- "That token is actually a datacard. Sabacc games are just a way to camouflage the handoff. I lose it, my friend in the Dawn fills it with intel, and then my new friend wins it back."
- ―Lando Calrissian to Kay Vess
Lando's lucky shift token was a datacard disgusted as a Shift Token used in Kessel Sabacc. In 3 ABY, Lando Calrissian used the token to secretly receive information from a contact he had within the Crimson Dawn.[1]
Description
A datacard disgusted as a Shift Token used in Kessel Sabacc which outwardly did not look much different than any other token.[1]
History
In 3 ABY,[2] Lando Calrissian lost the token in a Sabacc game with the human Avrar at a cardroom in the Crimson Dawn district of Kijimi City. In reality losing the token was planned and acted as a way to camouflage the handoff of the disgusted datacard to Avrar so they could fill it with intel from the Dawn. Later that year, while on the jungle planet Akiva, Calrissian hired a gambler named Kay Vess to travel to Kijimi and win back the shift token from Avrar. After successfully wining the token in a game of Kessel Sabacc, Vess traveled back to Akiva in her EML-850 light freighter, the Trailblazer.[1]
When she emerged from hyperspace in the Akiva system she was surrounded by a group of TIE fighters and ordered to submit for a cargo inspection. Vess promptly contacted Calrissian who told her that she can't let the Galactic Empire get a hold of the token. After escaping the starfighters, Calrissian informed Vess of the token's real nature before asking her to meet him at a camp in the Akiva jungle. When Vess arrived at the camp she discovered a Lambda-class T-4a shuttle heading for it and a group of rebels with Typhoon Squadron under attack by several Viper probe droids. After the droids were destroyed Vess talked with a rebel who told her that Calrissian was on his way and that they needed to hold off a group of stormtroopers emerging from the Lambda shuttle Vess saw as she was approaching. After Calrissian arrived with reinforments Vess and the members of Typhoon Squadron were able to repeal the attack. Before the rebels abandoned the site Vess delivered the shift token to Calrissian and was rewarded with five hundred credits.[1]
Behind the scenes
Lando's lucky shift token appeared as a quest item in the 2024 video game Star Wars Outlaws developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. It was a quest item for "The High Roller" expert quest which was required to complete the "Wild Card" story expansion as well as unlock "The High Roller" expert upgrades.[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars Outlaws (First appearance)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars Outlaws
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Visit a Galaxy Far, Far Away with our Star Wars liveblog direct from San Diego Comic-Con 2024! on Popverse: "We're beginning our journey three years after the Battle of Yavin" (backup link archived on January 22, 2025) dates the events of Star Wars Outlaws to 3 ABY.
