Originally posted by Geistalt
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When?
He suggests something about Nihilus holds the ship together, but that it isn't Telekinesis. He also suggests "poetic licence" implying there is literally no explanation. Occam's razor would then apply, meaning the simplest explanation should be taken, IE Telekinesis.... yet Avellone disregards that, leaving no physical way the ship should function.
Avellone has always seemed the driving force behind the philosophical brilliance of Kotor II, but his knowledge of Star Wars Lore indicates to me that he was not the primary writer for the continuity areas of the game, so why should he be an authority on the subject?
Drew Karpyshyn claims he's not even an authority on a Novel he wrote himself, why would Avellone (who hasn't worked on a Star Wars project since 2007) be an authority on subject matters written by a team of writers?
People's fascinations with Author quotes has always perplexed me.
Originally posted by SunRazer
He still resurrected the ship, presumably by TK, but I'm not sure about capital-ship level since it's confirmed that he has a specific tie to it.
He holds it together with his will per Chris, which as we know in Star Wars lore means TK. But then he says its not some sort of super TK, which contradicts himself flat out.
Unless he's shooting for some other kind of dynamic outside of TK which simply moves towards more wanking of Nihilus.
@Miko - TCSWE refers to him constantly holding the crew together. It's possible he's had different crews over time. Each were subjected to his presence and presumably died eventually. At that point, I imagine they'd be replaced and the cycle would continue.
That is of course, post-Katarr more towards Onderon. He gathered troops and forces from Onderon, but before that we have no indication he had any forces to station on his vessel.
And certainly no evidence of this up to Katarr where there are no living beings seen on his vessel.
Seems so, now he only has a nexus amped showing.
Beniboybling Nihilus doesn't benefit from Nexuses due to his aura, and besides, it is never stated he uses a Nexus type mechanism for his feats.
A good blow to Nihilus wankers' arguments.
Dream on Mason lol. All that's been presented is a self contradicting statement that is not supported by official material, which per Chris, voids his opinion.
Drew Karpyshyn claims he's not even an authority on a Novel he wrote himself, why would Avellone (who hasn't worked on a Star Wars project since 2007) be an authority on subject matters written by a team of writers?People's fascinations with Author quotes has always perplexed me.
Lol Selenial Chris himself states that before he was handed the KOTOR 2 project, he didn't like the Force in Star Wars:
"I basically hate the idea of the Force in Star Wars. And I'm not talking about Midichlorians, and I'm not talking about the speech that Yoda gives in Empire Strikes Back which I believe is beautiful. What I hate, well, what I hated about the force was the fact that it was this predestination power that ultimately goverened all the Jedi and Sith movements, drove them to massacre each other, change the face of the galaxy, all of it felt so very predetermined that giving yourself over to this higher power and this higher force seemed to be a way of just giving up your individuality as a character. And that was a very easy concept for me to hate."
-Chris Avellone
He also hated the Nihilus Character lol:
One of the characters who ended up being our primary adversary was completely consumed by the Force, so much so that he lost all individuality whatsoever. He became basically more of a presence, much more of a force than an actual speaking character. This villain was very, very easy for me to hate because of that choice that he made."
- Chris Avellone
So even in my conversations with him, I always take his statements with a grain of salt.