- "Sarlis isn't one of the best contacts we have, but when it comes to corporate jobs, he's pretty good."
- ―Lercer Gaia, to a spy
Sarlis Beni was Human male spy who lived on Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War.
Biography[]
- "I have a contract from an influential member of the Incom corporation. It seems one of their courier ships was hijacked by some pirates. The pirates were only after general cargo, but they ended up getting much more."
- ―Sarlis Beni, to a spy
After the Battle of Yavin, Sarlis Beni resided in Mos Entha, on the planet Tatooine. During that time, he was part of spy network that also included Kaesii DuPree and the Bothan Lercer Gaia.[1]
In 1 ABY,[3] a marginal Tatooinian gang of pirates hijacked a courier ship belonging to the Incom Corporation. The pirates were only after general cargo but they also stole an encrypted datapad with information about a new product Incom was developing. An influential member of the Incom Corporation therefore contacted Sarlis Beni to retrieve the datapad. Lercer Gaia sent a spy to meet with Sarlis in Mos Entha, upon the recommendation of Kaesii DuPree.[1] Sarlis tasked the spy with going to Mos Taike to confront the pirates. After speaking to to their leader, Eyan McDermitt, the spy learned that he would need to go to the Imperial Oasis to find an Imperial commando by the name Jubai Laetlii who was in possession of the datapad. The spy succeeded in stealing the datapad from Jubai unnoticed and delivered it back to Sarlis. Sarlis Beni eventually returned the datapad to his contact from Incom who confirmed the data and paid the spies for their services.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Sarlis Beni was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] Sarlis Beni was added to the game upon the release of the "Publish 25", a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Spy Quest: "Paying the Bills" on Tatooine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Spy Quest: "Corporate Espionage" on Tatooine
- ↑ 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)
External links[]
- Corporate Espionage on the SWG Wiki
