You know, I think it would be cool if LucasArts created a game where it is based around the New Republic era after the Empire has fallen. It could even be based on the New Jedi Order. Now THAT would be AWESOME to see, I would definitely get that game. LucasArts has created too many games where its before the GCW, like Naboo Starfighter or the Battle For Naboo, and the most popular, Old Republic series. I think it's time for something new. What do you think?
(sorry if this is in the wrong place)

Enter the Dark Forces and Jedi Knight games.

Lucasarts needs to do some remakes. Plain and simple. Dark Forces, Jedi Knight (the original and best of the series), etc.

...And yes, I realize there are mods that attempt to remake those.

I concur. That reminds me of Tomb Raider Anniversary, in which I think they did well with capturing the essence of the original Tomb Raider without making an exact copy. If they could do that with DF or JK (which I haven't played, unfortunately), I think it'd do fairly well.

Just no remakes of DF2. I hate that game for that stupid impregnable base on ice level , which has been irritating me for months, because I can't make further progress to research the original portrayals of the Dark Troopers. That research was going to help me make decisions dealing with my sides, since my only other sources are Rebellion and EaW:FoC.

Speaking of remakes, I'd really like to see a true successor to Rebellion. EaW simply just did not live up to that. Petroglyph did well with the overall design, and it's a beautiful game, but it seems like they never finished. It was like getting half of what I wanted. I like the graphical upgrade, ground combat, and whatnot, but the warships are not persistent entities, there's no diplomacy, etc, etc, etc. So, I think someone should give it another shot, but actually focus on the strategic aspects on the galactic level.

As far as the Legacy/NJO/whatever, I'd give it a shot, but I don't think it'd be a very popular game. If LucasArts thought there was that much potential for it, they'd have made at least one game like that. I think it depends on how far past the Battle of Endor you go. It's a risk for the company in terms of both resources and reputation. I'd like to see something based on Thrawn's resurgence of the Empire. It all depends on the quality of the gameplay and what exactly they use. I personally would not be all that interested in buying a game based on fighting the Vong, but the aforementioned conflict or maybe something to do with Darth Caedus' rise might interest me.

MercuryNoodles wrote:I personally would not be all that interested in buying a game based on fighting the Vong . . .

Agreed - I read quite a few of the books, but it always felt Star Wars vs Star Trek to me. The Vong just aren't Star Wars-y.

Teancum wrote:Lucasarts needs to do some remakes. Plain and simple. Dark Forces, Jedi Knight (the original and best of the series), etc.

...And yes, I realize there are mods that attempt to remake those.

Yes...

I've wanted that for years.

Teancum wrote:

MercuryNoodles wrote:I personally would not be all that interested in buying a game based on fighting the Vong . . .

Agreed - I read quite a few of the books, but it always felt Star Wars vs Star Trek to me. The Vong just aren't Star Wars-y.

And why would you say that?

Because I feel like they don't fit into the Star Wars universe, thus my comment.

Specifically they feel nothing like what we know of Star Wars, but exactly like something from a 60's Star Trek episode. I just can't stand em. But we included one in the pack because I knew other folks do like em.

Yes, the Yuuzhan Vong were a little too out there for Star Wars, but I think LucasBooks just wanted to take the saga away from the Jedi vs. Sith for a little while, and it also was able to... ah... cull some extra characters that weren't needed. I would still love a game involving them because I love Star Wars, and I've learned to accept whatever the official Star Wars line introduces, whether it be Jar Jar, Waru, or the Yuuzhan Vong. I do think post-Endor games have potential, especially one involving Thrawn, and although I love Kyle Katarn, its sad he's pretty much all we've got in the post-Endor gaming universe.

Teancum wrote:Because I feel like they don't fit into the Star Wars universe, thus my comment.

Specifically they feel nothing like what we know of Star Wars, but exactly like something from a 60's Star Trek episode. I just can't stand em. But we included one in the pack because I knew other folks do like em.

I'll explain this by saying that a lot of the stuff "added" on, post-ROTJ, is controversial because it "messes with" the characters we already knew and loved. Do I want to see that the Emperor was cloned and reborn what, 2, 3 times? No, of course not, because that cheapens Vader's sacrifice in ROTJ simply because the authors were too lazy to come up with a different villian (I'm also looking at you, every book that decided a "planet-killer" superweapon had to be the MacGuffin). Do I want to see a species that, to finally give a superpowered Luke Skywalker a challenge, had to "exist outside the Force?" - something we were told was essentially impossible in the movies.

This is why I believe many (not all, of course) fans latch on to the "Old Republic" era introduced by the KotOR games - not because its storyline or characters were incredible (although the stories were fun), but because it gave us "new Star Wars" without besmirching the stories and characters that made us enjoy Star Wars in the first place.

(Let it be known that I enjoy Star Trek, and still find the concept of the Vong to be a little silly, simply because it defies conventions established in the movies.)

k'kruhk wrote: I do think post-Endor games have potential, especially one involving Thrawn, and although I love Kyle Katarn, its sad he's pretty much all we've got in the post-Endor gaming universe.

Really? I would say they would have a lot of potential since it's something new and they can entertain the older audience like you and me, such as the Force Unleashed. (I really enjoyed the storyline there)

I got a question for yall: Do you really think it ends there? Don't you think Luke would go out and search for Jedi Knights since he wants to rebuild the Jedi Order. Since the Rebel Alliance won the Battle Over Endor don't you think they would go off and take over Coruscant and start the New Republic since there is no Empire anymore? And what what about all the other characters that didn't have a major roll in the films? Like Wedge Antilles for example, or General Reekian or even Admiral Ackbar. They become essential during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, and it gives them more time to develop their character since we don't really get who Admiral Ackbar or other characters since there wasn't much of a character development in their part. They just introduced them, even though we do get to see a little bit of Wedge's character, but not much.

For my part, I think it's good that authors extended the Star Wars universe for a lot of Star Wars fans to enjoy.

Nova Hawk wrote:I got a question for yall: Do you really think it ends there?

Let me put it succinctly -- there's no money in it. Star Wars nerds might enjoy it, but there's no appeal to mainstream gamers for the reasons Mav listed above plus so many more. I wouldn't ever buy any game past the Thrawn era, and I'm a Star Wars fan -- that being said if they make a Legacy era game they're gonna have to outdo KotOR in terms of story and scale, and I doubt that'll happen, especially considering how boring most of the Vong books were.

Nova Hawk wrote:

k'kruhk wrote: I do think post-Endor games have potential, especially one involving Thrawn, and although I love Kyle Katarn, its sad he's pretty much all we've got in the post-Endor gaming universe.

Really? I would say they would have a lot of potential since it's something new

Thanks for agreeing with me...?

Teancum wrote:

Nova Hawk wrote:I got a question for yall: Do you really think it ends there?

....that being said if they make a Legacy era game they're gonna have to outdo KotOR in terms of story and scale, and I doubt that'll happen, especially considering how boring most of the Vong books were.

I haven't finished the whole series, but I did just finish the Fall of Coruscant and that was really thrilling. I wanna see what happens next now that the Yuuzhan Vong have control over the galaxy. But I agree, some of the books weren't quite as thrilling as others.

But I also got another question, since you see romance between Han and Leia don't you think they would ever get married and have kids? I mean, that's what I thought.

Spoiler Alert...

Lol, I knew that...

Speaking of remakes, I would like to Shadows of the Empire remade. Now that would be awesome.

I personally thought that Legacy era meant in the time period of the 9-book series, Legacy of the Force, about
***Spoiler***

Fluffy_the_ic wrote:I personally thought that Legacy era meant in the time period of the 9-book series, Legacy of the Force, about Caedus and such.

Shhh! Don't give away a spoiler! Just say it's Jacen Solo.

Nova: