Star Wars: The Old Republic Announced By BioWare And LucasArts

BioWare Austin and LucasArts have finally announced their upcoming MMOG title, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game, currently without a release date will be set 3,500 years prior to the events in the films.

“Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is the most critically acclaimed Star Wars game in LucasArts history and a preeminent example of our company’s interactive storytelling heritage,” said Darrell Rodriguez, President of LucasArts. “For a long time, we’ve wanted to return to the franchise in a grand way, and we felt that the best setting for it was an online world that would allow millions of people to participate in the experience together. We knew that the developer capable of working with us to deliver an engrossing story with a fully-realized online world was BioWare.”

To find out more about the game and to see early screenshots, visit the official website.