Galactic Tales: The Crimson Corsair and the Sinister Secret of the Binary Star

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"Galactic Tales: The Crimson Corsair and the Sinister Secret of the Binary Star" is a short story by Landry Q. Walker. It was published in Star Wars Insider 234, on October 14, 2025.

Media

Collected in

Star Wars Insider 234

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Arik (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
Dogma (Appears in hallucination)
Echo (Appears in hallucination)
H8-U411 (First appearance)
Ithano (First mentioned)
Sidon Ithano
Jesse (Appears in hallucination)
Kix
Pong Krell (Mentioned only)
Lugh (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
Na'Vrokk "Squeaky" (First identified as Na'Vrokk)
Quiggold
Hondo Ohnaka (Mentioned only) (In Book of Hondo's name)
Redeye (Appears in hallucination)
Reveth
Reveth's mother (First mentioned)
Rex (Appears in hallucination)
Thorn (Appears in hallucination)
Tup (Appears in hallucination)
Unidentified Imperial guard (First appearance) (Appears as a corpse) (Appears in hallucination)
Unidentified male merchant (First mentioned)
Vrokk (First mentioned)
Meerou Woodring (Mentioned only) (as Meerou Woodring)

Organisms

Bird (Mentioned only)
Nerf (Mentioned only)
Rycrit (First appearance) (as food) (Appears in hallucination)
Starweird

Droid models

Assassin droid (Mentioned only) (First identified as murder droid)
Battle droid (Mentioned only)
Load lifter
Maintenance droid
- MSE series

Events

Imperial Era (Appears in hallucination)
- Bombing on Naos III (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Galactic Civil War (Appears in hallucination)
  - Destruction of Alderaan (Appears in hallucination)
Insurrection on Gamorr (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
Mission to the Oreenda Fayeet system (First appearance)
Republic Era (Appears in hallucination)
- Clone Wars (Appears in hallucination)

Locations

The galaxy
- Colonies
  - Oreenda Fayeet system (First appearance)
- Core Worlds (Appears in hallucination)
  - Alderaan sector (Appears in hallucination)
    - Alderaan system (Appears in hallucination)
      - Alderaan (Appears in hallucination)
        Cloudshape Falls (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Gamorr (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Kalee (Mentioned only)
  - Warru'zan (First mentioned)
- Montalvia Mano (First mentioned)
- Naos III (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
  - Imperial shipyards (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
  - Slave pits of Naos III (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Port Potentate (First mentioned)
- Unidentified star system (First mentioned)
  - Unidentified work camp (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Assassin (Mentioned only)
Bolgoink Clan (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination) (First identified as Bolgoink Clan)
Captain
Droid Syndicate (First mentioned)
Engineer
First Mate
Galactic Empire (Appears in hallucination)
- Imperial Military (Appears in hallucination)
  - Imperial Army (Appears in hallucination)
    - Stormtrooper Corps (Appears in hallucination)
      - Stormtrooper (Appears as a corpse)
  - Imperial Navy (Appears in hallucination)
- Imperial officer (Mentioned only)
- Imperial Security Bureau (Mentioned only)
Galactic Republic (Appears in hallucination)
- Republic Military (Appears in hallucination)
  - Grand Army of the Republic (Appears in hallucination)
    - 501st Legion (Appears in hallucination)
    - Clone trooper (Appears in hallucination)
      - Advanced Recon Commando (Appears in hallucination)
      - Clone trooper officer (Appears in hallucination)
        Clone Captain (Appears in hallucination)
        
        Clone Commander (Appears in hallucination)
        
        Clone Corporal (Appears in hallucination)
  - Jedi General (Mentioned only)
Groogrun (First mentioned)
Mechanic
Officer (Appears in hallucination)
- Commander (Appears in hallucination)
- Corporal (Appears in hallucination)
- General (Mentioned only)
Pirate
Sidon Ithano's pirate crew
Soldier (Appears in hallucination)
Trooper (Appears in hallucination)

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Cargo pod
Escape pod (Mentioned only)
Space station (Appears in hallucination)
- Battle station (Appears in hallucination)
  - Death Star (Appears in hallucination)
    - DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (Appears in hallucination)
Starship
- Bomber (Appears in hallucination)
- Cruiser (Mentioned only)
- Prison ship (Appears in hallucination)
- Shuttle (Appears in hallucination)
  - Unidentified Imperial prisoner shuttle (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Starfighter
  - BTL Y-wing starfighter (Appears in hallucination)
  - TIE series
    - TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- Transport
  - CSS-1 Corellian Star Shuttle
    - Meson Martinet
- Unidentified Imperial ship (First appearance)
Tank (Appears in hallucination)
- MTV-7 light vehicle (Appears in hallucination)

Weapons and technology

Air lock (Mentioned only)
Armor
- Clone trooper armor
  - ARC trooper armor (Appears in hallucination)
  - Phase I clone trooper armor
- Helmet
  - Kaleesh mask
    - Sidon Ithano's helmet
- Stormtrooper armor
Behavioral modification biochip (Mentioned only)
Blaster
- Blaster rifle
Bomb (Appears in hallucination)
Computer (Mentioned only)
- Navigation computer (Mentioned only)
Containment field
Cybernetics
Datascreen (Mentioned only)
Droid
Fuel cell
Grenade (Appears in hallucination)
Harpoon
Hologram
Jumpkit (First appearance)
Lock
Melee weapon (Appears in hallucination)
- Axe (Appears in hallucination)
Memory core (Mentioned only)
Sensor
Shock collar (Appears in hallucination)
Superweapon (Appears in hallucination)
Thruster
Voice modulator (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Antenna
Army (Mentioned only)
Black hole (Mentioned only)
Blood (Mentioned only)
Bone
- Skeleton (Mentioned only)
Book of Hondo (Mentioned only)
Brain (Mentioned only)
Carbon
Clothing
- Bandolier (Appears in hallucination)
- Robe
Color
Cyborg
Death (Mentioned only)
Eye
Foodstuff
- Alcohol
  - Ale
    - Tarisian ale (First appearance)
  - Brandy
    - Chandrilan brandy
      - Ringali Sunset
- Brognig (First mentioned)
- Fermented suug juice (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Kwellowo (First appearance) (Appears in hallucination)
- Ration pack (Mentioned only)
- Sauce (Mentioned only)
  - Coolsap sauce (First mentioned)
- Stew (Mentioned only)
  - Snoruuk stew (First mentioned)
Force-sensitive
Fuel (Mentioned only)
Galaxy
Gender
God (Mentioned only)
Gravity well (Mentioned only)
Hallucination
Hangar
Headache
Hunting
Hyperspace (Mentioned only)
Hyperspace route (Mentioned only) (First identified as space lane)
Ionnite (First mentioned)
Language
- Galactic Basic Standard
  - "Skug" (as dimskug)
- Gamorrean
Leather
Lekku
Lurdo (First mentioned)
Map
- Star chart
M'ludic Requiem (First appearance)
Money (Mentioned only)
- Credit (Mentioned only)
Moon (Mentioned only)
Near-human
Nebula (Mentioned only)
Nightmare (Mentioned only)
Order 66 (Indirect mention only)
Paper (Mentioned only)
Plasteel
Prison (Appears in hallucination)
Prisoner (Appears in hallucination)
Realspace
Sabacc (Mentioned only)
Scarcovian (First mentioned)
Shipyard (Appears in hallucination)
Silk (Mentioned only)
- Corellian silk (First mentioned)
Slavery (Appears in hallucination)
Species
Spectrum
Star
- Binary star system
Star system
Steel
- Durasteel
Telepathy
Time
- Second
- Standard century
- Standard day
- Standard decade
- Standard year
Vacuum
Work camp (Appears in hallucination)
Youngling (Appears in hallucination)

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Galactic Tales: The Crimson Corsair and the Sinister Secret of the Binary Star" — Star Wars Insider 234
↑ Star Wars Insider on Lunar Distribution (backup link)
↑ The events of "Galactic Tales: The Crimson Corsair and the Sinister Secret of the Binary Star" depict Kix as part of Sidon Ithano's pirate crew, meaning it must take place after he joined the crew in "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku." The events of "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" take place around 31 ABY per the reasoning here.

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[Issue-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Galactic Tales: The Crimson Corsair and the Sinister Secret of the Binary Star" — Star Wars Insider 234

[Lunar-2] Star Wars Insider on Lunar Distribution (backup link)

[Date-3] The events of "Galactic Tales: The Crimson Corsair and the Sinister Secret of the Binary Star" depict Kix as part of Sidon Ithano's pirate crew, meaning it must take place after he joined the crew in "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku." The events of "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" take place around 31 ABY per the reasoning here.

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