It is the first third-person RPG developed by BioWare (who later created Jade Empire and both the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series), with a combat system that mixes real-time movement (similar to action RPGs) with turn-based mechanics (based on the d20 system, likely inspired by the Star Wars Roleplaying Game). Set four millennia before the events of the Star Wars films, Knights of the Old Republic has players take on the role of a customizable soldier of the Galactic Republic, who must find a way to stop a powerful armada of the Sith Empire (led by Darth Malak) while uncovering the soldier's mysterious Jedi heritage. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a third-person science-fiction role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts for the Xbox on Jand the PC on November 19, 2003. Overview Darth Malak, the game's main antagonist.