The Old Republic's timeline as voiced by Lance Henriksen

If there's one thing a self indulging Star Wars fan knows, it's that lore is bountiful in our favorite science fiction pastime. So it comes as little surprised that a series high quality weekly webcomics just isn't enough for Star Wars: The Old Republic. BioWare has gone the distance and begun to put forth an audio timeline leading up to the current peace between the Galatic Republic and Sith Empire.

The historical record will be spoken by Master Gnost-Dural, Keeper of the Jedi Archives, who is in turn voiced by actor Lance Henriksen. BioWare fans will recognize him as the voice of Mass Effect's Admiral Hackett of the Human Systems Alliance. As for how many of these we should plan for, looking at the timeline reveals several more historical points (we counted 18) that took place before this inaugural first.

We'll try to feign a little surprise when "history" from the Knights of the Old Republic RPGs crops up somewhere in here, although hopefully it'll be more than a recap of those game's storylines.

Reader Comments (9)

Lance Henriksen should be remembered for Millennium! Great series and a great actor, sorely under-used. Real pity.

Let's not forget Aliens as Bishop (just Aliens, as the other ones he played Bishop in do not exist in my utopia).

OH WOW. He's bishop? Why the hell don't they just say that. Great actor

This is exactly how MMO developers should develop their stories, maybe then we would actually read quests.

Wow, every Friday BioWare just raises the bar in their info features. I know far more about this game world already Pre-Alpha, then I do about games like Champions Online which is due out in the next 2 or 3 months.

I was really sucked in. I really liked it. And I am very critical when it comes to Star Wars lore. I think Bioware can pull it off if the quality keeps turning out.

If the big hype machine wasn't in high gear, it just went into over drive with this! Holy crap that was cool..

Shouldn't that be "hyperdrive" ? ^^

This kind of thing is very nice. One thing that drew me into AOC was the fantastic voice acting....then the lack of that voice acting and lack of lore and soon the toilet bowl required my cancelling before they could charge me anything.

There is always hope that something will go right with a developing MMO, lets hope this continues. Now, back to my porcelain.

The Old Republic's timeline as voiced by Lance Henriksen

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