• Technical Difficulties

    It appears there are a few minor bugs with the site at the moment. Commenting seems to be broken but everything else is fine. We're working to fix the issue as soon as possible. We'll update this post when the issue is resolved.

    Update: Comments appear to be working now. Let us know if you guys/gals find any other bugs.

  • Live Q&A Wednesday, December 15

    Those who figured out the background image formula can pat themselves on the back: join us for a Darth Hater Live Q and A session on Wednesday, December 15 at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET. The Q and A session with the Darth Hater team will last approximately one hour, and take place on our TypeFrag-hosted Ventrilo server.



    The server settings are:

    Hostname: vent.darthhater.com
    Port: 26166

    After you successfully connect, please do the following:


    1. Join the DarthHater.com channel


    2. Turn off all TTS/WAV binds in your Ventrilo client


    3. Click the "Chat" button in your Ventrilo client


    Please note we will create a thread in our forums on December 15 for those who cannot attend to post their questions, and we'll select a few to answer during the event. As always, we'll make the recording available a few days after the Live Q and A.

    Update: The questions thread is now up for those looking to ask questions but cannot attend.

  • Happy Thanksgiving from Darth Hater

    Thanksgiving is a special time for many Americans. Today, we are encouraged to look back over the previous year and acknowledge the many things we are thankful for. Those of us at Darth Hater know that a large segment of our diverse international community does not celebrate this uniquely American holiday, but we decided it might be fun to get everyone involved. However, we wouldn't be who we are if we didn't put a Star Wars: The Old Republic spin on it. So, join our comment section and let us all look back over 2010 to see what revealed information on TOR we are thankful for.

  • Something Shaded This Way Comes

    Stay riveted...

    We made a promise a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and although we completely fell through on that promise, somebody came along to pick us back up. You may only see a humble blog and forum when you look at Darth Hater, but behind the scenes is a foundry, constantly at work on new things for our readers to absorb. On Monday, November 1st, we'll give you a small taste of what's to come, opening the spigot of new features and projects we've been working on. Our first priority at Darth Hater is you, and we believe we have something to ease the wait for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

  • Darth Hater & Extra Life


    This Saturday, October 16th, Darth Hater will be joining gamers from around the world in the Extra Life gaming marathon. Extra Life is a wonderful charity designed to let gamers help the Children's Miracle Network raise money for children's hospitals across the globe. Participation is completely volunteer and 100% of all proceeds go directly to help the kids.

    This marks the third year for this annual event and we are going to help make it the best year yet. The Extra Life gaming marathon is very similar to fun runs and other charity events. The difference is, instead of being sponsored for miles run, we are sponsored for hours played. Starting at 8am this Saturday, we will be playing games for a full 24 hours, ending as the sun comes up at 8am on Sunday. We would love to show these kids what the SWTOR community can do and appreciate any help you can give.

    If you would like to sign up for Extra Life and raise some money on your own this Saturday you can make an account here.

    If you would like to sponsor the official Darth Hater team you can do that here.

    If you just want to support those participating and join in the fun you can join our Ventrilo server here.

    There are some sick kids out there that could really use the help and you are never going to find a better reason to spend 24 hours playing video games. Hope you can join us!

    Update: We want to give a huge thank you to the community. In under 24 hours we are already 33% of the way to our goal of raising $500. You guys and gals are amazing and we are proud to have such a wonderful community backing us up!

    Stream Links after the jump.

  • Open Positions at Darth Hater

    Darth Hater currently has several open positions for those seeking to become a part of our team, get some potential exposure in the gaming industry, or just want to lend some time helping us follow Star Wars: The Old Republic.

  • Choose Your Side Promotion

    For the Darth Hater one year anniversary, we wanted to focus on you -- the community that makes us what we are -- with fun surprises such as our Blood of The Empire exclusive and our Threat of Peace promotion. Continuing this theme, LucasArts and BioWare offered to give away some items to the true Haters out there. In order to do this, we need a hand.

    Help us Haters, you're our only hope...

  • Celebrating One Year of Hate



    Darth Hater celebrates our one year anniversary this week, and we want to welcome everyone in the Star Wars: The Old Republic community, both new and old, to join us as we blow out the first candle in our birthday cake! We introduced everyone to our distinctive orange boxes in July 2009, and quickly found ourselves swept away by the tide of curiosity. This wonderful adventure lead us from PAX and LucasArts' studio to GDC and E3, and we have you, the community, to thank for making this possible.

    Some time between hurriedly scraping together the money for a last minute flight to California and staying up until five in the morning to finish an article, we discovered that Star Wars: The Old Republic is in our blood. Although we come from very different backgrounds, everyone on the team shares an excitement for TOR and a deep desire to learn everything we can. We express this passion each time we post an article or record a podcast, and we constantly see the same dedication reflected in the comments and questions from the community.

    We pride ourselves on presenting the most relevant and factual information regarding Star Wars: The Old Republic, and plan to for many years to come, but we can't do it without your help. It would be impossible for us to count the number of times we received assistance in our work -- whether be it on our ventrilo, through our contact page, or on our forums -- and we want to say thank you to everyone (past, present, and future) who help to make Darth Hater what it is today; we wouldn't be here without you. So, grab some blue milk, load your X-Wing with fireworks, and stay tuned to Darth Hater for a week of surprises and all the Hate you can handle.

  • Darth Hater Live Q&A Monday, June 21 6p PST / 9p EST

    Join us for a Darth Hater Live Q&A session on Monday, June 21 at 6PM PST / 9PM EST. The Q&A session will last approximately one hour, and take place on our TypeFrag-hosted Ventrilo server.



    The server settings are:

    Hostname: vent.darthhater.com
    Port: 26166

    After you successfully connect, please do the following:


    1. Join the DarthHater.com channel


    2. Turn off all TTS/WAV binds in your Ventrilo client


    3. Click the "Chat" button in your Ventrilo client


    For those who cannot attend, please note we will make the recording available within a few days.

    Update: Recording of the Live Q&A is now online, thanks to all that attended.