- "Welcome! I am Lt. Jarad Gastin. Are you here to donate to the Alliance for its war on the tyrannical Empire?"
- ―Lieutenant Jarad Gastin, to a Rebel sympathizer
Jarad Gastin was a male Sullustan officer of the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. After the Battle of Yavin, Lieutenant Gastin was stationed on the planet Tatooine and operated out of a tavern in the city of Anchorhead.[1] In this notorious Rebel stronghold,[2] he collected credit contributions from Rebel sympathizers eager to support the war effort.[1] During 1 ABY,[3] Jarad Gastin received a generous donation of one million credits from an unknown spacer.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Jarad Gastin was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] Major Lt. Jarad Gastin was added to the game with the release of the Game Update 9, on April 30, 2009. He was one of the three NPCs (along with Major Caleb Knolar and Ozzmos Roberts) added with the update that were used as credit sinks to remove money from the game economy and combat inflation.[5] For paying one million credits, the player received the player title "Rebel Sympathizer."[1]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures (First appearance)
Sources[]
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Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 9 on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (content now obsolete; backup link)
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: The Complete Online Adventures — Conversation with "Lt. Jarad Gastin" on Tatooine
- ↑
Friday Feature: GCW Guide on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 9 on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links[]
- Lt. Jarad Gastin on the SWG Wiki
