The latest playable class to be announced for BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMO,
The Old Republic, is the Imperial Agent, or, as it will more commonly be known, Not Jedi Knight. Inspired by
Star Wars characters like
Grand Moff Tarkin and
Zam Wesell, the latest Not Jedi Knight class will be an expert with technology and espionage, using "abilities of subversion and subterfuge to infiltrate and assassinate enemies of the Sith Empire with deadly efficiency."
Sounds like a good, assassin-style class for players whose friends inform them that not
everybody can be a
Jedi Knight or a
Sith Warrior. Check out screens of the Imperial Agent at
IncGamers.
{ Nov 6th 2009 at 7:00PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
That Burning Sensation @ Nov 6th 2009 7:04PM
How about sneaking a new Star Wars: Battlefront game instead.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 7:09PM
Or KotOR III...
Bubbameister33 (Confused by Fanboyism) @ Nov 6th 2009 7:54PM
^ I agree with this.
Wes @ Nov 6th 2009 10:55PM
How about still making The Old Republic but not making it look like absolute junk. I know, I know, its a work in progress but that screenshot above looks HORRIBLE. Absolute garbage. Especially compared to current mmorpgs and newer multiplayer games/single player game experiences on mid-range PCs.
Its almost like they are targetting this game towards 8-13 year olds who love all things Jedi and don't care about graphics or gameplay cause I can use a lightsaber!! which so sooooooo coool!
Doctor John Smith @ Nov 7th 2009 4:19AM
Given how heavily they seem to focusing on story, which the average member of the demographic you reference places far below graphics, I doubt they are catering to them.
Candlejack @ Nov 7th 2009 6:00AM
Wes, nah they're catering to the intelligent people, not the 20 year old Bro-Gamer losers.
That Burning Sensation @ Nov 6th 2009 7:15PM
Making a new Battlefront game would make sense... but this is Lucas Arts we are talking about here, they made Fracture instead.
Bluebreaker @ Nov 6th 2009 7:20PM
Not everyone wants to be a Jedi, you know! The past 3 or 5 Star Wars games were like 'Only Jedi Allowed'.
manyquestions @ Nov 6th 2009 9:15PM
Just to confirm what you all already suspect: No, as a matter of fact, 4 no longer exists.
cknblade @ Nov 6th 2009 7:25PM
Anybody else wish they'd just leave any form of jedi out as a playable class? They could just make them NPCs, and keep that exclusive, killing machine flair that jedi have been established as. Instead of dragons, final bosses will be jedi.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 7:30PM
I kinda agree.
No Sith either. I'm tired of posers trying to achieve my greatness. It's degrading.
And I would love to kill more Jedi...
Deck @ Nov 8th 2009 1:10PM
Nope, don't wish that. I am not going to play as a Jedi or a Sith but as someone who played Star Wars Galaxies at its inception for quite awhile, leaving Jedi's out is horrible. Because eventually they will come up with an idea to add them and it will be ridiculous, just like it was in SWG.
coffee_elf @ Nov 6th 2009 7:29PM
Can someone who is a bigger Star Wars nerd than I am explain why there are Imperials around at the time of the Old Republic?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 7:31PM
*waves hand*
Thou shalt not point out flaws in the plot!
Seriously, though...that's a good question. Pushing the limits of 'suspension of disbelief' here, BioWare.
coffee_elf @ Nov 6th 2009 7:34PM
*stares blankly*
I shall not point out flaws in the plot.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 7:35PM
I guess since there were Jedi in Galaxies, despite the violations in canon, they can get away with it. Also, the Imperial Empire is not necessarily the only one.
snowleopard233 @ Nov 6th 2009 7:52PM
(puts on nerd glasses and sighs)
They're referring to the SITH empire not the galactic empire that existed in the original trilogy. Apparently no matter which time period your living in, the term "empire" carries with it a certain air of domination and star-destroying. They tried "Sith Republic" and "Sith Confederacy" as well as "Sith Party" and "Sith and the Gang" but for the obvious reasons, these names didn't quite leave the same impression. Therefore, they picked the term "empire" completely oblivious to the fact that five billion years later an extremely old man with an affinity for electricity and his cybernetic backstreet boy would use the term once more.
There is your lore validation. Except to receive an invoice on monday.
manyquestions @ Nov 6th 2009 9:18PM
+3 awesome points to you, good sir.
Battro @ Nov 6th 2009 7:50PM
Uhm... do you guys know anything about the plot regarding TOR? It's about the war of ye olde Sith Empire that Revan went off to fight in the Unknown Regions and the Old Republic. And uh... Imperial Empire is somewhat redundant. Any Empire is... well, Imperial. I think you're looking for Galactic Empire ;)
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 7:52PM
Right...
I disregard MMO's in general. BioWare stabbed the fanbase in the back with this one.
And setting it 300 years in the future from KotOR was a cheap shot.
Battro @ Nov 6th 2009 7:57PM
Oh? I thought that it seemed like a fine window of time so that they can implement single-player titles between the end of 2 and before the start of TOR. As far as MMOs go... well, I've had may fair share of the genre so I don't mind it, and I trust Bioware to deliver. It'll be fun playing my own Canderous to my friend's Revan or my own Atton to his Exile, ahaha.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 8:00PM
Except there is no intention of making anymore single player titles. KotOR III was canceled by LucasArts between 2004-2005, and BioWare has stated that 'This game is KotOR III, IV, and V!"
Battro @ Nov 6th 2009 8:07PM
Meaning that its content will encompass that of three single player titles, which is just dandy. While it may not be explicitly titled KOTORIII or VII (the latter being a ridiculous idea), I think that there's still potential in the franchise. My faith in BioWare's ability to create a good MMO is compounded by my faith that they won't let the property waste away like Warcraft has.
But hey, this is all conjecture. Honestly, what I'd like to say most is that I'm sorry ta hear that MMOs aren't your cup o tea. Not all genres are for everyone, after all. I hope that something more to your tastes comes along in the future
coffee_elf @ Nov 6th 2009 9:21PM
I like "Sith and the Gang."
coffee_elf @ Nov 6th 2009 9:22PM
This isn't the reply I was looking for. :(
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 9:28PM
It's Kool...we know what you meant.
UNC_Samurai @ Nov 6th 2009 9:35PM
While I second the call for Battlefront III, am I the only one who wants a sequel to Rebellion?
ChuckBartowski @ Nov 6th 2009 11:59PM
Gawd i cant wait for this game. But like others mentioned, id kinda probably might maybe want a new battlefront thats not elite squadron.
Blank-Mage @ Nov 7th 2009 12:19AM
Can they use lightsabers? No? Didn't think so.
TheTreasoner @ Nov 7th 2009 1:09PM
God forbid someone with a less than $2000 gaming rig can run a game, amirite? I mean, its not like people with PCs that are over a year or two old enjoy gaming.
TheTreasoner @ Nov 7th 2009 1:11PM
dammit wtf. =/ Obviously in response to super gaming rig provider, Wes up there. I mean, he's going to give us all new PCs so they have NO CHOICE but to make this game have better graphics, right?