Mira T'rani

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"Mira is the best, isn't she!?! Have you ever seen her dance? She was one of the top entertainers in Coronet until her brother died. Now she is here, and we are very lucky to have her."
―O'choa Detera, to a spacer[2]

Mira T'rani was a female Twi'lek entertainer who lived during the Galactic Civil War.

Biography

"I know just the person: Mira T'rani! She could use a great Entertainer like you. She's in the cantina."
―Han Solo, to a spacer[3]

Mira T'rani resided for a while on the planet Corellia with her brother. During that time, she became one of the top entertainers in Coronet. However, after the death of her brother, she left the planet and moved to Tansarii Point Station, in the Bright Jewel system. By the time following the Battle of Yavin, Mira had become a renowned entertainer on Tansarii Point Station.[2] She was working in the station's cantina and was a friend of Anvar Keyis, the manager of the cantina.[4]

In 1 ABY,[5] a spacer arrived on Tansarii Point Station along with Han Solo and Chewbacca. Since the spacer was herself an entertainer, Solo suggested her to meet Mira T'rani.[1] The Twi'lek was glad to meet the spacer and proposed her to work for Anvar Keyis.[4] The later was very pleased to greet the spacer since he really needed new entertainers for the cantina. Due to troubles on Tansarii Point Station, few people were coming to the cantina and Keyis wanted to change this situation. The spacer performed as a dancer and was very successful, bringing many customers to the cantina.[6] After working for some time for Anvar Keyis, the spacer returned to Mira in order to perform other kinds of work.[7] Once, Mira requested the spacer to play music in the medical center of the station to entertain the wounded there.[8] Another time, T'rani tasked the spacer to dance for the Imperial officer commanding the Imperial detachment stationed on Tansarii Point Station. In fact, the woman was very interested about the Imperial presence on the station, a very uncommon situation. She was convinced that good entertainers performing their art could obtain any information from anybody, what she named the "power of an Entertainer". The spacer was indeed a skilled entertainer who effectively managed to inspire the Imperial Officer and convinced him to reveal information about his mission on the station, namely retrieve and escort a stolen high-value artifact back to Coruscant.[9]

Behind the scenes

Mira T'rani 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,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[10] Mira T'rani was added to the game as part of the "New Player Tutorial,"[1] introduced with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[11]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Entertainer Quest: "Entertainer Trainer" on Tansarii Point Station
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Conversation with "O'choa Detera" on Tansarii Point Station
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "You Need Work" on Tansarii Point Station
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Entertainer Quest: "Speak to Anvar Keyis" on Tansarii Point Station
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Entertainer Quest: "Bring Customers to the Cantina" on Tansarii Point Station
  7. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Entertainer Quest: "Return to Mira" on Tansarii Point Station
  8. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Entertainer Quest: "Entertain the Wounded" on Tansarii Point Station
  9. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Entertainer Quest: "Dancing for Information" on Tansarii Point Station
  10. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  11. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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