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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/15/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    they are bringing back the apprentice cause he made money. lucas arts could give a shit about great story telling.
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    Wow. That guy won't be getting nominated for best VO at the 2010 VGA's. I sure hope the rest of the VO cast for STO isn't as deeply hooped up on valium as that guy was.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    What I don't understand is why the animation in the Clone Wars cartoon can't be this good, or the story be this... not cringe-inducing.

    Subjective, I guess, but this (and that last trailer, I guess for Force Unleashed I? I'm not a gamer) looks 100,000 times better than Clone Wars in all ways.
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    Image of TwiceDead TwiceDead
    12/15/09

    @Lassus: The clone wars games or series? Because the series has really found its feet now and is ticking along quite nicely.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    12/15/09

    @TwiceDead: Well, yes, but this really doesn't address what I said. Even if it's coming along quite nicely, compared to the Forces Unleashed, it gets a real meh. I mean, in my opinion.
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    Image of TwiceDead TwiceDead
    12/15/09

    @Lassus: To me the Clone Wars fits in far more with the movies and GFFA than TFU. The Clone Wars speaks to the core of what Star Wars is - adventure serials. TFU seems to try and modernise Star Wars and bring it in line with modern expectations and therefore, in my view, loses the quinessential Star Wars quality.
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    Image of DarthVegan DarthVegan
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    I'm guessing TFU2 is as follows: Following the events of TFU1, Starkiller has killed Vader, Obi-Wan, and Luke (according to the expansion content). The Emperor has replaced Vader with Starkiller.

    The galaxy is altered into something different from the Original Trilogy. While the rebellion exists it might be radically different from the events of TFU1. The rebellion's founders are under arrest by the Emperor. Luke and Obi-Wan are dead. Yoda does exist on Dagobah, and I'm guessing there's the opportunity for either:

    1) Starkiller to kill the Emperor, thus taking control over the Sith order and the Empire.

    2) Reform is ways under the tutelage of Yoda and be the backbone of the rebellion.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    12/14/09

    @DarthVegan: Leia is trained by Yoda instead of Luke and takes out both Starkiller and the Emperor?

    I always thought Leia would be the better choice for "First New Jedi". She seemed to be the most level headed and sensible of the whole family.
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    Image of DarthVegan DarthVegan
    12/14/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: In the Infinities graphic novels, something like that happens. Luke dies on Hoth and Leia ends up going to Dagobah to be tried by Yoda.

    I can't remember what happened to Leia in TFU, at least in the "Dark Side" ending. In the "Light Side" ending, she helps found the Rebellion. I'm assuming she's under arrest, perhaps even secretly trained by Emperor to be Starkiller's replacement once he senses Leia's potential.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    See, one thing that has ALWAYS bugged me about Star Wars is the existence of the Light and Dark sides of the Force. It's like, sure, the Dark side is more seductive and easier to access, but really, I'd say that unless you're just a general asshole to begin with, if your intentions were pure, you could probably access it without any permanent addiction.
    Starkiller appears to have made the transition from angry Sith badnik to righteously pissed-off force of nature.

    Also, that thing made a Rancor squeal like a pig. In the words of Obi-Wan, "There's always a bigger fish..."
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    @Smeagol92055: Pretty sure that Was Qui-Gon. . .
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/14/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: Just as long as it wasn't Jar Jar.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/14/09

    @Smeagol92055: Isn't that the opinion they formed for Kyle Katarn?
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Yea, I think that's how it ended up. I dunno which was the canon ending on those though. I was too busy being the Raccoon King.
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    Image of Imagism Imagism
    12/14/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: I thought that was a brilliant evolution of the theory behind the Force.
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Imagism was starred Imagism was unstarred
    Image of maythetechbewithyou maythetechbewithyou
    12/14/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: It was PT so does it really matter?

    Not a fan of Force Unleashed and II looks even less appealing
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment maythetechbewithyou was starred maythetechbewithyou was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    @maythetechbewithyou: PT? Post-Tattuine? I don't know what you're talking about.
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    Image of TheDarkWayne TheDarkWayne
    12/15/09

    @Smeagol92055: I was always under the assumption that by it's nature the dark side corrupts. Even if you try to use lightning and force choking in a good way, it'll eventually just make you bad anyway.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/15/09

    @Smeagol92055: power corrupts absolutely. but in the new jedi order novels this is duality of the force is challenged and jacen solo learns how to be more grey than black or white
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    Seeing as The Force Unleashed was a thousand times more interesting than most of the stuff to come out of the Star Wars milieu in the last ten years, yeah, let'm make a sequel.
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    Image of zark169 zark169
    12/14/09

    @Aidan_: Except that the explaination as to how he's still alive in one piece is probably going to be Pure Lucas BS (tm).
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    12/14/09

    @Aidan_: A thousand? Thousand? Not "twice"? Not "ten times"?

    :-)
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    12/14/09

    @Aidan_: I'd like to throw the Republic Commando hat into the ring. It would go into the 'Best Star Wars game no one ever played' category, though.

    That's the sequel I want to see. I mean, the first one had a cliffhanger ending, and now that the books are cancelled, we'll never know what happens to Sev.
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    Image of Westender Westender
    12/14/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Couldn't agree with you more.
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    Aidan_ promoted this comment Westender was starred Westender was unstarred
    Image of DarthVegan DarthVegan
    12/14/09

    @Aidan_: Knights of the Old Republic. It kicks TFU in the shins and takes its lunch money.
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    Aidan_ promoted this comment DarthVegan was starred DarthVegan was unstarred
    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    12/14/09

    @zark169: Don't care. Really, I don't. You give me a fun game with a fairly engaging setting and you can hand-wave to high holy hell.
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    Image of TheDarkWayne TheDarkWayne
    12/15/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: The books are canceled? What? Really? They just released the new one in October and as far as I know the next one is still due next July. Also KOTOR is clearly the best star wars game, and maybe any game, ever
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    Aidan_ promoted this comment TheDarkWayne was starred TheDarkWayne was unstarred
    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    12/15/09

    @TheDarkWayne: Yep, they cancelled the second Imperial Commando book because Traviss's Mandalorian canon (which is pretty much the only one at this point, she made the kriffing language [I know she didn't make it, but she published it]) conflicts with the new one they're going to introduce in the TV show. The show's going to make a new pacifist faction of mandalorians, even though that makes no sense for their culture. But you know, whichever path makes the most money for Lucas is the one they go with.

    And it turns out she was contractually prohibited from telling us what happened to Sev, which is what gave me the most hope for a proper sequel.

    [karentraviss.typepad.com]
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    Edited by ThisDudeRufus at 12/15/09 10:54 AM ThisDudeRufus was starred ThisDudeRufus was unstarred
    Image of TheDarkWayne TheDarkWayne
    05:09 PM

    @ThisDudeRufus: Pacifist Mandalorians?!?! That's like vegetarian lions! As someone who's entire Xbox Live Profile is written in Mandalorian and has spent hundreds of dollars on clone and Mandalorian related paraphernalia, I'm furious!!
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    Image of agentgray agentgray
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    "Please do explain, LucasArts."

    Money.
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    Im_your_Huckleberry promoted this comment agentgray was starred agentgray was unstarred
    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    12/14/09

    @agentgray: You hit it on the head. Spot on. All Lucas cares about these days is the money. Star Wars is his cash cow and he is gonna milk it for all it's worth. Story canon and history doesn't mean a damn thing if the price is right to him.
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    Edited by Im_your_Huckleberry at 12/14/09 5:04 PM Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of Belabras Belabras
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    Maybe this is a clone of Starkiller?
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    Eff canon! I never played this game, but I think the answer is twisting canon even further-- lets make him Vader's kid. Anti-Luke. Whatever!
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    Image of zark169 zark169
    12/14/09

    @mordicai: In the game he's clearly the son of some new Jedi that Vader kills in the first level.
    The real issue of SW Canon is how he could be soooooo much more powerful than any other Force user that ever existed.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/15/09

    @zark169: to sell games.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    wow...ST Online...that female crewmenber at :20 is REALLY standing at attention!
    and that's some wildly uneven VO work there...
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    12/14/09

    @goldfarb: I've heard Powerpoint slides with more exciting presentation.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    12/14/09

    @Daveinva: Yea, that was a bit dry wasn't it? But on the plus side, cool lasers blowing up ships in space!
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/15/09

    @TotalFanGirl: yeah ship to ship combat looks fun. thats why i tried EVE online, unfortunately EVE is all mining and banking, its like the whole universe is ferangi
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    Image of DraconisXC DraconisXC
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    Could be worse. Could be Jar-Jar.
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® promoted this comment DraconisXC was starred DraconisXC was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/14/09

    @DraconisXC: I'd like to unleash JarJarkiller...
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    12/14/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: In Battlefront 2 the "hunt" option for Naboo pits blaster carrying droids against Gungans. It's a massacre since the Gungans are armed only with grenades and they're more likely to blow up their collegues than anything else.

    It's an absurd amount of fun to run around mowing down Gungans with your friends while they scream things like "Wesa gonna lose!". Very satisfying.
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    Image of badSamurai badSamurai
    12/14/09

    In reply to Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer
    More Force unleashed. YAY

    Kinda bending up the story? ehhhhhh

    It was one of the better storys in Video Games IMHO. So this is interesting. I thought it took a sizeable amount of balls before in this sequel a year Gaming culture, to kill the lead protagonist at the end of a story. So the game better stay on point like icicles. Did anyone play the extended edition? was that story after his death?
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    12/14/09

    In reply to Gotham Goes To Hell In Arkham Sequel
    It looks to me like this game is going to be loosely based around the Batman: Cataclysm, Aftershock, and No Man's Land arcs, which I have to say is a perfect choice.

    They can easily pick and choose which story elements to keep, and I can totally see using the bit where Batman has to escape from the collapsed Bat Cave via the underground river as a training mission.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    12/14/09

    In reply to Gotham Goes To Hell In Arkham Sequel
    Where's the Caped Crusader when you need him?

    In my PS3, while I revert to the age of seven.
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    Image of hcd hcd
    12/14/09

    In reply to Gotham Goes To Hell In Arkham Sequel
    The first game was great. Still, what it really proved about Batman is that he is pretty crappy at fighting crime. Every time he'd rescue somebody, he'd say "Stay put", wander off to punch somebody else, and then come back to find everyone dead.

    Batman: Soft on crime.
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