General Discussion

Star Wars Galaxies is celebrating it's 5th anniversary, and they have a host of events, in-game gifts, and contests.

It's been an amazing five years since gamers across the world began jumping online to adventure in a galaxy far, far away… and now it's time to celebrate!

To commemorate Star Wars Galaxies' fifth year anniversary, there will be events, parties, in-game gifts, and your chance to vote in the Create a Painting Contest!

Five Year Anniversary Gifts
The Empire Strikes Back in-game painting and Novaless Soni-Optics Goggles

Citizens across the galaxy can receive two gifts when they log in during the anniversary celebration! Use the radial menu on the Emperor's Statue or Yoda's Fountain during the Empire Day event to receive two anniversary gifts.

The Five Year Painting is a replica of The Empire Strikes Back movie poster, sure to add a cool style to anyone's decor!

The Novaless Soni-Optics Goggles Mark V are one-of-a-kind. Originally created to assist with aiming long range rifles, the goggles were not widely manufactured due to problems that prevented any real combat use. These goggles are considered a novelty item as a result and are showed off for looks.

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Its already the talk of the boards that this  5 year anniversary gift out is bugged out as well as the /shakehead

Meatlump theme park.  Give it up SOE - Epic Fail.

Originally posted by Szark

It's been an amazing five years

Actually they are completely wrong about the 5 years. 

They wiped the original game 3 years ago, hence it is now only a 3 year anniversary for the current game.

Since I have a station account, I still occassionally check on my old server, I was shocked the other day, I actually saw another player when wandering around.....pretty hard to play on a server where no one makes anything anymore, have not found a stocked vendor in a long time.

The true SWG died Nov 05 this is not a 5year anniversary

I agree, it's not even remotely the same game it was 5 years ago. I started on the Shadowfire server and was recently there during the 'free vet days', not a soul in sight. Well, I guess they're going by the fact that a handful of subscribers hung in there. LoL! newbs ftw!

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You can get a Star Wars Movie Poster....... inside of the Star Wars Galaxy?

Thats..... so...... stupid.......

I hate this game, I hate it so much....

As others have indicated, the game that launched five years ago was mortally wounded a bit more than three years ago, and the coup d'grace was issued on 15 November 2005.

Oh, the world is the same, but everything inhabiting it has changed.

Most certainly not for the better.

[Player from Bria]

I sure would love to play the game pre-CU/NGE but as a non hardcore gamer, I have fun in it the way it is today - I'm a fan of SW, that's 95% of the reason I play it.

I checked Lord Vader's hourly visit to Theed and found it awesome! I went to see Leia's visit in Coronet and it wasn't so amazing; besides, the Rebels seemed a bunch of kids using macros to call and store their broken vehicles, disturbing lots of people with the explosion sounds and screen shakes. I signed for the Empire soon after and am having fun controlling key points in Naboo, Corellia. I look forward to a Restuss battle!

If someone decides to try the trial, send me a PM here in mmorpg.com - I'll be glad to introduce you to SWG!

agreed SWG/SONY are known as the biggest piece of garbage in the universe.

this is what you get when you think you know better that the players that suscribe

the only reason SWG is still running is because sony is so big and indifferent  it doesnt see  SWG died a LONG GLONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY

the only ones that play now are those lame PVP dorks that just use SWG as an arena and not as an mmo