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STAR WARS: The Old Republic Fan Friday

Take a look at the incredible creations we’re spotlighting from the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Community and check out the Developer Corner to see new content the team wants to share with you!

We also have more information on the events we’re attending this year along with new “Hope” wallpapers, Timeline avatars, and official community polls. Make sure you see it all!


Community Creations

Share your talents with us on the community forum and we may feature your work in the Community Creations section of a future Fan Friday.

Fan Art

While developing characters and working out mechanical designs for a comic series, community member Tanq created a scrapbook thread for ideas he’s working on. Visit Tanq’s Concept Scrapbook thread for a sneak preview of two panels from the first issue, as well as some character concepts, and other pieces of Star Wars™ art. We’re looking forward to seeing the finished comic!

Check out Darth Rasp 3D animation, a vibrant four minute video featuring a cloaked Sith infiltrating a Republic base. All models, textures, animations, and rigging were done by community member Vitellius. You can see screenshots of the video in the thread 3D animated Sith. Incredible work!

 

Ash, also known as Oxyjin in the community, created a painting of what he hopes his character will resemble. Check it out in the Oxy's Cantina thread. It was created using a Wacom tablet and Photoshop CS4, and took roughly 7 hours to complete. Thanks for posting!

 

Developer Corner

We worked with The Old Republic developers to get you a first-hand look at game content that is currently in production.

The Cathar are among the many species you may come across in your travels through the galaxy. They are known for being strong, effective fighters, and are considered unique for their feline features and personality attributes.


Events

Yesterday marked the start of San Diego Comic Con 2010. Get connected with Star Wars: The Old Republic at several booths as well as the “Beyond Solo” panel taking place today at 1PM PST. Check the Events page for more information.

Curious to know what events The Old Republic might be attending? We’re excited to announce that you’ll get your chance to see The Old Republic at this year’s Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, FL from August 12th to the 15th, GamesCom in Cologne, Germany from August 18th to the 22nd, as well as the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle, WA from September 3rd to the 5th. As we get closer to these shows we’ll be updating the Events page with more information.


Wallpapers

Add some Star Wars to your desktop with one of the new “Hope” cinematic trailer wallpapers. Visit the media section to download the resolution that best fits your monitor. Enjoy!


Fan Site Kit

We received an outstanding response to the content we released in our Fan Site Kit! Thank you to all the fan sites that have supported Star Wars: The Old Republic. Today marks the first update to our Fan Site Kit. You will find new screenshots, avatars, Biography images, and more!

To download the newest edition, log into your account and access the Fan Site Kit page where you will be prompted to fill in your information and accept the terms and conditions. Enjoy the new content!


Avatars

Equip your profile with Master Gnost-Dural, Hylo Visz, Darth Revan or other characters featured in the Galactic Timeline. To update your forum avatar, log in and go to My Account, and click Avatar. From there, navigate through the pages till you find the avatar of your choice. Enjoy!


Polls

We want to know! You can find these polls in the Surveys and Polls section of the website.



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COMMENTS

Thu, 08/05/2010 - 00:21

going to be a cathar sith warrior!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Thu, 08/05/2010 - 20:03

GOOD.....we need more like yourself...come to the DARK SIDE....

 
Tue, 08/03/2010 - 23:13

SITH shall rule....period

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 07:10

WOOOOT cant wait for star wars celebration 5, its gonna rock!!!
cant wait to see what the old republic has there.

 
Tue, 08/03/2010 - 02:22

yeah i know only nine days left, i wonder if they might announce that there will be a mac platform at CV

Sun, 08/01/2010 - 14:53

Wow, you people are way too into this.

 
Mon, 08/02/2010 - 04:57

i agree

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 13:42

So... where is this friday news???

 
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:42

Are not the concepts of "Republic" and "power" opposites?

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 10:46

Here is the Beyond Solo: Crafting The Old Republic link again for those in the cheap seats...

http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6270912/

Clarifies a few things in the Q & A section.

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 05:41

does anyone kno if starwars the old republic will be coming out for the xbox 360....plez message me if anyone finds out

 
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 05:55

We've already found out. No.

 
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 13:40

Relax... I am pretty sure that this ppl will not receive game testing invite...

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 21:03

Nice

 
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:20

Flash news sith dude, you already lost, see SW episode 6, you got pawned, so whatever you will do in TOR, I'm relaxed cose I know how it ends ;)

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 19:11

OMG O_o the Cathar...er...well...give them blue skin and you get those creatures from Avatar :P

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 21:27

If there were to be a victor in this conflict among 2 forces, good & evil...the SITH WILL PREVAIL, for the jedi have been glorified beyond reason. Can you feel the darkness in your heart rising JEDI?!....that is the voice of reason, let the rage run through your veins as I did. Become one with the darkness, for it shall make you strong in times of need, so you shall overpower opposition. MWHAHAHA, if you won't realize the evil within your soul, I shall bring it to realization....you shall convert OR BE KILLED JEDI.

By the way if anyone is starting a guild of either just sith, or all evil classes, PLZ let me know....because I would like to SLAY the opposites of SITH, and enforce the dark side, making a martyr of all that stand in our way!

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:35

OMG Space combat! I knew it xD really u do an awesome job Bioware. I admit i cried when ive heard the trailer of the ingame music... Cant wait :P u allready have my $$$ xD

For the Republic!

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:08

They have put space combat in the game, thats all that matters. If it is broken or lacking in any way it will be fixed. Thats the beauty of an MMO, down the line a patch/update will round out certain aspects of a game. I am glad they added combat, gives my ship meaning. Would have hated if it was just there for travel. I get in my ship, choose a location and get a load screen.....YAWN!

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:46

Why this did say Space Combat is in TOR they did not say nothing really more about it. In all right Kotor had space combat in it, but was not that good. So every one jumps in going "yes we have space combat" we may wont to hold off and see what the space combat is going to be like.

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 11:36

Really new :).

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:38

If you haven't seen it yet, go to wikiswtor.com and check out the 'crafting the old republic' vid.

49 minutes with half of it as a Q & A.

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 23:57
 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 22:50

Where is the vid? Can't find anything called "crafting the old republic" on wikiswtor

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:07

At first the said this will be Kotor 1 all the way to kotor 10 they have that much content, so i thought awesome. Now at Comic con panel interview they said each class has its own story the size of kotor . This makes me mad , why cause after making me wait all these years they should have it be that the Jedi or sith have each a story alone that is the size of ten kotors not one kotor.

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 03:42

Talk about SPACE next please!

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 03:16

yo this fan art is amazing but this game will suck if they dont get the elements of the first two kotor. upgrading weapons and armor, finding rare upgrades and artifacts, ecspesially the ones that r almost imposible but rock hard those r always way cool, free roam, free roam in a spaceship, and ofcourse who doesnt love the classic kotor interaction, character selection and character upgrade features. in the end these idealists can realy screw up the game, its not that we want something diffrent just something greater, but ofcourse i trust bioware and lucasarts arent goin too mess up my favorite game of all time, i realy hope a game programer reads these type of statements and not dumbass jedi sith quotes lol its all about gameplay u nerds

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:43

I would think that this would be PART of the crafting in TOR.

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:09

I hope they do to after making me wait so long .

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 04:07

They already have most of thing you just asked for in that post. Perhaps you should do more research on the game before posting.

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:43

I want a Wookie Jedi Knight, and a Kel Dor Jedi Consular.

 
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:06

Agree... we want wookie jedis :) Personly i am more into consulars. No one would yell Heal me, Heal me, to a wookie ;)

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:09

these cathar faces make juhani look really old and rinkley

 
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 04:02

top posting your crappy guilds in the wrong place thank you :)

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 23:31

Why does that picture of the fansite kit remind me of a Zerox-machine?

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:27

what a ***** fan Friday release, lets see more game-play!!

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:14

Never seen this species before, but looks kinda like AVATAR people. Either they got the idea from you{meaning Lucas Arts} or vis versa...

 
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:33

They've been in the story since the Tales of the Jedi comic series. And Avatar copied from just about every story ever, itself throwing nothing but cliches in your face.

And yeah, it was Juhani, I believe.

 
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:25

This race was in the first KoTOR, the very first jedi side kick (Other than Bastila) I can't recall her name, Jahani? Something like that

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:36

yeh i gotta agree with the people it would be nice to see little updates everyday LOL i know we ask too much :( but i keep going on this site and the only things that are always new are ppl comments and forums which btw are fun to read.....sometimes :(

 
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 04:04

wow just....wow

 
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:54

Do you realy think they can update something daily?

weekly is as demanding as it is.

I can just tell this game will have flaws because of impatient fans.

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 04:13

i just want 2 know if u will be able to be anything other than human

 
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 08:30

Already been said you can.

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 03:48

I wish it took shorter time to give us updates... I want to hear more everyday! This game is gonna be sick! I simply can't wait! Keep going bioware, so far everyone's loving the looks of this game!

 
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 09:58

Mate i completely agree with u. i mean i go onto the com hoping that i will go onto the website and find an update and then there isn't any for at least a week i mean i no its hard making the game but it would be nice to have an update everyday

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 03:35

When i slay my first Cathar with powerful Force-nip euphoria im gonna shave that stupid hair-doo off.

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 01:33

THIS GAME IS GONNA BE SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 22:31

is it me or dose it look like the cathar's home planet should be called thundara?

btw loving every thing so far , want lots of playable race's havnt heard about to many

 
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 23:23

Cathar come from Cathar...this isn't thundercats.

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