The ZH-28 guard was a model of security droids manufactured by the Stonewall Labs company during the Imperial Period. This droid had a humanoid shape and was as tall as a medium-sized Human. The ZH-28 guard was able to fight using ranged weapons.
History[]
ZH-28 guards were manufactured by Stonewall Labs prior to the Battle of Yavin. When the Stonewall Labs facility on Naboo was closed, security droids remained activated. Several ZH-28 guards, SWL-5 overseers, LC-92 antagonists, Mechthorians and B1-Series battle droids continued their patrol programs in the laboratory and in the surrounding area.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] a spacer was trying to acquire an experimental Old Republic droid module from a droideka in the Stonewall Labs facility. The spacer entered the laboratory and fought several ZH-28 guards to finally access the module.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The ZH-28 guards appeared 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] The ZH-28 guards were added to the game as part of the "Legacy Quest" with the release of the "Publish 25", a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[4]
They shared the same model with the CY-M Prototypes[5] and the Chirq Council Mechanized Guardians.[6]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit (First appearance)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Legacy Quest: "Old Republic Droid Modules: The Droideka" on Naboo
- ↑ 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)
- ↑
Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Quest: "Destroy the Mechanized Guardians in the Chirq Council Bunker" on Corellia
External links[]
- ZH-28 Droid on the SWG Wiki
