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SWTOR News
3/19/10 9:10 AM -
Friday Update: Fan Friday & DevTracker Highlights 
by Zenkei
, posted March 19th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
This week's update is a Fan Friday. As Sean Sean Dahlberg said:

In this Fan Friday, we are highlighting various items from the Star Wars: The Old Republic community, dishing out exciting content from the Development Team, following up on GDC 2010, and confirming our presence at this years E3.

If you're looking for more opportunities to voice your opinion, you'll be interested in the new polls we posted up. Also, we added new avatars to the forums, so try them out.

The Developer Corner section includes is an amazing video of the Sith Inquisitor showing off some of his lightning abilities with booming sound effects.

Also included is some fan art by Hazaz and some by Daennika, some fan fiction by terminalpleasure, a Sith History Guide for Noobies by Danik_Kreldin, a few new pictures of customizable female faces, new avatars, new polls, and a wrap-up on GDC 2010.

In addition to Fan Friday, Daniel Erickson posted a few comments on the official forums this week. Details on his posts after the jump.
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Feature
2/26/10 1:55 PM -
Taris Developer Dispatch Dissection 
by sado
, posted February 26th, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Here is Darth Hater's dissection of the latest Developer Dispatch from Star Wars: The Old Republic, which focuses largely on the recently revealed Taris. As in our prior dissections, we will add new content in as we find it, so keep checking back. Feel free to let us know if you notice something we missed, and we will be happy to add it to our dissection with credit. Note: if something is mentioned in a prior dissection, then we do not reiterate it again here. Low bandwidth users should note there are numerous images contained in this article.
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SWTOR News
2/5/10 12:25 PM -
Friday Update: Composing the Sith Inquisitor  
by Dover
, posted February 5th, 2010 at 12:25 PM
The Friday update is live and it's time for future Sith Inquisitors to get another glimpse at their class of choice, this time from a writer's perspective. Sean Dahlberg posted about the update earlier today on the official forums, including a brief preview from the author of this developer blog, Rebecca Harwick.

Writer Rebecca Harwick takes us down the path to the dark side as she composes the Sith Inquisitor

How to explain the Sith Inquisitor?

I could tell you that the Sith Inquisitor is the Emperor Palpatine to the Sith Warrior's Darth Vader, but that sells it short. The archetype is just inspiration. It's not the destination, or the road we take to get there, but the guide. The Sith Inquisitor is Raistlin. The Sith Inquisitor is Lucifer. The Sith Inquisitor is Julius Caesar. The Sith Inquisitor is what you make him." - RebeccaHarwick

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SWTOR News
12/25/09 1:36 PM -
Developer Dispatch: Designing the Dark Side 
by Sleeper
, posted December 25th, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Today is quite a Holiday Present We get another Developer Dispatch showing how BioWare came up with the Sith Warrior and Sith Inquisitor, and we also get to see some PvP

Sean posted:

Inspired by notorious characters such as Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, the Sith Inquisitor and Sith Warrior take different approaches to their rise to power. The Sith Warrior achieves victory through pure aggression and might while the Sith Inquisitor excels by cunning ambition and Force manipulation.

From storyline, to art style, to combat tactics, each design decision was made to support the dark side themes of power, domination, and destruction.

Watch Developer Dispatch: Designing the Dark Side, and learn how Star Wars: The Old Republic developers created this dominating force.

Happy Holidays everyone
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12/20/09 7:35 PM -
Darth Hater - Audio Interview with Darragh O'Farrell and Jake Neri 
by sado
, posted December 20th, 2009 at 7:35 PM
The podcast team is on holiday break this week but we wanted to bring you something special to fill the void until next week's podcast. We have an audio interview with Darragh O'Farrell and Jake Neri of LucasArts. The questions/poll for this week's podcast will be held over for next week's episode. Next week's episode already looks to be a packed one. Until then, Happy Holidays.

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Transcription of the audio interview is after the jump.

Note: Just because the podcast team is on break doesn't mean the editorial staff is. ;)
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SWTOR News
12/11/09 12:49 PM -
Friday Update: Sith Inquisitor Holonet 
by Zenkei
, posted December 11th, 2009 at 12:49 PM
The Sith Inquisitor Holonet is now officially live after a short delay. As Sean posted the following in the Star Wars: The Old Republic official forums today:

The history of the Sith Empire is fraught with scheming politics and dark secrets' the lifeblood of the Sith Inquisitor. Treachery hides around every corner in the Empire's dark corridors, and survival depends on an individual's natural cunning and the will to manipulate and defeat enemies and allies alike. The Inquisitor experiments with forbidden powers to not only survive in this cutthroat environment, but to excel and seize authority.

Access the latest HoloNet entry now to see a full profile of the Sith Inquisitor, including footage displaying the destructive powers of the dark side Also, be sure to visit the Media section to get downloadable screenshots, concepts, and wallpapers

If you are looking for more information on the Sith Inquisitor, there is our article covering our hands on time with the class as well as a speculative piece regarding a little class controversy.

Update: Next week is a planet reveal according to the Star Wars: The Old Republic newsletter -

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Speculation
12/10/09 5:31 PM -
Speculating the Combat Paths of the Sith Inquisitor 
by Zenkei
, posted December 10th, 2009 at 5:31 PM
By: Emlaeh & Zenkei

"Eight unique classes" is a statement BioWare often repeats in multiple interviews, as it illustrates the solid theme they are using to approach designing the combat of the classes of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

This very clear statement is starting to get muddied when speculating upon how the various classes will specialize themselves and work together in a group.

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Feature
12/3/09 3:30 AM -
December 3rd Information Extravaganza 
by Dover
, posted December 3rd, 2009 at 3:30 AM
Today is the day The Information Extravaganza has begun Below you will find links to all of the articles posted on December 3rd pertaining to what we learned at LucasArts about Star Wars: The Old Republic. This includes information regarding the Jedi Consular, Sith Inquisitor, Smuggler class trees, second part of our interview with Jake Neri, other general information learned during the hands-on demo, and our take on the four force users debate.

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12/3/09 3:18 AM -
The Sith Inquisitor 
by Dover
, posted December 3rd, 2009 at 3:18 AM
The final class announced for the Sith Empire is the Sith Inquisitor. This force user is based off of Count Dooku and Emperor Palpatine, and excels at the use of electricity to dispose of anything standing in its way. Unlike the Consular, who seems to prefer a more tactical approach to combat, the Inquisitor doesn't mind quickly getting into the thick of things. This powerful class is skilled at using lightning to leave charred destruction in its wake.
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12/3/09 3:08 AM -
Companion Characters 
by Dover
, posted December 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 AM
Over the years, MMOs have replicated many aspects of single player RPGs, and BioWare is continuing that trend with the addition of companion characters. A hallmark of BioWares previous titles, these characters are designed to develop story lines and assist in combat. During the presentation in San Francisco we were given two examples of the type of companions we will see in The Old Republic.
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12/3/09 3:05 AM -
Jake Neri Interview Part Two 
by Dover
, posted December 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 AM
A couple weeks ago we released the first part of our interview with Jake Neri and now we can finally bring you the second half. We used many different sections of this interview in our other articles, but this is the complete transcript for context.
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12/3/09 3:01 AM -
Darth Hater on the Four Force Users 
by Dover
, posted December 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 AM
Arguably the greatest rift in the Star Wars: The Old Republic community came from the possibility, now reality, of four of the eight classes as force users. This discussion spawned shortly after the Sith Warrior was released and described as a melee focused class, and only grew in intensity. Having nearly a month to think about this design choice, we felt it was important to weigh in with our opinion.
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