Karl Eckener

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"Karl, my son, how could he let this happen? I should have seen his gambling problem sooner."
―Hugo Eckener, to a spacer[3]

Karl Eckener was a Human male who lived on Naboo during the Galactic Civil War. Karl was the son of Hugo Eckener and a gambler.

Biography

"Please, rescue my son, Karl. Don't let anything happen to him."
―Hugo Eckener, to a spacer[2]

After the Battle of Yavin, Karl Eckener ran up huge gambling debts to both the Skaak Tippers and the Darkwalker criminal groups. He was finally kidnapped and his father was forced to work to pay off Karl's gambling debts. Nevertheless, Karl Eckener was never freed by the criminals.[1] In 1 ABY,[4] Hugo Eckener was forced to request RSF agents to assault the Darkwalker Cave to liberate his son.[2]

Behind the scenes

Karl Eckener appeared as a non-player character in the video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to the game's closure on December 15, 2011.[5] Karl Eckener 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.[6]

Appearances

Notes and references

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Everyone Hates Borvo" on Naboo
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Rescue Karl Eckener" on Naboo
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Go Speak with Hugo Eckener" on Naboo
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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