What is Star Wars Galaxies?

Join with Star Wars fans across the world and jump into exciting adventures 24 hours a day, seven days a week! You and your friends will travel to legendary Star Wars locations with famous faces from the films. Along the way, you can meet up with others on missions that take you across the galaxy, fighting against many familiar foes from the Star Wars universe. If combat isn't your thing, you can choose to support those fighters through crafting necessary items or providing entertainment that inspires combatants to fight harder.

You've enjoyed watching the Star Wars universe for years. Now's your chance to live in it! In Star Wars Galaxies you can fight alongside Han Solo and Chewbacca, smuggle goods for Jabba the Hutt, defend Imperial stations from the ravages of the Rebels, create your own player city, put yourself in the pilot seat of your favorite Star Wars ship, and more.

Are you partial to the Empire or the Rebellion? Take part in the Galactic Civil War! The Galactic Civil War rages on throughout space, as well as on the ground below. Rebel commanders fight for control against Imperial garrisons, trying desperately to sway allegiances and control the planet. Hard-fought battles rage on, with ownership of cities, in fact of whole worlds, held in the balance. There is a constant ebb and flow in every war, and worlds change hands from day to day between Imperial and Rebel control.

Getting Started

Starting your adventures in Star Wars Galaxies is easy! Download the free trial now and try out the galaxy far, far away for fourteen days.

Launch Star Wars Galaxies using a shortcut on your desktop or by selecting Star Wars Galaxies from your Start menu. The game will open the LaunchPad. The LaunchPad will ask for your Station name and password, and then automatically download any patches or updates. (Star Wars Galaxies is a constantly changing game.) If you don't yet have a Station account, you can create one by choosing the New Account button.

You can use the LaunchPad for:

Game Options - Access a variety of performance and graphics options that allow you to do such things as change the game resolution, run the game in a window, or choose various audio features.
My Account - Access New Accounts or manage an existing account.
Latest News - Before you log in, view a webpage containing the lastest news about the game.
Creating a Character
The first time you start playing the game, log in with your Station name and password, and the Select a Character screen appears. Click the Create button in the lower right corner of the Select a Character window.

The first choice you make is which galaxy (server) your new character will play in, and the game suggests a good galaxy. If you want to choose another galaxy, use Change Galaxy to do so.

Take a look at these guides for tips on which species and profession that will suit you the best.

Once your character has been created, you will find yourself on Tansarii Station. Read more here about completing the new player tutorial, and take a look at this guide for the basics on getting around the game.

Continuing Your Galactic Adventures

Have more questions about your account, your galaxy and profession, and more? Visit the Support Site, features on the official web site, Star Wars Galaxies fan sites, and the official discussion forums for more information!