LucasArts has announced that the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars Galaxies will be delayed! Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided is now entering the final phase of development, and everyone at LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment is pleased with the game's progress since the beta test program was initiated. We've received a good deal of constructive feedback and many positive suggestions that, if executed, will genuinely enhance game play for the hundreds of thousands of players who comprise the community.

To deliver the best possible massively multiplayer experience and ensure stability and breadth of content, LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment will delay the game's April 15 launch. This will enable us to invest more time into the beta program, and to solicit additional feedback from the tremendous fan base Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided has already developed.

In addition, we will not open phase three of the beta program until we feel the game is ready for a wider audience, which we anticipate will be within the next few weeks. A new release date for Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided will be announced shortly after the beginning of beta three.

We are sincerely grateful to the Star Wars Galaxies community for their tremendous support. We respectfully ask for continued understanding and patience during these final few months leading up to the launch of what we believe will be one of the best MMOs to date.