Apr 11, 2011

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Tanks A Lot, BioWare.

Unless you: live under a rock, were born yesterday, don’t know how to use the Internet or have a life (which no one has anymore, it’s lame!), then you probably know what Star Wars: The Old Republic is. If the aforementioned aren’t applicable to you and you still don’t know what SW:TOR is, then peruse around and drink it all in, noob! This game is shaping up to be pretty awesome if I do say so. And, just when I think things couldn’t get any more awesome, Friday comes and BioWare’s Georg Zoeller gives us a nice look at how the classes are turning out.

Now, to be frank, the past few Fridays weren’t that spectacular. The Jedi Knight progression video was neat but it left a lot to be desired. It was almost as if BioWare was trying to derail the hype train with their fan Fridays and re-informing certain information. It’s clear to me now, well it was always clear, so I am reassured that they know what they are doing.

Read along, read along….

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Apr 6, 2011

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Join The Ask A Jedi Team!

 

Help Wanted

Ask A Jedi launched in June of 2010, and we’ve been growing by leaps and bounds ever since. We truly want to become an Outpost for Citizens of The Old Republic, and that’s where you come in!

We’ve got a robust content strategy and aggressive publishing calendar, and we’ll need some help to meet our goals! If you’d like to contribute your time and talents to be a part of, and help grow one of the leading fan sites for Star Wars: The Old Republic, read on!

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Mar 8, 2011

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Ask A Jedi: Who Was The Most Powerful Force Wielder? And More…

If you spend any time on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forums, you are sure to have seen his passion and prose regarding all things Jedi. You know him as Professor Walsh. Each week (or thereabouts,) Professor Walsh will answer a few reader-submitted questions in order to enlighten us all with the ways of the Jedi. You can submit your own question at the end of the article!

Dear Jedi,

What do you think about Jedi ranks being used as classes in TOR? Jedi Knight is a rank, so what does that mean for ranks in the game? Do you think there might be specialized paths or titles such as seen here? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Consular

Rebel

Dear Rebel,

The Jedi ranks are fine by me as a game mechanic. They are a little awkward, indeed, but overall they are not too bad. There were other titles in lore, such as Jedi Lord and such, so we may be able to see some of those in game. All in all, while a little odd, I don’t mind them.

Dear Jedi,

Who is the most powerful Force wielder ever in the history of Star Wars. I don’t care wether you consider him a Jedi or Sith or whatever… I just wanted to know if there was a Force wielder that was more powerful than any other. I have also learned of a few very powerful Force wielders as in TCW Overlords and Abeloth but just wondering.

Clark

Dear Clark,

The most powerful mortal Force wielder ever in the history of Star Wars is clearly Luke Skywalker. He is hands down the most potent and powerful Jedi. Abeloth may indeed be more powerful than he is though. Abeloth is a being of unknown origin, and at the moment is at the top of the heap based on what we know.

Dear Jedi,

What race was the first Jedi? We know what race the first Sith was, but what about the Jedi?

Joshua

Dear Joshua,

The first Jedi were human as far as we know. They were scholars who gathered to study the Force.

Dear Jedi,

Can Jedi use weapons other than lightsabers? Why or why not?

xxUneppxx

Dear xxUneppxx,

In the game, your guess is as good as mine. In lore, of course they can, they simply do not usually. Jedi often have no need for blasters or grenades, but as we have seen, especially in The Clone Wars, Jedi made use of weapons other than the lightsaber. The reason they do not is because they have trained with the lightsaber all of their lives and the weapon allows them more options than a blaster does, though they can, and do, use other weapons when needed.

Do you have a question for our Jedi-in-residence, Professor Walsh? Submit it via the form below, and we’ll be sure to pass it along to him when he emerges from meditation.

Lego Luke

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Dec 20, 2010

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Ask A Jedi: Who Was The First Jedi? And More…

If you spend any time on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forums, you are sure to have seen his passion and prose regarding all things Jedi. You know him as Professor Walsh. Each week (or thereabouts,) Professor Walsh will answer a few reader-submitted questions in order to enlighten us all with the ways of the Jedi. You can submit your own question at the end of the article!

Sorry it has been so long since the last edition of Ask A Jedi, even Jedi Scholars need to work though. But now I’m back and ready to go…

So let’s clear the queue shall we? First up:

Hello Jedi Master Walsh,

I was thinking of venturing into the written word of Star Wars, I went into a Star Wars wiki and saw the list of books. After recovering from minor shock that left me looking like a cross eyed monkey with Absynthe, I descided I really need to get a professional opinion. About the books I mean. There are e-books, actual books, side books, not books and standard books. As I prefer actual paperback/hardback books, as a new starter what book series/collections should I get and where what era should I start? (I know thats a lot to ask but I really have an urge to read all of them but I dont know where to start!)

Your Faithful Apprentice, Az

Dear Az,

There are several series I pretty much swear by, The Grand Admiral Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command) by Timothy Zahn. This series is the series that brought Star Wars back from the brink of oblivion and takes place shortly after Episode VI. There is also the New Jedi Order but honestly, that series is long, contains a lot of filler, and a lot of the books following it were intended to retcon many of the changes it made. It does contain the deaths of a number of main characters so it is worth a look. Right now I am also enjoying the Fate of the Jedi series, and finally, who can go wrong with The Jedi Path, an in-universe text book to being a Jedi.

I think those are good places to start.

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Sep 20, 2010

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Ask A Jedi: Most powerful Force-user ever? Also, Mandalorian Jedi Redux

If you spend any time on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forums, you are sure to have seen his passion and prose regarding all things Jedi. You know him as Professor Walsh. Each week (or thereabouts,) Professor Walsh will answer a few reader-submitted questions in order to enlighten us all with the ways of the Jedi. You can submit your own question at the end of the article!

This week we got a whole mailbag to go through, so let me do my Ask A Jedi thing, and see what answers we can get out there!

First let us cover a follow up question from “Sneakymailman” where he writes:

Dear Jedi,

This isn’t a question, but its a comment/helpful answer to one of you’re previous questions. While there may not have been a Mandalorian Jedi in the sense you were talking, there was Bardan Jusik, who was a Jedi in the Clone Wars, then left the order to join the Skirata clan. He is force sensitive uses his force powers, and wears Mandalorian armor and is accepted in Mandalorian culture. So I think if there was ever a Mandalorian jedi, he would fit the bill. Hope this was helpful.

Dear Sneaky,

Bardan Jusik left the Jedi Order; he was not a Jedi any longer. He was a Force Sensitive and he engaged in the lifestyle and culture of the Mandalorians but he wasn’t a Jedi still. This is why I said that there were Mandalorian Force Users but not Mandalorian Jedi. He no longer follows the tenets and the code of the Jedi Order.

Next, from across the bay, meaning coming straight from the UK, comes this question from reader Snodge. Snodge writes:

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