My favourites are SWTOR and early Legacy (LOTF & FOTJ).
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
SWTOR was awful.
You're entitled to your opinion but personally I thought it was awesome. It had some great characters, a dynamic setting that allowed for tons of variety and the Sith of this era are some of the best designed ever (mostly).
Mainly as they aren't just a bunch of guys in generic black robes and (best of all) they actually have some variety to lightsabre colours. Yeah, red is still the most common but there's also some purple and yellow.
Originally posted by The Merchant
Original trilogy is my favorite. Then it's the Clone wars era. After which I'll most likely go with 9 ABY era. I personally think that besides KOTOR 1 a lot of that stuff blows, specifically the Tales of the Jedi stuff. So over hyped and none of the characters are really memorable in any way.
KotoR comic was fantastic too.
Originally posted by Galan007
Clone Wars, definitely.NJO is a distant second for me.
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The narrative of the Clone Wars/prequel trilogy is the most interesting to me. You have the labyrinthine machinations of the mythology's greatest villain leading to an exceptionally rare case of The Bad Guy Wins. You have well-intentioned but tragically flawed heroes in the form of the Jedi, Obi-Wan, and Anakin. You have a war of unprecedented size and scope. It's a tale of conspiracy and corruption, war and wrath.
And you also have Yoda: Dark Rendezvous.
Originally posted by Astor Ebligis
Dawn of the Jedi
TotJ
ToR
NSW
Just realised I can basically sum this up as pre-movie stuff. I guess I'm more interested in the mysteries and mythology of the ancient past, and it's cool seeing the different conflicts between the Sith and the Jedi of old.
Not really interested in the PT/OT eras, as I feel the primary stories there have already been told. The NJO stuff, and the conflicts of that era, bore me for the most part. Legacy is ok but having the Sith return once again, again bores me, as does making the story all about Skywalker.
So yeah, pre-movies all the way. I want to see the discovery of the Force on Tython, the formation of the Jedi and the Sith, the more primite but exotic Force Users wielding th Force as if it were magic, wars between entire legions of Jedi and Sith, the machinations of the Celestials and the Architects, the exploits of the Mandalorians in their prime, the early days of hyperspace travel, the formation of the Rule of Two etc. The present and the future suck.
Originally posted by Astor Ebligis
Yeah but NSW was comparably as far reaching, but lasted much, much longer.
Nah. The guide goes on to say that the Republic has "never faced as serious a threat" to its existence as the CIS. The Clone Wars were pretty much bigger and badder than any war that came before it.
The fact that Palpatine personally orchestrated and managed this thing makes him look like an even bigger badass.
Never faced as serious a threat other than that one time Vitiate almost devoured the universe. Or when it was on the brink of collapse in Kotor 2.
Originally posted by Astor Ebligis
Just realised I can basically sum this up as pre-movie stuff. I guess I'm more interested in the mysteries and mythology of the ancient past, and it's cool seeing the different conflicts between the Sith and the Jedi of old.Not really interested in the PT/OT eras, as I feel the primary stories there have already been told. The NJO stuff, and the conflicts of that era, bore me for the most part. Legacy is ok but having the Sith return once again, again bores me, as does making the story all about Skywalker.
So yeah, pre-movies all the way. I want to see the discovery of the Force on Tython, the formation of the Jedi and the Sith, the more primite but exotic Force Users wielding th Force as if it were magic, wars between entire legions of Jedi and Sith, the machinations of the Celestials and the Architects, the exploits of the Mandalorians in their prime, the early days of hyperspace travel, the formation of the Rule of Two etc. The present and the future suck.
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Originally posted by The_Tempest
I'd only be interested in seeing all that shit if they can tell it well. Honestly, the Star Wars EU generally sucks so much because it feels the need to tell everything and the execution is rarely up to par.
Maybe. I'm not saying it's the best stuff ever but it's adequate at least in quality that as a big Star Wars fan I can really enjoy it. Stuff like Kotor 1, Kotor 2, TOR, PoD (which was actually a lot better than the other 2 darth bane books and revan, and not bad), Dawn of the Jedi, the TotJ comics.
Originally posted by Astor Ebligis
Maybe. I'm not saying it's the best stuff ever but it's adequate at least in quality that as a big Star Wars fan I can really enjoy it. Stuff like Kotor 1, Kotor 2, TOR, PoD (which was actually a lot better than the other 2 darth bane books and revan, and not bad), Dawn of the Jedi, the TotJ comics.
KotOR was great; KotOR II was great in theory but weak in practice; TOR's meta story sucks; PoD was decent; haven't read DotJ and TOTJ is pretty good (if dated).
It doesn't need to be the best stuff ever, but it ought to be pretty good. I'd be content with SW EU releases being cut down to a third of what they are as long as the quality were enhanced.
Agreed. Seeing as it's F2P now as well, I feel like any Star Wars fan would be doing themselves a disservice in not giving it a try.
It isn't even that time consuming like other MMOs. I mean, I only play it in 1.5 hour slots every other day, and because my laptop has basically gone to shit I've only been playing it recently when I come back for the holidays and have access to my desktop. And the thing is, you can actually play it like that, whereas any other MMO would demand way more of your time and no such breaks. You can basically play it like a single player RPG, and take breaks between planets.
Edit - and its story is just as good as the first Kotor, the Mass Effects and the Dragon Ages imo.
