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Are you familiar with the Star Wars galaxy as it was thousands of years before Darth Vader? Many gamers are. Blogger Jonny Rose considers the next Jedi title from LucasArts and BioWare.

The New Old Republic

This post is by Jonny Rose, one of our new bloggers. Read more about some of our contributors in the next issue of SFX, on sale Wednesday 11 March.

There was a preview of the forthcoming Old Republic MMORPG in the George Lucas special which SFX published in 2008. SFX loves Knights Of The Old Republic, and you can read a little bit more about the original in the series in a big games feature coming in SFX 182.

Are you a gamer? Will this new Star Wars game make you want to dip your toe into the world of online role-playing? Comments welcome as always...

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