Announced in 2000, the game was delayed several times before its release on July 2003. Ed Asner, Ethan Phillips, and Jennifer Hale were hired to perform voices for the game’s characters, while Jeremy Soule composed the soundtrack. The team chose the latter as they thought that they would have more creative freedom. LucasArts proposed developing a game tied to Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, or a game set thousands of years before the prequels. The game was directed by Casey Hudson, designed by James Ohlen, and written by Drew Karpyshyn.
Through interacting with other characters and making plot decisions, players can earn Light Side and Dark Side Points, and the alignment system will determine whether the player’s character aligns with the light or dark side of the Force. Players choose from three character classes (Scout, Soldier or Scoundrel) and customize their characters at the beginning of the game, and engage in round-based combat against enemies.
The player character, as a Jedi, must venture to different planets in the galaxy to defeat Malak. The story of Knights of the Old Republic takes place almost 4,000 years before the formation of the Galactic Empire, where Darth Malak, a Dark Lord of the Sith, has unleashed a Sith armada against the Republic. Here’s a collection of wallpapers from the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic videogame released by LucasArts in 2003.
