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"Can you tell me where the Jawas went?"
"Sure, to their trading fort. Here are the directions."
―A spacer and Peggin Dulin[3]

The Jawa Mountain Fortress, also known as the Jawa Trading Outpost, was a settlement on the desert planet Tatooine inhabited by Jawas as a center of trade and commerce during the time of the Galactic Civil War.[1]

History[]

"My master bids you good day, and asks what you are interested in buying."
C4-ZX, to a spacer[3]

This fortress on Tatooine was abandoned at an unknown point in history, before being inhabited by the Jawas some time before the Battle of Yavin. They then turned the fortress into a giant bazaar.[4]

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Jawas roaming the Fortress' marketplace

It was considered to be one of the few places the Jawas could call home. It was a permanent gathering place for Jawas who wanted to sell or trade goods in their bustling bazaar. Sandcrawlers could also be found parked at the fortress.[1] The fortress was the largest, permanent gathering place for the Jawa on the planet Tatooine.[5] Jawa tribes, settlers, thieves, and visitors from all over Tatooine met at the fortress to buy, sell, and bargain. The fortress also shelters desperate fugitives.[4]

In 1 ABY,[6] the Jawa trader Ji'Ni Sil was approached by a spacer who was looking for a body casing from a R2 unit that once belonged to Peggin Dulin and was later salvaged by Jawas. The droid was actually wanted by both Imperial Commander Barrezz and Rebel Captain Bastra. Ji'Ni Sil's droid, C4-ZX, informed the spacer that the droid casing was already sold to a robonium miner. Despite the miner was killed by Tusken Raiders, the spacer finally managed to retrieve the casing.[3]

Behind the scenes[]

The Jawa Mountain Fortress appeared in the video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[7]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Jawa Mountain Fortress" on Tatooine
  2. Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Legacy Quest: "Body Building" on Tatooine
  4. 4.0 4.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Loading Screen: "Jawa Mountain Fortress" on Tatooine
  5. SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Loading Screen: "Jawa Fortress" on Tatooine
  6. 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.
  7. Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)

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