"Star Wars Galaxies Galactic Civil War" Forum Machinima Challenge

The Challenge:

In light of the ongoing and escalating Galactic Civil War, the Star Wars Galaxies™ team is hosting the "Star Wars Galaxies Galactic Civil War" Forum Machinima Challenge. Star Wars Galaxies community members will have this opportunity to show us the most dramatic moments in the war and present their side of the conflict in Star Wars Galaxies!

Using in-game video imagery, community members should depict a visual representation that shows dramatic moments in, or highlights of their sides' involvement in, the Galactic Civil War.

Rules: Before e-mailing your submission, please carefully review the Official Forum Machinima Challenge Rules and the notes below:

1. Do not submit video that includes any intellectual property, images or other content that belongs to any person or any entity other than you, SOE and its licensors. This means that other than the in-game video imagery and the music and sounds provided below, the video submission should contain your original ideas and content only. Any submissions that SOE feels, at its sole discretion, includes content not allowed hereunder will not be considered and will be disqualified.

2. Character names and NPC names should be turned off unless they fit well within the video submission.

3. All UI elements must also be turned off, including target rings, radials, reticular icons, object names, (swg credits)and other elements that may lessen the quality of the video submission.

4. You are only permitted to submit two videos submissions per individual.

5. You may include a voice-over or narration, provided that you use your voice and no one else's, and provided that you are not a member of a talent guild or union such that fees/dues would be owed to you and/or the guild or union related to such voice-over.

6. You may include music and sound as part of your video submission, provided that you only use music and sound from the approved list below. Video submissions may include any combination of the music and sound files below, but do not mix them with music or songs not found on the list.

7. Your video submission must be an externally-hosted Windows Media (.wmv), QuickTime (.mov) or AVI (.avi) format video, under 100 MB, four (4) minutes in length or less. Video submissions that require non-generic plug-in applications will not be opened or considered for entry, and will be disqualified. If the video submission cannot be easily viewed without needing non-generic plug-ins, it may be rejected, at SOE's discretion. The video submissions must be hosted in a location in which they can be easily viewed and downloaded by SOE.

8. If your e-mail and video submission do not conform to the above requirements and those requirements set forth in the Official Forum Challenge Rules, your submission may be disqualified or you may be asked to resubmit your submission.

9. SOE reserves the right to reject any and all video submissions at its sole discretion.