I prefer to get it legally. That’s not only a moral stand, but also a choice to support the people that created the music of TOR; I personally believe that they deserve some recognition. And by the way, internet piracy is a path to the dark side...

First I would like to say that the soundtrack of SWTOR is great, and I enjoy it very much when I play the game, and have heard from other players that they also like it quite a lot. I therefore wonder if you would consider releasing the soundtrack separately, so that players who likes the music of TOR, but did not, or could not, buy the collectors’ edition, can buy it separately instead. Sincerely Thinitian PS. Other players who read this, and agree to that it would be great if the soundtrack was released separately, please do not hesitate to make a comment in the thread.

I agree to a great extent with the original poster, and I personally prefer the prequels (yes, despite Jar-Jar and the rest, but to be honest, ROTJ had Ewoks...) due to its much deeper story and highly Machiavellian political plotting (see it as a light-version of a political thriller, a very light one occasionally...). Especially anyone who has studied political history on university level or above should really appreciate the underlying plot of the PT. Still, I hold the OT in very high regard, and consider these also some of my favourite movies. Both trilogies are really good, and in one way, I would compare the OT to a T-Model Ford and the PT to a Ford Mustang (first generation). In one way, the Mustang is far better than the T-Model, especially when it comes to pure technology, which makes sense after a few decades of continuous development and research. However, the Mustang would never be able to match the impact of the T-Model when it was launched; suddenly the average American could afford a car, and the idea of the assembly line revolutionised our modern society. In many ways, it was the first modern car. The Mustang was just another one; it may have been a good one, but it was not unique, nor did it revolutionise the 60s. My point: decades of development (and a significant increase of budget for the movies) make a direct comparison between the OT and the PT rather unfair, but while the PT did not really alter our way to look at sci-fi movies, nor computer animation, etc., the OT really did change entirely our conception of sci-fi, of heroics and epic stories, of computer animation in movies, and it did perhaps even change the movie industry itself. I would therefore say, depending on what you look at, depending on what you consider, the OT as well as the PT could be seen as the better. Just my thoughts.

I agree entirely with original poster. Well, with the exception that I personally had rather high expectations, and I was still not disappointed. SWTOR was even the game that convinced me to seriously try a MMO, for many years I had been perfectly content with single-player-games (with good stories and narratives). I have seen most of the other MMOs of the last 10 years or so, and tested quite a few that my friends had, but never felt any actual desire to play them; I just got the impression that the story and setting was in general inferior to what many single-player-games could offer. I am personally not much for pvp, even if I do greatly enjoy flashpoints and such. Well, the fact that you could play as a Jedi in the Star Wars universe, defending the Old Republic from the evil of the Sith, may also have contributed to my decision... With the exception of occasional bugs (which quite a few single-player-games have had longer than two or three months after launch), I really can’t find anything which is really bad with the game. And when it comes to bugs, I have 1) never faced a game breaking bug that made me unable to play, although I have seen a few quite annoying ones, and 2) that all these bugs (with the exception of random codex entries, which are not really game breaking) have been fixed within three months from launch. The Customer Service isn’t as bad as everybody says, just that they should really do something about the automated ‘protocol droids’ that drive people crazy, and have made me occasionally more annoyed than necessary for minor bugs. SWTOR is not yet perfect; it’s great already, but it has the potential of becoming so much more. The young padawans just need to learn patience... Also good to see that the forum isn’t just for all the haters...

Original poster: could not have said it better myself. All of your points are very good, and as 2nd generation member of the Stars Wars community I agree entirely that whatever faults the ‘prequels’ had, most of the ‘originals’ had too. George Lucas is good on many things, but there is no doubt that there are fields that can be improved (e.g. dialogue writing, consistency in lore, Gungans/Ewoks). This may seem sacrilegious to some, but I personally prefer the ‘prequels’ to the ‘originals’. Why? No, it isn’t superior lightsabre duels or modern computer animation (many of my favourite movies are from the 50s and 60s; so much for computer animation...). I just find the overall story of Ep. I-III far better, and much deeper than that of Ep. IV-VI. Why? Prequels: the story of how the Old Republic fell, through indirect and ingenious political manoeuvring à la Machiavelli of the believed extinct Sith. It is the story of the cause, beginning and end of the most epic war in the movies (and, no, as a 2nd generation Star Wars fan, I do not like the ‘Clone Wars’), and the eventual fall of the Jedi Order. The thought, planning and execution of the destruction of the Galactic Republic, was, in many ways, very realistic and logical (anyone who has studied in depth the fall of the Roman Republic know what I am talking about). Fair enough, if you would like an ‘everyone lived happily ever after’-end, then Ep. III is far too dark. Originals: the story of how the unlikely hero against all odds (and common sense) manages to defeat the evil Empire. It isn’t as much about deeper long-term developments casing intergalactic change, but the classic straightforward epic of the hero (Luke) and his friends going against a seemingly invincible foe (the Empire), and prevail (i.e. destruction of the First Death Star), but they must then question their very identity and everything they believed in (Ep. V), followed by the inevitable victory for the ‘good guys’ through sheer heroism (and a few alien teddy-bears...). Still a great story following the classic epics (Homer would have been proud), and although I prefer the ‘prequels’, I still love Ep. IV-VI. Just my personal opinion.