Star Wars Galaxies shutting down on December 15, “galaxy-ending event” planned for final week

LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment have stamped anexpiration date on Star Wars Galaxies. Despite early assurances and rosy optimism among its most loyal players that the long running MMO would be kept alive to duke it out with BioWare's upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, the studios have decided the eight-year-old online game willend with a %26ldquo;galaxy-ending event%26rdquo; this December