- "She was my best friend. Oh dear...Betsy didn't have a chance."
- ―Volo Madine, to a spacer
Betsy was a female carrion spat owned by the miner Volo Madine during the Galactic Civil War.[1]
Biography[]
- "My Carrion Spat, Betsy. She knocked it on the ground and covered my retreat. I ran up to some rocks and hid. Of course more showed up then and surrounded poor Betsy. Next thing I knew I was running away. I didn't stick around to watch..."
- ―Volo Madine, to a spacer
In 1 ABY,[2] the Volo Madine was present on the planet Dathomir to extract ore[1] when an accident took place in the Imperial Research and Prison Facility nearby. The Blackwing virus that was studied there escaped containment and decimated most of the people in the area, turning them into starving undead creatures.[3] Volo Madine was soon attacked by the zombies but was he rescued by his Betsy. The creature charged the undeads, allowing her master to escape the undeads and run away. Madine assumed that Betsy was killed by the undeads and was devastated by the loss of his pet. However, the carrion spat managed to escape the creatures and fled in the wilderness.[1]
Later, the Galactic Empire established a Quarantine Zone to contain the infection.[3] Madine was trapped in the zone and eventually took shelter in Camp Beta. A spacer later stumbled upon a alive and well Betsy while venturing in the Quarantine Zone. The adventurer decided to bring back the carrion spat to her owner and finally found Volo Madine in Camp Beta. The man was immensely pleased to figure out his pet survived and deeply grateful to the spacer.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Betsy 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] Betsy was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Find Betsy's Owner" on Dathomir
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Mysterious Meeting Request" on Dathomir
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑
Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
External links[]
- Find Betsy's Owner on the SWG Wiki
