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Contest: Write Force-ful Dialogue for This Star Wars: The Old Republic Comic and Win The First Issue Free

BioWare’s new Star Wars MMO covers a lot of ground when it comes the pre-history of Luke Skywalker’s universe. But, even with all the gameplay and dialogue in The Old Republic, there’ s still lots of stories to be told about the conflicts between Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians and The Republic of the old. Star Wars:…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2012

Don’t Store Owners Know Anakin Skywalker Killed Children?

Game developer Ross Mills noticed something he found, tongue planted firmly in cheek, appalling: a British retailer specializing in educational toys had the gall to sell Anakin Skywalker stuff. Mills did what any responsible Padawan would: he wrote an email. “Now, I didn’t really mind,” Mills blogged. “I merely thought it amusing that the murderer…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2012

Darth Vader Riding Charizard

Thank website Doodle of Boredom and be glad Vader is out of the ladies room and back where he belongs: riding a Pocket Monster. Better than Dewbacks [Doodle of Boredom]

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2012

Darth Vader Reduced to Doing Korean Ads, Warping into the Women’s Restroom

Why wonder what the hell Sonic the Hedgehog is doing in a car insurance ad when you can wonder what the hell Darth Vader is doing in South Korean telecom commercials. Actually, don’t. Vader, like many Hollywood stars, has been shilling in Asia for years, appearing in Japan’s Docomo ads—and even in ads for Docomo…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2012

This Old Republic Bug Makes the Universe Bigger. Perhaps Too Big.

Reader Ian hit a bug playing Star Wars: Old Republic over the weekend. Normally, we wouldn’t give a rat’s arse. Bugs happen. But this one was too great to ignore. “World’s Smallest Sith” isn’t a designated class in the game, sadly, but it probably should be.

By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2012

The Old Republic‘s First Major Update Adds New Bosses and a Raid

If you rolled a character on Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s public test server, go check out the game under its first major patch. BioWare pushed it out today, and it includes new bosses and mini-raid. “Kaon Under Siege” a level 50 flashpoint—a smaller raid limited to a group of four—has been added to the…

By Owen Good Published January 7, 2012

Is the Force Strong in Razer’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Gaming Gear?

When BioWare delivered my copy of their latest game last month they used some rather novel packing material: Razer’s officially licensed Star Wars: The Old Republic gaming mouse and headset. I excitedly set the two packages aside and started playing the game. A few days later I finally got back to the side of the…

By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2012

Old Republic Lets You Dance Your Way Out of Trouble

Want to see the best exploit of 2012 (so far?) Look no further than new MMO Star Wars: Old Republic, which literally lets you dance your way out of trouble. If you’re being attacked by anything, from the lowliest enemy to the grandest boss, all you need to do is start dancing – triggered by…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2012

It’s Not Star Wars Without Slavery, Torture, and Forced Voyeurism?

Meet Vette. She’s the loyal Twi’lek companion character to my Star Wars: The Old Republic Sith Warrior. Or at least she’d better be, if she knows what’s good for her. Beware, spoilers ahead. Vette is my character’s slave, gifted to him by his dark master. She comes complete with a convenient high voltage shock collar,…

By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2012

Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log Part Three: Force-Feeding Myself Evil

It’s too bad there’s no option to just settle down and retire in BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. After hours of questing amidst the tranquil sands of Tatooine, I’m ready for a lengthy break. Having played massively multiplayer online games for more than a decade, I’ve developed an extremely low tolerance for boredom, and…

By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2012

In Star Wars: The Old Republic, Press Binoculars to Your Forehead

Binoculars? Aliens don’t need no stinking binoculars—especially when they have red eyes. As reader Peter pointed out, Star Wars: The Old Republic, like any game these days, has its fair share of bugs, but nothing that he’s found yet to be game-breaking. Some, such as this, aren’t glitches. They’re features Developed by BioWare, Star Wars:…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2011

Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log Part Two: Some Sort of Jedi Mind Trick

What happens when a crazy Smuggler is joined by, a Jedi Consular, a Trooper, and a Sith Warrior in week two of Kotaku‘s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log? Opinions change, ideas form, and they all learn a little something about friendship (and possibly crafting). I spent my second week in The Old Republic…

By Mike Fahey Published December 28, 2011

Adventure? Hardcore Pornography? A Jedi Cares Not For These Things

A Jedi might not care about the sins of the flesh, but Google certainly does, replacing the still for a developer diary with a steamy porn thumbnail in the search results for Star Wars: The Old Republic While it might have changed in the time between the writing and publication of this post, the Google…

By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2011

BioWare’s Co-Founders Say The Old Republic Is “A Crash Course in Everything Star Wars“

Massively multiplayer games come into the world as wriggly things full of writhing paths of possibility. Things start changing as soon as those servers go live and players start interacting with each other and the content. Running beta tests can predict some exploits and behaviors, but the game’s also still being built while those betas…

By Evan Narcisse Published December 23, 2011

Jedi & Sith Turn Times Square Into a Star Wars Battleground

To celebrate the launch of video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, publishers EA flew teams of Jedi and Sith into New York City’s Times Square to face off. Then they shipped (or paid the subway fare?) for a whole bunch more. The pace of the action is a little…slower than we’re used to in…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2011

Remember Star Wars Galaxies With This Poignant Memory Book

A week ago Star Wars Galaxies closed down for good. Today, the MMO published its official “memory book,” a whale of a tome at more than 200 megabytes in PDF form, recalling all of the worlds, races and principal events of the MMO’s eight-year run. Remember the Sullustan, the Ithorian, the Wookiee, the Human and,…

By Owen Good Published December 22, 2011

Old Republic Could Have Been a Game of Thrones MMO (Or Lord of the Rings!)

Years and years ago, when the design team for what would become Star Wars: Old Republic was first sitting down to plan a video game, they knew they were going to make an MMO. Hopefully a Star Wars one. But just in case they couldn’t, they had to have some backups. And those backups will,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2011

Star Wars Stormtroopers Went to Best Buy, and This Happened.

It’s a mild, late-fall night, the holiday season is in full effect, and you want to go get some soup at Au Bon Pain. Life is good, but for how much longer? Maybe you’re done with that soup and you wanted to go buy some DVDs. Well guess what, Miss Mary Mac, you picked the…

By Chris Carolan Published December 21, 2011

Wall Street Journal: Star Wars Game Is Actually An Attack on World of Warcraft

It’s hard to untangle whether it’s a media creation or born of the competitive natures of gaming and business, but according to at least one newspaper the war between Activision and Electronic Arts continues to simmer. “With Star Wars EA is taking aim at Activision’s World of Warcraft game,” the Wall Street Journal reports. It…

By Brian Crecente Published December 21, 2011

See How Star Wars: Galaxies Danced Out In Terror And Was Suddenly Silenced

Not with a bang, but several bangs. Then a whimper. And a succession of people just standing around, awkwardly, wondering what they’d done with the last eight years of their lives. As you’re probably aware, last weekend the plug was pulled on Star Wars Galaxies, the long-running, mildly-popular but ultimately disappointing MMO that had managed…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2011