Why is Knights of the Old Republic not canon?

In 2014, Disney rebooted Star Wars canon to make way for the Sequel Trilogy. This meant that all of the Star Wars Expanded Universe stories written before 2014 were relegated to a non-canon continuity known as Legends. The point is that the reboot meant that Knights of the Old Republic was no longer canon.

Is KOTOR and swtor canon?

Is Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic canon? Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a series of video games developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. The games from the Star Wars franchise are generally not considered canon.

Is Star Wars the Old Republic the same as KOTOR?

Star Wars The Old Republic, the Massively Multiplayer Online RPG (MMORPG) is a direct descendant of KOTOR. The events in SWTOR take place quite some time after the ending of KOTOR, but it is exactly the same Legends universe and the game continues to build on the lore KOTOR has already established.

Is Knight of the Old Republic remake canon?

With Revan already part of both continuities, the KOTOR Remake might be a canon iteration of the classic Legends story, though the High Republic era will require it to have significant differences from the Legends version to avoid continuity snarls.

Is Knights of the Old Republic turn based?

As the title suggests, this is a remake to 2003’s “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic,” affectionally known as KOTOR. The original is a turn-based role playing game developed by BioWare that told a story set 4,000 years before the Skywalker Saga.

Is SWTOR a sequel to Kotor 2?

Knights of the Old Republic II was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to BioWare’s Knights of the Old Republic, and it uses the same Odyssey Engine as the original game.

Are you Darth Revan in KOTOR?

Darth Revan is a Sith Lord who lived around 4,000 years before the events of the classic Star Wars trilogy. In the non-canon KOTOR continuity, Revan began his life as a Jedi, became a Sith, and eventually, tried to play the Light and the Dark Side against each other for his own benefit.

Is KOTOR coming to Xbox?

Why KOTOR Remake Is A Timed PS5 Exclusive (When Original Was Xbox-Only) KOTOR has been an Xbox console exclusive for four generations. The 2021 PlayStation Showcase included the announcement of Apsyr Media’s remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, which will be a console exclusive for PS5 at launch.