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Join Ask A Jedi In Our In-Game Guild!

Wanna join a guild?

Last week, BioWare gave fans of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ a fairly meaty surprise. They launched Guild Headquarters, which includes the ability to create guilds now that will actually move in-game once TOR launches on ******** (Hmmm that’s weird. I keep typing a date, but somehow it keeps getting replaced with those things (Disclaimer: I don’t actually know the release date.))

At any rate, we always had plans to run an Ask A Jedi in-game guild for fans, readers and the community in general once TOR launched. The new Guild Headquarters gave us the opportunity to get that going sooner rather than later!

So what will the guild be about? Basically, we just want to create a true Outpost for Citizens of The Old Republic!

While this probably won’t be your progression guild, it will be a great place to park an alt to connect with friends, fans and other community members! It’s going to be a social, friendly place that you can feel comfortable hanging out in when you’re not out saving the galaxy on your main :)

Everyone is welcome to join, and we’ll accept all invitations of allied guilds as well as adversarial guilds. We don’t exactly know what that means yet, but we like the idea :) So even if you’ve already joined a guild, make sure to ask your guild leader to align with us either as an ally or an adversary once that system becomes available.

Wait.. what’s that? You want to hang out but don’t want to associate with a bunch of Republic scum? We’ve got you covered there too with our sister guild – Ask A Sith :)

We’d be honored to have you join either guild, and look forward to meeting you all in-game!

Ask A Jedi: http://www.swtor.com/guilds/4340/ask-jedi

Ask A Sith: http://www.swtor.com/guilds/10424/ask-sith

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Ask A Jedi At PAX East!

The hour is nigh!

The crew here at Ask A Jedi are all busy packing our bags, getting ready for the trek to Boston for PAX East today:

• Plane tickets? Check.
• High-Definition audio/video equipment? Check.
• Adrenals for carry-on luggage, each less than 3 ounces of course? Check.

Myself (Lethality), our resident Jedi expert and forum pundit Professor Walsh, as well as the knowledgeable LordPaladin will all be donning our Ask A Jedi t-shirts and hitting the show floor.

What can you, the AAJ reader expect, you ask?

For starters, we have a whole slew of interviews with BioWare developers lined up, and we plan on asking the tough questions (well, as tough as a bunch of gamers can get without getting kicked out!) With the big Guild System reveal Wednesday, there should be no shortage of new information! Is there something you want us to ask for you? Let us know in the comments section below.

We also plan on getting as much in-game information and HD video footage as possible. As long as the God of wireless tech allows us, we’ll even be editing and uploading right from the show floor.

Plus, we’ll be talking to all kinds of fans, from all over the world, who all had a chance to play The Old Republic… we’ll hear their impressions and opinions about the game just moments after they’ve played it!

And that’s just at the show… there’s even more fun to be had after hours!

On Friday, we’ll be at the SWTOR Community Cantina, which is promising to be a great time for TOR fans! Many fan sites will be there, as well as many TOR pre-launch guilds. There wasn’t an actual intergalactic cantina available, so an Irish bar in Boston is the next best thing. If you’re headed to PAX East, this is a must-do event. Click here for info!

Then on Saturday, we’re headed over to the official BioWare Community Meet and Greet at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. If for any reason you can’t make it to the Friday night meet-up, this is another great chance to get to mix and mingle with the TOR community, and of course share a few beverages with your favorite developers & community managers!

We’ll be there from the moment the show opens until the moment it closes, and we’re only there to see one game. We hope you know which one. If you don’t already, it might be a good idea to follow us on Twitter, as that will likely prove to be a source of up-to-the minute info as well!

So stay tuned to Ask A Jedi all weekend long – you never know who or what might show up! :)

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Ask A Jedi – Fan Appreciation Giveaway!

While Ask A Jedi has been around only for a short time, everyone involved with producing the site has been following the game since even before the official announcement on October 21, 2008. In that time we’ve truly enjoyed getting to know many members of the community, and we wanted to give something back.

So, what are we giving away you ask? Well, although this may not be quite a large enough event to attach any sort of “palooza” moniker to, as TOR fans we hope you’ll find it exciting.

As you may be aware, next week is the release of the first novel set in the Star Wars: The Old Republic setting – Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams!  We have 5 copies of this much-anticipated hardcover book, and we’ll be giving away all 5 of them to members of the TOR community!

But wait, there’s more!

Last week during the Threat of Peace comic signing in Austin, Rob Chestney was nice enough to sign 2 sets of the books for us. The first set of course is being matted and framed to hang here at Ask A Jedi headquarters. As for the second set, we want to give them away to a member of the TOR community who couldn’t make it but would love to add them to their collection! The winner of this prize will be selected at random from the 5 Fatal Alliance winners.

To recap, that means we’re giving away 5 copies of Fatal Alliance – one to each of 5 different winners. And as a bonus prize, we’re also giving away signed copies (2 comic books, 1 of each cover – Republic and Empire) to one of the Fatal Alliance book winners (selected at random.)

So, how can you win these awesome prizes? It could’t be easier! There are three ways to do it:

1) Simply leave a comment on this article in the space below!
2) Follow us on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ask-A-Jedi/102774669772184
3) Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/askajedi

And if you decide to do all three of those things, you actually triple your chances! The winners will be selected at random from the entire pool of people in those three places – Fans in Facebook, followers on Twitter, and commenters here on this blog article – as of 11:59pm EDT (3:59AM GMT) on July 23, 2010.

So to make sure you have a chance, simply do any or all of these things by July 23, 2010. The random drawing will be held the next day on July 24, 2010 and the winners will be notified the week of July 26, 2010.

Once again, thanks to everyone for visiting Ask A Jedi and being a part of a great community for what is sure to be and incredible game!

(Note that this giveaway is not endorsed nor sponsored by BioWare, LucasArts or any other 3rd parties.)

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Writers Wanted – Yes You!

Are you passionate about Star Wars?  Do you think MMOs are the best thing going? Do you have a way with words?

If you answered yes to all of these, then you might just be the droid… er… writer we’re looking for!

We’re on the hunt for a few talented writers to help flesh out the ranks here at Ask A Jedi. The only requirements are that you be well written in the English language and are absolutely passionate about your subject matter. If it’s lore, pvp or a certain class, you should be the absolute authority on it!

You can apply right after the jump…

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