Not every rumor that pops up on the Internet can actually be considered "newsworthy." However, when Bioware, Knights of the Old Republic, and Massive Multiplayer Online RPG pop up in the same story it not only earn deserves to be written about, but deserved to have gamers squealing like schoolgirls at the very prospect.
"A source close to BioWare confirmed to us today that the studio’s upcoming untitled massively-multiplayer online RPG will be centered around the Star Wars universe, specifically that of Knights of the Old Republic, which the developer released in 2003. The game garnered critical acclaim and spawned a less-popular sequel, released by Obsidian two years later." -Source

    If this news is true it could be the first game that has a fantastic chance of taking a large chunk of the World of Warcraft audience. KotOR was a fantastic game and the sequel suffered more from a mediocre plot that tried, in vain, to top the original then it did from bad gameplay.

 

    So here is how I imagine it going: Bioware is going to separate itself as far from humanly possible from Sony Online Entertainment (also known as design kryptonite). Instead it is going to throw its hat into the high stack of hats of Electronic Arts. In turn, Electronic Arts goes into the MMO market full force with literal boatloads (or Corellian Corvetteloads) of cash and more advertising then you could shake a lightsaber at.

    I really, really hope this pans out. I mean, there are plenty of fun MMO games to take in the meantime (Fury, Pirates of the Burning Sea) but this is really a different level.