They are available only to Sith Warrior and Sith Inquisitor characters of the Sith Empire unless unlocked through the Legacy or Cartel Market.ĭescendants of the original Sith species, the red-skinned Sith purebloods inherit a legacy long intertwined with the dark side.
Sith Purebloods are a playable species in Star Wars: The Old Republic. That just might be me.Descendants of the alien species that gave the name to the Sith Order and humans, Purebloods have a high percentage of Force sensitivity and sharp bone ridges. And while you’re playing, be on the lookout for a Mirialan Jedi Consular wielding a green double-bladed lightsaber. Whether you’ve played all the Star Wars games ever produced or if this would be your first one, I highly recommend SW:TOR as a wonderful edition to this franchise. My favorite holiday gift picks up the story after 300 years, as new conflicts arise across the galaxy. The company released a sequel, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lord, which takes place five years later when the Jedi have been all but destroyed by the Sith.
In 2003, they released their highly engaging RPG Knights of the Old Republic, which takes place four centuries before the rise of the Galactic Empire and features a battle between a Sith army and the Republic.
Star Wars: Battlefront games, first released by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts in 2004, maintain a legacy of the most popular Star Wars shooting games, as players face off against enemies in both the prequel and original series eras.īioware, which developed SW:TOR, is no stranger to Star Wars games, either. Nearly a decade later, the game Jedi Outcast gave players their first chance to battle with a lightsaber, a technique that continued and evolved in the 2006 game The Force Unleashed. One of the most enduring, the Star Wars: X-Wing series first developed in 1993 by Totally Games, includes four games of space combat simulation as both X-Wing and TIE Fighter pilots. Game companies continue to release popular Star Wars games of all genres-some that reflect the movies and others that incorporate the expanded universe. A sequel arcade game, The Empire Strikes Back, simulated the Millennium Falcon’s asteroid chase and the Battle of Hoth. This vector-based game simulated the Death Star battle of A New Hope and featured digitized speech from the movie. A year later, Atari published Star Wars the arcade game. The company based their game on the second movie, The Empire Strikes Back, and players delighted in flying snowspeeders and attacking Imperial AT-AT walkers in the Battle of Hoth. Parker Brothers developed the first Star Wars game in 1982 for the Atari 2600. It’s no surprise that gamers appreciate SW: TOR, because for the last 30 years players have reveled in the opens in a new windowStar Wars franchise’s more than 100 video games. Instead of portraying a specific film or story character, these selections allow a player to experience Star Wars as his own stylized character. Choices made during story conversations earn the player light and dark side points, which affect in-game items such as weapons. Likewise, a Jedi may turn to the dark side. In the films, a Sith represents the dark side, but in the game, a Sith may choose to follow the light. The character customization that interested me the most involves light and dark side points, which are not restricted to one’s faction. Physical customization includes such intimate details as tattoos and scars. Players then select from among nine species, though some are restricted to certain factions and classes. Players choose between the Republic and Sith factions, each containing four mirror classes: Jedi Knight/Sith Warrior, Jedi Consular/Sith Inquisitor, Trooper/Imperial Agent and Smuggler/Bounty Hunter. Aside from the epic battle, I most enjoy the variety of options for character creation. SW:TOR puts the player in the center of conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire as they battle one another for preeminence in the galaxy.
This holiday season, the game proved the shiniest toy under my tree. When I heard about Bioware’s 2011 release of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic (SW:TOR), nostalgia consumed me and I immediately added it to my wish list.