If you watch one video today, it needs to be this one.  Yesterday saw the release of a cinematic cut-scene from Bioware’s The Old Republic video game, a massively multi-player online roleplaying game set 3,500 years before the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker.

This might be enough to get a lot of Star Wars geeks (myself included) to buy a PC and dig into an MMORPG.

This cinemtic depicts the Sith’s sacking of Coruscant.  The backstory goes that the Sith Empire was negotiating with the Old Republic and their Jedi protectors and lured their most powerful Jedi to Alderaan for a diplomatic meeting.  While they were away, Lord Angral leads a daring assault against the heart of the Republic, centering on the Jedi Temple itself.

This video is a cut above anything I’ve ever seen in a video game and there’s nothing like a dozen Sith igniting red lightsabers in unison and charging a team of Jedi in their own temple.

Here’s the youtube version below, or you can watch it on the official site.