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LUCASARTS ANNOUNCES STAR WARS GALAXIES: THE STARTER KIT – EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO VISIT A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY – RIGHT NOW!
THE REVOLUTIONARY IMMERSIVE ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAME IS MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN EVER

San Francisco, CA. – November 8, 2005 – LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) today 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. The package includes an exclusive in-game personal X-wing® or TIE fighter®, and at only $19.99 – plus 30 days of gameplay included with purchase – you won’t have to sell your landspeeder in order to gain enough galactic credits to fulfill your destiny. It’s never been easier to get into the game.

“We’re giving Star Wars fans what they want – an accessible, fun online adventure that starts where Star Wars: Episode IV left off,� said Nancy MacIntyre, senior director of Star Wars Galaxies. “Since June 2003, we’ve sold more than 1.5 million units of Star Wars Galaxies, and the game...

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Over the past year we have been working hard to respond to feedback we have gotten from players, fans, focus groups, and other research. This feedback has ultimately centered on one key area: the game does not feel like a heroic Star Wars experience.

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SOE and Lucas Arts are yet again going to revamp the game. How many revamps does it take to give the players what they became subscribers for in the first place? What are they up to yet again? Do you really even want to know or are you already trying to find the cancel subscription button? Every time SOE or Lucas Arts talks about revamp I tend to just close my browser and go find something else to entertain. Maybe not this time though. Who can argue with Collision Detection and Twitch? But what else lurks in this new and bold game redesign?

The redesign is a slash and burn of the old SWG. Check it out on Test Center tonight. Jedi will be a starting profession. All professions are being slashed down from the current 35 to about nine. No way you say!! Yes way!! Check it out from F13.com poster Schild

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Ok, so I'm here at SOE's Austin studio and I've played the new build of SWG which is going to be pushed onto test on Friday...with no real press. Basically they went through, ripped out 80% of the classes, left in the following: Force Sensitive, Bounty Hunter, Officer, Smuggler, Commando, Spy, Trader (all the tradeskills - 4 base sets now - Domestics, Structures, Munitions, Engineering), Medic and Entertainer."

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Group Experience Changes

Group experience calculations have just been reverted to pre-publish 22 on all servers. This did not require a downtime however some players may need to log out to see the changes take affect.

The new display for the group experience changes that was introduced in Publish 22 will be remaining as is. We will be looking into longer term fixes to address some community concerns about what the display shows.

The announcements section and launchpad will be updated with new information when it is available.

Thank you for your patience.




Message Edited by Tiggs on 08-18-2005 11:49 PM


Tiggs
SWG - Director of Community Relations

Do Not Meddle in the Affairs of Dragons, For Thou Art Crunchy and Go Well With Ketchup!

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