BioWare and LucasArts share with us the fourth video documentary. Strap on your blaster and check out our fourth Video Documentary and experience combat in The Old Republic! Whether you dream of beating the odds with just your luck and a blaster, or imagine restoring order to the galaxy with Force powers and a Lightsaber, you’ll have your chance in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. We’ve talked a lot about how The Old Republic is innovating on storytelling in MMOs, and now we want to share with you how combat in The Old Republic will deliver a new level of excitement for fans. Check out our latest Video Documentary that focuses on Combat to get an inside look at how we’re bringing dynamic Star Wars™ action to life in Star Wars: The Old Republic!

Check out this video from the dev. Team:

Check out the first issue of the Star Wars: The Old Republic online comic, Blood of the Empire. BioWare™ and LucasArts have once again teamed up with Dark Horse to create this original comic series published entirely online. Blood of the Empire features a new perspective and strong character-driven story written by BioWare’s Senior Writer Alexander Freed and published by Dark Horse. Act 1: Shades of the Sith: Issue 1: The first issue of Blood of the Empire™ takes us to a galaxy engaged in war. The Sith Empire strikes blow after blow against a Republic reeling from the return of its ancient enemies, and the Jedi scramble to defend their holdings. But Imperial victory is far from certain… 

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 1: Shades of the Sith: Issue 1:

The official website has released another  Fan Friday. These Fan Friday events have turned into quite a nice change from the normal information releases. This weeks Fan Friday is another large update.  Quote from the official site: We’re kicking off this Fan Friday by featuring some outstanding work by various members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community. We also have some great stuff to show off in the Developer Corner, along with new polls and avatars! Make sure to catch it all! They have also released new forum avatars. Here's the Quote from the official site: Equip your profile with either a notable figure from the Biography section of the HoloNet or the stealthy Sarlacc Enforcer.

Community Creations:
Fan Art: We have a diverse selection of fan art to share with you this month. To start with, Gregcervall, a member of The Old Republic community, created an illustration of a young Twi’lek named Lyn-Me Surool. Kariaven crafted a variety of icons depicting different classes in The Old Republic, as well as some other characters from the Star Wars™ universe. “Join the dark side! We have cookies!” is a must-see thread created by community member Ion-Silental. Other pieces of art on The Old Republic forums inspired her to craft some incredible Star Wars™-themed paintings. Check out Kentoh’s latest art work of a Bounty Hunter model that is made up of more than 400 3D parts.

Developer Corner:
Video: Check out the video on the official site: Experience the beauty of The Old Republic in this work-in-progress video showcasing a few environmental effects you can expect to see in the game.
Screenshot: Check out this concept art from the Dev. Team:

Need to get to another part of the city to uncover some information? Catch a ride in a taxi, similar to the one in this concept art, to speed to your destination.

We have updated our concept art gallery, and make sure to head over and check out the entire article here.

Great news for comic book collectors! BioWare, LucasArts, and Dark Horse Comics are gearing up for the release of a three issue comic series of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Threat of Peace™. Each issue features 27 vibrant full-color story pages, and will be priced at $2.99. Experience the passions and convictions driven by a handful of Star Wars™ heroes and villains as they reignite a legendary war between dark and light in this comic series originally published entirely online. The story takes place more than three thousand six hundred years before the rise of Darth Vader, and three hundred years after the fall of Darth Malak. If you haven’t seen Threat of Peace, you can check it out on The Old Republic website.

The first volume is embraced in a beautifully designed cover done by Benjamin Carré, and has a variant cover illustrated by Kai Li and Sunny Gho with art directed by Stan Zipnka from Attik. This action-packed, character-driven story was written by BioWare’s Rob Chestney, illustrated by Alex Sanchez, colored by Michael Atiyeh, and lettered by Michael Heisler.

Check out this pic:

The first issue of this three-part series will be released in comic book stores starting July 7, 2010 with two other subsequent issues following monthly thereafter. Check out the official News Article here.

BioWare and LucasArts share with us the fourth video documentary. This isn't the normal information release that we are used to. This release was set up on the Social Networking sites today, and led to a release of an exclusive video over at GameTrailers.com. This is a great video if you haven't checked it out already. Quote from the Official TOR Facebook page: Whether you dream of beating the odds with just your luck and a blaster, or imagine restoring order to the galaxy with Force powers and a Lightsaber, you’ll have your chance in Star Wars: The Old Republic! Learn more about how we’re delivering dynamic Star Wars action by watching our fourth Video Documentary, exclusively today on GameTrailers.com.

Check it out yourself here.

There is a very cool interview posted over at the official forums by Shawn Dahlberg. For anyone out there that may have spent countless hrs deciphering the markings in Everquest many years ago, or spent days trying to decode the logos of the Eloh in Tabula Rasa, or spent weeks trying unlock the symbols in The Old Republic, heres a website dedicated to the language of the Holonet in The Old Republic. The site is entitled: The Holonet Project. Quote from the official forums post: The Holonet Translation Project: To Translate all the Aurebesh ( Star Wars Basic Language ) found on the holonet. It gives credit to many people that have helped to decipher the language. The site is run by Shane “Masamunex / Masamune” Angle.

Heres a pic. of the translation:

And now for the Interview, quote from The Holonet Project:

Holonet Project: Alyssa Gobelle Interview: We recently had the privilege to ask Alyssa Gobelle, the Lead Web Designer over at ToR some questions about herself, her work with the ToR website as well as the Aurebesh ( You knew I was going here right? ) found within the Holonet Project. I'd like to extend a special thanks to Sean Dahlberg and Alyssa Gobelle for taking the time to make this possible.

Masamunex: I have to say, being a fan of all things Star Wars lore I was extremely surprised, obviously in a good way, to see to what extent the Aurebesh was used within the HoloNet. Whose idea and decision was it to sneak the Aurebesh into the HoloNet?

Alyssa: When they first brought me on, our first major task was to design the HoloNet. We wanted the HoloNet's voice to be as much 'within the lore of the game' as possible so we planned to add some generic Aurebesh to start. But we also wanted to add some hidden teases and notes for you guys to devour and ponder upon and play with. Give some more fuel to the speculation festivities.

This is a great interview, you can read it yourself here.