Star Wars Galaxies Overview and Recent Content

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a civil war rages between forces of the resolute Rebel Alliance and the formidable Galactic Empire as a result of galactic-wide trade disputes. The plans to a space station being built buy the Empire, called a “Death Star”, is stolen by the resourceful Rebels. This Death Star possess the capability to destroy entire planets, but with its blueprints in hand, the Rebel Alliance is able to pinpoint a structural weakness and destroy the unfinished planet killer. This action will not go unpunished and the Empire will Strike Back!

Star Wars Galaxies is a sci-fi MMORPG initially released as Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. This MMOG’s world consists of ten different planets, each one a 16 km x 16 km map and borrowed from the known fictional Star Wars universe with a timeline set between the Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back movies. Star Wars Galaxies features content both mentioned and not mentioned in various Star Wars media. During character creation, players may choose from ten different species and nine different primary professions, all of which are mentioned in various Star Wars media.

As with many MMOs, players of Star Wars Galaxies can use their character’s skills and special abilities to attack targets, complete quests/missions, craft useful items, and/or entertain other players. During their adventures throughout the galaxy, characters will have the opportunity to meet famous Star Wars NPCs, travel in their own landspeeders, speeder bikes or swoops, control economies, earn fame and fortune (or infamy and notoriety), obtain rare items, artifacts and trinkets, and build, own and decorate their own structures, including houses, cantinas and guild halls. These structures can even be organized into entire cities run by players. There have been three expansions since Star Wars Galaxies’ initial release (Jump to Lightspeed, Rage of the Wookies, and Trials of Obi-Wan), all of which have added additional features to the main game.

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Galactic Civil War Interview
Interviews created on 1/29/10
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently asked a few questions of Star Wars Galaxies producer Tony Tyson about the Galactic Civil War and what it means for players.

User Created Content Interview
Interviews created on 10/16/09
Star Wars Galaxies is introducing the Chronicles system into their game that will allow players to create their own content in the iconic universe. MMORPG.com's Chris Higgins had the opportunity to ask a few questions of SWG Producer, Tony Tyson.

Re-Review
Review created on 8/13/09
MMORPG.com's Chris Higgins writes this new look at Sony online Entertainment's Star Wars Galaxies.

Game Update 9 Journal - Housing Updates
Dev Journals created on 5/15/09
Jaskell from Sony Online Entertainment's Star Wars Galaxies writes this developer journal looking at housing updates in the game's Update 9.

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Recent Forum Activity

Just bought it... again... any newbie tips ? 2/9/10 @ 5:32PM by SWGmodAlpha in General Discussion

SWG Update on 2/9/2010 Broke Several AoE and CoE Attacks 2/9/10 @ 5:03PM by Troneas in General Discussion

PRE-CU Vet, Finally returned to SWG, after 4-5 years. 2/9/10 @ 4:42PM by thamighty213 in SWG Veteran Refuge

About the Vet trial. 2/9/10 @ 3:49PM by Deewe in General Discussion

SoE Clone Wars game confirmed 2/9/10 @ 1:40PM by k1klass in SWG Veteran Refuge

This is why I came back to SWG... 2/9/10 @ 11:00AM by Burntvet in General Discussion

Lf a PA 2/8/10 @ 5:32AM by BadgerSmaker in General Discussion

Actually enjoying this again, after trying the debacle known as STO 2/7/10 @ 11:37PM by Dolmong in General Discussion

i'd like to try it but i can't 2/7/10 @ 11:00PM by FmrOprtr in General Discussion

So why hasn't SWG bounced back... honestly. 2/7/10 @ 12:54AM by kevingaily in SWG Veteran Refuge

Our Rating

6.8

User Rating: 6.4

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