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Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based in the Star Wars universe. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Developed by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was announced on October 21, 2008. [ 7 ]
The star systems on the map have numbers indicating how far above or below the plane of the map they are; hence the ships are free to move in three dimensions. The generic type ( amoeboid , insect, feline, avian, etc.) of inhabitants on a planet can be determined by a roll of percentile dice —a similar system appears in Traveller .
Each area, or quadrant, on the map is displayed as a series of numbers representing asteroids, starbases, and enemy ships present. The ship's long-range sensors can detect entities in adjacent quadrants, while short-range sensors detect items in the current quadrant. The ship also has a limited number of probes for very long-range exploration. [2]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The Visual Dictionary, a book guide to the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, contained a reference in which one of the legions of Sith troopers of Palpatine's Final Order is named after Darth Revan. [96] The game is part of Xbox Platinum Series/Classics for sales in excess of 1 million units. [97]
The Tech Interactive (formerly The Tech Museum of Innovation, commonly known as The Tech) [1] [2] is a science and technology center that offers hands-on activities, labs, design challenges and other STEAM education resources. It is located in downtown San Jose, California, adjacent to the Plaza de César Chávez.
The third expansion, Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan, was announced on 19 August 2005, and released on 1 November 2005. This expansion added the ground planet of Mustafar to the game. Like the previous expansion, the content is related to Revenge of the Sith , which was released to DVD on the same day as the expansion was released.
Aaron Contreras led the game's writing team, which included Chris Avellone, and several writers experienced with the Star Wars setting from their work on The Clone Wars and Rebels. [19] [20] The team wanted to develop a story between the events of Episode III and IV, to explore recognizable Star Wars elements that had been under-utilized in ...
In contrast to Star Wars, the galactic empires from the Foundation universe and the CoDominium universe are relatively benign organizations. Much of the plot of the Foundation series, authored by Isaac Asimov , revolves around who can best and most quickly revive the fallen galactic empire ; it is taken for granted that this is a positive and ...