What is the Star Wars Galaxies story?

Star Wars Galaxies did not begin with any sort of overarching story. Originally, as the original opening crawl states, after character creation, the player started out on an Imperial Star Destroyer after being captured on a passenger ship suspected of illegal activity.

How big is the galaxy in Star Wars?

As you can imagine, the Galaxy in which all these events take place is gigantic. According to the novel Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure, the Galaxy is over 100,000 light-years in size. For context, 1 lightyear is equivalent to 6 trillion miles, or 9 trillion kilometers.

What happened to Star Wars Galaxies in 2002?

They also announced on December 20, 2002 that the ground-based component of Star Wars Galaxies would be called An Empire Divided and that the game’s online community had grown to over 400,000 users since its original release in November 2000. This represented one of the largest ever fan communities amassed for any game prior to retail availability.

What universe does Star Wars take place in?

The entirety of the Star Wars canon takes place in the galaxy far, far away. Within said galaxy that is what it is known as “the Galaxy”. However, this galaxy in which everything fans love about Star Wars happens in, is one of the trillions in the universe. That is where Star Wars takes place, a universe.

Is Star Wars Galaxies worth playing?

The first thing that is worth noting about Star Wars Galaxies is that in this game you do not actually play as one of the iconic Star Wars characters. Do not worry though as those characters you love like Luke and Han are in the game and do play a part.

How many people played Star Wars Galaxies before EverQuest?

Sony Online Entertainment got the development gig for Star Wars Galaxies on the back of the success of Everquest. During the three-year build up to its release, canny marketing saw 400,000 joining Galaxies’ online community before the game was released.