Star Wars: The Old Republic has been given the freedom to create media within the Star Wars Legends universe and that freedom lets BioWare dream bigger and push further. These are the kinds of stories a young Luke Skywalker might ask his uncle about over a glass of Bantha milk, featuring characters that might inspire Ben Solo's turn to the dark side. When Disney bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, SWTOR was unfazed – because, according to creative director Charles Boyd, BioWare is telling stories that transcend time and the rigid laws of Star Wars canon. But despite its timeline distance from the main Star Wars media, Star Wars: The Old Republic is very familiar to fans of the universe, with Sith planets, Jedi turncoats, and Separatist armies. In 2011, BioWare got the keys to the castle and was given free rein to craft stories thousands of years in the past from the popularized Star Wars tales.
