Galaxies Christmas Special, numerous class updates coming soon

by Michael Zenke Dec 6th 2008 at 6:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Classes, Events, in-game, Patches, Star Wars Galaxies

A brand-new Producer's Letter from Chris Fields brightened this week for Star Wars Galaxies players. Coming sometime in the middle of the month is the newly revamped Life Day event. This year they've taken heavy cues from the Star Wars Christmas Special, that horrifying cultural relic from the 80s. You may wonder about the wisdom of doing so, but keep in mind that the special (despite its many flaws) is 100% canon content. The event will see players smashing presents, decorating trees, and getting awesome presents like a pocket aquarium, a holographic table, a proton chair, an in-home wroshyr tree ... and perhaps even a Kowakian monkey-lizard!

The letter also contains a lot of previews for upcoming patches, great-sounding content for players of all stripes. Game Update 6 will see the addition of an appearance tab, expanding the roleplaying-friendly game feature seen in other games like EverQuest II and Lord of the Rings Online. Make sure to thank AdeptStain if you like it! Update 7 will see the long awaited updates for Spies, and Update 8 will see major changes to Player Associations and Cities. There are a ton more holidays and goodies coming down the pipe ... check out the full letter for the details.

Tags: christmas, holidash, holidays, life-day, soe, sony-online-entertainment, star-wars-galaxies, swg, swg-game-update-6, swg-game-update-7, swg-game-update-8

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bissrok said on 7:53PM 12-06-2008

SWG, the only Star Wars IP that would willingly embrace the Holiday Special in hopes of seeming more interesting.

RogueJedi86 said on 8:51PM 12-06-2008

Any Star Wars work that mentions Kashyyyk or Chewbacca's father, wife, or son, is referencing the Holiday Special. Boba Fett's first appearance was in an animated segment of the Holiday Special. Likewise for Kashyyyk and Chewbacca's family.

Adding an appearance tab is neat. I remember them mentioning plans before, I wonder how it'll be implemented exactly.