Sand Pirates

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"A bunch of sand pirates are interfering with my business partners."
―Coris Mao, to a commando[1]

The Sand Pirates were a group of pirates who operated on the planet Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War

History

"Any transport that gets within a thousand meters of their base tends to have some unfortunate accidents…at the end of blaster bolts."
―Coris Mao, to a commando[1]

After the Battle of Yavin, the Sand Pirates were based in a bunker located near the city of Mos Entha. They used to attack any transport which found itself close to their base.[1]

In 1 ABY,[2] the pirates caused many troubles to local trader and interfered with the activities of Coris Mao's business partners. Mao finally contacted Sergeant Snopel,[1] a retired Imperial commando,[3] in order to got rid of the pirates. Snopel therefore dispatched a group of commandos under training to deal with the pirates. The commandos attacked the Sand Pirate Base and killed a large number of pirates. They also eliminated the pirate boss and eventually blew up the base, thus disrupting the pirate activities for a long time.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Sand Pirates appeared in 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 Sand Pirates were added to the game upon the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[5]

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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) — Commando Quest: "Focused Destruction" on Tatooine
  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. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Commando Quest: "Commando" on Tansarii Point Station
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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