The Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary Celebration



Over a four week period lasting from Tuesday 4th May (i.e. May the Fourth - Star Wars Day) to Tuesday 1st June, Star Wars Galaxies will be celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Developers have included a few surprises for players that were revieled in the April 30th Producer Note. The event launched with Hotfix 16.6 and adds new Publish Gifts and new heroic loot drops.

Publish Gifts


There are a total of five different surprise gifts available to players during the month. A different one is released each week, with the fifth prize being available only to players who have recieved all four of the weekly gifts.

Week Begining May 4th



 * Lando Calrissian Costume Instructions
 * Standard Holoshroud x6
 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 1 - collection item.

Week Begining May 11th

 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 2 - collection item.
 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 2 - collection item.

Week Begining May 18th

 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 3 - collection item.
 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 3 - collection item.

Week Begining May 25th

 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 4 - collection item.
 * The Empire Strikes Back Week 4 - collection item.

Bonus Gift
The four "collection items" given out in the previous weeks are added into a collection which, when completed, awards players this bonus gift.



Heroic Loot


Developers have promised that they will also " be adding new rewards as loot drops in Hoth" over the four weeks. Players who complete various part of the Hoth instance, including Unkajo the Wampa Boss, will find various new undefined rewards.

In addition to this, the Producer's Note also states that various rewards (it is not clear if this means all rewards or just the set of "new" loot drops) will be available for purchase with players' unwanted Heroic Tokens.

Double Everything Weekend
The final weekend of the Empire Strikes Back Celebration will see another "Double Everything Weekend" which will include double XP (quest, combat, COMPNOR, social, crafting, pet, chronicles, space), double pet loyalty, double tokens (Chronicles, Galactic Civil War, Battlefield, Destroy Duty Mission and for the first time ever, Heroic) for the weekend of May 27th to June 1st.