To provide more information on the Sith Inquisitor, Rebecca Harwick, one of the writers for TOR, revealed information on what went into the planning of the Sith Inquisitor class. When picking a class to play as, understanding what went into creating the class can be an important aspect. What did the developers have in mind when they were creating a class? What did they see in their minds when trying to develop the specific class? Understanding the developer’s mindset can help a potential player understand what kind of story that they are going to experience. More important, though, is that knowing this information can help a player decide if the Sith class is the proper one for them to play.

When it came to the development of the Sith Inquisitor, Rebecca had this to say:

I could tell you that the Sith Inquisitor is the Emperor Palpatine to the Sith Warrior’s Darth Vader, but that sells it short. The archetype is just inspiration. It’s not the destination, or the road we take to get there, but the guide. The Sith Inquisitor is Raistlin. The Sith Inquisitor is Lucifer. The Sith Inquisitor is Julius Caesar. The Sith Inquisitor is what you make him.

With the hopes of creating a class that was truly unique, but also very “inquisitor” like, they took bits and pieces from all the well known characters: Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Maul, Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress. In other words, they took everything they could from the movies and the cartoon that was released to try and develop a truly amazing Sith Inquisitor.

What Rebecca discusses is that, while gear can help make a character a lot, that isn’t what BioWare and LucasArts are all about when it comes to developing really interesting and in depth characters. In her own words:

Whereas the Sith Warrior class is all about the martial side of the Sith, the Inquisitor is about the darkest of dark side secrets; everything that’s weird and unsettling and dangerous about the Force. The Inquisitor is about power not (solely) through brute force and intimidation, but through manipulation, corruption, and knowledge.

And where that other Sith class starts in a position of privilege, born to lead and prepared from childhood for training at the Academy on Korriban, the Sith Inquisitor begins the game as a slave, plucked from obscurity and toil in a highly stratified, unforgiving Empire because of his Force-sensitivity and sent to become a Sith or die.

In other words, the character has to rise up and truly break their chains. The Sith Inquisitor is the one that, unlike any other Sith, truly breaks their chains when they have accepted the dark side of the Force entirely. Only through power…

While Rebecca does offer some incredible potential paths that the player can take, it is reiterated that the path that a player takes is entirely up to them. They can do whatever they want, damage the Empire however they want (if they choose) and kill whoever gets in their way if they need it. By rising up from a slave to a Sith Inquisitor, they truly achieve their freedom. As she says herself…You’ve won your freedom. Now what are you going to do?

Is the Sith Inquisitor the class for you or does this do little for you?