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[UPDATED] Star Wars Celebration Starts Tomorrow!

UPDATE: Sean Dahlberg, Community Manager for Star Wars: The Old Republic just posted the official update on what’s happenin’ with TOR @ Celebration… here’s a tidbit:

Also, to relax from all the craziness, we’re putting together a community event to celebrate our love of Star Wars with you. Meet The Old Republic developers Friday, August 13th and Saturday, August 14th from 5PM to 7PM at the Hoth Bar inside the convention center!

Read the entire post here.

That’s right, the hour is finally upon us! The greatest concentration of all-things Star Wars in the entire galaxy begins tomorrow here in Orlando, Florida!

Although BioWare has confirmed a presence for TOR, there has been no official announcement as to the specifics. We were able to learn through the official Star Wars Celebration schedule that there is a panel on Friday entitled “The Art and Writing of Star Wars: The Old Republic:

Drew Karpyshyn (Principal Writer, BioWare), Hall Hood (Senior Writer, BioWare), Arnie Jorgensen (Lead Concept Artist, BioWare) and Clint Young (Senior Concept Artist (Environments), BioWare) discuss what goes into creating the art and story in Star Wars: The Old Republic, the upcoming story-driven massively-multiplayer online role-playing game in development by BioWare and LucasArts. As an added bonus, Clint and Arnie will be creating an entirely original piece of concept art live during the panel, giving attendees a rare and exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative process. Don’t miss your chance to speak first-hand with the developers!

There is an encore presentation of that same panel on Saturday. You can count on Ask A Jedi to be present for both sessions, bringing you all the latest – we’re hoping for a special reveal though the concept art. It’s just hope at this point… :) And of course, we may just have a few surprises up our sleeves as well…

If you’ll be there, we’d love to meet you! Drop us a line here, or watch this space for news on where we’ll be. We also previously published a guide to the highlights of the convetion, which you can read here.

However, if you’re not going, be absolutely sure to stay tuned here – and follow us in Twitter and Facebook – for the absolute latest coverage from the show floor!

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Update: TOR at Star Wars Celebration V

Although BioWare nor LucasArts have given any details about their presence at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida next week other than that they would be there,  the official Celebration schedule had 2 panels entitled “The Art and Writing of Star Wars The Old Republic.”

Well, that schedule has now been updated to include a bit more info about those sessions. It seems that among other things, BioWare concept artists and will be creating a piece of concept art live during the session:

The Art and Writing of Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Drew Karpyshyn (Principal Writer, BioWare), Hall Hood (Senior Writer, BioWare), Arnie Jorgensen (Lead Concept Artist, BioWare) and Clint Young (Senior Concept Artist (Environments), BioWare) discuss what goes into creating the art and story in Star Wars: The Old Republic, the upcoming story-driven massively-multiplayer online role-playing game in development by BioWare and LucasArts. As an added bonus, Clint and Arnie will be creating an entirely original piece of concept art live during the panel, giving attendees a rare and exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative process. Don’t miss your chance to speak first-hand with the developers!

This should give fans of TOR an opportunity to see an entirely new process from the design team, and no doubt provide a teaser of what might come when the game launches.

Of course, we’ll be attending Celebration V all 4 days and will be attending all TOR related events!  Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay tuned for the latest exclusive developments during the convention!

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The Old Republic @ Comic-Con

Sean just posted an official announcement that Star Wars: The Old Republic will have a presence at this month’s Comic-Con International in San Diego!

It sounds like they’ll be taking part in a panel hosted by X-Play’s Morgan Webb where they’ll discuss the overarching galactic story, as opposed to individual class stories that they’ve been focusing on:

Comic-Con International is coming to San Diego, California! Meet up with The Old Republic team at the panel entitled “Beyond Solo: Crafting the Multiplayer Story in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™” on July 23rd from 1:00 to 2:00pm in Room 7AB. Morgan Webb (G4’s X-Play) moderates a discussion with James Ohlen (Studio Creative Director and Lead Designer, BioWare), Drew Karpyshyn  (Principal Writer, BioWare), and Alexander Freed (Managing Editor, BioWare) about the creation of the multiplayer, planet-spanning story in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

It sounds like this is going to be a great discussion!

There are also a few other events worth noting that will be taking place:

• Blood of the Empire signing by Alexander Freed at the Dark Horse booth
• “Hope” Cinematic Trailer displayed at the Star Wars™ booth

All in all, Comic-Con is looking promising. Convention season is in full swing and it’ll be Spring 2011 before you know it.

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The Old Republic at Star Wars Celebration!

It was with great delight I read community manager Sean Dahlberg’s tweet this afternoon than announced a presence at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration V convention next month in Orlando:

Actually, we will be there! We’re not quite ready to share what exactly TOR will be doing at #SWCV but we will soon #swtor

Why is this particularly exciting? Well, for one it’s the official Lucsafilm sponsored convention, and absolute ground-zero for all things Star Wars! But also because we are based in Orlando and are just minutes away from the convention center where the event is being held.

We’ve already prepared a quick-start guide for you, to help get up to speed on the happenings at the convention.

Be sure to drop us a line if you will be coming into town for the convention, we’d love to meet our readers!

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E3 2010 Coverage!

We’re very proud to announce that Ask A Jedi will be covering E3 right from the show floor!

We’ll have our very own Matt Jabro on the ground at E3, taking lots of photos & videos and providing great write-ups about all of the new things we’ll be learning at the show – even bringing some developer interviews where we hope to get answers to some pressing questions!

So, tune in beginning June 15th for coverage of Star Wars: The Old Republic at E3 2010!

And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for even more information and a chance to win cool stuff!

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