Star Wars Day is over. Revenge of the Fifth has arrived. And over in the Star Wars Galaxies corner of the galaxy, SWG Restoration is still doing exactly what makes these private-server projects so fascinating: quietly keeping an old MMO alive with new fixes, systems, and community momentum. The team has posted Hotfix 1.4.0.4 â Revenge of the Fifth, a fresh patch arriving as Restoration heads toward its fifth anniversary later this month. The official SWG Restoration hotfix post frames the update around both maintenance and celebration, with anniversary preparation now clearly on the radar. The Galactic Civil War Keeps Getting Tuned One of the more interesting notes in the hotfix concerns watchtowers and PvP base discovery. The patch listing notes that watchtowers can now grant discovery missions for finding PvP bases, with clearer messaging to indicate when a discovered target is a PvP base. That might sound tiny if…
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SWG Legends Just Gave Star Wars Galaxies Modern Housing Tools in 2026
A 2003 Star Wars MMO just got a housing upgrade in 2026, because apparently Star Wars Galaxies still refuses to behave like a dead game. SWG Legends, the long-running community server based on Star Wars Galaxies, has rolled out a major May the Fourth update with one headline feature that veteran decorators will immediately understand: a new decoration mode gizmo. In normal human language, that means decorating houses in Galaxies should now feel much less like ancient Sith punishment with a radial menu attached. MassivelyOP reports that the new tool lets players use a pop-up panel to free-move, rotate, yaw, and pitch objects, snap items to the floor, float the camera, and even undo mistakes. SWG Housing Was Already Legendary â Just Not Easy The funny thing is that Star Wars Galaxies housing has always been one of the gameâs greatest strengths. Long before modern MMOs turned player housing into…
On This Day: Rage of the Wookiees Took Star Wars Galaxies to Kashyyyk
Before Star Wars Galaxies became one of the great âyou had to be thereâ MMO legends, it did something wonderfully 2005: it tied a full expansion to Revenge of the Sith and sent players straight into Wookiee country. On May 5, 2005, Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III â Rage of the Wookiees launched for PC as the MMOâs second major expansion, landing just two weeks before Revenge of the Sith hit theaters in the U.S. It was a very specific kind of Star Wars moment: film hype, MMO ambition, Kashyyyk, space content, creature mounts, and the faint sound of every Wookiee roleplayer suddenly clearing their calendar. Kashyyyk Finally Entered the MMO The headline feature was obvious: Kashyyyk. The Wookiee homeworld had always felt perfect for an online Star Wars world. Giant trees, tribal conflict, Separatist pressure, hidden danger, and enough vertical drama to make every speeder mechanic quietly nervous. Unlike…
SWG Restoration Just Made Open PvP Look Fun Again
Sometimes a great MMO story does not look like a cinematic trailer, a massive expansion reveal, or a carefully staged developer showcase. Sometimes it looks like a petri dish full of angry red dots. That is exactly what Star Wars Galaxies Restoration showed off on X, where a small tactical map revealed something far cooler than it first appeared: three teams of players clashing in open PvP during the serverâs Petranaki Tournament. According to the post, the chaos was effectively 30 vs. 30 vs. 30, with players split across three temporary factions: Acklay, Nexu, and Reek. Yes, those names are doing exactly what your prequel-loving brain thinks they are doing. Team Pride, But Make It Very SWG The best little touch? Players also receive visible team pins showing whether they are fighting for Acklay, Nexu, or Reek. It is a tiny cosmetic detail, but very Star Wars Galaxies in spirit….
21 Years Ago, Star Wars Galaxies Changed Forever
On April 27, 2005, Star Wars Galaxies did not release a new expansion, launch a new planet, or hand everyone a shiny lightsaber with a polite little tutorial. It did something far more dangerous. It changed how the game worked. The Combat Upgrade, listed in Galaxiesâ update history as a free major online revamp, went live 21 years ago today â and for many veteran players, that date still lands like a thermal detonator in the nostalgia compartment. The update arrived between Jump to Lightspeed and Rage of the Wookiees, right in the middle of the gameâs most fascinating, chaotic, and deeply fragile era. The Patch That Tried to Fix the Galaxy The Combat Upgrade was designed to overhaul Star Wars Galaxiesâ complicated combat systems. Before it, SWG was famously strange: part sandbox MMO, part social simulator, part economy experiment, part cantina waiting room where someone was always dancing for…
SWG: Legends Celebrates Two Years of City 2.0, and the Galaxy Looks Better for It
Some MMO updates add a new mechanic. Some add a grind. Some add one feature everyone uses and three more nobody remembers six weeks later. City 2.0 was not one of those updates. In a new Friday Feature celebrating two years of City 2.0, the SWG: Legends team put the spotlight on one of the serverâs biggest quality-of-life and creativity wins by gathering responses from more than sixty mayors across the galaxy. The result is less a simple anniversary post and more a full community snapshot of what player cities have become two years after the update landed. From âplace a shuttle and call it a cityâ to actual city-building That is really the heart of this story. When City 2.0 arrived in 2024, it gave mayors far more room to shape cities into places that actually looked and felt lived in. Roads, bridges, walls, gates, signs, decorative structures, zoning…
George Lucas and Star Wars Galaxies: The MMO That Was Closer to His Future Than People Realized
When people talk about Star Wars Galaxies, they usually start with the obvious landmarks: the sandbox systems, the player cities, the housing, the professions, the social chaos, and the long shadow the game still casts over Star Wars MMO history. All of that matters. But one of the more interesting angles is how closely Galaxies seems to line up with the way George Lucas thought about technology, online interaction, and participatory storytelling. This was not just a Star Wars game where players ran missions. It was one of the earliest serious attempts to let people actually live inside the galaxy, which is a big reason it still deserves a prominent place in our complete Star Wars games hub. Lucas was already thinking beyond passive entertainment One reason Galaxies feels so relevant in hindsight is that George Lucas had been talking for years about technology, media, and the future of storytelling….
Star Wars Galaxies Private Servers Are Suddenly Busy Again
The official Star Wars Galaxies era may be long gone, but the private server scene is having a pretty lively week. Across multiple community-run projects, March has turned into a burst of hotfixes, patch notes, and even player governance updates â a reminder that SWG is still finding new ways to stay alive in 2026. SWG Infinity Is Deep in Post-Launch Repair Mode The busiest server right now looks like SWG Infinity, which has posted a rapid string of updates tied to its recent 2.0 rollout. Its patch notes page shows Infinity 2.0.115 through 2.0.120 landing between March 19 and March 24, with fixes touching everything from tutorial flow and invisible NPCs to vehicles, pets, survey tools, crafting tools, crashes, and loot behavior. That kind of cadence tells its own story. Infinity is clearly still in stabilization mode after a major update, but it is also moving fast. The latest…
SWG Legends Looks Back on 10 Years of Growth â From âGalaxy Is Fullâ to New Content Questions
SWG Legends is using its 10-year anniversary to look back at just how far the project has come, and the contrast is honestly pretty striking. In a new retrospective feature shared by the team, SWG Legends revisits the kinds of questions players were asking back in 2016 compared to what the community is asking now. The short version: the early days were about getting into the galaxy at all. These days, the big questions are about planets, systems, quality-of-life upgrades, and what content comes next. The staff also promoted the feature on social media as a walk through âFAQ memory laneâ alongside answers to newer community questions. Back When the Biggest Problem Was Just Logging In The oldest questions in the retrospective are pure launch-era survival stuff. Players were dealing with issues like the galaxy being full, hanging at the connection screen, or characters getting stuck in places like Lok…
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration Just Hit a New Player Record
For a project built on nostalgia, community, and the stubborn refusal to let a classic die quietly, this is a pretty big milestone. Star Wars Galaxies Restoration has announced that 2,516 unique accounts logged in yesterday, smashing the projectâs previous record. In a short but heartfelt message, the team thanked everyone who has helped spread the word, calling the surge a major moment for the server and the community around it. That kind of number matters. Private server and restoration projects live and die on momentum, and this is the sort of update that says Restoration is not just hanging on â it is still growing. For longtime Star Wars Galaxies players, that is the dream. Not just preserving an old MMO, but actually seeing it pull in enough people to feel busy, social, and alive again. And honestly, that has always been the magic trick with Star Wars Galaxies….
Star Wars Games (2000â2005): The Golden Age of a Gaming Empire
The early 2000s represent the single most important era in the history of Star Wars gaming. Between 2000 and 2005, the franchise delivered an unprecedented run of critically acclaimed and commercially successful titles across PC, console, and handheld platforms. From genre-defining role-playing games like Knights of the Old Republic to large-scale multiplayer experiences such as Battlefront and the ambitious Star Wars Galaxies MMO, this five-year period reshaped what licensed games could achieve. It was a time when nearly every major Star Wars release felt significant. Developers experimented with new genres, pushed emerging hardware to its limits, and expanded the universe beyond the films in ways that continue to influence modern Star Wars titles. Many of the mechanics, storytelling approaches, and gameplay systems introduced during these years remain central to Star Wars gaming today. This article documents the complete era of Star Wars games released between 2000 and 2005 â widely…
SWG Restoration Introduces Galactic Supply Lines â A Risky New Way to Trade, Escort, and Raid Across the Galaxy
If youâve ever thought Star Wars Galaxies needed more danger, more profit, and more reasons to shoot at strangers in the desert⌠good news. SWG Restoration just unveiled Galactic Supply Lines, a brand-new system inspired by classic Silkroad Online trade mechanics â and it might be one of the most sandbox-feeling additions the project has introduced so far. This isnât just another delivery mission system. Itâs a full galaxy-wide risk-vs-reward economy where crafters, traders, escorts, and raiders all collide. And yes⌠convoys can absolutely get ambushed. A Living Trade Network With Real Risk The core idea behind Galactic Supply Lines is simple:move valuable goods across the galaxy â and survive the trip. Players can now participate in a shared logistics system where crafting, hauling, escorting, and piracy all connect into one loop. Instead of safe instant travel and static trading, supply runs turn the space between starports into meaningful gameplay….
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration Prepares Massive âShatterpointâ Update and Revamped Galactic Civil War
The galaxy is far from quiet in the world of fan-run Star Wars MMOs. While many players are celebrating anniversaries and nostalgia events across the Star Wars gaming scene, Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III is gearing up for something much bigger: a massive new content update called Shatterpoint â and it might be one of the most ambitious overhauls the rogue server has attempted yet. If youâve been waiting for a reason to jump back into SWG (or try Restoration for the first time), this could be it. A New Chapter for Star Wars Galaxies Restoration The Restoration project â a hybrid CU/NGE sandbox version of the classic MMO â first launched its full 1.0 release back in 2022. Since then, the team has continued expanding and refining the experience with new systems, balance tweaks, and live events. Now, the upcoming Shatterpoint update is set to push things even further….
SWG: Legends 10th Anniversary Celebration Begins With Riddles and Giveaways
Star Wars Galaxies: Legends is about to hit a major milestone. The fan-driven MMO revival will celebrate its 10th anniversary on the 26th, and the team is kicking things off with a community event filled with riddles, nostalgia, and prizes. If youâve spent time crafting, exploring, or running missions across the galaxy, now might be the perfect time to jump back in. A Decade of Galaxies Built by Fans To mark the upcoming anniversary, the SWG: Legends team has launched a special countdown event leading into their celebration party later this month. The message is simple:Ten years of keeping Star Wars Galaxies alive deserves something fun â and a little mysterious. As part of the celebration, the team will release one new riddle each day for seven days, all inspired by the history, milestones, and community memories that shaped SWG: Legends over the past decade. Your Mission: Solve the Riddles…
SWG:Legends Announces November 2025 Galactic Space Homeshow Winner â A Luxury Yacht Fit for the Core Worlds
Every month in SWG:Legends, decorators, roleplayers, smugglers, and the occasional outlaw pilot push their creativity to the edge of the galaxy. But Novemberâs Galactic Space Homeshow took things even further â straight into orbit. Instead of houses, cantinas, or theme builds, this round focused entirely on player starships, turning spacecraft into full-on works of art. And letâs be honest: few things feel more âStar Warsâ than customizing a ship until itâs both in-universe accurate and wildly indulgent. Novemberâs competition did not disappoint. According to the Legends team, entries ranged from Imperial precision builds to smuggler dens, pirate rigs, and even a sneaky Rebel design hiding in plain sight. The communityâs vote was tight, the competition was fierce, and the creativity was completely out of control â in the best possible way. But one build rose above the rest, floating into victory like a true masterpiece of luxury travel. đ And…
SWG:Legends Announces the 2025 Galactic City Home Show Winner â Discotheque Takes the Crown on Talus!
The votes are in, the decorations have settled, and the undead (mostly) returned to their graves. Star Wars Galaxies fans, we have a champion.For the first time in SWG:Legends history, the community held a full City Home Show, and the results are nothing short of spectacular. After weeks of player tours, spooky shenanigans, clever city planning, and more Kashyyykian streetlamps than a Wookiee electrician could handle, one city stood above the rest: đ Congratulations to Discotheque, Talus â and Mayor Wendie Flamingo! Discotheque didnât just win.They performed.They created a living, breathing festival space that blended pristine urban planning with Harvest Festival chaos, theatrical flair, and theme-park-level creativity. (Source included: SWG:Legends forums â https://swglegends.com/forums/showthread.php?68193) A Tour Through Discothequeâs Winning City A Perfectly Planned Plaza to Welcome Visitors Your journey starts at the steps of the City Hall. Wide plazas, careful landscaping, GMF decorations, and rows of neatly arranged homes radiate âthis…
SWG:Legends â The Galactic Moon Festival Returns with Tricks, Treats, and Terror
The moon is full, the shadows are long, and somewhere in the Dead Forest, something is laughing. That can only mean one thingâthe Galactic Moon Festival is back in Star Wars Galaxies: Legends! Running from October 10th to November 10th, 2025, this yearâs event promises more scares, sweets, and strange noises than a Jawa scrapyard on spice. So grab your costume, dust off that projector, and prepare for a month of haunted chaos across the galaxy. The Moon remembers who screams first. Where to Begin Your Fright Night To get started, youâll need to find Zâozpheratu, your ghoulish event host and general menace to public safety. He can be found in: Pick your poisonâeach location offers unique horrors and event challenges. The Curse of the Haunted Tree Deep in the Kashyyyk Dead Forest, the Haunted Tree has returned. The Sayormi spirits are back from the beyond, angrier and uglier than…
SWG:Legends Friday Feature â Know Your Foe: Krayt Dragons
Legends, sharpen your vibroblades and keep your macros readyâitâs time to resurrect an old community favorite: Friday Feature â Know Your Foe. And what better way to kick things off than with one of the most infamous predators in the Star Wars galaxy: the Krayt Dragon. If youâve just landed in SWG:Legends (or returned after years in hyperspace), consider this your survival guide. This isnât just lore flavorâit could literally save your life in-game. What is a Krayt Dragon? Towering, venomous, and older than most Jedi Holocrons, the Krayt Dragon is the apex predator of Tatooine. These monsters are legends for a reason. Their bite contains toxic Krayt Venom, which slowly chips away at opponentsâeven if you think youâve got the stats to hold your ground. In short, thereâs no such thing as a âsafeâ Krayt encounter. Whether adolescent or ancient, these beasts demand respect. Where to Find Krayt Dragons…
SWG Legends Loot Box Update and Screenshot Contest: Here’s What You Need to Know
The galaxy just got a whole lot shinier. SWG Legends recently rolled out a massive overhaul of its loot boxesâintroducing and reintroducing over 60 items into the gameâs Heroic content rewards. And now, they want you to show off your haul. In classic SWG Legends fashion, theyâre turning this update into a party with the âShow Us Your Loot!â screenshot competition, and yes, thereâs real-life loot on the line. Read the official announcement here. Over 20,000 Loot Boxes (and Counting) According to the dev post, players have already cracked open more than 20,000 loot boxes since the update dropped on July 20. Thatâs a lot of clickingâand even more treasure hunting. Whether youâre chasing down Epics, hoarding deco, or still looking for that one drop, itâs clear the new loot injection has sparked a resurgence in Heroic content. The communityâs feedback after the last stats post was so strong, the…
SWG Legends Galactic Homeshow July 2025 â Show Off Your Imperial or Rebel Style!
Itâs Empire Day (or Remembrance Day, depending on which side of the galactic war youâre on), and that can only mean one thing in Star Wars Galaxies Legends: itâs time to trick out your home base with the fiercest, most lore-loving decorations in the galaxy. Yes, the Galactic Homeshow is backâand this time, itâs themed. This monthâs challenge? Show your allegiance through design. Whether youâre flying the black-and-red Imperial banner or quietly storing stolen plans in a Rebel safehouse, itâs your moment to tell your galactic story in furniture, lights, starship bits, and atmosphere. Decorate for the Empireâor the Rebellion The July Homeshow is focused on Empire Day and Remembrance Day, the in-game celebrations honoring each factionâs identity. You can enter with: The dev team wants to see your boldest tribute to the side you fight for. The only limit is your imagination (and maybe item count caps). Entry Details…
SWG Legends Empire Day & Remembrance Day 2025: Loyalty, Legacy, and Laser Blasts
Empire Day. Remembrance Day. Two sides of one galaxy-sized coin. One celebrates the iron grip of the Galactic Empire and its glorious propaganda machine; the other remembers the billions lost to tyranny and the hope that rebellion still kindles in the dark. In the SWG Legends 2025 Empire/Remembrance Day Friday Feature source, the devs serve up a month-long spectacle full of badges, speeches, combat quests, and shiny new rewards for both Imperials and Rebels alike. Whether youâre raising a glass to the Emperor or throwing sabacc dice with Princess Leia, thereâs something here for every alignment. Letâs dissect both halves of the event like a proper protocol droid. Empire Day: Glory to the Emperor đ Location: Theed, Naboo (-5469 4410) Celebrated across the galaxy, Empire Day marks the rise of Emperor Palpatine and the fall of the Jedi Council. Itâs the Empireâs biggest PR momentâcomplete with propaganda posters, statues, and…
Star Wars Galaxies Launched Today in 2003 â A Look Back at the MMO That Changed the Galaxy
TL;DR Star Wars Galaxies launched on June 26, 2003âand changed MMO history. It offered deep character customization, complex crafting, player cities, and a galaxy full of potential. Two decades later, itâs still remembered as a genre-defining sandbox with a fanbase that refuses to let it die. On June 26, 2003, something extraordinary happened. Star Wars Galaxies went live, and for the first time ever, players could truly live in the galaxy far, far awayânot just blast through it. This wasnât about being the hero. It was about being a character in Star Wars: a moisture farmer, a cantina musician, a bounty hunter, or a galactic merchant mogul. The game didnât hand you a lightsaber and a Chosen One prophecy. It handed you a datapad, a landspeeder, and a blank canvas. SWG Quick Timeline: From Launch to Legacy Hereâs a rapid-fire look at how Star Wars Galaxies evolved over the years:…
SWGEmu Empire Day Celebration 2025 â Tatooine, Stormtroopers & Civil War Echoes
Tatooineâs getting dressed up again. From June 26th through July 5th, 2025, the SWGEmu Empire Day Celebration returns to the Finalizer Server, marking not just another PvE bashâbut the 22nd anniversary of Star Wars Galaxies itself. So dust off your uniform (or your rebellion trench coat), because Bestine is about to become the galaxyâs most eventful desert hotspot. Official source here When and Where Is This Going Down? Hereâs the mission data, trooper: EU Start Time:đ Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 8 PM UTC (1 PM PDT / 4 PM EDT) US Start Time:đ Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 1 AM UTC (6 PM PDT / 9 PM EDT) Server: FinalizerLocation: Tatooine, Bestine (with system messages revealing exact coordinates) So whether you’re pro-Empire or quietly sketching Rebel graffiti on the cantina walls, thereâs something for every spacer at this PvE celebration. What Is Empire Day (In-Universe and In-Game)? Letâs break…
Pride Across the Stars: SWG Legends Throws a Galactic Bash on Lok
Time to stash your blasters, grease up your droids, and get your glam onâbecause the SWG Legends Pride Party 2025 is hyperdriving into Stormforge Outpost on Lok. This isnât just another cantina night. This is the most fabulous, community-driven celebration in the galaxy, where identity shines brighter than a twin-sunned Tatooine morning. Kicking Off With Style: Entertainers, Beats & Comlink Buzz Before the official launch, entertainers from every corner of the galaxy will be warming up the crowd with live music, dance emotes, and the kind of ambiance you wish Mos Eisley had. Early arrivals can expect: Pro tip: If you want a selfie with a Sith Lord in a feather boa, this is your chance. A Galactic Welcome and the First Mission Briefing Once the show officially starts, event organizers will offer a short mission brief: where to dance, how to win prizes, and which comlink channel to keep…