Sabacc is a fictional card game in the Star Wars franchise. According to Wookieepedia, it was first mentioned in L. Neil Smith's 1983 prose novel Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu and apparently based on a line excised from a draft of the Empire Strikes Back script, in which Han Solo says Lando won Cloud City in a "sabacca game." While it would occasionally be played or mentioned throughout the various Star Wars "Extended Universe" media, it's first film appearance was in Solo: A Star Wars story, wherein Han wins The Millennium Falcon from Lando in a sabacc game. Being a Star Wars thing, there is of course more detail than you might imagine possible about the game online.
Sabbac is a Captain Marvel Jr. villain. He was created by Otto Binder and Al Carreno and first appeared in 1943's Captain Marvel Jr. #4. A sort of demonically powered evil opposite of the Marvels, Timothy Karnes could transform by saying the magic word "Sabbac", an acronym that would summon underworld lightning and gift him with the strength of Satan, the indestructibility of Aym, the wisdom of Belial, the fire powers of Beelzebub, the courage of Asmodeus and the flight of Crataeis.
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Sabbac plays a big role in Star Wars: Outlaws, the recent SW video game. One ongoing quest has you going from game to game on different planets, so you get to play the game a bunch within the story. Lando even shows up for one big mission and you get to play against him. Dunno if they sell an actual Sabbac set, but it's pretty fun to play.
Oh, that's interesting to hear. I started to read the rules, and my eyes sort of glazed over...as happens anytime I try to read the rules of games, now that I think of it.
According to my minutes of research, there are apparently physical Sabacc sets you can buy and play with your friends now. Apparently Lucasfilm failed to register the copyright for many years, so a game developer had put out their own mobile version of the game, but when the release of SOLO approached, the Star Wars people finally got involved, had a legal fight and now sell decks.
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