Corellia is conspicuously missing from the announced planets in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, but its long, rich history, and pivotal role in many of the galaxy's political turning points make it a very strong candidate for a future reveal. Aside from serving as the galaxy's focal point for starship design, development and construction, Corellian natives were responsible for the initial Human discovery of the hyperdrive, and the planet is also included among the original founders of the Galactic Republic. The fascinating thing about Corellia and its brother planets is that none of them are native to Corell, the star they orbit around, having been dragged through hyperspace by Celestials using the nearby Centerpoint Station and placed into an artificial orbit. Read on to learn about Corellia's history and our reasons why we feel it will be revealed as a planet in The Old Republic.

Star Wars™ Celebration V posted their preliminary schedule (viewable here), and one notable event is "The Art and Writing of Star Wars: The Old Republic™" on Friday, August 13 and Saturday, August 14. Star Wars Celebration V is August 12 - 15, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

We are posting our Community Questions/Poll thread early to try to get as many questions and comments from the Darth Hater community as possible for next week's community focused podcast. If you have any Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ or website related questions you would like to have answered on the podcast, then feel free to ask them in the comment section of this post.


Next week's community poll/discussion after the jump.

Episode 45 "Comic-Con" of the Darth Hater Podcast is now live. Check the bottom of the post for the stream and download links. Podcast notes after the jump.


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Star Wars™ authors were out in force at the San Diego Comic-Con, and we were on hand to pry as much information from them as we could. In addition to Sean Williams, we sat down with BioWare staple Drew Karpyshyn to learn more about crafting stories for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

After attending the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Comic-Con panel, we met up with Sean Williams, the writer of the new Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ novel Fatal Alliance. We were lucky enough to ask the Australian author a few questions about his new book and what it is like to work on the expanding narrative of The Old Republic™.


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Transcription of the interview after the jump.

Darth Hater will bring you coverage of Comic-Con all throughout the day. Keep your eyes peeled and F5s stomped for incoming news on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Our Comic-Con schedule includes live blogging of the 1:00-2:00 PM PST Beyond Solo: Crafting the Multiplayer Story in Star Wars: The Old Republic panel, featuring BioWare developers James Ohlen, Alex Freed, and Drew Karpyshyn.

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This week's friday update is a Fan Friday which includes some nice screens of Cathars, new avatars, new polls, and fan art from the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ community:


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A few months back we compiled a list of creatures seen in the Star Wars: The Old Republic marketing. As more information was released, this list became out of date and in need of a drastic overhaul. With the addition of the Inhabitants section to the HoloNet, we felt now was a good time to take a second look at who or what we may encounter in TOR.


Updated: July 22, 2010 6:50 PM EST

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance was released today in Hardcover. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance is available for purchase at Amazon for $13.50 (as of posting). Working dissection (Warning: Spoilers Ahead) of the book after the jump.

Drew Karpyshyn, writer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, posted his schedule for Comic-Con San Diego. The "Beyond Solo: Crafting the Multiplayer Story in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™" should sound familiar for those following the Dev Tracker as Sean Dahlberg mentioned it as one of the events for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ at Comic-Con however Drew Karpyshyn's list includes some that may be new to you. The list is contained after the jump for those interested.

Episode 44 "Stuffed" of the Darth Hater Podcast is now live. Check the bottom of the post for the stream and download links. Podcast notes after the jump.


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