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Star Wars Old Republic Cinematic

The stage is set for galactic conflict in this dramatic scene from BioWare's MMO.

Jun. 1 2009

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Star Wars: The Old Republic

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I may break my 'no MMO's' rule for this game. I was VERY sceptical about them not completing the original storyline in the KOTOR timeline
But TOR may be able to do everything right, that Galaxies failed misserably at achieving. I'm looking forward to user review's and forming my own views of this game when I buy it on release.

One thing you have to remember though about that CG movie was that the game looks nowhere near asbeautiful.
oh well, I have high(VERY HIGH) hopes for this game. Bioware's making it. And they ain't children, no they're damn good at what they do. So let's sit back and see what happens...

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ohhh SNAP, that was fucking sweeeeet

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Damn that was fuckin' awesome...awesome trailer...I don't really play MMO's but if this turns out to be good it'll be my first! :D
I'm hyped

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THE BAD GUYZ WON!!! THATS NOT POSSIBLE!$!!!
Anyways, I'm torn, I love BioWare, but I swear if I buy this game, I'll lose all contact with reality.

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Awsome trailer i was allready super excited about this. This trailer AMPS THAT UP A LEVEL. Bioware just stole best trailer of E3.

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Fucking AWESOME trailer!

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@Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
" looks great, but if I have to pay to play a game I already paid for, then I'll have to pass on it "
Always love this attitude...
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I sunk SO much time into the other games. I cant wait for this one.

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This trailer is the best trailer I've seen in recent memory...

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As a Star Wars nut, this is a must buy for me.

And that was an impressive cinematic trailer.

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Edited By Lind_L_Taylor

If it was a single player RPG, I would have welcomed it.  MMOs are too time consuming.  I played Fallout 3 for 7 months & paid one price.  Imagine paying for the game & then paying 6 months in monthly fees & only playing on weekends. It ain't worth it.

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To bad the real game won't play like that but it was still awesome.

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Edited By captainawesomo

Ive always been so so on star wars, but I have to say that is by far one of the most badass things Ive ever seen.

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Needs more Marilyn Manson "This is The New Shit"

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That trailer was epic!!!

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@super_machine said:
"That trailer was epic!!! "

The first trailer of this E3 that i instantly want to see again... and again.... and so on...
( THIS is how the story of episode 1 should have begun, mr g.Lucas, take notes here!)
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@brighteye said:
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@super_machine said:
"That trailer was epic!!! "
The first trailer of this E3 that i instantly want to see again... and again.... and so on... ( THIS is how the story of episode 1 should have begun, mr g.Lucas, take notes here!) "

I was thinking the exact same thing, brighteye. George Lucas should pay BioWare to make his movies.
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@Puppy said:
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@brighteye said:
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@super_machine said:
"That trailer was epic!!! "
The first trailer of this E3 that i instantly want to see again... and again.... and so on... ( THIS is how the story of episode 1 should have begun, mr g.Lucas, take notes here!) "
I was thinking the exact same thing, brighteye. George Lucas should pay BioWare to make his movies."

Yep, episode 7 - 9 written and directed by the talented people of Bioware could become the biggest cashcow of this century!
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Best Trailer of the Decade.

Bioware is owning E3

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I feel a little confused about this. After hearing all the excited Bioware-devs go on about how this game will take place in a new "unexplored" Star Wars era, I expected some originality. Instead I get a Sithlord commander who looks just like Malak, an army of Sith adepts who all look like Revan, Sith fighters that look and sound like TIE fighters and a capital ship that looks a Star Destroyer. Could it really be that Bioware are already running out of ideas?

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Damn....

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is that Malak or what?

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Although, wait, some credit is due to the prequel trilogy. John Williams hasn't suffered the fate of George Lucas. Episodes I-III, in my honest opinion, have the best music of all six movies. And, boy, it's great to see that music return for TOR!

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Looks pretty cool.

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@Death_Unicorn said:
" THE BAD GUYZ WON!!! THATS NOT POSSIBLE!$!!!Anyways, I'm torn, I love BioWare, but I swear if I buy this game, I'll lose all contact with reality. "
No, they didn't. According to the SWTOR backstory, the new Sith Emperor grew weary with the conflict as it sapped resources from his ultimate goal, which still remains a mystery. He forced the Jedi into a peace treaty and the conflict hit a stand still. But now, apparently, the war is coming back and the galaxy is literally divided in half. No one has won or lost yet.
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@Lotus said:
" is that Malak or what? "

Malak is dead. No, it's someone new; or so we've been told. Despite my woes about this being a MMO, I feel that I owe it to myself to play it, if only to find out what happened to Darth Revan. Bioware would be stupid to make this game without revealing anything about him. I bet that throughout the game, and its inevitabely subsequent expansions, there will be a bread-crumb trail of info about Revan. What with the plot holes in Obsidian's plot hole riddled, albeit greatly underrated, KOTOR II, there would be hell to pay if Bioware just threw Revan to the wolves.

I NEED TO KNOW! =/
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@LightWarrior said:
" Too bad they fucked the console fanbase, and released it for PC only, Yes I heard the rumors, but we all know how those turn out.Fine make it PC only, give this game to all those fans who downloaded KOTOR 1 & 2 illegally, pricks. "
Dude its an MMO. If you don't have a computer that can run an MMO than you seriously should consider buying a new one.
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i wonder how much this MMO will cost per month

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Edited By AndrewJD

Looks Great!! But this cinematic has no bearing on the actual game's quality, so I'm still doubtful about how good this will be.

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I really wish this wasn't going to be an MMO.

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Looks amazing, is it for the xbox 360? It really annoys me how a monthly charge puts people off, a MMO isn't like a normal game!

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Knights of the Old Republic was awesome because of the story.  Sure the game mechanics were fun, but at the end what you remember are the awesome plot lines.  Making a game an MMO basically destroys the story.  *Tear*

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Fucking awesome looks fucking awesome.

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Edited By Lydian_Sel

Damn... I guess the jedi temple really is just that simple to blitz.

Regardless, this game looks amazing & will probably void my lack of tolerance for MMO's



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Last night, I saw a trailer, as I recall it was a Star Wars Trailer and I...JIZZED in my pants!

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Totally agree with the fact it should not be an MMO.  MMO's are poop.  As cool as the trailer was, it is completely irrelevant to the game, other than to give you an extremely basic world description.

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This just gave me chills. God damn I can't wait.

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holy SHIT that was cool.


hopefully it's not just another generic boring MMO.
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Not looking forward to this simply because I don't want to play a mmo, but that was one badass trailer.

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i thought long ago in some interview about this game, the dev said there will be a  full story for players to go through despite it is MMO. So it won't be like other MMO where there isn't an ending and u ju keep on questing kinda thing...

i might be wrong tho...  oh well... bioware~  i have faith~!


i am a bit curious about the timeline of this game tho...  the ships seems like they're between the time of "episode 2-3" which, i don't think there was much of any space left to slip in a storyline without screwing with the original episodes...  tho i consider episode 1-3 to be relatively garbage compared to 4 to 6...
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It look freaking amazing!

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This is going to be be the first MMO i pay for.

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Yeah, this looks amazing. We all know how awesome this trailer is by now.

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Oh, how I wish this game was not an MMO...

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anyone else think this is the most badass star wars relating thing they've ever seen?

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that was absolutely epic but along with most others i wish this was just a regular rpg and not an online thing.

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I want this but in the form of Kotor 3

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god the more i think about it, the more annoyed i am that i have to find out the conclusion of the Revan storyline through whatever bits and pieces this mmo will dole out as it progresses.  Bioware really needs to tell the story of Revan in the Unknown Regions in a stand alone rpg and then release this game. Cause Revan obviously did something big in the Unknown Regions that all those sith are wearing his mask

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@mubress said:
" Looks Great!! But this cinematic has no bearing on the actual game's quality, so I'm still doubtful about how good this will be. "
My thoughts exactly. This cinema was amazing, but until I see some actual game play to convince me otherwise, this game is still just WoW in space to me despite whatever Bioware says. Also, this should have been a single player game and not an MMO.
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Edited By Samercon

The trailer is nice and all, but before we can pass judgment, we need to see some in-game footage.