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Star Wars Galaxies (often abbreviated SWG or Galaxies by fans) is a Star Wars themed MMORPG platform for Microsoft Windows PCs, developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. more...

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The base game, titled Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, was released on June 26, 2003 in the USA and on November 7, 2003 in Europe. A localized version for the Japanese market was made in 2004, and was published by Electronic Arts Japan on December 23, 2004. Japanese acceptance of the game was low, and in November 2005 the servers were shutdown and existing accounts migrated to US servers. As of March 2006, Galaxies is fifth among MMOGs in North American subscribers.

Galaxies, like most MMORPGs, has a monthly subscription fee. The basic monthly fee for playing the game is US$14.99, with discounts for three-, six-, and 12-month plans. Galaxies is also part of Sony Online Entertainment's "Station Access", which allows access to all SOE games for US$24.99 per month.

Gameplay Features

As with all MMORPGs, the feature set of Star Wars Galaxies is subject to change. The setting of the game is the well-known Star Wars universe, with the time period currently set in between the events in Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

The basic "game world" consists of simulated planetary surfaces and associated structures. The ten different planets are taken from the Star Wars movies and the expanded universe: Tatooine, Naboo, Corellia, Talus, Rori, Dantooine, Lok, Yavin IV, the forest moon of Endor, and Dathomir. Each of the ten planets is represented by 256 square kilometers (16 km x 16 km maps) of game space, with all established cities and locations compressed into that space.

Scattered throughout the game worlds, in addition to new places created by the game's developers to fill out the fictional worlds, are cities, characters, and points of interest that have been seen or mentioned in the various Star Wars media. Examples include R2-D2 and C-3PO's escape pod on Tatooine, the Naboo Royal Palace, the city of Coronet on Corellia, the abandoned Rebel bases on Dantooine and Yavin IV, the notorious pirate Nym in his stronghold on Lok, Ewoks on the Endor moon, and rancors on Dathomir.

Players of the game create characters to navigate through these environments. Characters in Star Wars Galaxies can be one of ten species, again taken from the films and the expanded universe: Human, Twi'lek, Zabrak, Wookiee, Trandoshan, Rodian, Mon Calamari, Bothan, Sullustan, or Ithorian. A character can be either male or female, and he or she belongs to one of nine iconic professions: Force Sensitive (Jedi), Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, Commando, Spy, Officer, Medic, Entertainer, or Trader. A character can also optionally advance in the Politician and Pilot professions, independent of his or her primary profession.

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