Join the Star Wars Galaxies programming team for a Stratics chat on Wednesday, May 14 from 5 PM PDT / 7:00 PM! The programming team will be there to answer all your questions about what makes SWG tick.

Please keep in mind that the programming team will be addressing questions about systems and other technical questions you may have, as well as questions about the game industry in general. Please understand that the programming team will not be able to answer questions about SWG game or profession design.

Here's how you can attend!

When: Wednesday, May 14, at 5:00 PM PDT / 7:00 PM CDT / 8:00 PM EDT.

Where: Log on to your trusty IRC program and join the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC.

How: Joining is easy! Just connect through Stratics' handy Java client, which may be found right here. You must have Java installed on your computer to use this, which can be downloaded from the Java web site.

If you prefer the old fashioned way to connect to Stratics IRC, you can connect to the Stratics Chat servers through the use of your favorite IRC client, such as mIRC, ircle, xchat, or whichever you prefer.

stratics.frws.com USA - Colorado 6667 6668 7000
irc.glowfish.de EU - Germany 6667 6668
stratics.afraidyet.net USA - Texas 6667 6668
irc.gamers-irc.org USA - Colorado 6667 6668 7000

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On Tuesday, April 29, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PDT (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CDT (Austin) / 7:00 AM EDT (New York)
11:00 AM GMT (London) / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 8:00 PM (Tokyo)

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Are you a Star Wars Galaxies veteran? If so, check your inbox! SOE and LucasArts are offering you 33 days free play to join the thousands of players and experience some of the brilliant improvements to the game - especially the changes to the Entertainer profession.

If that wasn't enough, from April 29, returning players are not only treated to BRAND NEW Exar Kun content, where you have to defeat his followers and earn exotic rewards but also download some exclusive desktop wallpaper.

Chapter 9 is here - so come back and experience the NEW Star Wars Galaxies........today.

On April 1, we reported that Hoth was coming to Galaxies. Although that WAS an April fools joke, the joke is actually on us! Hoth IS coming to the game. At the recent Community Summit.







You can find out more in our forum thread

The expertise system gives Jedi a choice of the path they wish to follow in the universe of Star Wars Galaxies. Choose a side and your role as a Jedi with the Path tree in the expertise system, now with several new abilities added in Game Update 3.
Click here to explore the Jedi Path expertise.

SOE is throwing out yet another Fan Faire. Be sure to attend it(Greetings for all Polish players btw).If you've never been to an SOE Fan Faire before, you've been missing out! Fan Faire is a great place for SOE gamers to mix and mingle with each other and meet some of the faces behind their favorite SOE games. Here's just a taste of some of the great stuff we're planning:

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