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Antipose was an Outer Rim Territories planet located in the Centrality sector. It had a single city where the former pirate Raskar set up a system of gladiatorial contests that had a power gem, a rare artifact that Raskar had in his possession, as their ultimate prize. In 0 ABY, the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca were tasked by the Rebel Alliance with obtaining a power gem for its disabling effect on starship deflector shields. The pair traveled to the Junkfort Station shadowport to acquire leads, and an agent of Raskar's pointed them to Antipose.
Arriving on Antipose, Solo and Chewbacca were briefly confronted by a trio of contestants before Raskar's enforcer, Mystra, took the pair to meet the ex-pirate in his villa. There, Raskar demonstrated the power gem to the smugglers and attempted to persuade Solo to enter the competitions in the gladiatorial arena. Instead, Solo set into motion a different plan to acquire the power gem.
Convincing Chewbacca to start a public, impromptu fight with the arena system's top contender, Solo used the distraction offered by the gathering crowd of onlookers to sneak into Raskar's villa and scan the power gem. The smuggler determined that the artifact only had enough potency left for one proper use—a fact that Raskar had not disclosed to any of the contestants—and then persuaded Raskar to declare Chewbacca the ultimate winner of the competitions and therefore turn the gem over to him and Solo. The two smugglers then brought the power gem back to the Rebel Alliance base on the moon Yavin 4. (Read more…)
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