The official website has released another Fan Friday. This Fan Friday includes details for upcoming conventions and spotlights from the Starwars: The Old Republic community! They have released another poll and have also released some new forum avatars. I am really excited with the Wookiee Avatars, my favorite Starwars Character. From the Starwars community: RiaStarchild has posted some gorgeous Star Wars and anime-inspired art. ArikVandar has posted a roleplaying story entitled: Insurrection, which focuses on the planet of Onderon. From the official site: TOR at GamesCom and Penny Arcade Expo. Star Wars: The Old Republic will be will be bringing the power of the Force to two more conventions this year, GamesCom (Cologne, Germany; August 19-24 ) and Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) (Seattle, Washington; September 4 – 6). During the conventions, the team we will be showcasing the first public gameplay demo as well as giving away Star Wars goodies to attendees. Stop by the community cantina and hang out with some of the members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team.

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BioWare and LucasArts share with us the third video documentary. Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a fully voiced massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. Watch our third Video Documentary where we explore how voice-over conversations deliver a deeper level of immersion and connection to the story and characters. Every playable character and every non-playable character in the game will be brought to life by voice actors - resulting in several thousand speaking roles and hundreds of thousands of recorded lines of dialogue! Check out the video:

Man, are we excited with this video release. BioWare and LucasArts are working very hard to give us that feeling of playing an important 'ROLE' in the Starwars universe. Its so nice to see the RPG coming back to Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games.

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Check out the eleventh issue of the Star Wars: The Old Republic online comic, Threat of Peace. Dark Horse has joined forces with LucasArts and BioWare to create a new comic series, published online, to introduce fans to The Old Republic. The comic features action-packed, character-driven episodes written by BioWare's Rob Chestney and published by Dark Horse. We are very excited about this new comic. And will be keeping the full comic series here on the site for all to read and enjoy. Act 2: New Galactic Order: Issue 11: The eleventh issue of Threat of Peace captures the scene on Coruscant, where Senator Paran Am-Ris is in the difficult position of delivering distressing news to a fellow Senator and to Jedi Master Zym. Even while digesting the delayed reconstruction of the Jedi Temple, Master Zym sends Orgus and Tavus on a critical mission to Balmorra. Meantime, halfway across the galaxy, a ruthless Imperial Captain tortures and interrogates Jedi Master Dar’Nala, seeking answers as to why her ship fired upon his.

We have added this issue to our galleries, you can read it here or read the official release here.

Check out this clip of the comic: Act 2: New Galactic Order: Issue 11:

The official website has posted a brand new Developer Blog. Director of Audio Shauna Perry gives a little insight into the processes of working on one of the largest voice-over projects in entertainment history. It would be a joint effort between BioWare and LucasArts. BioWare would write all the scripts, create the schedule and be responsible for the tracking and integration of all VO assets. The LucasArts Audio Department, led by Darragh O’Farrell, would handle recording the voice talent and sending the VO assets to BioWare. I was excited for the chance to work with the LucasArts Audio team. They had done the VO for a previous BioWare game, Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™, before I joined the company and it had been very well received. In fact, when I joined the world of VO production for games, my goal was to match the KOTOR quality bar. But – The Old Republic would have at least ten times the lines of dialogue of KOTOR. Since neither BioWare nor LucasArts had experience on a project of this magnitude, this was an exciting and intimidating challenge. BioWare would be responsible for providing the reams and reams of scripts, as well as, managing the writing/VO production schedule. The LucasArts team would be responsible for finding the actors, recording and post processing the dialogue.

This is a really great Blog. Head over and read the entire article here.

The Starwars: The Old Republic official site has released a brand new holorecord. Watch the third Timeline holorecord entry, The Return of the Mandalorians, narrated by actor Lance Henriksen. The Keeper of the Jedi Archives has entered a new holorecord. Continuing his investigation, Master Gnost-Dural delves deeper into the history of the galaxy after discovering that the blockade that Hylo Visz helped end was a result of the actions of the new Mandalore. We will be adding a section here on our site in the future for this new segment. BTC 8 – During a Republic resurgence in the Great War, a bold young warrior rose to fame in the Gladiatorial arenas on Geonosis. Adopting the ancient and infamous title of Mandalore, this young leader amassed an army of Mandalorian mercenaries and bounty hunters. The new Mandalore led his forces to form a blockade and challenge the Jedi Order, effectively turning the tide of the war back in the Sith Empire’s favor.

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Check out the tenth issue of the Star Wars: The Old Republic online comic, Threat of Peace. Dark Horse has joined forces with LucasArts and BioWare to create a new comic series, published online, to introduce fans to The Old Republic. The comic features action-packed, character-driven episodes written by BioWare's Rob Chestney and published by Dark Horse. We are very excited about this new comic. And will be keeping the full comic series here on the site for all to read and enjoy. Act 2: New Galactic Order: Issue 10: The tenth issue of Threat of Peace marks the start of the second chapter of the story, taking us to the embattled world of Balmorra where Republic forces are receiving word that the planet has been ceded to the Sith Empire under the terms of the Treaty of Coruscant. Even as the local commander shares his withdrawal orders with his troops, Jedi Knight Fortris Gall shrugs off his orders to rescue a squad of captured Republic soldiers.

 We have added this issue to our galleries, you can read it here or read the official release here.

Check out this clip of the comic: Act 2: New Galactic Order: Issue 10: