Star Wars

So, who's looking forward to The Old Republic MMORPG?

I'm writing Star Wars fanfiction this year for nano, based on Knights of the Old Republic.

OMG, yes! I got to check it out on a weekend beta and it is AWE-some! Got me my pre-order, too. :D

I'd love to play The Old Republic when it comes out. Sadly, I can' afford to pay for the game and for a subscription to the game. *sighs* That's my favorite timeline in Star Wars era too....

I just wish I could check it out. I doubt I'll be able to convince my boyfriend, though. Oh well.

I can't wait for TOR to come out, got my pre-order in early and now just counting the days. Loved both KOTOR games (actually just finished playing through the first one again last weekend). Also a big fan of the books. How 'bout it; any other fans of the books out there? Which is your favorite? I think my favorite thus far would have to be the Thrawn Trilogy.

Oh, man, I love Star Wars. Especially the books, heh. The Thrawn Trilogy and the X-Wing books are definitely my favorites. (Can't choose between them.) I really wish Rogue Squadron would get some more love in the more recent EU offerings; I miss that.

I'm not looking forward to the KOTOR game (mainly because I don't have an X-Box so I have no way of playing it) but I'm a big Star Wars fan (...which should be obvious given my username). XD I currently run a message board Star Wars role play and I love it. :-D

What's an X-Box have to do with anything? It's for PC, not console.

I'm so P.O.'ed... my brother got into the SWOR beta, and I didn't. GRRRR!!!! But I'm definitely going to give it a shot once it's released.

I'm currently enjoying the "Fate of the Jedi" book series. Also love the Republic Commandos series... it's some of the best work we've seen in SW novels, IMO.

I read a lot of stuff ages ago--the YA stuff and a few of the "Tales From" books. After the Thrawn Trilogy, I'm checking out the Bane trilogy (getting into the Sith frame of mind since all my friends are foaming at the mouth to play that faction) and Deathtroopers.

I need a new PC to play SWTOR. But I kinda hate the idea of subscription based MMOs. I've held off for years on not playing WoW because I couldn't really afford it.. but damn, I really do love KOTOR. I'm playing through it a second time right now.. I really need to get my hands on the second game at some point.

Yeah, I wish they'd done it more like D&D Online does. The way I tend to play games, I play it obsessively for a few weeks, then ignore it for a few months, then go back to it for a bit, etc. Playing WoW kind of got me burnt out on feeling obligated to play every day because we're paying for this crap.

I really like the Star Wars books and graphic novels, but I'm a bit behind as I haven't had the money lately to keep up with them all. I haven't read any of the Fate of the Jedi series yet. Part of it is waiting for them to get into paperback - I have to have all of my SW books in paperback so they will fit into the bookcase that is almost entirely reserved for SW (apart from the bottom shelf which is languages, but they may have to be moved soon as the fifth shelf is almost full up).

I'm not so much into the computer games apart from the Lego ones which are ace. I have a number of the SW Lego sets, but like the books I'm running out of space to put them all.

I am writing Star Wars The Old Republic fanfiction based around my future Twi'lek smuggler.

I, like many of you, am looking forward to the release of the The Old Republic with great excitement. So I decided to make my first NaNo using the Star Wars universe. I didn't want to use familiar characters though and decided to go with a big theme on a small scale of characters no one has heard of, including the heroes and villains of the period. But I do love the "Old Republic" era (3,000 years before Skywalker) and hope to carve out a nice little story. Very little Jedi/Sith involved but their themes are present with the characters.

I am such a Star Wars fan! I'm one of the few people I know who gave The Clone Wars series (the cgi one) a chance and am really enjoying it. I'm currently playing the original KOTOR on the Xbox and would love to read some of the novels, but there are so many I'm not sure where to start.

(Sorry if this isn't making sense; I'm sleep-deprived)

Knights of the Old Republic I and II are probably my favorite STAR WARS games ever -- and KOTOR II moreso. True, some people complained about the missing content, and I'll confess it kind of sucks that it got rushed the way it did, but it's still a good game. I think Kreia ultimately makes the game, especially considering that she's not necessarily good or evil. She simply is -- and in a way, she is trying to do the right thing. And her relationship with the Exile...it's sort of twisted yet loving at the same time. Plus, she's really intriguing to write about. :) As for the MMO...I'll admit I have mixed feelings about it. I mean, I've seen some behind the scenes stuff of it and it looks great (and the excerpts I saw of REVAN -- one of the tie-in novels -- looked promising -- the scenes I saw seemed a lot like classic KOTOR, really. :). At the same time, I kind of miss the K1 and the K2 cast and wish they'd got a slightly happier ending. (Then again, I guess we'll have to wait and see. :)

As for the STAR WARS books...*sighs* They're good, yes, but let's say I kind of dropped out of the SW EU a long time ago if only because of LOTF -- it wasn't that it was bad, per se, but just because it depressed the heck out of me. Especially Luke's behavior -- it's just...really sad. I mean, in the OT, he was this bright, helpful, idealistic kid who managed to redeem Vader and thus save the galaxy and rebuild the Order and such, and then by the time LOTF rolls around, it's like, "Oh, you poor bastard -- all this hard work and you're back to square one, making Ben and Yoda's mistakes all over again." And poor Jacen/Caedus for that matter -- I know I'm in the minority here, but I can't help but feel sorry for him. Heck, I just pity the entire cast -- I think LOTF was where they really lost themselves. In NJO, at the very least, they were dysfunctional, but they were hanging together. In LOTF, everyone's basically losing their minds, and it's heartbreaking to watch. *Sighs* I do kind of wish the cast got a happier ending. Because...wonderful books, LOTF, but the Skywalker and Solo families, the Fetts, etc...they all deserved better. They really did.

(Again, sorry if I'm not making sense; like I said, I'm slightly tired. That, and I have a bit of a problem with rambling, which I'm trying to work on. :)

I can't even remember the first time I saw the original trilogy, they've always been a part of my life. My mother went to see them all when they were released in the theater, so it's sort of in my blood.

I don't play video games, so no comment there.

As for the books... I've read most of the X-Wing series (two left). I think they're fantastic, except I've come to the conclusion that Corran is rather whiny; this was further emphasized by I, Jedi which I gave up on about halfway through and returned to the library. I love the Rogues and the Wraiths, though there were some things about both sets of books that bothered me.

Mostly, though, I just like the original trilogy--the theatrical edition, which I made my mother buy me on DVD, because I didn't like some of the additions in the extended editions. And the prequel trilogy... well.... Ewan MacGregor was fantastic, so that counts for something, right?

Woo! I finished that KotOR fanfic I mentioned earlier! And it came in at 152k words.

Now to start on KotOR 2, hehe.

I honestly don't understand why so many people hate the prequel trilogy. I really like all the movies, prequels included! Revenge of the Sith may even be my favorite of the whole series.