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Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG from the famed developer BioWare based in large part on their highly acclaimed Knights of the Old Republic franchise. Although the time period is slightly different, The Old Republic takes place approximately three hundred years after the events of the first two Knights of the Old Republic games. The Old Republic aims to maintain the core gameplay and principles of the previous Knights of the Old Republic games in a new large online environment.
Early information indicates that players will be able to choose between joining the Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic at the beginning of the game. It also appears that the choices made by the player throughout the game will influence and determine their alignment towards either good or evil. It has been mentioned by Bioware that they hope The Old Republic will be structured in such a way that the game will be a lot more story driven than most MMORPG's by allowing players to carve "their own epic stories" within the galactic turmoil of the games setting. The Old Republic will feature many common MMO aspects such as crafting, guilds and PVP, but there is not much else known besides those simple facts.
The art direction of The Old Republic will be a mixture between a realistic and more animated cartoon style, but never going to the extreme in either direction. The reasoning behind this choice of art style is mainly to give the game a unique appearance as well as allowing it to run on as many computer systems as possible. It should also be noted that the lightsaber size will be smaller than what current screenshots show, but the size decrease will be minimal.
Star Wars: The Old Republic was officially announced in a live press conference held at LucasArts headquarters in San Francisco, California, on October 21st 2008. Initially only confirmed to be in development for the PC, a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic has not been revealed yet.
The game features full voice acting including the players character, companions and other NPC's(Non-player characters). With notable voice actors such as Lance Henriksen who will voice the Jedi "Master Gnost-Dural", Bioware also claims the amount of voice work is 10 times the size of Kotor or 40 novels worth of content.
Setting
Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place three hundred years after the first two Knights of the Old Republic games with a new setting and story but still keeping similarities with the previous games in the series. At the end of the first KOTOR game Revan disappeared to try and locate the hidden Sith threat he felt in the Force from beyond the Outer Rim, however he never did return but instead a new and stronger Sith Empire did led by an unknown Emperor.
For centuries the Sith Empire plotted patiently in an unknown sector of space where they gathered their forces to launch an attack against the Galactic Republic and specifically their enemy, the Jedi Order. With a surprise assault the Sith's armada of ships and soldiers launched a devastating attack against the Republic and captured many planets within the Outer Rim. In particular the water world of Manaan, featured in previous KOTOR games, was attacked even though it was considered neutral toward the Republic. Its inhabitants, the Selkath, were forced to flee from their cities on the waters surface and continue to live in its dark depths.
As the war raged on the Sith sacked, burnt and destroyed many many planets as they made their way toward the capital of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant. It was here that the Sith fleets made a bold move and attacked the capital of the Galactic Republic, the city planet of Coruscant. With enemy forces standing at their front door the Republic Senate was forced to sign the "Treaty of Coruscant". The details of which are scarce but it is known that the treaty required the Republic to withdraw its support in all forms to a number of planets that were strong and loyal supporters of the Republic. Now it appears that both factions have come to an uneasy truce and the galaxy is once again in turmoil as fear and uncertainty have taken grip of the people. The motivations of the Sith Emperor himself are unknown, much like his identity, but while he continues to carry out his mysterious goals the crippled Republic is struggling to rebuild and repair itself from the devastating attacks made by the Sith.
Relying less on the Jedi for military support the Republic has focused on building up its own personal military of highly trained and skilled soldiers to continue its fight against the Sith and their Empire. Taking over the major roles on the battlefield this new army of Republic Soldiers has become in some way the backbone to the Republic's military as the Jedi have abandoned their temple on Coruscant for the planet Tython. But they still remain dedicated to protecting the people and morals of the Republic from the Sith Empire.
However the uneasy truce that was signed between the two great factions seems like it may soon be broken as small battles between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic are occurring more regularly throughout the galaxy. And it seems that once again that it will be plunged into a full scale war. Now it is up to the player to choose their destiny and decide which path they will choose to restore peace and balance amidst the turmoil.
Story and Character Development
The stories in The Old Republic will be based around each class a player chooses. Each class will have it's own unique story-line with a vast array of choices that will give each player their own personal experience. What Bioware hope to accomplish is having the system set up in a way that you could play the game as a Jedi and then start a new game as a Sith and never experience the same cut scenes or story. The plot is also an epic tale of either saving or destroying the galaxy and each quest will have an epic feel to it in it's own way, even when you're just at level one.
You will also get a companion character, you can collect more than one, but can only have one with you at a time. This character will grow and develop based on the choices you make and you may even be able to form a romantic relationship with one of your companions. They will react to your choices either positively or negatively and will even have their own specific companion quests that you can complete to strengthen your bond with them.
At the start of the game you may choose from two factions, the Sith Empire or Galactic Republic however this doesn't necessarily mean you have chosen a good or evil path to follow. The game will offer various choices and decisions for the player to make throughout the game which can determine which path they follow.
Bounty Hunter
Empire only class. The Bounty Hunter is an expert in tracking down his enemies then eliminating them with a wide set of tools such as a flame-thrower, jet pack and stun darts. For protection a Bounty Hunter wears an extremely tough set of armor to protect them from who ever is foolish enough to try and shoot back. Game play videos suggest that this class is designed as a damage dealing class with a focus on stunning enemies with the various tools at his disposal. You can find the Holo net video for this class here.
Republic only class. As the name suggests this class is an extremely tough class based on dealing damage, as well as taking it. In order to gain the advantage against his opponent he utilizes a highly powerful grenade fired from his rifle, sticky grenades and can also get in close to smack the opponent with the butt of his rifle.
You can find the Holo net video for this class here.
Jedi
It was revealed that there would indeed be a Jedi class in the game, more specifically a Jedi Knight class. Historically the Jedi Knights oft he Jedi order where the "grunts" of the order usually being the ones sent out to accomplish tasks the order deemed needing done. It was not revealed however how the class would function or what class role it would fill in the actual game itself once its release.You can find the Holo net video for this class here.
Planets
To date, there are six planets revealed to be included in the game so far. These planets are Tython, Korriban, Nal Hutta, Balmorra, Ord Mantell, Coruscant and possibly Bothwaui
However with recent turn of events in the current war being fought, the Republic have since taken interest in the planet again and have sent more troopers in an effort to retake the planet. However with much of the native populaces negative feeling toward the Republic for what they perceived as betrayal for leaving them before, the Republic have not been meet with as much cooperation as they had hoped. This has lead to the planet becoming another one of many war torn worlds that have been turned into a battleground with a constant flux over who has control, despite both sides continuous efforts to regain total ownership of the planet and its resources.
Bothawui
On October 23, 2009 a time line video was released discussing a battle that took place on the planet Bothawui involving a small army of Republic soldiers and Jedi holding back a horde of invading Sith. It is assumed that this will be a playable planet in the final game but it has not yet been confirmed nor denied if it will be.
At E3 2009, BioWare announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic would be fully voice acted. In July, BioWare talked to Joystiq about their voice acting techniques and said that the script for the game is the size of over 40 novels and consists of over 100 voice actors that will perform 1,000 4-hour sessions of recording by the game's completion. The game is said to go down in video game history for how much voice acting there is in the game.
At Gamescon 2009, it was announced that the game would be fully localized in French and German, as well as English.
Cover System - At PAX 2009, a new feature, never before seen in an MMO was announced. The Old Republic will have a cover system available to a few ranged classes, namely the Smuggler class. While in cover the Smuggler's powers are changed to an alternate set of abilities that are other wise unavailable to him. Also, the first gameplay footage was made available during that same event, and is available for watching on IGN and Gamespot.
Class Cooperation - During the first gameplay video they released they showed that in some missions there will be sections that will have unique interactions based on the classes you have in your party. In the example they showed there was a locked door that the group needed to get past so to do this the bounty hunter in their party set an explosive charge on the door causing it to blow open, allowing them to continue on their mission. It is yet unknown how these situation will play out when certain classes are missing. However it would seem like each one of these choke points in a mission may have two to three different ways to get past and depending on what classes are at your disposal that will determine how it is done. For example an alternative to get past the door may have been to hack into a near by data terminal or use a light saber to destroy the lock on the door causing it to open.
PVP - The developers have said the game will have a PVP system and that it will be an important part of the game, but no details about how it will work have yet been mentioned. It is a concern amongst players that given the fiction of Star Wars they are afraid that all Force based classes may be over powered and that it is unrealistic for non force based classes to even stand a chance fighting against them. How ever in response to this the developers have assured the fans that this will not be a problem as it just doesn't make any sense game play wise as every one would just play the Force characters. They then went on to site numerous occasions in Star Wars lore where non force based characters have fought seemly more powerful force based people and have walked away victorious.
On September 30 2009 the Beta sign ups of the closed beta for Star Wars The Old Republic started. However on that day a great disturbance in the Force was felt, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced as they tried desperately to connect in vain. Within minutes, the website was flooded with so many people vying to apply to the game that the servers couldn't handle the demand and simply stopped working. The site was down most of the day with only sporadic moments where it was usable. To apply, you had to either make an account on their website or use an existing one, agree to a Non disclosure Agreement, then fill out a form that consisted of your name, address, country, province, postal code and phone number. After which they would scan your system to see what hardware you had and send it in with the aforementioned data they collected. It is yet unknown when people will be selected to play the beta or when it will actually begin. However, judging from the response by the fan base so far, it doesn't look like they will have a hard time finding people to test their game.
When you tried to connect to the website you where greeted with this message written in English, German, and French:
"Thank you for visiting www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com. We are making adjustments to the site due to the overwhelming response to the testing announcement. Please be patient and check back later. We estimate that the site will be back up in the next few hours."
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A MMO in the vein of the acclaimed KOTOR series, The Old Republic is a story-driven MMO set three hundred years after the first two KOTOR games, focusing on the battle between a new Sith Empire that has arisen and the Galactic Republic struggling for control of the galaxy.
Overview
Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG from the famed developer BioWare based in large part on their highly acclaimed Knights of the Old Republic franchise. Although the time period is slightly different, The Old Republic takes place approximately three hundred years after the events of the first two Knights of the Old Republic games. The Old Republic aims to maintain the core gameplay and principles of the previous Knights of the Old Republic games in a new large online environment.
Early information indicates that players will be able to choose between joining the Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic at the beginning of the game. It also appears that the choices made by the player throughout the game will influence and determine their alignment towards either good or evil. It has been mentioned by Bioware that they hope The Old Republic will be structured in such a way that the game will be a lot more story driven than most MMORPG's by allowing players to carve "their own epic stories" within the galactic turmoil of the games setting. The Old Republic will feature many common MMO aspects such as crafting, guilds and PVP, but there is not much else known besides those simple facts.
Not too realistic, not too cartoony
Star Wars: The Old Republic was officially announced in a live press conference held at LucasArts headquarters in San Francisco, California, on October 21st 2008. Initially only confirmed to be in development for the PC, a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic has not been revealed yet.
The game features full voice acting including the players character, companions and other NPC's(Non-player characters). With notable voice actors such as Lance Henriksen who will voice the Jedi "Master Gnost-Dural", Bioware also claims the amount of voice work is 10 times the size of Kotor or 40 novels worth of content.
Setting
Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place three hundred years after the first two Knights of the Old Republic games with a new setting and story but still keeping similarities with the previous games in the series. At the end of the first KOTOR game Revan disappeared to try and locate the hidden Sith threat he felt in the Force from beyond the Outer Rim, however he never did return but instead a new and stronger Sith Empire did led by an unknown Emperor.
For centuries the Sith Empire plotted patiently in an unknown sector of space where they gathered their forces to launch an attack against the Galactic Republic and specifically their enemy, the Jedi Order. With a surprise assault the Sith's armada of ships and soldiers launched a devastating attack against the Republic and captured many planets within the Outer Rim. In particular the water world of Manaan, featured in previous KOTOR games, was attacked even though it was considered neutral toward the Republic. Its inhabitants, the Selkath, were forced to flee from their cities on the waters surface and continue to live in its dark depths.
As the war raged on the Sith sacked, burnt and destroyed many many planets as they made their way toward the capital of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant. It was here that the Sith fleets made a bold move and attacked the capital of the Galactic Republic, the city planet of Coruscant. With enemy forces standing at their front door the Republic Senate was forced to sign the "Treaty of Coruscant". The details of which are scarce but it is known that the treaty required the Republic to withdraw its support in all forms to a number of planets that were strong and loyal supporters of the Republic. Now it appears that both factions have come to an uneasy truce and the galaxy is once again in turmoil as fear and uncertainty have taken grip of the people. The motivations of the Sith Emperor himself are unknown, much like his identity, but while he continues to carry out his mysterious goals the crippled Republic is struggling to rebuild and repair itself from the devastating attacks made by the Sith.
Relying less on the Jedi for military support the Republic has focused on building up its own personal military of highly trained and skilled soldiers to continue its fight against the Sith and their Empire. Taking over the major roles on the battlefield this new army of Republic Soldiers has become in some way the backbone to the Republic's military as the Jedi have abandoned their temple on Coruscant for the planet Tython. But they still remain dedicated to protecting the people and morals of the Republic from the Sith Empire.
However the uneasy truce that was signed between the two great factions seems like it may soon be broken as small battles between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic are occurring more regularly throughout the galaxy. And it seems that once again that it will be plunged into a full scale war. Now it is up to the player to choose their destiny and decide which path they will choose to restore peace and balance amidst the turmoil.
Story and Character Development
Jedi training
You will also get a companion character, you can collect more than one, but can only have one with you at a time. This character will grow and develop based on the choices you make and you may even be able to form a romantic relationship with one of your companions. They will react to your choices either positively or negatively and will even have their own specific companion quests that you can complete to strengthen your bond with them.
At the start of the game you may choose from two factions, the Sith Empire or Galactic Republic however this doesn't necessarily mean you have chosen a good or evil path to follow. The game will offer various choices and decisions for the player to make throughout the game which can determine which path they follow.
Classes
Bounty Hunter Class
Bounty Hunter
Empire only class. The Bounty Hunter is an expert in tracking down his enemies then eliminating them with a wide set of tools such as a flame-thrower, jet pack and stun darts. For protection a Bounty Hunter wears an extremely tough set of armor to protect them from who ever is foolish enough to try and shoot back. Game play videos suggest that this class is designed as a damage dealing class with a focus on stunning enemies with the various tools at his disposal. You can find the Holo net video for this class here. 
A trooper in heavy combat armor at TythonTrooper
Republic only class. As the name suggests this class is an extremely tough class based on dealing damage, as well as taking it. In order to gain the advantage against his opponent he utilizes a highly powerful grenade fired from his rifle, sticky grenades and can also get in close to smack the opponent with the butt of his rifle. 
A trooper in heavy combat armor at Tython
You can find the Holo net video for this class here.
A Jedi Knight using Force Push on a battle droid.
Jedi
It was revealed that there would indeed be a Jedi class in the game, more specifically a Jedi Knight class. Historically the Jedi Knights oft he Jedi order where the "grunts" of the order usually being the ones sent out to accomplish tasks the order deemed needing done. It was not revealed however how the class would function or what class role it would fill in the actual game itself once its release.You can find the Holo net video for this class here.
Smuggler Class
Smuggler
Republic only class. This class was revealed for E3 2009. The Smuggler is a lightly armored class that utilizes a cover system which when used, allows the smuggler to utilize different set of abilities as revealed in the developer walk through shown at Gamescom 2009. The Smuggler also has tools such as flash bang grenades and other various underhanded tactics to defeat more heavily armored or powerful enemies. You can find the Holo net video for this class here.
Sith Warrior Class
Sith Warrior
Empire only class. The Sith Warrior was announced at Gamescom 2009. The class is designed to be a close quarters combat warrior who charges into his enemies with a ferocious leap utilizing his lightsaber and various force powers in combat. The ability to use these attacks is based on earning rage as you fight enemies, allowing you to use various attacks such as force grip and the ability to impale your opponent with your lightsaber. You can find the Holo net video for this class here.Planets
To date, there are six planets revealed to be included in the game so far. These planets are Tython, Korriban, Nal Hutta, Balmorra, Ord Mantell, Coruscant and possibly Bothwaui
A lower level of the massive city Coruscant.
Coruscant
In the fiction of Star Wars Coruscant is the center of the galaxy and is host to thousands of alien species as well as being the capital world of the Republic. During the time of this game Coruscant has been nearly destroyed by the invading Sith Empire. It is yet unknown how big of a part this world will play in the game but being host to many different levels of poverty and crime on one planet makes it a perfect fit for many interesting adventures and stories. From the highest ranking government official to the lowest criminal scum in the galaxy and every thing in between Coruscant has it all.
A battle ground on the planet of Balmoora.
Balmorra
Soon after the planet was colonized Balmorra joined with the Republic and found itself attracting a wide rage of major corporations, which lead to it being known as a leading planet for all things droid and weapon design and manufacture. This of course drew the Imperials to the planet to gain controller over it and all the resources its control offered. It wasn't long before the Imperials ran the Republic forces off the planet leaving it in their control, or so they believed. With mounting pressure on the Republic's war efforts else where they where forced to abandon the planet to the Imperials with only enough manpower for a small group to help with a growing resistance on the planet.However with recent turn of events in the current war being fought, the Republic have since taken interest in the planet again and have sent more troopers in an effort to retake the planet. However with much of the native populaces negative feeling toward the Republic for what they perceived as betrayal for leaving them before, the Republic have not been meet with as much cooperation as they had hoped. This has lead to the planet becoming another one of many war torn worlds that have been turned into a battleground with a constant flux over who has control, despite both sides continuous efforts to regain total ownership of the planet and its resources.
Jedi Enclave on Tython
Tython
This planet is the location that the force was first discovered and harnessed by a humanoid species. As the birth place of the Jedi it is believed to hold many long forgotten secrets of the force. It is a lush forest like world that will be host to many an important events in the near future as well as being the starting location for new players in the game.
Sith home world of Korriban.
Korriban
Korriban was the home world of the original Sith species. However after the Hundred Year Darkness the fleeing Jedi that would eventually make up the future Sith empire landed on this planet. Over the years they used their amazing talents with the force to mesmerize the Sith species and they soon became worshiped as gods by the Sith people. After many years of rule over the Sith people the fallen Jedi began to interbreed with the Sith species and eventually the two became one single being that formed the Sith Empire. In years to come the Sith created giant tombs to honor and encase their most powerful leaders. When they died their powerful teachings in the form of Holocrons --as well as artifacts of great power in the dark side of the force-- where in cased in each Sith Lords tomb. In years to come the tombs would be pillaged and all of the most powerful of the artifacts would be stolen and lost to time by desperate scavengers looking to make a fortune. It is believed that this planet will be the starting location for the Sith Warrior class in the game as seen in the most recent video's released by Bio-ware.
A common site on the planet of Hutta.
Hutta
Hutta means Glorious Jewel in Huttese the language of the Hutt species. It is home to some of the galaxies most powerful crime lords as well as what many consider to be the most vile greedy and disgusting species in the galaxy. Originally the planet was inhabitable by the Evocii people but they where over run by the Hutt species, and had their planet strip mined by the Hutt people for resources to feed their insatiable greed. It has left the planet a putrid toxic wasteland filled with stagnate waters, toxic seas and an atmosphere polluted by factories.
A military outpost on Ord Mantell.
Ord Mantell
Ord Mantell was a planet that was founded by a group of Corellian colonists and was converted into a military base for the Republic. However a corrupt Republic admiral sold the republic fleet that was guarding the planet and it was soon over run with criminal organizations. It soon because a planet of lawlessness and was over run by slicers, bounty hunters, smugglers murders and drug dealers. Despite this the planets government wanted to stay loyal to the republic and eventual rejoined them. This lead to various factions on the planet rebelling against the government wanting independence form the Republic which caused a civil war to break out.
A Jedi General leading his small force against the Sith on Bothawui
Bothawui
On October 23, 2009 a time line video was released discussing a battle that took place on the planet Bothawui involving a small army of Republic soldiers and Jedi holding back a horde of invading Sith. It is assumed that this will be a playable planet in the final game but it has not yet been confirmed nor denied if it will be.
Voice Acting
At E3 2009, BioWare announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic would be fully voice acted. In July, BioWare talked to Joystiq about their voice acting techniques and said that the script for the game is the size of over 40 novels and consists of over 100 voice actors that will perform 1,000 4-hour sessions of recording by the game's completion. The game is said to go down in video game history for how much voice acting there is in the game.
At Gamescon 2009, it was announced that the game would be fully localized in French and German, as well as English.
Gameplay Mechanics
Cover System - At PAX 2009, a new feature, never before seen in an MMO was announced. The Old Republic will have a cover system available to a few ranged classes, namely the Smuggler class. While in cover the Smuggler's powers are changed to an alternate set of abilities that are other wise unavailable to him. Also, the first gameplay footage was made available during that same event, and is available for watching on IGN and Gamespot.
Class Cooperation - During the first gameplay video they released they showed that in some missions there will be sections that will have unique interactions based on the classes you have in your party. In the example they showed there was a locked door that the group needed to get past so to do this the bounty hunter in their party set an explosive charge on the door causing it to blow open, allowing them to continue on their mission. It is yet unknown how these situation will play out when certain classes are missing. However it would seem like each one of these choke points in a mission may have two to three different ways to get past and depending on what classes are at your disposal that will determine how it is done. For example an alternative to get past the door may have been to hack into a near by data terminal or use a light saber to destroy the lock on the door causing it to open.
PVP - The developers have said the game will have a PVP system and that it will be an important part of the game, but no details about how it will work have yet been mentioned. It is a concern amongst players that given the fiction of Star Wars they are afraid that all Force based classes may be over powered and that it is unrealistic for non force based classes to even stand a chance fighting against them. How ever in response to this the developers have assured the fans that this will not be a problem as it just doesn't make any sense game play wise as every one would just play the Force characters. They then went on to site numerous occasions in Star Wars lore where non force based characters have fought seemly more powerful force based people and have walked away victorious.
Beta Sign Ups
This was the screen thousands where greeted with the day Beta Sign ups started.
When you tried to connect to the website you where greeted with this message written in English, German, and French:
"Thank you for visiting www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com. We are making adjustments to the site due to the overwhelming response to the testing announcement. Please be patient and check back later. We estimate that the site will be back up in the next few hours."
Threat of Peace
The first image of "Threat of Peace" revealed.
On 02/07/2009 BioWare announced that they would be starting a web comic based on the game that would be created by Dark Horse Comics called “Star Wars: The Old Republic - Threat of Peace”. It would be released free of charge every other Friday on the starwarstheoldrepublic.com’s website to try and draw fans into the setting and give them a bases for what the games story will encompass. The comic will be written by BioWare’s Rob Chestney with art by Alex Sanchez and it will span three decades beginning from the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant to major events that occur at the beginning of the game. Dark Horse Comic’s have been the company that has been charged with creating all of the comic book based stories set in the Star Wars universe for some time now. Fans have been generally excited about this news as Dark Horse has a proven track record of treating the Star Wars franchise well.
The release of the comic however has garnered mixed results with the fan base. Many where turned off by the awkward art style used in the comic while others just fund it competent. The series has also had many problems with the way it has chosen to develop its story and how it chose to introduce the characters. Many people have found it poorly written and awkward to understand what is going on at any one frame as it skips between many different characters and settings, sometimes three or more times on one page. It has lead to many people giving up on reading the comic as they have no idea what is going on or why they should care about the characters that have been introduced as they have no sense of introduction other than to just appear on the page with no back story or place of reference for the readers to work from. It is yet unknown how many installments will be released or if it will end once the game is released but as of now it appears as though it will continue up until the game’s release date some time in 2010-2011.
Fan Fridays
On 12.19.2008 they announced that every Friday on the swtor.com website they would regularly release new info about the game. So far it has been varied between Class Reveal, Developer Blog, Planet Reveal, Video Jedi Archives (Timeline), Video Documentary, and the Threat of Peace webcomic.
Class Reveal – BioWare announced all of the known classes one at a time over a period of a few months in what they called Class Reveals. The first to be released was the Bounty Hunter, followed by the Trooper and finally The Sith Warrior and Smuggler.
Developer Blog - The developer blog is as the name implies, a blog postings from the games developers. A selected developer would write up a shot page or two that discusses some aspect of the games production. It has ranged from how they write stories for the game to information about the inspirations for classes and what went into design how they would function in the game.
Planet Reveal – BioWare would release information as well as concept art and occasionally screen shots of one of the worlds that will be in the game. So far they have showed off Nar Shadda, Ord Mantell, Coruscant and Korriban.
Video Jedi Archives (Timeline)- These have been video’s narrated by Master Gnost-Dural that describe various points of interest that happen during the game. They have been very well received by the community and are a personal favorite for many. The archives consist of a voice actor playing the part of Master Gnost-Dural who would describe an important event in the games history while various still images depicting the story would appear in the video to compliment the voice over in telling an engaging story.
Video Documentary – The Video Documentaries have been a behind the scenes look of what has been going in the making of the game. They have ranged from showing various levels getting created to characters being modeled. As well the video documentary was the first time we had a chance to see any kind of in game footage of it running.
Threat of Peace – Threat of Peace is a webcomic that was developed by Dark Horse comics and was written by BioWare to help compliment the games story. It follows three-hundred years of history leading up to events that take place at the start of the game. It is meant to help inform the player base of what has lead up to the current situation they will be begin in as well as give them an idea of what to expect in the game once it is released.
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