With the latest film breaking records in the box office, many people are sharing their thoughts, feelings, and analysis of Star Wars – the movies and the franchise. With this, we’re also seeing more attention being given to George Lucas, including his comments – both positive and negative – about how Disney is handling the new film and how he feels about having passed the torch when he sold his legacy to Disney. Richard Brody wrote a piece for The New Yorker titled, “What the Seven Star Wars Films Reveal about George Lucas” that takes a deeper look at what the films in the franchise tell us about Lucas. It’s an interesting piece for a variety of reasons. One, Brody’s opinions might vary from that of a self-professed hardcore Star Wars fan because he admits to only catching up on all the films very recently. “I was wrong not to…
January Star Wars Battlefront Updates
DICE and EA are starting to prepare their kick off the new year in a huge way with a January Star Wars: Battlefront update that is giving fans more than bug fixes along with it. While we are now in the new year, Star Wars: Battlefront gamers and those who are purchasing it are keeping their eyes peeled for game updates and also the Star Wars: Battlefront DLC. EA is continuing to tell gamers that the DLC information will be coming in the near future, but they will not tell us exactly when. While the DLC information is being kept on the down low for now, EA has confirmed that a brand new update for Star Wars: Battlefront will be arriving and have fans and gamers hugely excited. There are not many details as of now but this roundup is going to help fill you in on everything you should…
Top 10 Star Wars Video Game Characters
We love Star Wars games and we know you do too. Do you have a favorite Star Wars game? What about a favorite character from that game? The best Star Wars games of all time had characters we could relate to, characters that we could see ourselves and our friends or family in, characters that made us angry, happy, or any combination of emotions because we connected with them. Just like the characters from the Star Wars films drew us in, so can the characters from Star Wars games but they are not all created equal. That’s a fact you’re sure to know if you’ve played any number of Star Wars games. Some definitely rank higher than others. Speaking of ranking, that’s just what WatchMojo did when they asked people to vote on their favorite Star Wars video game characters. They put the top results in a video and we…
KotFE Poster in TFA Style
Here’s a cool fan poster done for Knights of the Fallen Empire, in The Force Awakens style. You know how much we love fan creations here. This one is a bit raw in terms of artistic talent (the Photoshopping could use some work) but we love the creativity and idea behind it all. The poster is made by the artist bojanajokic. You can see more of her awesome work here. [Source]
SWTOR: Nightmare 224 Loot Drop Changes Patch 4.1
Eric Musco informed the SWTOR community that starting with patch 4.1, the final boss of each nightmare operation will drop a nightmare token loot. January Producer Live Stream Wrap-up | 01.15.2016, 03:37 PM Hey folks, One of the questions that came up on the stream was around Loot in Nightmare Operations. I said I would post the answer on the forums after the stream, so here is the update that I have. Starting in Game Update 4.1 (with Chapter X) the final boss in a Nightmare Operation will now have a 100% chance to drop a 224 item. All other bosses in the Op will still have a chance to drop 224, but it is not guaranteed. -eric
4 Star Wars Tabletop Role-Playing Games You Should Try
If you like The Old Republic or Knights of the Old Republic, it’s probably because you enjoy getting immersed in the Star Wars universe in a way that other games like Battlefront and Bounty Hunter just don’t give you. If you want to really dive into the universe, though, tabletop role-playing games are the way to go. Not familiar with tabletop RPGs? If you’ve heard of Dungeons & Dragons, Fate, or Pathfinder, you’ve heard of tabletop RPGs—these are some of the biggest names in the business. They combine social interaction, storytelling, dice rolling, miniatures, and an immersive experience that’s tough to replicate. In addition to those big names, there are a number of cool Star Wars RPGs out there. Here are four that you should check out! Star Wars: Edge of the Empire One of my favorite game companies, Fantasy Flight Games, publishes Edge of the Empire, a game that immerses you in the world of smugglers, bounty hunters, thieves, and…
Star Wars Fan Film: REBEL SCUM
As of right now, we are still around 12 months away from the next Star Wars film, and the spinoff installment Rogue One, brings fans back to the days of the original trilogy. If you have been craving some 80’s style nostalgia, you should definitely check out this awesome Star Wars fan film from the independent studio Blood Brother Cinema Co. This nine minute short film, which has a title of Rebel Scum, shows fans a meeting between one downed Rebel pilot and also an injured member that is part of the Galactic Empire after they happen to cross paths on nearly everyone’s favorite icy war zone. It has some pretty impressive costume work and a subzero snow-covered environment that was captured on film from an airfield in Alberta, Canada. This short film also has some amazing visual effects that doesn’t use CGI, which includes a stop-motion AT-AT walker that…
Did You Know Gaming Takes a Look at Cancelled Star Wars Games
If you’re a regular reader, you know that we’ve written about cancelled and unreleased Star Wars games quite a bit here. We love Star Wars gaming and do our best to follow the games from idea, to production, to creation, and release, just like we did with SWTOR. With that in mind, we’ve seen many potentially great games just not make it to one stage in the process. Some were put on hold, others cancelled for good. It always hurts a bit to see a potentially great Star Wars game get the axe. Did You Know Gaming has a recent episode on Star Wars games that was released just before Christmas. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s well worth the less-than 10 minutes it will take to give it a watch because they have some things to say about these cancelled Star Wars Games, as well as facts on…
Hammerhead-class cruiser from KotOR/SWTOR canonized in Star Wars Rebels
Here you can see some great pics from Star Wars Rebels. Transport ships based on Hammerhead capital ships from Knights of the Old Republic and Thranta Class Frigates from Star Wars the Old Republic, as you can see below. While it looks like the design is reused, it’s not all exactly the same. One might presume that over 3,000 years the design is obsolete as a military ship and now makes better use as transport. That would make sense, as so much can change in that time period but for many fans, it’s nice to see the familiar design of the ships from SWTOR and KOTOR. The tech in SWTOR/KOTOR was always more advanced than modern day Star Wars also, at least when it comes to fleets. If you look closely, you’ll see they are just inspired by the Hammerheads of KOTOR and SWTOR era. They’re not exactly the same thing….
15 Huge questions we need answered after Star Wars: Force Awakens
We all know that Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is the largest movie of the year, and if we go by pre-ticket sales it could also be the most anticipated movie of all-time. It’s so special and important to Star Wars fans not only because it’s a new chapter for the original saga, but it’s also picking up the story from three decades ago, and that’s a very long time to wait. The best news of all, it’s been a huge success! This article will not be talking about the milestones for the box office that it’s reached or any of its criticisms or merchandising records. If you have already seen the movie, you know that it raises a ton of questions to be answered and the ending is one of the most grueling parts of all. We want to warn you that if you have not…
Star Wars: Uprising: Sector Battle Crew Opportunities vs. Battle Opportunities: A Guide
Lots of people ask about the differences between using crew to accumulate victory points and doing the missions yourself to accumulate them. User Xaereth_Tri has taken the time to create a guide for the Reddit Star Wars: Uprising subreddit to help with this. The guide contains: Battle Plans: This is the currency used during sector battles to “purchase” opportunities (both crew and battle – see below). Crew Opportunity: This term refers to the expenditure of battle plans on crew missions to accumulate victory points. Battle Opportunity: This term refers to the expenditure of battle plans to “purchase” a mission that your character runs in exchange for victory points. Victory Points: These are the points that you earn throughout the sector battle, which are used at the end of the battle to determine your final placement, and corresponding rank. The guide then goes on to explain Sector Battle Goals, gaining victory points, battle…
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday January 12 – 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of January 12 – 19 2016 . Items Available Again Price Helpful links BRONZE ARMOR PACK 200 GOLD ARMOR PACK 1200 SILVER ARMOR PACK 550 BRONZE MOUNT PACK 200 GOLD MOUNT PACK 1500 SILVER MOUNT PACK 600 BRONZE DECORATION PACK 100 SILVER DECORATION PACK 250 GOLD DECORATION PACK 800 GRAND CRYSTAL PACK 100 GRAND DYE PACK 100 GRAND WEAPONS PACK 75 GRAND TOYS PACK 100 GRAND TITLES PACK 50 GRAND PETS PACK 75 GRAND GALACTIC STARFIGHTER PACK 75 GRAND EMOTES PACK 50 GRAND COMPANION CUSTOMIZATIONS PACK 50 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 180 360 +100% 360 KICK BALL 200 400 +100% 400 RANCOR HOLO-REPLICA 24 120 +400% 120
Star Wars Video Games are Rocking the Charts
Star Wars: Battlefront has sold over 12 million units and with the hit movie, The Force Awakens still killing it in the box office, it’s probably going to make the sales of Star Wars video games only go up even more. While Star Wars: Battlefront has gotten some less-than-stellar reviews, that hasn’t stopped tons of people from buying it and wanting to try it for themselves. Since its release in November, it’s sold around 12-13 million units, and with its price tag of $55 on average, that means around $660 million in revenue. According to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, Electronic Arts EA -0.64% sold approximately 6 million Star Wars Battlefront games in November and an additional 6 million in December. Battlefront doesn’t directly tie into the movie The Force Awakens as far as timeline and content goes but the sheer popularity of the movie could definitely create more people who are interested in playing…
Bioware respond on GTN Search Issues in SWTOR
Eric Musco replyed to a player seeking your help for the current GTN search bug. BIOWARE when are you going to fix the GTN. This is horrible behavior for a company | 01.11.2016, 08:23 PM Hey folks, I have some information regarding the current issues with search on the GTN that I wanted to share. First off, the GTN issues will not be fixed with tomorrow’s patch, 4.0.4. Now with that being said, we do think that we have started to isolate what is causing search to not work for some items. I am going to post all of those details tomorrow, and we are also going to ask for your help in gathering information. I am sure you will ask, why wait until tomorrow? Well, we believe the issue is related to whenever a server comes online. Since we have a maintenance occurring tomorrow, it is possible, even likely,…
30 Years of Hoth in Battle
For as long as I’ve been alive, developers have been trying to get the planet of Hoth right in video games. Here, Kotaku takes a look at Hoth in Video Games: A 30 Year Battle and explores games that got it right and those that got it not quite right, and everything in between. It all began in 1982 (the year I was born) with Atari’s “The Empire Strikes Back”“. For the time and the Atari 2600, this was a fine looking game. There was then a 1983 arcade version and in 1985, a follow-up to that arcade version, also for the Atari. 10 years after the original, Nintendo gave us a game featuring Hoth for the NES. “The Empire Strikes Back” again made a presence in the video game console world. Hoth was looking pretty good by this version. I recall playing this one at a friend’s house but…
Star Wars: Battlefront Has Basically the Same Staff of Developers
A lot of fans have questions about the development team behind Star Wars: Battlefront. A common complaint is that they just don’t seem to be communicating well with the fans/players in regard to the game, status of changes, and other important details. When it comes to communities like this, communication is very important, as we learned with SWTOR. When they had community managers in place to help facilitate questions and concerns, as well as announcements between the developers and the players. It’s an important job. Star Wars: Battlefront seems to be lacking in the official community manager department and it’s affecting how some players see the game, as well as their opinion of the professionalism of DICE and EA. Some think it gives the impression the developers don’t care and it’s left others wondering if DICE was even still on the project. This tweet from DICE’s Dennis Brannvall confirms: @LukeMoonkiller…
Sith Lord from Star Wars the Old Republic Cosplay
We love cosplay here, as you know. It’s even better when it’s SWTOR cosplay. Here’s a great cosplay from player, alkexor, with pics from Comic Con showing off his Sith Lord. He made many of his parts from things around the house, even a plastic trash can went into this cosplay. If you’re wondering about the lightsaber, he bought it from Saberforge (a popular choice with Star Wars cosplayers). His exactly one is found here: http://saberforge.com/elite-sabers/reliant-saber Here are some photos from Comic Con Gamex Stockholm. Looks like a great time! comic con gamex stockholm 2015 This is an exceptional cosplay, especially for his first time. Here’s hoping if he does more in the future, he shares them with the Internet too. Want to see more SWTOR cosplay? Here are some posts we’ve done here before: Global SWTOR Cosplay Swag SWTOR Cosplay Contest – New York Comic Con SWTOR Cosplay Comicbook SWTOR and…
Star Wars: Battlefront Guides to Getting Better
Are you looking for some guides to help you improve your skills at Star Wars: Battlefront? It was one of the most anticipated games this season and many Star Wars fans jumped on the Battlefront wagon. Whether you were a seasoned player of the franchise or just joining in for the latest game edition, you will want to know how to play your best. So Otaku has some great video guides to help you achieve this. We’ve shared a couple for you below but you can go to their YouTube channel to see the rest of them. Here are some guides to getting better, from Otaku. Star Wars Battlefront: DH-17 Blaster Review & Guide | “Peashooter” Learn everything you need to know with this detailed review & guide of the Star Wars Battlefront DH-17 blaster, the “Peashooter”. Star Wars Battlefront: T-21 Blaster Review & Guide | “Misguided Sniper” Learn everything…
SWTOR Updated Event Schedule for January
Out main man for SWTOR – Eric Musco – made a post on the official forums regarding the event schedule for January 2016 Updated Event Schedule | 01.08.2016, 07:11 PM Hey folks, During the month of December, it was our goal to run all of our recurring events week over week. Unfortunately we hit a bug related to our scheduling and some of them didn’t run properly, including the Rakghoul Plague. We have isolated the issue and will have it fixed in Patch 4.0.4 on Tuesday. With that, we wanted to adjust the event schedule for January to give everyone an opportunity to run all of our events that they missed in December. Here is our updated event schedule for January: 1/12 – 1/19: Relics of the Gree 1/19 – 1/26: Rakghoul Plague – Tatooine 1/26 – 2/2: Bounty Contract Week Thanks everyone! -eric
Bronze/Silver/Gold (BSG) Packs Returning for a Limited Time in SWTOR
Eric Musco just informed the SWTOR community that the Bronze Silver and Gold Packs will be returning for a limited time from Jan 12 to Jan 19. Bronze/Silver/Gold (BSG) Packs Returning for a Limited Time | 01.08.2016, 07:10 PM Hey folks, In early December we took the BSG packs off of the Cartel Market to coincide with the launch of the Strategy Alliance Pack. This certainly raised some questions on when they would be returning. We are going to be bringing the BSG packs back to the Market next Tuesday, January 12th, for a limited time. The BSG packs will remain on the Cartel Market for one week, before being embargoed on Tuesday, January 19th. BSG packs will be treated similarly to other previous grand packs, we will be embargoing them but they are likely to return for limited periods in the future. If you want to get yourself some BSG…
Upcoming Stream Plan for SWTOR
Bioware are planning to do two livestreams each month this year. One with a producer’s livestream and another one focusing on the story. Eric posted Upcoming Stream Plan | 01.07.2016, 08:12 PM Hey folks, One of the things we intend to do more regularly this year are livestreams. First off, our next livestream still be next week on Thursday, January 14th from 4 – 4:30 PM CST. This will be a Producer Livestream with Ben Irving to talk about what is going on in the game, and what is coming up. Later this month we will then do a story focused stream with Charles Boyd. This stream will occur on Thursday, January 28th from 4 – 4:30PM CST. This stream will talk about where the story of Fallen Empire is currently, and where it is going. Our plan for the next few months will follow this format. A Producer Livestream with…
How to Look like Poe Dameron in SWTOR
In another great installment of “how to look like ___” from SWTORista, we have how to look like Poe Dameron. We love these guides she has created that detail exactly how to create a SWTOR character that looks like character’s from the new Star Wars film, “The Force Awakens”“. Here, she tells us how to recreate Poe, the famous pilot. A snippet on getting his outfit just right: Poe’s outfit in the movie is the standard Republic starfighter suit – it’s the same as the ones in the old movies. In SWTOR, there is a few types of pilot suits available, but there is only one close to the one Poe wears in the movie. You could also try dying this uniform with an orange dye! She also tells you how to get the build, hair and face right. You can try different combos to see what comes out best…
Petition to Bring George Lucas Back to Star Wars
He sold out. He said he won’t do anymore films. He had some choice words for Disney when he said he’d sold his children to “white slavers” but then backpedaled and later said he was happy with the fine job Disney was doing with the films. Whatever your personal thoughts about Lucas and his role with the franchise to date, there are some who want to see him return to directing the films. In fact, there are some who wish to see this so badly, they’re petitioning Kathleen Kennedy and Disney via Change.org to bring him back. As the petition reads: Bring back George Lucas for the Star Wars movies. Put the father of the franchise as director of Episode IX . We really want this, please . We have no problem with Colin Trevorrow , but he’s not the right guy to direct Star Wars Episode IX . George Lucas…
Bioware adresses Romance and Courting Gift Bugs in SWTOR
The SWTOR Developers over at BioWare have finally shed some light on the companion romance and courting gift bugs that’s currently in the game. Dear TaitWatson: The Companion Romance System NEEDS to be fixed. | 01.07.2016, 07:41 PM Hey everyone, We have seen quite a few reports about the Romance system being broken, and I wanted to clarify a few things. A number of the issues being reported are not, in fact, bugged. The big one is Iresso. While Iresso is not alone in not acknowledging your romance, he has become the name surrounding the whole situation. In this case, there is a bug – the romance variables for some of the pre-KOTFE companions are being improperly assessed, leading to the appearance that they aren’t romanced even if they are. This fix is scheduled for 4.1 but is not finalized yet. What should have occurred is that when you completed…