Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO officially unveiled

Following months of whispers and speculation, LucasArts has finally announced that BioWare is hard at work on a Windows PC-exclusive, massively multiplayer online sequel to its beloved Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing series.

Star Wars: The Old Republic will, according to a press release issued yesterday (October 21, 2008), once again takes place thousands (3500 to be precise) of years before the events of the popular movie trilogy but 300 years after the events of the original Knights of the Old Republic.

Players will able to choose from…