Caleb Knolar

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"Welcome! I am Major Caleb Knolar. Are you here to make a monetary donation to the war effort?"
―Major Caleb Knolar, to an Imperial sympathizer[1]

Caleb Knolar was a male Human officer of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. He collected credit contributions from those sympathetic to the Empire.

Biography

"On behalf of the Emperor, I hereby grant you the title 'Patron of the Empire'."
―Major Caleb Knolar, to an Imperial sympathizer[1]

After the Battle of Yavin, Major Caleb Knolar was stationed at a small Imperial garrison in the Tatooinian capital of Bestine. It was at this location that Caleb Knolar accepted credit donations from various sources to support the war effort.[1] During 1 ABY,[2] he received at least one generous donation of one million credits from an unknown spacer. Caleb commended this individual's generosity by acknowledging him as a "Patron of the Empire".[1]

Behind the scenes

Caleb Knolar was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[3] Major Caleb Knolar was added to the game with the release of the Game Update 9, on April 30, 2009. He was one of the three NPCs (along with Lt. Jarad Gastin and Ozzmos Roberts) added with the update that were used as credit sinks to remove money from the game economy and combat inflation.[4] For paying one million credits, the player received the player title "Patron of the Empire."[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Conversation with "Major Caleb Knolar" on Tatooine
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Gal-icon Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 9 on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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