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10/28/09 10:07 AM -
Jedi Knight Holonet Animation Discovered 
by Dover
, posted October 28th, 2009 at 10:07 AM
There has been a great deal of speculation about the possibility of the Jedi Knight being revealed this Friday on the Star Wars: The Old Republic official site. The mounting evidence is leaving little in the way of doubt as industrious users scour the website for clues. Earlier this morning, a user by the name of Sunyata found what could be the animation for the Jedi Knight Holonet page.
 
The animation is certainly impressive with a few interesting things to note including possible combat animation and a fantastic Jedi Mind Trick move.Additionally, the single bladed stance might be implying there is a difference between one handed and two handed stances, adding yet another possible weapon choice for players who plan on being force users, however, at the moment this is purely speculation. We are watching carefully for more reveals and we will keep you up to date as they come in.

Update: Looks as if they have taken down the animation from the official website.
 
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Comment by Finding the Facts in Star made on November 1st, 2009 at 1:06am
[...] has been remarkably effective. Forum members have been finding clues ranging from the solid to the nearly definitive. But what are some of the steps taken by these detectives in their never ending scavenger hunt? We [...]
 
Comment by Scarybooster » Blog made on October 30th, 2009 at 10:39am
[...] news. Almost everybody interested in SWTOR goes to Darth Hater for information. Articals like: Jedi Animation, Possible Creature Handler, Guild Housing?, Planets, and Character [...]
 
Comment by jamesjimjo made on October 29th, 2009 at 2:20pm
[img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/4053540976_5c552b93a3_o.jpg"]
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on October 28th, 2009 at 8:00pm
you know i was just thinking , why doesnt DH have forums.
 
Comment by XANE made on October 29th, 2009 at 2:52pm
I was just thinking (and by just I mean "since July") that I hope DH becomes the THOTTBOT of SW:TOR.
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on October 29th, 2009 at 3:36pm
I prefer Wowhead to Thottbot(too much "I soloed X as Y!" posts on Thottbot).

But I'd actually prefer maybe DH becomes the WoW Insider(or even MMO-Champion or World of Raids) of TOR. :)
 
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Comment by Sleeper made on October 28th, 2009 at 8:16pm
We can't talk about that right now
 
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Comment by sado made on October 28th, 2009 at 8:22pm
Soon (TM)
 
Comment by Avaro made on October 29th, 2009 at 6:25am
Soon(TM) Is a Bioware and Lucas art trade mark,, it may only be used by Bioware and/or Lucas art employees describing a non soon time.
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on October 29th, 2009 at 3:18pm
Blizzard uses the word too, don't forget!
 
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Comment by emlaeh made on October 29th, 2009 at 10:12am
+1
 
Comment by permacrete made on October 28th, 2009 at 9:11pm
I'm sure the forums component of the web site will be released when it's ready.
 
Comment by Cirdan Jorth made on October 29th, 2009 at 4:04am
I love how the site is set up right now. User comments are organized by DH post topics. As we like to say in Ruby on Rails: "Is it D.R.Y.?" (don't repeat yourself). You don't have to dig to find anything... or scramble to keep up. Forums are not always a good thing!

Also, not much spam or trolling on here :)
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on October 28th, 2009 at 8:34pm
i figured it was soon to be.
 
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Comment by sado made on October 28th, 2009 at 8:12pm
We're actually in the process of doing something about that. ;)
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on October 28th, 2009 at 6:05pm
I guess BioWare reads DH. That's good, love to have admirers up top. Can't wait for the Jedi announcement, even though I'm still deadset on Trooper(as always). :P
 
Comment by XANE made on October 29th, 2009 at 2:54pm
I'm with you on that. My main will be Sith Warrior, but I cannot deny the sexiness of the Trooper.
 
Comment by Yung DizzY made on October 28th, 2009 at 4:34pm
http://megaswf.com/view/003381fcbfec0e1329dd7decec89a0fb.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Z09cuhf2Y
add this to the list
 
Comment by Star Wars Shocker: You Ca made on October 28th, 2009 at 3:23pm
[...] well, you know the big had to happen sooner or later, and several sites have dug up what they assume will be the major TOR news this Friday: the official word of the Jedi Knight [...]
 
Comment by Ocia made on October 28th, 2009 at 3:18pm
what happened to the picture where was the vid uploaded too? I didn't get to see vid :(
 
Comment by AlphaAnt made on October 28th, 2009 at 3:42pm
I suspect they were asked to bring them down, as it is copyrighted material.
 
Comment by Ocia made on October 28th, 2009 at 4:19pm
tis ok, found it on youtube =)
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on October 28th, 2009 at 3:01pm
incoming weak update
 
Comment by Gohann made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:49pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Z09cuhf2Y

::cough::cough:: ;)
 
Comment by XANE made on October 29th, 2009 at 2:49pm
You, sir, are hereby formally awarded the golf clap (clap, clap, clap) and the opera clap (clap, clap, clap).
 
Comment by chillinvillain made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:31pm
also have to say the little sideways flippy think is certainly reminiscent of Deceived when the Jedi jumps over the Sith's LS throw.
 
Comment by Sztanyi made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:18pm
So this almost confirms a bunch of thins. For starters, as stated already (and seen in the trailer) jedi will probably wear armor (unlike in kotor). Also at the 0:15 sec mark, it looks like the jedi uses Jedi Mind Trick. That really excites me :D I hope they make it as awesome as in the movies. I really hope the mind trick isnt like the mind trick in JK 2 outcast, where it just turns enemies friendly. I hope you can use it in conversations and such.

Also im loving how we got to see different styled light sabers on the right in the background, so im pretty sure we'll be able to customize our own sabers
 
Comment by Qpac made on October 29th, 2009 at 11:12pm
The moving of the hand in the video gives you that "These are not the droids your looking for" type of feeling. Or was that the Jedi doing magic missile? Hmmmmm. =P
 
Comment by aj made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:14pm
I cant wait to play jedi thanks for the vid keep up the good work. Darth Hater For The Win
 
Comment by XANE made on October 28th, 2009 at 12:58pm
Love it!!

Juxtaposing the animation for the Sith Warrior, the biggest difference is the number of light sabers. Combined with this:
http://darthhater.com/2009/08/29/hints-at-advantagesweaknesses-in-saber-wielding/
Gives me hope that a jedi weilding a single blade will play quite differently than a sith with one blade (and not the same move with the same damage and the same cooldown and the same effect, with a different name).
 
Comment by Avaro made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:33am
They just took it down, please say that someone recorded it!
 
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Comment by sado made on October 28th, 2009 at 1:53pm
I recorded it just for this very reason, uploading it now. It will most likely be 10 mins before it's up though.
 
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Comment by sado made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:16pm
It's up now :).
 
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Comment by Dover made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:11pm
Thanks Sado, glad one of us is on the ball!
 
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Comment by Dover made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:35am
unfortunately I only took the one screen shot, I'm currently on my horrid work computer and was unable to get anymore! Sorry everyone.
 
Comment by Avaro made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:38am
Darn, wish i'd thought of it earlier...anyways the cape animation looked amazing.
 
Comment by Scarybooster made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:47am
I swear they are doing this on purpose. What better way to hype your game than make small boo boos. Everybody has their eye on the website now.
 
Comment by JediCosmin made on October 28th, 2009 at 1:03pm
I totally agree with you.
Can't argue with the results :d
 
Comment by Sith_Hunter made on October 28th, 2009 at 10:56am
DH.com....You scare me. Your Agents are everywhere.
 
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Comment by emlaeh made on October 29th, 2009 at 6:31pm
Like cockroaches.
 
Comment by Scarybooster made on October 28th, 2009 at 10:33am
I like the idea of armor for Jedis. I was affraid they were all going to look like Neo with a hood. This Jedi looks like he has robot implants with the armor he has on. I hope the Jedi is a strong class, because the Smuggler and Trooper are weak compared to the Bounty Hunter and Sith Warrior. I wonder how unbalanced this game will be. Red side 70%-Blue side 30%?
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on October 28th, 2009 at 10:39am
This article may show more worries about people picking a light saber over a gun, rather than red vs blue.

http://darthhater.com/2009/07/14/jedisith-wars-ahoy/
 
Comment by AlphaAnt made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:11am
I want to see that poll again after all classes are released. While the new classes may draw fans from the other non-lightsaber classes, there's a better chance that people choose the lightsaber classes as their fallback position (since it's Star Wars after all) and if a better option comes along for them, they'll choose that.

All that being said, I still think the LS classes will have a 30-40% playership though, with the other 6 classes splitting the remainder. And I think Bioware knows that, and realizes that it's something that happens in a SW universe. They could make the LS classes way underpowered and people will still play them, because that's the icon to so many SW fans.
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:24am
They shouldn't underpower them to get people to play the other classes. I would like people to play what they want to and not NEED a specific class to perform a role in groups.
 
Comment by Scarybooster made on October 28th, 2009 at 10:59am
Oh yeah, they will have huge problem with "my lightsaber is bigger than yours" syndrom. I am sure Bioware will not make the Jedi/Sith too overpowered like SWG did. SWG fell apart when they did that and WoW ran into this when the DK came out OPed. People might have a lightsaber but they will be = to other classes. If they are not Bioware failed us all.

So far their mistake is showing the OP Sith Warrior taking on a Jedi with ease. In the video he says it is a harder fight, but the "elite" Jedi dies before the Sith even looses a 1/4 of life. Yeah, there is a BH helping, but he is not on screen at all, mistake 2. I know it was a video for the Sirh Warrior, but involving other classes more indepth might help the class selection on release.

WAR made the mistake of glorifying Greenskins. I hope Bioware makes all classes look OP. People want to be "Superheroes". I want to see a Trooper/Smuggler ripping a Sith up. Let's see how a 1v1 between Jedi and BH goes down. The Jedi and Sith need to lose on camera.
 
Comment by Raithnor made on October 28th, 2009 at 2:14pm
Don't take too much stock in the tech demo. That particular one might have been set up so the Sith and the BH couldn't die. The final product might be a tougher experience.
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on October 29th, 2009 at 9:25pm
I'm not basing it off of the demo, I just dont want to be one of the anonymous and abundant saber wielders.
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on October 28th, 2009 at 11:23am
I have stated this many times, and I will say it again.

My main will have a gun.
 
Comment by AlphaAnt made on October 28th, 2009 at 10:31am
That armor is awesome. If that's the archetype for the Jedi in the game, I'm so sold. Sorry Trooper and Smuggler, you tried your hardest to buy me over, but one glimpse of the Jedi and I'm right back to them.