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Timeline and Canon; PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING
Topic Started: Jun 4 2009, 11:38 PM (98 Views)
Xarah Adya
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Twilight of the Old Republic (TOTOR) is set approximately 28 years before the Battle of Yavin, or to be more specific, 4 years after The Phantom Menace, and 6 years before Attack of the Clones. The Republic is dying a slow death, the Clone Wars are on the horizon, and this is the place we have chosen to start our RPG story.

With TOTOR, we follow a similar RPing philosophy as we do with its twin forum, Star Wars: The Dark Times (TDT - Click here to go to that forum), that being that this is a slightly alternate reality to the one we have been presented with in the films. Our rule only follows that we cannot break any major continuity, so that this can follow on to what happens in TDT, some 26-27 years after this. As this is not only a Prequel Trilogy forum, but it is also a prequel to the what has happened in that forum.

Any characters you have here, you can either write about in their later years there, or any offspring, friends and so forth. This is an expansion of that original forum, set during the reign of the Empire. And the same goes for any existing TDT members, you an create character histories in this forum (if you wish), about their families or even themselves depending on the age of your existing character(s) in TDT.

Even though we are being loose on the details of what we have seen in the films, certain events will still happen as they should. The Clone Wars will not occur for another 6 years, from where we stand in the RPG sense. Palpatine will not become The Emperor for another 9 years etc, important events will remain as they are. But simple character details (as long as they do not conflict with the film continuity or major events as listed) can be stretched.

To make this RPG more interesting, we find it necessary to stretch some rules that have been laid out in Star Wars Canon. For example, up until the events of Attack of the Clones, it is clear that there has been no sign of further Sith Lords since the Battle of Naboo, but in this RPG the Sith will make a presence for themselves, and in larger numbers than the simple 'Rule of Two', something we have also done in TDT. Count Dooku will not make his presence known to the Jedi until the events of AOTC, but he will be an active figure that you can interact with.

This is just one example of how we will stretch the canon, but if you have any further questions about the matter then please feel free to ask in the Discussions area.
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