is given the task of covering up the attack on the 'Tantive IV', whileLord Skywalker takes his sister, Lady Skywalker, andtake their aide on the 'Devastator', Commander Praji, to Tatooine to search for the plans and General Kenobi.
Planetary Governor Tour Aryon was informed of the operation, as was Imperial Prefect Orun Depp. Neither was told of the reason for the sudden increase in Imperial activity, which was to include a comprehensive blockade of the planet by three Imperial Star Destroyers. Understanding was neither required or requested. Full and unquestioning cooperation was all that was expected.
The Imperial governor assigns recently promoted Lieutenant Tantor and Zeta Squadron to the Skywalkers. (Addin from: Force Commander; Desert Training)
It does not take the Skywalker's force long to locate the missing droids escape pod. Following the astromechs through Tattooine's sands is rather easy
Meanwhile, the astromech has been taken prisoner by the junk-scavenging Jawas, who travel to the Lars farm after noticing a signal flare. The Lars are in desperate need of new droids, the astromech and another one, R5-D4, seem just what they need. Owen Lar's, the farms owner, puts restraining bolts on both droids until he gets a chance to take them into Anchorhead, the major city on Tattooine, and have there memories erased.
Meanwhile, in the night, the Jawa sandcrawler is attacked by a group of stormtroopers, lead by Lord Skywalker.
Lord Skywalker, Lady Skywalker and Zeta Squadron under the command of Lieutenant Tantor battle a group of Tusken raiders, and thanks to Tantor's tactical abilities, do not lose a single trooper, while slaughtering in the Tuskens. (Add in: Force Commander, Desert Training)
Lady Skywalker uses the Dark Side and tortures the information they need out of the Jawa's.To the twins surprise,the Jawa's point them to the Lar's farm.Where her marital Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru live.
Later the next morning, while Owen is off repairing some power convertors, Lord Skywalker and Lady Skywalker arrive at the Lars farm, complete with 2 sqaudrons of Stormtroopers. Luke introduces himself to the terrified Beru, and explains how the Jawa's stole the droids the Lar's bought from the Empire. Owen returns to the farm then, and Luke explains the situation. Normally, the Empire would simply ignore something as trivial as the theft of a few astromech droids by scavengers, but it seems these droids contain stolen copies of important and sensitive imperial documents. Since the Lar's are family, Luke is willing to try buy them back, instead of arresting them for having stolen property. Knowing the alternative is death, the Lar's agree. Luke signals Anchorhead and has the imperial governor send 3 dozen ASP-7 Labour droids, as well as other equipment needed on a moisture farm. While waiting for this shipment, Luke makes use of the Lar's garage, and extract's the stolen plans from the astromech. He then learns it's destination; the Jundland Wastes.That's where he and Leiawill find Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the last of the Jedi Knights. Luke uses the Dark Side on his Aunt and Uncle so that they will never reveal the true contents of the astromech droid, instead believing they helped a powerful wounded imperial officer and were rewarded with the ASP droids, destroy's the rebel astromech droid and thereby the rebels only copy of the plans for the Death Star. R5-D4 he leaves with his Aunt and Uncle after having it's memory wiped.
Taking there forces, and calling in additional aid from Anchorhead base, Lord Skywalker and Lady Skywalker track down Obi-Wan Kenobi using the Darkside of the Force. After having Tie Bombers drop thermal charges and preasure bombs on the area Obi-Wan resides in, they personally move in. In a vicious Lightsaber duel, which has Kenobi trying to turn Luke and Leia to the Lightside of the Force, Luke beheads Kenobi at the same time Leia cuts him in two at the waist. Luke remarks if he ever has children, he plans to name his first son Ben, as a reminder of the first Jedi Knight he killed. Leia chuckles.
On there way back to Anchorhead, The Skywalkers are informed of the exsistence of the rebel base on Tattooine. Lady Skywalker orders it destroyed.
"Rebel Assault."
Back at Kolaador, a distress call comes in from Anchorhead base, interrupting Rookie One's drink. He, Ru Murleen, and the rest of his squadron race to Tatooine to save the discovered base. Once they arrive in system, they are cut off from approaching the planet by an Imperial Star Destroyer. Having no choice, they engage the Destroyer. After taking out it's bridge shields, Rookie One destroys the ship's bridge with a pair of proton torpedoes.
The rebel X-Wings arrive at Anchorhead base just as it is destroyed by three TIE Fighters, killing Hack. Rookie One and his squadron get revenge, by destroying the TIEs in a chase through Beggar's Canyon. Joined by Blue Squadron, Rookie One destroys ground troops and vehicles subduing Mos-Eisley. With three TIEs on their tail, they flee Tatooine, into a nearby asteroid field. After evading the TIEs, the Rebels escape to Yavin Base. (End Add-in)
Meanwhile,Inquisitor Jadehas arrived at the nearly-completed Death Star with Princess Winter in tow.. At a meeting of the Imperial heads there, Grand Moff Willhuff Tarkin announcesthe death ofEmperor Palpatineat the hands of treasonious Imperial Moffs(under the pretext of Rebel insurgence)and that shortly after the Death Star is declared fully operational, Darth Vader, now calling himself by his birth name of Anakin Skywalker, his wife, Chancellor Amidala, will announce the Emperor's natural death,disband the Senate forever, putting COMPNOR in charge of the overall government, and Imperial governors in direct control of their territories, as the Skywalkers assume there rightful place as Emperor and Empress. "The last remnants of the Old Republicare about to be swept away." An intergalactic reign of terror is about to begin, just as soon as they learn the location of the main Rebel base.
Inquisitor Jadesets about doing this by drugging Winter, using hypnotic suggestion, including conjuring up mental pain, to force it out of her.Under her efforts, Winter breaks and reveals the location of the main Rebel base: Yavin IV.
Lord Skywalker and Lady Skywalker arrive at Mos-Eisley, from where they plan to take a transport back to the Death Star. Deciding to relax, they head into a nearby bar. There, Leia is shocked to see the man she has had a crush, and now serious infactuation with, since she was 9; a former Corellian Imperial Lieutenant turned smuggler, Han Solo, who was dishonourably discharged for protecting the life of a wookie slave. Deciding not to wait around for the Imperial transport they requested, Leia walks over to Han, pulls her cloak back and asks him "When you where discharged, did you ever think of calling the young princess that had a crush on you and seeing if her parents could do anything about it?" Han restrains his co-pilot, the wookie Chewbacca, the slave he was discharged over saving, and Leia hires them to take them to the Death Star for ten times the amount what Han owe's Jabba the Hutt. Leia, aware of the debt via the Empire's underworld connections, offers to pay it before they leave Tattooine. Eagerly, Han and Chewbacca agree. A Rodian bounty hunter, Greedo, attempts to stop the four from leaving, only to be shot by Han while Force Choked by Leia.
Luke is summoned by a squadron of Stormtroopers to deal with a small problem, while Han and Chewbacca escort Leia to there ship, the Millenium Falcom. There, Jabba the Hutt is waiting, and Leia pays him the money Han owes him. Onboard ship, Leia uses a Jedi Mind Trick to convince Chewbacca to leave her and Han alone, and begins her efforts to seduce him without using the Dark Side, a prospect Han doesn't object too.
Add in: "Tales from the Mos-Eisley Cantina: Hammertong - the Tale of the 'Tonnika Sisters.'"
Mistryl Assassins Shada D'ukal and Karoly D'ulin are present in the cantina when Leia hires Han, only to find themselves arrested by the stormtroopers afterthe Skywalkers depart.. It seems therealTonnika Sisters raised some hell in Mos-Eisley only a few hours before, and now Shada and Karoly are taking the fall.
A guy named Riijattempts to help them, but there escape attempt it foiled by the arrival of Lord Skywalker on the scence. Realising the woman are Mistryl assassins, and therefore would be very useful to the Empire, Lord Skywalker subdues them using the Darkside and arrests Riij, a member of the rebel alliance. Using the Dark Side, Lord Skywalker pulls the location of the Mistryl's ship form there minds, and sends stormtroopers to secure it. There, they find the Hammertong, which isa piece of the superlaser for the Death Star II! (SHORT STORY - Bantam Books - Timothy Zahn - August 1995)
Add in: Force commander; Desert Training
Lieutenant Breen Tantor is promoted to Captain, and his brother Dellis is promoted to Lieutenant because of there valiant efforts during the search for the stolen plans. Captain Tantor is permanently assigned Zeta Squadron.
(End Add in)
Satisfied with who things have went for them on Tattooine, the recovery of the Death Star plans, followed by the unexpected execution of Obi-Wan Kenobi, destruction of the rebel base there, Leia acquiring the services of Han, the capture of two Mistryl assassins and preventing a possible leak about Death Star II, the Skywalkers leave for the Death Star and the Imperial fleet on board the Millenium Falcon. While enroute, Lord Skywalker easily 'breaks' Shada D'ukal and Karoly D'ulin, who he plans to keep in a harim and for the Sith to use as assassins.
Arriving on the Death Star, Luke and Leia put the next phase of there parents plan into operation, and order Grand Moff Tarkin executed for a fictious role he supposedly played in the death of Emperor Palpatine, as well as the recently exposed leak about the Death Star II (in the form of a confession from the Mistryl Assassins). Luke then sends a call to Coruscant, and his parents order the Yavin System blockaded. He also informs them of his and his sisters success's on Tattooine. At the request of Leia, Padme revokes Han's discharge and promotes him to the rank of Captain in the Imperial Navy. Anakin sends the Death Star to the Yavin system as well as the Imperial fleet.
The Imperial fleet arrives in the Yavin System and proceeds to Yavin IV. Unaware of the approach of the Empire until this point, the Rebel high command orders an immediate evacuation of the planet, to be covered by the rebel's Starfighters. With only about 30 starfighters operational, the best rebel pilots head towards the Imperial fleet in an attempt to slow them down. Lord Skywalker responds by ordering the launch of the Imperial Fleet's Tie Fighters, as well as Assault Gunboats with orders to disable and capture the rebel starfighters if possible.
The Battle of Yavin comes underway, as rebel starfighters and a few small capital ship's attempt to hold off a sqaudron of Star Destroyers and there fighters.
During the space battle, most of the rebel starfighters are shot down or destroyed. Imperial TIE fighter Pilot Qorl (CE3K-1977) ("SW: Young Jedi Knights - Heirs to the Force." )shots down several of the Rebel Starfighters. During the initial space battle, Rookie One and Ru Murleen escort out the rebel high command on the Alliance Cruiser 'Republic's Return' ("Star Wars Adventure Journal #11."). and jump with it into hyperspace. In the following dog-fighting, Rebel pilots Biggs Darklighter, Toth Harovan, Thurlow Harris, Merrick Simms (leader of Blue Squadron), and Commander Jake Farrell are killed, while Wedge Antilles, Hobbie Klivan, Wes Janson and Keyan Farlander are captured whem there X-wings are disabled by the Millenium Falcon under escort by Tie Advanced flown by Luke, Leia, Mara, and several Sith Warriors. Hamo Blastwell, flying an A-Wing, manages to make a jump out of system while escorting out a medical frigate.
Once the rebel starfighters are elminated or captured, the Empire begins landing ground forces on Yavin. With the Skywalker Twins, Captain Solo, Chewbacca (because of his life dept to Han), Inquisitor Jade, C-3P0 and Artoo leading the ground assault, the rebel base is quickly overwhelmed, resulting in the capture of the Alliance computers, as well as several intact starfighters (including plans for the A-Wing), as well as some key alliance personal, including Keyan Farlanders love interest and fellow Force Sensitive, Leiandra.
The alliance has be dealt a major blow, including the loss of nearly 50 of there best pilots (killed/captured in the space battle or the ground assault) as well as money and equipment.
(MOTION PICTURE - 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm - George Lucas - 25 May 1977)
(NOVELISATION - Ballantine / Del Rey Books - Alan Dean Foster - December 1976)
(COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Marvel Comics Inc. - Roy Thomas - July-December 1977)
(RADIO DRAMATISATION - Highbridge Audio - Brian Daley - 1981)
(MANGA COMIC BOOK MINISERIES - Dark Horse Comics - Hisao Tamaki - 1997) Date locked by the SW Adventure Journal's Galaxywide Newsnets. Information added from "SW Fact Files."
Following the Battle of Yavin, Lord Skywalker realises that Keyan Farlander and Leiandra are Force-Sensitives, and decides to turn them using his mother's Sithim plant He also requests, and is granted permission, to turn the best of the captured rebel pilots into a fighter squadron under his command. A fighter squadron familiar with rebel ships and tactics, a Dark Squadron.
The first bit of rebel data is pulled from the Yavin computers, indicating a rebel outpost in the Ruul System. As a result, Lord Skywalker sends Imperial Captains Beri Tulon and Brenn Tantor there to deal with the problem.
"Force Commander: Assault on Ruul." *
Imperial Captains Beri Tulon and Brenn Tantor arrive in the Ruul System. They discover that Rebel spies have been using the computer complex on Ruul to transmit their stolen data to the Alliance, and Capt. Tulon assigns Brenn to check it out. Unfortunately, the Rebels have set up too many anti-aircraft defences to allow a direct assault on the base, so they are forced to land Brenn's forces several clicks away from the complex, in a series of strip-mined canyons. They clear out a small Rebel presence in the canyons, and make their way to the Complex, which they liberate from the Rebels. Dellis Tantor manages to crack the Rebel codes, but they can not send the data to their Star Destroyer because the Comm Relay has been damaged in the fighting. There is a separate communications tower three kilometers farther down the canyon, so Brenn decides to set up a string of LOS remote relay beacons to transfer the captured data. Dellis and the troops head through the labyrinthine canyons, holding off attacking rebels while they set up the beacons. Once they reach the tower, Dellis starts uploading the data, while the rest of the force heads out to destroy the small Rebel base and eliminate the Rebel presence on Ruul. Summary written byNathan Blumenfeld (COMPUTER GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Various writers - March 2000)
Imperial Admiral Gor Lequar is placed in command of the Third Ado Superiority Fleet. "SW RPG: Pirates and Privateers."
Lantillian ShipWrights is absorbed by TaggeCo, and many of the corporation's designers are fired. Lantillian ShipWrights was a small starship designer best known for the GX1 Short Hauler. "SW RPG: Stock Ships."
"SW Galaxy Magazine: Wanderer of Worlds."
Two Eirrauc traders, Daushoroc and Tamoss arrive on Tatooine, seeking to find a lost starship, theAthallian Messenger. In their trek, they come across a group of Tusken Raiders and barter water for the ship's location. They leave, realising that they and the Tusken Raiders share a common trait; they just want to be left alone. (SHORT STORY - Topps Publishing - Jon Dunivant & Bill Smith)
[/b]Borrowed from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
After the Battle of Yavin, Ru Murleen is assigned to the planet Imdaar to monitor Imperial activity. Conjecture based from "Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire."
More Data is pulled from the Yavin Computers, and the Empire sends a group to Aargonar 3 to deal with the rebel base there. Among those captured are Gruu Dunrik, the primary medical officer at the base and a former Jedi Padawan. Despite his age, his medical knowledge could prove useful to the Sith, and he is sent to Coruscant for turning. Conjecture based upon 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
Acting on information obtained from interegating Princess Winter, Inquisitor Mara Jade takes Mistryl Assassins Shada D'ukal and Karoly D'ulin to Alderaan and kills Caamasi Jedi Master Y'lenic It'kla. The Mistryl then return to Coruscant and there new place in Lord Skywalker's bed. "I, Jedi."
Yasinda Barkak is recalled to Coruscant by Emperor Skywalker. There, she is shown proof of the Force, via a telepathic link with several of the Sith, and begins her own training as a Sith Acoylte
Vost Tyne, a retired Imperial Navy Admiral, becomes a Sith Acoytle and is reinstated into the Imperial Navy
HD 5-D, an experimental hyperdrive booster first hit the market after the Battle of Yavin. It functioned by shunting more power through a starships engines that what would normally be allowed, making its hyperdrive more powerful and reducing transit times. However, this practice of overloading the engine systems was as dangerous as it was alluring, and the HD 5-D has a tendency to burn out after several uses, causing great damage to the main drive systems. "SW RPG: Galladinium's Fantastic Technology"
Oracle Squadron was the designation of the Alliance Y-Wing squadron stationed at Oracle Base, on the planet Tel III, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. The squadron sustained fifty-percent losses during the attempt to rescue prisoners from the Caged Animal, after the Empire launched its own ambush on the Alliance forces. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
A group of Alliance agents had planned to meet with the smuggler Trel Modetto on Lamuir IV, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. They hoped to be able to obtain shipments of bacta to use in treating soldiers injured in battle with the Empire. Unknown to the Alliance agents, Modetto was wanted by House Mecetti, the Void Demon pirate gang, and several loansharks, and he had to flee the area or be captured. The team was sidetracked by Janna Pallask, who purposely misdirected them in order to save Coros Telari. The agents eventually met up with him at the Hungry Herglic, but Modetto was unable to help them obtain any bacta. "SW RPG: Tapani Sector Instant Adventures."
Cass Maston, a native of Demar, serves the Imperial Security Bureau as the chief field agent assigned to Brak Sector, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. An arrogant and persistent man, Maston had originally been a surveillance agent for the ISB on Genesia, before being promoted to the lead investigator in Brak Sector. Like his military counterparts, General Lacmar and Admiral Trier, Maston was unable to determine the extent of Alliance activity throughout Brak Sector, despite the orders of Imperial Adviser Tilas Magore. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Medtech Industries was considered a trailblazer among medical product manufacturers, and was best known as the producer of the FX series of medical droids. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Medtech relocated their headquarters to the Deep Core, but they went bankrupt shortly afterward. "Essential Guide to Droids."
The EAR-1, an eavesdropping device, begins to be used by criminals and spies during the height of the Galactic Civil War. Comprised of a button-sized listening device, a headset, and a receiver, the EAR-1 was a jet-black unit, which stored away in an unobtrusive, small metal case. One of its major features was the use of a miniature damping unit, which prevented it from being detected. However, the EAR-1 had a very limited range, due in part of the damping unit, and the receiver had to be in a line-of-sight with the listening device. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Lords of the Expanse."
"SW Adventure Journal: Changing the Odds." (SHORT STORY - West End Games - Dave Marron - August 1994)
Alderranian Viceory Bail Organa is arrested for his part in the Rebellion by the Empire, as is most of the Royal House of Alderran. Princess Winter, having been turned by Inquisitor Jade and Princess Skywalker, is sent back to Alderran and assumes the title of Viceory after testifying against her adoptive father.
The Adarians are able to remain neutral during the Galactic Civil War by signing a non-aggression treaty with the Empire, providing the Empire with unlimited raw materials in return for their neutrality. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens - Enemies and Allies."[Page 9]
The 16th Escort Force, a small Imperial fleet which is part of Commodore Soleric's command, is assigned the specific mission of escorting merchant and corporate vessels through Ado Sector's Induparan Crown Worlds. It is undermanned and short on resources, facts that are revealed when the 'Free Lance' began raiding convoys in the sector. Conjecture based upon "SW RPG: Pirates and Privateers."
Affric is appointed as High Lord of the Sarin Sector, in the Outer Rim. "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim. "
Lord Skywalker, with the permission of his parents, turns the captured Rebel pilots from Yavin to the Darkside and reforms them into a Fighter squadron under his command. Dark Squadron. Also, concerned about finding 3 Force Sensitives within the rebellion within less then a 3 week time span of each other, (Keyan Farlander, Lilandra, and the Chief Medical Oficer from the rebel ase on Aargonar 3) he is granted permissoin to hunt Force-Sensitives that may be working for the rebellion, and bring them to the Dark Side and the Sith
The Empire develops a form of personal shield, using micro - energy technology. However, the technology was very expensive, and prohibited widespread use of the shield. "Classic Star Wars: The Return of Ben Kenobi." Further Development of the shield was order by Lord Skywalker.
The Imperial class Star Destroyer, 'Nullifier' - in command of Admiral Nyran, is placed in command of the fleet which protects the planet Corulag. "SW Adventure Journal #13."
Galactic Recreational Equipment Inc. is one of the many business concerns of wealthy entrepreneur Meysen Kayson. It has 13,387 retail outlets Empire-wide as of shortly after the Battle of Yavin. "The Greel Wood Haven." SWAJ #6. Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index.
After thearrest of the Royal House ofAlderaan, Tycho Celchu,at the recommendation of Soonitor Fel, is recuits into Dark Squadron by Lord Skywalker. Tycho was considering resigning over the arrest and defecting to the rebellion, but was turned by Lord Skywalker. "X-Wing: Rogue Squadron."
"SW Galaxy Magazine: Priority X."
Anobis, a planet located near Ord Mantell enters into a period of civil war. There are two main groups of native humans: those that live and work in the mountain mines, and those who live and work in the lowland plains. The miners depend heavily on trade in order to survive, and value their relationship with the Empire. The farmers, however, are self-sufficient, and resent the controls imposed by Imperial law. At the height of the Galactic Civil War, the farmers want to join the Alliance, but the miners fear the loss of their trade. "Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell."
Edan Base, the Alliance's base on the planet Edan II, is overrun by Imperial forces dispatched from the Imperial Star Destroyer 'Havoc', after the ship bombarded the base from orbit. The Alliance was routed, but those members who were stranded on the planet eventually took back the planet in a series of guerrilla actions. "WEG Introductory Adventure Game."
Jarin, a small-time criminal was a native of the planet Edan II, and caused minor trouble in the settlement of Southview Village during the early days of the Galactic Civil War. When the Empire tried to subjugate the planet, Jarin joined the rebel underground in an effort to throw off the Imperial yoke. He was instrumental in obtaining a salvageable Y-Wing fighter, dubbed the Advent One, to use against the Imperials. "WEG Introductory Adventure Game."
Trent Jasper, a young man was a student of the Force, but was learning how to control it without the help of a Jedi Knight or Master. He discovered his talents shortly before the Battle of Yavin, and joined the Alliance in an effort to locate a teacher. He was assigned to the Alliance's Edan Base when it was attacked by the Imperial Star DestroyerHavoc. "WEG Introductory Adventure Game." Trent was captured during the battle, and his force-sensitivity was discovered. Now standing imperial proceedure, he was sent to Coruscant to become a member of the new Sith Order, or die resisting. Lord Skywalker had Mistryl Assassin Karoly D'ulin seduce the young man, distracting him so she could inject him with Sith Poison
During the attack, Allegra Amar, a young princess, was also part of the group assigned to Edan base. She was captured, and given her royal bloodline and beauty, was sent to Coruscant, and given to Lord Skywalker by his parents as a consort and concubine. "WEG Introductory Adventure Game."
The Bothan Council, the primary governmental body of the Bothan people, is comprised of 608 registers clans at the height of the Galactic Civil War. Fifty-three other clans were petitioning for membership. It was later known as the Combined Clans during the New Republic. "SW RPG: Shadows of the Empire Planet Guide."
Dara Gion was the Commander and chief personnel officer of the Alliance's Oracle Base, during the height of the Galactic Civil War. A native of Bacrana, she had never been part of the military until Moff Ramier wiped out thousands of protestors in Amma. Dara and her lover, Equa Felens, were injured in the battle, and they fled into hiding. They eventually joined up with Trep Reskan and the Bacrana System Defense Force, and later joined the Alliance with them. After Felens was assigned to a safehouse on Genesia, Dara lost track of him. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Del, an Alliance soldier is assigned to Oracle Base, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Amarith, a woman, was a Captain with the Alliance, and was part of the command team of Chiron Base during the height of the Galactic Civil War. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #11."
Barga was a member of the Alliance forces deployed to Oracle Base on Tel III, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. "SW RPG: Flashpoint! Brak Sector."
Sentinel Squadron, a stormtrooper squadron, is part of the forces dispatched to Tatooine to protect Prefect Talmont, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. "SW RPG: Mos-Eisley Adventure Set."
Alliance Major Caske was the primary liaison for agents arriving in Tapani Sector during the height of the Galactic Civil War. "SW RPG: Lords of the Expanse."
Rezion, a prominent Sienar Fleet Systems researcher, and his daughter defected to the Alliance in a daring escape from Imperial forces on Byblos, shortly after the Battle of Yavin. "SW RPG: Platt's Starport Guide."
Rendric, an independent spacer, is one of the first to discover that the Empire was flooding the Outer Rim Territories with Viper probe droids, in the wake of the Battle of Yavin. He reported it on many of the newsnets, and even went so far as to shoot down Vipers and provide them to the Alliance for bounties. "SW RPG: Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids."
Cubber Daine's (who would later be a mechanic at Echo Base on Hoth) daughter is born. "X-Wing: Wraith Squadron."
The Empire introduces the 'Thran' class starship into its fleet. "SW RPG: Campaign Pack."
Imperial Major Drummond serves as the warden of the Alpha TR-8 prison facility on the planet Rordak. He had earned the position after serving at the prison facility on Chromovon for several years. "SW RPG: Planets of the Galaxy 1."
"Star Wars Missions: Assault on Yavin Four."
Over the planet Delrakkin, an Imperial Star Destroyer floats in orbit. Inside, Admiral Termo is contacted by soon-to-be-Emperor Skywalker and ordered to send three data tapes he was given by Grand Moff Tarkin, marked Emergency Only, to Coruscant, or at least prepare to do so. (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - September 1997)
"Star Wars Missions: Escape from Thyferra."[/b]
The Empire begins supplying contaiminated Bacta to the rebel alliance via there contact on Thyferra, the sole source of bacta in the galaxy. The Bacta is contaminated with a virus that only the Empire has a cure for, one that mutates. The disease itself is fatal. (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - October 1997)
"Star Wars Missions: Attack on Delrakkin."
On SD Liguidator, at the command of Chancellor Amidala, and following Tarkin's 2nd holotape (the 1st being how to contact the now dead Emperor Palpatine), Admiral Termo orders, using fake X-wings, an attack that Delrakkin City, the only other planet besides Thyferra in the galaxy that can produce back. A planet that recently threw in with the rebel alliance.
Once word gets out, Alliance support the galaxy begins to evaporate The rebellions claiming the attack was staged is meet with skeptisim. After all, where did the Empire get X-Wings? (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - November 1997)
"Star Wars Missions: Destroy theLiquidator."[/b]
The Liquidator, carrying Admiral Termo is summoned to Coruscant, to deliever, the third of Tarkin's holotapes (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - December 1997)
The Twi'lek Ral'Rai Muvunc, a member of the Alliance, serves as the Minister of Supply and Ordnance. It was Muvunc who proposed that privateers be contracted to help augment the Alliance's forces. Among his rationale were the facts that privateers could ambush Imperial and corporate convoys, obtaining supplies for the Alliance without expending Alliance resources. Privateering would also help alienate corporations from the Empire, as lost convoys meant lost profits. Ral'Rai's proposal led to the Far Orbit Project. "SW RPG: The Far Orbit Project."
Tarn Ennis, a graduate of the Imperial Academy, is considered too average to ever assume command. He was given a position in the Supply branch of the military, where he eventually earned the command of the Shallow March Supply Post. Over the years since taking this command, Ennis developed a network of informants that provided him with incredible detail on logistics of the Imperial Army. He often passed this information on to the Alliance via pirates and smugglers like Talon Karrde. "SW RPG: Cracken's Rebel Operatives."
The Alliance gains a foothold in the Mortex Sector. "SW RPG: Black Ice."
I-175, an Imperial Sector Plexus drone ship is disabled shortly after the Battle of Yavin. The Alliance sent a team of operatives to capture the drone and steal its security codes before Imperial forces could locate it. The Alliance team managed to get toI-175 first, stealing the codes and then destroying enough of the ship to fool the Imperials into believing it was destroyed "naturally". 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
TheImperial-class Star Destroyer 'Adversary' is stationed at Heriston, shortly after the Battle of Yavin, for a series of repairs. 'SW RPG II: Rebellion Era Sourcebook'.
'A-175', a Red Star Shipping Action IV transport is highjacked by the 'Far Orbit' while running legitimate cargo for Cambrielle SolidState. Her captain, Joh Steen, believed that the 'Far Orbit' was an Imperial ship, and agreed to turn his cargo over to Dhas Vedij. "SW RPG: The Far Orbit Project."
After three years of devastating battles, the Trianii Rangers and the Corporate Sector Authority sign an armistice treaty. "SW RPG: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook." and "SW Adventure Journal".
After thearrest of the Royal House ofAlderran, Alderaanian General Carlist Rieekan joins the Alliance. "SW RPG Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook."
"Pizazz Magazine serial: The Kingdom of Ice."
On Akuria Two, the Empire puts down a small rebellion lead by Odan of the natives (who call themselves Snow Demons). The Empire is also conducting its first experiments into creating robotic and remote control Tie Fighters. (COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - May-December 1978)
(1 week after Battle of Yavin) (About May 17th) Captain Solo and Chewbacca are ordered to begin searching for Rebel bases. Leia promises Chewbacca if he willingly co-opeartes with the Empire, that the wookie people will be freed from slavery and paid back for there pains. Facing that or death, Chewbacca co-operates. Han, already under Leia's charms, willingly goes. There first stop, Aduba-3
"The Marvel Series: Han Solo and the 'Sprites' of Aduba-3. (#7 - 10)"
Checking out on Aduba-3, Han and Chewbacca help out a Verpine preacher trying to bury a cyborg pilot on "Spacer's Hill" - a move opposed by bigoted spacers. Afterwards, they enjoy a drink at the local cantina - until a peasant shows up and offers them a job. After a fun bar brawl, they learn what the job is - to protect a poor village from an outlaw band of "Cloud Riders" led by one Serji-X Arrogantus. Taking pity on them, Han assembles a gang of his own - a group of down-on-their luck spacers (including a nut called Don-Wan Kihotay, who thinks he is a Jedi) he dubs "Sprites." Serji's gang shows up, offering more money to stay out of it. However, Han will not turn his back on those needy people, and heads for the village with the Sprites. They help the village learn to defend themselves against an attack by Serji, but an old villager claims it is not necessary - he can conjure up a monster to protect the village. When Serji attacks, the Sprites prove effective - but when the old man's monster shows up, the battle gets even worse. Serji's gang attacks it first - and fall along with the old man. As the monster turns its attention on the village, the Sprites move in. Don-Wan attacks it with his lightsaber and with Han's help destroys the monster. Picking up their pay, Han and Chewbacca leave Aduba. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Roy Thomas / Donald F. Glut - January-April 1978)
Shortly thereafter, Han contacts the Empire about the possiblity of another Jedi Knight. While disappointed to learn Don-Wan Kihotay is not a potiential Sith, Leia calls Han back to to help her and Luke with another assignment
"The Marvel Series: Crimson Jack and the Dragon Lords of Drexel. (#11 - 15)"
Han, Luke and Leia, using the Falcon and two Tie Advanced, attack and recapture the Star Destroyer under the command of Crimson Jack, killing Jack in the process. Leia celebrates by kissing Han.
The group travels to Drexel, and free the Dragon Lords of that world from a group called the Skimmers. In exchange, the Dragon Lords join the Empire, and Skywalkers acquire genetic samples of the "Dragons" for cloning and Sith Experimentation by there parents. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - May-September 1978)
"The Marvel Series: The Stenax Shuffle. (#70)"
Following more data from the Yavin Base computers, the Imperial Heroes of Yavin decide to check it out a rebel base on Stenax IV. At the abandoned hide-out, they meet some old friends of Han - smuggler Rik Duel and his two partners, the Rodian Chihdo and the overly amorous Zeltron Dani. They were left at the base to find something that could supposedly be "vital to the Rebellion" - an ancient artefact lost centuries ago, a statue of the Stenax god Vol. The native Stenax were cursed from ever going into their ancient temples, let alone flying again, until the statue was found. Possing as rebels, the heroes decide to play along and find out what's going on.
Two days of digging later, the statue is found. The Duel Gang double-crosses "the Rebels" by taking the statue and siccing stormtroopers on them, intending to hand the statue over to Imperial Governor Matrin. However, the Skywalkers reveal who they are, and the stormtroopers arrest the Duel gang. Luke orders the Zeltron Dani sent to his palace on Coruscant, to which Dani replies "I would, and do, volunteer for that duty"
With the blessing of there parents, the Skywalkers inform the Stenax of the Empire's recovery of the statue. The Stenax become willing members of the Empire. The Skywalkers take a cargo-hold of Stenax legal prisoners with them. More subjects for Sith experimentation (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Mary Jo Duffy - April 1983)
Ashii Nermani, a beautiful woman, is considered Imperial HoloVisions's most popular newscaster. She is the first to break the story that Venslas Beeli had become a privateer working for the Alliance. The newsfeed article was part of a plot to draw Captain Dhas Vedij and the 'Far Orbit' into a trap laid by the Empire. She also broke the story of the capture of Coh Veshiv, although her report claimed that he had been killed in a space accident. "SW RPG: The Far Orbit Project."
Emperor's Hand Jen Droga becomes a Sith Acoylte. Empress-to-be Padme Skywalker travels to Koribban to speak with the Sith Spirits there. They are delighted to learn of the success of Padme's plan's, and reveal to her Sith Artefacts and other secrets. "SW Gamer: The Emperor's Pawns" and "SW Missions: Darth Vader's Return."
Recognising Tatooine as a hotbed of Rebel activity, the Empire stations a garrison and permanent base there. Conjecture from "Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures - Tatooine Sojourn" byNathan Blumenfeld Date corrected by TalonCard.
Beckar becomes the Alliance's Commander-in-Chief of the Trax Sector forces. He ordered the disruption of the Imperial collection of foodstuffs on Draenell's Point, in an effort to stall the construction of the Bissillirus Resupply Base. "SW RPG: Star Wars Gamemaster Kit."
The Imperial base on the planet Shadren V is destroyed by the Rebel Alliance shortly after the Battle of Yavin. 'SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 10 - Bounty Hunters.'
Spheroids is a sport that gained popularity during the Civil War. Played in a low-gravity arena between two players, Spheroids involved the throwing of spheres into a pre-arranged goal setup. Each player had a command sphere and several throwing spheres. Designed to mimic the workings of the bodies in a solar system, Spheroids required that each player deploy their basic spheres into the arena, then throw their command sphere into the resulting configuration. The more of the opponent's basic spheres that were placed into a goal, the more points a player received. Each player alternated turns, with play changing sides whenever a goal was missed. During the height of the Galactic Civil War, black holes and other phenomena were introduced into the game, giving a more random configuration. "SW RPG: Galladinium's Fantastic Technology"
The Empire announces the death of Palpatine and the ascension of Lord Darth Vader and Chancellor Amidala to Emperor and Empress, as well as revealing there 20 year marriage, and Vader's true name of Anakin Skywalker. (Much to the shock of the rebel leaders that remember Anakin Skwalker as the Chosen One and the last great hope for the Old Republic). Thier Cornoation ceremony is schdueled for April 22
Emperor to be Skywalker contacts the Ailon Home World and invites the entire Ailon Nova Guard into the Imperial Military. Stunned, most of the Ailon leadership bring there forces into the Imperial miltary. They are directed to "seek and destroy, with extreme prejudice" all rebel forces. Anyone showing Force or Jedi ability is to be captured.
The Ailon Nova Guard prepares to descend on the Rebellion and the rebel leaders are unable to persaude them not too. Too many of the Ailon youth are itching for action, and Padme is simply too popular with the Ailon people.
"SW Solitaire Adventure: Jedi's Honour."
Lord Skywalker is goes on a mission to scout out possible Rebel bases. (He plans to arrange traps there.) He checks out the Sil'Lume asteroid belt, a mining area. He finds himself at a bar where Imperial general Sebastian Parnell and stormtroopers barge in to arrest a strangely charismatic man named Erling Tredway who urges the miners to rebel against the Empire before he is knocked out and dragged away. Curious, Luke learns from a miner that Tredway is a non-violent rebel whose father, Axton, was a Jedi Knight!
Luke contacts General Parnell and meets with Tredway. Using the Darkside, he turns Tredway to the Empire's side. Tredway convinces his family to come to Coruscant, including his sister Dena, who develops an immediate attraction to Luke. (SOLITAIRE ADVENTURE - West End Games - Troy Denning - 1990)
Erling and Dena are sent to Coruscant. Erling both begin training as Sith. Dena also becomes one of Luke's lovers.
"SW Kids: X-Wing Marks the Spot."[/b]
TheImperialHeroes of Yavin,using more information from the Yavin base, lead an attack on the top-secret Incom factory,capturing the Incom design team, as well as Incom head Vors Voorhorian. This represents a huge blow to the Rebellion, as they have lost there primary source of starfighters.
The Empire, for its part, uses several Star Destroyer to pull the entire factory off the planet, and move it to another location, and begin producing X-Wing Starfighters to use in anti-rebel properganda tactics. (COMIC STRIP - Scholastic Inc. - Mike W. Barr - December 1998-March 1999)
The Rebel Alliance eventually returns to Yavin, knowing the Empire will not soon be returning to attack, as they wouldn't be expecting the Rebels back there. Even so, finding a new permanent base becomes a priority for them. Borrowed with thanks from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
Admiral Kiez takes command of theImperial II Star DestroyerEmpire, the first prototype of theImperial II class. "SW RPG II: Starships of the Galaxy." Entry by Chissdude10.
Ensil Moiss, a government official, was known more for his ability to criticise the work of others, than his own accomplishments. Moiss worked for the planetary government of Draenell's Point. The Empire negotiated with him to acquire a large percentage of Draenell's Point's agricultural production in order to stock the Bissillirus Resupply Base. "SW RPG: Star Wars Gamemaster Kit."
"SW Missions: Darth Vader's Return." *
Star DestroyerLiquidatorarrives on Coruscant. (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - 1999)
"SW Missions: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue."
Admiral Termo play's the Third of Tarkin's holotapes for the new Emperor and Empress. In it, Tarkin outlines his plans for gravity well-projecting vehicles to enhance the Imperial fleet (read: plans for Interdictor cruisers). Emperor Skywalker sends Lord Skywalker to Fondor to oversee the construction of the Super Star DestroyerExecutor, while Inquisitor Jade is placed in charge of the gravity well project. (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Scholastic Books - Ryder Windham - 1999)
Nova Designs Incorporated becomes one of the largest buyers of spin - sealer tibanna gas from Cloud City. "SW RPG: Galaxy Guide 2."
The Battle of Heg takes place, a struggle for control of the planet Bundim. The Battle of Heg saw a resounding Imperial victory over the Alliance forces trying to liberate the planet. Heg itself was levelled by Imperial forces in just three days, but the Alliance rallied and was able to overcome the Imperials and restore freedom to the planet. "SW RPG: Star Wars Gamemaster Kit."
"SW Role Playing Game: TheFar OrbitProject."
NotallImperial officers are fanatically loyal to the New Order and its ideals. Commander Dhas Vedji, first officer of the Nebulon-B FrigateFar Orbit, is the latest of a long line of military officers dating back to the beginning of the Old Republic's Navy. He has become sickened by the excesses of the New Order - how officers loyal to the Emperor are promoted too quickly, while officers with ties to the Old Republic are held back. He is also bristling under the sadistic command of one Captain Vocis Kenit, a man who got his job via politics, not skill. When his Baron father and mother are "accidentally" killed in a traffic accident on Coruscant, and his brother Elon is transferred to the Frigate's fighter crew, Vedji begins to plot a mutiny. The news of Alderaan's destruction, and the resulting arrest and torture of an Alderaanian deckhand by Kenit, helps Vedji gain the crew's sympathy in his plans.
TheFar Orbitis assigned to track down and destroy a pirate group, the Silent Blades. The Frigate chases the pirates into an asteroid field. Vedji suggests calling reinforcements to force the pirates to surrender, but Kenit will not hear of it - he wants them dead, by his own hands! He sends out his fighters . and every last one of them, including Vedji's brother, are killed. Enough is enough - Vedji decides to teach a lesson to an Empire that would honour ruthless and inept bullies like Kenit. He sets out a mutiny, which turns out very successful. Vedji throws Kenit and his officers into an escape pod and jettisons them out into space. With only a skeleton crew available, Vedji needs to restock and recrew the ship fast. The Rebel Alliance might buy the ship, but they can hardly afford anything, what with their limited success raiding Imperial shipping Wait a minute.Vedji starts combat drilling the skeleton crew and sets a course for the StarForge Nebula. He is going to offer the Alliance a deal it can not refuse - a secret weapon against Imperial shipping in the Core systems. Upon arriving in the Nebula, he parks the Frigate at the illegal StarForge station and meets with an Alliance representative, where he presents his offer. As it happens, the Alliance has been considering just this kind of idea lately. Nevertheless, the newly independent Frigate crew must work to earn the Alliance's trust. Together, Vedji and the Alliance representative create a Letter of Marque - theFar Orbitmay raid, but only in the Ringali Sector (near the Core) and only on Imperial targets. A Rebel agent, Major Cet Willak, will join the crew to keep an eye on them. If the Frigate does not stick to the letter of the Letter, the Alliance will hunt them down and bring them to trial. Vedji agrees to the terms. With the deal made, Vedji puts out a call for crew among the station.
TheFar Orbitsets out from StarForge Station with her new crew. The new crewmembers, however, are mostly fringers - and very quick to anger. Friction builds up, and within days the crew are fighting. Captain Vedji struggles to keep the peace as best he can, but the tension remains (GAME ADVENTURE - West End Games - Timothy S. O'Brien - 1998)
The planet Deysum III serves as the Imperial sector capital of the Trax Sector. A huge naval installation was erected on the planet. During this time, corporations and urban sprawl had abused Deysum III, and much of the planet was covered with swamps, deadly chemicals, and toxic waste. The inhabitants of the planet were forced to erect huge domes to cover their cities and keep out the toxic gases that built up over the centuries of misuse. "SW RPG: Star Wars Gamemaster Kit."
The Empire constructs an Imperial repair station, designated M13 around the planet Mycroft. Its mission was to support the Imperial exploration and picket ships operating in Fakir Sector during the Galactic Civil War. As part of Operation Retribution, a group of Alliance agents were sent to Mycroft to harass the station, and nearly succeeded in destroying it. As it was, the station was rendered useless to the Empire and abandoned. "SW RPG: Star Wars Campaign Pack."
"SW Adventure Journal: Explosive Developments."
Jai Raventhorn, an outlaw, is out to kill Moff Jellrek before he can kill her. At Jellrek's estate on Romar, where she slips some charges in his Chariot speeder. With the clock ticking, she eludes the scout troopers, steals a speeder bike and escapes. Jellrek again manages to survive (a lot of people are trying to kill him). She makes her way to her ship, the 'Doomsayer', where she is jumped by the bounty hunter Beylyssa. She is lucky to get away with only a scar on her face, as she takes off, leaving the canyon behind her to explode from a thermal detonator (SHORT STORY - West End Games - Peter Schweighofer - August 1994)
During this period of time, Villis Andal, an Imperial Moff, controls the Elrood Sector. He found himself unable to contain the rising tide of piracy and rebellion, which sprang up after the destruction of the planet Alderaan, even with three Imperial - class Star Destroyers at his disposal. When the 'Brazen' was destroyed by Alliance forces while in dry dock at the Derilyn Space Defence Platform, Moff Andal was removed from his position and re-assigned. "SW RPG: Operation Elrood."
"SW Role Playing Game: TheFar OrbitProject - The Hijacking of Shipment 1037."
After over two weeks of shakedown, theFar Orbitis ready for her first assault on Imperial shipping. Slipping into the Ringali Shell, the Frigate pretends to be your average Imperial warship on patrol. Picking up a medium freighter leaving Nopces Prime, Captain Vedji orders the freighter to heave to for boarding and inspection. From them, they learn a huge convoy is scheduled to pass through in three days. It is a ripe target, if Vedji can convince the Alliance to send help. Still distrustful, the Rebels only offer a Y-Wing squadron. Three days later, Vedji cons his way into the convoy. Keeping the Alliance appraised, Vedji lures the convoy into a trap - not only Y-Wings, but a pair of Corvettes are waiting for the Imperials. Disabling and capturing the guarding Frigate, theNew Star, and nets the Frigate eighteen million credits. The entire haul is about 340 million. Not a bad start (GAME ADVENTURE - West End Games - Timothy S. O'Brien - 1998)
Serra Hailey was a holovideo star of the Old Republic, who attempted to reinvent her career during the height of the Galactic Civil War. "Star Wars Adventure Journal #3."
The 008 Heavy Landspeeder isdesigned and manufactured by Trask Industries, a combat landspeeder developed for use by the Imperial Army shortly after the Battle of Yavin. Initial tests proved that the 008 were a highly manoeuvrable craft, with excellent handling and well-integrated onboard systems. It required a pilot and gunner to operate, and was armed with a front-mounted double laser cannon and a pair of rear-mounted medium blasters. It had a three-meter flight ceiling, and could achieve speeds of 315 kilometers an hour. "SW RPG: Goroth - Slave of the Empire."
Dyrra, an Imperial Colonel was in command of the scout training facility located on the planet Moorja, during the early years of the Galactic Civil War. He tracked a team of Alliance agents to Tatooine, after they stole aLambda-class shuttle from the Moorja facility, but he was unable to recover the ship. "Star Wars Gamer #2."
"Classic Star Wars - The Early Adventures: Tatooine Sojourn. (#4)"
Imperial intelligence begins sending transport capsules carrying Bledsoe's disease to rebel bases, wiping them out. Without uncontaminated bacta to use to fight the infection, a lot of rebel bases do. The disease was also altered by the empire to turn eyes into star charts to locate more rebel bases. Both disease are used as a means to locate rebels. (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1979)
Major Soontir Fel meets actress Wynssa Starflare - who is really Syal Antilles, Wedge's sister. Wynssa is forced to divulge the secret that could destroy his life: her true name was Syal Antilles, and her brother Wedge was a Rebel Hero. Fel reveals to her that he knows Wedge Antilles was captured during the battle of Yavin and has since joined the Empire. The pair is soon married, with Wedge in attendance, as well as Lord Skywalker. "X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel."</P>
April 22, Year 0
On Coruscant, Anakin and Padme Skywalker are crowned Emperor and Empress of the Empire.
In a speech before the galaxy, live via the holonet, both promise to put an end to the rebellion, with "as few civilian casualties and as little collateral damage as possible."
They also, as part of there public relations ploy until there next stage is ready, repeal several of Palpatine's more draconian laws, including the general law concerning slavery, reducing it to serious criminal offenses, including sedation, insurrection, treason, and membership in a rebel organization. All slaves within the Empire's borders are freed as of April 26th, by which point they are to have been turned over to the Empire, at any government agency, for medical examination and transport home. The Emperor also promises extensive compensation for non-rebel planets that suffered under Palpatine's rule.
However, they will not recall or recreate the senate until the rebellion is defeated.
Shortly after, in secret, the Skywalkers begin bringing captured Force users from Myrrkr and begin using Padme's Sith potion on them, furthering enchancing the newly reformed Sith Order.
The anthropologist Mammon Hoole goes to Tatooine on a survey mission. He uses his shape-shifting abilities to infiltrate local groups, from Tusken Raiders to moisture farmers. He learns much, such as that the B'Omarr palace that is currently home to Jabba the Hutt was once home to another scoundrel, Alkhara for 34 years at some time in centuries past. After his survey is complete, Hoole desperately wants to get off of the planet and awaits the next transport away from Tatooine. "The Illustrated Star Wars Universe: Tatooine Entry". Borrowed with thanks from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold. Moved here due to the presence at Jabba's Palace of the Max Rebo Band and the Rancor, as pointed out by TalonCard.
A Nimbanel accountant named Mosep, is given full authority to act in his masters, Jabba the Hutt's name. Letting it go to his head, Mosep has taken to calling himself "Jabba the Hut," with one 't' missing to distinguish himself from his boss.
"SW Role Playing Game: TheFar OrbitProject - The Capture of Coh Veshiv."
After two or three minor encounters, theFar Orbitintercepts an interesting Imperial communiqué. An Imperial adviser, Coh Veshiv, is touring the Ringali Shell on a "fact-finding mission" (read: exile from Coruscant for being a blowhard). A minor courtesan, but still an invaluable catch for the Rebellion. Luring themselves near the adviser's Corvette,Empire Forever,Vedji hails them and claims he has orders to take Veshiv aboard. Sick and tired of the stuck-up adviser, Captain Annance is only too happy to turn him over. A couple of irritating complaints later, Veshiv is in the brig, his guards' dead. TheFar Orbit sends him to the Alliance without delay.
Meanwhile, Captain Kenit (the former commander of theFar Orbit) reports to Sate Pestage his failure to find the missing Frigate. Pestage tells him that theFar Orbitis now in Rebel hands and is somewhere in the Ringali Sector. Find and capture it quickly, or face the Emperor's wrath (GAME ADVENTURE - West End Games - Timothy S. O'Brien - 1998)
"The Bounty Hunter Wars: The Mandalorian Armour."[/b]
The capture of one Nil Posondum by Bossk and (newest member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild) Zuckuss is ruined when Boba Fett beats them to it. When he delivers Posondum to an intermediary named Ku'dar Mu'bat, he is given a surprise job offer by Mu'bat, one that involves joining the Guild - and then destroying it from within. One that, unbeknownst to Fett, is being arranged from behind the scenes by Prince Xizor. Fett makes his way to the Guild's station, fooling Bossk and Zuckuss into attacking a bomb-laden decoy ship. While Bossk's father, Cradossk (head of the Guild) and the older hunters welcome him to the Guild with open arms, Bossk and the younger bounty hunters do not - which is just what Xizor is counting on.
With the Guild smashed along age lines, he explains to the Emperor and Empress, the younger hunters will get tougher, more adaptable, afraid of nothing - perfect tools for the Emperor to turn loose on his enemies. With an old friend - a cyborged creature named D'harhan - Fett assembles a team of hunters to go after a huge bounty named Oph Nar Dinnid. Dealing with the Shell Hutts who have him, the hunters uncover treachery from the Hutts, one of who has already killed Dinnid. That Hutt is killed, as is D'harhan. In addition, apparently, so is Bossk. Which Cradossk had hoped for. And that is just the start of a large purge he is planning. Until Bossk appears from out of nowhere, very much alive, and tears his father apart. The bounty hunters of the galaxy are now at each other's throats.... (NOVEL - Bantam Books - K.W. Jeter - June 1998)
Captain Thrawn learns of the existence of the planet Myrkr and the native Force-repulsing Ysalamiri on it. "SW: Heir to the Empire." Rank corrected by TalonCard.
Pollux Hax, former chief of Emperor Palpatine's propaganda dissemination section, submits a report to the public about the planet Coruscant AKA Imperial Center. It is rife with the kind of fact twisting and politicking that was his stock-in-trade while working for Palpatine, so it bears very little academic weight. "The Illustrated Star Wars Universe:[Imperial Center] Coruscant Entry". Borrowed with thanks from Nathan Butler's Timeline Gold.
Operation Blue Harvest was the code-name of an Imperial operation that occurred after the Battle of Yavin. So secretive was it that even Imperial technicians were left in the dark on components that they worked on. They often speculated on what the project could be since it required huge amounts of money and manpower. "SW RPG: The Star Wars Campaign Pack". Sourced with thanks from Pablo Hidalgo's Star Wars Index.
With Chewbacca aboard, (how is now convinced of the Royal families plans of non-slavery and racial equality), the 'Millennium Falcon' begins hunting for more rebel bases. There first stop; Orleon, an old hideaway of theirs
"The Marvel Series: Siege at Yavin. (#25 - 26)"
TIE Fighter squadrons begin pounding Yavin base. But no Star Destroyers are anywhere in sight. How can the Rebels defend themselves?
Meanwhile, on the mid-system trading world Centares, a Tagge mining explorer taks off for the Gordian Reach, where Yavin is. The whole sector is supposedly blockaded due to a huge spice strike the Tagges are on to. However, there is no spice anywhere in the sector.
On Yavin the rebels begin to wonder why the Empire is keeping them bottled up and doesn't simply send the Death Star to finish them off? There conclusion: It's a properganda ploy. They want it to look like a protracted seige followed by a massive Imperial victory!
Inside the Tagge ship, Baron Tagge himself plots revenge against Emperor Skywalker for blinding him years ago by defeating him in a lightsaber duel. As the ship enters the system, he orders mines laid to blockade Yavin. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - July-August 1979)
"The Marvel Series: Whatever happened to Jabba the Hut? (#28)"
On the planet Orleon, Han and Chewbacca discover stone mites on the planet - a biological weapon developed in the Clone Wars. After Princess Skywalker is notified of this, she has imperial forces gather samples of them for reverse engineering and Sith experimentation. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - October 1979)
"The Marvel Series: A Princess Alone. (#30)"
Empress Skywalker decides that her Sith Alchemically altered Saviourm, Savithim is ready for testing. To that end, she sends her daughter to the Imperial Factory world of Metalorn, where the seeds of rebellion are starting to grow, with several thousand litres of Savithim juice
Princess Skywalker travels to the regimented Imperial factory world of Metalorn. There she has a Star Destroyer infect the water supply of the planet with the Savithim. The Savithim has the desired effect on the populace. Instead of savriourms normal effect of a mindless, compliant happy state of mind, thanks to the power of the Dark Side, it causes obidience and compliance to authority, and a hatred of disorder (such as that caused by criminals and rebels). The citizens of Metalorn round up the rebels (who in many cases surrender themselves and each other)after the Empire stages a rebel attack using X-wing produced at the captured Incom Factory, resulting in much disorder and chaos.
The Skywalkers are pleased. They may have a way to passify the entire galaxy. The Sith begin mass-production breeding of the Savithim plant
(COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - December 1979)
"The Marvel Series: The Omega Frost. (#31 - 34)"
Lord Skywalker and Inquisitor jade are sent to Tatooine to collect Emperor Skywalkers brother and sister in law, Owen and Beru Lars, before the Rebels, or anyone else learn of there exsistence and publically attempt to use them against the Skywalkers to publically damage them. Lukes orders are simple; bring them to Coruscant and convince them to take over Governorship of Tattooine, or failing that, quietly execute them and hide all physical evidence of there existence, even if its means leveling the area and desecrating Shmi's grave.
Furtunately for the Lar's, they accept the offer to come to Coruscant, thanks to Luke's power in the Dark Side.
En route to Mos-Eisley from the Lar's farm, the family and Mara come upon a frozen bantha (in the middle of the desert?!?) that is subsequently destroyed by stormtroopers. Puzzled, Luke sends his aunt and uncle on ahead and searchs the desert, having to deal with some Jawas and eventually finding two giant vaporator-like objects - that suddenly deep-freezes the desert area between them.
The objects are part of the "Omega Frost" project, conceived by Baron Orman Tagge and his brother Silas. Orginally, they were to be "the club with which we beat Darth Vader from the Emperor's favour."
However, now, they plan to use them to overthrow the Skywalkers and take over the Empire! (Tagge's other brother is Ulric, an Imperial general.) Luke has Inquisitor Jade check into the generators and learns they are owned by Taggeco. Soon, several TaggeCo ships launch, with the generators aboard!
Luke meets up with Han, Chewbacca and with Luke's Aunt and uncle. After they pick up Mara they follow Tagge's ship to Junction, where Tagge intends to use the Omega Frost to seal off the Rebel supply line there.
Luke boards Ulric's Star Destroyer with Mara, and confronts Orman in lightsaber battle, chopping off his cyber-vision and forcing him to reveal his plan. Thinking quickly, Silas and Orman instead offer the weapon to Luke. A ragtag rebel fleet arrives at Junction, and the Omega Frost freezes and disables the convey. Impressed, Luke makes a deal with Orman and Silas. "Join the Empire, and take your place as Sith serving the Emperor and Empress. Do so, and Orman's vision will be restored. Refuse, and die.". The Tagge's accept.
The Omega Frost weapon is covered up and moved to the Death Star, which is stationed over Coruscant for the planets "protection" from the rebels. Owen and Beru move into the Imperial Palace, where they begin extensive political training. Orman is accepted by the current Sith Lords (Anakin, Padme, Luke, Leia, Mara) as the newest Sith Lord, and Silas begins training as Sith. Ulric Tagge is tested for Force Sensitivity, and begins training as well. The Tagge's sister is suspected of Force-Sensitivity, but can not be found. All the Tagges are treated with Padme's Sithim to ensure obedience to the new Sith order and the Skywalkers. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - January-April 1980)
"The Marvel Series: The Long Hunt / A Duel of Eagles. (Annual #1)"
The 'Millennium Falcon', with theImperial Heroes on board, head to the planetTirahnn while looking for rebel bases. Finding none, Luke and Leia enjoy a well-earned rest while Han and Chewbacca go bar hoping. But the local tyrant, Kharys the Majestrix of Skye, has other plans for them - namely, setting them up on a pick-pocketing rap and executing them on the spot.
Instead, the Skywalker twins counter attack the arrest, by rogue Stormtroopers, and return to the falcon and head to Skye to deal with the traitorous Majestrix.
Upon arriving on Skye, Luke faces a chilling mid-air lightsaber duel against Kharys herself. Battling her psychic attack, Luke defeats the Majestrix. Luke calls Coruscant, and his parents send a new governor to Skye, and Luke sends Kharys to his parents, to become a new, and dangerous, Sith. This has been reprinted in Dark Horse's "Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago." (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - May 1979)
Kyle Katarn, having tasted life both in the Empire and the Rebellion, is not yet ready to commit to a new cause. Needing some time to order his thoughts, he heads to the rim worlds, where he spends some time mingling with smugglers and pirates, acquiring further skills of sabotage and subterfuge, which make him the Rebellion's the most effective covert operative if he decides to join them. Between "Soldier for the Empire" and "Dark Forces."
"SW Role Playing Game: Tatooine Manhunt."
While patrolling the Outer Rim, the Star Destroyer 'Relentless'comes upon a pirate named Quist. When Captain Parlan orders him killed, Quist bargains for his life with a nice little nugget of information - the whereabouts of the believed-dead Republic tactician Adar Tallon (Father of the Old Republic Navy, who shapes modern Imperial tactics). Parlan puts a bounty out on Tallon (exceeding 50 million credits), while allowing Quist to rejoin his friend - and to act if the hunters fail. Parlan also hires Jodo Kast, a Boba Fett wannabe in Mandalorian armour, to take Tallon out before he can join the Rebellion. An undercover Rebel operative on the 'Relentless', Dana, contacts a Rebel unit at a space station orbiting the planet Kwenn, where the 'Relentless' is being repaired. Just as she reaches them, she is killed by bounty hunters. As the Imperials declare martial law, the Rebels find a datapad outlining the situation on Dana's corpse. The Rebels rush off the station in the Mon Calamari freighter 'Alabak's Gold' and races to Tatooine, the 'Relentless'pursuing them the whole way.
The Rebels land at Docking Bay 94 at Mos-Eisley, only to meet a hardcase customs officer who hassles them. They explore the city, noting all the bounty hunters who have arrived to capture or kill Tallon. At one point, they hear about the murder of Heff, one of the oldest citizens on Tatooine. They learn he was killed the same way Dana was killed - a poisoned dart in the neck. They retire to Chalmun's Cantina, where they meet Labria the Devaronian. He tells them that an Ithorian named Slag Flats can tell them where Tallon is, and he leads them to her water silo base. Inside is a very dead Flats. Another poison dart, and a note: "Arno's next." The Rebels are suddenly trapped in the flooding silo by bounty hunters. They fight their way out and begin searching for Arno, the only remaining "Oldster" - and the only one who may know where Tallon is. They receive a message from him to meet at Chalmun's. Waiting for them instead is an ambush arranged by Labria. During the fight, one of the Rebels is nearly killed by a poison dart - one fired by Jodo Kast. The Rebels chase the hunters all the way to Jabba the Hutt's townhouse, and then the local militia intervenes and blocks their way. Frustrated, they return to the wrecked cantina - and this time, Arno is there waiting for them.
He leads them into the Jundland Wastes, a few hours behind Kast and the rest of the hunters. Along the way, they pass a scavenging effort attacked by krayt dragons. Then an abandoned manor, then a religious retreat attacked by more hunters (this group led by Zardra, who had teamed with Kast and Puggles Trodd). The next day brings the Rebels to a smashed moisture farm and a traumatised girl named Reen, who tearfully reveals that IG-72 destroyed her farm and killed her father. Arno takes her back to the religious retreat and gives the Rebels directions to their final destination, Fort Tusken. They find most of the hunters dead along the way - Tallon suspected the Empire was after him, and has proven no easy target. A Bantha stampede and Sandpeople attack further slows them down, but they finally make their way to Tallon's besieged camp. As they try to convince Tallon of their good intentions, Quist reveals himself to be a traitor as he brings in the surviving hunters and takes Tallon's wife hostage. The Rebels fight the hunters to the death (Kast and Quist escapes, and Tallon's wife is freed) and takes Tallon with them to Mos-Eisley as theRelentlessarrives. They find the town in uproar and the local Prefect waiting for them at Docking Bay 94 with a platoon of stormtroopers. Suddenly IG-72 shows up, mowing down the Prefect and troopers to get at the Rebels itself. After defeating the droid (which self-destructs, damaging theGold), they rush off Tatooine to find theRelentlessand TIE Interceptors waiting for them. After a desperate chase, the Rebels escape and deliver Tallon to the Alliance. Emperor Skywlker executes Captain Parlan for his bungling (ADVENTURE GAME - West End Games - Bill Slavicsek and Daniel Greenberg - 1988)
May, 0 ASW4 "Classic Star Wars: Darth Vader Strikes. (#2-4)"
Lord Skywalkerhas come up with a plan to deal with the Rebels once and for all - something "bigger and better." Lord Skywalker outlines his plan at the space-yards of Fondor, to his admiral's consternation. One, Admiral Griff, sends a message to the Rebels of Yavin alerting them to the danger. The new project: a Super Star Destroyer.
Lord Skywalker, meanwhile, thanks Griff for his acting. Skywalker, with Griff's help, is planning to betray not only the Rebel spy but also the fellow admirals who resent him.
The rebels send a spy, who is exposed and captured, dispite aid he gets from a work crew member, Tanith Shire, a tug operator. Meeting with her after her arrest, Luke senses a latent attraction from her towards him, and since she's very attractive, uses the Darkside on her to gain another consort. (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1980)
The Empire opens up a new hyperlane between Fondor and Gandeal for cargo traffic, in order to meet the supply needs caused by the construction of the Super Star Destroyer 'Executor' at the Fondor yards. "SW Adventure Journal."
"SW Role Playing Game: Starfall."
Over three decades after creating theVictory-class Star Destroyer, Walex Blissex is a full - fledged member of the Rebel Alliance. Nevertheless, Imperial Governor Denn Wessex sends word to Walex that his daughter Lira - Denn's wife - is dying. A ship is waiting at Kwenn Space Station to bring him to her side. Over theobjections of the Rebel command, Blissex decides to go. The Alliance sends a small Rebel unit to accompany him, smelling a trap. Sure enough, the group is arrested and thrown in the brig the second they arrive on the Victory Star DestroyerSubjugator. All seems lost as the ship leaves Kwenn - until suddenly it is attacked! In the brig, the prisoners are rocked around as the ship takes massive damage. They take the opportunity to bust out, saving Blissex from a torture droid. A hazardous climb down a disabled lift shaft later, they find themselves in engineering. They find the ship has been set to self-destruct. Coming around, Blissex leads them to the power core - he can move up the time of destruction, blowing up the Imperials while still giving them time to escape. However, they find a heavy cannon and some stormtroopers between them and the core - and the voice of Captain Kolaff taunts them as the Imperials attack.
Finally fighting their way to the power core, they learn that the attacker of the 'Subjugator' was a Rebel fleet - and they'll be coming back to finish the job right at the moment the Victory Star Destroyer will explode, taking them all with it!! However, as Blissex and one of the Rebels works on the computer, they find a failsafe has been put into the destruct system to prevent tampering. Blissex is stunned - "the only other being in the galaxy possessing the knowledge and the ability to perform such a feat is my daughter " Suddenly, a ton of stormtroopers tear in. In desperation, Blissex modifies the core into a repulsor field, jumping off the chasm with the Rebels to land safely at a door. Fighting through a power cell storm. Taking refuge in a maintenance shaft, they find another computer terminal that coughs up more information. Kolaff is having an escape shuttle readied. The group heads immediately for the hangar bay. They pick up a protocol droid along the way, T-3PO. They travel through the shattered underside of the Victory Star Destroyer, facing a zero-g battle with stormtroopers. They finally reach the hangar bay, but they are one level up from the one they want. They head down, to find an AT-ST waiting for them - driven by Kolaff. He actually allows them to board another AT-ST to provide a fair fight. After a tough duel, the Rebels' walker blows up Kolaff's.
They reach the right hangar bay with five minutes to spare. They race to the control tower to warn the Alliance fleet - and there is Lira, waiting for them. They warn the fleet and chases Lira off, then takes the shuttle and escapes. The Victory Star Destroyer explodes, and the Rebel fleet (Operation "Starfall") brings them in. General Dodonna promotes them himself. Blissex designs some "toys" to help the Rebel group in the future (ADVENTURE GAME - West End Games - Rob Jenkins / Michael Stern - 1989)
Imperial Moff Bandor is placed in control of the planet Questal in an attempt to quell the population there. A ruggedly-handsome man with a muscular physique, Bandor worked his was up the ladder through bootlicking and treachery. He aspired to be Emperor Skywalker's right-hand man, and it irked him that he could not control the Force. He served faithfully, and gladly assumed control of Questal. There were several factions, all of which were fighting over claims of the mineral ardanium. The Emperor wanted to control the mining of ardanium, in an effort to bolster the construction ofSuper-class Star Destroyers, and Bandor was given control of the planet. He ruled with an iron fist, and installed several of the major criminals in positions of power. At the same time, Bandor was experimenting with the potential use ofhurlothrumbic generatorsas weapons to use against the Alliance. The generator induced fear when activated, and this was translated by the locals as Bandor's use of the Dark Side. Bandor did nothing to dispute this, as it added to his power. "SW RPG: Game Chambers of Questal."
"Classic Star Wars: Deadly Reunion. (#6 - 7)"
The Empire attacks and subjectates the planet Kabal (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"SW Role Playing Game II: The Storm's Edge."
On Tatooine, the Ithorian farmer Momaw Nadon is a local legend. Word has spread all over the planet about the grove of semi-sentient baffor trees he has managed to grow under the harsh binary-star conditions. However, Imperial garrison commander Ingah Muloha has learned of this grove and has trumped up criminal charges against Nadon. Even worse, she works with local gangster Centa Sonhan to capture him. The Rebel Alliance immediately sends a group of heroes on a rescue mission. Their first stop: a bar in Mos-Eisley. They gather from Ladira, a Devaronian spy, which the Gamorrean Sonhan is at the far edge of the Jundland Wastes. No sooner does she leave than stormtroopers arrive, and the heroes beat a hasty retreat into the Wastes. Before long, they discover Sonhan's Sail Barge. They sneak aboard, fight Sonhan's thugs, and free Nadon from his cell. However, the rescue is suddenly pre-empted by an even greater problem - a gravel storm overtakes the Sail Barge! Even worse, a krayt dragon shows up and attacks the barge! The Rebels pull off a narrow escape and return Nadon to his gardens (GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - Dan Kaufman - June 2001)
"SW Role Playing Game II: A Night in Tosche Station."
Following their rescue of Momaw Nadon, a group of Rebel heroes seek shelter from a terrible gravel storm in the small town of Anchorhead on Tatooine. There, they are ordered by the Alliance to pick up a shipment of blasters from a smuggler at Tosche Station. The storm worsens, so the heroes seek shelter inside the station. So do a bunch of locals. A few minutes later, four more people show up - stormtroopers!! One of the locals, an old man named Ezrim who is hoping to curry Imperial favour, begins accusing the Rebels of smuggling spice. Suddenly, one of the Rebels' comlinks comes to life - their smuggler contact is being attacked by Imperials in orbit, and is about to crash near Tosche Station! The stormtroopers immediately move to arrest the heroes, and a firefight breaks out. The Rebels defeat the stormtroopers, then head out once the storm lets up to where the smuggler ship crashed. The pilot's dead, but the blasters are intact. Well, at least they did not have to pay him
Shortly thereafter, Imperial intelligence sends a report about the incident to the Skywalkers (Padme has standing orders for them that anything unusual biologically is to be reported to her, for her ongoing Sith experimentations). Impressed with the resport, she sends intermediaries to hire Momaw Nadon instead of arresting him. When this fails, she sends two Sith trainee's to capture him and bring him to Coruscant. Despite the intereference of the rebel group, they succeed.
(GAME ADVENTURE - Wizards of the Coast - J.D. Wiker - June 2001)
"Classic Star Wars: Traitor's Gambit. (#7 - "
As the Empire's harassment of Yavin worsens from blockade to attack, General Dodonna orders a general alert, informing Rebel ships to stay clear of the system. The Rebels finally get solid information about the exsistence of the Super Star destroyer. (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"Classic Star Wars: The Night Beast. (#8 - 9)"
The Rebels launch an attack on the Imperial fleet around Yavin to relieve the pressure on the beleaguered base. During the fight, a TIE Bomber crashes into a Massassi temple - unintentionally awakening one of Exar Kun's creations, a giant beast. The beast attacks a base watching post during the victory party, then heads into the main hangar and starts wrecking fighters - until sunrise, when it vanishes.
In orbit, Inquisitor Jade, the current leader of the Blockade, senses the creature, as well as its "Sith feel". Reporting this to the Skywalkers, they realise there may be remains of Exar Kun's Sith Empire on Yavin IV!
At the command of her Empress, Mara sends a transport down and uses the Force to lure the creature into it. The creature is then sent to Coruscant where the Emperor and Empress subdue it and Padme begins experimenting on it.[/b] (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"SW Role Playing Game: TheFar Orbit Project - The Rival."
Weeks have passed since the capture of Veshiv, and it's getting harder and harder to intercept Imperial communiques. Suddenly, a propaganda piece appears on Imperial Holovision - a bloodthirsty pirate claiming to be a Rebel privateer is attacking civilians near Brentaal, Esseles, and Rhinnal! The pirate is identified as one Venslas Beeli; a criminal who Captain Vedji knows full well is not working for the Alliance. This guy's gotta go, and Major Willak agrees. The hunt is on. After several frustrating days, theFar Orbitstumbles upon Beeli's fleet. What they do not know is that Beeli is a pawn of Captain Kenit - infected with a synthetic Imperial virus; Beeli's life depends on taking down the Rebel frigate by any means necessary. After a costly battle, though, Beeli's ships are destroyed. (GAME ADVENTURE - West End Games - Timothy S. O'Brien - 1998)
"SW Role Playing Game: TheFar OrbitProject - The Trap."
TheFar Orbithas come upon a seemingly perfect target - a poorly defended and armed Santhe transport. However, the minute the transport is boarded, an unpleasant surprise is sprung - the cargo hold is full of stormtroopers!! Even worse, a hypertransceiver is set off that sends an Imperial taskforce (complete with an Interdictor) smashing into the Frigate. The lead frigate hails theFar Orbit - it's Kenit, who declares the entire crew under arrest for treason. All the odds are against the heroes, and Vedji cooks up a reckless plan - using the Frigate's tractor beams to use the Imperial starfighters as shields, he concentrates all fire on the Interdictor. One of the gravity well projectors is destroyed, giving the Frigate the chance it needed to hyperjump to safety. Even so, it is badly damaged and out of action for a while (GAME ADVENTURE - West End Games - Timothy S. O'Brien - 1998)
"Classic Star Wars - The Early Adventures: The Second Kessel Run. (#6)"
Professor Renn Volz and his daughter Mira, scientists of Maw Installation, test the Professor's latest invention, the Ionic Ring ship, on the planet of Zerm. The experimental craft tames the planet's wild weather, ridding it of the killer storms that had rendered the planet nearly uninhabitable. The Volz's work does not go unnoticed, however; Captain Bzorn, a mad Imperial officer assigned by Darth Vader (prior to the cornonation of the Skywalkers. Bzorn has not be in contact with the fleet for nearly 3 months) to locate and punish Rebel planets, arrives in orbit, boards the ship and takes Mira hostage. Bzorn orders Volz to use the Ionic Ring ship to ruin Rebel planets - or he will never see his daughter again. Mira is transferred to Bzorn's Star Destroyer, and the Ion ship leaves for a group of planets on the Kessel run...
Mira gives her captors the slip on a distant spaceport, and hides on theMillennium Falcon. The Falcon is again looking for rebel bases. The ship ironically plans to visit Kessel soon. (Jabba is planning to profit from an impending famine.) Before heading to Kessel, Han and Chewbacca make a stop to visit pick up Leia at the remains of a Alliance base on Randa, where Mira is discovered by Artoo. The stowaway tells the story of her capture and informs them of the Bzorn's next target - Rion. TheFalcon rushes to that world, a former tropical paradise, to find a blizzard covering the entire planet. The Ion ship has already been and gone. TheFalcon lands at Tana's Resort, and finds a crowd of starving beings- the ice has frozen their food. Leia calls in the Imperial fleet to evacuate the people. Leia is also outraged."How Dare an Imperial Captain do this to a loyal planet without direct authourization!"
Meanwhile, on board the Ion Ring ship, the crazed Bzorn has decided on a new target. What better place to find Rebels then the spice mines of Kessel?
On Rion, Han, Leia and Mira discover from Tana the Ion ship's next target: Kessel, the homeworld of the Volzes. Outside the former resort, stormtroopers are informed of Mira's arrival. Leia is tipped off by the Force, order the stormtroopers onto the Falcon.
Back on the Ring ship, Bzorn is informed of Mira's escape. His hostage lost, he orders that no one is to speak to Volz -- the scientist's continuing cooperation depends on his belief that the Imperials still have his daughter.
TheFalcon arrives at Kessel, setting a new record for the Kessel run in the process. Mira guides them to a fungi forest, the location of the hidden lab her father used before he was taken to the Installation. There they find the untested Sub-Space Image Transmitter, the first substantial improvement in communications technology since the Holonet. Mira intends to use it to contact her father. Artoo activates the Transmitter and sends Mira's image to the Ion Ring Ship but at that very same moment, Bzorn sends a message to Kessel. Since the Rebels were not surrendered, Bzorn will use the Ring ship to destroy the planet. Leia, furious now, sends a mesasge to Kessel's governor: Tell Bzorn that Princess Skywalker is on her way up to the ship. Bzorn's reply: "Nice try rebel scum. There is no Princess Skywalker, Darth Vader doesn't rule the empire." Convinced now Bzorn is crazy, Leia summons the Imperial fleet and the heroes take the Falcon up to the Ion Ring ship.
As theFalcon departs, Volz is forced to unleash earthquakes, collapsing mine tunnels all across Kessel.
TheFalcon docks with the Ion Ship, and the Imperial board. (The Stormtroopers recognize Leia) On the way to the bridge, their stormtrooper escort is distracted by the image of Mira Volz, a mis-directed transmission from Kessel. Mira's image suddenly fades in and out something's wrong at the lab! In the control room, Bzorn demands that the planet release ALL Rebels to him. Over the protests of the Imperial government, Bzorn orders that cyclones be unleashed. On the planet, the Volz lab is losing power...
In the Ion Ship, Volz watches in horror as his cyclones devastate the Fungi Forests. When Bzorn orders more destruction, Volz refuses. He can't do this to his own world, his own people at any cost. Furious, Bzorn orders the "captured Rebels" brought in. Han and Leia arrive. Leia places Bzorn under arrest and apologizes to Volz, his daughter is fine, and Bzorn is acting without authourization.
Bzorn claims otherwise: "you know better than to believe Rebel lies, Volz!" Volz is torn, but at that moment, Mira appears, and Volz is decided: "this madman gives me no more orders!" Bzorn orders his troops to advance into the control room. The stormtroopers recognize Leia, and at her orders kill Bzorn.
The Professor realizes that it is only a matter of time before the Empire seizes his ship again and devastates more planets. He decides the ship must be destroyed and now! Leia however, can't have that, and uses the Force to render the professor non-sensical.
Meanwhile Threepio helps Mira out of the transmitter, ruined in the storm. The Falcon lands, and the Volz's are reunited. The Ion Ring Ship is taken to Coruscant under heavy escort by the Imperial fleet, after first returning to Rion to reverse its effects on the planet. Mira informs Leia about Maw Installation after she injects Mira and the professor with Savithim.[/b] (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1979)
Upon learning of Maw Installation, Leia and Han take the Falcon, guided by the Dark side of the Force, into the Maw and to Maw Installation. After proving to Admiral Daala who they are, and returning Mira and Reen Volz, Princess Skywalker informs Daala of the death of the Emperor and Grand Moff Tarkin, as well as the Skywalkers ascension and the freeing of slaves. Leia is also delighted to find the Death Star Prototype. Realsing that in its unfinished state, its vulnerable, she leaves it in the MAW. Daala is given a communication's channel to send reports too on a monthly basis (via a robotic shuttle which is to fly out of the MAW, transmit to a nearby Imperial Com satelite, and return for a reply the next day. The transmition days and receptions days are changed on a monthly basis to keep the rebels guessing. Leia also plans to have a Star Destroyer or other forces near the maw to discourage the rebels. The public explaination will be to monitor smuggling activity that is using the gravity of the blackholes for cover).
With the Empire proving increasingly incapable of dealing with the Rebel guerrilla units or with their hit-and-fade tactics, Emperor Skywalker order the Empire develop their own guerrilla units. The Imperial Storm Commandos, as they come to be known, begin training on Carida under the command of Colonel Crix Madine. Selected from the finest stormtroopers, the Storm Commandos are experts at guerilla warfare. They have a reputation for ferocity that few other units can hope to even approach. They will be commonly used in anti - Rebel operations, siege - breaking "extractions" and in Base Delta Zero operations against "hard" targets. "SW Adventure Journal" and "SW RPG Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim."[Page 29 - 30]
"The Marvel Series: Dark Lord's Gambit. (#35 - 37)"
The Skywalkers and Tagges finally locate Domina Tagge. Luke uses the Darkside on Domina, who then joins the new Sith Order. She also starts an affair with Luke. (COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - May-July 1980)
Authors Note: Yes, Luke is a man-whore in this. The difference between Canon events and these is Luke actually does something more then flirt or kiss the girls
"Marvel Illustrated: World of Fire."
A non-military Alliance archaeological dig on the planet Alashan has been attacked, the staff all killed. Soon, without even seeing it, two scouts sent to investigate are killed as well....
A small rebel group lead by undercover technician Mici Shanbadar raid the Imperial shipyard of Foundry in an attempt to steal the Empire's new armored scout ship 'Staraker'.
Successful in the theft, they start back to Yavin IV - but General Dodonna contacts them and diverts them to Alashan to investigate the loss of the investigators. Just as they reach the planet, a massive TIE attack smashes down on them. They fight off the TIEs, only to face a cruiser - which is itself blown up from the planet below?!? The 'Staraker'is hit next and crashes into the volcanic world. Everyone on the StarRaker is killed. (COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - October 1982)
"Marvel Illustrated: The Word for World is Death."
An Imperial platoon lead by Major Wil'm Grau, the survivors from the Imperial Crusier that was shot down over Alashan, dig their way into the StarRaker. Finding the crew all dead, but the ship essentially space worthy, the decide to head to the rebel dig site, see about fixing its long range radio, and contacting the Empire to let them know what's going on. Enroute however, the same energy beam that shot down the capital ships kills them.
Later, the beam frees the 'Staraker'from its rocky tomb. A creature of some sort enters, looking for survivors. It leaves when it finds none. (COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - October 1982)
"Marvel Illustrated: The Guardian of Forever."
After not hearing from Major Grau's Cruiser, the Imperial fleet sends a Star Destroyer to investigate. After the Star Destroyer disappears, the Skywalkers send the Death Star to Alashan, under the command of Lord Skywalker. When the Death Star's lead Star Destroyer escort is shot down, Skywalker orders the Death Star to destroy Alashan. Recovering the flight recorder/black box from one of the Tie Fighters the Starraker didn't shot down before the Cruiser and itself where destroyed, the Empire concludes the new shields are the StarRaker are worth furture development. (COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - October 1982)
"Classic Star Wars - The Early Adventures: Princess Leia, Imperial Servant. (#5)"
Not wanting any problems from her, the Skywalkers sent Mara Jade to the megonite-mining labor colony of Phelarion, where she kills the widow of Grand Moff Tarkin. (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1979)
Following the Battle of Yavin and an anlaysis of the Death Star plans compared to Rebel Starfighter capablities, Naval Command experiences an exaggerated but understandable case of phobia concerning Rebel starfighters. One group of senior Admirals, led by the vocal Admiral Drez, argues that the Death Star's simulated destruction was due to the lack of anti-starfighter screening vessels. Drez states that "until an anti-starfighter screening vessel is brought into service, every capital ship in the fleet is in imminent danger." Naval Command authorises the construction of Kuat Drive Yard'sLancer class frigate - but only a limited number to serve as test vessels.' "SW RPG Imperial Sourcebook."
"Classic Star Wars - The Early Adventures: The Frozen World of Ota. (#9)"
On Ota, Boba Fett catches Mole, a spy who turned against the Empire. (COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1980)
"River of Chaos."
An Imperial attack on a Rebel cell on Aguarl 3 is successful, though only one TIE Bomber pilot makes it back - a horribly wounded pilot named Ranulf....
A few weeks later, on the world of M'Haeli, the aging Ch'no sees a vision of the future - and Imperial attack. Elsewhere, a healed Ranulf - son of Admiral Trommer - sent to M'Haeli to act as aide to military governor Grigor. Grigor is already moving to attack Rebel cells on the planet, searching for the rumoured heir to the M'Haeli royal family. The youth are inflamed to the point of revolt,and the rebels have sent agentsto locate the possibly Force-sensitive Ch'no.
At a tool shop, Mora (Ch'no's adopted daughter) is hired to convert swoops into military craft. Grigor sends Ranulf to infiltrate the Rebels through her - then sends a squad of stormtroopers to kill him under the pretext of being a Rebel. Mora andthe rebelssave him and bring him to the local base. More troopers are sent in speeder bikes to take them out, but they manage to shoot them off. Mora and Ranulf are sent to a cave near the base, where Mora helps take care of him. They find he has a prosthetic leg as a result of the Aguarl attack. Ch'no joins them after the H'Drachi elders - disturbed at their children's actions - blame Ch'no and decide to give him to Grigor. Ch'no leads the Rebels to a secret Dragite crystal mine. Mora and Ranulf go undercover, to find slave labor and pirates being used by Grigor to play the Empire against the Rebels. Ranulf runs off to arrest Grigor, only to walk right into his trap. A Rebel who followed him returns to base with word that Trommer's a spy. The base begins evacuation, as Mora plans an attack on the mine - and one Rebel plans to betray her.
Ranulf is tortured by Grigor, who orders a massive attack on all H'Drachi. He brings in the bounty hunter Glott to find Mora, dead or alive. Ranulf escapes from the prison and is led to the mine - but too late to save Mora from capture by Glott. Grigor discovers Mora is the lost heir, and decides to cement his power over M'Haeli by marrying her. Ranulf reveals the truth about himself to the Rebels, and helps them break Mora out. Glott pursues them, killing the Rebel who betrayed Mora in the first place, and is killed by Ranulf. The H'Drachi Elders vow to help the Rebels.
A final attack between Grigor's forces and the Rebels ends in Grigor's death and Rebel victory. Ranulf's father comes to thank his son for Grigor's defeat - and Mora's capture. Realising just where his loyalties lie, Ranulf takes Mora and leaves the Imperials for good, joining the Rebellion. The Rebels finally leave the planet as a price is put on Ranulf's head. (COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Louise Simenson - June-September 1995)
Not to be a dick, but if all you're doing is editing a few paragraphs every 10-20 pages, then this "thing" isn't much more than a waste of lots of bandwidth...
I believe in a sign of Zeta.
[BOTM|WG|JL|Mecha Maniacs|Pax Cybertronia|Veteran of the Psychic Wars|Eva Expert]
"And besides, who cares if a monster destroys Australia?"
The edit is important, but you should just post a link to somewhere that has the timeline for everything before the changes(unless the timeline doesn't exist anywhere coherently, in which case its a worthy project in its own right).
consequences wrote:The edit is important, but you should just post a link to somewhere that has the timeline for everything before the changes(unless the timeline doesn't exist anywhere coherently, in which case its a worthy project in its own right).
As I said, all he's doing is taking TheForce.Net's Time Tales timeline (the whole fucking thing, I might add) and editing/adding in brief paragraphs for his changes.
All in all, a total waste of time to read/scroll through, as Laird put it...
I believe in a sign of Zeta.
[BOTM|WG|JL|Mecha Maniacs|Pax Cybertronia|Veteran of the Psychic Wars|Eva Expert]
"And besides, who cares if a monster destroys Australia?"
Now that I've done my morning routine and have 10 minutes to kill before I go to work.
I was tempted to post a link to the 'Historical section' of the timeline, but then I remembered something.
I had promised the author of TimeTales I wouldn't do that.
Let me explain.
I first started working on this as the basic outline for a DarkSide Campaign for my friends and I to play though using the Star Wars D20 System rules.
They all wanted to be Sith and help control the galaxy, so I cooked up the basic idea.
The timeline expanded beyond a simple 2 weekend adventure to what is currently being posted. In the process, I rewrote most of 'TimeTales' from TheForce.net from 'Year 0' onward.
I wrote the author of timetales to see what he thought, and he thought the idea was new and interesting. (or at least, he'd never heard of it) and asked that if I post it online anywhere, they I keep the unedited material that had relevance to the alterations more or less intact and include it as a professional consideration to the people that helped him build and edit it.
So, after cutting out 80%+ of the historical information that I didn't feel was important....
That's why no offsite link to the historical stuff. "Professional Consideration".
With that being said.
Once the timeline is posted, as I do expanded versions of the summaries that have been altered (i.e Search for Star Wars Extinction in Section 7), they will be posted.
Please note: Post NJO (I have not rewritten the NJO yet for DarkTales. The Vong will eventually invade, but I want to see how the canon NJO ends so I can include anything important. No Coruscant will not fall) I have a timeline writen out for a invasion of Star Trek by the Sith Empire I painted, and that will be posted in here as well. 'Sith Trek' has been largely expanded upon (I posted Chapter 1 here a few months back, but got side-tracted).
Sidenote: I've told HappyTarget the basic outline of Sith Trek and he likes it. I just hope he doesn't steal ideas from me without telling me first
Anyway, I now return you to your regular bandwidth consumption
See ya all in about 10 hours
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