-Entirely new 3D engine designed to portray the Star Wars Galaxies in the greatest possible detai.l

-A seamless universe spanning ten fully-realized Star Wars worlds, from the films and expanded universe, each with over 15 x 15 kilometers of explorable terrain.

-Define your own role in the galaxy with 8 playable species and over 30 professions; become bounty hunters, smugglers, squad leaders and more.

-Many social skills including dancing, musicianship and image designer.

-Advanced character customization tool that allows you to define nearly every detail of your character?s appearance.

-Grow your character with an in-depth and flexible skill-based system of advancement.

-Highly configurable User Interface.

-Highly cinematic and tactical combat system that focuses on blasters and other ranged weapons.

-Ally and fight with the Rebel or Imperial sides of the Galactic Civil War, or remain neutra.l

-Rewarding faction system that allows players to gain special perks by fighting in the Galactic Civil War.

-Battlefields, where players can square off against one another or NPCs to earn faction standing.

-Placeable Minefields, Turrets and Bases.

-Encounter and interact with 180+ unique creatures and hundreds of NPCs, including "named" characters like Darth Vader and Boba Fett.

-Robust chat system including hundreds of emotes, moods, chat styles, persistent messages and player created channels.

-Dynamic resource surveying and mining.

-Advanced crafting system.

-Completely player-run in-game economy that includes an in-game Marketplace that allows auctions and sales of in-game items.

-Jabba?s Palace, and other "theme parks" offer a variety of missions for and encounters with well-known Star Wars characters.

-Dynamic Points of Interest that provide a huge supply of adventures.

-Random Mission system for shorter play sessions.

-Bounty Hunting skills and missions.

-Natural AI behaviors, including herding, stalking and lair defending.

-Player built and placed housing, shops and structures.

-Player groups of up to twenty players.

-Player run associations of up to 500 players.

-Badge system that rewards achievement in various areas.

-An in-game Matchmaking Service, helpful for identifying players with similar hobbies.

-The chance to unlock the mysterious Force Sensitive character slot and attempt to master the most exhilarating and dangerous role in the galaxy...the Jedi.

-Full team support with future expansions and updates.

Requirements:

»Operating System

Windows 98 SE,Millennium,2000,and XP

»CPU

Required:Intel PIII 933 MHz or AMD Athlon 900 MHz

Recommended:Intel P4 1.5GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+

»Memory

Required:256 MB RAM

Recommended:512 MB RAM

»Graphics Card

Required:32 MB 3D Graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting(T&L) Capability

Recommended:64MB 3D Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader(VS/PS) Capability

»Sound Card

Required:PCI,USB or Onboard Audio Device

»CD-ROM

Required:Quad Speed CD-ROM drive

»Input Device

Required:Keyboard and mouse

»Connectivity Requirements

Required:56K modem or faster Internet connection

»DirectX

Microsoft DirectX 9.0 is included on this CD.NOTE:DirecX may require the "latest" updates for your operating system.This may also include the latest drives for your particular motherboard,sound and video hardware.

»Installation

Installation requires 2.0 GB of free hard drive space.It is recommended that you have at least an additional 500MB of free space available after installing the game for Windows swap/page file and additional patch downloads.