The story in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is just as every bit as good as its graphics and gameplay mechanics, if not better. KOTOR takes place 4000 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode One. Shortly after the threat of the Mandalorian wars, the Republic is faced with a new menace, the Sith. The Sith used to be a separate species of its own, but after the renegade Jedi moved to their homeworld they became just a group of people that were following an idea, the idea of conquest and power. Now the Sith are led by the very heroes of the Republic that helped them win the Mandalorian wars. In particular an ex-Jedi, turned Sith lord by the name of Malak. Malak now leads the Sith armies against the Republic and against his once fellow Jedi companions. Not only did former Jedi rebel against their former ideas, but former commanders of the Republic forces also rebelled as well. Malak now hunts a young Jedi by the name of Bastila, an individual that is believed to hold the key to victory for the Republic; you (the hero) are assigned on her starship.