New addition(s) to Solaria

This is breaking news (in fact, I am inside the SWG browser posting this).

What's new in Solaria? At least two things.

In case you didn't know, there is already a Heroics reset terminal for anyone to use inside city hall.  All you have to do is click it if you ran instances, and it will clear all instances you ran. It can be used basically once a day for any person.

The newest of the new are the anniversary terminals. Namely the bazaar and space terminals. Both are in front of the shuttleport facing south. Shuttle into Solaria, Rori and you'll be staring right at these crowding the Solaria Spotlight Citizen statue. (When will the next be awarded? Shine your light and perhaps I'll see it.)

So what can you do with these new terminals? The bazaar terminal works similar to any other in a static city. The only difference is you cannot post items to sell there. You can search all the bazaars and vendors in the galaxy and even make waypoints to the vendors, however.  The space terminal lets people examine their ships and change out parts, but they cannot launch or travel with it.

Stay tuned to find out what's to come. Hopefully there will be much to celebrate this Moon Festival holiday.

Restuss, Rori lore

This week I decided to honor some of the people who returned by this little look back at the Battle of Restuss.  This is the closest you can come to experiencing Restuss without a time machine or getting ganked by unethical combatants.

First is a fanfilm showing the pre-battle state and what has become of the city presently.  It was made by mstamper [character/server unknown].  The second is an official account of the battle itself [via LucasArts] from a certain protocol droid who isn't TC-14.  The droid does ramble about expertise system after the four minute mark; but still entertaining.

Closing it out is a minute's worth of compressed sky battle footage during the Restuss siege; made by trowax [Scylla, character unknown].

Hope you enjoy it all, and please contact/comment with your own links and opinions (as well as anything you wish to share).

Politics in Bestine

Some know it, others don't.  There's an election in Bestine, Tatooine which anyone can vote in: the galactic grudge match of Victor Visalis vs. Sean Trenwell.

Both can be found inside of the Capitol Building of Bestine, Tatooine: -1131 -3614


Bestine of current day is a stately gem of Imperial politics. Before the arrival of the Empire, Bestine was primarily a farming and mining community, but it has since become the seat of Imperial power on Tatooine. As a result, Bestine is now the most cosmopolitan and cultured Tatooine settlement.

The basis is voting for the right fit of candidate for you: each having pros and cons. Whoever wins the election can bestow a gift to those voting in the candidate's favor (and maybe even a side quest).

Want to learn more? (click below for the whole story)
http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/en/players/news_archive.vm?id=68688