Vansic's Scrap & Trade Market was a junk shop in the hidden township of Aurilia on Dathomir during the Galactic Civil War. It was run by the Mustafarian junk dealer Vansic. It was built after the reconstruction of the village, following the battle of Aurilia,[2] in 1 ABY.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The interior of the shop.
Vansic's Scrap & Trade Market appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[3] Vansic's Scrap & Trade Market was added to the game along with the revamped city of Aurilia,[2] released with the "Chapter 7" update on November 1, 2007.[4]
Like several other buildings in the city, Vansic's Scrap & Trade Market reused the building model that was first used in Rage of the Wookiees as a hunting lodge for the Chiss Poachers in the Rodian Hunting Grounds on Kashyyyk.[5] Its name was revealed by signs in front of the building.[2]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Location: "Aurilia" on Dathomir
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
Chapter 7: A Collection of Heroes on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees