The Blackscale or Blackscale Clan were the ruling Trandoshan clan on Kashyyyk during the Galactic Civil War. They oversaw the capture of Wookiee slaves, from their compound north of Kachirho and the Avatar Orbital Platform in orbit above the planet. They were led by Lord Cyssc Blackscale and had a long-standing feud with the rival Zssik Clan.
History[]
After the Battle of Yavin, a group of slavers of the Blackscale Clan led by slavemaster Trussk was based in the city of Keren, on the planet Naboo.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] Trussk and his slavers captured the Wookiee Arrworr and shipped him to Naboo. Around the same time, the Blackscale Clan was tracking a smuggler known as Cal Handro. Trussk wanted him dead for having smuggled slaves for a rival Trandoshan clan. At some point, a group of spacers attacked Trussk's fortress on Naboo. These adventurers were investigating the disappearance of Cal Handro and suspected the Blackscale Clan to have captured him. A violent fight erupted and most slavers were killed, including slavemaster Trussk.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Blackscale Clan appeared in the video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience
Sources[]
- Friday Feature – Avatar Space Platform on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Chart: Kashyyyk System on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Agents of Deception (Card: Blackscale Watch Commander) (backup link)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Threat of the Conqueror (Card: Blackscale Guard) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience — Quest: "Getting closer?"
- ↑ According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
External links[]
- Blackscale on the SWG Wiki