It is also the last chronologically, taking place nearly twenty years after Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, a video game produced by LucasArts in 2004. Due to the prohibitive cost of building a completely independent, long-range picket ship, the Mantis has never seen large-scale production. I had just activated the generators of three of the burried Republic ships one more to go. STAR WARS™: Knights of the Old Republic™ > General Discussions > Topic Details. Developed at the height of the Great War, the Defender was custom-built for the Jedi Order.