It turns out that Dave Dorman, who has been doing Star Wars artwork for a LONG time, plays SWTOR! We talk to him in our latest episode (167) of OotiniCast, which you can download from here. Dave's stuff is amazing, and a bunch of his original pieces were purchased by George Lucas. He gives some fascinating insight into how a work goes from concept to finished product, and talks about his years of doing commercial work for LucasFilm. At least one armor set in SWTOR is based directly on an illustration of his. In case you haven't heard about us before, we're a SWTOR podcast that's been around for nearly 3 years, covering news with occasional game-related discussions.

OotiniCast Episode 167 Redna interviews illustrator Dave Dorman, who is best known for his Star Wars artwork.

OotiniCast Episode 166 As we wait for expansion news, we finally notice that Revan seems to have a spare lightsaber, and speculate wildly about the release date of 3.0.

OotiniCast Episode 165 In the news, we discuss the teaser for the expansion coming towards the end of the year. Then in our discussion, the topic is how the Conquest system is playing out, positives and negatives, and some ideas about how to tweak it for the better.

OotiniCast Episode 164 Game Update 2.10: Forged Alliances is here, concluding the story arc that will lead us to the end-of-year expansion. In our discussion, we talk about some misconceptions that (hopefully very few) players have about SWTOR's game mechanics.

OotiniCast Episode 163 In the news we cover The Harbinger's woes and the Community Cantina that was held in Seattle. We then discuss the class changes coming next week in Game Update 2.10.

OotiniCast Episode 162 In the news we mainly talk about Conquests, now in their second week. Rube (@ThePummeler) then provides some great tips on how to be effective in open world PvP.

OotiniCast Episode 161 Redna interviews Aridan the Cyberelf, a long-time cosplayer whose best known for his portrayal of Revan.

OotiniCast Episode 160 Game Update 2.9: Galactic Strongholds is here! We cover its deployment, along with the Community Cantina held in Cologne, Germany. In our discussion, Bill is back with more wealth creation tips as players rush to decorate their Strongholds.

Thanks mate! We'll try. We'll be having our 3 year anniversary before too long.

OotiniCast Episode 159 Topics this week include Game Update 2.10 being deployed onto the PTS this week and the Ranked PvP Season 2 rewards.

OotiniCast Episode 158 More details emerge about what's coming in Game Update 2.9 with both guild flagships and planetary conquests being added to the PTS. In our discussion, Bill returns with plenty of advice on preparing to make a fortune in credits once 2.9 is live.

As good as any other place! Thanks for the kind words, mate. Very much appreciated.

OotiniCast Episode 157 Teo interviews Swtorista, owner/creator of swtorista.com and swtorstrongholds.com.

OotiniCast Episode 156 Now that Game Update 2.9 is on the PTS, we discuss our own experiences with Galactic Strongholds and take a spoiler-free look at the new Tactical Flashpoint on Manaan. In our discussion, Marshall Carr talks about the Community Cantina he attended that was held last week in San Diego.

OotiniCast Episode 155 In the news, we talk about Game Update 2.8.2, the Manaan lore article along with confirmation that part 2 of Forged Alliances will take place there, and Friday's Galactic Strongholds livestream. The discussion this week is Chill talking through his experience of spending a day visiting the BioWare Austin studio.

OotiniCast Episode 154 During his visit to BioWare Austin, Chill interviews the SWTOR Community Team, talking to Eric Musco (Community Manager), Hillary Nicole (Community Coordinator), Tait Watson (Community Production Coordinator) and Courtney Woods (Lead Community Coordinator).

OotiniCast Episode 153 Redna interviews Double-bubbles of The Bastion, currently the top-ranked Sage, with his Sorcerer Double-bubble in second place, on the PvP Ranked Season 2 leaderboard for Sage/Sorcerer.

OotiniCast Episode 152 This week we're once again talking about Galactic Strongholds as more details emerge. Only four weeks until it's live on 19 August!

OotiniCast Episode 151 We talk about the aftermath of double XP week, a bit of news, and the Sniper/Gunslinger Q&A. In our discussion, the topic is voice comms, where we examine the merits of Mumble, Teamspeak and Ventrilo, and whether in-game voice could be a good idea.

OotiniCast Episode 150 Game Update 2.8.1 was deployed this week with a number of quality of life bug fixes. We also discuss the huge amount of detail released about Galactic Strongholds!

OotiniCast Episode 149 Chill interviews Courtney Woods, BioWare's Lead Community Coordinator for SWTOR.

OotiniCast Episode 148 In the news we cover what's coming in Game Update 2.8.1, the Operative/Scoundrel Q&A, and the rumoured SWTOR summer pass. We then present our Bomber roundtable, the third in our Galactic Starfighter series.

OotiniCast Episode 147 This week we talk about the patches that fixed all the things, and the Community Cantina held in LA last week. In our discussion, veteran pilots Dan and Dunedai return to present the state of Galactic Starfighter.

OotiniCast Episode 146 We talk about Game Update 2.8 and its woes in the news. In our discussion, our guildmate Pez describes the community standard for measuring one's DPS, and gives some tips on how to improve it.