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Star Wars: Galaxies Struck by Zombie Fever

by Alice O'Connor, Sep 14, 2009 8:13am PDT

Related Topics – Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, PC

In an overlooked announcement just now making the rounds, LucasArts has revealed that the dead shall walk again in Sony Online Entertainment's MMORPG Star Wars: Galaxies, with a series of quests inspired by the upcoming Star Wars novel 'Death Troopers.'

"Players will be able to join together to fight horrific new enemies with a frightening affliction," LucasArts explains, with the book's blurb detailing "The dead are rising: soulless, unstoppable, and unspeakably hungry."

Death Troopers the novel arrives on October 13, while Death Troopers the quest line was then slated for a vague fall release. LucasArts has vowed to continuing supporting Galaxies after the launch of BioWare's new Star Wars MMO The Old Republic.

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Didn't Lucas have to approve of this? Oh, that's right.... he's jumped the shark too.

Sep 14, 2009 8:49am PDT

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Didn't Lucas have to approve of this? Oh, that's right.... he's jumped the shark too. : Wolfanoz
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  What has happened to the star wars properties in the last couple years? It seems like ever since episode ... : robosextoid
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    George Lucas went from making movies he wanted to see as a kid to making movies he wants his kids to see.... : Wandergeist
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      my dad was responsible for a really cool fart the other day. so he's got that going for him. : vertdang
      
      Did he name it "Jar Jar Binks"? : Wandergeist

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Um...how is this game still online? It really begs the question, should we be blaming the horrendous game designers that shit this thing out seemingly-forever ago, or the horde of morons who continues to prop it up? WHAT SAY YOU?

Sep 15, 2009 7:36am PDT

Um...how is this game still online? It really begs the question, should we be blaming the horrendous game... : spacerumsfeld

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The dead walk again? You mean the marketing department that forced the game out before it was finished because they had everything printed up with the launch date on it?

Bitter beta-tester and launch player? Yeah how'd you guess?

Sep 14, 2009 9:36pm PDT

The dead walk again? You mean the marketing department that forced the game out before it was finished b... : bored

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Zombies the new WW2 genre.

Sep 14, 2009 8:36am PDT

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Zombies the new WW2 genre. : ghost in my shell
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By: Fuzzmatang x Show Full Post

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What's next?

Star Wars: Cantina Band?

Sep 14, 2009 11:06am PDT

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What's next? Star Wars: Cantina Band? : Fuzzmatang
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I hope that harrison Ford doesn't see this godawfull artwork with his face on it... the poor guy would get an heart attack... :)

Sep 14, 2009 12:10pm PDT

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I hope that harrison Ford doesn't see this godawfull artwork with his face on it... the poor guy would ge... : spinx2
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- I don't know if this is still the case, but I read a long time ago that LucasArts is not allowed to use H... : TrickSh0t

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I swear these guys must use some trend marketing software to generate new property ideas.

Sep 14, 2009 11:03am PDT

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I swear these guys must use some trend marketing software to generate new property ideas. : Porkasaurus
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- Agreed. Although I would like to see characters like in Twighlight and a UFC-style event introduced int... : dubiousbrick

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By: Visceral Monkey x Show Full Post

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A shitton of sandy vagina's in this thread. Star Wars and zombies? Hell yeah.

Sep 14, 2009 10:35am PDT

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A shitton of sandy vagina's in this thread. Star Wars and zombies? Hell yeah. : Visceral Monkey
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- Had they not made the decision to SW:G into a shell of it's former self, by basically making it a piece o... : GaratNW

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"unspeakably hungry"

That just sounds funny. "They're so hungry, I don't even want to talk about it."

Sep 14, 2009 9:43am PDT

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"unspeakably hungry" That just sounds funny. "They're so hungry, I don't even want to talk about it." : Jobos
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- OMG SHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! : Davidget
- nom nom nom doesn't count as speaking i guess : krillin

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"More stuff from SOE are rising: soulless, unwanted, and unspeakably shitty."

Sep 14, 2009 11:20am PDT

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By: Eclipse^ x Show Full Post

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Why don't they just add shamblers and fiends? Maybe a scrag or two

Sep 14, 2009 10:36am PDT

Why don't they just add shamblers and fiends? Maybe a scrag or two : Eclipse^

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Seriously..enough with the zombies...

Sep 14, 2009 9:22am PDT

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- lol no crap. It's getting ridiculous. Star Wars zombies for hell's sake!? Pure stupid. : Miller_TYM

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Damn, I'm the only one that thought this was cool. I mean, the Zombie thing is so pop-2009, and an obvious ploy to exploit the zombie fad, but racing by on a speeder bike shooting at zombies with your friends sounds pretty fun. There must be something inherently basic to wanting to kill zombies. I think it has something to do with our urge to kill wave after wave of humans, but without the guilt (they're already dead, you're doing them a favor!). Maybe Hitler was on to something....

And hey, just be glad they're not vampires.

Sep 14, 2009 9:40am PDT

Damn, I'm the only one that thought this was cool. I mean, the Zombie thing is so pop-2009, and an obvio... : Jobos

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I love how they say they will continue supporting the game after Bioware's release.

Wrong. They can't. Thats about the time that their contract with Lucasarts will expire and the game will more then likely be shutdown since Lucasarts probably wants to ditch the PoS.

It's too bad to. The game would have been mildly successful still if they wouldn't have pulled NGE. AKA Turn game into StarWoW.

Sep 14, 2009 9:36am PDT

I love how they say they will continue supporting the game after Bioware's release. Wrong. They can't.... : mchart

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By: wytefang x Show Full Post

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Dumb. Talk about jumping the shark.

Sep 14, 2009 9:34am PDT

Dumb. Talk about jumping the shark. : wytefang

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By: Davidget x Show Full Post

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Still waiting on vampires and dinosaurs to be added, until then, it's just not doing it for me. =\

Sep 14, 2009 9:30am PDT

Still waiting on vampires and dinosaurs to be added, until then, it's just not doing it for me. =\ : Davidget

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A long time ago, in a galaxy floating far, far over a shark...

Sep 14, 2009 9:27am PDT

A long time ago, in a galaxy floating far, far over a shark... : kallanta

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I kinda assumed they were talking about the player base.

Sep 14, 2009 9:15am PDT

I kinda assumed they were talking about the player base. : Aerioch

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well son of a bitch.

someone needs a smack upside the head from HK-47 and an explicit reminder to get back to work on KOTOR 3 rather than doing stuff like this!

lolz

Sep 14, 2009 9:02am PDT

well son of a bitch. someone needs a smack upside the head from HK-47 and an explicit reminder to get ... : Downforce

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Haha, why does SOE bother anymore? They'd be better off not releasing new content.

Sep 14, 2009 8:58am PDT

Haha, why does SOE bother anymore? They'd be better off not releasing new content. : Link.

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Space Zombies? What an absurd idea. On another note, when is Dead Space 2 coming out?

Sep 14, 2009 8:44am PDT

Space Zombies? What an absurd idea. On another note, when is Dead Space 2 coming out? : CoreContingency

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Let it die

Sep 14, 2009 8:41am PDT

Let it die : jonin

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By: vertdang x Show Full Post

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SWG jumped the shark a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
The book sounds awesome (read a sample chapter) but I don't know about zombies in SWG.
This coming from an Star Wars uberfan too.

Sep 14, 2009 8:35am PDT

SWG jumped the shark a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. The book sounds awesome (read a sample ... : vertdang

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I'd like to know how many people even bother to play this game still.

Sep 14, 2009 8:17am PDT

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god damnit how many zombies game will we get this year

Sep 14, 2009 8:25am PDT

god damnit how many zombies game will we get this year : Frush81

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By: Jonathan x Show Full Post

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It seems appropriate that SWG should have zombies. I've often thought that with The Old Republic announced and official that SWG was an undead game.

Sep 14, 2009 8:25am PDT

It seems appropriate that SWG should have zombies. I've often thought that with The Old Republic announce... : Jonathan

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By: The Grolar Bear x Show Full Post

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Um, wow. Don't really know what else to say about this.

Sep 14, 2009 8:24am PDT

Um, wow. Don't really know what else to say about this. : The Grolar Bear

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By: freakynipples69 x Show Full Post

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Star Wars, cool. Zombies, cool.

Star Wars with Zombies, not cool.

Sep 14, 2009 8:20am PDT

Star Wars, cool. Zombies, cool. Star Wars with Zombies, not cool. : freakynipples69

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Why bother at this point. :(

Sep 14, 2009 8:19am PDT

Why bother at this point. :( : NukemFornever

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it's like they figured out everything that is cool about star wars and did the exact opposite.

Sep 14, 2009 8:18am PDT

it's like they figured out everything that is cool about star wars and did the exact opposite. : robosextoid

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