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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
the only thing that I really disliked about the Republic and Imperial Commander series was that Karen Travess (sp?) seems to have a pretty weird fixation on anything Mandolorian, and at times she made the Clones way too Bobba Fett like.
I remember that the Republic Commando game was outstanding and had some great characters in it and great battles.
I really liked the first Force Unleashed Story, in a movie they would have to tone down his force powers, while it was cool to pull down a Star Destroyer with his mind, he was way too over poowered.
But I loved the story of Vader's secret apprentice who is sent out to build a phony rebellion that eventually becomes a real rebellion due to the actions of Palpatine and Vader.
It also had one of the best lines in Star Wars Lore when the droid who takes the form of whoever is using him to communicate takes the form of Vader to talk to Starkiller.
At the end of the Communication the droid collapses and says "I hate being him" and StarKiller replies "I think he hates being him too":
It just reminded me that Vader is as tragic of a figure as it gets.
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Bang on. I would agree with you about Traviss. The thing I loved about the Republic Commando games/novels was that they demonstrated that the clones weren't just a bunch of meat-bag robots. It tackled an interesting issue about what it means to be human, to be a person. I liked that they didn't all just blindly follow Order 66 and it was cool that some of them tried to protect their Jedi commanders.
As for the Force Unleashed, that Star Destroyer moment was both extremely cool and over the top. It reminded me a lot of the original Clone Wars cartoon where Mace Windu demonstrates his crazy over-the-top Jedi powers. This one:
I like the Starkiller story and I too thought it had a really cool twist. They could tone down some of the crazy force stuff and it would make a great movie. Plus you'd have that returning character factor in the form of Darth Vader/Palpatine.