It seems that Paul Darrow, 70’s sci-fi actor of Blake’s 7 fame and voice of Grand Moff Tarkin in a few Star Wars games, let it slip to ShadowLocked.com that Star Wars: The Old Republic is coming out by Christmas.
Paul Darrow said he recently did more voice-over work for Lucas about a month ago stating:
Anyway, I’m a Sith, and they told me it’s coming out at Christmas. I was just doing some tops and tails, because I had recorded it about a year ago. I’m your guide – a Sith warrior.
It seems the interviewer didn’t even realize that what he just heard was huge news in the MMO gaming world and didn’t even bother asking a follow up question.
We’ll try to get a response from Bioware, so nothing is confirmed, but as far as rumors go, that’s pretty solid.
Erm, how was it big news when even Bioware itself has said 45,000 times this year that they really don’t want to go into 2012? The end of the year, just in time for Christmas, as been a given for a LONG time. And, if you want my tip, watch Nov 22 closely.