Every week we spotlight a Star Wars Galaxies community member. Find out more about the other people you play the game with! Meet Vshbaa from the Eclipse galaxy and the player behind him!

In Game Update 4, damage over time effects (DoTs) will "stack" for certain abilities. Commandos and officers can pile the damage on their opponents with this new damage over time stacking.

Click here for more details about damage over time stacking.

The Player City listing page has been updated with a complete list of rank 4 and rank 5 cities on every planet of each galaxy as of May 8, 2008. Take a look at the Player City listing here.

Join the Star Wars Galaxies programming team for a Stratics chat on Wednesday, May 14 from 5 PM PDT / 7:00 PM! The programming team will be there to answer all your questions about what makes SWG tick.

Click here for more information about participating in the chat.

The Weekly Picks highlight some of this week's best discussions on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums. If you haven't already signed up for the forums, register today and join in the discussions.

Click here to read this week's picks!

The Galactic Showcase puts the most creative storyteller events and player structures from all galaxies on display. Basher's Bar and Grill is located a quick walk from the shuttle port in the city of Yamborra on the planet Tatooine.

Click here to see Basher's creation and find more details about submitting your own!

Check out the latest additions to the SWG Fan Art Gallery!

Have a piece of work you'd like to submit? Then please send an 800x600 pixel copy to SOEFanArt@soe.sony.com. Please put "SWG Fan Art" as the subject heading of your email. Make sure to include the name of the artist and artwork that you want displayed.

To help prevent any misunderstandings, please read Section 5. Submissions, Fan Fiction and Artwork, and Photographs in our Terms of Service.

On Tuesday, May 6, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PDT (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CDT (Austin) / 7:00 AM EDT (New York)
11:00 AM GMT (London) / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 8:00 PM (Tokyo)
Click here for a Time Zone Calculator.

Click here to read the Publish Notes.

Massively.com recently had a chance to sit down with Lorin "DeadMeat" Jameson, the SOE Producer of Star Wars Galaxies, and ask questions about Chapter 9: The Fury of Exar Kun, the Droid Commander expertise system planned for the future, and more.

Click here to read the interview on Massively.com.

The Station Launcher, currently in beta testing, is updating to a new version today. If you are participating in the beta, your Station Launcher should auto-update to the new version later today. There are no noticeable changes in this version.

If you haven't taken a look at the new Station Launcher yet, download the new version later today! Multiple language versions are now available for international players.

Please be aware that the Station Launcher is in beta testing and testers may experience some problems updating or launching the game. We appreciate your time testing the new Station Launcher.