Tiarsis

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"Go speak with Tiarsis in the Cantina. She knows all the rumors and may know some people who need help."
―Rydel Delan, to a spacer[1]

Tiarsis was a Twi'lek businesswoman who lived during the Galactic Civil War. Following the Battle of Yavin, she resided aboard Tansarii Point Station, a space station located above Ord Mantell in the Bright Jewel system, where she owned the local cantina. Hence, she was known as the best informed person on the station.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] a spacer working for Rydel Delan, Tansarii Point's brawling master, helped Tiarsis with a bully who was scaring away customers and making a mess in the cantina. While doing so, the spacer discovered that a group of renegades calling themselves the Genesis Red was planning to sabotage the station. The spacer later fought and defeated the criminals, saving the lives of many beings on the station.[1]

Behind the scenes

Tiarsis 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] Tiarsis was added to the game as part of the "New Player Tutorial," introduced with the release of 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 1.6 1.7 1.8 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Tiarsis" on Tansarii Point Station
  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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