Greetings, bloggers, friends, and fellow fans!

I hope you all had a good, restful Thanksgiving if you live in America and just a good week if not. Today I'm going to be discussing something that has been dragging on, quite frankly, my heart since October 21: Could The Old Republic and Kotor 3 exist together?

This questions seems honest enough, right? Well, it's actually quite complicated. First, let's set this down: The Old Republic is not not Knights of the Old Republic III. It has a different name, contract, as well as setting, taking place 300 hundred years after the events of Kotor. However, the story does follow that of which was setup in the first Knights of the Old Republic games. In fact, according to Bioware, this could be considered "Kotor 3-12." But in what way? I just said it's not Kotor 3, but Bioware says that it is not only 3 but 3 through 12!

I'd like to assume content, not story, and here's why: I want a single player Kotor 3 to finish the specific, note specific, story of Revan and the Exile. I want to go into the Unknown Region and learn what happens to them first hand, whether that means being a Padawan sent to investigate or being one of them, I don't care. I want The Old Republic to hint at what happen but leave open the door to explore it by myself in a single player Kotor 3; I want to feel what Revan felt, hear what the Exile heard, see what Bastila saw, etc. I'm a complete or nothing person-- if it's hinted at that's nice, but I always love the feeling I get when I connect something in different games, stories, comics; to me, it's good writing. I don't want some dragged out, useless story arc when I could be seeing the most creative writing in the world and happily paying to play it.

Now, I'm not saying The Old Republic doesn't mean anything to me; it certainly does. Quite a lot, actually. I now can have a feel for what the galaxy was like closer to pre-Bane and I love it. It also will give me a fine sense of community again; I played SWG and loved it and I plan on playing it again when I get the chance. Personally, I find the idea of a Kotor era MMO brilliant and if they leave some parts vague it can absolutely work with a single player RPG Knights of the Old Republic III. I have faith that the writers involved with TOR, which include many that worked on Kotor and hopefully may include Drew K after he finished Bane 3 and ME 2, will write awesome stories that actually are worthy of the Kotor saga. I also think they will write to be vague for us gamers to enjoy one more Kotor thing.

So, could TOR and Kotor 3 exist together? Sure, why the heck not! Well, I think so. What do you guys think though? Leave that in the comments-- I'm very interested in this subject for some reason.

That about wraps up my thoughts on this topic; next time I should be going into why SW celebs are the best, which should be quite fun. Until next time, may the force be with you and the gaming controller as well!

Signing off,
SOS15