SWTOR: Getting in the mood...

Howdy, gentle folk. This thread is for the discussion of various media to consume in the interest of getting oneself even more worked up about the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. Please bring up any materials that you are aware of - I will compile the better stuff in the OP here as a list; everything available at Amazon should be GWJ linkified. I'm starting this list because I have been starting to read more and listen to podcasts regarding Old Republic era Star Wars lore. I wanted a definitive list that I could refer to, and I figured that the GWJ hive mind could probably compile the best one possible. Please note that the point is to round up materials that chronologically lead up to the period that SWTOR is set in (which IIRC is around 3500 BBY - Before the Battle of Yavin). I'm not collecting everything, say, that takes place before A New Hope. I am also going to include some websites and podcasts about the game itself. I'm trying to make this a one-stop shop for all kinds of goodies that we can immerse ourselves in to gear up for SWTOR's (hopefully) 2011 release.

Free, official e-books
Lost Tribe of the Sith #1: Precipice
Lost Tribe of the Sith #2: Skyborn
Lost Tribe of the Sith #3: Paragon
Lost Tribe of the Sith #4: Savior
Lost Tribe of the Sith #5: Purgatory
Lost Tribe of the Sith #6: Sentinel

Books
Fatal Alliance
Deceived

Webcomics
The Threat of Peace
Blood of the Empire

Comics (Print)
Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi, Vol. 1
Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi, Vol. 2

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 1: Commencement
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 2: Flashpoint
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 3: Days of Fear, Nights of Anger
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Volume 4: Daze of Hate, Knights of Suffering
Star Wars: Vector Volume 1 - There is no KOTOR Vol. 5 - this contains the issues between 4 and 6.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Volume 6: Vindication
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 7 - Dueling Ambitions
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 8 - Destroyer
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 9 - Demon

(list is still a work in progress)

More to come, starting with the rest of the volumes of the KOTOR comic, the KOTOR video games, and some websites and podcasts. This is more work than I realized!

Also, I'd love for people to give their thoughts on the various items. For instance, I think the Tales of the Jedi comics are crap, having read them last year when I started to really get excited about SWTOR. I'm sure a lot of people like them, though, and they certainly belong on this list.

There is actually a second webcomic. Blood of the Empire.

Done, noble sir! Any thoughts on the two? I haven't read them yet (heresy, I know).

Bah, no Fatal Alliance on Kindle. In process of reading the others.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Done, noble sir! Any thoughts on the two? I haven't read them yet (heresy, I know).

I enjoyed both of them, though I liked the art much better in Blood of the Empire.

Oh, and Satele Shan looks completely different in the webcomic versus the hope trailer.

Eh...Tales of the Jedi isn't crap so much as it was written in a completely different era of Star Wars fiction.

As for other sources of material to look at, don't forget to link to the Timeline Bioware's been doing...narrated by Lance Henrikson, of all people! Despite a few very significant issues I have with the segment about The Battle of Bothuwui, its pretty good.

I enjoyed the web comics. I'd like to check out the books, but I'll probably wait until they're available in paperback.