Koster called the inclusion of Jedi, 'the game's original sin,' during the presentation and foreshadowed that Jedi would lead to many of the issues Galaxies would face down the line. The development team was told that they couldn't change the time period, but they had to have Jedi as a playable class. RELATED: Why Are EA's BIGGEST Franchises Sitting Out of EA Play? By design, a Jedi class would also be far more powerful than most other classes, creating issues with game balance, not to mention it would draw focus away from other playable classes. However, the time period that the game was set in, the Galactic Civil War, was one wherein Jedi were incredibly rare in canon. They found themselves at odds with LucasArts, who wanted the Jedi to be a major factor in the story. In a recent presentation at the Game Developers Conference, former Galaxies director Raph Koster and former executive producer Richard Vogel outlined some pretty significant issues that came up during development regarding even adding Jedi to Galaxies.

In an ironic twist of fate, however, the game's Jedi ended up dooming the MMO. Entire in-game cities and factions came and went, the economy was completely player-driven and players lived out their own Star Wars stories.

Instead of classes like Stormtroopers, players could spec into different skill trees, allowing everyone to play their own unique character. One could make a case for Star Wars Galaxies being one of the most unique MMOs ever made.

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