The name of this quest should be changed as the Holocron no longer exists.  Perhaps "Retrieve the Birdcage from the Bird" would be more appropriate. :D

I understand why they dropped the Holocron. It probably happened when they stopped using them for Jedi status guides.                         

yes you can actually...... what you do is put it in your droid before you get to luke. then you re-start the mission and vwahlah you get the empty cage haha                                                   

I completed this mission in April 2004 on Ahazi server after the Publish 6/ Themepark reset while maintaining Covert Rebel Status.

Quest Details from the wp screen: "Luke needs you to retrieve the box that he was looking at earlier." (This does not quite match with the conversation text)

This is a destroy mission.  Objective was a Giant Mawgax (8500 HAM). [link=null]
An "An Empty Cage" was placed in my main inventory after killing the creature. NOT the holocron we were lead to believe. The cage was removed from my main inventory upon mission completion.

Reward for misison completion was 190 credits.

The mission was not broked as it was completed despite the proxy cage being used instead of a 'holocron'. This missing holocron makes sense in the light of possible fradulent trading of non-usable holocrons posing as the real thing as well as confusion concerning the value of quest rewards. (But an empty cage?? Really now... chuckle)

Dang, heh.                                                                             

if i start playin 2day, will i b behind in the game bcus i have been readin stuff like "oh, yeh i got the christmas holocron to" will i still b able 2 get all these holocrons?                                                   

Yes that was a little disappointing.  It would have been nice to see a real live Holocron in my inventory, even if I couldn't use it.                                                   

It becomes clear as you do missions for Luke, that what it is, is a Holocron.
In your inventory however, it appears as a cage.
So no, you can't use it.                                                   

It was a "cage for holding animals"... It somehow ruined the whole quest for me lol                                                                

Can you use it instead of bringing it back? =)