Ahh, tom, what lightsaber activate and deactivate sound are you going to use? p.s. I've found that sound I talked about. Its in "the force unleashed" (the first one) - the audio version, when it discusses obi-wan (who we later discover to be proxy)'s duel with starkiller. When vaders secret apprentice ignites his lightsaber, it has exactly the sound I'm looking for...
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 15 December 2010 14:59 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] starwar game questions Hi Nicol, Given the fact Star Wars is an extremely well known series of sci-fi books, cartoons, and movies I find it amazing you haven't heard about it until now. All the same I'll try and explain it in newby terms for you. The name "Star Wars" is actually pretty self-explanitory. Essentially, at its core Star Wars is about a time long long ago in a galaxy far far away that goes through a number of intergalactic wars and conflicts. As there are several books, movies, and cartoons it would be too much to give you any detail on each and every galactic conflict, but it basically can be broken down into four or five primary areas. Old Republic era --- A time when the galaxy is ruled by a senate, the Republic, and is guarded by a well trained group of champions who have special powers abilities known as the Jedi Knights. The Jedi Knights are able to use their powers and abilities through a power they simply call the Force. The Old Republic is eventually braught to an end when a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious instigates a galactic war called the Clone Wars, and uses it to whipe out the original Jedi Knights. Imperial era --- This is a dark time in the galaxies history when Darth Sidious, Emperor Palpatine, rules the entire galaxy. Only a few Jedi Knights survived the Clone Wars like Obi-Won, Yoda, and the future Jedi Luke Skywalker. Eventually the Rebel Alliance is victorious, and Emperor Palpatine is defeated. New Republic era --- This is a time in the galactic history were the heros of the Rebel Alliance like princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Mon Mothma, Hon Solo, and Admiral Aqbar, etc restore the Republic back to the way it was before the Clone Wars. However, several former Imperial military leaders such as Grand Admiral Thrawn, Admiral Dolla, etc continue the war between the Empire and the New Republic until a piece treaty is signed about six years before the Yuuzhan Vong war. The New Republic is eventually over run by an alien race from outside the galaxy, the Youuzhan Vong, who are bent on exterminating the entire galaxy, and it turns into a galactic war for survival. Only Lukes new Jedi order stands between the Yuuzhan Vong and conquest. Galactic Alliance era ---- This is the current era in the Star Wars universe. This takes place several years after the Yuuzhan Vong war and a new government, the Galactic Alliance, has been reformed out of the ashes of the New Republic. Luke Skywalker, now an old man, is both founder and leader of the new Jedi Knights. Even though the Empire, Yuuzhan Vong, etc have long been defeated their are planets in the Galactic Alliance that decide to revolt against the Galactic Alliance and the galaxy is once again plunged into war. One of the Jedi Knights, Jacen Solo, goes rogue and his sister, Jaina Solo, must track Jacen down and kill him in order to restore balance and order to the galaxy. In the latest series of books, Fate of the Jedi, it picks up with the story shortly following Jacen Solo's death. Luke Skywalker is put on trial for allowing Jacen Solo to turn to the dark side, and is blamed for the civil war. In order to clear his name Luke Skywalker, his son Ben SkyWalker, as well as various Jedi allies try to put together events that lead up to Jacen Solo turning to the dark side and the roots of the civil war covered in Legacy of the Force. Eventually the uncover a new group of dark Jedi Knights, Sith, that are trying to twist events to their advantage in order to take power. When it comes to weapons there are lots of different weapons. In short the most common weapons are these. Light saber --- a sword-like weapon made out of pure light and energy. This is the weapon used by most Jedi Knights as well as the Sith. Blastech Pistol ---- This weapon is basically a type of laser pistol favored by people like Han Solo and Mara Jade before she becomes a Jedi Knight herself. Blaster Rifle --- This is a laser weapon caried by troopers such as clone troopers, storm troopers, Republic troops, etc. Pretty standard weapon for soldiers in other words. Repeater Rifle --- I've only seen this one in games, but it is basically a blaster rifle that can fire several laser shots per second. Thermal detonator --- A round silver ball that can be set or thrown like a grenade to blow things up. Finally, as for the Sith they are not traps. They are people. Kind of a dark Jedi with powers and abilities similar to a Jedi Knight except they are evil. Since a Sith Lord can be any race within the Star Wars universe they could be human or they can be of some non-human race. For example, Darth Sidious was a human named Palpatine from the planet Nabu but one of his Sith apprentices, Darth Maul, was an alien that kind of reminds people of the devil because of his skin color and horns on his head. So a Sith can look like anything. As for the game, Mysteries of the Sith, I don't think it is absolutely necessary to have read the Star Wars books, watched the Star Wars movies, etc but it might help give you a better idea of the over all plot as well as the main characters. For example, in Mysteries of the Sith the main character is Mara Jade who has become one of the more popular characters in the Star Wars universe. Mara has an extremely unique history in that at the time Emperor Palpatine, Darth Sidious, was killed Mara Jade was being trained as a Sith apprentice. After Palpatine's death she tries her hand working as a smuggler until she meats Luke Skywalker and is inlisted in the New Republic's struggle against Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Empire. From there Mara eventually becomes a Jedi Knight, and several years later she falls in love with and marries Luke Skywalker. During the Yuuzhan Vong conflict Mara gives birth to their son Ben Skywalker. Several years later in the Star Wars books Mara is murdered by Jacen Solo after Jacen turns to the dark side and becomes a Sith Lord. So there you have it. While Mara's background history isn't necessary I think you, the gamer, might have a better feel for the game if you knew who Mara Jade Skywalker is in relation to everything else. Alot of who and what she is comes from a checkered past. Unlike many Jedi Knights Mara both knows and understands the dark side and light side of the Force. Although, after Mara is turned to the light side in Last Command it is doubtful she actually practices dark side Force powers. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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