Once Upon a Time, in a galaxy far, far away…

It was eight and a half years ago that I first logged into Star Wars Galaxies and created my first character Raelin Torthal. Raelin was an African-American in his early 50’s. He was  a crafter, a weaponsmith to be exact. Most people simply called him “Rae”.

Only a few months after Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) launched, I was laid-off from my job at Donruss. I’d never been laid-off before, and I’d never been without a job for more than 2 weeks since I was out of college, so at the time I wasn’t too worried about finding a new job.