Trivia
In October 2005, distributor Electronic Arts Japan announced it is seizing support for the game. Japanese gamers need to transfer their account to European and North American servers if they want to continue playing.
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Sciere 
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In February 2005, a veteran reward program was launched. Players are rewarded on their three month, six month and twelve month anniversaries with a choice of rare in-game items or collectibles.
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Sciere (119383) on Feb 03, 2005.
The timeline of the game takes place somewhere between Star Wars and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
Various things from the Star Wars movies can be found in the game such as R2-D2 and C3PO's Escape Pod, the charred remains of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's home on Tatooine, the Massassi Temple and Pieces of the Death Star on Yavin IV and the Theed Palace and the Gungan Sacred Place on Naboo among others. Also, there are places like Lok, Rori and Dathomir and characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn and The Spacetroopers that come from "Expanded Universe" the Star Wars saga outside the films.
The first "Expansion Pack" was released on 24 October 2004 called "Jump to Lightspeed" it offered players a chance to build spaceships and have adventures in a space atmosphere. Also included were several new professions and two new species that the player could play, The Ithorian and the Sullutian. This expansion pack satisfyed many complaints that players had in the beginning that there were not vehicles or spaceships available in the game.
Not all events are planned in the world of Star Wars: Galaxies. On August 19th, 2004, a large group of gamers gathered on Intrepid to protest against Sony Online Entertainment. Just recently, a new credits duping bug was being exploited and these cheaters were running around the planet, tipping people with money. SOE fixed the bug, but announced to ban everyone involved. That mass ban did not only include the cheaters, but also many high-profile players who had accidentally received 'dirty' money while lending services.
That day, supporters of some innocent victims came together to protest against the measures taken and they demanded justice. Sony interfered in-game, as it was apparently disrupting the gameplay, and they threatened to shut down the server if the demonstrations would continue. The players did not give in and in the end they all got booted into space, to random planets. Afterwards, the message boards were flooded with complaints about this subtle example of customer service.
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Sciere (119383) on Aug 25, 2004.
A "Star Wars: Galaxies" series of novels has been released.
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WildKard (11891) on Mar 25, 2004.
Hours after the first Jedi appeared in the game, bounties were placed on her head. This is dangerous, because if a Jedi character is killed three times, their account is erased forever.
On November 08, 2003, Monika T'Sarn of the PA Combine on the Intrepid Server was the first to unlock her Force Sensitive slot, which made her the first confirmed Jedi Initiate in all of Star Wars Galaxies. There were more than 300.000 accounts at that time. Jedi Initiate is a rare class that only very few will experience.
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Sciere (119383) on Dec 01, 2003.
