Like so many Star Wars™ fans, we are eagerly awaiting the premiere of Star Wars™: The Acolyte coming to Disney+ on June 4, 2024.
To celebrate the debut of the series, we collaborated with Lucasfilm Games to build a set of items inspired by The Acolyte. With Game Update 7.5 “Desperate Defiance”, the following will be available on the Cartel Market:
Dark Harbinger Armor Set
(Headpieces pictured above: Dark Harbinger Hood (with hair) and Dark Harbinger Hood)
Wookiee Jedi inspired Hairstyle and Beard Customizations
Serpent’s Tongue Vibroblade
A look behind the scenes of making the Dark Harbinger Armor Set
It is important to remember that our stories are set thousands of years before the events of The Acolyte. Our talented artists and designers worked with Lucasfilm to create iconic items that find a balance between the striking items seen in the recent trailers and also stay true to the aesthetics of The Old Republic.
When creating items inspired-by a new series, we always start with a high quality reference, and then get right to building a high-res model to bring our ideas to life.
From there, we determine what this armor would look like on a player model and add the necessary textures and materials to bring it to life.
Once we align on the overall direction, several more passes through the art, design, sound, and QV teams get us to a fully functional Dark Harbinger armor set in-game!
We have been thrilled to share these with our players and even more excited to say that additional items are on the way! We’ll be sharing them with you all as we get closer to releasing them in another update.
Game Update 7.5 “Desperate Defiance” launches May 29th and Star Wars™: The Acolyte premieres June 4th on Disney+.