- "Bocatts! They can be dangerous customers. They are native to Tatooine."
- ―Raylen Finn, to a spacer
Bocatts were predatory creatures native to the desert planet Tatooine.[3] They had brown, leathery hide and two tusks.[1] In 1 ABY,[4] a cargo containing bocatts in cages was shipped to Tansarii Point Station, a space station in the Bright Jewel system. Upon being unloaded on the station, the creatures escaped the cages and attacked a guard. A spacer working for the station's hunter Raylen Finn later rescued the guard and killed a number of beasts.[2]
Behind the scenes
Concept art for Star Wars Galaxies.
Bocatts 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.[5]
Appearances
"Pearls in the Sand" — Star Wars Insider 74 (reprinted in Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club) (Mentioned only)- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
Sources
- From Pencil to Pixel: The Art of Star Wars Galaxies
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Quick Reference Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies Bonus DVD
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Scouting Tasks: Save the Guard" on Tansarii Point Station
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 82 ("bocatt")
- ↑ 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)
