As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of the pre Disney Star Wars Expanded Universe books and comics. I find it interesting they wanted nothing to do with the EU and thought it was smart to alienate myself and all the other fans who faithfully bought the books and spent time in forums, but they seem to keep mining it for content and even more interesting they don’t want to turn their crappy High Republic into a tv series.
Of course we could play a drinking game for when we hear “updated for modern audiences”, “i never played KOTOR”, or showcase the diverse cast
Swtor is one of those games I would love to still play but modern Star Wars is such a shitshow no part of its franchise is safe.
On top of all the MTX shit Swtor was bloated with from the Sequels and lots of other random things, the 3.0 revamp ruined a lot of classic features about the game simply so dailies could be inserted to older content zones and more timesinks and grinds could be forced upon players. If a pre 3.0 private server existed I would be there but it's one of the few games of its type that it doesn't seem to have one.
Regarding the IA, it's a tricky story to recommend because on the one hand it's the best written so you would think telling people to play it ASAP would be good. But on the other hand there are so many cameos and Easter eggs littering the story you will miss them if you haven't already done the other 7 stories.
The old twi'lek leader from near the very start of the JK story back on Tython? Shows up at the very end of the IA story.
And the whole story is like that. If you don't know what to look for so many details get missed.