Star Wars: The Old Republic devs have treated us with another video showing of their design choices and some unseen footage of the four planets that have been revealed so far. I’ve been playing Mass Effect lately. Didn’t have time for it when it first came out so in preparation for SW:toR I’m brushing up on Bioware games. That galaxy image looks a lot like the galaxy map in Mass Effect. I am guessing we’ll have a similar interface to that to jump planets.

I must admit I love the video. It gets me excited every time they release some imagery from the game. Makes me want to play it right now! Pity it will be a year or more before this is really true. Enjoy the video bellow – and watch it in HD – it is well worth it.

Pop quiz: If you had the chance to contribute one thing to a game like Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, would it be A) a new Rancor design, B) a quest for constructing your first Lightsaber, C) new Sith Force powers, or D) six paintings of mud? If you said “D”, you might be an environment artist or have low self-esteem!

This week, Bioware’d like to share a few additional concepts created to help visualize the “Glorious Jewel”.