SW:TOR, My Line in the Sand
Since this comes up on various other blogs from time to time, let me be clear on one thing:
If SW:TOR features Tatooine in any meaningful fashion (that allegedly completely backwater planet that for whatever reason has been prominently featured in every single dirt-side Star Wars game even when it makes no sense, ie KOTOR settings), in particular as a newbie zone, I’m going to totally boycott the game no matter how well it does.
In fact, in an Old Republic setting, the following Star Wars tropes and locales are going to be a definite turn-off for me:
- Kashyyk and life-debted Wookies as henchmen
- Anything Endor-related
Yes, I know that many many Star Wars fans are attached to all of these, and that BioWare as well as Obsidian have already felt that they just couldn’t do without the inclusion of the sand ball and the enslaved furballs-you-must-save so the chances that these won’t be prominently featured are near to none, but still…
BioWare is betting the farm on their storytelling. Either the dirt rock is insignificantly backwater (but will undoubtedly see a massive boost to its tourist industry once SW:TOR is released), or it is the birthplace to thousands of jedi and sith alike and George Lucas will have to re-edit his movies yet again.
Oh, and happy 2010 .
