Repulsor-barge

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Repulsor-barges were a type of repulsorcraft.[1] By 132 BBY,[2] during the High Republic Era, the human Ohal Alond was a repulsor-barge captain who ferried a variety of goods to and from Point Ueda, the capital city of the planet Ueda.[1]

Behind the scenes

A floating brown barge with a large artifact on top of it moves through the brown rocky terrain of Raxus Prime.

Repulsor-barges originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity.

In the current Star Wars canon, repulsor-barges were mentioned in the 2025 reference book Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, repulsor barges were first mentioned as "repulsorlift barges" in the Imperial Sourcebook, a 1989 supplemenet for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Greg Gorden and published by West End Games.[3]

It was then identified as a repulsor barge and pictured for the first time in Platt's Starport Guide, a 1995 West End Games roleplaying written by Peter Schweighofer.[4] On January 14, 2004,[5] issue 107 of De Agostini's The Official Star Wars Fact File magazine explicitly identified[6] the Wreckage Excavation Vehicle[7] that appeared in the 2002 Pandemic Studios video game Star Wars: The Clone Wars[8] as a repulsorlift barge,[6] retroactively making the game the barges' first appearance.[8]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide
  2. ↑ StarWars.com "Lost/Found" Episode Guide | The Acolyte on StarWars.com (backup link) states that the events of Star Wars: The Acolyte take place 100 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 32 BBY. Therefore, The Acolyte takes place in 132 BBY.
  3. ↑ Imperial Sourcebook
  4. ↑ Platt's Starport Guide
  5. ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini magazine The Official Star Wars Fact File was set to be published on January 9, 2002, according to Premium-Era-real Star Wars Fact Files Available in UK by Thomas on TheForce.net (December 27, 2001) (backup link archived on June 4, 2022). Additionally, the series announcement on StarWars.com First Look: DeAgostini Star Wars Fact Files on StarWars.com (original site is defunct) states that the magazine was to be published weekly. Therefore, it can be calculated that The Official Star Wars Fact File 107 was published around January 14, 2004.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Official Star Wars Fact File 107 SUR 3-6: The Survival of Boba Fett
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars video game