Shar'Ack was a planet[3] located in the Shar'Ack system, a part of the Atrivis sector[1] in the New Territories portion of[2] the Outer Rim Territories.[1]
Behind the scenes
Publication information
Shar'Ack was mentioned in "The New Rogues Gallery: Unsung Heroes of the Rebellion," an article written by Joe Littrell as a supplement for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and published in Polyhedron 59 in May 1991.[3] The article is considered noncanonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[4]
However, Jason Fry,[5] co-author of the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas,[2] has stated that the star systems listed in the book's Appendix section are named after the most prominent planets or celestial bodies located in those systems. This article therefore considers the existence of the planet Shar'Ack to be canonical with respect to the Legends continuity.[5] The Essential Atlas placed the Shar'Ack system in grid square L-5.[2]
The New Rogues Gallery: Unsung Heroes of the Rebellion
Shar'Ack was home to the Shaliz'Na, including Tyric (pictured; background).
A forested world, Shar'Ack was the homeworld of the avian sentient species known as the Shaliz'Na. The species produced many artisans, and in combat, its members preferred to use chemically-propelled slugthrower weapons over off-world laser weaponry.[3]
By the time of the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Empire controlled all liquor manufactured on and imported to Shar'Ack. The Empire also enslaved the Shaliz'Na, leading to many among the species to become addicted to alcohol. Around that time, the Shaliz'Na musician Tyric had left his native Shar'Ack and was traveling throughout the galaxy, eventually joining the Rebel Alliance.[3]
Sources
Non-canon sources
"The New Rogues Gallery: Unsung Heroes of the Rebellion" — Polyhedron 59 (Unlicensed) (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Shar'Ack system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Shar'Ack system
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
"The New Rogues Gallery: Unsung Heroes of the Rebellion" — Polyhedron 59
- ↑ Email from Jason Fry on July 9, 2012 — Used with permission. Lucasfilm treats material from the various unlicensed roleplaying game magazines as non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity, with the only exceptions being the existence of those worlds and star systems that are referenced in The Essential Atlas and its StarWars.com Online Companion, and any other details that were referenced in, and thus canonized by, an official source.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) on Twitter (post): "Pretty much." (In response to "the systems in the Atlas's appendix are named after their most prominent planet/celestial body, correct?") and "planets not assigned a system in [a] published source can be assumed to reside in [the] system of [the] same name." (backup link) (screenshot)
