Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
GenresAction role-playing, Massively multiplayer online role-playing
DevelopersBioWare
Obsidian Entertainment
Saber Interactive
Broadsword Online Studios
Publishers
CreatorsDrew Karpyshyn, James Ohlen
Platforms
First releaseStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
July 15, 2003
Latest releaseStar Wars: The Old Republic - Legacy of the Sith
February 15, 2022
Parent seriesStar Wars video games

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) is a media franchise of role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare. Games have been released on the original Xbox, Windows, OS X, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. The franchise takes place in the fictional universe of Star Wars by George Lucas.

The first game, and subsequent massively multiplayer online role-playing game series, was developed by BioWare while the second was done by Obsidian Entertainment per LucasArts' request. All were published by LucasArts. The video game series is based on an earlier comic book series; the franchise includes a subsequent new comic book series. Both comic series were published by Dark Horse Comics and act as prequels to the video games.