Topic: Exclusive Star Wars Game Revealed for Wii and DS

[KDR_11k]

Wouldn't that make Grievous subject to force powers though? I mean, any force user could just pick him up and slam him in a wall or over a cliff... Also without the force those things won't work as blaster defenses so shouldn't it be possible to finish him with a simple blaster?

Then again that's the prequels we're talking about here...

[UltimatePartyBear]

Wait, if the lightsaber combat skills had been lost, how are Yoda, Mace, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon able to kick butt?

Since you used Qui-Gon as an example, I assume you misunderstood me.  They no longer bothered to train to fight other people who also had lightsabers because it was assumed that everyone with a lightsaber would be on the same side.  Qui-Gon was killed by Darth Maul pretty easily once the fight was one on one.  Obi-wan only killed Darth Maul because the latter dropped his guard.  Obi-Wan started developing his defensive style because of that battle, and he taught it to Anakin and Luke.  Yoda spent over 800 years developing his skills with the Force and a lightsaber.  Mace took two other Jedi Masters with him to face Palpatine, and they were cut down in seconds.

Wouldn't that make Grievous subject to force powers though? I mean, any force user could just pick him up and slam him in a wall or over a cliff... Also without the force those things won't work as blaster defenses so shouldn't it be possible to finish him with a simple blaster?

Both of those things happened.  Mace Windu crushed his torso at the end of the cartoon series, giving him that wheezing cough, and Obi-Wan was finally forced to kill him with a blaster.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

"Who decided that the prequel universe was so darn interesting that it deserved this much exploration?"

YEAH, WHAT THE HELL

[Crimm]

I think the Clone Wars is the most interesting part of the prequel universe, which is why it sucked that the movies devoted so little energy to them.  There's a lot of moving parts in that conflict, may of which are behind the scenes.

[NWR_insanolord]

I'd say the only real interesting parts are behind the scenes because I find the battles a lot less interesting due to the fact that it's not a real war, it's just a show put on by Palpatine, it doesn't mean anything.

[Crimm]

These two games focus on that element of the Clone Wars.  I wrote a preview for the DS game too; it should be out by tomorrow.  It's about another facet of the back-end war.

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

the entire prequel story arc hinge on a dispute over the over-taxation of specific trade routes?

Taxes have HUGE effects. Just look at the Revolutionary War...

Very true, but Lucas could have found something more interesting for the Trade Federation to fight over.  I mean, this is swords 'n sorcery space opera.  Maybe they could have been trying to strip mine Naboo for a seemingly harmless mineral that turned out to have force-nullifying properties, so they could impose their will on the Republic without having to fear the Jedi.  Or something.  I dunno!

[Kairon]

Very true, but Lucas could have found something more interesting for the Trade Federation to fight over.  I mean, this is swords 'n sorcery space opera.  Maybe they could have been trying to strip mine Naboo for a seemingly harmless mineral that turned out to have force-nullifying properties, so they could impose their will on the Republic without having to fear the Jedi.  Or something.  I dunno!

What's more interesting than money?

Besides, they nullify the force with ysalamiri much later on in the books.

[Crimm]

They couldn't fully pacify a security detail and some frog people who throw glowing spheres.  I don't think they'd have much of a shot at galactic conquest.

[Kairon]

frog people who throw glowing spheres

I think you'll find that no one knows exactly how "glowing sphere" technology specifically works, it remains a mystery even in the New Republic.

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

Whatever floats your boat, I suppose.  Some folks might think that trade overregulation is interesting, but I guess I expected something a bit more swashbuckling from Star Wars.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

They kidnapped the princess and will murder her in an attempt to frame Gilder and incite a war?

[KDR_11k]

Thinking about it, the "robots don't show up for the force" thing doesn't make sense since Luke Skywalker trains his force sense with a training droid.

[Kairon]

And if robots didn't show up in the force, then the jedi would've gotten slaughtered by the trade federation.

Just face it, Grievous is a little bad-ass.

[ShyGuy]

Grevious is Maul.... Maul is Grevious

Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn!

[UltimatePartyBear]

Thinking about it, the "robots don't show up for the force" thing doesn't make sense since Luke Skywalker trains his force sense with a training droid.

Droids just don't show up in the Force in the same way living things do.  That doesn't mean a Jedi can't sense danger when a droid attacks him.  That danger sense doesn't come from reading the intentions of living things, although that can help.

I'm not sure where the idea that the Force can't be directly used on living people came from.  Vader demonstrates that it can in the original movie.

Who decided that the prequel universe was so darn interesting that it deserved this much exploration?  Could it be the same guy that thought it was a good idea to make the entire prequel story arc hinge on a dispute over the over-taxation of specific trade routes?

That tax thing was just part of the smoke and mirrors covering Palpatine's plot.  He engineered the whole Naboo conflict to get Chancellor Valorum kicked out of office and himself appointed Chancellor.

[Kairon]

Yeah, behind the taxes were the vile machinations of a SITH LORD! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!