hello all :)

here the offical announcement.

Marin County, Calif. - March 9, 2005 - LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE) are thrilled to announce Star Wars Galaxies(tm): Episode III Rage of the Wookiees (working title) as the next addition to the popular online Star Wars gaming experience. Rage of the Wookiees, available to current players as a digital download two full weeks before the movie launches, adds a whole slew of content taken directly from the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith movie, including the adventure planet of Kashyyyk, home to the Wookiees.

On Kashyyyk, players will choose to defend the freedom of the Wookiees or to fight for their Imperial-backed Trandoshan enslavers in over 100 story-driven adventures. Players will also explore multiple locations of Star Wars interest, including Wookiee-controlled tree cities, Trandoshan slave camps and the safari lands of the affluent Rodians. New starcraft like a new Jedi Starfighter model flown by Anakin, along with creatures and mounts taken directly from Revenge of the Sith, will also debut in-game with the Rage of the Wookiees expansion.

Episode III Rage of the Wookiees also introduces a new type of game play: The lucrative but daring space mining adventures allow players to mine asteroids throughout space (including the new Kashyyyk space sector), collecting valuable raw materials for sale to ground-based crafters. Any starcraft can be modified for space mining, but dedicated miners will earn a sophisticated high-end ship, allowing them to traverse space while mining and fighting with up to 19 friends as shipmates!

Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees will be available for pre-order early April 2005 and available on May 5, 2005 via digital download. For more information, visit www.starwarsgalaxies.com!

Cool!!

• Explore Kashyyyk - the home planet of the Wookiees is being added as an entirely new adventure planet and space zone
  
• Adventure through over 100 story-driven quests - Join the Wookiees in their fight for freedom against their Imperial-supported Trandoshan slavers or support the Empire in their mission of quelling the spread of the Rebellion!
  
• Visit and discover several points of interest and adventure zones including the Wookiee-run tree cities, Trandoshan-controlled slave camps and the safari lands of the affluent Rodians
  
• Pilot new starships inspired by the motion picture Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith including Anakin's Jedi Starfighter model  
  
• Enhance your character with radical new cybernetic parts that add special abilities and improve your performance in combat
  
• Embark on daring new space mining missions to recover precious raw materials for sale to ground-based crafters.  Surviving slews of pirates will provide unprecedented economic opportunities
  
• And experience the all new combat system featuring new weapons, new armor, new effects and an all new user-interface to make combat even more engaging and fun!

 Agree with einia on jtl and hope (probably will) that this one will be a good expansion