Not familiar with those designations. Linkies or pics?

Ouch.

Of all the things to say in a Star Wars thread. You're going to be kicking yourself in a minute over one of these, I guarantee it.

An example of the YT-2400

An example of the YT-1300

*points at Cheshire*
*laughs cruelly and contemptuously*

Ahem. Anyway.

In an iOS and Android game called Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, it seems they're bringing back characters from KotoR. I played it before, back in its early stages, and they had HK-47. At that time I didn't think much of it, waving it off as one of those cheeky little throwbacks to the now defunct Legends continuity. Just right now though, I found out that they're bringing in Darth Nihilus.

Keep in mind that this game is under EA's umbrella. Could... Could it be that Disney is slowly and sneakily introducing characters from Legends back in the fold through this game? Or is it just another of Uleni's ridiculous fancies?

I'm gonna go with the "ridiculous fancies" angle. Clearly there's nothing about this game that could be considered canon, so there's nothing stopping them exploiting the popularity of the Legends material by breaking out some of the characters. All it does is broaden the appeal of the game.

Well that's a bit embarrassing...

To be honest though, Khajiit never really paid much attention to those ships' types. He knew they were Corellian and freighters but not the designations.

Darth Nihilus: bad ass or badly underwhelming?

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Feb 2 2017, 11:04 AM

I would say badarse, but let down by the rush that hindered KotOR2

They're already bringing some of KotoR's elements back piece by piece (Hammerheads, Malachor); and HK47's appearance in that game preceded Thrawn's debut in Rebels, something that I don't see as a mere coincidence. Add to the fact that there's some theories that either a fem!Revan or Kreia actually appeared in the finale of Rebels's second season and Darth Nihilus of all people being introduced now... Mmm mmm mmmm. 'Sides, it's not the first time EA did something similar to this, introducing lore through vidya, I mean; just look at Jakku at their version of Battlefront.

They might be bringing in KotOR elements(including some notable story elements), but they're doing so 4,000 years later than their original usage. So even if they're doing more than simply capitalising on the popularity of those games(personally I think it's more them playing safe and trying to keep the older fans on side), they're doing something completely different with them, since there's no Old Republic for them to be set in at that point.

On another note, I'm actually having some fun with Galaxy of Heroes

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Feb 2 2017, 01:00 PM

M8, that game'll suck you in quicker than a Sarlacc Pit coming off of a particularly poor hunt; back when I played it regularly it didn't have as much game modes but it still hooked me in.

Now they have Galactic War, Spaceship Battles, even Boss Raids. It's crazy how that game blew up!

gimme dat death star fam.

You're not kidding. So far I'm one player level away from unlocking challenges, and had some fun testing out the arena. Really wish I had some new characters though, I hate having to use an ewok for the light side missions

Still can't get over that Vader scene in R1.

Star Wars announced a new book not to long ago coming out that takes place after the events of Rogue One; it's called Inferno Squad. The book is about a group of elite Imperial soldiers who are called by the Empire to go after Saw Guerrera's terrorist group- the survivors from Jedha. The book is about these Imperial heroes fighting against them. Christie Golden is the author. She wrote Star Wars: Dark Disciple.




It was one of my favorites!

Totally! It almost seemed casual the way he slaughtered those rebel scum.

Straight up demonic, more like! The music ante'd it up to biblical levels, the gunfire from those helpless men meshing with their screams as they raced against their own impeding doom was heavenly, and the way Vader just ... did his thang was more reminiscent of a tornado tearing apart all resistance. Here's hoping his grandson, who is already quite powerful even though he's essentially AOTC!Anakin, shapes up eh?

The scene had really powerful atmosphere, Khajiit will say that, but to this one, Vader looked like he was swatting some bothersome flies on a lazy Summer day!

Just put one of these in layaway AT-ACT. I also ordered an old Micro Machines Action Fleet Cloud City Bespin playset from Amazon.

This post has been edited by Dark Reaper: Mar 2 2017, 02:07 PM

From Wookiepedia:

On this day in Star Wars...
March 2, 2013: Ahsoka Tano walked away from the Jedi Order.
March 2, 2015: Ahsoka Tano returned as Fulcrum.

Wow! Do you think they did that on purpose?

I'll bet on it.

Ahsoka's ridiculously popular anyhow and the way Disney axed TCW just begged for some closure.