- "Groups like the Happy Blasters give this trade a bad name. Almost anyone can tell you about the disasters these types of mercenaries have caused, incidents like the Benkal Plagues or the water crisis on Orroman, but not many people can remember the name of the scout who discovered their world or who charted the territory they live in."
- ―Personal addendum in Korren Starchaser's datafiles
The Benkal Plagues were a series of widely-known disease outbreaks that occurred at some point by the time of the existence of the New Republic[1] and originated in[2] the Benkal system of Wild Space.[3] The outbreaks were caused by a group of mercenaries which, in a personal addendum to his datafiles, the New Republic scout Korren Starchaser compared to the ultra-violent Happy Blasters mercenary team.[1]
Behind the scenes
The Benkal Plagues were mentioned in "Scouts' Dispatch," a feature written by Peter Woodworth and published in the May 1997 thirteenth issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal magazine.[1]
Sources
"Scouts' Dispatch" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 13 (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
"Scouts' Dispatch" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 13
- ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 11, 2007): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) (screenshot) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Given this principle, this article makes a similar basic assumption for the Benkal Plagues in relation to the Benkal system.
- ↑
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
In other languages