A Living Archive for Star Wars: The Old Republic Roleplay
StarForgeRP is a community-built archive and reference resource for collaborative roleplay set in the era of Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Characters, stories, locations, lore, relationships, and shared history are preserved here as part of an ongoing continuity. Use the archive to understand the setting, discover characters and organizations, follow developing stories, find opportunities for roleplay, or see how earlier events continue to shape the present.
Roleplay itself may happen in-game, through Discord, or through another format agreed upon by the players involved. StarForgeRP gives that roleplay somewhere to persist—a setting that remembers what happened and gives future stories something established to build upon.
StarForgeRP currently uses 3621 BBY / 32 ATC as the present-day anchor for its shared continuity. This date is a StarForgeRP reconstructed chronology point rather than an official BBY date assigned by SWTOR. Established story material through Game Update 7.9: Legacy Reborn is treated as having occurred.
The Galactic Republic and Sith Empire remain engaged in open war, but the galaxy is not one continuous battlefield. Conflict, reconstruction, shortages, political uncertainty, crime, damaged institutions, and the consequences of earlier crises affect different worlds and communities in very different ways.
That leaves room for stories at many scales. Characters may become involved in military operations, intelligence work, politics, criminal enterprises, trade, exploration, medicine, archaeology, investigation, reconstruction, local disputes, professional rivalries, family obligations, personal relationships, or ordinary work complicated by an unstable galaxy.
Community-created stories develop alongside established SWTOR history rather than replacing its major protagonists or rewriting its central events. They can nevertheless leave lasting consequences for characters, relationships, organizations, communities, businesses, locations, and regional circumstances.
For the fuller state of the galaxy—including the consequences of Legacy Reborn and the continuity boundary surrounding announced future SWTOR material—see Current Setting.
Each section of StarForgeRP answers a different question about the shared setting. Use the archive according to what you need now rather than feeling that you need to read everything before becoming involved.
Who inhabits the shared galaxy? Browse character dossiers to learn about backgrounds, affiliations, relationships, current circumstances, important developments, and potential points of connection. Characters are living parts of the continuity and can change as roleplay gives them new relationships, responsibilities, loyalties, conflicts, and consequences.
What shapes the setting? Research factions, organizations, species, cultures, Force traditions, technologies, historical subjects, and other concepts relevant to Old Republic-era characters and stories. Lore entries emphasize useful roleplay context rather than attempting to reproduce an exhaustive encyclopedia.
When did it happen? Follow established SWTOR history and significant StarForgeRP developments through a shared chronology. Use the Timeline to understand when events occurred, how different periods connect, and which earlier developments continue to matter.
What stories are happening? Discover active roleplay, campaigns and story arcs, missions, events, open RP Hooks, and completed stories preserved within the archive. The Roleplay section records stories while helping players find believable ways for their characters to become involved.
Where does it happen? Explore planets, systems, cities, settlements, bases, facilities, strongholds, ruins, landmarks, and other physical locations important to StarForgeRP. Galaxy entries focus on the conditions characters can meaningfully experience and the people, organizations, conflicts, histories, and opportunities connected to a place.
How does StarForgeRP work? Find guidance on getting started, character creation, continuity and canon, collaborative roleplay, character dossiers, terminology, and other practical questions about participating in and using the archive.
Discover selected entries from across StarForgeRP. Featured content should highlight characters, stories, locations, lore, and other records that are especially relevant to current activity, provide useful connections to the wider setting, or offer promising opportunities for further roleplay.
Featured entries do not need to be the most powerful characters, largest stories, or most famous locations. A useful feature is something that gives players a reason to explore further.
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[Species · Occupation or Role · Major Affiliation or Current Location]
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[Active / Completed · Relevant Date or Timeframe]
[Explain the central situation, the people or places affected, and why the story matters to current continuity. If active, identify believable possibilities for involvement where appropriate. If completed, emphasize consequences or unresolved developments that remain relevant.]
[Location Name]
[Planet · System, Sector, or Region where useful]
[Explain why the location matters for roleplay now. Focus on the people, organizations, services, conflicts, dangers, developing circumstances, or history connected to it rather than attempting to summarize the complete Galaxy entry.]
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[Species · Faction · Organization · Culture · Force Tradition · Technology · History · Other]
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StarForgeRP grows alongside its characters, stories, and shared continuity. Recent Updates highlights newly added material, significant revisions, completed stories, continuity developments, and other changes that may give players a reason to return to the archive.
Updates should focus on changes worth knowing about rather than documenting every minor correction.
[Summarize what was added or changed in one or two sentences. Where useful, explain why it matters—for example, a new character available for connections, a story that created lasting consequences, a newly documented location, a changed continuity condition, or a reference page that has been substantially expanded.]
You do not need to know every part of SWTOR lore, read the entire archive, or decide your character's whole future before becoming involved.
Start with enough context to understand the present setting and where the character fits within it. Then give them one believable connection to the wider world: a person they know, a place they frequent, an organization they serve or encounter, a profession that brings them into contact with others, a responsibility they cannot ignore, a problem they need solved, or an opportunity they have reason to pursue.
The Character Directory can help you discover people your character might plausibly encounter, while RP Hooks provides open situations and opportunities that may give a story somewhere to begin.
For a practical introduction to the shared setting, continuity, character development, and finding roleplay, begin with Getting Started.
The rest can develop through play.