first off all of this is my opinion.
1.I just find the fact that the emperor planned the rebellion 2 years before episode 4 is just retarded.
2. Galen mareks family crest is the used as the rebel symbole is a stupid idea.
3.Darth Vaders "secret" apprentice concept was terrible
4.Galen's powers INO are ridiculous.
5. The whole book/game takes place in like what a month? 2 months? within those two months someone who has been abused in every way pushed to his very limit and was brought up to use the darkside(hate anger aggression) just turns good? come on.
6.Galen is more powerful than Vader and rocks his crap in the novel at one point knocking off his helmet but vader leaves and grabs some stormtroopers without his helmet on? do i really need to explain why that's mest up
7. The character Kazdan Paratus is nutty and wierd for someone who was a Jedi master. along with all the puppets of the council members.
that's all I can really remember right now.
1. True. Though I also find the fact that Palpatine would allow a rebellion at all in the first place to be a little unbelievable. In retrospect, the most powerful and evil being ever to grace the galaxy letting a tiny insurrection foil him is a tad unrealistic. Him inadvertently causing his own demise being the result of him trying to solidify his power through a complex scheme seems to fit better by comparison.
2. I've got no problem with that. Fits in with #1 kinda.
3. Yeah, pretty much.
4. Totally.
5. Actually I think it takes place over a year. I saw its timeframe somewhere ranging from 3-2 BBY.
6. I think you're nitpicking here. But I guess if I was Vader, I'd at least try to find my helmet.
7. Yeah I thought he was pretty stupid too.
Originally posted by xxxpoppunker182
first off all of this is my opinion.1.I just find the fact that the emperor planned the rebellion 2 years before episode 4 is just retarded.
2. Galen mareks family crest is the used as the rebel symbole is a stupid idea.
3.Darth Vaders "secret" apprentice concept was terrible
4.Galen's powers INO are ridiculous.
5. The whole book/game takes place in like what a month? 2 months? within those two months someone who has been abused in every way pushed to his very limit and was brought up to use the darkside(hate anger aggression) just turns good? come on.
6.Galen is more powerful than Vader and rocks his crap in the novel at one point knocking off his helmet but vader leaves and grabs some stormtroopers without his helmet on? do i really need to explain why that's mest up
7. The character Kazdan Paratus is nutty and wierd for someone who was a Jedi master. along with all the puppets of the council members.
that's all I can really remember right now.
Agreed with everything you stated. The rebellion being formed two years before ANH? Mostly the cheapness with which Galen turns to the light. The idea that the Alliance needs the SA to rally them? There was just plenty wrong that didn't even seem to fit with what was supposed to be already established back story.
Originally posted by Captain REX
Is there more dialogue than in the game, chilled?
There is.
One of my favourites is just before Vader betrays Starkiller for the first time. PROXY congratulates Starkiller and 'reassures' him that he will still keep trying to kill him. Starkiller smiles fondly and says "I know PROXY, I know."
Originally posted by xxxpoppunker182
first off all of this is my opinion.1.I just find the fact that the emperor planned the rebellion 2 years before episode 4 is just retarded.
2. Galen mareks family crest is the used as the rebel symbole is a stupid idea.
3.Darth Vaders "secret" apprentice concept was terrible
4.Galen's powers INO are ridiculous.
5. The whole book/game takes place in like what a month? 2 months? within those two months someone who has been abused in every way pushed to his very limit and was brought up to use the darkside(hate anger aggression) just turns good? come on.
6.Galen is more powerful than Vader and rocks his crap in the novel at one point knocking off his helmet but vader leaves and grabs some stormtroopers without his helmet on? do i really need to explain why that's mest up
7. The character Kazdan Paratus is nutty and wierd for someone who was a Jedi master. along with all the puppets of the council members.
that's all I can really remember right now.
Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion of course, but I must respectfully disagree on a few things.
2. Why? He laid down his life to save them. It seems like a good way to honour him. Plus, it's a cool symbol.
3. What's terrible? I like the idea of an anti-hero who becomes a true hero. They couldn't have it be Palpatine's apprentice, so Vader was the logical choice.
4.- What's ridiculous? Galen's powers are no different to those of other Jedi/Sith, just stronger than most (telekinesis, electrokinesis etc). He doesn't shapeshift or time-travel or anything.
5. The story takes place over several months at least. Galen's turning to the light makes perfect sense since he did have a good heart deep down. Plus he was in love (which is what I like most about the story).
6. Vader left to get the troopers while Galen and co were dealing with Palpatine. He didn't pick up his helmet because he can survive, at least for a time, without it (he still had a functioning respirator). Besides they were on the Death Star; he wouldn't have to go far to get help.
7. Even Jedi Masters can go insane.
While I enjoyed Sidious inadvertedly creating the very thing which destroys him, and I did have fun destroying stormtroopers left and right with the Force... I really didn't like TFU as a whole. I never did like the whole 'Dark Side... now Light Side!' Someone like Galen really shouldn't have ever gone 'back' to the Light (not that he was there before).
It also kinda cheapens Vader's efforts to turn his own son. He's already had an apprentice, Sidious knows that Vader wants an apprentice to help dethrone him. Blah.
Also, I think it steps on some established continuity of the Rebellion existing prior to 2 BBY?
Originally posted by Captain REX
I never did like the whole 'Dark Side... now Light Side!' Someone like Galen really shouldn't have ever gone 'back' to the Light (not that he was there before).
Why not? He turned to the Light because he fell in love. Makes perfect sense to me.
Plus, right from the start we saw that he wasn't all bad (such as his friendship with PROXY).
Originally posted by chilled monkeyHis turn to the Light, while not as as sudden as Anakin's fall to the Dark, was quick. At least one can say that the Dark's tantalizing power causes a quick fall, but the process of "healing" one to the Light shouldn't take as little time as did for Galen, especially as he spent the last---what, 10 years as a Dark Sider?
Why not? He turned to the Light because he fell in love. Makes perfect sense to me.Plus, right from the start we saw that he wasn't all bad (such as his friendship with PROXY).
Originally posted by xxxpoppunker182
take a kid the age vader took starkiller and do everything to him that vader did and would take way longer than a year to make him go from being bad to good
Pretty much. He conditioned him (for most of his life) to use the dark side, to become a Sith. It looks extremely cheap if he turns to the light in a matter of months.
The choice should have been to either turn on his master, Vader and die at Palpys hands or join Vader and overthrow the Emperor (alternate ending).
Hell with proper treatment they could have thrown in a few more choices like Kota becoming an ally only because the apprentice is the lesser of two evils.
These were the dark times. It was a very unique time in SW where light intermingled with dark to become grey and then dark again - the dark times. TFU's story and atmosphere was too bright for such a dark period in SW.
I think Sidious creating the rebellion was quite strategic for him, find out who your enemies are then destroy them publicly or with the death star. By doing that he wouldn't have to fear anyone trying to usurp him only problem was his little rebellion got a little to big.
And to be back on topic I've been reading the NJO series and quite like it so far only half way through the third book though