A noted Knights of the Old Republic fan, The Acolyte showrunner would love to bring the fan-favorite Star Wars RPG to life: "It would be a really interesting story"

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With a focus on KOTOR 2's Kreia

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Star Wars' newest streaming series offers us a glimpse of what a galaxy far, far away looked like about 130 years before we were first introduced to it, the earliest we've ever seen of the universe in live-action, but the show's creator eventually wants to stretch things all the way back to the Knights of the Old Republic era. 

BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic, Obsidian's often-overlooked Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, and the still-ongoing MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, are all set almost 4,000 years prior to Luke Skywalker's adventure in A New Hope and have consequently become the subject of both fan fascination and executive hand-rubbing as Lucasfilm once mulled over the possibility of either a film or show in the KOTOR era. 

Kreia is one such KOTOR relic that fans haven't been able to let go of in the two decades since the sequel's debut. Serving as the player's mentor in KOTOR 2, Kreia is the former Jedi Master with an irresistibly mysterious aura who rejects the Jedi's light versus dark side moral binary. Add in a shocking endgame reveal and the character pretty much etched her way into Star Wars history. 

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Kaan Serin
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