Star Wars: The Old Republic Trailer

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Pirate nailed it exactly.

He didn't capture the feel of the legendary hero Anakin Skywalker and he didn't manage to be the badass cold-as-ice dark lord Darth Vader.

Because at that time he wasn't cold as ice yet. He was afraid Padme was going to die that's why he did all this!

[Losperman]

I think I might have to make an alternate character for griefing. A Gungan Jedi who follows other Jedi around annoying the hell out of them to try and get them to give into their hate.

[Losperman]

http://kotaku.com/5277689/star-wars-the-old-republic-preview-bam-here-it-is

[Losperman]

Also losperman that is the most evil idea I have heard in quite some time.

It would work, wouldn't it? How many Jedi could I turn to the dark side by attacking me, I wonder?

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Also the clone wars should have been a cool and intriguing fight with all sorts of deception where people had to worry about clones of people infiltrating each other's ranks instead of every clone coincidentally being a dumbed down Boba Fett generic stormtrooper

u mean jango fett

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Uh, what? Mark Hammil is a badass and acted the part that was given to him just fine?

The guy is one of the greatest voice actors ever, I might add. Mr. Selatcia from Metalocalypse? Him. Harabec Predator from Starsiege? Also him. The Joker from Batman: the Animated Series? Mark Hammil.

Don't blame Mark Hammil, blame George Lucas. He made Anakin a whiny bitch too, even if Hayden Christensen's acting was also horrible the writing was just as much to blame.

I never said Mark Hammil wasnt a badass. He completely is. But someone commented a few pages back that Luke is a whiny bitch.. Look at Mark Hamill in teh first film, he does indeed, look like a whiny bitch.

As for Hayden christensen, His whiny acting made sense to me. Who else but a person with a whiny mindset could turn into Darth Vader? A valiant legendary jedi badass annakin skywalker would never turn to the darkside. There had to be conflict and the conflict is what made him whiny. The death of his mother is one of the turning points and one of the few times he ever really cried in the entire trilogy. I think your expectations for the characther were just way to high.

FTR: I hated Ep 1, 2. I thought 3 was pretty damn good to be honest..

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Kyle Katarn has always been a badass but he also turned to the dark side for a while!

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the guy in the trailer sounds like hes trying to copy darth sion horribly

god damn that was a cool fucking sith lord

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Nihlus was better

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meh i liked how they changed up the 'all sithlords must have a black cloak+mask' trend and gave him badass scars everywhere

nihilus wasnt too unique other than he could whisper and shout at the same time

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Nihilus was cool because he was a planet-eating ghost pirate with zombie slaves.

oh shit thats right i forgot he can absorb planets ... that is pretty badass

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So if by the information on the website, this MMO happens 300 years after the Jedi-Civil War where Revan and Malek beat back the Mandelorians, get a taste of the sweet life, and then turn Sith as all people with power are opt to do.  (You can almost see Rush Limbaugh's skin turning grey and veiny as his power over conservatives grows)  But therein lies the crutch.  According to the Darth Bane book series (a fantastic story, if you haven't touched on it yet), the Sith got all chummy with one another, beat down the republic, and like any good dictator - he slaughtered them and was left as the only Sith along with his apprentice.  He then established the rule of two, stating that there shouldn't be any more than two sith at any given time because sith shouldn't be trusting each other.  Ever.  (Two there are, no more no less - One to embody the power and the other to crave it.  Yoda only got it half right)  So I can only assume this happened before Darth Bane, but after KotOR.  We won't even get into KotOR2 - because you essentially kill off every Jedi regardless of whether  you're good or evil.  Don't need spoiler tags for that since its not canon.

[NintendrCkolc]

No, you said to blame Mark Hammil for the character being a whiny bitch. But that was the writing, his character was completely written as a whiny bitch, Mark Hammil played the part very well but he didn't write the character.

I'm not just taking about how he played the part.. Im going on moreso looks and presentation. Mark hamill LOOKS like a bitch. Therefore, Luke looks like a bitch.

A person with an extremely cynical mindset? A person whose will has been utterly crushed by an unbelievably powerful Sith lord?

I'll give you one thing, Hayden Christensen wasnt the best actor for the part.. But to me, he wasnt THAT bad.

Isildur would never keep the ring for himself.

Now you're comparing sticks and stones.. Isildur was just a lucky bastard and nothing more.

My expectations for the character are based on the original trilogy, and on the character of Darth Vader as played by James Earl Jones. Did Darth Vader ever get whiny? Was he "waaaa waaa the emperor always tells me what to dooooo" or was he somber and all "It's too late for me...son."

He was voiced by JEJ, thats beside the point. You gotta realize, a good 16-19 years passed before the original trilogy picks up and the new one left off. In that time I'd imagine the emperor did break annakin so that he wasnt exactly a "Whiny bitch". Id imagine his tear ducts where burned to the point were he couldnt cry anyway... lol.

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I was sort of shocked at the theaters when I saw Anakin kill the jedi kids at the temple. But he was turned way too easily.. I get really frustrated everytime I see the "UNLIMITEEEEEEED POOOOOWER" scene

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Eventhough Darth Vader isn't as powerful as Revan, Nihilus or even his own apprentice Starkiller, i still think he's the coolest Sith. Which makes the 3 new movies only more painfull.

Also 100th star wars post in 2 days, lol we are so nerd.

[NintendrCkolc]

or even his own apprentice Starkiller,

Starkiller doesnt count... That whole game should just be ignored as just another LucasArts fuckup.

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Starkiller doesnt count... That whole game should just be ignored as just another LucasArts fuckup.

Oh boi you've done it now, just wait till Dwarf reads this.

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Starkiller doesnt count... That whole game should just be ignored as just another LucasArts fuckup.

JUST BECAUSE THE STORY MASSIVELY LACKED CHARACTER BUILDING DOESNT MEAN IT ISNT AN AWESOME STORY

He pulls a fucking Star Destroyer out of the sky for god's sake.

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they shouldve split the 3 new episodes among the three original directors so only the first one wouldve sucked

[Losperman]

JUST BECAUSE THE STORY MASSIVELY LACKED CHARACTER BUILDING DOESNT MEAN IT ISNT AN AWESOME STORY

He pulls a fucking Star Destroyer out of the sky for god's sake.

I liked the game a lot. I thought the story was pretty cool. It's kind of a strange entry, seeing as how Starkiller was so incredibly fucking powerful and this is the first mention of him, but still. Awesomeness.