- Platform: IBM PC Compatible
- Release Date: November 14, 2006
- Genre: Role-Playing
- Style: Persistent World Online RPG
- Similar Games: Asheron's Call (IBM PC Compatible), EverQuest (IBM PC Compatible), Endless Ages (IBM PC Compatible)
Game Description
This bundle from SOE and LucasArts lets new players start off with the entire collection of retail releases for the persistent-world online game Star Wars Galaxies, including the title's first two retail expansion packs, Jump to Lightspeed and Rage of the Wookiees.As in genre founding "MMORPGs" such as EverQuest and Asheron's Call, Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided has players begin by creating an online personality, choosing their character's race, appearance, and profession. They then join a game world populated by hundreds, if not thousands of other human-controlled characters. Players can take the role of a Mon Calimari artisan, for example, or play as a Rodian marksman. They may join the Rebel Alliance, swear fealty to the Empire, or decide to remain neutral.
Jump to Lightspeed, the first retail expansion package for Star Wars Galaxies, adds the option of autonomous space travel to the persistent world RPG. Players can pilot personal, interstellar spacecraft that allow them access to new species, new worlds, and new challenges. Deep-space dog fighting -- a staple of the beloved film series -- also becomes available with the Jump to Lightspeed. The add-on adds new character classes, mostly focused on piloting and ship maintenance skills. Accomplished player characters can gain access to a larger ship requiring more than one operator.
The second retail expansion for Star Wars Galaxies, Rage of the Wookiees, offers additional weapons, armor and equipment, more ships and ship modifications, a planet full of fresh story-driven quests, and a revamped combat system designed to balance gameplay for all participants. Released in the same time window as the technically conclusive Episode III feature film, the add-on pays due attention to plot details and new Star Wars mythology revealed in the movie. In particular, the game expands upon the culture of the Wookiees and adds their ancestral home world of Kashyyk to the online galaxy.
Initially available for sale to Star Wars Galaxies subscribers by download only, Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan adds content related to the volcanic planet of Mustafar, and is set between the conclusive Revenge of the Sith and the original A New Hope on the Star Wars timeline. Players are drawn to the dangerous planet by presence of the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan's spirit has appeared on Mustafar to investigate an ancient mystery that could unlock new and powerful uses for the Force, which could change the balance of power between the Empire and the Rebels.
This complete collection is initially released with an in-game AT-RT vehicle for personal use, a slide show of Star Wars Galaxies screenshots, interviews from production staff, trailers and commercials for the game, a demo of the strategy game Empire at War, and exclusive concept art.
~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Company #1: Lucasarts; Sr. Director, Online: Jason Willig; Senior Producer: Brian Lowe; Producer: Jake Neri, Julio Torres; Assistant Producer: Tim Temmerman; Localization Producer: Hiromi Okamoto; Quality Assurance Supervisor: Toby Mast; Co-lead: Sean Thomson, Edmund Shih; Tester: Kevin Au Young, Steve Braman, Jeff Diaz, Joe Acedillo, Orion Kellogg, Grace Morales, Ian Riutta, Hugh Moore, Gabriel Roland, Nick Wilson; Compatibility Supervisor: Lynn Taylor; Lead Technical Writer: Lynn Taylor; Sr. Lead Compatibility Technician: Chris Adams; Lead Compatibility Technician: Brian Deksnys; Compatibility Technician: Cory Fulchiron, John Shields, Lester Siat; QS Computer Technician: John Carsey; Supervisor: Jay Geraci; Senior Product Support Technician: Jason Smith; Senior Technican Master Lab: Scott Taylor; Master Lab Technician: Eric Rauch; Audio and International Manager: Darragh O'Farrell; Lead Sound Designer: Todd Davies; Associate Sound Designer: James Diaz; Original Star Wars Music Composed By: John Williams; Music Arranging and Editing: Jesse Harlin; Music Composer: Anna Karney; V.P. Marketing and Sales: Nancy McIntyre; Director of Marketing: Kevin Kurtz; Product Brand Manager: Michael Webster; Assistant Product Brand Manager: Patrick Alvarado; Director of Public Relations: Jaime Rupert; Public Relations Manager: Amy Stojsavljevic; Director of Sales: Kevin Kebodeaux; Sales Coordinator: Mike Maguire; Materials Manager: Steven Hosey; V.P. Finance: Kevin Weston; Senior Manager of Financial Planning: Melissa Galicia; Senior Financial Analyst: Malachi Boyle; IT Services: Victor Tancredi-Ballugera, Greg Millies, Melanie Jacobson, Brendan Lloyd, Brad Grantham, John Von Eichhorn; Manual: Studio QED, Inc.; Packaging Design: Hamagami-Carrol; Mail Services: Kevin Song; Lucasfilm Licensing: Stacy Cheregotis, Chris Gollaher, Leland Chee, Stacy Arnold-Strider; Company #2: Sony Online Entertainment; Producer: Grant McDaniel; Art Director: Jason Minor; Creative Director: Kai Steinmann; Technical Director: Tony Tyson; Assistant Lead Designer: Thomas Blair; Lead Systems Designer: Jeff Carpenter; Lead Content Designer: Mike Farone; Associate Producer: Fannie Gunton, David Jones; Artist: Don Alexander, Alexis Allen, Christine Chugon, Abigail Daniel, Scott Downey, Rick Knox, Dave Nevala, David Russ; Designer: Jesse Benjamin, Thomas Eidson, Hollis Gray, Mark Halash, Travis Hicks, Eli Holding, Niklas Johansson, Jesse Knapp, Ernie Laurence, EJ Moreland, Pete Warner; Lead Programmer: Ryan Smith; Buildmaster: Tom Cramer; Programmer: Dave Driggers, Rob Hanz, Adam Hunter, Huy Nguyen, Tim Schubert, Jeff Uriarte; Director, Global Community Relations: Alan Crosby; Community Relations Coordinator: Aimee Rekoske; Events Manager: Jason Ryan; Senior Community Relations Manager, Swg: EM Stock; Community Relations Manager: Kurt Stangl; Community Relations Representative: Vaughn Garvin, Paul Williams; Vice President of Development: John Blakely; Director of Development: Todd Fiala; Studio Art Director: Whitney Ayres; Studio Creative Director: Chris Cao; Studio Technical Director: Lorin Jameson; Executive Assistant: Rhonda Loeliger; HR Manager - Austin: Sheri Davenport; Vice President of CS & QA: George Scotto; Director of Quality Assurance: Tony Rado; Quality Assurance Manager: Rob Thompson; Quality Assurance Supervisor: Taylor Haley; Senior Quality Assurance Analyst: Annette Rogers, Christine Chugon, Floyd Billings, Jeff Haskell, Kevin Shoemaker, Robert Nelson; Quality Assurance Analyst: Brett Acuff, Brissia Jimenez, Christian Holton, James Michener, Mike Pirrone, Mikkel Jensen, Raul Mondragon, Welsey Haselden; Compatibility Lab Supervisor: Ryan Antonelli; Compatibility Lab: Jason Zimmerman, Ryan Boyle, Eric Logle; Executive Director of Global Customer Service: Brad Wilcox; Star Wars Galaxies In-Game Support Manager: Sharon Morris; Customer Service Supervisor: Timothy Vick, Kyle Vallee; Senior GM: Ethan Nason, Preston Bianco, Keith Rekoske, Dan Binter; GM: Melissa Laybhen, Jason Peffley, Patrick Murphy, Chris Garlick, Chase Gee, Andy Peck, Sheloman Byrd, Jared Sones, David Villegas, Brian Bokelman, Jorge Sabala, Reg Mizell; Star Wars Galaxies Subject Matter Expert: Jeremy Conrad; SVP Globel Sales and Marketing: Torrie Dorrell; VP of Marketing: Michael Lustenberger; Senior Brand Manager: Debysue Wolfcale; Marketing Coordinator: Sara Cohen; Director of Web Presence: Jacob Robinson; Director, Business Development: Louis Figueroa; Vice President, Operations: Michael Bowen; Project Management: Krista Benson, Dennis Gaudinez, Eric Weiss; Director of SOE Security: Bryan Blank; Director of Operations: Jeremy Johnson; Associate Manager, Operations: David Prestin; Operations Team Lead: Steven Davis, Thomas Delzer, Eric Flynn; Operations Team: Ben Cohee, Ben Cole, Ron Corning, Robert Maul, Gary Neffendorf, Chris Richard, Roger Sewell, Chris Trichel, Jesus Zarosa; Director of Production Systems: Mark Preston; Production Systems Team: Thomas Jackson, Sid Jaffee, Kirk Lightfoot, Kevin Ying; Network Engineering Team: Brett Hawn, Travis Neidens, Steve Scheck; Director of Office Systems: Jeff Bolaris; Office Systems Team: Bryant Clark, Lisa Doleshal, Domenico Scaduto, Felicity Santo, Jeremy Siprelle, Loren G. Skeels, Nate Wright; Manager of Operational Engineering: Ted Garrington; Operations Enigneering Developer: Timothy Arland, Ogi Boras, Chad Folz, Greg Herzbrun, Matthew Reynolds, David Taylor, Gordon Tetlow, Clint Urbanek; Vice President of Technology: Chris Yates; Administrative Assistant: Rowena Luansing; Executive Director, Platform Operations: David Dhunjishaw; Project Management: Jenné McPherson, Bonnie Davison, Robin Goldie, Wendy Kim, Kumiko Yuasa, Amy Oilman; Director, Engineering: Narayanan Gopala; Application Engineering Team: Jake Fear, Aaron Dressin, David Almilli, Matt Houser, Anthony Aarobone, Chris Sheddy, John Van Roekel, Michael Miljour, Mike Walters, Tina Ngo, Paul Christenson, Phil Sunbury, Mark Brennan, David Keene, Rob Thomas, Bob Bamford, Andres March; Systems Engineering Team: Chris Rosa, Rick Smith, Tavish Margers, Pablo Herrero, Thomas Farthing, Robert Kline, Wei Li, Hoa Nguyen, Michael Falcon, Phil Bouchard, Jeff Jones, Casey Winn, Dan Gorman, William Kemper, Chris Rosner, Grat Crabtree; Manager of Quality Assurance: Enrico Bernardo; Quality Assurance Team: Vien Truong, Thanh Nguyen, Bethany Rockey, Bem Babeshkin, David Bennett, Derek Freese, Elenor Larsson, Wilson Oen, Carl Flaherty, Karen Leslie; Creative Director, Product Design: Nathan Pearce; Creative Design Team: Eric Schmitter, Tony Kodis, David Goebel; Web Development Director: Greg Short; Web Development Team: Nicholas Davison, Kyle Blackman, Sean White, Monte Green, Tim Cox; Director of Database Services: David Manifold; Database Services Team: Aaron Valdes, David Green, Marjorie Vaccaro, John McGovern, Aaron Hollenberg, Archana Pansuria, Nick Verenini, Donyl Cruz, Eric Ho, Taylor Steil, Mahesh Kalyanetti, Sherry Liu; Executive Director of International Operations: Matt Silvertson; Project Management: Stacey Sofia-McDaniel, David Kim, James Whisenant, Raymond Nguyen, Tan Troung; Technical Manager: Robert McEntee; Engineering Team: Jason Polk, Devon Kim, Stacy Griebel, Chris Lee, Katty Bashir, Lina Liang, Bill Mauer, Jacky Ho, Duy Le; Localization Liason: Adriano Vasco, Bernard Dambron; Director of Technology: Rich Lawrence; Project Management: Bruce Ferguson, Mike Gaylord, Ty Keith; Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs: Rick Herman; Staff Counsel: Kelly Conway; Legal Coordinator: Olivia Malstrom; Contracts Administrator: Olivia Malmstrom; Chairman of the Board: Yair Landau; President: John Smedley; Chief Operations Officer: Russell Shanks; Chief Financial Officer: John Needham; Chief Technology Officer: Adam Joffe; Senior Vice President & General Counsel: Andy Zaffrom; Executive Assistant: Marsha Gygax, Pam Impson, Christine Lena
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