Short story
Escape from Balis-Baurgh
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"Escape from Balis-Baurgh" is a short story written by Paul Balsamo with illustrations by Doug Shuler. It was published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 1 in February 1994 by West End Games.
It tells the story of an Ewok called Grael and a Rebel scout called Junas Turner who are captured by the Galactic Empire and sent to the fully automated prison colony of Balis-Baurgh. The short story is notable for being narrated in first person from the perspective of an Ewok who has no understanding of advanced technology.
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Facts
- Title
- "Escape from Balis-Baurgh"
- Author
- Paul Balsamo
- Illustrator
- Doug Shuler
- Publisher
- West End Games
- Released
- February 1994
- Published in
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 1
- Reprinted in
- Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club
- Pages
- 20
- Timeline
- 4 ABY
- Preceded by
- A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker
- Followed by
- "A Credit for Your Thoughts"
Who turns up here
Characters: 8
- Becker (first appearance)
- Fersin (first mentioned)
- Grael (first appearance)
- Grael's wife (first appearance)
- Lon (first appearance)
- Ponto (first appearance)
- Rakra (first mentioned)
- Junas Turner (first appearance)
Planets: 3
- Alderaan (mentioned only)
- Balis-Baurgh
- Endor
Places: 2
Galaxy: 2
Starships: 2
- Death Star II (mentioned only)
- YT-1300 light freighter
Organizations: 7
Events: 1
- Battle of Endor (mentioned only)
Technology: 15
Lore: 1
Everything else: 38
- Astromech droid
- Labor droid
- Patrol drone
- Ritual of the Children (mentioned only)
- Balis-Baurgh prison
- Captain
- Commando
- Musician
- High Master (mentioned only)
- Shaman (mentioned only)
- Scout
- Warden
- Space station
- AAA-3 VerboBrain
- Armor
- Blaster
- Blaster artillery
- Broadband antenna
- CG1XB Translator Module
- CG4XB Expanded Program Memory Core
- Sensor
- Photoreceptor
- Ray shield
- ToneControl sound synthesizer system
- Vocabulator
- Backpack
- Bush
- Flute
- Grass
- Meter
- Leather
- Radiation
- Root Oath
- The Force
- Force power
- Tree Spirits
- Water
- Way of the Tree Spirits
Not in the archive: 1
- Hammock
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