IZ-5W44

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"An Imperial transport coming out of the Rori Weapons Research Center has had a run in with Rebel forces and are listing."
―The Endor Space Station comms officer[2]

The IZ-5W44 was an Imperial transport that operated during the Galactic Civil War.[1] In 1 ABY,[3] the IZ-5W44 was assigned to transport weapons from the Rori Weapons Research Center to the Imperial Research Outpost on Endor. After departing Rori, the transport was attacked by Rebel forces and badly damaged. Starfigthers dispatched by the Endor Space Station rescued the ship in the Naboo system[2] and escorted it to the Endor Space Station in the Endor system.[1]

Behind the scenes

The IZ-5W44 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.[4] The IZ-5W44 was added to the game with the release of the expansion pack Jump to Lightspeed on October 27, 2004.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Space Quest: "The Long Way Home" in the Endor system
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Space Quest: "Deliverance" in the Endor system
  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. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)