Jem Lavar

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"Good job on getting the complete inventory. You need it get it to my slicer. But he is freelancing for some criminals. You need get to him, using any means necessary."
―Captain Bastra, to a spacer[1]

Jem Lavar was a male Sullustan male slicer who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War.

Biography

"They are looking for a droid?
Yes. Didn't you know? Hmmm they must not have fully trusted you if they didn't tell you what they were actually looking for. Apparently this droid is carrying something extremely important."
―A spacer and Jem Lavar[1]

Following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Jem Lavar lived on the planet Tatooine. He worked as a freelance slicer for some criminals as well as for both the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] Imperial Commander Barrezz and Rebel Captain Bastra were involved in the search of an important cargo smuggled to Tatooine from Tansarii Point Station. Rebel and Imperial agents acquired the inventory of the shipment and needed a slicer to get the data. The spacers then went to Jem Lavar and rescued him from a group of gunrunners. Lavar finally decrypted the data and discovered that both Barrezz and Bastra were actually looking for a droid that was sold to the junk dealer Watto.[1]

Behind the scenes

"Jam Lavar [sic] has the answers you need. Find him, and find the truth."
―Narration[3]

Jem Lavar was a non-player character 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] Jem Lavar was added to the game as part of the "Legacy Quest" with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[5]

In the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game expansion Agents of Deception, this character was erroneously identified as Jam Lavar on the card titled Who Has the Button?.[3]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quests: "Rebel Spy" and "Agent of the Empire" 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Agents of Deception Card: Who Has the Button? (backup link)
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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