Star Wars: The Old Republic Revealed
starwars.com Blogs — ... said, I'm glad this isn't actually "KOTOR 3", and if there is any development for the console, perhaps it will have a condensed story that can continue the KOTOR saga and have extended online play, yet not necessarily as an MMO. I'd love to see JJ Miller's KOTOR get worked into that, or how about Darth Bane! Alas, both of those also have hundreds of years between them, the KOTOR games, and TOR. Sweet video with BioWare's Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk talking about the game. Brandy shiny new Star Wars: The Old Republic official site

Previews, Enhancements and Errata
starwars.com Blogs — ... update - The latest errata to the core rulebook. Rodney at WotC hopes this will be the last one, though if something major is discovered, it will likely be covered. Saw today's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO announcement. Looks interesting, and I think the timeframe shift is a good idea. It will give them a lot of leeway story-wise.

The Worst Kept Secret In Gaming - Star Wars: The Old Republic
SF Signal — ... that Bioware was ramping up development on an unnamed MMO. Speculation ran wild. Bioware is known for it's awesome RPG games, like Baldur's Gate and (gasp!) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. KotOR is not just a great Star Wars game, it's a great game, period. Could it be that Bioware was working on a KotOR MMO? This idea was all but confirmed about a month ago, and Bioware just made it official on Tuesday. The MMO they are working on is: Star Wars: The Old Republic And I couldn't be more giddy. As you might ...

The Old Republic's Size Worship Reinforces Teenage Traumas [Star Wars: The Old Republic]
io9 — ... (and all weapons in the game, in fact) will start out oversized for visual impact, they'll still be able to grow as you get more experience. "How can we show that my lightsaber is cooler than yours because I've been playing for three months?" he asked, before promising that the lightsaber you start the game with will definitely not be the one you'll have at the end. Which, when you take the phallic metaphor to its logical conclusion suddenly gets a little bit disturbing. [Star Wars: The Old Republic] ...

Making Star Wars Look Like Star Wars Is More Difficult Than It Looks [Star Wars: The Old Republic]
io9 — What makes Star Wars look like Star Wars? That's one of the questions that The Old Republic's lead designer, Jeff Dobson has to face repeatedly in the course of working on the upcoming MMO set in George Lucas' playground and, as he told us, he still can't really come up with a comprehensive answer. He knows what's right when he sees it, but when something is wrong, he can't always put his finger on why it's wrong. So is there a Star Wars aesthetic? And if so, what is it? Talking at last week's press junket to launch The Old Republic, BioWare's ...

Update
The Wertzone — ... BioWare have confirmed they are working on a massive online RPG entitled Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game will be a semi-follow-up to their acclaimed 2003 RPG Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, developed by their partner company Obsidian. The news has met an mixed reception from fans, who seem to favour a single-player third game in the series to resolve some of the unresolved storylines from the second game. ...

Sith Academy Sadly Not Setting For Amusing Series Of Steve Guttenberg Movies [Star Wars: The Old Republic]
io9 — ... already told you about upcoming MMO game Star Wars: The Old Republic. Now a series of newly-released screenshots show not only how the action will look for players, but also some new settings for said action to take place... including this previously unseen Sith Academy. Click through for some more of the sights you can expect to find when the game is released. Somehow I was expecting something a bit more obviously evil, I have to admit. [Star Wars: The Old Republic] ...

Star Trek Online Update: Cryptic Begins To Chart Its Own Star Trek History
TrekMovie.com — ... TNG era, and these appear to be on yet another path. This means that there will be three different versions of Trek history after Star Trek Nemesis . This is nothing new of course, Trek books and comics and filmed (TV and movies) have often ended up contradicting each other. However, this kind of divergence in the extended universe is a big difference between the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises. For example, next year Bioware and EA will release another Star Wars MMORPG called “ Star Wars: The Old Republic .” Not only does this game tie into previous story lines set in ...

The Old Republic: First Gameplay Video!
TheForce.Net — ... From SWTOR.com : "BioWare® and LucasArts™ share the vision for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ in our first video documentary, complete with new concepts, new screenshots, and real-time pre-production gameplay video. Hear about the approach to storytelling straight from The Old Republic’s Creative Director and Lead Designer James Ohlen and Principal Lead Writer Daniel Erickson, and watch Art Director Jeff Dobson discuss the aesthetic appeal of stylized realism. Watch the latest video documentary and experience the “look and feel” of Star Wars: The Old ...

New Star Wars:The Old Republic Video Makes Me Giddy
SF Signal — ... Unless you've been hiding under a rock, or just aren't into games, you've heard that Bioware and LucasArts have teamed up to work on a new MMO game set in the Star Wars universe, entitled Star Wars: The Old Republic. Up to now, all we've had are screenshots and blog entries about the game, but that changed over the weekend when Bioware released a short 'documentary' about SWTOR and their ideas for the game. ...

Updates On The Old Republic Website
TheForce.Net — [image] Updates On The Old Republic Website [image] Posted By Mike on January 3, 2009 [image] A couple updates have been added to the official site of The Old Republic : Mark How offers up a new developer diary : "A typical day at the studio is often an obstacle course of ducking, dodging and waiting for the right moment to slip past the animators who are busily engaged in all sorts of combat. We are constantly taking center stage in the Art Pit smacking each other around, trying to brainstorm new ideas. Unfortunately for some, center stage happens to ...

BioWare Says PC Gaming Is A-OK!
TheForce.Net — [image] BioWare Says PC Gaming Is A-OK! [image] Posted By Mike on January 19, 2009 [image] Contrary to some reports out there that PC gaming is on it's way out, BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka says PC gaming is alove and well per his conversation with CVG . See the excerpt below and click here for the full article. '"I think there are more people playing PC games and more dollars being spent on the PC space than ever before, but it's taking a different form," Ray Muzyka said in a recent interview... "It's not a bad thing if people want to play more types of games than they did 20 years ago, it's ...

Stradley talks Star Wars: Invasion!
TheForce.Net — ... , that means that there's going to be an overlap of several months when the two comics are coming out. We also get an exact date for the online tie-in comic for The Old Republic ! This will debut at www.swtor.com on 27th February, with short chapters appearing every fortnight. There's also a preview page of black-and-white art for this new series at the end of the interview. And there's also a hint that we might be seeing some sort of Star Wars crossover, but I'm not really sure what to make of that. Click on over to Newsarama and ...

Titles and updates and trailers, oh my!
starwars.com Blogs — ... life. In 6 weeks I'm moving from my home near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Austin, Texas. I'm sick of winter - time to enjoy year round golf, drive to Spurs home games and buy a giant mansion for rock bottom prices. (Yes, I'm profitting from the misery of others by cashing in on the housing crisis... what can I say? You write three novels about the Sith and you just start doing these kinds of things.) Incidentally, Austin is also home to the BioWare studio working on an MMO called Star Wars: The Old Republic . So I figure while I'm down there, I might as well pitch in. Well, ...

The Old Republic Introduces The HoloNet
TheForce.Net — ... More news on The Old Republic from BioWare and SWTOR.com : "Finding information about Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ just got a lot easier. We’re introducing the HoloNet— the galaxy-spanning data network in the game which is also now partially accessible to you here on the website. The HoloNet contains detailed records on classes, planets, factions, and a timeline of Old Republic History. Check back often to learn the latest updates on the game’s features and to start planning how your Star Wars™ saga will play out. ...

Star Wars: The Old Republic E3 09 Jedi Vs. Sith Cinematic
SF Signal — ... This is the reason I'm such a Bioware fanboy. This is the reason I am so playing their MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic as soon as I possibly can. This is why Star Wars Galaxy failed. This is also the best cinematic in the history of game cinematics. As the original poster said at ...

E3: Links To The Old Republic Coverage
TheForce.Net — ... First off, if you haven't checked out the new trailer for the LucasArts and BioWare upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic , then STOP AND ...

new star wars trailer released, fans go apeshit
Darth Mojo — ... was released for The Old Republic , an upcoming Star Wars   MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game).  It’s a pretty impressive piece of animation and while it doesn’t actually represent gameplay, it has served its purpose – to get people excited about the game.  For the most part, the mini-movie is an action piece pitting Jedi vs Sith and if you’re looking for a three minute fix of Star Wars   action, you’ll be hard pressed to do better.   Most of the comments being left by fans on the websites are along the lines of “wow, this is so much better than anything in the ...

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Roberson's Interminable Ramble — I missed this when it appeared online last week, so I may be late to the party here. But have you seen the "cinematic trailer" for Bioware's forthcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, that premiered at E3? ...

Endnotes for "Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd"
starwars.com Blogs — ... intended to be one of them. Their backstory also had to be cut for space reasons. The Sertar slave market rebellions are easily the most obscure reference in the article, having only been mentioned in a throwaway line in Monsters and Aliens From George Lucas (Bob Carru, Abradale Books, 1995). (Give yourself 1,000 Mission Points if you caught it on your own!) The Sith resurgence is the basis of the new online game The Old Republic , and was first mentioned on the game's website ( swtor.com , 2008) only weeks after I started work on the article. This reference was a ...

The Old Republic Links Round Up (6-20-09)
TheForce.Net — [image] The Old Republic Links Round Up (6-20-09) [image] Posted By Mike on June 20, 2009 [image] Star Wars: The Old Republic continues to pop up all around the internet in the form of previews, interviews and so forth. See below for a round up of TOR links from the past week: First up, SWTOR.com presents an E3 round up for The Old Republic complete with highlights, awards, and yet MANY more links to coverage. In case you missed our previous post, MMOGamer.com has a 4 page interview with James Ohlen (Lead Designer) and Daniel Erickson (Lead Writer) of Star Wars: The ...

Some The Old Republic Gameplay Footage
TheForce.Net — [image] Some The Old Republic Gameplay Footage [image] Posted By Mike on June 27, 2009 [image] Andrew Powers at Examiner.com directs us to the video below that features leaked gameplay footage of Star Wars: The Old Republic from the alpha phase of testing. Check it out while you can! Source: Examiner.com UPDATE: Turns out the footage above is not so much leaked, but is more of a compilation of footage already officially out there. My bad! Thanks to Jeremy for the heads up! Related Stories [image] [image]

The Old Republic Gamelpay Footage Leaked?
TheForce.Net — [image] The Old Republic Gamelpay Footage Leaked? [image] Posted By Mike on June 27, 2009 [image] Andrew Powers at Examiner.com directs us to the video below that features leaked gameplay footage of Star Wars: The Old Republic from the alpha phase of testing. Check it out while you can! Source: Examiner.com Related Stories [image] [image]

The Old Republic Theme Pack
TheForce.Net — ... to download a theme pack based on Star Wars: The Old Republic . See the intro below: "EUCantina.net is proud to bring you the TOR Theme Pack for Windows 7! This theme pack includes all of the Star Wars: The Old Republic wallpapers available on the TOR Official Site . The background changes every fifteen minutes, so you never get bored with your current one." ...

SDCC: Star Wars: The Old Republic
TheForce.Net — ... : " Star Wars Fan Art The TOR Community continues to amaze us with their talent, and RiaStarchild is no exception. Check out these gorgeous Star Wars and anime-inspired art from ...

Remaining TOR Summer Events
TheForce.Net — ... Washington; September 4 – 6). During the conventions, the team we will be showcasing the first public gameplay demo as well as giving away Star Wars™ goodies to attendees. Stop by the community cantina and hang out with some of the members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team. If you can’t make the shows, don’t worry! We will have the gameplay demo footage available to the community on our official website. To stay up-to-date on The Old Republic’s conventions this summer, visit the Community Events page !" Thanks Sean!

Star Wars: The Old Republic First Look
TheForce.Net — [image] Talk about getting the hookup - the guys over at GameSpot.com got a preview taste of BioWare's upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic at this year's GamesCom . See the story intro below: "One of the most hotly anticipated PC games on GameSpot at the moment is Lucasarts and BioWare's upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Mixing George Lucas' epic sci-fi universe with BioWare's successful role-playing experience seems like a pretty safe bet after the success of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
The Wertzone — ... take on Star Wars. It is intelligent, philosophical and refreshingly well-written for a computer game, although it doesn't skimp on the action and combat sequences either. However, a dull opening sequence and the incomplete content does leave the game feeling distinctly unfulfilling, especially compared to its near-flawlessly-executed forebear. The game is available now on the PC** (UK, USA) and X-Box (UK, USA) and a sequel, The Old Republic, is currently in development by BioWare. * Although you can determine your ...

New Clone Wars-based MMO?
TheForce.Net — [image] We've all been anxiously following the development of the highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO from BioWare. From what we've seen so far, this looks to be an exciting addition to the Star Wars MMO genre. Now it appears that SWTOR might have some company in that regard. According to an article on ...

New MMO Based On The Clone Wars?
TheForce.Net — [image] We've all been anxiously following the development of the highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO from BioWare. From what we've seen so far, this looks to be an exciting addition to the Star Wars MMO genre. Now it appears that SWTOR might have some company in that regard. According to an article on ...

SW:The Old Republic Beta Testing Signups
TheForce.Net — ... Those expectantly waiting for the release of the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic may be a little excited for the following annoucement from LucasArts and BioWare : "BioWare and LucasArts today announced that they have started accepting applicants to assist them in testing Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Limited testing slots are reserved for The Old Republic Community members, so those interested need only sign up at http://www.swtor.com/user/account if they haven’t already. Once signed in, members can log in and click the ...

Sean Williams To Pen TOR Novel?
TheForce.Net — ... , the novel has a release date of July 27, 2010 and has an isbn # of 9870345511324. We, and everyone else, can only assume that this is a tie-in to the highly anticipated MMO of the same name. ...

Evil Looms
starwars.com Blogs — ... of the things I thought about while writing their epic confrontation. (Yes, I'm declaring it epic. So make sure to pick up the book!) So, what have I been up to since February? Well, I finished writing Dynasty of Evil, of course. And I spent a lot of time working as the lead writer on Mass Effect 2 (coming out early 2010). And then I packed up my things, left Edmonton and my office at BioWare, and moved to Austin, Texas. Why, you ask? Simple - BioWare Austin is working on the new Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO , and I'm now part of the writing team. It's been a lot of fun ...