KOTOR! Knights of the Old Republic MMO Confirmed!

No sooner do I complain about a lack of a blockbuster Kotor title in my E3 piece apparently a interview at Portfolio.com and confirmation from the guys at Joystiq have some news.

It seems EA boss John Riccitiello has confirmed a Knights of the Old Republic MMO is in the works!  Wow, now this is some huge news. 

Here is the quote:
"We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," said Riccitiello. The first title, based on the Warhammer property, will launch soon. "And the one that people are dying for us to talk to them about -- in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it."

"Does Riccitiello mean the oft rumored Knights of the Old Republic Online?  "Yes," he said."

I may be buying my first MMO when this hits.  Bioware and Lucasarts working on a MMO during one of my favorite periods of Star Wars lore is awesome.  I would probably rather have a direct KOTOR 2 sequel, but this could be pretty sweet.  I really wanted to continue the whole story and see where things lead to next.  It is much harder to get quality story out of a MMO that a narrative based story. 

If anyone can have success in this field I hope it is Bioware and that they may side step the issues that befell SOE and Star Wars Galaxies.

Is this the kind of game that would pull you away from WoW?