Razer Star Wars Keyboard Made for Jedi and Sith

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A different kind of Force feedback.

Razer today shared some details on its special gaming keyboard that it will roll out specially for Star Wars: The Old Republic game.

The stand-out is an LCD track-panel that can display information as well as accept multi-touch input. There will also special buttons dedicated to macros, as well as programmable keys.

The keys themselves are of the "slim cap" Chiclet style and feature gold (yellow) backlighting. For the added bling, there's also a changeable lighting system to remind you if you're on the Dark or Light side.

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It looks pretty great, so all you need to decide if it's worth your $200.

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22 Comments Comment from the forums
  • henydiah
    light saber ... !
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  • s997863
    all that useless bling and no numpad? into the garbage compactor with it ...
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  • $200 ea? well it is expensive to build a death star.
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  • Maziar
    Looks cool! but the price is a letdown
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  • alidan
    if that track pad can be customized, like i put a custom picture on it, and than macro off the things inside the picture, than it has a day 1 buy for me, couldn't give a crap about the old republic, but the tech for the macro gave me some hope, even though i think that razor blows at macro things (i have a naga, and a saitek 2500 game pad... the saitek has SO much better macro interface that its not even funny. the naga is such a pain in the a$$ to program i dont even bother with it, i set it up to do every command i need for chrome and fire fox, and thats all i am willing to program even though i have SO many other things i could use a 12 button pad for.
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  • bin1127
    psssh. I'm wookie. My keyboard is made of leaves and twigs.
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  • aracheb
    bin1127psssh. I'm wookie. My keyboard is made of leaves and twigs.lol..
    lol..
    lol..
    epic..
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  • el_bastardo74
    hmmm, razer? no thanks...i will stick with my filco majestouch w/ cherry "red" switches.
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  • Looks cool, but I like my G19 better.
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  • UmeNNis
    I would pay 200 IF it had a num pad. OR I will pay 100 no num pad. You decide Razer :)
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