Star Wars: The Old Republic’s first cinematic trailer rereleased in 4K
If only MMOs looked this good all the time.
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Star Wars: The Old Republiccame out in December of 2011, and to celebrate the 10th anniversary all its classic cinematic trailers are being enhanced and re-released in 4K. The first to receive the treatment is ‘Deceived’, a trailer that came out two years before the game’s release, which depicts the sacking of Coruscant by the Sith.
Set a decade before BioWare’s MMO, it shows Darth Malgus leading the Sith force that assaults the Jedi Temple, with assistance from his twi’lek partner Eleena Daru and a Mandalorian bounty hunter named Shae Vizla. The outcome of this battle is the simmering Cold War that begins to boil over as the game begins.
The cinematic was the work of Blur Studio, whose impressive fight choreography was based on motion-capture. You can see how Blur Studio worked in thebehind-the-scenes footage of the ‘Return’ trailer. They’re also responsible for such memorable videos as theintros to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarandWarhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, thetrailer for the never-released Prey 2, atrilogy of trailers for The Elder Scrolls Online, and plenty more.
Though it’s no longer part of the Star Wars canon these days,BioWare has no plans to end The Old Republic. The MMO will soon receive acombat style revampand anew expansion called Legacy of the Sith, which will involve uncovering “the ultimate plan” of Darth Malgus, bringing it all back to where it began with that first trailer.
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