Kick off the new year with a fresh start on a new galaxy! Join up with old friends or make new ones with the free Character Transfer Service promotion!

Free Character Transfers begin at 12:01AM PST on January 13, 2009, and is only offered to those accounts with characters created on or before December 11, 2008 at 11:59 PM PST on the identified galaxies listed below. Your character must be on one of the identified Free Character Transfer servers and move to one of the targeted galaxy servers to make the move for free, and this is only available on a one-time/once per character basis.

The Free Character Transfer service ends on March 31, 2009 at 11:59PM PST.

For eligible characters wishing to take advantage of the Free Character Transfer Service, read on for a step-by-step guide explaining the process.

In-Game Transfers

Transfers of all characters taking part in the free service occurs completely in-game. To begin the process, starting on January 13, log in to your character that you wish to move. Each time you log in, if your character qualified for free CTS, the free CTS window displays automatically. You can add a reminder for this window if you'd like to transfer at a later time.

Make sure your character is located on one of the original 10 ground planets at the time of your transfer request to perform a server transfer.  The original 10 ground planets are Corellia, Dantooine, Dathomir, Endor, Lok, Naboo, Rori, Talus, Tatooine, and Yavin 4.

After you ensure you are one of the planets above, use the window that displays when you log in or simply type /freects into your chat window to begin the transfer.

If you are ready to begin the transfer process, click the appropriate option to begin. If you are not ready to begin, there are options for that as well.

Next, a window explaining the guidelines and restrictions will appear.

Be sure to read through the restrictions and guidelines, even if you have already done so elsewhere, just to make sure you are aware of everything that is covered in the transfer process.

After reading the restrictions and guidelines again, a window asking you to select your destination server will appear. Select the destination server from the window and click Next.

As a reminder, here is the list of servers that are eligible for a free character transfer:

"Transferred from" galaxy servers:

• Corbantis
• Europe-Infinity
• Intrepid
• Kauri
• Kettemoor
• Lowca
• Naritus
• Scylla
• Tarquinas
• Tempest
• Valcyn
• Wanderhome

Destination galaxy servers:

• Ahazi
• Bloodfin
• Bria
• Chilastra
• Eclipse
• Europe-Chimaera
• Europe-FarStar
• Flurry
• Gorath
• Radiant
• Shadowfire
• Starsider
• Sunrunner

If your name is already taken on your chosen destination server, a window will appear asking you to select a new name.

Enter a new first name and last name in this window and click Next. After successfully selecting a new name, a window will appear to confirm your intentions.

Be sure to read this warning! This window explains everything one more time just to make sure you understand the terms and conditions of your free character transfer.

Once you've read the warning and selected next, you will be taken to the Free Character Transfer Confirmation window.

Double-check that all information in this window is correct. Once you've reviewed the CTS confirmation, click Transfer and you're character is ready to transfer! You will have to wait at least two hours before logging back in for the changes to take place, but once that time is up you will find yourself on your new galaxy.

Unlocked Slot Transfers

For those with an unlocked character slot, here is a simple guide to transferring that character.

Let us assume that you have the following characters on Kauri:

• Luke [Unlocked Slot]
• Leia
• Han

Since you love all of these characters, you'd like to transfer all three of them from Kauri to Sunrunner, where you have two open character slots.

Here is the process for that transfer:

1. Transfer Kauri.Luke to Sunrunner.Luke (or whatever name is chosen for the Sunrunner character) with the /freects command.
2. Then type /occupyUnlockedSlot with Sunrunner.Luke (or whatever name is chosen for the Sunrunner character).
3. Transfer Kauri.Leia to Sunrunner with the /freects command.
4. Transfer Kauri.Han to Sunrunner with the /freects command.

Up-to-Date FAQ

Be sure to head to the offical forums and check out the up-to-date CTS FAQ for all the latest information. You'll be able to find answers to any questions you might have that weren't covered in this guide.