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SDCC 2011: Star Wars: The Old Republic Panel Recap

Comic-Con has long been a venue for fans connecting with the actors and creators of their favorite things… so it makes perfect sense that BioWare might use this venue to do some of the same!

During the panel, for the first time, BioWare introduced some of the actors who will be voicing characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic!

New Jedi Consular romanceable companion revealed named Nadia, voiced by actress Holly Fields

Some other voice actors in the game:

• Lacey Chabert – Mako
• David Hayder – Jedi Knight
• Catherine Taber – Vette

Other New Information

• New pre-order trailer with all classes
• New vehicles – including a land speeder!
• You can change appearance of companions, not just through gear but also skin color
• 19 major worlds and many more small worlds – sounds like 2 more are yet to be announced
• Companions may get AI control similar to Dragon Age
• Solo players have an entire endgame planet to themselves
• Quick travel system between planets – NOT map travel though
• Some type of bonus for re-rolling (Legacy system?)
• Free pre-order codes to the crowd!
• Beta weekends in September will be huge – lots of people
• Pre-order now! (This was their big announcement, if it hadn’t leaked)
• Release – “Holiday 2011”

There will no doubt be some new media and assets such as trailers and screens released, and we’ll post them here as soon as we can!

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SDCC 2011: Revan Cover Art Revealed

Comic-Con doesn’t even officially start until tomorrow, but tonight is preview night and we’re already seeing some interesting stuff emerge!

One of the highlights for TOR fans, other than the game itself, has to be Drew Karpyshyn’s upcoming novel Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan. Readers have been promised to learn something about what really happened to Revan when he left for deep space.

Well today, we got our first look at the cover art… take a gander below for what is a site for sore eyes for fans of Knights of The Old Republic!

Even though the novel itself isn’t due until November 15, author and BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn will be on-hand at Comic-Con for signings, as well as the developer meet & greet at BioWare Base. Here’s his schedule if you’d like to catch up with him:

Friday

• 12PM-2PM: BioWare Base
• 2PM-3PM: Writers’ Panel at BioWare Base
• 4PM-5PM: SWTOR Panel & Signing at BioWare Base

Saturday

• 12PM-1PM: Book Signing at Random House Booth
• 2PM-3PM: Writer’s Panel at BioWare Base
• 4PM-5PM: Signing at BioWare Base
• 7-10:30PM: Community Meet & Greet at BioWare Base

And don’t forget to pick up your free Revan mask at the Del Ray booth!

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San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Full Frontal Coverage!

Convention season is in full swing, and the world’s largest pop culture convention is now upon us. For fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic, San Diego Comic-Con promises to be a show to remember!

Of course, Ask A Jedi has troops on the ground in San Diego poised to bring you interviews, news and pics direct from the show. And hopefully a few surprises…

But we also want to provide the most comprehensive coverage of TOR @ SDCC. To that end, we’ll keep this post updated with the very best coverage we find from around the web, and if you see something we missed please let us know and we’ll add it!

So what’s going on that we need to pay attention to? Glad you asked! This is the only post you’ll need to keep up with it all… Read on!

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SDCC 2011: G4TV Live TOR Panel Coverage

As part of their Comic-Con 2011 presence, G4TV has announced they will be covering BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic panel live, happening on Thursday, July 21st.

What isn’t clear exactly is if there will be video coverage, or simply a live blog as the events are unfolding.

[UPDATE] Nikole from the G4 TV Live Blog confirmed that the TOR panel will be recorded on video for posting later!

Either way, it will be worth keeping this page bookmarked tomorrow as just one of many sources to get your TOR fix during what promises to be a pretty exciting SDCC!

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Blue Milk & Cereal: What Would You Like In A Collectors Edition Of TOR??

No day would be complete without the breakfast of Jedi: Blue Milk & Cereal.  Every morning, the team at Ask A Jedi will get Force-induced thoughts coursing through your head with delicious issues from around the galaxy! Join in the discussion below to make your voice heard!

As we found out earlier this week in BM&C, many of you are expecting the collector’s edition details and a release date as part of the announcements coming from BioWare at SDCC this week. The community has been buzzing over the last couple of days, as there is a huge amount of speculation currently present on the SW:TOR official forums. Even Stephen Reid, on his Twitter feed, had to make a remark about all the ongoing speculation on the forums with the following:

For those demanding answers: this the ‘wait’ part of ‘wait and see’. (And btw, no, I don’t need Polish/Spanish help, thx. :) )

This makes the wait even more intriguing and interesting! Collector’s editions of various games are always considered the ultimate versions of the game,  and are made with the hard-core fan in mind. Most of the time, these editions include a bunch of physical goodies likes art books, soundtracks, maps and other collectibles. In addition to that, especially in MMO games, a collectors edition usually gives players some unique in-game items that will set him apart from the crowd. Of course, most of the time these items are purely cosmetic – but they are really awesome to have nonetheless!

Personally – I am extremely excited for SSDC, regardless of what it will bring to us. If we do get some information on the collector’s edition and perhaps (gasp!) something about the mythical release date – this will take me to new levels of happiness and hopefully set me straight on which version of the game I will purchase. I also have complete faith in BioWare that they will make the CE worth it by including something that is awesome as both physical item(s), as well as an in-game item(s). So as Stephen Reid said himself – “wait and see!“.

What about you? What do you want to see in the collectors edition? Is there a particular item you’d like to see? Do you think you will be getting a collector’s edition? Let us know!

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