Outlander Club

For other uses, see Outlander.

"Where are you going, Master?"
"For a drink."

―Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi^[3]

The Outlander Club, also referred to as the Outlander Nightclub or the Outlander, was a nightclub and gambling hall located along Vos Gesal Street in the Uscru Entertainment District of the planet Coruscant. The club, owned by crime lord Volven Roxe, originally catered to the connoisseurs of the card game "Outlander."

Description[]

A noted nightclub[]

OutlanderClub CL — The Outlander Club was located in the Uscru Entertainment District.

The Outlander Club, also known as the Outlander Nightclub^[4] or just the Outlander^[5] was a nightclub and gambling hall^[1] located on the planet^[6] Coruscant, in the Uscru Entertainment District's Vos Gesal Street.^[7] The club had a good location,^[2] and it was situated next to the Snapping Septoid.^[7] The proprietors of the club were a secretive band of Columi, though it was truly owned by local Shistavanen crime lord Volven Roxe.^[5] It was once a small and stylish establishment that catered to the high-class connoisseurs of the complex and fashionable^[8] gambling^[1] game "Outlander."^[8]

Under the management of the Baath brothers, the club became a notorious meeting place for Coruscant's criminal networks and rapidly expanded to accommodate the latest gaming trends.^[8] The club eschewed dignity for dazzle and welcomed everyone's credits and trafficked high-risk vice.^[5] Being tucked away in a less developed area of the Uscru District, which was rarely patrolled by law enforcement crews, the club was not secret of its policy to accept bets on just about every game in the galaxy. The club even accepted the popular Galactic Games, which betting on was highly illegal.^[8]

Features of the Outlander[]

At the brightly lit, wide main entrance^[2] of the Outlander Club was the familiar glowing "welcoming arms" logo of the club^[8] and the club's name. Beside the name was a shifting hologram that showed the hostesses working at the club and welcomed passers-by in the main languages of the patrons.^[2] To the right of the entrance, an elevated transporter carriage connected the Outlander with a public airspeeder bus station.^[8] The inside of the club, where the floor areas were in a spacious and circular layout, was loosely defined by the walls sweeping curves, and occasionally a step up or down. The club's side walls were connected to the refreshers on the upper level and the private function suites by grav-lifts, or the less popular but well-lit stairs.^[2]

The large central bar^[2] was surrounded by five one or two-person turbolifts, one of which connected the story to a high-security office were winnings were paid.^[8] The bar, which contained a central liquid-processing unit, included a polyquarternium-7 multicarbonator. Stocked there was Aludium pu-36, insecticide,^[6] and the "starshine special" additive.^[6] Near the bar was a^[8] gambling lounge^[4] with a central^[8] betting kiosk^[8] and three huge^[2] viewscreens that displayed^[8] the latest sports^[4] and sport events^[8] live^[2] from around the galaxy, such as^[8] illegal^[5] Podracing, nuna-ball, and odupiendo racing. Dotted throughout the floor were small tables,^[8] drinks chillers,^[6] smaller bars,^[2] and a gambling table.^[9] Above the bar was a curving walkway accessible from the back of the turbolifts. The walkway led to a^[8] private gambling room^[10] where favored guests placed a high-stakes form of the game Sabacc known as Jhabacc. The private bar and gambling table in the room was reserved for high-prestige guests.^[8]

Club cliques[]

Outlander patrons — Patrons of the Outlander Club wore garish and bizarre outfits.

The Outlander Club was a popular hangout for wide selection of Coruscant's glitterati,^[7] among them were young thrill-seekers and slumming nobles packing the dancefloor each night,^[5] and lowlifes or criminals searching for gullible victims to exploit.^[6] Under their innocent appearances, many of the visitors hid their bizarre and sinister secrets.^[4] Some patrons came to have a good time, though most were in search of something different, like companionship,^[6] whether it be permanent or temporary, buying and selling wares both legal and illicit,^[7] or coning people. Though for all of them, the club was a place that made the rest of the world fade away.^[2] Individuals part of various cliques and social groups would meet at the club on any given night to participate in various activities, such as betting, drinking, and generally forgetting the stresses of their lives. Flirting also occurred, as the Outlander was the spot for shady meeting with prospective partners.^[4]

Catering to oxygen-breathing humanoids,^[2] the Outlander attracted mostly that clientele, as pan-species clubs were for the truly determined and stout of heart.^[6] Although the patrons who came from far and wide were nearly exclusively humanoid,^[2] the club hosted many non-Human species, reflecting the club's name.^[4] Attracting outrageously-dressed fashion devotees, the patron's diversity was reflected in the garish and often bizarre outfits found in the club.^[2] Individuals who were badly dressed were simply not allowed to be in the club, creating one of the best environments to spy out Coruscant's latest fashions.^[4]

History[]

"Sounds like happy hour at the Outlander."

―RC-1309^[11]

Jango Fett went to the club looking for a deathstick dealer, Jervis Gloom, who would help lead him to Komari Vosa. Approximately ten years later, Fett's on-and-off partner Zam Wesell ran inside to escape Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker after she failed in her attempt to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala.

About one year before the Battle of Yavin, Han Solo and Chewbacca visited the Outlander Club, where Solo shared a drink with a female Zygerrian. Bounty hunter Dengar was also there at the time.^[12]

Behind the scenes[]

The Outlander Club was originally intended to be much more club-like, with its patrons dancing. After it was deemed too distracting, the gambling and underworld dealing aspects were enhanced.

The shot of the betting area with the three large view screens was a late addition to the sequence, filmed in miniature and populated by Lucasfilm employees shot in front of a blue screen. There were only five people available, who went through different costume changes. As such, visual effects producer Jill Brooks is in the shot three times, and Amy Allen twice. These extras were also used to fill out the pick-up shots filmed in England, notably the exchange between Anakin and Obi-Wan about the bounty hunter being a changeling.

Though this may have been a simple mistake made before the name of the Outlander Club was decided upon, many Aurebesh advertisements present in the Coruscant Entertainment District level in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter advertise a "Club Orb." These advertisements also exist within the Outlander Club itself. It could be an alternate name for the club (such as the case with the Mos Eisley Cantina, which is also known as Chalmun's Cantina), or perhaps one of the two other bars located in the level. However, it seems unlikely that a nightclub's interior would have advertisements for another nightclub.