Star Wars Galaxies Newsletter

• September 2002 edition •

New Screenshots
We put a couple new shots up early in the month.

Weekly Beta Updates
Find out what has been going on behind closed doors in beta with the weekly updates.

Q’s Query
As a new weekly feature, we’ve been posing design topics to the discussion board.

Comments
Learn more about Artist Will Kier and World Builder Todd Bailey in the Team Comments.

Weekly Polls
New Poll Question added every Friday.

Updated FAQ
New questions added every Friday. During August we added information on player professions and the world map.

From the Forums:

Any new pa's with a 30-40 limited membership?
Community member Phane seeks a new PA with a limited members. If you are looking for one as well check out which PAs respond on the Player Association Forum.

SWG!!!!!!
Member ThePet asks the community what their favorite planned feature in SWG is. Give your answer on the SWG Questions Forum.

You start SWG for the first time, sit back....,
Join community member Deerang’s discussion about what the intro to SWG should be on the SWG Discussion Forum.

Planet Unknown(100%open, tell us when entering)
Help ED-D2 explore a new planet in this open story on the Role Playing Forum.

Favorite Line from Starwars?
Community member Wokkiegangleader starts a thread on favorite quotes from everyone’s favorite film series on the General Star Wars Forum.

Books
Community member FireFett is looking for recommendations on good sci-fi books to read. Recommend your favorite on the General Any Topic forum.

Droid's Report Q-3PO's Report On Community Happenings

Secret Plans Exclusive Star Wars Galaxies Information

Featured Fan Site Monthly Highlight of an Exceptional Fan Site

Off the HoloNet Star Wars Galaxies in the News

August was the official start for the Star Wars Galaxies Beta. In this first round, 100 or so external beta testers logged into the game for the first time. The response we received from them was overwhelming positive. I’ll refer you to my weekly Beta Update 7 and Update 8 to see the actual reactions intercepted from the Beta forums (shh, don’t tell Lord Vader) for yourself.

If you’ve been away from the site for a bit, here is our current regular update schedule:

Every Month: SWG Newsletter (you’re reading it now)
Every Month: A new behind the scenes article
Every Other Monday: A Team Comments letter
Every Wednesday: Beta Update Post
Every Friday: New FAQ
Every Week: Q’s Queries - New Development Topic (The actual day will vary so people on different schedules will have a chance to get in the discussion early)

As always, we’ll put the latest news about Star Wars Galaxies on the site, hope to see you there.

~Kevin "Q-3PO" O'Hara
Community Relations Manager



This month we bring you an exclusive concept art for the capital building in Bestine on Tatooine.

We've added a couple new fan sites to our Community page of the official website. This month we highlight another great Star Wars Galaxies fan site:

Mystics is a well constructed German fan site dedicated to up-to-date information about Star Wars Galaxies. Visually interesting, easy to navigate and containing a detailed listing of who’s who (and what projects they did before) on the SWG development team all make this a great site to visit. (Translate the site at http://babelfish.altavista.com/)

Although we strongly support the hard work of our fan site community and recommend you visit their sites, please don't forget to make our official site your home. We've always got the latest information and a great community of fans here.

TechTV - Mention of SWG on PS2
Voodoo Extreme - Blurb on Beta announcement
Business 2.0 - Story on SOE
Fox News - Story on MMOs
Yahoo Internet Life - September issue - MMO piece

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