Undead rancor

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The undead rancor was a large rancor mutated by the Blackwing virus living during the Galactic Civil War. The creature was the result of an ill-fated experiment conducted by the Imperial scientists of the Imperial Research and Prison Facility on Dathomir after the Battle of Yavin.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] an accident took place in the Imperial Research Facility and the Blackwing virus escaped containment. The virus killed most of the people in the area, turning them into undead creatures. At that time, the undead rancor lived in the caves below the Imperial Research and Prison Facility. The creature was eventually defeated by a band of spacers who explored the Research Facility during the epidemic on Dathomir. In the Rancor's caves, the spacer discovered several Blackwing crystals,[1] which could be used to produce a smoke-colored lightsaber blade.[3]

Behind the scenes

The undead rancor appeared 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.[4] The undead rancor was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Group Event - Undead Rancor" on Dathomir
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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) — Item: "Blackwing Crystal"
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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