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Recently, Syp of Bio Break did a funny post about races that should be in SW: TOR. I personally think that Ewok Jedi would be hilarious and amazing, and would totally implement them despite the rage that fans would feel. I guess that’s probably why I’m not involved with Star Wars: The Old Republic, right?
Anyway, it got me thinking about the presence of races in the game in general. Bioware did a pretty good job of not doing what I would make Episodes 1 – 3 guilty of, and that is shoehorning in the presences of races and elements. There’s a difference between creating a world that naturally you would expect to see various things like racial diversity, and one in which it is forced.
I’d have to say that Bioware was probably, strangely enough, more successful than the prequels because in Knights of the Old Republic, it never brought or pushed a race to the forefront, just to point to it and say “LOOKIE A JAWA”. In short, they made other races mostly background, occurring only when it was natural for the player to interact with them.
Bioware’s got to be careful about this when it comes to MMOs. Players, in general, love that racial diversity, but it’s pretty different in Star Wars, where I think races honestly are more of a way to present a universe of aliens to the viewers. Racial diversity is more of background than it is center stage. Let’s not forget that mechanical beings also occupy this stage as well. The droids, from R2 to C3PO and beyond, are put up front because despite some thought, they are still, in essence utilities and tools for the human characters to employ.
We haven’t seen many prominent videos or articles about different races in SW: TOR. The folks at Bioware have been content to tease with pictures of human characters doing the things you expect the human characters in Star Wars to do. When they do introduce a character that is a different race, though, we’ll see if the community will respond positively. Frankly, I think that in every MMO, there are always people who will want to play something different – that is why even though you may see thousands of Jedi in SW: TOR that you’ll always see someone playing another role to be different, unique, or because it’s their preference. But if Bioware sticks to what they’ve been doing, expect them to focus in on the character’s story, and not what color they are or whether or not they have fur.
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