On June 1st, LucasArts and BioWare released the first cinematic trailer for the new MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR).  As a MMOPogger (Em-em-o-pogger) who cut his teeth on Star Wars: Galaxies, I’m excited to see the cinematic footage and eager in my anticipation of a Star Wars storyline occurring during the era of the Old Republic.  Granted, I ditched my SWG account for the more playable (at the time) World of Warcraft; however, my WoW character (Circoenn, on Hyjal shard) has lain mostly dormant since the release of Lich King — I might just try and dust off the old mouse and give something new a try.

Admittedly, I haven’t followed the buzz on SWTOR very closely because of my experience with SWG and my apparent abandonment of WoW.  That being said, the SWTOR trailer actually got my heart racing.  Aside from the KotOR games, I don’t have much knowledge of the Old Republic days and would welcome a run through that galaxy far far away in a time long ago.

Without any further ado, check out the trailer:

–SnowytheGeek