Star Wars Galaxies - 300,000 Subscribers, No Jedi... Yet

Posted by simoniker on Thursday October 2, 2003 @09:20AM from the wookie-popularity-101 dept.

Thanks to IGN PC for their interview with the creators of PC MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies, in which it's announced the title has "surpassed 300K registered accounts", despite what they describe as "some teething problems at the initial launch", and is still "...the fastest growing MMO ever - in the Western world at least." They say they're now trying to "get players away from mission terminals and directed towards more in-depth content", with new quests being designed and implemented in-game, and as for the question of becoming a Jedi, they confirm: "We've yet to see any Jedi in the game, though there are some players that are close to unlocking that Force-sensitive slot", and hint that "ancient historical artifacts known as Jedi holocrons" are part of the path to becoming a SWG Jedi.

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Re:The force is strong with you young Skywalker... by Taos · 2003-10-02 12:29 · Score: 5, Funny

I guess collecting cubes are better than contracting some blood disease like the Mitochlorians or whatever that crap was in EP 1. They'd have players running around the game just trying to get STD's so they can become a Jedi.

Heh, I think I just created the MMO version of Leisure Suit Larry.