u/SWGalacticArchives

Famed Star Wars artist Mike Butkus has put many of his Star Wars sketches up for sale.

https://www.mikebutkus.pro/search?q=star+wars+galaxies

Mr. Butkus worked on Star Wars projects since the 1990s. He did multiple Star Wars comic and advertising projects, worked on art for The Essential Guides, and was one of the key artists behind creating new characters for the Shadows of the Empire video game. Perhaps, most notably, he was the man behind the look of the game's main protagonist, Dash Rendar, as well as being one of the brains behind the design of the main antagonist, Prince Xizor.

Mr. Butkus also provided art for SOE games including: Everquest, Everquest 2, Legends of Norrath, Free Realms, as well as the Star Wars Galaxies TCG. Mr. Butkus was responsible for the main promotional art for the Galactic Hunters expansion.

Enjoy the art of Mike Butkus. If you have the means, perhaps consider purchasing a piece for yourself.

-Treewise

The following article is from April 14, 2008. It was written by Star Wars Galaxies artist Christine "TrandoshYar" Chugon.

"Hi all, Christine "TrandoshYar" Chugon here. I'm an artist on Star Wars Galaxies and I was responsible for creating the Exar Kun heroic encounter dungeon. For this dev diary, I'll give you an overview of how the dungeon made it in game.

This particular dungeon started out as a pencil sketch given to me by Travis "Shadowbrak" Hicks, designer for the Exar Kun encounter. He gave me a layout of room sizes and what the overall theme of each room would be."

Exar Kun Heroic Map

"Here on Galaxies we use the 3D program Maya. In Maya, I blocked out each room, and using a default human mesh I guessed how big each room would be."

https://preview.redd.it/k7de1up51vth1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e84b9fc2ea2e0687ea9906c46c863ed716803e0

"Once the rooms were blocked out, I placed floors, lights, and portals. Portals allow you to walk from one room to another and can be set with different attributes to work in many different ways (such as in windows for buildings and starships.)

Once the blocked out dungeon was complete, it was sent over to Shadowbrak so he could begin placing mobs and setting up encounters.

After that version was finished, I was able to get to work on the final dungeon. This included the details on the walls, as well as the creation of the roots, torches, and broken and collapsed areas of the dungeon.

I also had the help of fellow artist, Scott "I still don't have a forum name" Downey, who created the massive columns in the final room, as well as Exar Kun's sarcophagus and the big spiky objects found in the three large rooms of the dungeon."

https://preview.redd.it/64p641jc1vth1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be59a662f084a56b3a9ef4ff1e2166089ecb18c8

"Once the dungeon mesh was complete, I went to work on adding textures:

https://preview.redd.it/80m4x0hz1vth1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5095c327576d78327c6b863b4a3d50ced95ac0b

"And lights:"

https://preview.redd.it/fw0ehpb32vth1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88444fdcbddfb4624d559e64aad9f2ba2e90a9cb

"After I (and everyone else) was pleased with the look of the dungeon, the final step was to do some worldbuilding. We use an internal tool to place objects into the world, or in this case a dungeon, and make the area look more lived in. Candles, skulls, particle effects, and the like were all added during this last and final step before the heroic encounter went in game."

https://preview.redd.it/te9v5v592vth1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35e38f01302f83f1f2849f088cdb3da1e89c85ab

"And I think that about covers how the Exar Kun dungeon was created. I hope you enjoyed reading this dev diary."

Christine "TrandoshYar" Chugon
Artist, Star Wars Galaxies[

Here is original concept artwork for a number of items in Star Wars Galaxies. This art is likely from either 2000 or 2001. It was given away by SOE at Fan Faire 2011. Since then, it's location has been unconfirmed. We can only hope that it is safe out there, somewhere.

-Treewise

Earlier this year, legendary artist Donato Giancola shared more of the original art behind his famous Star Wars Galaxies piece. It is a true work of mastery. The original painting, while on display for a time, now resides with the original artist. A strong /salute to Mr. Giancola.

-Treewise

Motion capture for Star Wars Galaxies was a very interesting and involved process. It took place primarily during December 2001 and January 2002. Here is a grey model performing Breakdance6 /flo 8.

-Treewise

One of the most interesting pieces of cut content from SWG, was perhaps juggling. From what we have gathered, juggling was meant to be a part of the Entertainer profession. As of now, we do not know the reason that this was cut from the game. Aside from developer confirmation, the only evidence we have of juggling in Star Wars Galaxies, is this short, motion capture video.

-Treewise

Halloween is the best time of year! What memories do you have of Star Wars Galaxies during the Galactic Moon Festival season?

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

The old Star Wars Galaxies Character Creation UI :)

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

Alpha screenie from Star Wars Galaxies (April 2001)! A kind developer shared this in 2010.

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

The Adventures of Greep Newbish! It was made by Ybini of Valcyn. Such a very funy comic. All issues are here for us to remember! http://greepnewbish.com/

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

Planets. So many options. Where did you live? Where did you hunt? These maps were made by Vora Dumem of Gorath!

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

More Tat screenies from Star Wars Galaxies! These were promotional ones from 2002 (and 2001).

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

1 last Alpha screenie of Tatooine from May 2001! A kind developer shared these in 2010. What were your favorite places on this desert world?

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

Feeling nostalgic today sooo here we are. This was Kettemoor's 1st successful Jetpack run.

The Kette peeps involved:

Xadrian/MeepxX - leader and guide

Virus - Group organization, tanking

Grachus

Macabre

Saxmahoney - best healer EVER

Tafres Icemo

Reicee

Nomi

Amon-Rah

Benny-Ray

Swazi

Pisun

Cambre

Gaispar

Kaetrena

Roda

I love you forever Kettemoor!

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

More Alpha screenies from August 2000! A kind developer shared these in 2010. Tatooine will have my heart. Always <3.

~Kiria, Co-founder of SWGalacticArchives

For some, PvP was life in Star Wars Galaxies. Here is a list of dedicated Galactic Civil War (GCW) soldiers as of December 31, 2010. It is in order of Lifetime Kills. A strong /salute to these heroes.

-Treewise

Name	Profession	Faction	Rank	Server	Lifetime Kills
Nitro-	Jedi	Imperial	General	Chilastra	116100
Sveta	Spy	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	98483
Numso Sone	Medic	Rebel	General	Flurry	91696
SecretADC	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	85526
Baphi	Medic	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	84683
El'Ley Mocoso	Medic	Imperial	General	Flurry	76329
Zresk	Medic	Imperial	General	Flurry	73129
Triko' Delwynn	Medic	Imperial	General	Chilastra	68641
supertom musti	Medic	Imperial	General	Europe-Chimaera	66834
Iosif Inig	Officer	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	60321
Emrick Starstrider	Jedi	Rebel	General	Bloodfin	59240
Raia	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	57486
Gul'jaq Scoser	Officer	Imperial	General	Chilastra	57027
Sammyboy	Smuggler	Rebel	Colonel	Bloodfin	54203
Trayomire	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Chilastra	53619
WelshWizard'	Jedi	Rebel	General	Starsider	53277
Azarian Scorn	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	51624
-NaTaSTrIaD-	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Starsider	51089
Itallion Stallion	Medic	Rebel	General	Flurry	50894
Sharkow TheHauser	Commando	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	50601
Karn'	Jedi	Imperial	General	Chilastra	50279
Obraik Orom	Medic	Imperial	General	Chilastra	50051
Nixy Lamia	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	Colonel	Chilastra	48777
K'ali Darkcrest	Commando	Imperial	General	Chilastra	48661
Roostavius	Commando	Rebel	General	Starsider	48149
Roulette	Smuggler	Rebel	General	Chilastra	47417
Cheat Engine	Medic	Imperial	General	Starsider	47201
Compton' Maniac	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Flurry	46605
Ramsis Zahn	Commando	Imperial	General	Starsider	46539
Petra-Degeran	Medic	Rebel	General	Europe-Chimaera	46107
Malko	Commando	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	44476
Bomik	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	44040
Ssylaf Okap	Medic	Imperial	Major	Europe-Chimaera	42792
Basra' Darkcrest	Medic	Imperial	General	Chilastra	42536
Ahclird Duolceerf	Officer	Rebel	Lieutenant	Europe-FarStar	41064
Hoodrych	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	40374
Calarian	Smuggler	Rebel	General	Flurry	40316
geeR	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Chilastra	40051
Stratiss Auxsious	Smuggler	Rebel	Major	Chilastra	39593
Terandoid	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	39285
petazeta Teufo	Spy	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	38267
Syyria	Medic	Imperial	General	Flurry	38209
Qudoba	Medic	Rebel	Commander	Bloodfin	38008
Hud' Ausqua	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Flurry	37435
UncleRuckus Tzadi-k	Medic	Imperial	General	Flurry	37057
Williaam Adama	Officer	Rebel	Lieutenant	Radiant	37027
Ostonoha Ausqua	Medic	Rebel	General	Flurry	36264
-ode-	Medic	Rebel	Lieutenant	Starsider	36103
Koas Omaga	Commando	Rebel	General	Chilastra	36059
Daranath	Officer	Rebel	General	Starsider	35907
Vyper	Medic	Imperial	General	Starsider	35454
Ac-ob An-pe	Medic	Rebel	General	Ahazi	35182
Vad	Officer	Rebel	Captain	Starsider	35171
Xyrius	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	Lieutenant	Starsider	35011
Dog'gone Wild	Medic	Rebel	Captain	Bria	34406
East	Commando	Rebel	Colonel	Flurry	34391
vigil-	Spy	Rebel	Lieutenant	Bria	34314
Wango'	Commando	Imperial	Colonel	Starsider	34196
Nehby Ausqua	Smuggler	Rebel	General	Flurry	33907
Prohoif	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	Commander	Starsider	33890
Divinitus	Officer	Imperial	Lieutenant	Europe-FarStar	33547
Visigodred	Commando	Rebel	General	Flurry	33160
Xotli	Commando	Rebel	Major	Bloodfin	32981
Ekado	Officer	Imperial	General	Starsider	32873
Guian Darkfall	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Starsider	32659
Back-Draft	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Starsider	32656
Keesje	Jedi	Imperial	General	Europe-Chimaera	32443
evola	Medic	Rebel	Lieutenant	Europe-Chimaera	32413
Geero	Medic	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	32211
Beetsyr Crestingrider	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	32191
Joi Darkcrest	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Chilastra	32186
'CyE GwAzI	Officer	Rebel	General	Flurry	32058
Dreamer'	Medic	Rebel	Commander	Flurry	31785
Avicus	Medic	Rebel	General	Chilastra	31671
Gallant Reflex	Officer	Imperial	Major	Shadowfire	31474
Aowys Dyweepa	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	Major	Flurry	31321
Flayre Dopian	Smuggler	Rebel	Major	Flurry	31128
Vanity Six	Jedi	Imperial	General	Flurry	31107
Osskscosco Zoli	Smuggler	Imperial	General	Europe-Chimaera	31081
Adazinn Fayne	Smuggler	Rebel	General	Shadowfire	30928
Re-Matrix Gefa	Jedi	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Europe-FarStar	30859
Bandora Athena	Jedi	Imperial	Captain	Europe-FarStar	30735
Carnivore	Medic	Rebel	Colonel	Europe-FarStar	30140
Treko Riscari	Medic	Imperial	General	Flurry	29734
Duross	Jedi	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	29464
rorshock	Officer	Imperial	General	Chilastra	29446
Pistoleer	Smuggler	Rebel	Commander	Chilastra	29363
Xyk	Jedi	Rebel	Major	Starsider	29276
Geordi' LaForge	Officer	Rebel	General	Flurry	29188
globe	Medic	Imperial	General	Chilastra	29151
Kiraii Saityn	Medic	Imperial	General	Starsider	29133
Kaynne	Jedi	Imperial	Lieutenant	Flurry	29010
#NAME?	Spy	Rebel	General	Flurry	28892
Chodoh Teabaggins	Officer	Imperial	Colonel	Flurry	28794
Judza Dax	Commando	Rebel	Colonel	Starsider	28653
Kheiron	Spy	Rebel	Lieutenant	Starsider	28425
Syntarius Natas	Officer	Imperial	General	Chilastra	28392
Tyedann Relicc	Officer	Rebel	General	Starsider	28153
Istaf	Medic	Rebel	Lieutenant	Starsider	28069
Tinywitz	Jedi	Rebel	General	Flurry	27947
SitherX	Jedi	Imperial	Lieutenant	Starsider	27893
Voposski	Officer	Imperial	General	Chilastra	27795
irenex	Jedi	Imperial	Colonel	Flurry	27748
irenex	Jedi	Imperial	Colonel	Bria	27380
Eri-Vas Riscari	Officer	Imperial	General	Flurry	27373
Lesra	Medic	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	27293
Biskossk Osroxobi	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	27288
Smokey Joe	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Flurry	27017
Kutulu Merdurah	Commando	Imperial	General	Bloodfin	27004
Canuck	Spy	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Chilastra	26919
Revalo Hista	Smuggler	Imperial	General	Flurry	26806
Solace Arunsun	Commando	Imperial	Colonel	Ahazi	26769
iPetaris	Spy	Imperial	General	Starsider	26747
Rybak-	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Starsider	26716
V'enus Witz	Jedi	Rebel	General	Flurry	26645
'ZERO COOL'	Jedi	Imperial	Major	Starsider	26550
D'oc Holliday	Medic	Imperial	Colonel	Chilastra	26512
Ispep	Officer	Imperial	General	Chilastra	26442
Kobraka	Jedi	Rebel	Colonel	Bria	26315
Votrateo Eono	Jedi	Rebel	General	Bloodfin	26308
Acci	Medic	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	26289
Dedim Idiloght	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	Captain	Flurry	26166
Anubis Brizzle	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Flurry	26068
Initas Taleria	Officer	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	25943
Stats	Jedi	Imperial	General	Flurry	25941
Mavin- Sadow	Officer	Imperial	General	Flurry	25936
Mavin Sadow	Officer	Imperial	Colonel	Bria	25911
Rickylar	Commando	Imperial	General	Starsider	25735
'Xay	Jedi	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Starsider	25535
Teina- Mocoso	Jedi	Imperial	General	Flurry	25339
Dekor Ausqua	Commando	Rebel	General	Flurry	25299
Sisstine	Officer	Imperial	General	Flurry	25188
Demiroth Cloudkill	Commando	Imperial	Colonel	Chilastra	25004
micshaz kagemand	Medic	Rebel	General	Starsider	24980
Dekoi	Officer	Imperial	General	Ahazi	24875
katharos'	Jedi	Rebel	General	Starsider	24823
micshaz kagemand	Medic	Rebel	General	Bloodfin	24800
FilliaCopt	Jedi	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	24709
Nevos Ferri	Commando	Rebel	General	Ahazi	24672
Jagah Archo	Medic	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	24432
Seniph Gales	Medic	Imperial	Colonel	Flurry	24276
GiGaSHaDoW	Jedi	Imperial	Lieutenant	Starsider	24219
Verridon Wemoen	Commando	Rebel	General	Radiant	24025
Loxas	Medic	Imperial	General	Flurry	23934
'Jacob	Spy	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	23912
Zorkk	Jedi	Imperial	Lieutenant	Flurry	23882
Jenzi	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Starsider	23862
Eczes duramason	Jedi	Rebel	General	Chilastra	23850
Isiah	Medic	Rebel	General	Ahazi	23807
Rageon Vart	Commando	Imperial	General	Flurry	23712
Pioneer	Spy	Rebel	General	Europe-Chimaera	23686
Raeri Nothos	Spy	Rebel	General	Starsider	23639
Greatest Ever	Officer	Imperial	Colonel	Chilastra	23548
Jascen' Jerreck	Commando	Rebel	Lieutenant	Starsider	23512
Foul Smell	Officer	Imperial	Colonel	Europe-FarStar	23405
Aurahna Telina	Medic	Rebel	Captain	Bria	23137
Stir Crazy	Jedi	Imperial	General	Flurry	23094
HAJJ	Jedi	Imperial	Captain	Flurry	23024
Noxpha	Jedi	Rebel	Commander	Starsider	22998
tomo-aki oomura	Jedi	Imperial	General	Flurry	22936
Web-md Maorl	Medic	Rebel	Commander	Starsider	22893
Web-md Maorl	Medic	Rebel	Commander	Bria	22804
tomo-aki oomura	Jedi	Imperial	General	Bria	22752
Lui Feng	Officer	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Europe-FarStar	22709
Akashy	Commando	Imperial	General	Europe-FarStar	22699
Gobem	Medic	Rebel	Captain	Starsider	22689
Bigall	Commando	Imperial	General	Bria	22686
Derone	Commando	Rebel	General	Starsider	22686
Sorokai	Commando	Rebel	General	Bria	22668
Kazaron Livith	Bounty Hunter	Imperial	General	Chilastra	22634
Part-Time	Officer	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Starsider	22618
Rockitt	Commando	Rebel	General	Starsider	22598
wongx	Smuggler	Rebel	Commander	Europe-FarStar	22598
DDirk buds	Commando	Imperial	Colonel	Bria	22573
Boombata	Officer	Imperial	General	Starsider	22387
Secksecutioner	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Starsider	22288
Nadyah	Commando	Rebel	General	Europe-FarStar	22258
Kiarianna	Commando	Imperial	General	Bloodfin	22183
Kiarianna-CTS	Commando	Imperial	General	Starsider	22183
End'Of'Days	Jedi	Rebel	Major	Starsider	22153
Weezius	Medic	Rebel	General	Chilastra	22105
Chiyo	Jedi	Imperial	General	Chilastra	22094
Meuric	Officer	Imperial	General	Radiant	22014
Shoun Spacer	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	Captain	Flurry	22013
-Weezy-	Officer	Rebel	General	Chilastra	21997
trinitao	Spy	Rebel	General	Europe-Chimaera	21982
Ta'sty	Commando	Rebel	Colonel	Flurry	21958
-Monstro-	Jedi	Imperial	General	Starsider	21916
Caporal' Hicks	Jedi	Rebel	Lieutenant	Europe-FarStar	21907
AhclirdII	Medic	Imperial	Lt. Colonel	Europe-Chimaera	21860
Apek stormshadow	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Chilastra	21816
Skyyridder McLove	Commando	Rebel	General	Starsider	21816
Dursos Ausqua	Bounty Hunter	Rebel	General	Flurry	21811
Jos' Ranger	Commando	Imperial	General	Starsider	21808
Cyco'	Medic	Imperial	General	Starsider	21796
-Deci-	Medic	Rebel	Colonel	Starsider	21764
'Crom'	Jedi	Imperial	Colonel	Starsider	21669
-Tiber Xavian-	Jedi	Imperial	General	Starsider	21474
Stilgarr Atreides	Commando	Rebel	Captain	Radiant	21472
Wrathus Roarskull	Officer	Imperial	Colonel	Chilastra	21424