An update on Republic Trooper and a massive thank you to all of our readers!

Written By: Andy Muchmore

This past week, July 2nd to be exact, Republic Trooper turned 1 – happy birthday RT! Although it is our birthday week, I felt it was appropriate to update all of you with the status of RT as a whole. Obviously over the past several months things have slowed to a crawl and I would like to personally address the situation.

Three years ago a very good friend of mine, Dave, approached me with the idea of RepublicTrooper.com. At the time I was neck deep in other projects and I was unavailable to help out, even though I was eagerly following the development of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Over the years I would get phone calls, emails, texts, and the like asking if and when I would be available to “make it happen.” Around May of last year I was finally in a place where I could offer my services to Dave and help build Republic Trooper from the ground up. After several months of planning and development RT saw its first public reader and we were off to the races!

Since that time RT has seen tremendous growth and acceptance within the overall Star Wars: The Old Republic community – and I have to say, all of us cannot thank you enough for being readers, listeners, fans, and for not only playing the Trooper class in game, but being believers in BioWare and SWTOR to begin with. When RT went live we were woefully late to the game, in terms of established fan sites, but we did this for the love of the game, the love of the class, and to be honest – the love of the company that made it all happen. As long time gamers we had faith that a company like BioWare would, without a doubt, blow our minds with their new MMO.

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Nothing prepares a Trooper more for deployment than having the most up to date intelligence direct from the battlefield. If you’re looking for the latest and greatest Trooper intel, you’ve come to the right place.

TOR’s Lead Interface Artist Michael Voigt Gives Us A Tour Of The New User Interface Customization Options

Today BioWare released a new video highlighting one of the most anticipated changes coming to the game in Patch 1.2: Legacy – the customizable user interface. In the video Lead Interface Artist Michael Voigt discusses some of the many options that will be available to players to make their user interface completely unique, shareable with friends, or have a style similar to previous MMOs.

Michael makes note that some of changes had been on the drawing board for a long time, while others were based on player feedback – so good job TOR community for giving critical feedback to the dev team and helping get positive changes implemented into the game!

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Always in Motion is The Future is our column that deals with general news and information regarding The Old Republic based facts and finally spiced with the unique perspective of Republic Trooper.

We huddled down under any cover we could find. Metal crates left in the airlock by some careless workman became our only protection again certain death. A hissing sound accompanied the sparks flying through the cuts around the door frame.

The door exploded inward and through it poured a half-dozen of the Empire’s most vicious soldiers, led by a lieutenant. I opened fire with everything at my disposal. Repeating blaster, grenades, anything I could lay my hands on. I noticed my comrades were in trouble, they were taking hits and going down fast. I called in my medical probe, but it was too late, one was already lying dead on the deck.

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The day has arrived! BioWare is excited to announce that Star Wars: The Old Republic is officially on store shelves and available to everyone! This is an exciting day for everyone at BioWare and LucasArts, and to celebrate the launch of the game BioWare wants to show you all a short video. This documentary chronicles the development of the game, with members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic development team talking about the experience creating epic stories that allow players to live out their very own Star Wars fantasies in a galaxy populated with thousands of other players.

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From the moment BioWare announced the eight classes in Star Wars: The Old Republic fans have been pitting them against each other, arguing who would have the advantage in a one-on-one fight. The hallways of BioWare echo this debate, with the writers, combat designers and other developers all chiming in on which classes they feel will have the upper hand.

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