Star Wars: Knights of the New Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the New Republic, or KOTNR is an action RPG published by LucasArts and developed in part by Bioware and EB Industries. It is a spiritual successor to the hugely popular 2003 game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The game retains the RTS aspects of the first game, and also keeps much of the exploration element of the previous game. KOTNR takes place well after the first game and after the events of Star Wars: Episode VII, roughly around 9 ABY. It runs on roughly the same engine as the first game, but the graphics are obviously far superior due to next gen consoles.

Gameplay[]

KOTNR is a RTS combat focused RPG with heavy exploration elements. There are around 30 planets confirmed to be accessible at this point, as opposed to the 6 or 7 available in its predecessor.

Combat[]

Combat is relatively similar to KOTOR, with an option for an attack available on a bar under the character. Attack abilities can be upgraded through leveling up, as well as items that are picked up throughout the game. Some additions to the combat are the use of portable shields to use as cover, as well as the ability to take cover during a firefight. Grenades can be thrown while on the run, and the animations for running and combat after running have been totally upgraded to make them look more smooth. Combat rolls and the chance to throw back grenades has been added as well.

Levelling[]

KOTNR has a high priority on RPG elements, such as leveling up. KOTNR uses experience points acquired from quests or killing enemies to help level up your character. Upgrades such as more grenade space, a higher party size, or the ability to shoot force lightning are just the beginning of some of the many upgrades available.

Light Side/Dark Side[]

Star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii-the-sith-lords-20041130072322905 — A light/dark side meter

KOTNR reuses a key part of KOTOR: the light/dark side meter. This meter was altered based on choices the character made in the game. A light side choice would be something like letting a prisoner go after using them for information. A dark side choice would be killing that prisoner after you have gained the information needed. More neutral choices have been included, which help the player if they want to play as a mercenary or bounty hunter. All of these choices have an effect on the ending and on the kinds of upgrades your character can get. For example: force lightning is a dark side power, while battle meditation is used most effectively as a light side jedi. These upgrades are still usable to opposite side jedi, but will not be as useful.

Exploration[]

Exploration is a key element in the game, as exploring will open up new areas and reveal secrets and easter eggs. Exploring is a good way to earn xp, as charting an area will give a player extra xp, but the player will be subjected to the dangers of the wilderness. Exploring will also help you find new party members and quests.

Conquering[]

If you play as the dark side, conquering a planet is crucial in the war effort. To capture a planet, you must raise an army of either clones, soldiers, or mercenaries, acquire ships, and besiege the capital ship guarding the desired planet. After killing the commander on board, the player must capture a base on the planet's surface to claim victory. However, these bases can be attacked and taken back at any time by opposite side forces. If you play as a light side jedi, you can reclaim the planets by doing the same as conquering them. Once a dark side character has finished all the main storyline missions on the planet, they can choose to obliterate it, leaving it inaccessible for the rest of the game and upping your dark side points tremendously.

Transportation[]

Mounts, such as blurrgs, orrays, kybucks, and tauntauns are used to travel great distances in a short time. These mounts can either be tamed or bought at livestock stores. Different livestock stores will have different mounts depending on the planet.

Speeder bikes and pod racers are also viable forms of transportation. They go much faster and can be equipped with weapons, but cost much more. The player can also use tanks and other army vehicles in the game. The attacks in these vehicles is very similar to that of regular attacks.

The player's flagship, aptly named The Spirit of the Ebon Hawk, can be changed and upgraded from a small smuggler ship resembling that of Boba Fett's, or a large destroyer class cruiser used to carry whole armies.

Mounts[]

Species	Attributes	Homeworld
Bantha	Speed: 1 Trample: 2 Cost: 4,000c	Tatooine
Falumpaset	Speed: 3 Trample: 1 Cost: 5,500c	Naboo
Tauntaun	Speed: 5 Trample: 2 Cost: 6,700c	Hoth
Blurrg	Speed: 5 Trample: 6 Attacks: Bite Cost: 7,000c	Ryloth
Bol	Speed: 6 Trample: 5 Cost: 7,000c	Dantooine
Kybuck	Speed: 8 Trample: 6 Cost: 8,300c	Kashyyyk
Guarlara	Speed: 9 Trample: 6 Cost: 8,500c	Naboo
Orray	Speed: 7 Trample: 7 Cost: 8,500c	Geonosis
Varactyl	Speed: 10 Trample: 6 Attacks: Bite, claw Cost: 9,400c	Utapau
Rancor	Speed: 7 Trample: 15 (special) Attacks: Swing, bite, stomp Cost: 20,000c	Dathomir

Speeder Bikes[]

Speeder	Attributes	Attachments
Flitknot Speeder	Speed: 7 Cost: 3,200c	none
22-B Nightfalcon Speeder Bike	Speed: 9 Cost: 4,000c	none
GSI EMP-03 Explorer	Speed: 10 Cost: 5,000c	none
74-Z Speeder Bike	Speed: 11 Cost: 8,400c	Blasters: 2,000c
Kybuck Speeder Bike	Speed: 12 Cost: 9,000c	Blasters: 2,000c
Quickfire Speeder Bike	Speed: 13 Cost: 14,000c	Blasters: 2,000c Armor: 3,000c
FC-20 Speeder Bike	Speed: 15 Cost: 20,000c	Blasters: 2,000c Armor: 3,000c Scout Droid: 4,500c
Ubrikkian Speeder	Speed: 17 Cost: 28,000c	Blasters: 2,000c Armor: 3,000c Scout Droid: 4,500c Mines: 5,000c

Armies[]

Once a player rises to leader of their faction, they can assemble an army sufficient enough to defeat their opposition. The player can ask worlds they hold for soldiers, hold a draft (gains dark side points), hire mercenaries or make clones or droids. As a leader, you can even buy beasts, such as wampas and aacklays for your army. You should also invest in vehicles and ships for your army, as well as special units and upgrades. Jedi and Sith can also be recruited or turned to fight for your side in war. During battles, you can command your forces from the field or in a top down perspective, adding in some more RTS and some managing aspects in the game.

Character Customization[]

At the beginning of the game the player is prompted to create their own player who they control throughout the game. This creation has the basic facial customization aspects, and has a new feature from KOTOR: the ability to choose the race of your character. There are several races that are playable and each have their own advantages.

Image	Race	Stats
	Human	All around stats Starts with sabre throw and tactician skill
	Nautolan	+1 agility. Can breathe underwater.
	Mon Calamari	+1 awareness Can breather underwater
	Devaronian	+1 stealth +1 persuasion Starts with deception skill
	Yoda's Species	+4 awareness +2 agility -4 computer use -3 demolitions
	Kel Dor	+2 engineering -1 stealth Starts with fighter pilot skill
	Twi'lek	+3 agility +1 awareness -2 persuasion
	Wookie	+3 demolitions +1 treat injury -4 stealth
	Clawdite	+3 stealth Starts with shapeshifting ability (unique) -2 treat injury
	Rodian	+1 computer use +1 engineering -1 persuasion
	Duros	+2 persuasion +1 stealth -2 security

Once you've picked the race of your character, you have the ability to choose the class of the character. There are four classes: Aggressor, Diplomat, Protector, and Scoundrel. The Aggressor class tends to be more combat oriented, and will often stray towards the dark side. Diplomat will only fight when necessary or if provoked, but are masters at force maneuvers. Protectors always do whats best for others and are agile and speedy. Scoundrels tend to be dark side or bounty hunter classes who are naturally good at gambling, Pazaak, scavenging, persuasion, and swoop racing.

Once the player has picked their class, they are given stats that fit their class and then are given 10 skill points to allocate. The skills are as following:

Computer Use-How good a player is at hacking mainframes and gaining information.

Demolitions-How well a player can set and defuse mines and traps.

Stealth-How sneaky a player is.

Engineering-How good the player is with robots and droids.

Awareness-Increases the players chance of a dodge or saving roll as well as awareness about current events in the galaxy.

Persuasion-How persuasive a player is to others.

Repair-How well a player can repair objects, ships, vehicles, droids, and robots.

Security-How good at overriding security systems a player is.

Treat Injury-How well a player can treat his or her injuries or the injuries of their party members with medkits and force abilities.

Agility-How fast the player is and how well they can dodge.

These skills range from 1-20 and will affect what the player can do over the course of the game. After the player has spent their allocated skill points they can choose from many abilities they might want for their character. These abilities

Story[]

The game starts by giving the player ability to create a character in the vein of KOTOR. Several classes are available, which will affect your stats and personality in game. Your player wakes up in a high rise on Coruscant, surrounded by expensive furniture and an incredible view of the megalopolis you are living on. Suddenly, a hovercraft flies into the building opposite yours and turns the sky scraper to rubble. You jump out of bed and search a chest in the corner of the room, where you can pick your lightsaber color and style and your jedi robes. You rush to the ground floor of you building complex to find a crowd gathered around a now extinguished speeder. You push your way through the crowd, informing the guards that you are a jedi and need to get a look at the situation. The whole area has been quarantined and no one is allowed past a certain point near the wreckage. You search around the crashed and somewhat flaming ship, scavenging odds and ends from debris on the ground. You finally approach the capsule of the ship and pop it open, only to find a dead and decaying Rodian inside. You recoil as a wave of gas is released from the ship, causing the crowd to cough and some pedestrians to fall to the floor convulsing. You rush around trying to help people, but your eyes start to dim and you succumb to the unconsciousness.

You awaken in a sterile environment with medical droids standing over you. You look up, and see your Padawan J'tal and Jedi Grand Master Saba Sebatyne standing behind a plate glass window, looking forlorn. Again darkness washes over you, and you have a dream of a dark shrine on a sprawling metropolis covered city. You reawaken to find Saba standing over you in some sort of breathing mask, looking troubled. He tells you that when the pod had been opened, it had released a deadly and highly contagious neurotoxin that wiped out most of the crowd that had gathered around the ship. Despite their best efforts, the disease spread across the city and planet, killing millions in only a few short weeks. The Grand Master reveals that you are only alive because of the resiliency you have as a Jedi Master, and that you have estimated months to live. You tell the Grand Master to let you look for the shrine you saw in your force dream. Saba says yes, under the condition that you wear a force protected biosuit to keep from spreading the airborne toxin.

You and J'tai set off for the old Sith meditation grotto in the Manarai Mountains of Coruscant, an ancient place Darth Vader had used himself for meditation. They arrive to find the place burned to the ground, and are confronted by a group of lunatics who think the Jedi are responsible for the epidemic. They seem extremely aggressive and look like they want a fight. You can either choose to talk it out and avoid confrontation, run away or openly attack the group, giving you dark side points.

You return to Saba, who announces that the jedi have successfully contained the outbreak but haven't yet come up with a cure. You ask him about the shrine you saw in your vision and he reveals that it might be on the old Sith planet of Wayland. You and J'tai rush for your small ship, The Spirit of the Ebon Hawk, and set a course for Wayland.

When you arrive at Wayland, you are encouraged to talk to people and explore the planet's surface. You uncover from a farmer that there's an old monastery up in the foothills of Mount Tantis. You stumble across a Sith Enclave, keeping low and continuing on your path. You reach the monastery and find a male Twi'lek guarding the place. The Twi'lek introduces himself as Aman and reveals that he sensed your presence and thought he would be promoted if he killed you. After a brief battle, you defeat Aman, and have the ability to recruit him or kill him. Each decision will give you light or dark side points.

Planets[]

Name	Area(s)	Inhabitants	Surface	Allegiance
Abregado-rae	Capital City, Le Yer	Humans, Gados, Herglics, Gran, Devaronians, Ishi Tib, Nautolan	Temperate	New Republic
Acilaris	Surface, Mining Facility	None	Volcanic, extremely hot	Neutral
Aduba-3	Tun Aduba, Desert, Onacra	Humans, Wroonians, Rodians, Ithorians	Desert	Hutt Cartel
Af'El	Quah'Tahc, Mines, depths	Defel, Svivreni, Kheilwar	Underground cities	Imperial Resurgence
Akrit'tar	Prison	None(?)	Asteroid	Imperial Resurgence
Anaxes	Pols Anaxes	Anaxsi, Keffi	Temperate	Zann Consortium
Alzoc III	Base, Mines, Tundra	Talz	Ice	New Republic
Bakura	Salis D'aar, Telaan Valley	Humans, Bith, Utai	Temperate	Imperial Resurgence
Bal'demnic	Kon'meas Spaceport, North Sea Islands	Humans, Kon'me	Ocean	Neutral
Bespin	Cloud City, Rethin Sea Factory, Tibannopolis, Ugnorgrad	Humans, Neo-Bespinians, Ugnaughts, Lutrillians, Sullustans	Gas	New Republic
Byss	Emperor's City, Shrine	Humans	Temperate	Imperial Resurgence
Cato Neimoidia	Tarko-se, Zarra	Neimoidians	Temperate, moist	Imperial Resurgence
Concordia	Beskar mines, surface, Mandalorian Death Watch outpost	Humans	Temperate	Mandalorians
Corellia	Coronet City, Kor Vella, Doaba Guerfel, Black Hole, Gold Beaches	Humans, Selonian, Drall, Selkath, Nikto, Gran, Rodian, Ithorian, Gamorrean, Twi'lek, Aqualish, Klatooinian, Bothan, Mon Calamari	Temperate	New Republic
Coruscant	Coruscant upper, Coruscant underworld, Manarai mountains	Humans, Taung, Coruscani ogre, various others	Megalopolis	New Republic/Black Sun
Csilla	Csalpar, Tundra, Empire of the Hand headquarters	Chiss	Ice	Empire of the Hand
Dantooine	Jedi enclave, Khoonda plains,	Humans, Dantari, various	Plains	New Republic
Dathomir	Aurilla, Blue Desert City, Sith Academy, Infinity Gate	Humans, Dathomirian, Kwa, Kwi, Chazrach, Zabraks, Rancor	Temperate	Imperial Resurgence
Endor	Mining station	None	Gas	Neutral
Endor (moon)	Ewok City, Abandoned Imperial Shield Station, Wilderness	Humans, Ewoks	Temperate	New Republic
Felucia	Kway Teow, Ancient Abyss, Rancor Graveyard, fungal forest	Felucians, Humans, various	Fungal forests	Zann Consortium
Fondor	Oridin, Orbital Shipyards	Humans, Fondorians	Temperate	Neutral
Galantos	Al'solib'minet'ri City, Archipelago	Fian, Humans	Gel-covered oceans	Neutral
Garqi	Pesktda, Vlassy Nature Preserve	Humans	Temperate	New Republic
Gamorr	Citadel, Jungle, Sith Academy	Gamorreans	Jungle	Imperial Resurgence
Geonosis	Stalgasin hive, N'g'zi badlands, banks of the Ebon Sea catacombs	Geonosians, Ur-Greedle,	Desert	Neutral
Goroth Prime	Graith, Wasteland	Gorothites, Humans, Aqualish	Arid volcanic wasteland	Imperial Resurgence
Hapes	Ta'a Chume'Dan, Reef Fortress	Hapans	Temperate	New Republic
Hoth	Echo Base, tundra, Wampa Valley	Wampas, Ortolans, Talz	Ice	New Republic
Hypori	Zann outpost, Droid factory	Humans, Geonosians	Barren	Zann Consortium
Iego	Cliffhold, Underworld	Humans, Angels, Quarren, Niktos, Ithorians	Temperate	Black Sun
Kamino	Tipoca City	Kaminoans	Water	Zann Consortium
Kashyyyk	Rwookrrorro, Shadowland	Wookies, Humans	Temperate	New Republic
Kessel	Spice Mines	Humans	Rocky	Zann Consortium
Kinyen	Hekaras, farmlands	Gran	Temperate	New Republic
Klatooine	Derelkoos Desert, Treema	Hutts, Klatooinians	Desert	Hutt Cartel
Lobaoc	Koab, wetlands	Humans	Wetlands	Neutral
Manaan	Ahto City, Depths	Selkath, Aqualish, Humans, various	Water	Imperial Resurgence
Mandalore	Keldabe, Sundari, Mandalorian Headuarters	Taung, Humans	Temperate	Mandalorians
Mustafar	Mining ruins, lava flats, wasteland	Mustafarian, Shakoans, Humans	Lava wasteland	Black Sun
Naboo	Theed, Otoh Gunga, swamplands	Gungans, Humans, Neimoidians	Temperate	New Republic
Nal Hutta	Hutt Palace, Bilbousa	Hutts, various	Temperate	Hutt Cartel
Nar Shadda	Upper city, lower city	various	Megalopolis	Hutt Cartel
Nirauan	Hand of Thrawn	Humans, Chiss	Temperate	Empire of the Hand
Rodia	Iskaayuma, Rainforest	Rodians	Lush jungle	New Republic
Ryloth	Kala'uun, Lesso, Plains	Twi'leks, Humans	Rocky	Zann Consortium
Saleucami	Magma Caverns, Zann outpost, cloning facility	various	Terrestrial	Zann Consortium
Socorro	Sarlacc Pit, Vakeyya	Humans	Arid	Black Bha'lir
Tatooine	Mos Eisley, Mos Espa, Dune Sea, Deevo the Hutt's Palace	Humans, Jawas, Tusken Raiders, Trooshti, various	Desert	New Republic
Utapau	Pau City, Sinkhole	Pau'ans, Utai,	Sinkholes	Zann Consortium
Wayland	Mount Tantis, Sith Enclave	Myneyrsh, Psadans, Noghri	Jungle	Imperial Resurgence
Xagobah	Mazariyan, Forest, Testing Facility	Xamsters	Fungal Forests	Imperial Resurgence
Yavin IV	Temple, Rebel Base, Forest	Humans	Temperate	New Republic
Yag'Dhul	Dodecapolis	Givin	Barren	Neutral
Ylesia	Mountains of the Exalted, Peace City	various	Temperate	Hutt Cartel
Ziost	Sith Citadel	Humans	Ice	Imperial Resurgence
Zonama Sekot	La'okio, grasslands, polar area	Ferroans, Yuuzhan Vong	Varies	Yuuzhan Vong
Zonju V	Zoronhed	Humans	Rocky	Hutt Cartel

Party[]

Throughout the game you are able to collect and hire party members for your group.You can have 3 party members with you at a time. Each member will have different abilities, such as computer hacking or the ability to craft medkits. Some members can only be attained through certain progression on a side of the force, whether it be light or dark. If you return to a party members home planet you might receive a backstory or quest information from that character. You can talk to each party member on the Spirit of the Ebon Hawk or in the field to learn more about them. You can also upgrade party members' equipment by giving them weapons or armor you have picked up during your journey. Droids can be upgraded with parts to give them more abilities. Other party members level up individually and you can allocate their skill and ability points for them or let them handle it.

Name	Species	Attributes	Area Found In/Homeworld
J'tai	Human	Force Sensitive Abilities: Sabre throw, force push Items: Padawan robes, green lightsaber Cost: Free	Coruscant/Garqi
Aman	Twi'lek	Force Sensitive Abilities: Dash, force push Items: Red lightsaber, Sith robes Cost: Free	Wayland/Ryloth
Jacen/Jocasta	Human	Abilities: Master thief, advanced repair, skill shot, marksman shot, power shot, flurry shot Items: Rebel Alliance clothes, DC-44 blaster, vibrosword Cost: Free	Geonosis/Hapes
R8-C7	Astromech Droid	Abilities: Flight, taser, advanced hacking, advanced repairs, advanced demolitions, probe, smoke screen, life-form scanner Items: Brooks propulsion rocket booster, cable gun, claw arm, fusion projector, electric pike, smoke screen, probe, life-form scanner Cost: 6,500c	Ylesia
Nil	Jawa	Abilities: Master thief, advanced repairs, expert engineer Items: Ion blaster, jawa robes, restraining bolts, Sandcrawler (Tatooine only) Cost: Sidequest	Tatooine
Chob Tabat	Klatooinian	Abilities: Master scavenger, elite tactician, master engineer, marksman shot Items: Vibro-axe, neural implants, BlasTech W-90 concussion rifle, clothes Cost: 8,000c	Klatooine
Knottat	Wookie	Abilites: Marksman shot, flurry shot, flurry strike, power strike, execution strike, master scavenger Items: Bowcaster, enhanced bibrosword, ion blaster Cost: Free	Naboo/Kashyyyk
Larr	Givin	Abilities: Master tactician, master repairs, master scavenger, high intelligence, foresight Items: Vibroblade, DL-44 blaster rifle Cost: Sidequest	Yag'Dhul
Zuckuss	Gand	Abilites: Master stealth, marksman shot, flury shot, flurry strike, execution strike Items: GRS-1 snare rifle, BlasTech W-90 concussion rifle, ammonia bombs, dual edged vibrosword, respirator, clothes, Mist Hunter ship Cost: 18,000c (with 4-LOM) Requirements: Must be at least level 17	Tatooine
4-LOM	Modified Protocol Droid	Abilities: Skill shot, power shot, sniper shot, master thief, master scavenger, master tracker Items: Blastech W-90 concussion rifle, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle, Mist Hunter ship Cost: 18,000c (with Zuckuss) Requirements: Must be at least level 17	Tantooine
Darth Maul	Dathomirian Zabrak	Force Sensitive Abilities: Force charge, master swordsman, force choke, force push, sabre throw, force disarm, force lightning, power strike, flurry, mechu-deru, force scream Items: Double bladed red lightsaber, cybernetic implants, cybernetic legs, black Sith master robes Cost: 10,000c Requirements: Must be level 20 and be full dark side	Mustafar/Dathomir
Ood Bnar	Ryyk	Force Sensitive Abilities: Master tactician, master trainer, above average lightsaber ability, battle meditation, master of the force Items: Training holocron, yellow lightsaber, jedi master robes Cost: Free Requirements: Must be level 20 and full light side.	Goroth Prime/Ryyk (destroyed)
Boba Fett	Human (clone)	Abilities: Jump Jets, wrist rockets, tri blast, power blast, expert demolitions, expert hacker, expert engineer, able to use a lightsaber Items: Mandalorian armor, Mandalorian helmet, Mandalorian reinforced gauntlets, Mandalorian boots, custom visor, tri shot blaster, EE13 carbine, concussion grenade launcher, Sacros K-11 blaster, Czerka ZX miniature flame projector, Dur-24 wrist laser, knee pad rockets, fibercord whip, Slave I ship Cost: 62,000c Requirements: Must be at least level 25	Various canteenas/Kamino

Factions[]

A large part of KOTNR is raising an army for the side you are on and taking over or liberating the galaxy. There are three main factions battling each other for control of the galaxy. These three factions are 'The New Republic, Imperial Resurgence, and The Zann Consortium. There are several minor factions the player can align themselves with as well: The Hutt Cartel, The Mandalorians, The Black Bha'lir, The Black Sun, The Yuuzhan Vong, The 'Smugglers' Alliance, and The Empire of the Hand. Each Planet has some units unique to their faction that they can produce to aid the player on their galactic conquest. Armies are raised either through buying units, employing scouts to look for force sensitive warriors, or raising troops from owned planets for a cost, of course. Each faction also has generals whom can be added to the players party at any time.

Factions[]

New Republic[]

Leader: Luke Skywalker

Generals: Han Solo, Chewbacca, Wedge Antilles, Admiral Ackbar, Kyle Katarn, Lando Calrissian, Lea Organa Solo

Imperial Resurgence[]

Leader: Palpatine

Generals: Grand Moff Ardus Kaine, Sate Pestage, Ysanne Isard, Maarek Stele, Lumiya, Jeng Droga, Roganda Ismaren

Zann Consortium[]

Leader: Tyber Zann

Generals: Urai Fen, Silri, Bossk, IG-88A

Hutt Cartel[]

Leader: Rotta the Hutt

Generals: Cad Bane, Aurra Sing, Gorm

Mandalorians[]

Leader: Fenn Shysa

Generals: Spar, Bo-Katan Kryze, Helo Decc

Black Bha'lir[]

Leaders: Drake Paulsen

Generals: Altel Hust, Maati Akab, Shreet

Black Sun[]

Leaders: Xomit Grunseit

Generals: Ziton Moj, Savan, Guri[]

Yuuzhan Vong[]

Leader: Nom Anor

Generals: Tsavong Lah, Mezhan Kwaad, Shimrra Jamaane

Empire of the Hand[]

Leader: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Generals: Stent, Dagon Niriz, Voss Parck