Corporate Sector Authority

Could someone explain the significance, time period, location, etc. of the CSA. I am quite confused about the whole concept. Is it part of the empire?

 

Try reading the Han Solo Adventures trilogy. First two books in it are set in the CSA.

 

It's several sector's worth of space, owned, operated, and controlled by massive corporations. The Empire allowed for its creation, so long as it didn't begin to encroach upon the Empire militarily (of which its forces are mostly defensive or police-type). Not many stories came out of it besides the three Brian Daley books from the 80s, which were about Han and Chewie's adventures there. Either way, it's still there as of Vector Prime.

 

The CSA is a private corporation made up of many different companies and was sanctioned by both the empire and the Old republic. It was allowed to control a portion of the Galaxy now know was the corporate sector. The corporate sector consistes of thousands of star systems, and the CSA pretty much rules it the same way the empire ran the rest of the Galaxy.

 

The now out-of-print HAN SOLO AND THE CORPORATE SECTOR SOURCEBOOK (by now-defunct West End Games) is the ultimate source of information on the region.

When Brian Daley wrote THE HAN SOLO ADVENTURES, he was basically told to only use Han Solo, Chewie, and the Falcon, and nothing else; not even the Empire. So he had to create his own area of space for the two to have some adventures.

I recommend THSA very much, among the very earliest of the EU (second only to SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE). The books are "Han Solo At Stars' End," "Han Solo's Revenge" (the best of the three, IMHO), and "Han Solo and The Lost Legacy." Last time I saw them in a bookstore, you could buy them separate (with brand new cover art) or together in one book.

 

Try here, TOS's entry on the Corporate Sector Authority.

 

I had forgotten about the Victory Star Destroyers and the Espos

 

Um, I don't think there were any Star Destroyers in THSA, were there? Then again, it's been years I've read them all the way through, so maybe I'm simply forgetting.

 

There were no Star Destroyers in the HSA. just a cruiser that was very, very, big IIRC .

Or maybe it was just large...

 

The empire sold the CSA stripped victory-class star destroyers according to the HS&CSA sourcebook. The CSA then had to re-equip them with new loadouts, often times not up to the same specs as the originals.

The comic version of Han Solo at Star's End, showed the cruiser as a Star Destroyer.

 

But it also showed Bullox as a brown, square headed thing, and the Z-95's as goofy jet fighters.

 

But the csa sourcebook, was in refrence of that star destroyer/cruiser matter of the comics.

"But it also showed Bullox as a brown"

artistic license, of course, some sourcebooks even have that picture listed, such as starwars.com. Even artistic liscense pictures are considered official interpretations of the character, no artistic license version of the drawing is more correct than other interpretations. Just look at the two official interpretations of vergere, the dark crow, and the colorful parrot.

"square headed thing, and the Z-95's as goofy jet fighters."

Actually those are a version of z-95s, CSA sourcebook shows another version that looks nothing like the version of z-95s you probably are most awhare of, z-95 come in a variety of models. Infact guide to vehicles and vessels decribes yet another one, and one of the x-wing comics has yet another variety.

 

Ah. Now it makes sense. Thanks Valiento

 

Yes yes, Val, I know about the varying look of the Z-95's. I was just saying that they looked like goofy jet fighters. And I actually like the brown square head version of Bollux.

 

Don't forget that Bollox had two bodies in the HSA. One is likely the one from the original comic adaptation, the other the one from the sourcebooks.

TC

 

The CSA sourcebook actually has two drawings, the round headed one for his old body, and a unique drawing for his newer body(different than the two we are discussing). The round head and flat head versions we are discussing correspond to the same "old" body. In other words there are actually 3 unique drawing for Bollux among the sources. 2 that correspond to the old body, and one that is a drawing of the new body.