
The plot will revolve around the conflicts that arise as a result of the reshuffling of power after the Great Galactic War. The story occurs in a shaky era of the Star Wars universe, among a delicate ceasefire between the Galactic Republic, factioned by the Jedi, and the recently resurfaced Sith. Release dates in other regions remains unconfirmed. The game scope has been described as "essentially building KOTOR 3 through KOTOR 10, and then shipping them all at once." ĭuring its presentation at E3 BioWare announced the game would be the first MMORPG to feature large-scale voice acting.īioWare has confirmed the release date is 20 December 2011 in Europe and North America.


It is widely considered as the spiritual successor to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR). On October 21, 2008, the title of the game was revealed, in addition to a fair amount of detail about the game in a press conference. The game was first officially announced in an Octopress release. Star Wars: The Old Republic, simply known as SWTOR or TOR, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) set in the Old Republic era, and has been released by BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts.
