Jessk

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"Jessk the Trandoshan: 12,000 credits."
"Card cheat. Sabacc I think. "
―A spacer and Stren Colo[3]

Jessk was a male Trandoshan gambler who lived during the Galactic Civil War.

Biography

"Ah, the Trandoshan. He cheated a few of our customers and it is hurting business. One of these customers is a friend of the owner, so we have taken it upon ourselves to solve the problem."
―Tien Wallub, to a spacer[3]

After the Battle of Yavin, Jessk resided some time in Kachirho, on the planet Kashyyyk. During that time, he patronized a cantina in Kachirho where he played sabacc.[3] However, in 1 ABY,[1] Jessk was catch cheating with other customers, including with a friend of the cantina's owner. The owner then decided to take it upon himself to solve the problem. One of his employees, Tien Wallub, placed a bounty on the Trandoshan via Imperial Bounty Officer Stren Colo.[3] Jessk was forced to flee Kashyyyk and he moved to Mos Eisley, on the planet Tatooine. However, he quickly attracted much attention to himself while cheating in the Mos Eisley Cantina. A bounty hunter who was pursuing Jessk from Kashyyyk then discussed with a cheated gambler and thus managed to trace the Trandoshan. The bounty hunter tracked Jessk in the Mesric Plateau and finally killed the Trandoshan in the ensuring fight.[2]

Behind the scenes

Jessk appeared as 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,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] Jessk was added to the game with the release of the expansion pack Rage of the Wookiees on May 5, 2005.[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Quest: "Jessk the Trandoshan" on Kashyyyk
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Quest: "Information" on Kashyyyk
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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