When Star Wars: Galaxies launched in June of 2003, it was a dream come true for every Star Wars nerd who ever swung a flashlight and "vwhoosh" noises under their breath (including yours truly). Unfortunately, the reality of Galaxies was a bit more problematic than the beautiful fantasy. The game was a collection of broken quests, bugginess, a weird combat system, and a general lack of things to do. Despite this, many gamers were willing to overlook the game's flaws in favor of the always-just-out-of-reach "potential" that the game seemed to exude.

Fast forward two years and we've seen the (sometimes nightmarish) introduction of the Jedi, bizarre developer priorities that seemed to introduce two new bugs for every one fixed, and a freaky combat system that was so vulnerable to exploitation that every game patch seemed to engender a mad scramble to find the new "uber-combo-of-the-month." Even the comparative bright spot of the release of the long-awaited "space expansion" Jump to Lightspeed, couldn't mask the fact that once a player landed, they were still stuck in the same broken ground game.