Pex (merchant)

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Pex was a Human male merchant who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] he visited theaters on various planets such as Tatooine and Naboo to sell props which storytellers could use for retelling exciting stories.[1]

Behind the scenes

Pex appeared as a non-player character (NPC) 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.[3] Pex was added to the game as part of the Storyteller system,[4] introduced with the release of the "Chapter 6" update, on May 22, 2007.[5] The developers of the game added a small chance for every generic storyteller vendor NPC (who sold props for players to use in self-created events) to spawn with the name Pex.[6] This Pex originally had a random appearance that was different from the generic storyteller vendor NPC. This random appearance was later changed to a zombie version of the standard storyteller vendor.[1]

This NPC was added as a tribute to Jason "Pex" Ryan, who was the events manager of Star Wars Galaxies from August 2003[7] to May 2008.[8] He organized and supported many in-game events, often playing famous characters like Princess Leia or Darth Vader at such events.[9]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Conversation with "Pex (an elite storyteller vendor)"
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Gal-icon Storyteller on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Notes – Chapter 6: Masters of the Wild on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ Gal-icon Pex Tribute, What Have You on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ Gal-icon Meet the SWG Devs and Team: Come Say Hi! on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
  8. ↑ Premium-Era-real Ending of event support for Star Wars Galaxies marks era's close by Zenke, Michael on www.engadget.com (May 5, 2008) (backup link archived on September 3, 2020)
  9. ↑ Premium-Era-real SWG: Dev Diary with Jason "Pex" Ryan by Hertzberg, Karen on www.tentonhammer.com (August 22, 2007) (backup link archived on September 3, 2020)

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