The “Break it Down” Blog

Announced last October, Star Wars: The Old Republic is a story-driven massively-multiplayer online game from BioWare and LucasArts.  There has not been a lot of information since the origional announcement but Friday there was a large release of additional screenshots. In Star Wars: The Old Republic you can play as a Jedi, a Sith, or from a variety of other  roles. Your decisions in your personal story determine your path down the light or dark side of the Force.

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.