"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…the stars went dark, flickering as they blinked out of existence. While it went by unnoticed by many, for a select few thousand, December 15th 2011 will forever be known as the day their worlds changed forever.

On this day, Star Wars Galaxies’ servers shut down for the final time.

It wasn’t too long after that the familiar “Ding!” of a new email arriving in my inbox sounded. Followed by another, and then another. Community members I’d grown to know had responded from the wide reaches of the now non-existent galaxy.

The final question was finally able to be answered:

How did it end?"