Star Wars is boring. Incredibly boring.

Hey everybody, watch this:



What part did you like best? The part with the guy that looked just like Darth Vader, or the part with the CHICK MANDALORIAN! WHAT! Or how about that sweet random shot of a R2-esque droid that had NO BUSINESS BEING ANYWHERE IN THAT FUCKING TRAILER?!?!?!?!

Or how about re-using Duel of the Fates? I'm sure John Williams appreciates the royalty check.

How crazy was that?

Isn't it great that Lucasfilm and its liscenees are mining the same handful of ideas over and over and over again? This is not new. This isn't even interesting.

You know what I liked about this? The guys using Force powers (however slightly) in the midst of combat. And the Jedi clocking the Vader-expy with the hilt of his lightsaber. And the two or three actual swordfight bits (but I'm a fan of blades like that). Seriously, what can you glean from this trailer? That Sith are fighting Jedi? Oh, so it's only like those six movies and two cartoon series they made? And every piece of expanded universe crap ever? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.

Okay, perhaps I'm wrong in all of this and this is a brand new look at a classic sci-fi world. But I doubt it. It's an MMO, which means it's exactly like WoW.

I've been through this before, most particularly when Warhammer Online came out. I was excited about that game, because at the core, Warhammer is about the man on the line, brandishing his halberd in the face of unspeakable horrors. But that's not how the game turned out and that's not how this game is going to turn out. There are dozens of articles already about the stupid aggravations of MMOs, so I won't go into it here, but suffice to say, if that's your bag, The Old Republic will probably offer you more of that mindless repetitive grind you crave. Enjoy it.

'Cause I won't. There's nothing new to experience in the Star Wars universe. It's all been done, and for the most part, it's all been done in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.