Coming Soon - Additional Character Slots!

Get ready to double your fun.  In the coming months, every active player will get two characters per galaxy spread over four different galaxies (eight total max)!  Stay tuned for more information.

LucasArts Announces Star Wars Galaxies: The Starter Kit

LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment have announced an exciting opportunity for new players to feel the Force of Star Wars Galaxies®. Set for release on November 22, 2005, Star Wars Galaxies: The Starter Kit offers the most accessible, fun approach to the immersive online game you'll find this side of Endor.

Designed so that any gamer can feel like a true Jedi Master of the mouse and keyboard, The Starter Kit features vastly improved content meant to hyperspace players into their own personal Star Wars® adventures easier and faster than ever before. By debuting such features as a simplified user interface and a fast-action combat system, LucasArts and SOE have completely redesigned the game's first 30 levels so that players are immediately engaged in their own Star Wars adventure. With complete content from both Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided® and Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed™, as well as new material created just for the game, The Starter Kit allows players to explore the most dangerous planets of the Star Wars galaxy taking on the role of the famous iconic heroes  from bounty hunter to smuggler. Read the official press release!

Julio Torres Producer's Letter

Star Wars Galaxies Producer, Julio Torres, discusses some exciting news about the current and future plans for Star Wars Galaxies in today's Producer's Letter. Care to discuss? Tell us your thoughts.

Do You Log in From Someplace Out of the Norm?

We are looking for players that log in to play Star Wars Galaxies from real world locations out of the norm (aircraft carriers, submarines, cruise lines, hot air balloons, ect).  Tell us your story of where you log in to play Star Wars Galaxies from!

Friday Feature October 21st - Treasures of Mustafar and a Feature Scramble!

Let's take a close look at some of the loot from Star Wars Galaxies™: Trials of Obi-Wan™ in the Treasures of Mustafar!

Also, we're adding a new game to the Friday Feature this week - - a Feature Scramble!

The Feature scramble is a type of word jumble. Read through the feature and find all the bold letters. Next, take those letters and use them to figure out a famous phrase from the Star Wars movies:

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Stratics House of Commons Dev Chat Log

Last night the Development team participated in a Stratics House of Commons chat. The main topic of discussion was Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan (TOW). Click here to view the questions and answers that took place.

Publish 24 - October 18th, 2005

Publish 24 Headlines:
Squad Leader enhancements: Publish 24 will be bringing you significant changes and enhancements to the Squad Leader profession. The goal of these enhancements is to maintain the essence of the Squad Leader skills, leadership and group enhancement, while making the profession more robust and entertaining to play.

Profession Commando: As some of you may know, Helios has been working with Keldarin and JFreeman to get the community's input on some of the requested commando changes. Today, we have some very exciting update notes for you so we thought we'd call these changes out to your attention.

AI Specials: We are improving the variety of attacks available to NPCs in SWG. We have heard feedback from players, asking for more variety and strategy in NPC behaviors (for instance, having Dark Jedi and Night Sisters use force powers), and agree with that feedback 100%. NPCs that use appropriate tactics and strategy will make the combat experience in SWG the best it has ever been.

Combat - Movement Buffs and Snares Stack: Changes to the way movement buffs and snares stack in combat.

Click here to read the complete publish notes.

Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan Impressions
GameSpot's James Calvert writes about his guided tour around the planet of Mustafar on which Star Wars Galaxies' third expansion pack is set.

"The fiery, inhospitable surface of Mustafar is quite unlike anything that's ever been seen in Star Wars Galaxies to date, and the 50-plus new quests and missions that you'll find there will be more story-driven and directed than what's gone before."

Read more!

Walk of Game
Walk of Game is the first-of-its-kind landmark honoring the icons and pioneers of the videogame industry.

Walk of Game is located inside Metreon, a 350,000 square-foot entertainment complex at Fourth and Mission Streets in the heart of downtown San Francisco .

Every year, gamers worldwide cast their vote on www.WalkOfGame.com to induct the next set of honorees to receive a permanent 24"x 24", customized steel star on the Walk of Game. From the list of nominees, the top four in the category of Games/Characters and the top two in Lifetime Achievement will be inducted. Inductees to date are: Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, Halo, Link (The Legend of Zelda), Mario, and Sonic The Hedgehog.

The list of nominees is compiled from a survey of industry members and technology, entertainment, and gaming media. SCA Interactive, a leader in online promotions, powers the Walk of Game voting interface.

Check www.WalkOfGame.com regularly to keep informed about upcoming events including unveiling of the stars for the 2006 Inductees!

Trials of Obi-Wan Points of Interest
"Deep in the bowels of the huge mining facility an outburst echoed through the hallways, "I've had it with this contract!" He paced back and forth across the control room fiddling with a datapad and shaking it around wildly in the air after his calculations all ended with the same answer: the mining facility couldn't produce enough materials for a very important contract." Read more and learn about Trials of Obi-Wan Points of Interest.

Pre-order Now Open for Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan Expansion
LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment today announced that Star Wars Galaxies™: Trials of Obi-Wan™, their expansion available only via digital download, is now available for pre-order.  All who pre-order will get access to Trials of Obi-Wan on October 25th (a full week before its official November 1st release!), as well as an exclusive eight-player Transport Skiff never before seen in Star Wars Galaxies - the first eight-person and fastest multi-person transport ever featured in the game! Set on the Episode III planet of Mustafar and including missions delivered by the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Trials of Obi-Wan will be available for $29.99.

Like Obi-Wan Kenobi after his death, Star Wars Galaxies has become "more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Appropriately, Trials of Obi-Wan allows players to better understand the meaning of these final words spoken by Luke Skywalker's mentor, as they embark upon missions delivered directly from the spirit of the revered Jedi Master himself. From the very shores of molten lava where he defeated Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan guides players on quests that span the planet Mustafar - some of which might even convert devotees of the dark side over to a more virtuous path. This expansion features many new high-level quest rewards, including the ability to find a fiery red crystal found only on the volcanic planet that offers the lucky player a rich reward.

To pre-order Star Wars Galaxies™: Trials of Obi-Wan™ click here!

Star Wars Galaxies™: Trials of Obi-Wan™ Exclusive Bonus Items!
Be sure to check out this week's Friday Feature and take a look at the cool new Mustafarian Underground Bunker! Also, Artist and Star Wars fan Rick Knox talks about the inspirations that guided the vision for this great new player house. Last week, we had a sneak peek at the Transport Skiff and the Lava Flea - - be sure to get the latest info!

New SWG Knowledge Base
Do you have a question about SWG gameplay? Check out our new SWG Knowledge Base!

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