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Agreeing with the majority of the substantive points thus far to a point. If the armor were akin to what the Yhuuzan Vong wear then strength should apply; or unless the lightsaber in question were similar to what Luke Skywalker has in modifying it later to cut through Cortosis then strength shouldn't be applicable to damage. If anything dexterity for control should depending upon the accuracy of lethal cuts, slices and thrusts.

Next time, don't give any spoilers.

I would also say Form II simply by virtue of severing his/her apprentice's jaw without mortally wounding him, even though we see very little of the atypical high stance. Mirroring prior points that Revan knew the path he/she was headed down ergo he/she more than likely anticipated the need for the technique as an eventual contingency against Jedi that wouldn't rally to his/her cause during the Mandallorian Wars. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd mastered Form I as well given his/her studious nature that and in being able to adapt to a secondary stance could have provided a necessary edge in combat when determining who would be the Sith Master.

Tie Fighter since you actually run the risk of failing missions, whereas with KOTOR a chimp could get through the game with no difficulty.

As thought provoking as "no more of this canon crap," Laozi? How about instead, we stay on point instead of bringing up completely irrelevant positions and or positions ad ignorantium?

Yes, no canon. Let's just make up whatever we feel like, shall we?

Precisely my point; I brought it up because you said old were more powerful than the new, and yet when a knight of the Old Republic, Vergere, acknowledges that a member of the new Jedi Order, Jacen Solo, is more powerful than the most powerful Jedi, Anakin Skywalker, according to canon; why then do you have a double standard? Or do your beliefs take precedent over canon? As to the second point if you go back and actually read it, I clearly state Zonama Sekot not another galaxy. The Unknown Regions are part of the Star Wars galaxy, they are quite obviously, just unexplored by the Empire/Republic/Alliance.

Arbitrarily quantifying each generation's sensitivity to the Force, hrmm? According to Vergere, Jacen Solo was more powerful Force user than even Anakin Skywalker whom Lucas has said was the most powerful of the Jedi so one could make the argument contrary to your assertion on the old and new Jedi Order... whatever it is based on remains to be seen. Now looking at a map of the the Star Wars universe, Dagobah is further from Coruscant than Belkadan or the border of the Unknown Regions, in which case even were there some barrier of dark matter surrounding the galaxy, when Vergere was at Zanoma Sekot she would have actually been in closer proximity to Palpatine than when Yoda was on Coruscant. In which case given some deductive reasoning since Yoda required something to mask his pressence, at the time he was indeed within the range of Palpatine Force sense (assuming of course there is indeed some range, what is it, 1 AU, 10, 100?). And if Yoda was within range then when the Vong were at the edge of the Unknown regions she should have been detected none the less.

A different galaxy, not universe, but that's beside the point as distance is immaterial as she could have done so while being within a few feet on them (hence the Skywalker example.) Vergere was still an integral aspect of the Force, so accoding to Yoda's philosphy on a living Force he should have been able to sense her, as well as the Vong since they are living. By hiding her Force pressence from the Yuuzhan Vong's yammosks she effectively hid herself from them as well; which she did again when she was a fugative and was able to concele herself from Kyp, Durron, Saba, the Skywalker's....

When Vergere hid herself from Luke I don't mean physically: she stood right in front of him and told him to attack her through the Force, but Luke simply couldn't detect her and thus his Force attacks were completely useless. Note that she hid herself from the Emperor, Vader, Yoda and Obi-Wan as well for 50 years as well when they all thought Luke was the last of the Jedi. The distinction I am making here is that Vergere relied on her latent abilities but Yoda had to rely on external events, particularly his duel with the Bpfasshi Dark Jedi on Dagobah.

Vergere was trained during the Old Republic but she had half a century to consider the issue that the Yuuzhan Vong were beyond her perception in the Force not to mention hiding the fact that she was Force trained from the yammosks, voxyn et al; Yoda subscribed to the living Force and thus his perceptions of the Force would have been invariably flawed. Giving similar circumstances Yoda might have developed such abilities but then one cannot argue for a negative. Also, Yoda had to hide on Dagobah and use the pressence of the 'dark side' to hide himself from the Emperor; Vergere could do so without having to confine herself to one location.

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/vergere/eu.html

Vergere (Traitor version, not Destiny's Way version). Not even the most Force sensitive could find her in the Force when she wanted hide; particularly in her 'art of defense' with the Force--Luke Skywalker couldn't even attack her through the Force. She rejected the labels of the light and dark side of the Force stating that if there was corruption it was part of the individual not the consciousness of the Force; and showed the flaws in Yoda's dogma of the living Force.

The generally petty, capricious dialogue options for 'dark side' characters. I expected much more from BioWare with CRPG titles like the Baldur's Gate Saga and Planescape Torment under their proverbial belts. The mini-games were too long and too boring to bother with, My advice to Obsidian: read the Han Solo trilogy, learn Sabacc, implement Sabacc. The lack of anti-Force user tactics. Take a lesson from Thrawn or any number of bounty hunters and just provide more options than x arcane sorcery or y hack and slash option. And I don't mean lay an 'elaborate' mine-field; write unique AI's for certain NPC's e.g. when protagonist sets a mine, Malak uses the Force to cause it to blow up in their face; or instead of fighting a possible trio of Jedi/Sith Calo Nord decides to attack from the relative safety and advantage of his speeder instead of engaging in honorable combat. Scripted events, convenient captures and escapes: Perhaps the hallmark of Star Wars, but then perhaps it is time for a change. Don't leave prisoners unguarded, use some sort of psuedo-scientific scan to make sure no party members are left aboard to perform a rescue (this is science fiction after all), and in the words of Irenicus: "You warrant no villain's exposition from me." Take this lesson to heart shall we? Also, provide the option to massacre any security force that attempts to detain you; remember the Cowled Wizards from Shadows of Amn? Combat techniques need some refinement. Provide stun settings for blasters. Let people aim for any limb, head or tail, not just the torso.

Once it was revealed that that one character was given the moniker "Darth Nihilis[t]" I assumed that after Revan's ordeal he becomes extremely pessimistic about the notions of the Force and becomes another wandering hermit akin to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jacen Solo. Perhaps Revan discovers the Force is lacking that Force philosophy eventually repudiates itself then sets out on a self-imposed exile in order to expose the dogma and sacrosanct truths as symptoms of a defective Jedi/Sith mythos. Done rambling, carry on.

If the dialogue options of Knights of the Old Republic I are any indication most likely 'light side.' The random acts of violence which were prevalent in KOTOR I were nothing but juvenile pettiness. If the

I would like to see use of more force telekinetic abilities that are not limited to opponents but to objects and terrain and the use of force sensitivity other than a passive +2 defense bonus. Examples: Force Levitation: (Rank 1) Through the force you send a single object at high velocity at an opponent inflicting xDy points of damage. Force Telekinesis:(Rank 2) Through the force you send unattached objects into orbit around your person for 30 seconds, inflicting xDy points of damage to characters who come into physical contact with the objects and have a 33% chance to block blaster bolts and other ranged attacks. Telekinetic Storm:(Rank 3) By focusing the force objects inanimate and animate alike (including enemies) are caught up in a ferocious telekinetic storm which acts as a barrier against physical and ranged attacks with a 66% chance at deflection and inflicting xDy points of damage. Duration 60 seconds. Force Acclimation:(Rank 1) Entities who are strong in the Force are indicated by a marker on the area map. Force Sense:(Rank 2) Entities which are force sensitive appear on the area map. Force Balance:(Rank 3) All major life forms appear on the area map. Force Empathy:(Rank 1) Through the Force influence non-sentient life forms to act on their instincts, e.g. flee in front of an opponent to cause a distraction or entice predatory instincts to attack opponents. Force Connection: (Rank 2) Influence both sentient and non-sentient life forms in manner similar to Force empathy. Sentient life forms can begin conversations and other plausible actions.

Too much exposition can be a bad thing; that was one of the things I disliked about Knights of the Old Republic I-- especially with Carth's dialogue towards the beginning. That revealed too much since it basically confirmed the amnesia theory. The dialogue options had room for improvement. Instead of discussing the philosophy of the Force with the exception of Jolee Bindo and the Sith Academy you are constantly fed regurgitated pieces of rhetoric. It made me skip much of the Jedi enclave bit initially. There was no reasoning, just unquestioned dogma. Still, I wish that the sith characters were not all petty bullies that had no depth (the Sith students, Darth Bandon etc.). Blend the preconceived notions of good and evil a bit or add some Machiavellian scenarios where the ends would justify the means as we see with Jolee's smuggling career. The pace of the game was fairly cookie-cutter. Your path was set, certain elements had to be achieved in order for the game to progress and basically the dark side game was a carbon copy of the light side game. For the sequel they should add more intrigue and something besides elementary dialogue. To start off I would surmise that there is some sort of Force inspired vision/dream. It could either be about the past, present or future; so long as it is complete and unambiguous. One aspect of creative writing is showing, not telling, so a vision could accomplish in describing the protagonists life up to this point (past); or give some sort of warning that certain agencies are searching for you not necessarily to kill you but perhaps to offer initiation of some kind (present); or if it must be a future event have it be the rising action not the conclusion as was the case with the visions in KOTOR I with the Star Maps.

This is probably heresy but the greatest event was the sequel to the Thrawn trilogy with the Hand of Thrawn concept. You would constantly see references that made you wonder what really happened to Thrawn and when you finally think you figured out that it was something quite simple, instead it is revealed that Thrawn had more foresight than the prescient Jedi in his plan for the galaxy.

A few things to consider: Bastilla could use her meditation to bond with other life forms and just wage a war of attrition against Anakin/Vader, similar to what Jacen Solo (against the Vong/seedship encounter), Joruus C'baoth (controlling villagers on Wayland or pilots accross the galaxy) or Darth Sidious/Palpatine (manipulate Force awareness to hide from the Jedi analoguous to what Vergere did against Luke Skywalker to negate Force attacks or control/manipulate troops) have done. The only viable counter I could think of is the telekenitic storm that has thus far only been described in the expanded universe but is apparently going to be used by Anakin in Revenge of the Sith. As for fighting techniques, it has been said Anakin cannot fight well on uneven terrain for whatever reason and has been theorized that Obi-Wan takes advantage of this in the upcoming film as well; so the location of the duel would matter. Is Anakin in the guise of Darth Vader? Force Lightning/Storm would easily destroy Vader's life support system. If he somehow used the force to remain alive it would surely tax his ability to use the force in other areas.

It depends if either acts strictly out of passion without the self-knowledge of those actions the impulsiveness that could be a fatal flaw. The exception though would be if that passion opens them up to the force in the way Luke Skywalker did with his confrontation of Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi. It also depends at which level of training each has received, Padawan Anakin Skywalker vs Padawan Bastilla Shan; or [Dark] Jedi Apprentice/Knight Anakin Skywalker vs. Dark Jedi Apprentice Bastilla Shan.

Actually according to the canon, Anakin Skywalker is the most powerful Jedi ever, not force user. According to the expanded universe Jacen Solo is the most powerful force user.

Didn't Vergere reveal that the dark/light side nomenclature was all just a sham by the Jedi to cover up the shame that there was no dark side...? All the unifying force concepts and whatnot.

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John Williams boring...? The man is probably one of the greatest minds in the industry. I can think of numerous bad things to say to the author of this but I have decided to place those things in a small box where all bad thoughts go. Seriously though, without the distinct Star Wars soundtrack, Star Wars would be nothing. Recall the backlash when one of those poppinjay teen-angst boy-bands was announced to be in The Phantom Menace? Those of you who entertain such notions, bite your tongues before speaking.