The BWDL19 rifle was a model of blaster rifle manufactured during the Galactic Civil War. This variant of the DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle was developed by the Galactic Empire to protect the Imperial Research and Prison Facility on Dathomir. A BWDL19 rifle was discovered in the Quarantine Zone of Dathomir during the Blackwing virus outbreak[1] in 1 ABY.[2]
Behind the scenes
The BWDL19 rifle appeared 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] The BWDL19 rifle was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.[4]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Item: "BWDL19 Rifle"
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)