Cult of Exar Kun

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"We all follow the Voice from the Darkness. As shall you."
―Magnus Grenz, to a spacer[2]

The Cult of Exar Kun was a Sith cult that was devoted to the worship of the Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun.

History

"Professor Emanus has been leading an archeological dig on Yavin IV, as I said. They were hoping to find artifacts or relics related to Exar Kun near the Temple of Exar Kun. I fear they may have found something far worse"
―Professor Cornelius Wagglehorn, to a spacer[2]
The Executioner

The Executioner

The Cult of Exar Kun was formed in 1 ABY, when a Corellia University expedition carried out an archaeological expedition to the Temple of Exar Kun on Yavin 4. They accidentally uncovered the catacombs beneath the temple, which reawakened the spirit of Exar Kun. The spirit enslaved them to it, making them into fanatical cultists that were devoted to its worship.

A number of the cultists, including The Executioner, traveled to a Corellia University research outpost on Talus and recruited some new members to their ranks from among the students and researchers there. One researcher resisted, because he claimed that people were being compelled by an unknown force to join the cult against their wills, so he was killed.

The cult based themselves around the catacombs beneath the Temple of Exar Kun, until it was wiped out by a group of spacers, who were hired by Professor Cornelius Wagglehorn to destroy it.

Behind the scenes

The Cult of Exar Kun appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] The Cult of Exar Kun was added to the game along with the "Exar Kun" Heroic Encounter,[1] introduced with the release of the "Chapter 9" update, on April 3, 2008.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Heroic Instance: "Exar Kun"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Controlling Spirit" on Talus
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Chapter 9: The Fury of Exar Kun on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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