Think back to when you first watched Star Wars™: A New Hope™ — to the moment when Darth Vader enters the besieged Republic ship, surveying the carnage, single-mindedly hunting his target, Princess Leia. If you were like me, your eyes bulged and you thought, “I wanna be that guy.”
Now, maybe I was alone in that visceral response. Maybe it reveals something disturbing about me, I don’t know. On subsequent screenings, I seem to recall hearing a chorus of hisses and boos when Vader emerges. So maybe most of the Star Wars™ fan community are Luke lovers, or Solo sycophants . But something tells me there are more of me out there. And all these years, like me, you’ve been waiting for the opportunity to express your inner Vader.
Well, I’m here to tell you, our time has come.
Get ready, my friends, Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is going to be our coming out party. It’s time to ignite your red lightsaber and grind the galaxy under your steel platform boot.
The Sith Warrior is about domination and control, as he seeks to utterly annihilate his enemies. He or she wields a lightsaber with more devastating effect as the warrior brings ferocity and rage to bear on every strike. The warrior is feared, is a melee master, and can choke you to death without even touching you.
You begin the Sith Warrior story as the apprentice of one of the most powerful Sith Lords in the Empire. Yes, you serve him, as Vader served the Emperor, but he knows that you are at your best and most powerful the more you can flex your muscles. As long as your master’s ultimate directives are met, you are encouraged to entertain your every impulse and do as you please.
Unbound and unleashed on the galaxy, you wage war against the Jedi, relentlessly hunting and neutralizing their most powerful and important players. You can leave an indelible darkness on every planet you visit or find less wanton routes to your goals, as you eliminate rivals, acquire your own minions and build your personal power base.
The enemies of the Sith quickly realize that you are the real threat that cannot be ignored. Other Sith you encounter and confront come to revere and revile you, as much as—if not more than—your master. And eventually, the Emperor himself may take notice of your exploits.
Where is this all leading? That’s up to you. You can serve dutifully and pound away by the letter of your master’s law, or you can risk plotting to someday destroy him and grab his power (as Vader reveals in his plea for Luke to join him). You can even have secret designs to redeem yourself, embrace the light and destabilize the Empire from within.
If this excites you, if you’re like me and already have Darth Vader’s theme music playing in the background of your mind 24-7, then crank up the volume to 11 and point those internal speakers out the window. Don’t get caught up in the debate over who shot first. Don’t be tied down by the Jedi Code. Embrace the darkness within you! Revel in your emotions, grab for glory and bend the galaxy to your will.
Neil Pollner
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And I say to you all... "Let the hunt for Power & Annihilation begin!". Feel no remorse! The sith are the most bad-***** chars after my believes, so lets start the beating! |
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I sense great thing's from these magician's at their work. The Sith will rule in skill and superiority, there will be many |
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Looks amazing I hope I get to be on the beta wink wink :) |
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Awesome game. |
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I agree, the sith have the awesome dungeons, and if you walk in to them you see some Idiot jedi getting tortured. ha! Foolish jedi |
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No, kanestorm, the sith have way cooler temples. like that huge pyramid! the jedi temples are to pompus, and dogmatic. |
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Cool I definitely will be playing this class first (or possibly the jedi, i just have to see what their gameplay and special powers are like first before i decide). I wonder what the power base it talked about will be like? will it be located on a planet or will u have a rather large space craft available? Either way it looks awesome. I like the whole plotting to overthrow your master thing. I don't want to be a good guy i just am power hungry. but it depends on the master, but from all the sith masters I've seen they all treat their apprentices like crud. |
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I beg to differ. First of all, from the moment that they anounced the storytelling mechanic BioWare said they will encourage taking compassionate actions as a sith and vice versa. Speculating as usual, but I think that it would be possible to give the player a chance to switch sides at say 2/3 or half way through to top level. A special quest(or series of such) that would enable to change your fate. |
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This game is gonna be so awesome. |
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This sounds so frickin' cool I might actually go Sith first instead of Jedi. |
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This is going to be awesome! I've been a Star Wars fan for years and I believe my inner Sith will be unleashed! |
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Cant wait! |
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Im tied between 2 classes.....straight up sith warrior or jedi betrayer.....haha |
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I look forward to matching blades with the sith, you may strike me down but I will become more powerful than you can ever imagine.... |
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jedi jedi jedi ur a fool yes we know master yoda and all that but what happens after that the force trys to balance it self out remaber where the movies ends dosnt mean it remains that way |
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I can't wait to use cunning and power to destroy the Republic. |
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Hehe, ya wana knwo what I find funny-How most of the people here who will be fighting for the Sith Empire think they know how this is going to end (their version that is) we all know that the Republic will be victorious at one point and the Sith Empire destroyed...no ligit that is what happens lol. |
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But back on subject, this class should be pretty fun to play, I'm more of a ranged weapon type of person, but I might try it out just to see how it goes. |
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Bravo! That is exactly what I thought the first time I saw New Hope. I even read the Darth Bane books and enjoyed them. The thought of being able to unsheath my lightsaber and just dominate kills me. Training on Korriban will be nice as well. All in all, I cannot wait to choke out some Jedi. |
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Man I wish i wasnt deploying, I really want to play this game. Been a fan my whole life my dad showed me empire strikes back and i was hooked |
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ya thats cool sith are so beast |
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Man I'm gonna love playing sith / jedi, but I think my First Character is going to be Smuggler. the cover fire mechanic just looks too wicked to pass up.. |
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This game is going to be my next Idol. This could be the game I get addicted to. |
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eemo tell me about it! this game is what a lot of star wars fan have been waiting for!! and Bioware have been doing a outstanding job on it! |
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Darkside ftw, absolutely cannot wait for this game. |
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I love Power of the Dark Side xD |
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Vanido
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This game looks interesting and Im definetly going to play it but damn, this is the nerdiest, lamest, geekiest and most retarded community I ever seen. |
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I think ypu would be considered the nerdiest lamest, geekiest, and jerkiest person here. All griefers should go back to WoW, or whereever you came from. In case you didn't know, The "rp" im mmorpg stands for roleplaying. You are the kind of person that even the non-roleplayers dislike. |
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WHERE WERE THE SITH IN EPISODE 1 OR 2 OR3 THROUGH 6 WHERE WERE YOU HUH THERE WERE LIKE 4 IN THE WHOLE TRILOGY SO YOU SITH ARE GOING TO LOSE BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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i love the Spinal Tap reference. And you got me thinking about how awesome the dark side is.... |
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You would probably play with lego nerd so you shut the F#@% up goof. |
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please with a little more class, Mr. Diplomat...personally its not a big problem..in my opinion the cone-ish light saber is more distracting to some sort of realism. |
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Yeah man people love the jedi and the sith for the sleek design of the lightsabers. |
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My fellow Jedi we must remain strong in these dark times..my fellow brothers and sisters in the order we will over come the sith and bring peace back the galaxy!! May the force be with us all! |
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I agree the sith arn't complete brutes we'll fight to control the galaxy, but it doesn't always have to be with blasters and on a battlefield. |
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what about the Siths rights...we have a right to exist. We shall fight to preserve our existence. |
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But what about Darth Krayat |
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the dark side leads to destruction and every sith, every single sith will pay the price for their betrayal and deception one way or another rise up brothers and rid the galaxy of these sith scum or the galaxy, under the rule of these barbarians, will be destroyed.... |
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Oh thats real nice... |
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Ha, every age of sith has been successful only last ditch efforts save the republic. Lightsabers and the force don't win wars, the armies that follow them make the difference. The sith will eradicate the republic, and the fall of the jedi will start it all. DEATH TO THE JEDI!!!!! |
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Darth Krayat nooooooooooooooooooo at least he revived the sith so there are many again right on. Makes for more better read down with Darth Bane he was a bane on the whole sith . |
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When i say noooooooooooooooooooooo i mean he was killed so i mean nooooooooooooooooooo they cant do this to Darth Krayat |
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I have a complaint why oh why did they ever get rid of Darth Krayat he was so unique and different he was awesome dark horse comic i wont forgive you for this one concerning the new era of star wars finally you guys put some hope for the time past cheesy Luke sky walker and as for the rule of two concerning the Sith @##$$*&&**&^*((*^*(&(&()(^(* AND ALL THAT IT WAS THE MOST MORONIC THING THE SITH COULD OF LET HAPPEN to them i mean just say both masters were discovered and cornered buy armies of republic troopers and Jedi well all i can say was there goes the end of the sith for good with out a lot of em to continue the teaching s the sith empire could fall easily. . |
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I was getting tired of Krayt anyway lol. Legacy is focusing on Cade more atm I think. Seeing that he just hung out w/ Luke's spirit again...and at the Lar's homestead lol. Plus Krayt's body is floating in a comtainment field lol... |
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still rule of two is ridiculous |
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The rule of two was a need. The Sith fought with each other and every time the empire fell apart because of internal strugle. Each Sith wonted to be a Lord and every Lord wonted tp be the Dark Lord. So they killed one another. As long as there ware only two there was stability. A master and an aprentice. One that has power and one that wants it. |
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It could not fall because if you havent noticed there is always a jedi to discover what the sith is all about even after decades of nto hearing from the sith. |
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It'll be cool if you can kill your master and become a sith master yourself. The story plot will probably be pretty sick anyway. :) |
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yeah, but the sith warrior can't be all that fights for the sith; but there should be a sith trooper right. |
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