excerpt from: The Cesspit.

I’m not sure when this all started, but I remember first hearing some curious rumblings when LucasArts, not SOE, started recruiting for a new position as Senior Director of Star Wars Galaxies:

Lucas Arts job listing for Senior Director

After that, rumors started to percolate of an impending split between the two groups. Now that rumor has reached the Slashdot level:

Slashdot Permalink

Essentially, the rumor is LucasArts doesn’t like what SOE is doing and SOE doesn’t like being hampered by LucasArts, and so after JTL goes live they’ll announced that LucasArts will be taking over complete operation and control of Star Wars Galaxies and will announce work on a second expansion.

If the rumors are true, then I think LucasArts doesn’t know what they are getting themselves into. SOE, for all its faults, has a lot of experience in this area. LucasArts has almost none. While LucasArts may indeed have better ideas for a future direction for the game, they are going to be completely unprepared to handle operation of this game. Expect deep hurting over the next 1-2 years if this comes to pass.

Bruce

… shocking! oh. so. shocking.

Betawatcher.com – EQ2 Beta Keys:

“10/15/2004 2:45:00 AM I’m sure some of you have been waiting impatiently on the forum for this, but here it is at last.

Thanks to SOE, we have 30 EQ2 beta keys to give away

Just fill out the form here and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a key in the three week period.

Please use real names as SOE needs this for legal (NDA) purposes!

Good luck everyone”

… There ya go, have at it in EQ2. If you dare.

Star Wars Galaxies
“Friday Feature October 8th – Veteran Reward: SoroSuub Personal Luxury Yacht 3000
Take a detailed look at the SoroSuub Personal Luxury Yacht 3000, available to veteran Star Wars Galaxies players. We’ve posted plenty of screen shots, a full description of the ship and comments on the creation process by SWG Artist, Rick Knox.” …Testing this new lazy ass way to throw links in here. Easy is good.