A decade after it debuted, and just a few short weeks before the Legacy of the Sith expansion, I sat down with Charles Boyd over Zoom to understand what kind of world that freedom has created. Star Wars: The Old Republic has been given the freedom to create media within the Star Wars Legends universe and that freedom lets BioWare dream bigger and push further. ![]() ![]() These are the kinds of stories a young Luke Skywalker might ask his uncle about over a glass of Bantha milk, featuring characters that might inspire Ben Solo's turn to the dark side. When Disney bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, SWTOR was unfazed – because, according to creative director Charles Boyd, BioWare is telling stories that transcend time and the rigid laws of Star Wars canon. ![]() But despite its timeline distance from the main Star Wars media, Star Wars: The Old Republic is very familiar to fans of the universe, with Sith planets, Jedi turncoats, and Separatist armies. ![]() In 2011, BioWare got the keys to the castle and was given free rein to craft stories thousands of years in the past from the popularized Star Wars tales.
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