- "I am nothing more than a humble crate maker. If people wish to hide bacta injectors or armor power-ups in them, that is their doing... not mine."
- ―Talan Joben, to a spacer
Talan Joben was a male Corellian businessman who lived on Corellia during the Galactic Civil War. After the Battle of Yavin, Joben was the owner of the Joben Crate Company, a crate manufacturing company based near Coronet.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] his company was attacked by the retired adventurer Riyan Kiner. The insane crate-hating man also planted bombs in Joben-brand crates that were placed near hotels on several worlds in the galaxy. A spacer investigating the attack of the Joben Crate Company for Corellia Times reporter Vani Korr finally discovered the plot. The spacer then managed to disable the bombs before they could hurt anybody.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Talan Joben appeared as 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,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[3] Talan Joben was added to the game with the update dubbed "Chapter 10: The Search for the Meatlump King," released on June 19, 2008.[4]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9
Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Quest: "The Meatlumps Hideout, Part 1" on Corellia
- ↑ 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.
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
Chapter 10: The Search for the Meatlump King on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links[]
- The Meatlumps Hideout on the SWG Wiki
