SOE and LucasArts Splitting Over Star Wars Galaxies?

Rumors spread of LucasArts being ticked at SOE's handling of the Star Wars MMORPG--any truth to them?

The MMORPG communities have been abuzz lately from rumors that LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) parting ways with Star Wars Galaxies, with LucasArts supposedly displeased with how SOE has been handling the MMORPG.

There hasn't been any conclusive facts to back this speculation, and forum posts and blogs frequently cite a job opening for a LucasArts Senior Director for Star Wars Galaxies as an indication of the two companies' impending divorce.

While some would love to see Jedis go away altogether (having a considerably larger presence in the liked or despised publish 10), it's highly unlikely--especially when SOE not only deals with development, but more importantly the backend--something LucasArts wouldn't be able to jump into without big changes to the company.

LucasArts has no comment in response to the rumors, and is expected to announce Jump to Lightspeed going gold very soon. The expansion's slated to ship on October 26, 2004.

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