- "That's interesting. I wonder if the Cantina reference was a hint, not a brush off. Go there and check it out. I think that my buddy Trace is in there."
- ―Han Solo, to a spacer
Trace was a Human male who lived during the Galactic Civil War. Following the Battle of Yavin, he lived on Tansarii Point Station, a space station located above Ord Mantell, in the Bright Jewel system.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] his friend Han Solo arrived on the station with Chewbacca and a spacer aboard the Millennium Falcon. The ship needed repairs after a skirmish with Imperial forces but the staff of the station was not eager to help. Trace informed the spacer that the bounty hunter Boba Fett was present on the station, with Solo on his top target list, and that was the reason why nobody would help the smuggler. The spacer therefore rushed to find replacement parts for the Millennium Falcon while Solo and Chewbacca hurried to repair the starship. They finally left Tansarii Point Station before Boba Fett could even notice their presence on the station.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Trace appeared as 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.[3] Trace was added to the game as part of the "New Player Tutorial," introduced with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[4]
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 — Quest: "Get the Millennium Falcon Working" on Tansarii Point Station
- ↑ 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)
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Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
