Dejarik Holochess Set Expansion Pack
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In the years since the release of
Star Wars: A New Hope, the Dejarik Holochess set has been underrepresented in
the world of collectibles. To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Sideshow
Collectibles is pleased to bring you the first ever complete Dejarik Holochess
set, including all of the amazing creature designs seen in the original film.
The holochess table has been cast in high quality polystone, and each of the
creatures is cast in heavy white metal. The Dejarik Holochess Set has been
faithfully reproduced in 1:6 scale, perfect for display with your 12-inch figure
collection or as a stand-alone collectible.
An ancient game enjoyed
throughout the galaxy, Dejarik is a holographic strategy game played atop a
circular, gridded holo-tabletop. Several similar games exist under the holochess
name, but Dejarik is the most widespread and popular. Eight tiny holographic
characters battle each other in unique ways under the direction of two players,
each striving for dominance of the board. The ancient Jedi may have been the
originators of the game, using it as a training tool designed to encourage
Padawans to embrace the wider picture when considering their actions.
The holomonster inhabitants of a holochess board vary, but are typically drawn
from the galaxy's most ferocious creatures, real, rumored or mythological. One
of the most powerful pieces, the mighty Mantellian Savrip is a huge,
surprisingly intelligent species native to Ord Mantell, while the club wielding
Kintan strider is a neckless, muscular beast, sometimes used by Hutts to guard
property. The bizarre houjix, another common holomonster that resembles a large
blue and yellow lizard with an odd pair of split limbs, sports a spiked tail and
is based on an animal native to the planet Kinyen. Ghhhk meantime, are also
based on real creatures, lanky, green skinned animals native to the
environmentally ravaged homeworld of the Bith, Clak'dor VII.
Worm-like k'lor'slugs are a widespread species, thanks to the habit of chewing
their way into cargo holds where they thrive on organic cargo. They breed
quickly, infesting garbage dumps and nutrient-rich swamps on hundreds of worlds.
Like their real-world cousins, the holochess k'lors are mildly venomous, which
assists them when defending themselves. Semi-sentient Monnok are also based on
real creatures, celebrated hunters on their homeworld where they pursue prey
relentlessly over the planet's vast, ashen deserts. Grimtaash conversely, is a
thin, stringy-limbed holomonster based on a mythical guardian spirit that
reputedly watches over the royalty of Alderaan, while ng'ok are ferocious
tripedal guard-beasts bred for their aggressiveness. Both are dangerous pieces
on the game board.
The Dejarik Holochess Set Expansion Pack 12 inch
Figure Expansion Pack features:
