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Friday Update: Onslaught of the Empire Timeline Video

Today's update is the latest timeline entry, Onslaught of the Empire:

A new holorecord in the Jedi Archive tells the story of the Sith Empire's surprise attack at the start of the Great War over 28 years before the Sacking of Coruscant. Master Gnost-Dural notes the brilliance of the Imperial military's carefully orchestrated assault which put the Republic at a disadvantage for the duration of the conflict.

BTC 28 Centuries after being driven into exile, the Sith Empire returned from deep space to launch the most calculated military assault in Republic history. Strategically revealing its attack in a menacing manner, the Sith struck fear into the hearts of the Republic's defenders even while orchestrating surprise attacks at carefully targeted locations across the galaxy. When the Republic fleet rushed to respond, they discovered the Sith had established puppet governments on several planets in the Outer Rim. Surrounded by enemies and traitors, the Republic fleet was forced to scatter, allowing the Sith Empire to sweep through most of the Outer Rim without further challenge. The Empire's initial victories put the Republic at a disadvantage for the duration of the Great War.

Watch the sixth Timeline holorecord, Onslaught of the Sith Empire, narrated by actor Lance Henriksen.

NOTE: All download options will be available later today.


We noticed a few more planets mentioned, specifically in the Tingel Arm sector: Belkadan, Sernpidal, and Ruuria. A green planet is shown, referred to as located in the Sluis sector of the Outer Rim. We think this is Sluis Van (find credit: bigbaldpapa).


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  • Elkesai's avatar
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    #42 Elkesai Posted 1/26/2010 2:17:57 AM
    And I was Obi-Wand Kenobi. Too bad Princess Lay-ya couldn't be in it.
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    #41 Elkesai Posted 1/26/2010 2:14:31 AM
    According to you? Or the authors who originated the names? I mean, until I hear from them, I will attempt to pronounce them as my brain sees them, I suppose, as others do. But the way he's pronouncing them is (yes, in my opinion) the worst possible way. I hope they gave him the freedom to do it his way, regardless of the way they will be pronounce in-game, because...wow.

    I mean, it's like Sluis is French. Nope, SLOO-iss. MEE-nos. BOTH-a-wee (most common among my friends) or Bah-THOW-ee (the way I like it.

    Anyway, this post is all in good fun, since everyone has their own way. The problem with having an "official" pronunciation guide is that it will be the way the writer(s) hear(s) it. I suppose, though, that having the same pronunciation across the board in one game is probably a good idea. I just don't look forward to all the cringing I'll be doing. :)

    Oh, by the way...it's Suh-TELL. ;)
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    #39 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/25/2010 4:13:16 PM
    I thought they were........ "Baahth-a-wee", "Sloo-iss", "Mee-nos", and "Suh-teh-leh". I could excuse Satele though, since I doubt BW has given an official pronunciation of her name. I pronounce "Bothawui" like Mon Mothma pronounced "Bothans" in RotJ. Some official SW author needs to post proper pronunciations for all of these.
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    #40 Zoid Posted 1/25/2010 7:55:06 PM
    Bioware was talking about that somewhere, (I think it was the voiceover documentary) where they have little cheat sheets on how to keep a constant pronunciation across the board for the names, places and other Star Warsy words. Still, some aliens may have a funny accent just like in reality where they say things different.
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    #38 Elkesai Posted 1/25/2010 6:54:57 AM
    Lance Henriksen continues his quest to pronounce location names as far from logical (or even cool) as possible. Bothawui = Botha-woo-eee? Sluis = Sloo-ee? Minos = My-nose? Satele = Sa-teal? Oh wait, that last one one from a Darth Hater podcast...;)
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    #37 snafu Posted 1/25/2010 6:36:35 AM
    "Trouble in the Outer Rim" also happens to be the name of a gay porn movie I may or may not have been involved with
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    #32 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/23/2010 3:43:12 AM
    It would be interesting if the Sith Emperor was someone familiar like that, like Exar Kun. We already know he manages to survive to some 10 years ABY, so surviving 350 years to TOR wouldn't be out of the question.
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    #35 keroko Posted 1/24/2010 5:11:32 PM
    Doubtful though, Exar Kun was already past history in the first KotoR, and died on Yavin IV more than 300 years before the Great War started.
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    #36 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/24/2010 6:44:47 PM
    Death didn't stop him from surviving 3500 years to terrorize Luke's Jedi Academy. Imagine if he came back as a disembodied Emperor 300 years after his death. It wouldn't be the worst retcon SW has had.
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    #31 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/23/2010 1:14:18 AM
    Aren't Star Destroyers shaped like arrowheads? Or am I missing something? I need to watch more Timeline videos I think.
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    #30 Ascendant Posted 1/23/2010 12:16:31 AM
    The image is indeed of Kuat, but it is likely an art guy's error.

    http://images.darkhorse.com/darkhorse/downloads/desktops/swgalaxymap/swgalaxymap_lg.jpg

    Kuat is nowhere near the events being related when the image is shown. The whole timeline is about the Sith hitting the outer rim. The beginning of their onslaught. They don't reach the Core worlds for some time.
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    #26 Lethality Posted 1/22/2010 11:47:32 PM
    Wow... I am actually shocked. Unless BioWare produced that first, larger image at some point in the past (is it from a past BioWare game?)... they're stealing images from Wookieepedia for their timeline videos?
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    #28 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/23/2010 12:03:03 AM
    As the homestar said(and the Eaw_Kuat.jpg part of the name), it's from the Star Wars RTS game, "Star Wars: Empire at War". It's not ripping from Wookieepedia. LucasArts probably gave them permission to reuse the look. Plus it IS how Kuat looks, so they would want to at least come close to how it looked. :)
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    #33 Lethality Posted 1/23/2010 12:06:28 PM
    Well, either way I'm also shocked and amazed that they wouldn't have their own concept art at least for the planet by now, whatever it is...
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    #24 Remlish Posted 1/22/2010 10:49:20 PM
    That doesnt look like Sluis Van at all , and i cannot find anything to sugest that the planet was ever green. But there is one planet in the Sluis sector that looks exactly like that...Dagobah
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