General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 238

Author: Tyrphanax
Time: 10-May-2016 5:37 PM (Edited)
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I think E3 this year will have some good announcements, especially considering EA opted out of the main conference and instead is doing their own event. We already know there’s a third person action/adventure game coming up from Respawn Entertainment (a company founded by the people who made the good Call of Duties), and I’m sure we’ll be hearing about that at least and probably others come June.

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Author: suspiciouscoffee
Time: 10-May-2016 5:44 PM
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SilverWook said:

Can we get some real Star Wars games now? Besides Battlefront that is…

I think TFA is the first Star Wars film not to have a game based directly on it.

Well if this counts, TFA does have a game.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 10-May-2016 5:52 PM
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That was totally not on my radar. Thanks!

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Author: Tyrphanax
Time: 10-May-2016 5:52 PM
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I meant to mention the Lego version. Which is fine, let Lego take the film-based games since games based on films that try to be serious very rarely do well.

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 10-May-2016 6:15 PM
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A retro Super Nintendo style TFA game would be neat though.

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Author: imperialscum
Time: 10-May-2016 6:20 PM
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Well there doesn’t seem to be any serious story-focused SW games coming out any time soon. The last proper one was original SWTOR in 2011. I am really not interested in any other kind.

真実

Author: Tyrphanax
Time: 10-May-2016 6:29 PM
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imperialscum said:

Well there doesn’t seem to be any serious story-focused SW games coming out any time soon. The last proper one was original SWTOR in 2011. I am really not interested in any other kind.

Just wait until E3. I bet we hear something cool.

Third-person action/adventure can definitely be story-focused, too!

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Author: flametitan
Time: 10-May-2016 6:40 PM (Edited)
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So I was watching some outtakes from the Star Wars saga. Is it a bad thing some of the outtakes for the Prequels express the Padme/Anakin love story better than the final cut does?

Author: imperialscum
Time: 10-May-2016 6:41 PM (Edited)
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Tyrphanax said:

imperialscum said:

Well there doesn’t seem to be any serious story-focused SW games coming out any time soon. The last proper one was original SWTOR in 2011. I am really not interested in any other kind.

Just wait until E3. I bet we hear something cool.

Third-person action/adventure can definitely be story-focused, too!

I actually prefer 3rd-person type. After all, all the best were more or less 3rd-person (KOTOR, SWTOR, JK2, JKA, etc.). I just can’t stand LEGO kind of stuff, even though it is kinda story-focused.

Anyway, we will see.

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Author: Tobar
Time: 10-May-2016 7:09 PM (Edited)
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imperialscum said:

Well there doesn’t seem to be any serious story-focused SW games coming out any time soon. The last proper one was original SWTOR in 2011. I am really not interested in any other kind.

Which is still being updated! There’s a huge ongoing story arc that they set in motion recently and it’s pretty epic in scope.

Check it out.

And here are the devs discussing their storytelling goals for it.

P.S. the epic backstory cinematic trailer

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Author: Erikstormtrooper
Time: 10-May-2016 10:36 PM
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doubleofive said:

Disney Infinity is dead.

So did Disney just kill Infinity to compensate for going over budget in Shanghai?

You know of the rebellion against the Empire?

Author: Smithers
Time: 11-May-2016 12:14 AM
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I wish they finished Star Wars: 1313
It looked like it was going to be the same quality as The Last of Us but set in the Star Wars universe and stars a young boba fett that wasn’t a Jango clone!

Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329

Author: Lord Haseo
Time: 11-May-2016 12:21 AM
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Smithers said:

I wish they finished Star Wars: 1313
It looked like it was going to be the same quality as The Last of Us

Gameplay wise sure but plot and character wise? I doubt it.

Author: imperialscum
Time: 11-May-2016 4:57 AM
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Tobar said:

imperialscum said:

Well there doesn’t seem to be any serious story-focused SW games coming out any time soon. The last proper one was original SWTOR in 2011. I am really not interested in any other kind.

Which is still being updated! There’s a huge ongoing story arc that they set in motion recently and it’s pretty epic in scope.

Check it out.

And here are the devs discussing their storytelling goals for it.

P.S. the epic backstory cinematic trailer

Thanks for the links!

I did have a short look at the Knights of the Fallen Empire trailer when it first came out (at that time I already stopped playing the game) but I didn’t quite like the direction/story. I preferred the classic Empire/Sith vs Republic/Jedi setting of the original game content. To be honest, I didn’t like any of the expansions, expect for Galactic Starfighter.

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Author: Tobar
Time: 11-May-2016 8:14 AM
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Smithers said:

I wish they finished Star Wars: 1313
It looked like it was going to be the same quality as The Last of Us but set in the Star Wars universe and stars a young boba fett that wasn’t a Jango clone!

That game was about to turn into a mess. The stuff we saw of the game was what they’d managed to finish before George stepped in and had them trash it all.

Originally the game was going to star an original character and follow his rise in the underworld of 1313. That’s who you see in that game footage.

Then George stepped in and “suggested” using Boba Fett instead. Which meant scrapping most of what they’d done as there was a standing policy of “DO WHATEVER GEORGE SAYS”. It wasn’t George’s fault mind you, he just wanted to come in and make suggestions not commands.

But his handler put that policy in place which ended up killing a number of projects. As George would regularly role in every six months or so with radical suggestions that usually meant scrapping everything you’d done and starting over until his next appearance and then rinse and repeat.

Which is why we had such a long dry spell before the Disney sale.

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Author: TV's Frink
Time: 11-May-2016 9:32 AM
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RANDOM THOUGHTS NOT VIDEO GAME THOUGHTS THANKS

Author: HansiG
Time: 11-May-2016 10:36 AM
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Considering the fact that with the exception of the SNES trilogy, all direct adaptation videogames were garbage, I don’t think they should make one for TFA.

Author: Mark's Down On Your Syntax
Time: 11-May-2016 10:59 AM
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I wonder if Ewoks are ticklish under all that fur, or if it’s too thick for them to feel anything?

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 11-May-2016 11:26 AM
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HansiG said:

Considering the fact that with the exception of the SNES trilogy, all direct adaptation videogames were garbage, I don’t think they should make one for TFA.

WRONG THREAD

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 11-May-2016 11:26 AM
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Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:

I wonder if Ewoks are ticklish under all that fur, or if it’s too thick for them to feel anything?

PROBABLY LIKE DOGS

YOU CAN TICKLE THEIR FEET

Author: moviefreakedmind
Time: 11-May-2016 11:41 AM
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I always found the Naboo scenes in AOTC to be extremely depressing. I think it has to do with the cinematography and bad CGI. I do love how Patty and Ani have a picnic when she’s supposed to be in hiding.

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Author: CHEWBAKAspelledwrong
Time: 11-May-2016 12:05 PM
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moviefreakedmind said:

I always found the Naboo scenes in AOTC to be extremely depressing. I think it has to do with the cinematography and bad CGI. I do love how Patty and Ani have a picnic when she’s supposed to be in hiding.

And they live in a palace. Inconspicuous, lol.

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I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 11-May-2016 2:32 PM
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It was an unlisted palace. 😉

It seems like even a cheap apartment on Naboo is probably ornate though.

George obviously missed a comedic opportunity to have a couple inept bounty hunters disguised as one of those big butt cattle creatures stalking Padme.

Where were you in '77?

Author: CHEWBAKAspelledwrong
Time: 11-May-2016 2:42 PM
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SilverWook said:

big butt cattle creatures

I always thought they looked like massive engorged ticks.

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 11-May-2016 3:08 PM
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Yeah, but I was queasy enough looking at them without thinking that. 😉

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