Year: 2003

Publisher: LucasArts

Developer: BioWare

Country: Canada

Genre: Role-playing

Platform: Various

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Within this two part* Star Wars video game series tied in with the prequel trilogy, the actions and speech of a player’s surrogate character determine whether he is an ally of the light or dark side of the Force. This alignment will send the player on one of two divergent paths: reaching the Star Forge to defeat the Sith (the light side) or overthrow the existing Sith leadership (the dark side). Thus, players can opt to be hailed as a savior or make The Empire cower as an intimidating Sith Lord.

*The third part of the series was ultimately cancelled. Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place 300 years after these two games, and is distinct in that it is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

LGBTQ  references in this game:

Juhani

See also QRM’s entry for this game.

Citations:

1. Boulding, A. (November 21, 2003). Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Review. IGN. Retrieved from http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/22/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-review
2. OldGamerStuff. (2012, Janaury 20). Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Review. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeEGn1HG6sc
3. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic – PC. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Knights-Old-Republic-PC/dp/B00006IR62
4. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic
5. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II_%E2%80%93_The_Sith_Lords
6. Star Wars: The Old Republic. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Old_Republic