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|name=Sabacc
 
|name=Sabacc
|type=Card game<ref name="Idiot's Array">{{Rebels|Idiot's Array (episode)|Idiot's Array}}</ref>
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|type=Card game<ref name="Idiot's Array">{{Rebels|Idiot's Array (episode)}}</ref>
 
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|locations=*[[Andelm IV]]<ref name="Chewbacca 1">[[Chewbacca (2015) 1|''Chewbacca'' 1]]</ref>
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|locations=*[[Andelm IV]]<ref name="Chewbacca 1">[[Chewbacca (2015) 1|''Chewbacca'' (2015) 1]]</ref>
 
*[[Batuu]]<ref name="Pirate's Price">''[[Pirate's Price]]''</ref>
 
*[[Batuu]]<ref name="Pirate's Price">''[[Pirate's Price]]''</ref>
 
*[[Corellia]]<ref name="Imperial Cadet 1">[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 1]]</ref>
 
*[[Corellia]]<ref name="Imperial Cadet 1">[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 1]]</ref>
*[[Hynestia]]<ref name="Lando's Luck">''[[Lando's Luck]]''</ref>
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*[[Hynestia Prime]]<ref name="Lando's Luck">''[[Lando's Luck]]''</ref>
 
*[[Lothal]]<ref name="Idiot's Array" />
 
*[[Lothal]]<ref name="Idiot's Array" />
 
*[[Numidian Prime]]<ref name="Solo">''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]''</ref>
 
*[[Numidian Prime]]<ref name="Solo">''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]''</ref>
 
*[[Sullust]]<ref name="BTC">''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''</ref>
 
*[[Sullust]]<ref name="BTC">''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''</ref>
*[[Tatooine]]<ref name="The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper">{{Shortstory|story=The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper|book=From a Certain Point of View}}</ref>
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*[[Tatooine]]<ref name="The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper">{{StoryCite|story=The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper|book=From a Certain Point of View}}</ref>
*[[Tyegin]]<ref name="Off the Rails">{{SWRMCite||Off the Rails}}</ref>
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*[[Tyegin]]<ref name="Off the Rails">{{SWRMCite|31|Off the Rails (comic)}}</ref>
 
*[[Vandor]]<ref name="Solo" />
 
*[[Vandor]]<ref name="Solo" />
|individuals=*[[Brand]]<ref name="BTC" />
 
*[[Landonis Balthazar Calrissian|Lando Calrissian]]<ref name="SWTFAVD">''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref>
 
*[[Dava Cassamam]]<ref name="Alien Archive">''[[Star Wars: Alien Archive]]''</ref>
 
*[[Chewbacca]]<ref name="Chewbacca 1" />
 
*[[Belkor Dray]]<ref name="Lords of the Sith">''[[Lords of the Sith]]''</ref>
 
*[[Gadren]]<ref name="BTC" />
 
*[[Kanan Jarrus]]<ref name="A New Dawn">''[[A New Dawn]]''</ref>
 
*[[Karjj]]<ref name="Solo" />
 
*[[Hondo Ohnaka]]<ref name="Pirate's Price" />
 
*[[Leia Skywalker Organa Solo|Leia Organa]]<ref name="Bloodline">[[Bloodline (novel)|''Bloodline'']]</ref>
 
*[[Garazeb Orrelios]]<ref name="Idiot's Array" />
 
*[[Therm Scissorpunch]]<ref name="Solo" />
 
*[[Han Solo]]<ref name="SWTFAVD" />
 
*[[Tohna]]<ref name="BTC" />
 
*[[Twitch]]<ref name="BTC" />
 
 
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{{Quote|Sabacc is not a fight, sabacc is life. You can bring all the skill and cleverness you want, but there's always going to be that unknown factor, the parts you can't control. It's civilized in its chaos. The most civilized game in the galaxy.|Lando Calrissian|<ref name="The Buy-In">{{StoryCite|story=The Buy-In|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi}}</ref>}}
{{Quote|But ''everyone'' loves Sabacc! [&hellip;] It's&mdash;like&mdash;''the'' game of the galaxy!|A pirate, to another pirate|Kidnapped!}}
 
'''Sabacc''' was the name of a popular card game with numerous variations, many of them including a hard-to-beat hand [[Sabacc (hand)|also]] [[Pure Sabacc|called]] sabacc. Often played at high stakes, the goal of many versions of the game was to win the [[sabacc pot]] by collecting a hand with an absolute value closest to 23, but no higher. A typical sabacc deck comprised 76 cards (60 distributed in four suits plus 16 special cards), all of which had a specific value. However, some variants used different decks, and furthermore, in many versions of the game the value and suit of a card could change at random during play, unless the card was placed in the special [[interference field]].
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'''Sabacc''' was a popular card game with numerous variations, many of them including a hard-to-beat hand also [[Pure Sabacc|called]] [[Sabacc (hand)|sabacc]]. Often played at high stakes, the goal of many versions of the game was to win the [[sabacc pot]] by collecting a hand with an absolute value closest to 23, but no higher. A typical sabacc deck comprised 76 cards (60 distributed in four suits plus 16 special cards), all of which had a specific value. However, some variants used different decks, and furthermore, in many versions of the game the value and suit of a card could change at random during play, unless the card was placed in the [[interference field]].
   
 
==Cards==
 
==Cards==
A deck of sabacc consisted of 76 cards. 60 were distributed in four suits (Flasks, Sabers, Staves, and Coins), with 15 cards per suit: pip cards numbered 1 through 11, plus a Commander numbered 12, a Mistress numbered 13, a Master numbered 14, and an Ace numbered 15. The other 16 were two sets of 8 special cards: [[Balance]] (numbered &minus;11), [[The Idiot]] (0), [[Endurance (card)|Endurance]] (&minus;8), [[Moderation]] (&minus;14), [[The Evil One]] (&minus;15), [[The Queen|The Queen of Air and Darkness]] (&minus;2), [[Demise]] (&minus;13), and [[The Star]] (&minus;17<ref name="Anaheim Deck">[[Sabacc (Celebration Anaheim)]]</ref> or &minus;10).<ref name="Bloodline" />
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A deck of sabacc consisted of 76 cards. Sixty were distributed in four suits (Flasks, Sabers, Staves, and Coins), with 15 cards per suit: pip cards numbered 1 through 11, plus a Commander numbered 12, a Mistress numbered 13, a Master numbered 14, and an Ace numbered 15. The other 16 were two sets of 8 special cards: [[Balance]] (numbered &minus;11), [[The Idiot]] (0), [[Endurance (card)|Endurance]] (&minus;8), [[Moderation]] (&minus;14), [[The Evil One]] (&minus;15), [[The Queen]] of Air and Darkness (&minus;2), [[Demise]] (&minus;13), and [[The Star]] (&minus;17<ref name="Anaheim Deck">[[Sabacc (Celebration Anaheim)]]</ref> or &minus;10).<ref name="Bloodline">[[Bloodline (novel)|''Bloodline'']]</ref>
   
 
==Gameplay==
 
==Gameplay==
 
[[File:LandoSabacc-SWOR.png|thumb|left|250px|Lando Calrissian playing sabacc]]
 
[[File:LandoSabacc-SWOR.png|thumb|left|250px|Lando Calrissian playing sabacc]]
Sabacc was a game of both skill and chance that could be played with as few as two and as many as eight players. Players could designate a dealer or take turns as the dealer, rotating in a clockwise fashion at the beginning of each hand.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" /> The object of sabacc was to have a final hand with a total as close to 23 or -23 as possible without going over. A hand with a total of 24 or higher was said to "bomb out" and lost the round.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" /> There were two types of pot to be won in sabacc. The first one was the [[hand pot]], which is taken by the player who won an individual hand. The second was the [[sabacc pot]], which continually built during the game, and went to the overall winner of the match.<ref name="RB">{{InsiderCite|158|Rebel Bluff}}</ref>
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Sabacc was a game of both skill and chance that could be played with as few as two and as many as eight players. Players could designate a dealer or take turns as the dealer, rotating clockwise at the beginning of each hand.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" /> The object of sabacc was to have a final hand with a total as close to 23 or &minus;23 as possible without going over. A hand with a total of 24 or higher was said to "bomb out" and lost the round.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" /> There were two pots to be won in sabacc: the [[hand pot]], taken by the player who won an individual hand, and the [[sabacc pot]], which continually built during the game, and went to the overall winner of the match.<ref name="RB">{{InsiderCite|158|Rebel Bluff}}</ref>
   
The dealer started by shuffling the deck before dealing one card to each player, including him- or herself, in rotation. He or she would then repeat another rotation until each player had two cards facedown. Starting to the dealer's left, each player then called out their beginning hand totals.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
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The dealer started by shuffling the deck before dealing one card to each player, including themselves, in rotation. They would then repeat another rotation until each player had two cards facedown. In most high-stakes games, the cards are actually small screens that can change the card at a signal from the Randomizer, causing a Sabacc Shift. The Sabacc Shift is described later. Starting to the dealer's left, each player then called out their beginning hand totals.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
   
Starting to the dealer's left, each player could choose to draw one or more cards from the deck then choose to trade a card from their hand for one from the deck, or stand.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
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Starting to the dealer's left, each player could choose to draw one or more cards from the deck then choose to trade a card from their hand for one from the deck, or stand. They could then choose to place a single card in the game table's [[interference field]] to prevent said card from being Shifted if a Sabacc Shift occurred. If a Sabacc Shift occurred, all the cards that were not locked in the interference field randomly changed suits and value. That new hand was the player's final hand for the round.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
   
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[[File:Idiots_Array.png|thumb|right|250px|The "Idiot's Array" winning move]]
They could then choose to place a single card in the game table's [[interference field]] to prevent said card from being Shifted if a Sabacc Shift occurred.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
 
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That same process was repeated by each player, ending with the dealer. Each player then called out their final hand's total. The player with the highest hand, totaling 23 or below, won the round. A hand of 24 or higher was said to "bomb out" and lost. A perfect hand of 23 or &minus;23 was called a [[Pure Sabacc]], and it could only be beaten by a rare and unbeatable hand called an [[Idiot's Array]], consisting of The Idiot, a 2 card of any suit, and a 3 card of any suit.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
   
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Ties were settled by use of a device generating random numbers: the player that rolled the highest number won.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" /> A [[skifter]] was a way to cheat.<ref name="Smuggler's Guide">''[[Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide]]''</ref>
If a Sabacc Shift occurred, all the cards that were not locked in the interference field randomly changed suits and value. That new hand was the player's final hand for the round.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
 
 
That same process was repeated by each player, ending with the dealer. Each player then called out his or her final hand's total. The player with the highest hand, totaling 23 or below, won the round. A hand of 24 or higher was said to "bomb out" and lost. A perfect hand of 23 or &minus;23 was called a [[Pure Sabacc]], and it could only be beaten by a rare and unbeatable hand called an [[Idiot's Array]], which consisting of The Idiot, a 2 card of any suit, and a 3 card of any suit.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
 
 
Ties were settled by use of a device generating random numbers: the player that rolled the highest number won.<ref name="Anaheim Deck" />
 
[[File:Corellian Spike deck.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|A 62-card deck of "Corellian Spike" sabacc]]
 
   
 
==Variants==
 
==Variants==
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[[File:CorellianSpikeDeck-DB.png|thumb|left|250px|A 62-card deck of "Corellian Spike" sabacc]]
More than eighty variant forms of sabacc existed.<ref name="TOG">''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide]]''</ref> One such form was "[[Corellian Spike]]," which used a pair of six-sided [[Chance cube|dice]]<ref name="SWTFAVD" /> and was played with a smaller deck.<ref name="RT:RF">''[[The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter]]''</ref> [[Jhabacc]] was another high-stakes variant that was notably played at the [[Outlander Club]], in the [[Uscru Entertainment District]] of [[Coruscant]].<ref name="Complete Locations">''[[Star Wars: Complete Locations]]''</ref> Other variants included the [[Centran sabacc]] and the [[Empress Teta Preferred]] style.<ref name="Smuggler's Guide">''[[Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide]]''</ref>
 
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More than eighty variant forms of sabacc existed.<ref name="TOG">''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide]]''</ref> One such form was "[[Corellian Spike]]," which used a pair of six-sided [[Chance cube|dice]]<ref name="SWTFAVD">''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> and was played with a smaller deck.<ref name="RT:RF">''[[The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter]]''</ref> [[Jhabacc]] was another high-stakes variant that was notably played at the [[Outlander Club]], in the [[Uscru Entertainment District]] of [[Coruscant]].<ref name="Complete Locations">[[Star Wars: Complete Locations (2016)|''Star Wars: Complete Locations'']]</ref> Other variants included the [[Centran sabacc]], the [[Empress Teta Preferred]] style,<ref name="Smuggler's Guide">''[[Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide]]''</ref> and the [[Coruscant Shift]].<ref name="SWGS Datapad">[[Star Wars: Datapad (Galactic Starcruiser)|''Star Wars: Datapad'' (Galactic Starcruiser)]]</ref>
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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{{Quote|But ''everyone'' loves Sabacc! [&hellip;] It's&mdash;like&mdash;''the'' game of the galaxy!|A pirate, to another pirate|<ref name="Kidnapped">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=24|story=Kidnapped!}}</ref>}}
[[File:CoaxiumHyperfuel-SWZ.png|thumb|left|250px|Han Solo used a vial of coaxium as a buy-in to the sabacc game in which he won the ''Millennium Falcon''.]]
 
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[[File:CoaxiumHyperfuel-SWZ.png|thumb|right|250px|Han Solo used a vial of coaxium as a buy-in to the sabacc game in which he won the ''Millennium Falcon''.]]
Sabacc was a popular card game played throughout [[the galaxy]], often with high stakes. Because of the random Shifts, sabacc was a complex and unpredictable game, as a potential winning hand could turn into a losing one if not used at the right moment,<ref name="RB" /> and its odds were always in the house's favor.<ref name="Bloodline" /> In one notable game, [[Han Solo]] won the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' from [[Landonis Balthazar Calrissian|Lando Calrissian]] in a game of "Corellian Spike" sabacc on [[Numidian Prime]].<ref name="Solo" /> In [[4 BBY]],{{Fact}} [[Garazeb Orrelios]] of the [[Spectres]] bet and lost the [[astromech droid]] [[C1-10P|Chopper]] to the [[smuggler]] Lando Calrissian, who had an Idiot's Array.<ref name="Idiot's Array" />
 
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Sabacc was a popular card game played throughout [[the galaxy]], often with high stakes. Because of the random Shifts, sabacc was a complex and unpredictable game, as a potential winning hand could turn into a losing one if not used at the right moment,<ref name="RB" /> and its odds were always in the house's favor.<ref name="Bloodline" /> In one notable game, [[Han Solo]] won the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' from [[Landonis Balthazar Calrissian|Lando Calrissian]] in a game of "Corellian Spike" sabacc on [[Numidian Prime]].<ref name="Solo" /> In [[4 BBY]],{{Fact}} [[Garazeb Orrelios]] of the [[Spectres]] bet and lost the [[astromech droid]] [[C1-10P|Chopper]] to the [[smuggler]] Lando Calrissian, who had an Idiot's Array.<ref name="Star Wars: Galactic Atlas">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]''</ref>
   
Following the [[Siege of Inyusu Tor|Siege of]] [[Inyusu Tor]], [[Commander]] [[Tohna]] of the [[61st Mobile Infantry]] played a game of sabacc with three other soldiers, [[Gadren]], [[Brand]] and [[Twitch]]. Tohna invited [[Captain]] [[Hazram Namir]] to join, but he did not know how to play and refused.<ref name="BTC" />
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Following the [[Siege of Inyusu Tor|Siege of]] [[Inyusu Tor]], [[Commander]] [[Tohna]] of the [[61st Mobile Infantry]] played a game of sabacc with three other soldiers, [[Gadren]], [[Brand]], and [[Twitch]]. Tohna invited [[Captain]] [[Hazram Namir]] to join, but he did not know how to play and refused.<ref name="BTC" />
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
Sabacc first appeared in the [[Star Wars Legends|Legends]] novel ''[[Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu]]'' and has since appeared in many Legends stories. It became [[canon]] when it was included in the [[2014]] novel ''[[A New Dawn]]''. The name likely had its origins in the second draft of the script of the [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''The Empire Strikes Back'']], when Han Solo mentions that his friend Lando Calrissian won Cloud City in a "sabacca game."<ref>Laurent Bouzereau, ''[[Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays]]'' (New York: Del Rey, September 1997), p. 191 ISBN 0-345-40981-7</ref>
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Sabacc first appeared in the [[Star Wars Legends|Legends]] novel ''[[Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu]]'' and has since appeared in many Legends stories. It became [[canon]] when it was included in the [[2014]] novel [[A New Dawn (novel)|''A New Dawn'']]. The name likely had its origins in the second draft of the script of [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''The Empire Strikes Back'']], when Han Solo mentions that his friend Lando Calrissian won Cloud City in a "sabacca game."<ref>Laurent Bouzereau, ''[[Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays]]'' (New York: Del Rey, September 1997), p. 191 {{ISBN|0-345-40981-7}}</ref>
   
For a long time, Lucasfilm didn't attempt to trademark the term "sabacc," which led to the Ren Ventures company, and its subsidiary, the game developer Sabacc Creative Industries, using the name for a [[2015]] mobile app game, mimicking the gameplay rules of the ''Star Wars'' card game. Ren Ventures later registered the U.S. trademark "sabacc" in [[2016]]. The same year, Lucasfilm sent them a cease-and-desist letter.<ref name="trademark 3">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6276cefb-8edc-4901-be53-c3c714a9c383|title=<nowiki>Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC v. Ren Ventures Ltd.</nowiki>|last=Chen|first=C. Linna|coauthors=Petersen, Kyle|date=June 28, 2018|work=Lexicology|publisher=lexology.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612191417/https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6276cefb-8edc-4901-be53-c3c714a9c383|archivedate=20200612191417}}</ref> With the movie ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]'' coming out in May 25, [[2018]], and featuring the card game,<ref name="Solo Glover">{{Cite_web|url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/08/donald-glover-solo-a-star-wars-story|title=<nowiki>Donald Glover on charming the hell out of Solo: A Star Wars Story</nowiki>|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|date=February 08, 2018|work=[[Wikipedia:Weekly Entertainment|Weekly Entertainment]]|publisher=ew.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414000418/https://ew.com/movies/2018/02/08/donald-glover-solo-a-star-wars-story|archivedate=20200414000418}}</ref> Lucasfilm tried to bring the trademark back into its fold, first challenging the registration in May [[2017]], and then filing a federal trademark lawsuit in December 2017.<ref name="trademark 1">{{Cite_web|url=http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/sabacc-trademark-lawsuit-star-wars-disney-lucasfilm-ren-ventures-1202647603|title=Disney Files Trademark Suit to Protect ‘Star Wars’ Card Game|last=Maddaus|first=Gene|date=December 21, 2017|work=[[Wikipedia:Variety|Variety]]|publisher=variety.com|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/UiIRh|archivedate=2020-09-23}}</ref> In April 2018, Ren Ventures counterattacked with a lawsuit of their own aimed at marketing materials using the name, in particular the Denny's restaurant chain promotional offer of collectible trading cards.<ref name="trademark 2">{{Cite_web|url=http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/sabacc-lucasfilm-dennys-1202783297|title=‘Sabacc’ Trademark Holder Sues Lucasfilm and Denny’s|last=Maddaus|first=Gene|date=April 23, 2018|work=[[Wikipedia:Variety|Variety]]|publisher=variety.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511122617/https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/sabacc-lucasfilm-dennys-1202783297|archivedate=20200511122617}}</ref> In June, a California federal judge gave a summary judgement in favor of Lucasfilm, but let a jury decide later if the Ren Venture was guilty of willful infringement.<ref name="trademark 3" /> The case was settled in full a month later,<ref name="trademark 4">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1067099/disney-s-lucasfilm-settles-ip-fight-over-star-wars-game|title=Disney's Lucasfilm Settles IP Fight Over 'Star Wars' Game|last=Donahue|first=Bill|date=July 25, 2018|work=Law360|publisher=law360.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612171443/https://www.law360.com/articles/1067099/disney-s-lucasfilm-settles-ip-fight-over-star-wars-game|archivedate=20200612171443}}</ref> but not before Ren Ventures tried to involve George Lucas.<ref name="trademark 5">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1065999|title=George Lucas Fights Deposition In 'Star Wars' Game TM Fight|last=Donahue|first=Bill|date=July 23, 2018|work=Law360|publisher=law360.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612161257if_/https://www.law360.com/articles/1065999|archivedate=20200612161257}}</ref> Ultimately, Lucasfilm was able to trademark "sabacc" in August 2018.<ref name="trademark 6">{{Cite_web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/880/74/sabacc-88074541.html|title=SABACC - Trademark Details|work=[[Wikipedia:Justia|Justia]]|publisher=trademarks.justia.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612153936/https://trademarks.justia.com/880/74/sabacc-88074541.html|archivedate=20200612153936}}</ref>
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For a long time, Lucasfilm didn't attempt to trademark the term "sabacc," which led to the Ren Ventures company, and its subsidiary, the game developer Sabacc Creative Industries, using the name for a [[2015]] mobile app game, mimicking the gameplay rules of the ''Star Wars'' card game. Ren Ventures registered the U.S. trademark "sabacc" in [[2016]]. The same year, Lucasfilm sent them a cease-and-desist letter.<ref name="trademark 3">{{WebCite|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6276cefb-8edc-4901-be53-c3c714a9c383|text=Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC v. Ren Ventures Ltd.|author=C. Linna Chen & Kyle Petersen|date=2018-06-28|work=Lexicology|archivedate=20200612191417}}</ref> With the movie ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]'' coming out in May 25, [[2018]], and featuring the card game,<ref name="Solo Glover">{{WebCite|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/02/08/donald-glover-solo-a-star-wars-story|text=Donald Glover on charming the hell out of Solo: A Star Wars Story|author=Breznican, Anthony|date=2018-02-08|work=[[Wikipedia:Weekly Entertainment|Weekly Entertainment]]|archivedate=20200414000418}}</ref> Lucasfilm tried to bring the trademark back into its fold, first challenging the registration in May [[2017]], and then filing a federal trademark lawsuit in December 2017.<ref name="trademark 1">{{WebCite|url=http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/sabacc-trademark-lawsuit-star-wars-disney-lucasfilm-ren-ventures-1202647603|text=Disney Files Trademark Suit to Protect 'Star Wars' Card Game|author=Maddaus, Gene|date=2017-12-21|work=[[Wikipedia:Variety|Variety]]|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/UiIRh}}</ref> In April 2018, Ren Ventures counterattacked with a lawsuit of their own aimed at marketing materials using the name, in particular the Denny's restaurant chain promotional offer of collectible trading cards.<ref name="trademark 2">{{WebCite|url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/sabacc-lucasfilm-dennys-1202783297|text='Sabacc' Trademark Holder Sues Lucasfilm and Denny's|author=Maddaus, Gene|date=2018-04-23|work=[[Wikipedia:Variety|Variety]]|archivedate=20200511122617}}</ref> In June, a California federal judge gave a summary judgment in favor of Lucasfilm, but let a jury decide later if the Ren Venture was guilty of willful infringement.<ref name="trademark 3" /> The case was settled in full a month later,<ref name="trademark 4">{{WebCite|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1067099/disney-s-lucasfilm-settles-ip-fight-over-star-wars-game|text=Disney's Lucasfilm Settles IP Fight Over 'Star Wars' Game|author=Donahue, Bill|date=2018-07-25|work=Law360|archivedate=20200612171443}}</ref> but not before Ren Ventures tried to involve George Lucas.<ref name="trademark 5">{{WebCite|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1065999|text=George Lucas Fights Deposition In 'Star Wars' Game TM Fight|author=Donahue, Bill|date=2018-07-23|work=Law360|archivedate=20200612161257}}</ref> Ultimately, Lucasfilm was able to trademark "sabacc" in August 2018.<ref name="trademark 6">{{WebCite|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/880/74/sabacc-88074541.html|text=SABACC - Trademark Details|work=[[Wikipedia:Justia|Justia]]|archivedate=20200612153936}}</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
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*''[[The High Republic: Convergence]]''
*{{Jedi Temple Challenge|Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge - Episode 4|Episode 4}} {{Flash}}
 
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*[[The High Republic: Convergence (audiobook)|''The High Republic: Convergence'' audiobook]]
*''[[Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'' {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
 
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*[[The High Republic — The Blade 1|''The High Republic — The Blade'' 1]]
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*''[[The High Republic: The Rising Storm]]''
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*[[The High Republic: The Rising Storm (audiobook)|''The High Republic: The Rising Storm'' audiobook]]
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*''[[The High Republic: The Fallen Star]]''
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*[[The High Republic: The Fallen Star (audiobook)|''The High Republic: The Fallen Star'' audiobook]]
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*[[Jango Fett 1|''Jango Fett'' 1]] {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]'' {{Mo}}
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*''[[Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'' {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Bane's Story|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark}} {{Mo}}
 
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*{{Jedi Temple Challenge|4}} {{Flash}}
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*''[[Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade]]''
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*[[Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (audiobook)|''Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade'' audiobook]]
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*{{StoryCite|story=Bane's Story|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Bane's Story|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (audiobook)|bformatted=''The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark'' audiobook}} {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Dark Disciple]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Dark Disciple]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Dark Disciple (audiobook)|''Dark Disciple'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
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*{{TBB|Battle Scars}}
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*{{TBB|Common Ground}}
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*{{TBB|Pabu (episode)}}
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*{{TBB|Plan 99 (episode)}}
 
*''[[Lords of the Sith]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Lords of the Sith]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Lords of the Sith (audiobook)|''Lords of the Sith'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Tarkin (novel)|''Tarkin'']] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Tarkin (novel)|''Tarkin'']] {{Mo}}
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*[[Tarkin (audiobook)|''Tarkin'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Most Wanted]]''
 
*''[[Most Wanted]]''
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*[[Most Wanted (audiobook)|''Most Wanted'' audiobook]]
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*[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 1]]
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*[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 2]] {{Flash}}
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*[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 3|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 3]]
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*''[[Rebel Rising]]''
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*[[Rebel Rising (audiobook)|''Rebel Rising'' audiobook]]
 
*''[[Lando's Luck]]''
 
*''[[Lando's Luck]]''
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*[[Lando's Luck (audiobook)|''Lando's Luck'' audiobook]]
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*[[A New Dawn (novel)|''A New Dawn'']] {{1st|[[A New Dawn (audiobook)|audiobook]]}}
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*[[A New Dawn (audiobook)|''A New Dawn'' audiobook]]
 
*[[Beckett 1|''Beckett'' 1]]
 
*[[Beckett 1|''Beckett'' 1]]
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]''
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]''
Line 89: Line 100:
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story Read-Along Storybook and CD]]''
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story Read-Along Storybook and CD]]''
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story: Meet the Crew]]''
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story: Meet the Crew]]''
*[[Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 3|''Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation'' 3]]
 
*[[Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 7|''Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation'' 7]]
 
*[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 1]]
 
*[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 2]] {{Flash}}
 
*[[Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 3|''Han Solo - Imperial Cadet'' 3]]
 
 
*[[Lando - Double or Nothing 2|''Lando - Double or Nothing'' 2]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Lando - Double or Nothing 2|''Lando - Double or Nothing'' 2]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Lando - Double or Nothing 3|''Lando - Double or Nothing'' 3]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Lando - Double or Nothing 3|''Lando - Double or Nothing'' 3]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Lando - Double or Nothing 5|''Lando - Double or Nothing'' 5]]
*''[[Rebel Rising]]''
 
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*[[Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 3|''Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation'' 3]]
*''[[A New Dawn]]'' {{1st}}
 
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*[[Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 7|''Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation'' 7]]
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*{{Kenobi|Part II}} {{C|Mentioned in signage only}}
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*''[[Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Han Solo & Chewbacca 8|''Han Solo & Chewbacca'' 8]] {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Lost Stars]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Lost Stars]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*[[Lost Stars (audiobook)|''Lost Stars'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Lost Stars (audiobook)|''Lost Stars'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
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*{{Rebels|Idiot's Array (episode)}}
 
*''[[Always Bet on Chopper]]''
 
*''[[Always Bet on Chopper]]''
*{{Rebels|Idiot's Array (episode)|Idiot's Array}}
 
 
*''[[Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice]]''
 
*''[[Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice]]''
 
*{{InsiderCite|158|Rebel Bluff}}
 
*{{InsiderCite|158|Rebel Bluff}}
 
*{{Rebels|Brothers of the Broken Horn}} {{Mo}}
 
*{{Rebels|Brothers of the Broken Horn}} {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Leia, Princess of Alderaan]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Leia, Princess of Alderaan]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Leia, Princess of Alderaan (audiobook)|''Leia, Princess of Alderaan'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*{{SWRMCite||Off the Rails}}
 
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*{{SWRMCite|31|Off the Rails (comic)}}
*''[[Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure]]'' {{Mo}}
 
 
*''[[A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (audiobook)|''A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper|book=From a Certain Point of View}}
 
*{{Shortstory|story=The Angle|book=From a Certain Point of View}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper|book=From a Certain Point of View}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper|book=From a Certain Point of View (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View'' audiobook}}
*[[Chewbacca (2015) 1|''Chewbacca'' 1]]
 
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Angle|book=From a Certain Point of View}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 5|''Star Wars'' 5]] {{Mo}}
 
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Angle|book=From a Certain Point of View (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View'' audiobook}}
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 8|''Darth Vader'' 8]] {{Imo}}
 
*[[Star Wars (2015) 16|''Star Wars'' 16]]
 
*[[Star Wars (2015) 17|''Star Wars'' 17]]
 
*[[Star Wars (2015) 18|''Star Wars'' 18]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Star Wars 24|''Star Wars'' 24]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Star Wars 34|''Star Wars'' 34]] {{Mo}}
 
 
*[[Lando 5|''Lando'' 5]] {{Co}}
 
*[[Lando 5|''Lando'' 5]] {{Co}}
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*[[Chewbacca (2015) 1|''Chewbacca'' (2015) 1]]
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*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|annual=2020|story=Rabbit Hunt}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 5|''Star Wars'' (2015) 5]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Darth Vader (2015) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 8]] {{Imo}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 16|''Star Wars'' (2015) 16]]
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 17|''Star Wars'' (2015) 17]]
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 18|''Star Wars'' (2015) 18]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 24|''Star Wars'' (2015) 24]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 34|''Star Wars'' (2015) 34]] {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''
 
*''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''
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*[[Battlefront: Twilight Company (audiobook)|''Battlefront: Twilight Company'' audiobook]]
*[[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] {{1stm}} {{Imo}}
 
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*{{Film|V}} {{1stm}} {{Imo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 4|''Doctor Aphra'' 4]] {{Mo}}
 
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*{{StoryCite|story=Faith in an Old Friend|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back}} {{Imo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Faith in an Old Friend|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' audiobook}} {{Imo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|sformatted=Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' audiobook|sformatted=Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=No Time for Poetry|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=No Time for Poetry|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' audiobook}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Into the Clouds|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Into the Clouds|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' audiobook}}
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*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 4|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 4]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Bounty Hunters 10|''Bounty Hunters'' 10]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Bounty Hunters 15|''Bounty Hunters'' 15]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Bounty Hunters 22|''Bounty Hunters'' 22]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 22|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 22]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Darth Vader (2020) 35|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 35]]
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*[[Dark Droids 1|''Dark Droids'' 1]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Return of the Jedi – Lando 1|''Return of the Jedi – Lando'' 1]]
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*{{StoryCite|story=Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi'' audiobook}} {{Mo}}
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*{{InsiderCite|222|Galactic Tales: Valnir and Laizhu}}
 
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (paperback novel)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' junior novelization]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (paperback novel)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' junior novelization]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace 1|''Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace'' 1]] {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite|Annual 2019|[[Hare-Brained Heist]]}} {{Mo}}
 
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Chronicler|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Chronicler|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi'' audiobook}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Burden of Leadership|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Burden of Leadership|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi'' audiobook}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Buy-In|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Buy-In|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (audiobook)|bformatted=''From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi'' audiobook}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=When Fire Marked the Sky|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi}} {{Mo}}
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*''[[The Princess and the Scoundrel]]''
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*[[The Princess and the Scoundrel (audiobook)|''The Princess and the Scoundrel'' audiobook]]
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*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|annual=2019|story=Hare-Brained Heist}} {{Mo}}
 
*[[Alphabet Squadron (novel)|''Alphabet Squadron'']]
 
*[[Alphabet Squadron (novel)|''Alphabet Squadron'']]
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*[[Alphabet Squadron (audiobook)|''Alphabet Squadron'' audiobook]]
*"[[The Light You Bring]]" {{Mo}}
 
 
*''[[Star Wars: Squadrons]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Star Wars: Squadrons]]'' {{Mo}}
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*{{EA|url=games/starwars/squadrons/news/the-light-you-bring-short-story|text=The Light You Bring|int=The Light You Bring|archivedate=20201008213431}} {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Shadow Fall]]''
 
*''[[Shadow Fall]]''
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*[[Shadow Fall (audiobook)|''Shadow Fall'' audiobook]]
 
*''[[Aftermath: Life Debt]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Aftermath: Life Debt]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Aftermath: Life Debt (audiobook)|''Aftermath: Life Debt'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
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*''[[Victory's Price]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Victory's Price (audiobook)|''Victory's Price'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Aftermath: Empire's End]]''
 
*''[[Aftermath: Empire's End]]''
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*[[Aftermath: Empire's End (audiobook)|''Aftermath: Empire's End'' audiobook]]
 
*''[[Last Shot]]'' {{Mo}}
 
*''[[Last Shot]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Last Shot (audiobook)|''Last Shot'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
 
*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 1: The Mandalorian}}
 
*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 1: The Mandalorian}}
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*''[[Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Manga]]''
 
*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 5: The Gunslinger}}
 
*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 5: The Gunslinger}}
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*[[The Mandalorian 5|''The Mandalorian'' 5]]
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*[[The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel|''The Mandalorian Season 2'' Junior Novel]]
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*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 10: The Passenger}}
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*[[The Mandalorian Season 2 2|''The Mandalorian Season 2'' 2]]
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*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 21: The Pirate}} {{Mo}}
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*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 22: Guns for Hire}}
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*''[[Shadow of the Sith]]''
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*[[Shadow of the Sith (audiobook)|''Shadow of the Sith'' audiobook]]
 
*[[Bloodline (novel)|''Bloodline'']]
 
*[[Bloodline (novel)|''Bloodline'']]
*[[Phasma (novel)|''Phasma'']] {{Mo}}
+
*[[Bloodline (audiobook)|''Bloodline'' audiobook]]
 
*"[[The Perfect Weapon]]"
 
*"[[The Perfect Weapon]]"
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*[[The Perfect Weapon (audiobook)|"The Perfect Weapon" audiobook]]
*{{IDWAdventuresCite|issue=24|story=[[Kidnapped!]]}} {{Mo}}
 
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*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=24|story=Kidnapped!}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']]
 
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*[[Phasma (novel)|''Phasma'']] {{Mo}}
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*[[Phasma (audiobook)|''Phasma'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
 
*''[[The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron]]''
 
*''[[The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron]]''
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*[[The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron (audiobook)|''The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron'' audiobook]]
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*{{Film|VII}}
 
*''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition]]''
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*[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (audiobook)|''Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition'' audiobook]]
 
*''[[Pirate's Price]]''
 
*''[[Pirate's Price]]''
  +
*[[Pirate's Price (audiobook)|''Pirate's Price'' audiobook]]
 
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon]]''
 
*''[[A Crash of Fate]]''
 
*''[[A Crash of Fate]]''
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*[[A Crash of Fate (audiobook)|''A Crash of Fate'' audiobook]]
*{{Shortstory|story=The Predecessor|book=Dark Legends}} {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
 
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Predecessor|book=Dark Legends}} {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
 
*{{GEAttr|Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run}}
 
*{{GEAttr|Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run}}
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*[[Halcyon Legacy 4|''Halcyon Legacy'' 4]] {{Flash}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition]]'' {{Mo}}}}
 
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*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=2|story=The Obstacle Course, Part 2}} {{Mo}}
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*''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (audiobook)|''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
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===Non-canon appearances===
 
===Non-canon appearances===
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*{{The Freemaker Adventures|Race on Tatooine}} {{Mo}}
 
*{{The Freemaker Adventures|The Storms of Taul}} {{C|Cards only}}
 
*{{The Freemaker Adventures|The Storms of Taul}} {{C|Cards only}}
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*{{CelebrateTheSeason|Ghost Ship}}
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*''[[The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu]]''
   
 
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*''[[Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know]]''
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*''[[The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter]]''
 
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide]]''
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*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: Alien Archive]]''
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*''[[YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual]]''
 
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*''[[Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide]]''
 
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*''[[Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide]]''
 
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*<!-- 2018-07-13 -->{{SWCT|Sabacc Full Set - Solo: A Star Wars Story - Gear & Gadgets|Sabacc Full Set - ''Solo: A Star Wars Story'' - ''Gear & Gadgets''}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary]]''
 
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*''[[The Star Wars Book]]''
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*{{Databank|rebolt-s-staff|Rebolt's Staff|archivedate=20181007001640}}
 
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*{{Databank|sabacc|Sabacc|archivedate=20190910042040}}
 
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"Sabacc is not a fight, sabacc is life. You can bring all the skill and cleverness you want, but there's always going to be that unknown factor, the parts you can't control. It's civilized in its chaos. The most civilized game in the galaxy."
―Lando Calrissian[10]

Sabacc was a popular card game with numerous variations, many of them including a hard-to-beat hand also called sabacc. Often played at high stakes, the goal of many versions of the game was to win the sabacc pot by collecting a hand with an absolute value closest to 23, but no higher. A typical sabacc deck comprised 76 cards (60 distributed in four suits plus 16 special cards), all of which had a specific value. However, some variants used different decks, and furthermore, in many versions of the game the value and suit of a card could change at random during play, unless the card was placed in the interference field.

Cards[]

A deck of sabacc consisted of 76 cards. Sixty were distributed in four suits (Flasks, Sabers, Staves, and Coins), with 15 cards per suit: pip cards numbered 1 through 11, plus a Commander numbered 12, a Mistress numbered 13, a Master numbered 14, and an Ace numbered 15. The other 16 were two sets of 8 special cards: Balance (numbered −11), The Idiot (0), Endurance (−8), Moderation (−14), The Evil One (−15), The Queen of Air and Darkness (−2), Demise (−13), and The Star (−17[11] or −10).[12]

Gameplay[]

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Lando Calrissian playing sabacc

Sabacc was a game of both skill and chance that could be played with as few as two and as many as eight players. Players could designate a dealer or take turns as the dealer, rotating clockwise at the beginning of each hand.[11] The object of sabacc was to have a final hand with a total as close to 23 or −23 as possible without going over. A hand with a total of 24 or higher was said to "bomb out" and lost the round.[11] There were two pots to be won in sabacc: the hand pot, taken by the player who won an individual hand, and the sabacc pot, which continually built during the game, and went to the overall winner of the match.[13]

The dealer started by shuffling the deck before dealing one card to each player, including themselves, in rotation. They would then repeat another rotation until each player had two cards facedown. In most high-stakes games, the cards are actually small screens that can change the card at a signal from the Randomizer, causing a Sabacc Shift. The Sabacc Shift is described later. Starting to the dealer's left, each player then called out their beginning hand totals.[11]

Starting to the dealer's left, each player could choose to draw one or more cards from the deck then choose to trade a card from their hand for one from the deck, or stand. They could then choose to place a single card in the game table's interference field to prevent said card from being Shifted if a Sabacc Shift occurred. If a Sabacc Shift occurred, all the cards that were not locked in the interference field randomly changed suits and value. That new hand was the player's final hand for the round.[11]

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The "Idiot's Array" winning move

That same process was repeated by each player, ending with the dealer. Each player then called out their final hand's total. The player with the highest hand, totaling 23 or below, won the round. A hand of 24 or higher was said to "bomb out" and lost. A perfect hand of 23 or −23 was called a Pure Sabacc, and it could only be beaten by a rare and unbeatable hand called an Idiot's Array, consisting of The Idiot, a 2 card of any suit, and a 3 card of any suit.[11]

Ties were settled by use of a device generating random numbers: the player that rolled the highest number won.[11] A skifter was a way to cheat.[14]

Variants[]

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A 62-card deck of "Corellian Spike" sabacc

More than eighty variant forms of sabacc existed.[15] One such form was "Corellian Spike," which used a pair of six-sided dice[16] and was played with a smaller deck.[17] Jhabacc was another high-stakes variant that was notably played at the Outlander Club, in the Uscru Entertainment District of Coruscant.[18] Other variants included the Centran sabacc, the Empress Teta Preferred style,[14] and the Coruscant Shift.[19]

History[]

"But everyone loves Sabacc! […] It's—like—the game of the galaxy!"
―A pirate, to another pirate[20]
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Han Solo used a vial of coaxium as a buy-in to the sabacc game in which he won the Millennium Falcon.

Sabacc was a popular card game played throughout the galaxy, often with high stakes. Because of the random Shifts, sabacc was a complex and unpredictable game, as a potential winning hand could turn into a losing one if not used at the right moment,[13] and its odds were always in the house's favor.[12] In one notable game, Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian in a game of "Corellian Spike" sabacc on Numidian Prime.[6] In 4 BBY,[source?] Garazeb Orrelios of the Spectres bet and lost the astromech droid Chopper to the smuggler Lando Calrissian, who had an Idiot's Array.[21]

Following the Siege of Inyusu Tor, Commander Tohna of the 61st Mobile Infantry played a game of sabacc with three other soldiers, Gadren, Brand, and Twitch. Tohna invited Captain Hazram Namir to join, but he did not know how to play and refused.[7]

Behind the scenes[]

Sabacc first appeared in the Legends novel Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu and has since appeared in many Legends stories. It became canon when it was included in the 2014 novel A New Dawn. The name likely had its origins in the second draft of the script of The Empire Strikes Back, when Han Solo mentions that his friend Lando Calrissian won Cloud City in a "sabacca game."[22]

For a long time, Lucasfilm didn't attempt to trademark the term "sabacc," which led to the Ren Ventures company, and its subsidiary, the game developer Sabacc Creative Industries, using the name for a 2015 mobile app game, mimicking the gameplay rules of the Star Wars card game. Ren Ventures registered the U.S. trademark "sabacc" in 2016. The same year, Lucasfilm sent them a cease-and-desist letter.[23] With the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story coming out in May 25, 2018, and featuring the card game,[24] Lucasfilm tried to bring the trademark back into its fold, first challenging the registration in May 2017, and then filing a federal trademark lawsuit in December 2017.[25] In April 2018, Ren Ventures counterattacked with a lawsuit of their own aimed at marketing materials using the name, in particular the Denny's restaurant chain promotional offer of collectible trading cards.[26] In June, a California federal judge gave a summary judgment in favor of Lucasfilm, but let a jury decide later if the Ren Venture was guilty of willful infringement.[23] The case was settled in full a month later,[27] but not before Ren Ventures tried to involve George Lucas.[28] Ultimately, Lucasfilm was able to trademark "sabacc" in August 2018.[29]

Appearances[]

Non-canon appearances[]

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rebels-mini-logo Star Wars Rebels — "Idiot's Array"
  2. Chewbacca (2015) 1
  3. Pirate's Price
  4. Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1
  5. Lando's Luck
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story
  7. 7.0 7.1 Battlefront: Twilight Company
  8. "The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper" — From a Certain Point of View
  9. SWRM "Off the Rails" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 31
  10. "The Buy-In" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Sabacc (Celebration Anaheim)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Bloodline
  13. 13.0 13.1 SWInsider "Rebel Bluff" — Star Wars Insider 158
  14. 14.0 14.1 Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
  15. Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
  16. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
  17. The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter
  18. Star Wars: Complete Locations
  19. Star Wars: Datapad (Galactic Starcruiser)
  20. IDWStarWarsAdventuresLogoSmaller "Kidnapped!" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 24
  21. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
  22. Laurent Bouzereau, Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays (New York: Del Rey, September 1997), p. 191 ISBN 0-345-40981-7
  23. 23.0 23.1 Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC v. Ren Ventures Ltd. by C. Linna Chen & Kyle Petersen on Lexicology (June 28, 2018) (archived from the original on June 12, 2020)
  24. Donald Glover on charming the hell out of Solo: A Star Wars Story by Breznican, Anthony on Weekly Entertainment (February 8, 2018) (archived from the original on April 14, 2020)
  25. Disney Files Trademark Suit to Protect 'Star Wars' Card Game by Maddaus, Gene on Variety (December 21, 2017) (archived from the original)
  26. 'Sabacc' Trademark Holder Sues Lucasfilm and Denny's by Maddaus, Gene on Variety (April 23, 2018) (archived from the original on May 11, 2020)
  27. Disney's Lucasfilm Settles IP Fight Over 'Star Wars' Game by Donahue, Bill on Law360 (July 25, 2018) (archived from the original on June 12, 2020)
  28. George Lucas Fights Deposition In 'Star Wars' Game TM Fight by Donahue, Bill on Law360 (July 23, 2018) (archived from the original on June 12, 2020)
  29. SABACC - Trademark Details on Justia (archived from the original on June 12, 2020)

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