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Imperial Agent Revealed at European Press Event

Exciting news this morning for fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Imperial Agent class was revealed at a European press event, and is currently popping up in Google alerts across the internet. We first noticed news from Now Gamer about the reveal. Shortly after, Sean Dahlberg made the official announcement on the TOR forums.

And the next class reveal is:

For those of you who may have attended or read reviews from the Electronic Arts European Press Tour that happened earlier this week, you already know the answer to this. Its the Imperial Agent

The Imperial Agent is heavily inspired by several classic Star Wars characters such as Zam Wessel and Grand Moff Tarkin. Imperial Agents work behind the scenes to get the work of the Empire done. Specializing in high-tech gear, the Imperial Agent always has the right tools at the right time. They use abilities of subversion and subterfuge to infiltrate and assassinate enemies of the Sith Empire with deadly efficiency. Players who choose to be Imperial Agents in The Old Republic (TOR) will see the underbelly of the Empire in a whole new light.

Stay tuned for the Imperial Agents HoloNet update next week. In the meanwhile, join the speculation on the Imperial Agents class forums

We were also able to see the first screenshots for the Imperial Agent courtesy of Inc Gamers, and here they are

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Now that this information has been confirmed by BioWare, we are just waiting for more class data to analyze. We are following this news closely, and, as more is revealed, we will keep you up to date. So stay tuned to Darth Hater
Tags: Friday Update , Class , Holonet , Imperial Agent , Zam Wessel , Tarkin

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  • Posted 11/8/2009 5:16:09 AM #19
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    Black is slimming
  • Posted 11/8/2009 1:36:06 PM #21
    Fedaykin
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    So far it seems there's a two-choise body shape modifier: "Beefy" and "Slim". Or as the Bioware fellas would say it: "We will be tapping into the desire of players wanting to experience either the Angelina Jolie/Jeniffer Lopez fantasy or the Amy Winehouse archtype." "As for the males; they'll be able to choose between the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger type or the typical Brad Pitt role."
  • Posted 11/6/2009 11:50:01 PM #16
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    Devs have stated that we wont get to play a Mando 'initially', I'm guessing 1st expansion.
  • Posted 11/6/2009 10:45:39 PM #15
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    It does look a bit emaciated and bent ;)
  • Posted 11/6/2009 10:38:46 PM #14
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    I agree that Tarkin and Zam were bad choices. The expanded universe and wiki both say Zam is a BH.

    Garindan would be a good example, but not many know who he is. ^.^ I mean... his voice was a synthesized John Wayne clip. How cool is that?!
  • Posted 11/6/2009 7:50:31 PM #13
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    Wait. What? Huh?!

    I fail to check this site one morning and there's the Imperial Agent?

    They're making fun of me and my exel sheet aren't they?
  • Posted 11/7/2009 3:41:30 PM #18
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    Making fun of us staying up late playing Dragon Age and having to get up early ;).
  • Posted 11/8/2009 1:29:25 PM #20
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    Also: I predicted a speed-up in Timeline reveals. Not a speed-up in class reveals! They're totally making fun of us. I horrably fail as an SW:TOR seer. I guess I'll leave it up to you Darth Haters. That way I can read it and pretend to be indifferent while others do the over-exited geeky work for me.
  • Posted 11/6/2009 7:34:42 PM #12
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    stealth/sniper class? maybe packing an electric vibro-dagger when foes get close, based off the web comics and every ranged class so far has a cc in melee range. looks good though, cant wait to see him on the holonet.
  • Posted 11/6/2009 7:26:52 PM #11
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    I'm excited for the story line of this class. There are a lot of cool and interesting things you can do with an Imperial Agent in the star wars universe, so I imagine it will be a fun class to quest with.
  • Posted 11/6/2009 4:43:32 PM #9
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    Did they actually say they were inspired from the Moffs, Trakin etc or was that just creative license on the authors part? Because the moffs were not really the ones getting their hands dirty, they were the ones ordering people to get their hands dirty and do things we will be doing as the Imperial Agent class.
  • Posted 11/7/2009 1:41:06 AM #17
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    Presumably Agent is meant to be the political side of the Sith Empire, contrasting with the Sith Warriors being the Force side of the Empire. You start as a lowly assassin like Zam Wessel, and advance in ranks to eventually be a Grand Moff Tarkin like figure who still fights in combat. I can imagine alot of potential in their storyline, dealing with enemies and corrupted allies alike.
  • Posted 11/6/2009 5:05:42 PM #10
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    EDIT: Just saw Seans comments about the inspiration for the, Zam I can see but I stand by the point the Tarkin or the Moffs were not agents, they were officers who gave orders and didn't get their own hands dirty.
  • Posted 11/6/2009 3:45:08 PM #7
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    I don't know how we didn't see this class coming ug im and idiot!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNj8ivZt0E
  • Posted 11/6/2009 3:43:16 PM #6
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    I would hope that the speeder is a mount.
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