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That's probably where you and i differ greatly, i thought the two thrones was alright, but nothing compared to the first two, primarily because i thought the story was a huge let down. gameplay is kind of secondary for me.

I wouldn't mind a fighting system similar to the Prince of Persia games as the agility based combat system would be perfect for jedi. I know a few people that didn't like kotor because they found the combat system too easy. personally, i care much more about the story line and the character building than i do about the actual gameplay.

The Architect, I did forget the Kreia mentioned that Reven had a mother and father, but i don't think that really sets and origin in stone anyway. Kreia could be lying, does not know, or they could be surrogate parents. According to what i read, the true sith existed before the Ajunata pall/ tulak hord/ marka ragnos era of sith. "According to Kreia, the "True Sith" had existed for millennia prior to the rise of the ancient Sith Empire." (From True Sith page on wookieepedia) This coincides with what i wrote in my first post. As for the age thing, from what i have researched, the mandalorian wars took place between 3976-3960 BBY and the Jedi Civil war was between 3959-3956 BBY. Lets assume Reven left for the unknown regions in 3955 BBY. Reven joined the Mandalorian wars after they had started and being that he is a normal human (ie. aging) i figured that at the age of his 20s he could conceivably be ready to take on such a task. Therefore it would likely make reven in his 40s when he left for the unknown regions. So through a little research i have found that reven must have been born in 4000 BBY give or take five years. My first thoughts were that the game can't go into the unknown regions because that would require the team to develop too much star wars canon about what was in the unknown regions. however, after research i realize that there is already a lot in canon talking about what lies within the unknown regions. so therefore i think it would be exciting to venture into this fairly unexplored world. as for the characters you play, i do not think we can play as reven or the exile in kotor 3 (or at least should not) because it would interfere with every single player's idea of who reven is exactly. as a matter of fact, i'm not even sure if we should find reven or the exile. if there is an npc of reven people would complain what he looks like, what his powers are etc. same with the exile. and it wouldn't make the game very interesting if we started out as an immensly powerful jedi who didn't have to worry about building his skills (ie leveling) This is why i think a third character is necessary. I've read various ideas, but very few of them ammount to the same level of story telling that these games have provided. This third character must already have ties to the story somehow. Maybe they were the padawan of somebody important and they never finished their training (they could have trained at the enclave on dantooine or at the sith academy on korriban, not really important but it gives you the lightside/dark side origin choice like you had in kotor 2). possibly your master brought you away from the mandalorian and jedi civil wars becuase he knew what it would do to the galaxy and he trains you as a gray jedi on some remote planet (i think a nod to dagobah would be kind of cool since you could explore the world a little bit more than the movies did). maybe you are even the son/ daughter of bastila and reven and you are off to find what happened to your father. (this would avoid the problem that i have with actually encountering reven as an npc since it's possible he died years before you were ready to begin your search.)

Before I begin my message I want to throw out an advanced "sorry if this has been said before or if it's in the wrong place" i'm new to this board and am a casual game player at most. the kotor games have probably been the only games that i have ever repeatedly played and as a star wars fan i have been particularly fascinated by the expanded universe that kotor exists in. as such i would like to throw in my thoughts about what possible story elements could exist in kotor 3. i am contributing this because i am curious about it from a literary standpoint and would like some discussion. firstly, i think there are some obvious question that need answering by the third installment. 1. who is reven and where did he come from/go to? 2. who is the exile and what does he really have to do with reven? (i feel this was not answered in kotor 2) 3. what is the "THREAT" that exists in the unknown regions and what are the true sith? If you ask me, Reven is the anakin skywalker of this series. the story revolves around him. so after doing so significant research on star wars wiki, i found some interesting connections that i feel could help set a foundation for this next installment. I realize that i am attempting to write star wars canon and that my knowledge is probably lacking, but i did find it interesting that much of what i looked up was either unanswered or was being modified by original authors. (this makes me hope that i am at least on the write track as to answering some of my questions.) The origins of the threat from the true sith can be dated back to the fall of the Rakata empire around 28,000 BBY. As the infinite empire began to collapse from over extension, the dark force energy that infested Rakatan society (and would later cause a plague which led to their destruction) created a rift in the force. This rift manifested itself in a leader of the Sith species, King Adas of Korriban whose understanding of the force up till then was merely magic and not true mastery. With this new found power, Adas was able to crush the Rakatan invaders and bring his race on Korriban to a great army of force users. Adas lost his life during the Rakatan repulsion however, before his death he created a holocron which he learned from the Rakata himself. This holocron held the secrets of the power he had only briefly tasted before his death. It was the culmination of the force power that was used by the Rakata for millennia and held the greatest secrets of the force. Then, after the collapse of the Rakata and the death of Adas, his sith followers and his holocron disappeared. It is believed that his followers left for the unknown regions as they sought the darkness of the outer rim to conceal their existence. 24,000 years later, Adas