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.

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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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  • emlaeh's avatar
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    #25 emlaeh Posted 1/22/2010 11:40:28 PM
    We suspect Sluis Van because of the shipyard references, but of course, we could be wrong. If you check the Wookieepedia page for Sluis Van, you'll see some docking stations that look very similar to the ones that are attacked in the timeline video.
  • GACA's avatar
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    #27 GACA Posted 1/23/2010 12:02:26 AM
    If you listen close enough, you can hear Master Gnost Dural say the lost of the planet cut off the Rimma Trade Route. If you look at the image below of the Rimma Trade Route, not only is Kuat not apart of it but, Sluis Van a planet in the outer rim which is also mentioned to be where the sith are attacking.
    http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/0e/Rimma_Trade_Route.jpg
  • RogueJedi86's avatar
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    #29 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/23/2010 12:08:43 AM
    I don't see Kuat on that map....
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    #34 Tudana Posted 1/23/2010 5:42:30 PM
    yea, they sure got lazy on that planet involvement in the video, guess they didnt think we would catch that.

    sad sad...what else will they try on something more important and gorund breaking.
  • lainken's avatar
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    #23 lainken Posted 1/22/2010 9:49:53 PM
    Thankyou bioware for this timeline vid I've been waiting 3months!!!
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    #21 DirectX Posted 1/22/2010 9:40:36 PM
    It certainly does look like Kuat. The dialogue and the image shown don't seem to match up. Gnost-Dural says Sluis sector and Outer Rim, but Kuat is located near the deep core in the Kuat sector.
  • DirectX's avatar
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    #22 DirectX Posted 1/22/2010 9:44:35 PM
    The dialogue is probably meant to be vague. Short version: the Empire destroyed a lot of Republic property at the start of the war :)
  • Xavier's avatar
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    #20 Xavier Posted 1/22/2010 8:24:42 PM
    The timeline vids have told us things about the actual game, Imperial Agent anyone?

    I've said it before and I'll say it again. We aren't getting anything "big" for the next few weeks becasue, Mass Effect 2 comes out next week. If you were a company, would you divert hype away from a game who's launch is imminent, by releasing headline stealing information for another game that isn't due for over a year? I wouldn't.

    Look at January and February this way, it's giving the devs a chance to catch there breaths after the info released in December and the Holidays. It allows BioWare as a company to turn there attention to Mass Effect for a bit. Then when the convention season gets here, they'll be ready to hit their stride.

    GDC and PAX East are in March. PAX East is expecting 30,000 - 50,000 people. All of the major industry news outlets will be there and it's almost two full months after Mass Effect 2's release. Sounds like a great time to refocus people on TOR, don't you think?
  • TimSkijwalker's avatar
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    #19 TimSkijwalker Posted 1/22/2010 7:54:31 PM
    i agree with you...i also want something of the game shown,....but you have to admit...this was one of the better timeline vid's .....this was the week for the timeline dude's....next week will be our week.....gameplay....(I HOPE XD)
  • TheBBP's avatar
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    #18 TheBBP Posted 1/22/2010 7:25:31 PM
    The timeline has plenty to do with the game we will play. This is going to be hard to believe... but guess what they build a story-based MMO out of?


    Story.
  • NKDietrich's avatar
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    #17 NKDietrich Posted 1/22/2010 7:20:14 PM
    Sorry chief, but we were in dire need of a timeline. Sorry that they don't release a 20 minute gameplay video every week, but some of us are actually interested in this stuff.
  • RogueJedi86's avatar
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    #16 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/22/2010 7:15:29 PM
    Damned if you do, damned if you don't. A lot of people here were asking for a Timeline update since we hadn't had one in months. Then BioWare does a Timeline update, and they still get complaints. They can't win no matter what they do, can they?
  • TimSkijwalker's avatar
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    #14 TimSkijwalker Posted 1/22/2010 6:14:45 PM
    i didnt expect myself to be happy with this....but i am...the vid looked pretty nice.....now the next problem is....how biga re the planets going to be....i dont wanna end up with 20 small planets instead of 10 big planets....they defenetly need to be big.....
  • acolyte2475's avatar
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    #12 acolyte2475 Posted 1/22/2010 5:52:36 PM
    This video makes my think there will be a lot more planets then I originaly thought! Looking back at the map near the end of the first timeline video, there are 16 planet icons marked on the map. 8 for each faction.
  • RogueJedi86's avatar
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    #11 RogueJedi86 Posted 1/22/2010 5:24:32 PM
    I wish I knew what y'all were saying......
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