Pygmy Torton Cave

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"Many years ago a female torton, her growth naturally stunted from birth, found her way into a cave not far to the Southeast of Narmle."
―A biologist article on the Holonet[2]

The Pygmy Torton Cave was a cave southeast of the city of Narmle on the Nabooian moon Rori. It was populated by pygmy tortons.

History

"She found the cave an environment suitable to her needs: the passages were easy to defend, the proximity to the swamps allowed bountiful hunting, and the interior depths of the cave were a perfect place to incubate eggs. Due to the lengthy lifespan of the species many people say that the matriarch is still there, and since the many years have past, an impressive bale of tortons must inhabit the caves by now."
―A biologist article on the Holonet[2]
A pygmy torton lurking in the cave

A pygmy torton lurking in the cave

A female torton which growth was naturally stunted from birth once found her way into this cave. She found it a suitable environment to lay eggs and gave rise to the the impressive pack of tortons that later inhabited the cave. Many years later, during the Galactic Civil War, rumors said that the matriach still lived in the cave. A biologist published an article about the cave on the HoloNet by the time of the Battle of Yavin.[2]

In 1 ABY,[3] a spacer visited the cave and found the weapon known as Darstai'is Sickle.[4]

Behind the scenes

The Pygmy Torton Cave was a location 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] The Pygmy Torton Cave was added to the game with the "Publish 1" update, released on August 3, 2003.[6]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Pygmy Torton Cave" on Rori
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gal-icon 10 Hot Spots Travel Guide on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Rare Melee Weapons Mark II"
  5. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ Gal-icon Publish 1: Nightsisters Cave on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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