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Star Wars Galaxies: Dr. Fool strikes back

by Justin Olivetti on Mar 31st 2010 3:30PM

Sci-Fi, Events (In-Game), Star Wars Galaxies

Toys turning tables on Imperials and Rebels alike? It may sound like a bad joke, but Star Wars Galaxies has never seen such dire straits. The elusive and diabolical Dr. Fool (who has a Ph.D. in Evil Medicine) has returned once more to unleash his fiendish toys on the residents of Tatooine, Naboo, Lok, Corellia, and Endor. These high-level toys -- some resembling miniature AT-ATs -- should be treated as hostile on sight and taken down without prejudice.

Of course, for this April Fool's event, players are to be rewarded for their diligence. SOE is tempting all SWG fighters and lovers to disable the toys with a special title: "Toy Recaller." This title can only be achieved on April 1st by taking down the malfunctioning toys before the stroke of midnight PDT.

Wookiepedia has more information on this toy rampage, which coincidentally also happened a year ago to the day. You can also read the aftermath of the 2009 event on SWG's forums.

Tags: april-fools, AprilFools, at-at, corellia, dr-fool, endor, lok, naboo, soe, star-wars-galaxies, swg, tatooine, toy-recaller, toys

Reader Comments (5)

Wow, that looks lame.

I really like many aspects of SWG, but I have to say the Ewoks with wings, and renegade toys, and other silly non-Starwarsy immersive breaking elements they like to put into the game really suck. A big waste of development resources. You can make fun events without the cheese.

I agree with you, the biggest Science Fiction IP going and they ham it up with zombie stormtroopers and renegade toys, I just don't know why they even bother pumping out content, maybe it's just to sell those card game loot cards, I've no idea.

Still, not long now to something a bit more substantial from Bioware, hopefully...

I don't know, have you ever watched the Star Wars Christmas Special? These types of events might fit right in...

I'm sorry, but this is exactly what's wrong with SWG...six Jedi in one spot in the original trilogy era fighting toys. Not quite as stupid as the cupid Ewoks, but close.

Star Wars Galaxies: Dr. Fool strikes back

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