Blackwing Crystal

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Blackwing Crystals were unusual lightsaber crystals generated in contact with the Blackwing virus, a Sith bioweapon that transforms its victims into undead cannibals. When used in a lightsaber, they produced a dark, smokey ash blade.[1] Such crystals were found in the caves of the Quarantine Zone during a Blackwing virus outbreak on Dathomir, during the Galactic Civil War.[3] In 1 ABY,[2] a group of spacers defeated a giant undead rancor in a cave below the Imperial Research and Prison Facility where the virus escaped containment and they found a collection of these crystals.[3]

Behind the scenes

The Blackwing Crystal appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[3] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] The Blackwing Crystal was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Item: "Blackwing Crystal"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Group Event - Undead Rancor" on Dathomir
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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