Following up on the introduction of Ord Mantell for Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare and SWTOR.com have posted a new developer blog, with writer Rebecca Harwick, which gives fans a look into "The Vision for Ord Mantell." Check out the excerpt below and click here for the full feature.


"Early in the design of Ord Mantell we wanted the story to be about a planet where the war between the Empire and the Republic kept raging in some form, even after the Treaty of Coruscant was signed. In our final design, however, a faction of separatists has risen to fight for independence against tired Republic and Mantellian government forces, in reaction to the corruption of the Mantellian government and the Republic’s perceived unwillingness to defend any world that isn’t Coruscant.

One of our earliest story designs for Ord Mantell even saw the Empire in control of the planet, fighting off Jedi-backed rebels—a very different Ord Mantell from the Republic-controlled world we ultimately decided to write."



Thanks Sean!