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STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ Media Update




This week we’d like to show you some of the action on Korriban and Tython. Our brave Jedi fights an Acklay while elsewhere a Mon Calamari confronts a Gran traitor. Check out the new screenshots.
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COMMENTS

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 14:04

Good and Evil are words. yet they have meaning.

The Dark Side is for the confused. Those who are misunderstood and are not shown the way, or have not be taught well. There are no bad students, Only bad Teachers.

Evil is a real thing, and it Hides behind The Cloud of Darkness. waiting to strike those who are good.

And Even if people WANT to be good. They still do the wrong thing and this provokes

But the TRUTH is. Tranquility and Peace are the Only True ways to Happiness. And only through peace can we see an End to Violence and Death.

However. Exiles as you may call yourselves.You use the Darkness and Evil for Purposes which you deem good. And while they may be for Good. They are done with Hatred and Violence and while this is Done, there will be no peace.

Such as the Jensaari, You believe that Evil and Good will Co-Exsist For eternity. This is not so. Good and Evil are continually Battling. And there must be a victor. And once everyone in the Galaxy has the realisation of Peace. and this is the way, The Galaxy will be forever peacefull.

This is an Almost impossible feat, But it will be done. and CAN be done. I have seen. But it will happen LONG after i have passed away. And Long after MANY have Passed away. But it shall happen

Thu, 02/26/2009 - 00:21

heard the games coming out in march is that true

 
Mon, 03/23/2009 - 19:51

the sith is the best i am one we will win the war the jedi will bow before use or they will suffer we will wipe the out all sith when is the game coming out

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 18:56

hey when is this game coming out anyway? I wish I knew. But so far this game looks fantastic

Sun, 02/15/2009 - 14:35

The two planets (Thyton and Korriban) where the greatest battles should be. Destroy one and the other side will win (most likely).

Wed, 02/11/2009 - 03:55

I hope that this game is as good as the first Stars Wars Knights of the Old Republic game. The heroes quest for his destiny traveling throughout the galaxy in his own ship with companions is a great adventure game. But I think that this game will deliver the adventure that lucasarts, bioware, and George Lucasave have delivered before but in a better sense that gives you that jedi in the force feel.

Tue, 02/10/2009 - 18:19

I really hope this game lives up the the hype. My concern is that it will just be a single player game that needs you to work with other people for certain things. Also I hope there is some personalisation to the characters beyond the colour of your hair and the colour of your lightsaber.

I love SWG because you can develop and personalise your character so much.

I really do hope this game lives up to its hype and you can do more than flail a lightsaber.

 
Wed, 02/11/2009 - 09:37

If u was a KoToR fan from the start u would know that there is a ton of perso to your toon and LS. But I do hope that this is a solo game for main story or at least small group unlike every other MMO where u need a group of 5-6 and raids of 12-24 yes I still want raids but I don't want to have to find 6 ppl to go forth in the main storyline I nv hyave prob finding group but i know ppl who do and it's not fair they lose out on a Great stoery.

Sun, 02/08/2009 - 22:42

OMG, heres an awesome idea! Im really hoping for this. Okay, like we all know the game will be comming out late this year, if it comes out this year at all, well i for one am hoping for KOTOR III, maybe as a christmas surpirse relase, from bioware? That would be awesome.

 
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 22:34

You make a good point. I have never played a MMO game so I was hoping that you just go into the game and, kind of like a jedi, you explore the surroundings and help out others when they appear to need it.

Fri, 02/06/2009 - 19:55

Sith, we will have our day once again and the weak and pitiful Jedi shall bow at our feet and beg for mercy in the shadow of our Great and Powerful Empire.

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

 
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 22:43

I think they still need to release a KOTOR 3 game as well. I think thye need to tie up the loose ends left with Revan in the unknown regions and the exile, who I hope will finally be named, meets up with him and deals with the Sith threat from beyond the outer rim. TOR should be a new series since it takes place that far in the future and will hopefully focus solely on the time period when the Sith Empire finally is defeated and the Sith slowly become extinct. I realize that would be several Millenia because Episode 1 points out that the Sith were extinct for over a millenium so our time frame really would be 2000-2500 yrs. but would be a worthwhile undertaking.

Fri, 02/06/2009 - 10:31

Looks great cant wait untill it comes out anyone got any hints one release date

Wed, 02/04/2009 - 07:47

Love this game!

Tue, 02/03/2009 - 22:53

Man, these look great. I just hope the game lives up to the art work.

Tue, 02/03/2009 - 21:37

I know I write this everywhere guys,but this game looks so gorgeous!Great work Bioware, as always!I hope this is as good as Mass Effect!Cant wait for ME2 btw!

Tue, 02/03/2009 - 05:03

Mandalorians are quite impressive I do hope you include them in the game. Its looking good and its something I may just get to play.

~Kal Skirata

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 23:17

All you people forget about mandalorians?? They hunted jedi FOR FUN, and accomplished it easily. Im gona be pissed if mandalorians arent part of this game, because, not only are they just plain awesome, but they also stand for something, honor, bravery, never leave a brother behind, one shot one kill, that stuff. BioWare please post some pics of the Mandos from the game it u have any! Neo-Crusaders from the previous games would be awesome. "FOR MANDALORE!!!"

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 21:15

Lol nwm,i must be tired... seems i have added it on other post..

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 21:13

heh,forgot something..

(abit of topic)

These forms were not considered a part of the seven main or "classic" forms. Some were systematized methods of lightsaber combat, while others were merely techniques or principles of combat applied to lightsaber combat. They were mostly based on other forms, with the exception of Form "Zero", which emphasized avoiding conflict whenever possible.

Sokan - using terrain to one's advantage

Trispzest - a type of aerial dueling

Shien - attacking many foes at once with wide, sweeping strokes and an underhand grip

Jar'Kai - two-handed lightsaber combat, using one blade for attack, another for defense

Double-bladed lightsaber combat

Dun Möch - distracting and taunting an opponent, a Sith technique

Mounted lightsaber combat

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 20:49

Give us more pics and videos!.... ;) Do it!Do it Now! hehe
Its hard to wait...

Nice work think this game will be epic!i hope.. Just hope combat system is good and inovative (more like aoc maybe? and no slow poke kotor, or spamm fight like swg! :)

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 20:39

Looks like it starting to get quite impressive :)

(abit of topic stuff)

PLEASE have the The seven forms of lightsaber combat!

Form I: Shii-Cho "Way of the Sarlacc" or "Determination Form"(basic form all Jedi teach this,MUST master/perform it to become knight)
Form II: Makashi "Way of the Ysalamir" or "Contention Form"
Form III: Soresu "Way of the Mynock" or "Resilience Form"
Form IV: Ataru "Way of the Hawk-Bat" or "Aggression Form"
Form V: Shien / Djem So "Way of the Krayt Dragon" or "Perseverance Form"
Form VI: Niman "Way of the Rancor" or "Moderation Form"
Form VII: Juyo / Vaapad "Way of the Vornskr" or "Ferocity Form"(Juyo,since it is master Vindu that has developed Vaapad form from Juyo)
Other forms of lighsaber combat---->
Sokan - using terrain to one's advantage
Shien - attacking many foes at once with wide, sweeping strokes and an underhand grip
Jar'Kai - two-handed lightsaber combat, using one blade for attack, another for defense
Trispzest - a type of aerial dueling
Dun Möch - distracting and taunting an opponent, a Sith technique

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber_combat#The_seven_forms_of_ligh...

would make the lighsaber combat Awesome(and right) well i think,and totally different
(and could/must have limit..say at max lvl(or master) you Have points? or something? for max 2-3 forms? but if you want you can put it on many different ones

Hope trials are good..

these from wiki

Jedi Trials - Trial of skill

Lightsaber combat was the base point for a Jedi in the (traditional) Trial of Skill. To pass as a Jedi Knight, a Padawan must show the following:

They must know all the forms (not to perform), all the maneuvers, marks of contact etc (and perform these) of basic lightsaber combat. They must be able to perform basic Shii-Cho They must show they can use the Force to aid their combat They must go through a series of obstacles, often devised by the master for a personal-course designed to test the Jedi's weaknesses and skills using the Force, their skills and prowess, and their lightsaber. They must prove themselves worthy by proving in combat that they know at least 1 main form to a very advanced degree and tested to a Jedi standard in a variety of ways and show that they have the skill. Must be able to use Saber throw efficiently and effectively.

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 17:09

Good stuff!

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 12:53

Thanks for the link to the Sith species. I was glad to see that the storyline followed the storyline of the Rakata and the Infinite Empire. I wonder if the Rakata will play any role in this one since KOTOR allowed for the possibility that the Rakata could genetically engineer offspring that were force sensitive and it woudl be interesting to see if they are either captives of the Sith Empire or fight against them.

Sun, 02/01/2009 - 13:42

I play WoW and yes some of you hate it some of you like it etc etc but the thing that i feel makes WoW so appealing and fun to play is the fact that so many people play it and that the whole world(s) are massive e.g. to fly from the north to the south on the first world takes about 10 - 15 minutes on one world and thats the smallest one. What im trying to say is that I hope this game becomes similar to WoW and takes on all of WoW's positive aspects like lots of room, awesome graphics and wicked story lines while being a MMO game as well as having things like PVP and PVE servers and battle grounds etc etc. If i could have it my way id just play WoW with a star wars theme skin over everything in WoW but then id miss all the awesome story line and everything about star wars :P

Also i hope looks less like the CW yes the CW is awesome but i want it to be real like the movies so the people look real i think realism is one of the big things that would make this game awesome.

any way some of you will probably blast me for some of the stuff ive said but meh i cant wait to play this game im hangin out for it big time.

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 22:36

everyone keeps saying this looks so much like the Clone Wars TV show, and to be honest it does, but can you honestly say that the CW TV show looks bad? its a perfect style for star wars, as some one else said on their post, you want the guys to look bad *****, and the girls to look sexy. and after watching the CW the Jedi battle armor actually makes seance as to why the Jedi aren't wearing their big baggie diplomatic robes.

What I'm looking forward to is companion characters, i mean if its like KOTOR and you can actually have another Jedi, or person (or in my case a female character) I'm just curious to see how much control you have over them (increasing stats, the KOTOR skill trees, etc.) and the conversations. i know when i played KOTOR and KOTOR II, i always had at least one female with me and by the end of the game falls in love with me. to be honest I'd like to see that kind of options and persuasiveness.

that's my 2 cents.

So how long till BioWare owns exclusive rights to SW :P

 
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 00:18

It would be nice if you could totally customize the physical features of your Char. Like in sims 2, you know, make the face look like you want it to and hopefully we can change how to body looks, i love having a lot of control on how my char looks like.

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 22:03

huoh...Mis se vitun perjantain update on?! Perkele haluun uusia juttuja luettavaks viddu. äijät hei!

 
Wed, 06/17/2009 - 01:01

WTF???

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 16:21

I WILL quit WoW as soon as this comes out and I am very sure I will not be the only one. What I think some of you that say it's "cartoony" forget that its stylized realism, unlike oh yeah WoW (may not be realism but stylized yes). This way TOR will never look outdated. I think it's a master stroke by Bioware. They shrunk the lightsabedrs (thank the gods) witch made it look less cartoony more stylized. TOR has its own look and feel unlike any other game out there. I don't think it looks like The Clone Wars at all. The Clone Wars looks wooden and the animation could be batter, more fluidic.

 
Fri, 01/30/2009 - 17:36

i'm with you on that

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 11:00

Provably this will be the best star wars game ever. in my case i just hope this game to be better than swg and obviously, the graphics to be much better than in swg. I m not expecting the graphics to be like in star wars the force unleached, but if the graphics are close to it, i'll be happy. other reason of why i think this game will be so good is because i have play Mass Effect and that game style and story of the game is awesome, just like the force unleached.

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 02:17

I'm just Anxious to get MORE footage and Screen Shots!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 01/29/2009 - 17:24

You know this game is going to be the best MMO. One because SWG would have been far better than WOW if sony didn't get there hands on it. Two BIOWARE + LUCASARTS = complete and utter AWESOMNESS!!

Thu, 01/29/2009 - 14:38

As stupid as this is going to sound... Thank you Bioware and Lucasarts for producing this game and continuing the Star Wars Fantasy. I loved Star Wars as a child and now I can share that love of it with my children. You guys continue to give hope and shine a light on an ever darkening world.

Thank you again and again.

 
Thu, 01/29/2009 - 17:19

Right on. SartWars has been and will always be apart of my life.

Thu, 01/29/2009 - 11:55

This game is shaping up to be something great.
I simply cant wait to see more screens, more classes, the space part of the game, playable races, new movies... I need to calm down... lol

Thu, 01/29/2009 - 10:44

I've been very skeptical about this game..But the more i see the more i grow to love it! Keep up the good work Bioware :)

shoklar
Wed, 01/28/2009 - 18:33

I'd have to disagree with wombatz... the human female models are absolutely gorgeous!

Remember, it's a game, you WANT the men to all look like heroes, and the women to all look like centerfold models.

If you don't like that, put in an option so that the Women's Libbers can fatten themselvers up and look as frumpy as they please.

The biggest mistake Sony made with EQ2 was making the female models look so normally plain as to be ugly.

 
Wed, 01/28/2009 - 23:17

Hi shoklar, well I tend to agree on your point actually. :-)
When I said chest/waist/hip ratio for actual women is about 3/2/3 what I meant by "actual women" was, in fact, "centerfold models".
I disagree only on the gorgeousness thing. Because if I look at that waist it feels almost like a caricature to me.
Anyway that´s just a matter of taste and everyone may -of course- have their own taste.

Wed, 01/28/2009 - 17:57

Everything is beautiful but I hope that They make better equipment system than it was in Mass Effect, if we can say there was any system, there were just armor and gun (I think better is the system that is in Wow [8 part eq + weapon]). Can't wait until relase.

PS. Sorry for my English - still learning.

Wed, 01/28/2009 - 06:59

I sure hope this game will rock, and not be Micro-Transaction based.

Wed, 01/28/2009 - 06:30

The human female model has a way too thin waist as you can see in all 3 screens showing human females.
The ratio chest/waist/hip seems to be around 2/1/2 while for actual women it´s more like 3/2/3.
So even if the developers aim for "sexy" in the female models I still hope they change it, because as it is _not_ sexy. It´s just weird.

Wed, 01/28/2009 - 02:11

My 2cents Right on bio im excited im sick of wow all i play now is fps games. Need a new game and this looks like it,Happy to dish out my $15 a month even in these tough economic times LOL.....Smilez

jalen
Wed, 01/28/2009 - 01:00

SW in any form is great stuff .... but when Bioware enters the picture we look forward to amazing things.

Regarding the whining from console fans: PC has been progressively pushed more and more to the backburner by console games. Case in point: The Force Unleashed was not even released for PC.

Therefore I wouldn't give a damn if they never created another console game ... of any kind.

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 22:33

man im loving all these screenshots this game should be very good :)

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 21:30

i just want to master all 7 forms of lightsaber combat am going to be a sith warrior

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 12:50

This will be SO awesome!
But I hope the fight-style will be a way other style than the style in KOTOR!

Mon, 01/26/2009 - 22:41

i disagree they have a cartoonish look yes but at the same time its not overpowering its very unique

Mon, 01/26/2009 - 14:11

Yeah graphics do look a bit like in the Star Wars the Clone Wars cartoon serie,but i guess they change a bit before the client comes out..
Well i hope so..Lightsaber goes smaller etc. These are just preliminary pictures..May the good spirits protect people in Lucasarts and in Bioware.

Good luck to them :)

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