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Galactic Moon Festival

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"Trick or treat!"
―A popular saying during the Galactic Moon Festival[1]

The Galactic Moon Festival was an event celebrated at Mos Eisley and Moenia during the Galactic Civil War.

History[]

"All the citizens of Mos Eisley and Moenia gladly agreed to participate in the Galactic Moon Festival, when Jabba asked them. With a townsperson targeted, say 'Trick or Treat'. If they like your costume they will give you Galactic Moon Coins. If not, use your Trick or Treat device and scare them!"
―Z'ozpheratu, to a spacer[1]
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Moenia during the Galactic Moon Festival

The Galactic Moon Festival was created by Jabba the Hutt to gain more support from Tatooine and Naboo. He grew tired of festivals of love and life, so he aimed to create the scariest event of the year. He sent Aponte to advertise the event, while Z'ozpheratu was tasked with handing out costume holo-projectors in both cities.[3]

These holo-projectors would allow spacers to "dress up" in a number of scary costumes, including Droidekas, Toydarians, and Hutts. These celebrants would attempt to scare others with their costumes, by exclaiming, "Trick or treat!" If they were genuinely scared or impressed by the costume, the participants would be given Galactic Moon Coins. These coins could be given to Z'ozpheratu in exchange for certain prizes.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

This Galactic Moon Festival was first introduced to Star Wars Galaxies with the "Game Update 5.10," published on October 14, 2008, in order to coincide with the real-world festival of Halloween.[4] The festival also shared similarities with Halloween.[1]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Event: "Galactic Moon Festival"
  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. ↑ Friday Feature – Don't Fear the Reaper on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 5.10 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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