Pex (Imperial PR officer)

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"Greetings, citizen. Happy Empire Day to you."
―Commander Pex, to an Empire Day participant[1]

Pex was a male Human who served the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War as a public relations officer.

Biography

"Greetings Citizens of the Empire, as chief public relations officer I greet you in the name of the Emperor and pass his best wishes to you on this special day. Each year since the Galactic Senate in its infinite wisdom entrusted the government of the galaxy to the impeccable guidance of the Emperor Palpatine, Empire day has been a cause for Celebration.."
―Commander Pex[2]

By the time of the Battle of Yavin, Commander Pex served as Chief Public Relations Officer of the Galactic Empire.[2] During the Empire Day festivities[1] of 1 ABY,[3] he resided in a hotel at the city of Nashal on Talus. It was here that he instructed an Imperial spacer to visit an Imperial garrison historian on Rori, to help him collect data for a report he was writing. The mission eventually led the spacer to Darth Vader at Outpost GRF-7493 on Yavin 4.[1]

Behind the scenes

An "Imperial PR officer" 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.[4] The Imperial PR officer was added to the game upon the release of the "Publish 19," on June 29, 2005.[5] During the 2005 Empire Day live event from June 29 to July 11, 2005,[2] he could be found in Nashal and started a quest titled "Happy Empire Day!," which would send players on an important mission throughout the galaxy.[1] The web article "Friday Feature - Empire Day" on the official Star Wars Galaxies website introduced the Empire Day live event to players and clearly identified the "Imperial PR officer" from the game as "Chief Public Relations Officer Commander Pex".[2] After the live event ended, Pex never reappeared in the game since the Empire Day event was discontinued until its complete overhaul in 2008.[6]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Imperial Quest: "Happy Empire Day!" on Talus
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gal-icon Friday Feature – Empire Day (2005) on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Update Notes: Publish 19.0 - June 29th, 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ Gal-icon Friday Feature – Empire Day (2008) on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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