Star Wars: The Old Republic collectors edition revealed [update]

by JC Fletcher on Jul 21st 2011 9:35AM

Being the time for all things collectible, we wouldn't be surprised if an official announcement of the Star Wars: The Old Republic collectors edition were to be issued this week during Comic-Con -- but there's no need to wait for such an announcement. GameStop has listed the $150 collectors edition now, with perfectly official-looking art and a description of the contents.

According to GameStop, your investment into the fancier edition of BioWare's MMO will get you a "Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue," a metal case, "The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural," a map, a soundtrack, and seven in-game items -- including an exclusive CE-only in-game store.

In addition, GameStop bonuses include a "color stone" to change your lightsaber's color (also found in a Polish retailer's recent listing) and early access! That's a pretty significant bonus -- not that we know when the release date is yet, much less the early access period.

Update: Well, that didn't take long. It's official, and available for pre-order now -- and, in addition to this version, there's also an Origin-exclusive "Digital Deluxe Edition" with all the in-game extras, 30 days of game time, and none of the tangible extras.

Source: GameStop

Tags: bioware, collectors-edition, electronic-arts, gamestop, pc, Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic, The-Old-Republic

Reader Comments (64)

Pre ordered my game this morning through Amazon.
Also, every preorder (regardless of where you buy) grants you a code for the Color Stone and early access.

@Rhamsey Preordered on Amazon and I didn't get a code :/

@FlareSama I got my code in an email about 2 minutes after pre ordering the game. Check your spam box.

@Rhamsey question, do you also get the code if you go to GameStop and preorder it as opposed to preordering it online?

@justawhiteguy From their website
"Online Customers: A code with instructions will be emailed to you within 24 hours of pre-order. Limit 1 pre-order per customer.
Store Customers: A code with instructions will be printed on your receipt at time of pre-order. "

i just ordered my physical disc copy from amazon (linked from swtor.com) and it states that the release date could be december 31.

@xakari

December 31st, i would bet, is just a place holder date

looooool 150 dollars. get out of here

Always remember.

29:30

did this have a monthly fee?

i cant remember if it did or not

@Kibbles XIII
Yes its gonna have one. Not sure how much yet but I would say 15 a month.

Let me know when that absurdly priced Collectors edition comes with a lifetime subscription, then we'll talk Bioware.

@DevilSei

$150 is expensive, but it isn't that bad when you consider that Gentle Giant statues retail for around $60. If you figure $60 for the game, $60 for the statue, then $30 for the art book, music CD, security key, collectors case, and all the in-game items, and its not that bad a deal. It may not be cheap, but it's not exactly a rip off, either

@DevilSei

It's only absurd if nobody would pay it willingly. Since this is Star Wars and Bioware, I think there are plenty who would shell that much in an instant, and they are expectantly taking advantage of that.

dat price

Crap, it's a bioware game, and it's bigger than ever before. Get ready for a forty gig install people!

@Haggard

Actually for people in the beta, its a 100+ gigs of download. The reason why is because every single NPC has a voice in the game, so its making the game bigger than normal.

@(Unverified)

Heh. 100 gigs of installation makes me wonder if retail sales might overshadow digital sales on this one.

@(Unverified)

100 gig download!!?! I literally spat my drink all over my desk when I read that.

@(Unverified)

It's not 100GB. It is around 30GB, though.

@BrappZannigan

So much data, so few fresh ideas... What a sham.

@(Unverified) no your wronge its a 38 gig download and at end its 27.5 gigs. /truth

@(Unverified) No for people in beta it is a 40 gig install.

@Haggard
They're really going for Moore's law of exponential growth here then. I too spat all over my desk when I read Mass Effect was 10GB. Then ME2 was 15, now 30-100..

Do I buy a HDD because things are getting ridiculously massive or an SSD because I'm a glutton for required upgrade punishment?

You know, I am getting married December 17th this year. Somehow I know they are going to start early access to it on the same day or something like that. Thus ruining my life.

@ployer The fact you are getting married already insures your life is ruined.

I tell ya I get no respect!

@ployer

*cough**cough*

IT'S A TRAP!

@ployer

Congrats Ployer!! I am getting married on December 10th myself!! And yes... I totally hear ya about ruining TOR :P

@ployer Dude, don't do it. Take it from the married guys on here. Terrible idea.

@Aquaryon

What can I say, I love her =) and I don't want to live my life with out her. Luckily she is a gamer too, we actually met playing WoW. She isnt a big star wars fan though, but hopefully I can change that.

@ployer

My birthday blessings for that day, hope it goes well. And may you get her to play SWTOR with you, should be fun. :)

@dtrain1183
People who say don't get married are doing it wrong.

Soon enough "Collectocon" will assemble and crush the basic editions of mediocrity!

"You no have collectable status. ME CRUSH YOU!"

Gamestop will see me soon

While that price does make me cringe, you can't ignore the fact that the statue is probably valued at $60-$75 (based on other similar type of statues).

Assuming I'm not completely wrong with the above estimate, $150 sounds about right. Blizzard's CE's are usually around $80 with close to the same amount of items minus the statue. Add those together and BAM, $140-$155 estimated price tag.

Of course, they prob bought a bazzillion statues, got them for $0.50 each and will charge us the full price to include it :P

That and I'm just trying to convince myself its worth buying. God I want this.

@Tyran Yeah, but the statue is stupid. WTF is with all these statues in collectors editions? At least the wow CE's have stuff you might actually put to use... a mousepad and an art book. I'd rather have an $80 CE without the lame statue (and no the digital deluxe doesn't cut it).

@badkins1102

I can understand how most probably don't care about the statue as I usually don't for other games. I for one think its awesome, but I'm also a giant SW geek (if you can't tell by my avatar). This statue would look nice along all my other SW memorabilia.

@Tyran I bought my collectors edition this morning. Gonna put the statue in my wife's hamsters estate (I'm not kidding, he lives in a castle) for him to play with.

@Tyran

aaaand I preordered over lunch. My own reasoning got the best of me :)

@badkins1102

If you work in an studio that lets you decorate your cube, a statue like this is awesome. I need moar stuffz for my geek-o-sphere

Awesome, not available in Australia at launch, even through digital distribution. Already a thousand post long thread on the forums full of people raging. Guess I'll be importing once again.

Witcher 2 CE is like $60 less for the same content. Must feel nice being ripped off buy EA.

@AMonkey I missed the Witcher 2 launch, but everywhere I'm seeing it has the CE priced at $130.

Pre-ordering from Origin nets you this lovely little message:

Pre-order request received

'Thank you for submitting your request for a Star Wars: The Old Republic pre-order. Your request will be processed in the order it was received, while quantities last. An e-mail will be sent within 48 hours to let you know if your request was successful. If your request was successful your credit card will be charged for the pre-order. Your card will be charged for the price of the edition you ordered when the product is released.

BASED ON YOUR ESTIMATES, YOU ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE YOUR PRE-ORDER.

Your order submission number is __.
An email with this information has been sent to __.
You will receive another email when your order has been processed.'

The part in all capitals is what confuses me. Why should there be a chance of running out of product if it's digital? Isn't that the entire purpose of pre-ordering something on a d2d service?

@Mr Tambourine Man WoW had something similar with the Celestial Steed. They generated a finite amount of keys to be used. The beauty is that they can always generate more.

Stayed up until 3AM to guarantee myself a Collector's Edition. I was successful. Mountain will run through my veins this morning.

@(Unverified) Mount Dew.* Ug, I'm tired.

Star Wars the Old Republic Pre Order 2011 OFFER HERE:

http://pqrnews.com/News/star-wars-the-old-republic-pre-order-available-swtor-2011/

I'd drop $150 on a collectors edition for mass effect... but definitely not this. The 'deluxe digital' is crap too... $20 more for stuff that does nothing. I want to know what this collector's edition vendor sells. They could be stepping on a lot of toes if it is ANYTHING that will benefit them more than vanity items.

At that price you'd think they threw in a few months on the house eh

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