When the crypt goes creak and the tombstones outside the cantina quake, you'll know it's time for the Galactic Moon Festival! Beginning October 21st, adventurous and strong souls can take a shuttle to Moenia and Mos Eisley to celebrate the return of the Galactic Moon Festival... if they dare!

Galactic Moon Festival

In an effort to gain more support from the planets Naboo and Tatooine, Jabba the Hutt has decided to throw the annual Galactic Moon Festival once more so everyone can celebrate the horrifyingly awesome haunts of the season. Jabba has grown tired of all the love festivals, celebrations of life, and other saccharine events. Thus, it is my duty to report to you that he has taken it upon himself to throw the scariest festival of the year!

In order to participate in what is sure to be the ghoulest happening this year, all that citizens have to do is visit the Galactic Moon Festival Organizers who can be found outside of the Moenia and Mos Eisley Starport (waypoints 4790 -4777 and 3523 -4806 respectively).

Here, citizens can obtain a costume to use for trick or treating, purchase special Galactic Moon Festival items, the ability to craft new items, and find out more about the festival.

Afflicting Soul

A mysterious Afflicted Storyteller vendor haunts the festival this year offering familiar and surprising new rewards. We were too scared to get within biting distance to find out exactly what. Do you dare discover his secrets?

Costumes

If your costume is fearful enough, citizens will have Galactic Moon Festival coins to give you which can be used to purchase special holiday items that the organizer has to offer.

The organizer, Z'ozpheratu, has plenty of unique items on offer. You better get to trick or treating, though, because some items are much more expensive than others. A sample of items on offer by the organizer include house decorations, bat pheromones, Sith O' Lanterns, a sign for you to hang outside of your house.

All costumes have a thirty-minute timer, which will give you plenty of time to wander around and take in all of the frightening sights and sounds the Galactic Moon Festival has to offer. Costumes can be worn outside the city but will be removed upon combat. Jabba doesn't want anyone mucking up his property! We've added two new costumes this year - Z'ozpheratu's Costume and a Skeleton Costume!

The costumes that are available have been specially chosen by Jabba himself for this great galactic fright fest. If you don't like the costume the organizer has given you, right click the icon to cancel it (similar to canceling a buff), wait a few minutes and try again! Just don't tell Jabba you didn't like your costume; a festival is no time to be eaten by a rancor.

If you're in a trick or treating mood, be sure to approach any poor unfortunate souls hanging around and say, "Trick or Treat!" If your greeting isn't frightful enough, you may want to try using a Trick or Treat device. The person on the receiving end of your trick will be sorry they didn't like your costume, that's for sure!

If your costume is fearful enough, citizens will have Galactic Moon Festival coins to give you which can be used to purchase special holiday items that the organizer has to offer. Z'ozpheratu, has plenty of unique items on offer. You'd better get to trick or treating, though, because some items are much more expensive than others. Samples of items on offer by the organizer include house decorations, bat pheromones, Sith O' Lanterns, and a sign for you to hang outside of your house.

To change the sign on your house to the Crescent Moon House Sign, radial your new sign and select the change sign option. If you want your old sign back, use the terminal inside your building to replace it. When you use /consume it the first time, it is destroyed and added to your character as a skill modifier, and is an available option when you go to manage signs. Adventurers will be able to see their available sign count on their character sheet.

Max Rebo's Collected Classics: Dirge

Jabba has graciously made the last of Max Rebo's songs available for purchase from the organizer.

Sold exclusively to Entertainers, this song is sure to be a hit at parties and ghoulish gatherings year round!

Other Tricks and Treats

There are plenty of other tricks, treats, sights, and sounds to be had during the Galactic Moon Festival but Jabba would literally kill us if we were to spoil them all for you. As you explore Moenia and Mos Eisley, be sure to watch out for any grim grinning ghosts that might materialize before your eyes.

Who knows what terror awaits you around the next corner

Rotta the Huttlet backpack (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rotta)

Rotta, nicknamed "Pedunkee Mufkin" (Punky Muffin) by his father and "Stinky" by Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker, was a Huttlet around the time of the Clone Wars and the offspring of Jabba Desilijic Tiure, grandson of Zorba Desilijic Tiure, and grand-nephew of Ziro, Jiliac, and Pazda.

Z'ozpheratu's jacket as a player wearable (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Z%27ozpheratu)

Z'ozpheratu was a male Twi'lek. He helped organize the Galactic Moon Festival in Mos Eisley and Moenia. Some of his most recognizable features were his glowing yellow eyes.

Be sure you don't miss out on anything during this phantasmic festival! Season's screamings everyone!

The spooks and fright aren't just in-game this year -- bring the Galactic Moon Festival to your desktop with this wallpaper! Z'ozpheratu is keeping a careful eye on you at home, at work, and at play on this one-of-a-kind desktop decoration. Beware!

Click here to download the Galactic Moon Festival Wallpaper. May the Fright be with you!

You can check out these great guides: Galactic Moon Festival Guide; Galactic Moon Festival Tips, Tricks, and Treats for more information on the festival!

FAQ's on the Galactic Moon Festival:

What costumes are there?

Hutt - big fat slow slug, aside from looking cool and talking out of his butt I personally suggest dumping this costume if you get it, it's half the speed of any other costumes.
Jawa - the coolest of the cool, this costume rules (except he has a tiny snare to account for his short legs)
Salacious Crumb - tiny little blighter, has a slight speed boost over a player normal speed
Toydarion (Watto) - flying costume, has a bigger speed boost over a player normal speed
Droideka - second only to the Jawa for coolness, same speed boost as Watto.

How long do costumes last?

30 minutes, unless you enter space (including traveling using a starship) or enter combat, in which case you will lose the costume. You can also cancel a costume by talking to Zoz for a new one or right clicking the buff icon.

How long before I can get a replacement costume?

Five minutes. The count starts when you get the costume, so if you get one, use it for 10 minutes, then you can get a replacement straight away.

What happened to my gun?

All weapons (and instruments) are unequipped when a costume is put on. You will have to manually re-equip the weapon if you get into combat.

I saw a really cool Jawa running around Theed. How'd that happen?

You can travel while in a costume if you use a ticket and shuttle, not a starship, so you can reach anywhere in the galaxy.

Who can I scare?

Most NPC's in Mos Eisley or Moenia can be scared. Droids, I'm afraid, had their humor chips removed by order of the emperor (the lesser known order 67 implemented after C-3PO tried to tell Anakin a joke) and a few famous folk aren't happy with Jabba so aren't taking part. Note: you can scare NPC's who are white on radar, yellow on radar (i.e. cops) AND red on radar (i.e. swoop gangs on the outskirts of Eisley) as well as the factional troops walking or guarding the two cities.

Why is this NPC not being scared, system message says he is ashamed?

There are three groups not taking part in the festival, droids and celebrities noted above but also a few very old NPC's (for example the two chiss arguing with the stormtroopers for five years in the Eisley cantina). There were technical issues getting them to function with the system so they have been excluded and should be ashamed of themselves (as well as those two clearly needing anger management classes.) These NPC's are mostly in small groups of two or three NPC's which appear to be in conversation with each other using telepathy.

Why did he attack me after I scared him?

'Cause you got too close. The NPC's follow the normal rules on agro, so if you have too low a faction rating or they are red on radar and you get too close they will attack you, scared or not!

How can I scare more efficiently?

Get a better projector. The Mk2 is available for 200 coins from Zoz, and he can upgrade the Mk2 to the Mk3 projector for 700 more coins. (Note: this is a conversation option, not in his list of sale items.) You can also macro part of the process. The macro I used is as follows:

/say trick or treat;/pause 0.5;/ui action toolbarSlot00

Put the projector in the first slot of the toolbar and the above will fire the projector, pick the trick and click ok to scare them. Note the /say is important or you end up spamming guildchat or whatever chat tab you are on.

Why can't I scare this NPC? He says he has just seen me.

Each NPC has a timer of 4 minutes, once you scare him or her you need to give them a break (they have short memories). Note: someone else can come along and scare him; you'll still have to wait as they remember you for the 4 minutes.

It's too busy in Eisley. I went to Bestine but no one is responding to my cool Jawa costume! Why not?

Unfortunately Jabba's only distributed coins in Moenia and Eisley; no other citizens can be scared.

I can't tell who I scared in the last 4 minutes. Who should I scare next?

Try to stay methodical and move around in a planned way, stay on course and you can get around Eisley in around 15-20 minutes and will be around 5-600 coins on one run around. My route in Eisley starts from the Starport, heads past the profession counselor to the crowd in front of the guild hall, from there back past the Shuttleport and through past the cantina (can go in for a few extra NPC's), head out of the city and scare the swoop gang (not recommended for low level toons) and come back into the city past the collector NPC, head out and hit the other swoop gang and then back into the city for the cloning centre, bank and smaller cantina (note most NPC's inside can't be scared, but the crowd outside can) and then back to Starport where I normally cap out.

My projector only says it is going to last 20 days. Will it disappear?

Yes. The Mk1 and Mk2 projectors are temporary, after the end of the event they will vanish. The Mk3 projector is permanent and can be placed in a house as decoration. It will project fog around a room and when a player enters will fire a random trick at them.

What tricks are there?

Spiders
Skulls
Ghosts
Fire (don't try this at home! only available on Mk2 or Mk3 projector)
Wormhole (only available on Mk3 projector)

Why should I get a better projector?

Better chance to scare/terrify and the Mk3 one is permanent.

What else can I buy?

Prices in GMF coins (NT indicates item is no trade, U indicates it is unique):

Badge/Title (NT obviously)- 900
House/shop sign (NT) - 900
Painting (NT) - 900
Song (NT) - 900
Mk2 projector (NT,U) - 200 (Mk3 (NT) upgrade 700)
Storyteller tokens - 400 (Token is permanent but has max 2 uses per day)
Krayt mini skeleton - 400
Webs - 200
Lanterns - 200
Candles - 200

Pheromones (NT) are 5,000 credits. Pics of some items from Shad-O in Galactic Moon Festival Goodies

How can I use a pheromone?

Use it like a projector. Place it on the toolbar and "fire" it at another player (or target yourself). The effect lasts five minutes and will use on cube. The cubes can also be used as decoration.

How long will the event last?

The stuff in Eisley and Moenia will last for several weeks

Am I collecting something? I keep hearing "Utinni."

No, you are wearing the cool costume and when you scare someone without the projector, your costume has a built in sound effect. Other costume use other sounds (for example, the infamous Hutt laugh.)

How many coins do I need?

How long is a piece of string? It depends what you want to fit out your character or house. See prices above for what you can get.

Thanks to Red-Dwarf for his compilations of the FAQ.