Sand Splitter Cave

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The lower recesses of the Sand Splitter Cave.

The lower recesses of the Sand Splitter Cave.

The Sand Splitter Cave was a cave located on the planet Tatooine, west of the Western Dune Sea and south of the Valley of the Winds.

History

Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, the cave was used as a base of operations for a criminal organization known as the Sand Splitters. Among the cave's residents included a number of Sand Splitter knaves and brutes, and two of the organization's leaders, a Trandoshan named Erib Kurrugh and a Human named Saul Rouse.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] when the Sand Splitters stole Jabba Desilijic Tiure ledger and prototype warhead, Ree-Yees tasked a spacer with recovering the stolen items, and killing the two founders, with the hope that the criminal organization would collapse without the guidance of their leaders.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Sand Splitter Cave was a location 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] The Sand Splitter Cave was added to the game as part of the revamped "Jabba's Theme Park,"[1] released with the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[4]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Jabba's Palace : Ree-Yees" 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. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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