All across the video game galaxy, players are gathering to memorialize Carrie Fisher, who died yesterday following a massive heart attack.

On Its Fifth Anniversary, Star Wars The Old Republic Is Interesting Again

Heather Alexandra

12/23/16 1:30pm

Star Wars: The Old Republic is celebrating its five year anniversary right now and has added some major changes. BioWare’s narrative heavy online experience keeps expanding. Last year, they began a large storyline that’s continuing forward in the new Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion. I sat down with producer…

BioWare Announces New Story Expansion For The Old Republic

Heather Alexandra

10/07/16 1:00pm

Knights of the Eternal Throne, a new story heavy expansion for BioWare’s Star Wars MMO will release on December 2. It will continue the story set in the previous expansion, Knight of the Fallen Empire. The announcement featured one kickass trailer.

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Attempt At Episodic Storytelling Is Off To A Rough Start

Phil Owen

2/12/16 5:30pm

I got restless after waiting three months with little to do in Star Wars: The Old Republic since the launch of the expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire. Initially, the idea of continuing its story through monthly episodes seemed compelling. The first of those episodes, Chapter X: Anarchy In Paradise, came out this…

Star Wars: The Old Republic Now Feels More Like A Classic BioWare RPG

Phil Owen

10/27/15 11:00am

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new 4.0 update changes everything, as does a fresh expansion to one of the most controversial massively multiplayer games in recent memory.

The Next SWTOR Expansion Looks Like The Same Old Thing

Phil Owen

7/03/15 6:15pm

At E3, Bioware announced a new expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, dubbed Knights of the Fallen Empire. At its start, players will be frozen in carbonite for five years and when they’re thawed out will find that something called the Eternal Empire came out of nowhere to smash both the Republic and Sith Empire…

Mike Fahey

6/15/15 4:21pm

Brother battles brother in Star Wars: The Old Republic—Knights of the Fallen Empire, a free expansion pack coming later this year that promises a return to BioWare-style storytelling. Expect epic adventures, a new companion character and a website that says all of this and has since it accidentally leaked over the…

Luke Plunkett

2/25/15 6:28pm

Saphira is absolutely killing it here as Satele Shan from Star Wars: The Old Republic. Photo by So Say We All.

Darth Revan Gets His Own Star Wars: The Old Republic Expansion

Mike Fahey

10/06/14 1:00pm

The hero/villain/it's complicated who launched Star Wars' distant past setting in 2003's Knights of the Old Republic gets another shot at the spotlight in Shadow of Revan, a digital expansion for MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, launching in December.

Galactic Strongholds Adds Player Housing To The Old Republic In June

Mike Fahey

3/19/14 1:24pm

Teased earlier this month, Galactic Strongholds is the next major free expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic, allowing players of the MMORPG to set up swanky digs across the galaxy.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Are Finally Getting What They Want

Phil Owen

3/08/14 5:00pm

It appears that player housing is coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic, or so this teaser video for SWTOR's SSHP seems to promise.

The Old Republic's New Space Battles Have So Many Lasers, Y'all

Mike Fahey

11/14/13 5:04pm

Are we killing each other in space yet? Not yet. Star Wars: The Old Republic's skies don't fill with fire until the subscriber early start of the Galactic Starfighter expansion on December 3, but you can see them now via this handy video dealio. So many lasers.

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The Greatest Sith Warrior In The Old Republic Is Even Scarier Up Close

Mike Fahey

10/08/13 11:00pm

Star Wars: The Old Republic couldn't have Darth Vader, so it got Darth Malgus. Now that I've got him standing 20 inches high on my desk in the form of Sideshow Collectibles' Darth Malgus Premium Format Figure, he might be my favorite Sith Lord ever.

Somebody, Call Wedge! Star Wars MMO Finally Adds PvP Space Battles

Evan Narcisse

10/08/13 4:10pm

Sure, running around with a lightsaber or blaster pistol is a cool and integral part of the Star Wars experience. But, for the longest time, Star Wars: The Old Republic has been lacking one of the best things from the mythology: big honking space battles.

Man, The Street's Blocked By A Huge Jedi vs. Sith Battle Again

András Neltz

9/13/13 6:30am

Looks like I'll have to go around. Damn, I'm gonna be late for work.

Ewoks for Sale Outrages Some Star Wars: The Old Republic Subscribers

Owen Good

7/06/13 4:00pm

The latest foofaraw in Star Wars: The Old Republic—an MMO that exists primarily to make people complain, it seems—concerns an Ewok. Yes, a cuddly Ewok, the action figure picked last (after Mon Mothma, even) when you were choosing up sides for battle.

BioWare Is Sorry They Accidentally Banned All Those SWTOR Players

Mike Fahey

5/23/13 8:45pm

In the war between MMO developers and shady players looking to exploit the system, the innocent often get caught in the crossfire. Such was the case yesterday, when somewhere under 150 honest, hard-playing Star Wars: The Old Republic players had their accounts banned from play. BioWare is sorry, you guys.

EA Admits Games Can Do Better For The LGBT Community

Evan Narcisse

3/08/13 5:30pm

Yesterday in New York City, Electronic Arts held a special event focused on queer issues in gaming. And it happened mostly because the company itself was willing to face its own stumbles in presenting gay characters in its video games.

BioWare: Putting Same-Sex Romance Into The Old Republic 'Will Take A Lot More Work Than We Realized'

Jason Schreier

1/02/13 9:30pm

In September, 2011, the folks behind online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic promised to add same-sex romance after the game had launched.