- "As you must now know, your courier has failed to deliver these government documents. If you wish to get them back, you must bring me 1,000,000 credits. I await your response."
- ―Preens B'oola
Preens B'oola was a male Twi'lek criminal who lived on Corellia during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, B'oola was leading a group of thugs active around Coronet City.[2] In 1 ABY,[1] Preens B'oola assassinated a courier working for the Corellian government in a street of Coronet City. His objective was to steal the government documents that the courier was carrying for ransom. Gallura Handerin, a government aide at the Coronet Capitol, thus tasked a spacer with finding the missing courier. The spacer eventually found the dead courier and a message from B'oola, asking for a huge ransom of 1,000,000 credits. The spacer, who was also working as a CorSec agent for Lieutenant Mack Jasper, tracked Preens B'oola to his camp on the outskirts of Coronet City and finally killed him to recover the government documents.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Preens B'oola was 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.[3]
Preens B'oola was added to the game with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[4] He was part of questline that featured the Rogue CorSec plot against the Diktat.[2] This story arc was later slightly revamped with the release of the "Publish 27," on February 15, 2006,[5] as the questline was integrated into the "Legacy Quest," the main questline in the game.[2]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Quest: "Working for the Government" on Corellia
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ What's On Deck! Publish 28 Update Notes, April 26th on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (content now obsolete; backup link)
