Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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{{Infobox VG| title = Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
|image = [[Image:kotorbox.jpg|250px|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic PC box cover]]
|developer = [[BioWare]]
|publisher = [[LucasArts]]
|designer = David Falkner<br /> Steven Gilmour<br />Casey Hudson<br />Derek Watts<br />[[Drew Karpyshyn]]<br />[[James Ohlen]]<br />Preston Watamaniuk
|engine = [[Odyssey engine]]
|released = '''Xbox'''<ul><li>{{flagicon|USA}} [[July 15]], [[2003]]</li><li>{{flagicon|Europe}} [[September 12]], [[2003]]</li></ul>
'''PC'''<ul><li>{{flagicon|USA}} [[November 19]], [[2003]]</li><li>{{flagicon|Europe}} [[December 5]], [[2003]]</li></ul>
|genre = [[Computer role-playing game|RPG]]
|modes = [[Single player]]
|ratings = [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]: Teen (T)<br />[[Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)|OFLC]]: G8+<br />[[Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle|USK]]: 12+ <br />[[PEGI]]: 12+
|platforms = [[Xbox]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]]
|requirements = <ul><li>PC: [[Pentium III]] or [[Athlon]] 1 GHz [[Central processing unit|CPU]], 256 MB [[RAM]], 32 MB [[OpenGL]] 1.4 & hardware [[Transform and lighting|T&L]] compliant [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] or [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] graphics card, [[DirectX]] 9.0c compliant audio device, 4X Speed [[CD-ROM]] drive, Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, [[DirectX]] 9.0c</li><li>Mac: Mac OS X 10.3.4 or later, PowerPC G4 1 GHz or faster, 256 MB RAM, 4.2 GB free disk space, 3D Graphics Card (ATI Radeon 8500/nVidia GeForce 2 or better), 32 MB of VRAM</li><li>Xbox: Xbox console and Xbox controller </li><li>Also playable on Xbox 360 through Backwards Compatibility</li></ul>
|input = <ul><li>PC: [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Mouse (computing)|Mouse]]</li><li>Xbox: Game console [[Game controller|controller]]</li></ul>
|media = [[Compact Disc|CD]] (4), [[DVD]] (Mac & Xbox)
| followed by = [[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]
}}
'''''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic''''' ('''''KotOR''''') is a [[computer role-playing game|role-playing]] [[video game]] developed by [[BioWare]] and published by [[LucasArts]]. It was released for [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox]] on [[July 15]], [[2003]], for [[Personal computer|PCs]] running [[Microsoft Windows]] on [[November 19]], [[2003]], and later for [[Mac OS X]]<!--date?-->. ''KotOR'' is the first computer role-playing game set in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe. The sequel, ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords]]'', was developed by [[Obsidian Entertainment]] at BioWare's suggestion<ref name="gsinterview2">{{cite video|date=2004-05-08|title=Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Developer Interview 2|url=http://www.gamespot.com/video/920194/6096604/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii-the-sith-lords-developer-interview-2|publisher=[[Gamespot]]|accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref> as BioWare wanted to focus on their own intellectual properties.
==Gameplay==
The game's system is based on [[Wizards of the Coast]]'s ''[[Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)|Star Wars Roleplaying Game]]'', which is based on the [[d20 system|d20]] [[role-playing game system]] derived from the Third Edition ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' rules. Combat is round-based; time is divided into discrete rounds, and combatants attack and react simultaneously. However, the number of actions a combatant may perform each round is limited. While each round's duration is a fixed short interval of real time, the player can configure the combat system to pause at specific events or at the end of each round.
The alignment system tracks actions and speech — from simple word choices to major plot decisions — to determine whether the player's character aligns with the light or dark side of the [[Force (Star Wars)|Force]]. Generosity and altruism lead to the light side, while self-serving or violent actions will lead the player's character to the dark side, which will alter the character's appearance, turning their eyes yellow and their skin grey and scarred.
==Story==
The game takes place 4,000 years before the events of [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]. [[Darth Malak]], a Dark Lord of the [[Sith]] and [[Darth]] [[Revan]]'s former apprentice, has unleashed a Sith armada against the [[Galactic Republic (Star Wars)|Republic]]. Malak's aggression has left the [[Jedi]] scattered and vulnerable; many Jedi Knights die in battle and others swear allegiance to Malak. The game opens with the player's character, whom the player can customize to be either male or female (the gender is canonically male),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=152583&start=420#11839253|title=Holocron continuity database questions|work=Star Wars Message Boards|quote=If needed, a definitive ending is chosen... Another example is the decision to make Revan a male character.|date=2005-07-13|last=Chee|first=Leland}}</ref> awakening aboard a doomed Republic ship. After escaping the ship, the player's character gradually gathers companions and pieces together his past while attempting to stop Malak's forces. To accomplish this, the main character and his companions search for Star Maps that together reveal the location of the Star Forge, an ancient [[space station]] that creates massive amounts of material for Malak.
The main character's actions and speech influence whether he aligns with the light or dark side of the Force. Depending on the character's alignment, he eventually reaches the Star Forge either to defeat the Sith (the light-side path) or to usurp control of the Sith from Malak (the dark-side path). A light-aligned character and his companions are hailed as saviors and heroes; a dark-side character stands before the remaining Sith forces as the new Dark Lord of the Sith.
===Characters and locations===
[[Image:Kotor 11.png|left|thumb|Fazza's Hunting Lodge on [[Tatooine]]]]
{{see|List of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters}}
Eventually joining the main character's quest are the Jedi [[Bastila Shan]], [[List of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters#Jolee Bindo|Jolee Bindo]], and [[List of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters#Juhani|Juhani]]; pilot [[Carth Onasi]]; Mandalorian mercenary [[List of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters#Canderous Ordo|Canderous Ordo]]; assassin droid [[HK-47]]; the [[Twi'lek]] teenager [[List of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters#Vao, Mission|Mission Vao]] and her [[Wookiee]] companion, [[List of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters#Zaalbar|Zaalbar]]; and utility droid [[T3-M4]]. Antagonists include bounty hunter Calo Nord, crime boss Davik Kang, Sith Admiral Saul Karath, Sith apprentice Darth Bandon and Darth Malak.
Action takes place on the planets [[Tatooine]], [[Dantooine]], [[Kashyyyk]], [[Korriban]], [[List_of_Star_Wars_planets_(M-N)#Manaan|Manaan]], [[List of Star Wars planets (R-S)#Rakata Prime or Lehon|Rakata Prime]], and [[List of Star Wars planets (T-V)#Taris|Taris]]; aboard the cruiser ''Endar Spire'' and [[Saul Karath]]'s ''Leviathan''; and on the Star Forge space station. A space station near [[List of Star Wars planets (W-Z)#Yavin|Yavin]] is a playable location in the PC version of the game and is available to Xbox players via download from [[Xbox Live]]. Travel between these locations happens aboard the freighter ''[[List of Star Wars spacecraft#Ebon Hawk|Ebon Hawk]]'', which is also a playable location.
== Critical reception ==
The general critical response was extremely enthusiastic. ''KOTOR'' won numerous awards, including [[Game Developers Choice Awards]]' game of the year, [[BAFTA Games Awards]]' best Xbox game of the year, and [[Interactive Achievement Awards]] for best console RPG and best computer RPG.<ref name="Awards">{{cite web | url= http://www.bioware.com/games/knights_old_republic/awards/#rpg|title= Critical Acclaim|first= |last= |publisher= BioWare|date= |accessdate=2007-03-30}}</ref>
''KotOR'' has seen success as the game of the year from many sources including [[IGN]], [[Gamespot]], [[Computer Gaming World]], [[PC Gamer]], ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR Magazine]]'', The Game Developers Choice Awards, ''[[Xbox Magazine]]'', and [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]].<ref name="Awards" />
Interactive Achievement Awards awarded it for best story and best character development.<ref name="Awards" /> IGN gave ''KotOR'' additional awards in Best Sound (Xbox category), Best Story (PC category), Xbox RPG Game of the Year 2003, PC RPG Game of the Year 2003, Xbox Game of the Year 2003, PC Game of the Year 2003, and Overall Game of the Year 2003 across all platforms. In [[2007]], IGN listed it at #27 on its list of the Top 100 Games of All-Time.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_27.html | title = Top 100 Games of All Time | publisher = [[IGN]] | accessdate = 2008-03-06}}</ref>
At the 2004 [[Game Developers Choice Awards]], HK-47 won the category of
"Original Game Character of the Year".<ref>[http://www.gamedev.net/columns/events/gdc2004/view.asp?SectionID=40 Inside the 2004 Game Developers Conference - Event Coverage<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2007, the revelation that the main character is actually [[Darth Revan]] was ranked number two in [[Game Informer]]'s list of the top ten video game plot twists of all time.<ref>Game Informer Issue #168 April, 2007</ref>
The game is also part of The Xbox Platinum Series/Classics for sales in excess of 1 million units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/platinumhits/adventurerpg.htm|title=Xbox.com Platinum Hits: Adventure/Role-Playing Games(RPGs)|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref>
The [[Los Angeles Times]] listed ''Knights of the Old Republic'' as one of the most influential works of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.<ref> {{Cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors=Patrick Kevin Day and Geoff Boucher |title=Star Wars' expanded universe |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-starwars-expanded-2008-pg,0,6986243.photogallery?index=8 |format= |work= |publisher=Los Angeles Times |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= |accessdate=2008-05-07 }}</ref>
==Partial cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Character Name
! Actor/Actress
|-
|[[Revan]] (male)
|[[Rino Romano]]
|-
| [[Bastila Shan]]
| [[Jennifer Hale]]
|-
| [[Carth Onasi]]
| [[Raphael Sbarge]]
|-
| [[Darth Malak]]
| [[Rafael Ferrer]]
|-
| [[List_of_Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_characters#Ordo.2C_Canderous|Canderous Ordo]]
| [[John Cygan]]
|-
| [[HK-47]]
| [[Kristoffer Tabori]]
|-
| [[List_of_Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_characters#Jolee_Bindo|Jolee Bindo]]
| [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]
|-
| [[List_of_Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_characters#Juhani|Juhani]]
| [[Courtenay Taylor]]
|-
| [[List_of_Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_characters#Vao.2C_Mission|Mission Vao]]
| [[Cat Taber]]
|-
| Master Vrook
| [[Edward Asner|Ed Asner]]
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bioware.com/games/knights_old_republic/ BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic site]
*[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic Knights of the Old Republic @Wookieepedia]
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