Sand Splitters

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"Those Sand Splitters once again. I had no idea they stole so much when they left, but they've now gotten Jabba's attention."
―Ree-Yees, to a spacer[1]

The Sand Splitters were a group of criminals who operated on the planet Tatooine during the time of the Galactic Civil War. The Human Saul Rouse and the Trandoshan Erib Kurrugh were both members of the organization.[1]

History

"Yeah, we caught one of them as they were escaping. The Sarlacc had a nice little snack that day, but the rest of them got away."
―Ree-Yees, to a spacer[1]
The , home to a number of knaves and brutes

The Sand Splitter Cave, home to a number of knaves and brutes

In 1 ABY,[2] the Sand Spittlers stole a book, a bell and a prototype warhead known as the Candle from the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, and took the items to a cave in the Tatooine desert. However, Jabba's associciate Ree-Yees hired a spacer to recover the items from the Sand Splitters.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Sand Splitters 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.[3] The Sand Splitters were 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

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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 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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