Star Wars: Knights of the Republic, perhaps the most beloved Star Wars videogame, is getting remade. Kevin Fox, Jr., explains how that still won't bring closure to long-suffering KOTOR fans.
While A Galaxy Far, Far Away has played host to many great games, two in particular from the first decade of the new millenium have stayed ever present in the minds of fans. BioWare’sStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
, setting a precedent and expectations for Star Wars games to come. Set 4000 years before the original trilogy of Star Wars films,was a smash hit, with new characters fitting familiar archetypes, and a setting of new worlds caught in conflict between the Galactic Republic and a Sith Empire led by former Jedi.
The problem with remakes and long-awaited sequels is inherent to nostalgia. We think we want more of the same when we really want to relive a feeling of newness from that first time we had our minds blown. An old thing can’t make you experience the same feeling of novelty and surprise.’s entire plot hinges on a huge twist. You can’t play that trick twice. Ask the sequel trilogy. For years on end, I’ve been looking for a game or a film to make me feel that way again.
During a quick turnaround that produced a beloved but unfinished game, Obsidian took Star Wars and turned it on its ear, raising stakes not just by creating a grander enemy but by having a protagonist-antagonist that questions the intrinsic morality of the Force, a person that wants to destroy this ethereal power that binds and penetrates all life forms.took an incredibly solid foundation and built something magnificent.
Then, rather unceremoniously, the third game was canceled. Concept artwork was published in a book about LucasArts released in 2008, butand its dangling story threads were brushed to the side, referenced to varying degrees in story expansions to BioWare’s Star Wars MMO.has already ended the stories of protagonists Revan and The Exile, to mixed satisfaction for fans of the originals. So fans of
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