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Friday Update: Companion Characters Part 2 & ...

This week’s Friday Update contains two parts consisting of the Companion Character Update – Part 2 by Senior Game Designer William Wallace and a new video series dubbed “Choose Your Side” which features a Republic and Empire class dueling with developers from BioWare pitting which class is likely to win.  This week’s “Choose Your Side” features the Jedi Knight and Bounty Hunter classes.

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Friday Update: ‘The Esselesââ‚...

This week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Friday Update is a new developer walkthrough based on the Esseles Flashpoint. Republic players will be able to experience this flashpoint early on in their journeys, and will need to band together to protect a high-ranking diplomat and fight off an Imperial boarding party.

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Taral V Flashpoint Trailer

Updated: 1/28/11 @ 12:45PM

The official Friday Update is the new Flashpoints section under Game Systems on www.swtor.com.  It contains several examples of Flashpoints in SW:TOR including early game, mid game and end game for both Republic and Imperial classes.

At last we are blessed with gameplay footage of Star Wars: The Old Republic!

Gamespot revealed a new flashpoint trailer for Taral V, intended for players level 32 and higher.  World designer at BioWare, Jesse Sky offers a great overview of the flashpoint:

“The emperor is holding a powerful Jedi captive in his personal prison–a massive space station at the heart of the Maelstrom Nebula. Only a Gree computer is capable of navigating the treacherous cosmic storms that surround the prison. Fortunately, the Republic has learned that the Empire guards just such a device on the remote jungle world of Taral V.

Your mission is to infiltrate the hidden Imperial fortress on Taral V and recover this computer. Success will mean that the Republic fleet can launch an assault on the prison where you can, perhaps, rescue the Jedi prisoner.”

For a working dissection of the video, please visit our friends over at Darthhater.com!

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Friday Update: Warzone Video, Crafting and More!

Remember, remember the fifth of November…  The day BioWare finally releases some information that the fan’s have been yearning for.

PvP Warzones – Alderaan

Joanne Laroche said:

Officially a neutral world, Alderaan has become the focus of Republic and Imperial political maneuvering. Even as conflict between Alderaans noble houses threatens to turn into civil war, Republic and Imperial forces engage in a secret battle that could decide the planets fate. High in the mountains, both sides fight for control of Alderaans massive planetary defense cannona weapon powerful enough to devastate an enemys fleet and ensure domination over the planets skies.

The battle on Alderaan is our first detailed look at organized team Player vs Player (PvP) in The Old Republic. To secure the planetary defense cannon, players must deplete the enemy transport ships shields, driving their forces to retreat or be annihilated. Players must work together to control the defense systems artillery units if they are to protect their fleet and emerge victorious.

Well be offering more insight into how Warzones work in the near future, but for now, we hope this video will give you a good sense of the Warzone experience in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™! Also, be sure to check the screenshot section to see how this battle is heating up.

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Friday Update: New Timeline Video – The Fall...

This weeks Friday update is a new timeline video from BTC 347 about Exar Kun’s fall to the darkside and his campaign of destruction against the Republic have been told as warnings to Jedi Padawans for generations. After witnessing the return of the Sith Empire, Master Gnost-Dural has realized a new relevance to Exar Kun’s role in history.

BTC 347 – Decades before the outbreak of the Mandalorian Wars, a promising Jedi named Exar Kun began exploring the secrets of the Force. Despite the warnings of his Masters, Kun didn’t hesitate to experiment with the dark powers of the ancient Sith. After being confronted by the spirit of the fallen Sith Lord Freedon Nadd, Exar Kun harnessed the power of the Sith Temples on Yavin 4 and embarked on a campaign to destroy the Republic and the Jedi Order. After aligning with the Krath Cult and fellow fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma, Exar Kun’s armies managed to destroy the Jedi library on Ossus, but that was to be his final victory before being betrayed and defeated. Centuries later, the Jedi have learned that Exar Kun’s campaign took place even while the ancient Sith Empire remained in exile on Dromund Kaas. Jedi Master Gnost-Dural now asks, if Exar Kun’s rise to power was encouraged by the spirits of the ancient Sith, what might this suggest about their support for the resurrected Sith Empire?

Watch the latest Timeline holorecord, The Exar Kun War narrated by actor Lance Henriksen.