Shockball/Legends

Shockball, shock ball or shock-ball was an outdoor team sport where players attempted to stun members of the opposing team using an electrically charged ball. Special equipment was required to play, including ball scoops to fling the orb and insulating mitts to handle it. The winning team was the one with the most conscious members after a certain amount of time had elapsed. Teams included the Quent Assassins, the Royal Shockball Team, the Shad Furies, and the Bonadan Blasters. Kuat and Commenor also had teams, and faced each other in 60 BBY, with the game resulting in a tie. Soly Kantt was a fan of the sport and would purchase gizer ale for the finals.

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Rebel Alliance agents discovered a sinister Imperial Intelligence operation. Top shockball players were subjected to thought-control drugs by Imperial Intelligence and used as unwitting Imperial assassins and saboteurs. The galaxy-class professional athletes proved to be deadly operatives. When Bothan spies discovered the heavily guarded headquarters of this operation, a Rebel strike team was sent to destroy it.

Regenald Hanniper Snopps III, son of Imperial Governor Zafiel Snopps, was an accomplished shockball player.

Appearances

Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only) Millennium Falcon audiobook (Mentioned only) Darth Plagueis (Mentioned only) Darth Plagueis audiobook (Mentioned only) Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth (Mentioned only) Labyrinth of Evil (Mentioned only) Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (Mentioned only) Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (First appearance) "The Spira Regatta" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 1 (As "Shock Ball") "The Spira Regatta" – The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4 (As "Shock Ball") Deader than a Triton Moon on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; new link on Suvudu; backup link) (Mentioned only) "The Great Herdship Heist" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 15 (Mentioned only) File:SWG logo sm.png Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Mentioned only) "Family Problems" – Instant Adventures (Mentioned only) "Small Favors" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 12 (Mentioned only) "Death-Hunter" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 9 Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand (Mentioned only) Interlude at Darkknell (Mentioned only) Specter of the Past (Mentioned only) Specter of the Past unabridged audiobook (Mentioned only) Vision of the Future (Mentioned only) Vision of the Future unabridged audiobook (Mentioned only) The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (via HoloNet) The New Jedi Order: Star by Star (Mentioned only) The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (Mentioned only) Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Mentioned only) Legacy of the Force: Inferno (Mentioned only)

Sources

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
• Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
• Cracken's Rebel Operatives
• Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
• Heroes & Rogues
• Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
• Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy
• Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook
• Secrets of the Sisar Run
• Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Guide to Droids
• Coruscant and the Core Worlds
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Atlas
• The Essential Guide to Warfare
• Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
• Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 8: Tales of the Clone Wars on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)

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