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Star Wars: The Old Republic video gives a look inside the collector's edition
Here's a question for you: How is Star Wars: The Old Republic like Christmas? Right, it releases the same week, but do you know another way it's like Christmas? That's right! Opening the Collector's Edition is like opening one of those box-inside-a-box-inside-a-box presents your uncle gives you as a gag gift. However, this one should be more fun because the deeper you dive into the box the greater the gift becomes. This giant box, featuring a painting of bounty hunter Shae Vizla directly on the front, slides open from the top revealing six items inside. The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural features full-color images of the events leading up to the Sacking of Corurscant. A tabloid-sized galaxy map visually indicates all the places you will be able to visit in the game. An authenticator key helps secure your personal information from hackers. A statue of Darth Malgus hides in the largest box within the main box. A single CD contains the full musical score for the game, and lastly, the three-disk game set is encased inside a collectable metal case. Catch a one-and-a-half-minute video unveiling each piece after the break.
SWTOR timeline gives us greater clues to the Sith emperor's identity
Star Wars: The Old Republic has engaged its fans with intriguing videos regarding the history leading up to the Sacking of Coruscant. Master Gnost-Dural was tasked with determining the roots of the Sith evil in an attempt to accurately depict the history of the Republic. Who knew that a couple of Republic adventurers would ultimately spark the fire that would erupt into the flames of war, generations later? The Great Hyperspace War would birth the conflict that propels the events in SWTOR. BioWare interweaves the known lore of this first war between the Sith and the Republic and relates it to the events of the Star Wars MMORPG. The storyteller in the timeline video mentions that the emperor at the end of the Hyperspace War is the same emperor we will face in the game. However, we know Naga Sadow was exiled to Yavin IV and Ludo Kressh was buried in the Valley of the Dark Lords. So who controls the puppet strings of the galaxy's most nefarious overlords? Perhaps you can answer these and many more questions by watching the video after the cut.
Gnost-Dural discovers the origin of the SWTOR Sith Empire
BioWare continues to tease its fans with new and exciting lore entries for Star Wars: The Old Republic. This week, we get a huge glimpse into how the Sith Empire was able to rebuild itself on the jungle world of Dromund Kaas. When the Sith Emperor's fleet fled Korriban following the Hyperspace War, one human stood out from the rest. His name was Odile Vaiken. This man, who was not a Force wielder, made his mark as an organizer and great military leader. Vaiken eventually became the new Sith Empire's first Grand Moff, and he eventually built what is now the great Imperial Military. In the most recent entry in the Master Gnost-Dural timeline, Dural follows the Sith history from the time of exile on Dromund Kaas to the building of the Sith fleet. From the carving out of the jungles of Dromund Kaas to the training of Imperial Army, Vaiken was in the center of it all. Vaiken became the highest standard for all common Imperial citizens, proving that even non-Force users have a vital role in the ever growing Sith Empire. Follow after the cut to see the rebirth of SWTOR's Sith Empire.
Sith ancients support Exar Kun, not the SWTOR Emperor
We just learned some breaking news from the archive of Jedi Master Gnost-Dural. For those who do not know, Master Gnost-Dural has been researching and reporting on the the threat of the Sith Empire on The Old Republic. His hopes are to understand the Empire so that one day the Republic might defeat them and save the galaxy. In his latest report, Master Gnost-Dural discovered the secrets behind Exar Kun and his empire. Kun was indoctrinated by the spirit of Freedon Nadd, was trained by the ghosts of ancient Sith, and was named lord of the Massassi warriors. He was powerful enough to bring the Krath to his service and destroy the Jedi archive at Ossus. However, this Sith marvel had no connection to the current Empire threatening the Republic. Master Gnost-Dural is under the impression that the Emperor does not have the blessings of the Sith ancients and is in fact working against them. If you recall in one of his earlier reports, a Sith agent trespassed on the tomb of Naga Sadow, and the ancient Sith Lord's spirit attacked the agent. Perhaps this is the Empire's weakness. More research is required. View the full report after the break.
TOR timeline update: Peace for the Republic
Ho hum, another Friday, another slick update for BioWare's forthcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic behemoth. Head on over to the official TOR site to view the latest video entry in the Galactic Timeline, narrated by Jedi Master Gnost-Dural (actor Lance Henriksen). This week's tale is a harrowing tragedy of two Jedi scholars and their brush with madness, Massassi warriors, and the dark spirit of Sith Lord Naga Sadow on Yavin IV. Gnost-Dural discovers that, even at the height of one of the Republic's most peaceful eras, sinister forces were hard at work sowing the seeds of chaos for the wars to come. Check out the summary or go directly to the video record.
The opening volley of SWTOR's great Sith War
The Sith War in Star Wars: The Old Republic opened with a massive surprise attack that shook the Republic to its very core. That's pretty much all you need to know going into the most recent holorecord lore video, not because it's low on details but because we really don't want to ruin it for you. However, things are definitely heating up in Master Gnost-Dural's studies of the events leading up to the current situation in-game. Plenty of questions are left over by the end of this video, but more details are promised -- and really that's par for the course of these updates. We're happy to want more, as the only other option is being bored with it and that'd be wholly disheartening.
The Old Republic's timeline as voiced by Lance Henriksen
If there's one thing a self indulging Star Wars fan knows, it's that lore is bountiful in our favorite science fiction pastime. So it comes as little surprised that a series high quality weekly webcomics just isn't enough for Star Wars: The Old Republic. BioWare has gone the distance and begun to put forth an audio timeline leading up to the current peace between the Galatic Republic and Sith Empire.The historical record will be spoken by Master Gnost-Dural, Keeper of the Jedi Archives, who is in turn voiced by actor Lance Henriksen. BioWare fans will recognize him as the voice of Mass Effect's Admiral Hackett of the Human Systems Alliance. As for how many of these we should plan for, looking at the timeline reveals several more historical points (we counted 18) that took place before this inaugural first.We'll try to feign a little surprise when "history" from the Knights of the Old Republic RPGs crops up somewhere in here, although hopefully it'll be more than a recap of those game's storylines.
