Hey everybody!

I know I've been gone for a little while and for that I apologize. We've been preparing for E3 and it's been a wild crazy ride. If anyone is going to E3 in a couple of weeks, stop by the LucasArts booth and check out the line up for this year. There are some really great games in the works including more stuff in store for Star Wars: Empire at War.

This has also been an exciting week for EAW and I have a few announcements!

Work is nearly completed on Patch 1.04 and the targeted release is sometime next week. Here are some of the highlights:
- Numerous balancing tweaks to both the Rebellion and Empire units
- Custom maps created with the map editor can now be played in the game
- If a player needs a particular custom map in order to play in an online game, the map will be automatically downloaded
- An issue causing capital ships to sometimes become invisible has been corrected
- Check out the changes in more detail when the patch goes live!

Work on the map editor is also almost complete and is scheduled to be available as a separate download along with the release of the patch or very soon thereafter pending a few finishing touches being applied as we speak! The editor will allow users to create custom space and land maps for Star Wars: Empire at War, more details to come.

I heard from the rumor mill that there are some changes coming to the forums in the near future including an art update to the look of the forums and my most requested feature? a search function! I'll fill you guys in with more info on that when I get an update from the Lucas Online team.

Also, the Lucas Online team has opened a casting call for volunteer moderators for the forums. With regards only to the EAW Forums, all interested parties please respond to my next post about volunteer moderators for consideration.

Finally the moderators we have now have been kind enough to help out but they need to get back to doing whatever the Lucas Online folks have for them. I'd like to thank them for helping to keep these forums clean and friendly during these last few months, it isn't easy.

[LEC] Rogue