While we sit and drool over every new piece of info about BioWare's upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, Dark Horse Comics has been hard at work on a new mini-series that will supplement the events of the game. Announced today, Star Wars: The Old Republic - The Lost Suns is a five issue mini-series written by BioWare's senior creative writer, Alexander Freed. The plot of The Lost Suns runs in tandem with that of the game, and will be key in unfolding the events that take place in the online world.
"The Lost Suns is our chance to craft an Old Republic story we could never tell in a video game," Freed said. "For readers familiar with the setting, the comic starts when the game starts and showcases events and mysteries key to the battle between Republic and Empire. For readers who've never heard of the game, we want to recapture the Star Wars sense of adventure in a strange universe, where the stakes are impossibly high and treacherously personal."
Joining Freed on The Lost Suns is George Freeman and Dave Ross on art duties, along with Benjamin Carre on covers.
The plot synopsis, as stated by Dark Horse, is as follows:
"Thousands of years before Darth Vader and the events of the Star Wars films, the Republic fears a second war with the Sith Empire, and only Theron Shan, son of legendary Jedi Master Satele Shan, will keep both sides at bay. He's a spy, not a Jedi, and his newest assignment will be a true test of his skills! Find out in The Lost Suns if Theron Shan can discover the dark secrets behind the treaty that brought peace to the galaxy as he searches for Jedi Master Ngani Zho—thought lost in Sith space—while dealing with a troublesome thief, as a crew of Sith Knights begin to tighten the noose in their pursuit of Zho!"
The Lost Suns debuts in June.
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