Hi, Well, to be honest if you have never watched any of the six movies or read any of the 60 odd books out there now you'd be missing a lot of the history and background behind the characters. As far as that goes I'd add in the games and comics too as they also offer history and insight into the characters as well.
For example, the game I'm thinking of recreating in an accessible format, Mysteries of the Sith, takes place just after the Jedi Academy triligy in chronology. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker has set up an academy for Jedi students on Yaven IV and in the game Kyle Katern one of the new Jedi Knights has gone missing. Luke's friend and future wife, Mara Jade, who happens to be Kyle's apprentice, goes searching for him. Throughout the course of the game Mara discovers Kyle has been corrupted by the dark side. In the final battle the player, playing Mara Jade, must decide to try and turn Kyle back to the light side or kill Kyle. Like many of Lucas Arts games the game has multiple endings depending on which path Mara Jade takes in the game, and as far as the story goes most Star Wars authors have picked the ending were Mara successfully saves Kyle Katern from the dark side rather than being turned herself. Which fits seeing as she overcomes her dark side past in the book, "Last Command," by Timothy Zahn, and kicks C'bouth's butt by running him through with a light saber. Yay! On the other hand there is an advantage here in not having all the history of the characters as you wouldn't be disappointed if some of the characters in the game aren't strictly according to cannon. For example, in Mysteries of the Sith the actress that plays Mara Jade in the game is to bright and happy to be Mara. Mara, as her name implies, is usually in a bad mood and is often bitter. At least in the earlier books. She's all business and doesn't joke around. IN the game though the Mara Jade we get is happy, smiling, and cracks jokes like "what a mess" after she chops a probe droid apart with her light saber or guts the rancor on level 7. Somehow that just doesn't square with the Mara we read about in the books. Even in the later books like the New Jedi Order and Legacy series, after she is married to Luke, she is usually very serious and down to business. So one of my major criticisms of Mysteries of the Sith is that Mara Jade's character is out of character. That, however, wouldn't bother someone just coming to a Star Wars game for the first time. Smile. On 12/2/10, Shiny protector <[email protected]> wrote: > I never watched star wars, and I'd like to see a copy of star wars that > which could be accessed by the blind! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
