- "Also, I have found the ones that bought the booster controller for the droid's motivator, but I warn you; they are strange ones."
"I've met plenty of 'strange ones' already." - ―Watto and a spacer
Hilbrun was a Human male who lived on Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War. After the Battle of Yavin, he was part of a group[1] of thugs[2] who lived in the slums of Mos Espa. This group also included Eyleen, Tiomvo and Guz'Ordnak.[1] In 1 ABY,[3] they bought the booster controller of the R2 unit motivator to the junk dealer Watto. One of them left his swoop bike as collateral but they never paid Watto for the booster controller. Since this R2 unit was wanted by both Imperial Commander Barrezz and Rebel Captain Bastra, a spacer later tried to recover the motivator booster controller. Hilbrun and the thieves attacked the spacer on sight but the spacer managed to retrieve the booster controller from Hilbrun's USV-5 Modified Landspeeder.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Hilbrun was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts.[1] The game was shut down on December 15, 2011.[4] Hilbrun was added to the game as part of the "Legacy Quest" with the release of the "Publish 25", a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[5]
According to the game's directory .tree files and reference manuals, this character was originally named Pah.[1]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit (First appearance)
All Roads Lead to Jabba on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Legacy Quest: "Repo Man" on Tatooine
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- ↑ 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.
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
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