"Welcome to the Galactic Moon Festival! What can I do for you friend? A costume perhaps? Or some trinkets courtesy of the benevolent Jabba the Hutt?"
―Z'ozpheratu, to a Galactic Moon Festival celebrant
If you've either forgotten or it's your first time with the experience of Galactic Moon Festival, fear not (you can fear a little though, it is supposed to be scary). It's a lot to unpack and it can be overwhelming for a new or returning player to the galaxy. We're here to offer some help on breaking down the celebration for you a little bit more, so before you read on further here and potentially fluster yourself even more, we encourage you to take a brief detour and read the basics in our Friday Feature on Galactic Moon Festival RIGHT HERE and dive into the festival without fear (well hopefully still some fear. Again, still scary).
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Whispers are heard on the winds that tell of the return of the scariest festival in the galaxy! Join us for the EIGHTH GMF celebration on SWG:Legends! This year, the scares will be scarier, the riddles harder, and the undead hungrier than ever before! You should consider the October 2023 Development Update as your survival guide to the season! Read it or proceed without at your own peril! Here is the link!
Once you have, continue reading on. What follows is a taste of the madness to come during this spine-tingling, senses-shattering spectacle! Steel your nerves and prepare yourself for the fears (and fun) that will follow!
(Reminder for new & returning players: Read up about more of the basics of GMF in our Friday Feature!)
It's time to take down the evils within the Dead Forest that have returned to torment Kashyyyk for another Galactic Moon Festival! Journey back to the Dead Forest for new riddles, new rewards, and familiar friends/foes. The Sayormi spirits are again running amok and it's up to brave festival goers to keep evil in check near the haunted tree. Some of the new treats you can find this year at the Haunted Tree raid.
The Tree Raid is located at ( /way 440 -380) ) inside The Dead Forest. The event at the tree will reward players once per character, per day.
There's many more secrets to the moon festival for you to discover. Brave the night and tread carefully through the Dead Forest where you can learn more about the spirits within, discover the secrets of the Undead Chubafly, acquire your own Spooky Pumpkin Helmet, drive back the Sayormi Ghost Queen and her minions to bring another year of peace to the restless souls wandering the Dead Forest. Terrify the galaxy by any means necessary and maybe the Blessing of the Blood Moon will shine down on you this Galactic Moon Festival..
If you have survived so far, you may be brave enough to attend one of our many live events or partake in a thrilling contest or two! Follow along and stay on the path and you can earn Tokens of Gratification for your efforts! You also have a chance to earn a Galactic Moon Festival Live Event badge that is available ONLY during the Galactic Moon Festival itself!
Each event is different! Some will be scheduled and announced in advance. Others could surprise those who are online and keeping out a weather eye. If you don't want to miss out on the action, keep your eyes on Discord and our social media platforms.
Do your best by doing your WORST! Capture the spirits of the Galactic Moon Festival in your own home! Decorate your structure in the theme of the Galactic Moon Festival and be the first to earn a very special prize (the first of it's kind!). Click here to learn how to enter!
Rickey the reformed space robot is at it again! After defecting from Dr. Fool's ill fated attempt to delete space on Fool's Day, Rickey decided to find a less problematic holiday to represent. He ended up settling on the Galactic Moon Festival, but in his zeal to find the season's spooky best, he unleased thirteen ghosts from a dusty old box! Help Rickey track down and contain all thirteen ghosts! Keep your wits about you and await more information about this spectral spectacle!
The infamous race for your life returns! The Dead Forest (located within the Kkowir Forest instanced area of Kashyyyk) is known for its volatile and harsh environment. This live-event will put your bravery as an adventurer of the galaxy to the test!
A group of deadly event planners have conjured up a ghoulish gathering for you to attend! The objective of this event is to simply swim for your lives. For more information, click here.
Come one and all to the SWG Legends Galactic Pet Show! Everyone believes their pet is the best: the smartest, the cutest, the most talented. Now's the time to show off!
Join us at the fabulous Theed Theatre on Naboo for a night of fun as beast masters from all over the galaxy compete to see who's pet is Best in Show! Prizes and bragging rights are up for grabs, as we welcome pets from the exotic to the strange to everything in between! For more information, click here!
Jabba has secured some of the biggest and deadliest monstrosities that he wants to unleash on the galaxy. Whether it is innocent trick or treaters, back-alley n'er do wells, or hapless Jawas, Jabba will ensure his pets dine on destruction and feast on mayhem! If you happen to be in the path of this carnage, do you have the will and skill to survive? If you do, Jabba may feed you a reward for entertaining him. If not, then he will take just as much enjoyment as your screams joins with the masses! For more information, click here.
Z’ozpheratu has found himself in quite the conundrum! After toiling away and carving Sith-o-Lanterns for 13 hours straight, his shipment of the ghoulish gourds were lost in transit! If he wants to keep his sanity, let alone his head, every pumpkin must be COUNTED for. Can you correctly guess how many nameless pumpkins are scattered in the galaxy? For more information, click here.
Watto wants to impress Jabba the Hutt by contributing to the Galactic Moon Festival. As a lover of chance cube games, Watto wants to gamble… with your lives! Join Watto as he traverses the streets of Mos Epsa and “rolls the bones”. If it’s blue, he’ll ask a trivia question. But if it’s red, the trick is on YOU! Can you survive? For more information, click here.
From the dark streets of Mos Eisley to the terrifying swamps of Moenia and as far away as the Dead Forests of Kashyyyk, the Galactic Moon Festival is celebrated annually. But the mischief and madness often spreads even further much to the delight of the festival's sponsor, Jabba the Hutt. The benevolent benefactor - despite all of his power and influence - cannot possibly see all of the mayhem and has demanded that problem to be remedied! To appease His Enormousness, you are tasked with summarizing GMF in a single screenshot. Can you capture the spirit (spirits?) of the season for Jabba! For more information, click here.
His Exalted Excellency Jabba the Hutt invites you to a Spooky SKELE-bration! Join the mastermind of the Galactic Moon Festival for sights, frights and fights in the Tatooine desert! Come dressed in your Galactic Moon Festival best and dance the night away and oh yeah... fight off hordes of ghouls and skeletons looking to crash the party.
Yes, you heard us right. It isn't a Hutt party without a bit of bloodsport, and Jabba's games are second to none. Jabba is planning to unleash waves of terrifying torment throughout the night, and it's your job to bring them down. Skeletons, zombies, giant spiders and more, the fearsome fright will come right to your door! Prove yourself worthy in Jabba's esteem, and you may just be rewarded! For more information, click here!
More events and contests could be added to this list so keep checking back in when you can!
But that is not ALL that this year's Festival has to offer! Enter, if you dare, into the darkness to confront a restless evil bent on inflicting unspeakable horrors upon the living! Can you face your fears? Can you possibly survive? Will you tread where only the brave may go? What awaits if you do? And what spoils are there for those who succeed?
"So, you have come here to free me?" - Axkva Min
The Galactic Moon Festival is always a fun time, whether it's joining special heroics with your friends, donning a costume to trick or treat, or attending any of the server or player events. Our brilliant Designers, Developers, QA and contributors have once again delivered an event that will generate all the feels for you to remember for a lifetime. We welcome you to enjoy everything and make the most of your time in Legends. It is because of YOU, the community, that drives us on and inspires us! Thank you!
May the Trick-or-Treating be with you,
The SWG:Legends Team
