I am fan of STAR WARS lore and i never hide it (that's why i am the owner of this domain) but Swtor is the best mmo that i have ever played and i have played all the mmos from uo and after !!!

Two weekends in beta and i didn't stopped playing your game . Swtor is not just the KOTOR 3 in mmo version .... it is more !!! This game will brake all the standards in game industry and i am very happy that i trusted you and i choosed to buy the Collectors Edition and after two weekends i can say ... only these two weekend worth the 150 euros that i spend to buy it.

BioWare and LucasArts are pleased to announce that Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ will launch on December 20, 2011 in North America and in the European Launch Territories! The announcement was first made by BioWare co-founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk during their keynote address at the 2011 Eurogamer Expo in London, England. Speaking to a packed room of press and fans alike, Dr. Muzyka acknowledged the weight of the moment and the patience of the fans.

Before certain months we read in internet that the most popular video game in the planet this moment wow that it loses 600 thousands subscribers each quarter (source: Google Search).The wow is certain that apart from the most popular game, is perhaps the most completed right now and certainly the number of million subscribers justified by the factor of the [complete game].The players can spend a pleasant time at any moment they decide to enter the game.

But the WoW is already in its seventh year and this "marriage" between the players and the game has become just a habit. Everything in life after some time it can not offer new experiences ,and WoW that it had to give,already gave it. You can see in the chart this drop of interest about Wow !

As long as it wore out wow, new games came to the fore ready to displace it. The two most important were Aoc and Aion. Unfortunately neither of the two did not succeed. The reasons in each case was different. Aoc in the reason was the unstable client, while in Aion was the indifference of Ncsoft against bots.

I believe that the space system in SWTOR should have more depth. Space travel and space battles were a integral part of the movies and the overall Star Wars experience. I understand that this game primarily focuses on combat on the ground, but Bioware & LucasArts are afforded the opportunity to create the ultimate Star Wars game by adding complexity to the space system.

I've seen space-travel games, and planetside games, but to really immerse a player in a fictional universe, I'd like to see a game that implements both to a satisfactory degree. I'm eager to see just how far the developers of Star Wars: The Old Republic take it- I acknowledge that there is a healthy amount of speculation in my post, but I feel that if the space mechanic was any more sophisticated, we would have heard about it by now.

The devs have said that each player will be able to purchase a ship at some point (each class seems to be associated with their own specific ship). The space system will be split into two major pieces: travel and combat. I would like players to be able to build/buy/upgrade their own ships, to make them unique from one another, and to really create a relationship between the player and his ship, a la Han and the Millenium Falcon.

From what I've gathered, the combat seems to be exclusively available in missions, where the player will be "on-rails". They are able to move freely, but only within a small "pipe", dictated by a camera which moves automatically.

Sony announced today that will end SWG mmo on 15 December 2011 . I played SWG for years, and what really made the game for me was it was Star Wars, and had a great community to play with. That is what carried me for so long, and when my community left, the game was done for me. Can't believe it will finally be ended, loved that game.

SWG It was ahead of it's time.
* Player driven economy, crafted goods for the most part superior to looted.
* Open world: GIGANTIC worlds, with random spawns and loot
* Open world PVP: Love it or hate it, port into a crowded city only to see a war taking place
* Player housing/cities: AMAZING...nothing comes close. Create/defend your city!

AND BEST OF ALL: Superior player customization, from appearance to skills/templates, it was truly unique.

The reality is often tough, especially when excise a beloved game that was your companion for many years .

Below is the Whole Announce from Sony :

You've all watched Star Wars (well I hope you did..) I read a few developers posts about the cross-faction talk and the said that it's only enabled in the beta, and its highly likely that it will not be in the finished game.

When I heard about that it struck me, being that I'm a heavy PvPer ,i am also and a heavy socialize gamer that use the chat a lot . Maybe if it can be reconsidered being that Bioware/Lucasarts said they want to make this feel like a REAL star wars experience *, Cross-faction talk in swtor should be enabled. It would really add a sense of reality in the game, especially in PvP atmosphere inside the game.

It's used in everquest , and works wonderfully, and it is not used in Aion and that was a reason that pvp in aion sucks a lot ,because you can see that the enemy speaks but you can not read what he writes

Always ,in pvp games ,a bit of QQ chat is like the alas of pvp and many times the qq after pvp is the reason for the mmo gamers to try more to be better in pvp strategy (swtor = startegy ) , armor - weapons and levels

Although I know there are people who don't PVP at all, wouldn't it be easy to just have an option where cross-faction talk can be disabled in Tor due to various reasons of BAD LANGUAGE in cross-faction talk ?

*In every battle with lightsabers in star wras there was a QQ chat between star wars characters !!!!!!!

Discuss it.

‪Update 5/5/2011
EA Announces: SWTOR Due 2nd Half of 2011 Fiscal Year 2012 Key Titles by Label and Platform — this list excludes Star Wars®: The Old Republic™, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of calendar 2011.
Original 4/5/2011
Everyone at BioWare and EA is working to ensure that Star Wars: The Old Republic is delivered at the quality level you expect from BioWare and Star Wars.

‪Star Wars: The Old Republic is expected to launch in the second half of 2011. Information on the release date and pre-order programs will be released as it becomes available.

more : Original Announcement

P.S.
We will be with all of you on Release Day !

The most anticipated Blu-ray release ever -- the Star Wars Saga -- emerges from light speed this September 2011 .

Update :This title will be released on September 16, 2011 ! . For the first time, all six of George Lucas' epic films (Episodes I-VI) are united in one complete set. Fans worldwide are able to pre-order now with online retailers.

Pre-order Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray and the Star Wars: Trilogy Sets at Amazon.com today!

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Star Wars in three distinct sets to meet the needs of every Star Wars fan:

1. * Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
2. * Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
3. * Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)

A compilation of screenshots and concept art of Star Wars: The Old Republic from October 2008 to April 2011.

source : KotorMMO Youtube Channel

The Star Wars - The Old Republic: SWTOR Holonet.

The Star Wars - The Old Republic: SWTOR Holonet.

"The closest thing to having your own personal Holonet in your back pocket. Learn about the various Classes, People, StarShips, and Planets, that will exist the SWTOR's universe. Whether you are aligned with the Galactic Republic or Sith Empire, fight as a Jedi or a Sith Lord, the Holonet is where you go to get informed.

This application is not affiliated with LucasArts or BioWare, all trademarks and intellectual content of SWTOR: Star Wars: The Old Republic is property of LucasArts and BioWare.

If you would like more information about SWTOR: Star Wars: The Old Republic, visit - http://www.swtor.com

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LAS VEGAS: Star Wars creator George Lucas predicts 3D filmmaking eventually will take over at the movies the way color replaced black and white.

Filmmakers James Cameron (L) and George Lucas attend a digital film-makers forum during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners. – AFP Photo

LAS VEGAS: Star Wars creator George Lucas predicts 3D filmmaking eventually will take over at the movies the way color replaced black and white.

But Lucas and fellow technology pioneers James Cameron, the maker of Avatar, and DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg said Wednesday that digital filmmaking is only in its infancy and will bring vast improvements to how movies are made and seen.

Digital technology in general is revolutionizing filmmaking the way sound did in the 1920s, Lucas said. The new digital 3D craze has had hits and misses but should one day become the big-screen standard over 2D presentation, he said.

Graphics: Actually 10 times better than what shown at PAX - "The Old Republic's set-up was insane! Eighteen stations lit up the showroom floor. LucasArts Marketing Manager Rob Cowles told me this was the company's biggest set up in the United States. Cowles also told me that BioWare just passed a milestone in its production schedule, and the graphics quality of the game is 10 times better than what was currently showing on the floor. This was extremely exciting news for me considering that I thought the current graphics quality in Swtor was sharp and crisp."

Source:Massively.com

Wow, I was really loving the quality of graphics. [Swtor.com Community]