The Interstellar Parcel Service or IPS was a megacorporation that shipped packages throughout the galaxy.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Interstellar Parcel Service first appeared in Tod C. Parkhill's non-canonical comic "Best Birthday Ever,"[2] which was released in June of 2003 as part of Star Wars Tales 16.[3] The megacorporation would later receive its own entry in the The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, published in December of 2008. The entry made the existence of IPS canon with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[1]
"Best Birthday Ever"[]
Interstellar Parcel Service facility in Mos Eisley
- "Next!"
"I'm here to retrieve this package." - ―An IPS employee and Bib Fortuna
At some point, a birthday present for the Hutt crime lord, Jabba Desilijic Tiure, was shipped through the IPS in Mos Eisley spaceport[2] on the Outer Rim planet of Tatooine.[4] One of Jabba's lieutenants, the Twi'lek Bib Fortuna, was accompanied by the Kowakian monkey-lizard Salacious Crumb when he visited the IPS to retrieve the present. However, upon arriving at the IPS, Fortuna and Crumb learned that the present was sent to the Oversized Package Redistribution Center located on Mos Eisley's Dune Street.[2]
Appearances[]
"Best Birthday Ever" — Star Wars Tales 16 (First appearance) (Non-canonical appearance)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 108 ("Interstellar Parcel Service")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
"Best Birthday Ever" — Star Wars Tales 16
- ↑
Star Wars Tales #16 on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ The Essential Atlas