Star Wars: The old Republic (MMO)

Play Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ and forge your own Star Wars™ saga in a story-driven massively-multiplayer online game from BioWare and LucasArts. Explore an age thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader when war between the Old Republic and the Sith Empire divides the galaxy.

Choose to be a Jedi, a Sith, or from a variety of other classic Star Wars roles, and make decisions which define your personal story and determine your path down the light or dark side of the Force. Along the way you will befriend courageous companions who will fight at your side or possibly betray you based on your actions. Together, you will battle enemies in dynamic Star Wars combat and team up with other players to overcome incredible challenges.

 

The SW:TOR Timeline

 

Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place more than 3,500 years before the rise of Darth Vader. The most powerful Sith Empire in history has emerged from deep space to attack the Republic and its legendary Jedi guardians.

After decades of war, a tenuous truce has been established between the Sith Empire and the Republic, but events occurring in the game are leading the galaxy back to an all-out war.

Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place approximately three hundred years after the events of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR).

At the conclusion of the Jedi Civil War in KOTOR, Revan disappeared into unknown space in search of a great threat to the Republic, an expanding Sith Empire led by a mysterious Emperor who planned vengeance for his ancient Jedi enemies.

Revan never returned from unknown space, but the Sith Empire did, kicking off a war with the Republic that lasted for decades.

Now, despite the uneasy truce created by the Treaty of Coruscant, the tension among the divided star systems is threatening to once again tear the galaxy apart.

 

The SW:TOR Story

The Galactic Republic stood for generations as a bastion of peace in a galaxy of warring star systems. Protected by its stalwart Jedi guardians, the Republic held the greatest hope for the progress of civilization and galactic unity.

Deep in unknown space, however, a mighty Sith Empire was forged, led by dark Sith Lords who dreamt of galactic domination and vengeance against their ancient Jedi enemies. After centuries of preparation, the time came for the Sith to make their return. With a massive fleet and an awe-inspiring army of fearless troops, the Sith Emperor launched a surprise assault, quickly capturing dozens of worlds in the Outer Rim, and sparking a war unlike any other in the galaxy's history. From the frozen wastes of Ilum to the desert plains of Dathomir, violent battles killed untold millions.

Despite its avowed neutrality, surface structures on the water-covered world of Manaan were completely destroyed, forcing the Selkath to retreat to their ocean underworld. Other star systems fared worse—some destroyed, others left uninhabitable. The carnage concluded with the Sith Empire sacking the Republic's capital planet of Coruscant and forcing the Republic Senate into the controversial Treaty of Coruscant.

In the years since the treaty, fear and uncertainty have gripped the galaxy, enabling the Sith Emperor to pursue his own mysterious purposes while the Republic has made efforts to rebuild its infrastructure and adjust military priorities to the new galactic landscape. Now, tensions between the Republic and the Empire are running high, and a series of border skirmishes and proxy wars have broken out, even on planets as historically peaceful as Alderaan. The uneasy truce established by the Treaty of Coruscant is quickly tearing apart at the seams, and a return to all-out war has begun in all but official terms.

Races and Classes

 

SW:TOR has yet to fully release the list of races, however at this time playable races include Twi lek, Mon Calamari, Chiss, Rattataki and humans.

 

Classes all have basic types and can be specialised into more advanced classes. Not all advance classes are known at this time.

So far there are: Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular, Smuggler (Advanced Class: Gunslinger or Scoundrel), Trooper, Sith Warrior (Advanced Class: Juggernaut or Marauder), Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter and Imperial Agent.

Of the 8 classes each splits into two Advanced classes, each of which has 3 talent trees per sub class.

SW:TOR Locales

 

The known galaxy is more than 100,000 light-years in diameter and consists of billions of star systems. Among these star systems, current estimates suggest there are more than one million inhabited worlds—many of them still unknown.

At the current time, several planetary systems have been singled out for further study. It is on these worlds that analysts believe the future of the galaxy will be decided.

So far there are thirteen known planets in the game, including Coruscant, Tython, Korriban, Hutta, Ord Mantell, Balmorra, Alderaan, Totooine, Dromund Kaas, Taris, Belsavis, Voss and Hoth

For more complete info on each planet, you can visit the holonet.

 

The game is actually separated into chapters. This seems to be like all the stories you play for each class are episodic. Broken down in to smaller chunks to be managed giving you time, if you wish, to play other classes and stories at will.

There will be content you never see, but you can play from first level to last level solo.

SW:TOR will also include a cover mechanic, but while players can use some pieces of cover no matter what class they play, some are better at it than others.

Combat will not include an autoattack, abilities can be used while moving, and the game will include PvP.

Star Wars: The Old Republic won't hit the market until after March 31, 2011.