SWTOR Guide to the Playable Races

For anyone who has watched the Star Wars film, the alien-like races do not come as a surprise. Based on the original movie by LucasArts, the MMORPG Star Wars the Old Republic makes a number of the races available for gamers to choose from. One of the rather obvious race that will be available is the Human race. It is said that the SWTOR races would be open for lots of customization so that each character comes out unique in appearance. Tattoos and Scars would be additions to further distinguish a character.




The known SWTOR races are: Human, Rattataki, Twi'lek, Chiss, Blood Sith, Miraluka, and Zabrak, which is a total of seven races gamers can choose from.

Like with most other MMORPGs, during character creation, gamers would be able to chose between creating a male or female character. The race that almost appears to be Human are the SWTOR Rattataki. The only difference is that the Rattataki has no hair and has very pale skin. Customization for the race is at the moment believed to be somewhat limited. Besides Humans, the other race that is almost a given to must be available in Star Wars the Old Republic due to its popularity with Star Wars fans is the Twi'lek. Known for their colorful skin with tail looking attachments on their heads, which is used for communication between themselves, the race is likely to be available to a large range of classes. In terms of customization, skin color is another given feature. Two genders, female and male would be available to the SWTOR Twi'lek as well.

 The Miraluka is another race that closely resemble humans with the exception of eyes. Given the race has no eyes, they depend heavily on the Force. According to the lore, the race is highly attached to the Jedi Order. Unique customization for the class include visors and veils. Finally, there's the SWTOR Mirialan. The Mirialan race is distinguished by yellowish, greenish skin tone which can be rather pale as well. Lots of classes is expected to be available to this race with preference for Jedi Consular or Knight expected. Special specialization for this race include the option for face tattoos.

The Chiss is a SWTOR race that would be available only to the Sith Empire, namely the Bounty Hunter and Imperial Agent class. Known customization for the race include tattos, hair and the more generic possibilities. Other Sith Empire races are the Blood Sith and Zabrak. The Sith race is probably one of the scariest looking race in the game and can be customized to look even more evil than the default character. It's speculated that there would only be female Siths. Going on to the Zabraks, it's the race that comes with horns in the movie. One of the well known Zabrak character in Star Wars is Darth Maul. Similarly to the Sith race, customization would work around making the character look as evil as possible.

The writer is a long time MMORPG player. Currently, he is anticipating the release of Star Wars the Old Republic and has shared details, information as well as guides about the game at SWTOR gaming sites including the SWTOR Guide and the Star Wars the Old Republic websites.