- "Thank you for aiding my daughter. Perhaps she is correct about the threat posed by those Sandpeople. It is good that steps have been taken to neutralize them."
- ―Huff Darklighter, to a spacer
Dera Darklighter was a Human female who lived on Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War. She was the daughter of Huff Darklighter and his second wife and the younger half-sister of Rebel Alliance pilot Biggs Darklighter.
Biography[]
- "Biggs's death shook Huff. He decided he wanted more heirs. His second wife decided she wasn't interested in having any more than the one she'd already borne."
- ―Lanal Darklighter, about Dera and her mother
Dera Darklighter with her half-brother Biggs.
During the Galactic Civil War, Dera Darklighter secretly joined the Rebel Alliance after the death of Biggs Darklighter at the Battle of Yavin. She was not enough skilled to become a pilot but her charisma and enthusiasm made her a very good speaker.[1] She thus encouraged people from Tatooine to join the Rebellion.[4] Dera also tried, unsuccessfully, to convince her father to stop working with Jabba the Hutt, in order to limit criminality and corruption on Tatooine. Therefore, she decided to use her father's connections with Jabba's henchmen to learn how to fight the Hutt, and possibly help the Rebellion. She managed to provide smuggled items and information about Imperial forces for the Alliance.[1]
In 1 ABY,[5] she had an obsession with Tusken Raiders. She employed a spacer to eradicate a tribe of dangerous Sand Peoples dwelling within a cave near their home.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Dera Darklighter 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,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] With the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005,[7] Dera Darklighter was incorporated into the revamped Darklighter's Estate questline.[2]
Appearances[]
- Empire 8 (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
- X-Wing: The Bacta War (and unabridged audiobook) (First mentioned, in book)
Sources[]
"Who's Who in Star Wars Galaxies" — Star Wars Insider 65 (First identified as Dera Darklighter)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
"Who's Who in Star Wars Galaxies" — Star Wars Insider 65
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Darklighter Estate" on Tatooine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 X-Wing: The Bacta War
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 167 ("Darklighter, Dera")
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
External links[]
- Dera Darklighter on the SWG Wiki
