Harrold Andraste

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TheFourthHorseman said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

All those pics of stupid Kylo Ren and his stupid lightsaber make me nauseous.

Fortunately, this image

helps settle my stomach.

 

I like that!

But what's the big deal about the dude's lightsaber? Looks a bit goofy but is it worse than other moronic designs we've seen before?

 The blades' rough edges are pretty cool.

I hate the undue hate toward Kevin J. Anderson for his work on Tales of the Jedi.

Who is "Atris Traya"?

Duragizer: May I send you a private message containing a question or two about the Divergent Universe?

I awkwardly ask here in public, because the rules said something of unwanted PM's, and I don't wanna get banned for whatever.

May I offer a suggestion toward your outline, DL? It's good, but something stands out to me.

That brings up the question of why Vader didn't clone new body parts himself.

The 'what if' is important insofar that we realize the "plot", what little there is, would be the exact same had you replaced Kreia with a generic bit character. And that the plot did nothing to actually serve Kreia's supposed plan. 

Actually... that goes to further prove the writers failed to write Kreia as a villain.

And I still want her scheme explained to me. The Exile being a wound in the Force and Nihilus as a black hole sounds like it could be used to exact some serious crap upon the galaxy, or possibly heighten the chances of nullifying the Force...... BUUUUT nothing close to that ever happens at all in the story.

I don't know what that has to do with what I was talking about.

Kreia helps the Exile reestablish their connection to the Force and led him/her to fight Sion and Nihilus. So what? Vrook, Handle Bar Mustache, and the Iziz Jedi could train him/her, too. Matter of fact... they do. In the game. Before they ultimately gather together and try to exile the Exile again.

For all the damn difference it made, you could've had the Exile incidentally run into any ole Jedi at the beginning of the game to learn about/trigger their returning powers.

Kreia wants the Exile to kill the Jedi and Sith, then kill her, cuz she kinda both, then... that has something to do with destroying the Force and teaching the galaxy a non-Force lifestyle is good.

darklordoftech said:

Clones having the same Force-sensitivity as their templates. If Force-sensitivity can be cloned, why didn't Palpatine clone Vader?

 That has to be the worst plot hole in the EU.

Nihilus was an anti-character. His only motivation (I hesitate to apply that word to him) was to eat the Force. He's shockingly pointless other than to explain why there are so few Jedi in the game, and to develop Visas Marr's backstory.

Sion... uses the Dark Side to hold his broken body together. I guess he serves some purpose in symbolizing a person that depends entirely on the Force, a balance to someone like Atton Rand who survives by his blaster aim and smarts. But the writers never really make anything of it.

Kreia's aspiration of destroying the Force, or teaching the galaxy that living without the Force can be a good thing, sounds all poetic and unique, but it's unobtainable to her. She's a crazy person with a crazy dream. The galaxy was never in danger from her by the time KotOR 2 happens. 

The three villains are retroactively meaningful, but their relevance is already over by the time the Exile even meets them. That's what I mean when I say KotOR 2 was disjointed and thematically confused.

I hate R.A. Salvatore's ponderous space battles. Einstein or Newton would be hard pressed to calculate which fighter is doing what half the time.

EDIT - To be clear, he's a great writer overall.

Btw, I prefer KotOR 1.

KotOR II was written by pretentious hacks who despise the spirit of Star Wars. The "story" is a disjointed, thematically-confused mess, same as the level designs, "plot" progression, and squad-mates.

Let me tell you about KotOR pairings in the GFFA-0409 universe.

It makes me uncomfortable.

Definitely, Dark Lord.

Mission accomplished. I can appreciate the KotOR games all the more after having read this series. 

We all probably know someone in our personal lives who suffer from schizophrenia. And I personally have been to jail. Yet here I am, posting on this forum.

No biggie. But possibly a biggie. Toss of a coin. Thus is the coldness of the universe. 

Best wishes to Jake.

darklordoftech said:

Harrold Andraste said:

I've read the first two issues of Tales of the Jedi (the introductory mini-series is called Golden Age of the Sith).

Pretty good so far. I know Anderson gets a lot of flack, but I'm no sure why yet. Here's rooting for Jori and Gav!

KJA gets a lot of flack for his stuff that's set during the movies and/or after ROTJ, but his ancient galactic history stuff is a different story. He created a lot of the history of the Republic, Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians, etc. Let me know when you're introduced to the Sith in the comics you're reading.

Oh, I get it now. Thanks for explaining.

Here ya go! I'm done with GAoTS and The Fall of the Sith Empire.

The drama between Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow was Sith-like in the usual sense (struggles for dominance through treachery and political coups), while handled more intelligently than I would've predicted.

Both had good points. Ludo wanted to keep the Sith Empire pretty much as it was. Why not? It had worked so well for so long. They had plenty of planets, wealth, slaves, a functioning caste system. Naga thought maybe that could lead to societal stagnation and eventual collapse of the Empire... but he made the mistake of over-reaching when he assaulted the Republic.

On a meta level, their culture is heavily informed by Ancient Egypt. That's fitting, because of the Sith views on superiority, magic, and the afterlife.

Yes, hello world!

Thanks. Got it. I promise to keep EU talk in its appropriate place.

LexX said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tobar said:

Star Wars premieres in China four decades late

Poor China, deprived for so long and you know what version was likely shown. =(

Just more incentive for me to travel there and set fire to Mao's corpse. 

 “But the character design is weak, the leading actress is not beautiful, the leading actor is not handsome and action scenes are like children fighting.”

Wow, they shouldn't have shown the movie at all! Spread the fire.

 He's like a child reviewing. A bratty, spoiled child with no imagination.

I've read the first two issues of Tales of the Jedi (the introductory mini-series is called Golden Age of the Sith).

Pretty good so far. I know Anderson gets a lot of flack, but I'm no sure why yet. Here's rooting for Jori and Gav!

^ Oh schweet!

Well, instead of flooding the thread with walls of text, I decided to take some inspiration from the user above:

https://knightsoftheoldrepublic3.wordpress.com

I see Duragizer worldbuilding his own Star Wars continuity. (Btw, is there a universe for each of the Thomas Kinkade painting edits? Also, cool ideas for the Jedi factions.) I see people here rewriting the PT or discussing rewrites.

And just having finished both KotOR games from the early 2000's... 

Say BioWare, or Obsidian, or whoever, announced they were producing a long-awaited third installment in the series, and they hired YOU as the writer of the story. How would you develop it?