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Star Wars Galaxies - Jedi, Vehicles, Speeder Bike Racing

Posted by simoniker on from the bantha-fodder dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for their interview with Lucasarts staff about playing as a Jedi in Star Wars Galaxies. The article discusses the powers granted to the newly-unlocked Jedi in this PC MMORPG ("There are over fifty Force powers, ranging from Force Lightning, Force Weaken, and Force Throw, to Jedi Mind Trick, and a variety of lightsaber moves"), and the possibility your Jedi character could be lost forever ("We have partial permadeath for a Jedi. Basically, a Jedi is allotted a certain number of deaths before they lose all progress that character has made.") Elsewhere, player-owned vehicles were enabled in the game earlier this week, and the official SWG page has information on the types, including the X34 Landspeeder, Swoop bike, and Speeder bike, and even documents player-hosted races that are being attempted, showcasing an in-game reproduction of the Mos Espa Circuit from Star Wars: Episode 1.

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  1. SWG must be revamped by angryflute · · Score: 0, Troll

    Star Wars Galaxies simply needs to be revamped. (For example, they should do a Clone Wars MMORPG where everybody gets at least a couple of chances to be a Jedi.) As for the current incarnation, everybody should be given both a "normal" character and a Jedi -- they must figure a way in which not everybody can use their Jedi online at once. Otherwise, Galaxies is very much of a letdown. Who the hell wants to play one of the boring, ugly peons you see in the background of the SW universe?? It's an insult to the customer's money and time. SWG cannot be totally canonical with the movies -- a movie is a movie, and a game is a game. Lucas needs to get with it and let it go: Allow the developers to do what's necessary to make a good GAME.

  2. Just Buy One On eBay by molafson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Avoid hundreds of hours of "tedious" game play. Cut to the chase and buy a Jedi character on eBay. They'll be available sooner or later. Or you could just not play the game, I guess.