Guts and Glory: A Chronicle of The Amazing Story of The Twisted Rancor Trio

Guts and Glory: A Chronicle of The Amazing Story of The Twisted Rancor Trio was a planned book authored by Gilthos Uksaris about the exploits of the band Twisted Rancor Trio, which operated during the time of the Jedi Civil War.

Contents
An incomplete draft of this planned book left in an apartment in the Lower City provided a brief summary of the history of the Twisted Rancor Trio.

As written by the band's founder Gilthos Uksaris, the band originated as a mere ploy on his part to secure a date with the singer Elinda. The narrative recounts the recruitment of the Bith brothers Ujaa and Ujii, and the band's early struggles as a result of Ujaa's lackluster performance, resulting in their replacement by Loopa and Fodo respectively. Uksaris describes the growing success of the band with these new members, especially on their homeworld of Taris, and their eventual invitation by Davik Kang to perform at his estate.

At the time of that the draft was written, the invitation and the conflict that ensued were recent developments, as the narrative ended with Ashana replacing her sister Elinda as lead singer on the eve of the scheduled performance when the latter refused to accept the invitation for fear of Kang's association with the Exchange.

Though authored by Uksaris, he had chosen to write it in the third-person.

History
The book was a work in progress in the year 3956 BBY, as its author Gilthos Uksaris was compiling the chronicle while the life story of the Twisted Rancor Trio was still in the making.

A draft of it was discovered on a datapad at an apartment on Taris by the amnesiac Republic soldier Revan after his escape pod from the Endar Spire crashed. During his exploration of the Lower City, he visited the apartment and encountered a security crate delivered by a friend of Uksaris that was rigged by a Holo-Sec Corp anti-theft explosive device as part of a holographic security system. To disarm the trap, Revan had to activate the six holoprojectors of the band's members in order of their recruitment, as this comprised the device's passcode system. Through the draft of Guts and Glory found on a table at the corner of the room, Revan easily learned the order in which the band members were recruited, and thus the passcode, allowing him to deactivate the explosive and retrieve the crate's contents: a suit of Echani fiber armor and 50 credits.

Behind the scenes
The only known version of this book is the incomplete draft in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic that the player, Revan, can discover at a Lower City apartment on Taris. The draft appears in the form of a datapad, and its sole purpose is to provide the solution to crack the security system of the footlocker in the same apartment. Because this is the only known version of the planned book, and it is a work in progress, it is unknown whether Gilthos Uksaris ever completed it. In the same vein, since it ended with Ashana's recruitment as the replacement for Elinda on the eve of the band's scheduled performance for Davik Kang, it is not known whether his plan was a success or failure.

If sold in-game, the datapad is worth one credit.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic