And then there’s Odessen that’s more of a wilderness with forests and mountains. That one is really reminiscent of Cloud City from The Empire Strikes Back. Asylum is essentially a hideaway from the Eternal Empire where refugees and smugglers hide out.
Zakuul is a capital city with slums contrasted with the decadence of the upper platforms of the city. Spencer Fawcett: What kind of new locations are being added with Knights of the Fallen Empire ? Will they be varied and offer player exploration?Ĭharles Boyd: Well there are three new planets that players will be able to visit. I got a chance to talk with lead animator Andrew Lauretta and lead writer Charles Boyd for some insight into the vast Star Wars universe that they’ve created with the addition of Knights of the Fallen Empire. Released in 2011, The Old Republic has seen a multitude of changes and additions with Knights of the Fallen Empire being their biggest and more narrative driven content. It would be too easy, with DICE’s Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the horizon, to overlook Bioware’s expansion for their Massively, Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) Star Wars: The Old Republic, which takes place thousands of years before the timeframe of the films.