Fun Stuff > ENJOY
Star Wars 7 coming in 2015
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 22 Dec 2015, 20:50 ---Wrong Starkiller. :laugh:
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 22 Dec 2015, 21:26 ---Sadly, I have been corrupted to the point where every time I see the term "star killer", I think of Sheridan.
--- End quote ---
Interesting Wars trivia: In George Lucas's first treatments of the concept, the story was called: "The Chronicle of Cain Starkiller". The protagonist's name later changing to 'Anakin Skywalker'.
Method of Madness:
Indeed, but my initial title confusion had more to do with the titles just being very similar and me knowing about that game nearly a decade before the movie came out...even if the game wasn't that good.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Dec 2015, 04:40 ---Indeed, but my initial title confusion had more to do with the titles just being very similar and me knowing about that game nearly a decade before the movie came out...even if the game wasn't that good.
--- End quote ---
IIRC, The Force Unleashed was one of the last non-MMO games LucasArts produced and I've got a feeling that the protagonist's name wasn't coincidental. I suspect that they'd finally hit the bottom of the jar full of screwed up bits of paper with George's ideas written on them, if you take my meaning.
Method of Madness:
Well of course it was a reference to Luke's original name, that was clear from the start. And it wasn't bad (although the sequel was), just very short. The story was interesting though.
Neko_Ali:
Supposedly the character from Force Unleashed was named in reference/homage to the original name of the Skywalker character. But then a lot of different media for Star Wars has a habit of calling back to the original draft work for A New Hope. The people who do Star Wars Rebels have stated they went back to a lot of Ralph McQuarrie's concept drawings for the show's art design. They even included a character named Quarrie in the second season.
(click to show/hide)As far as Starkiller Base in Force Awakens goes... I have no doubt it's another call back, but in this case it's a literal description. It consumes stars as a power source for it's main weapon. I really do hope that this is the last time we see 'planet sized ultimate weapon' mcguffin seen in Star Wars. It is getting absolutely ridiculous. That's three that the Empire has built now, each one taking many years and insane amounts of resources to produce, and each time it winds up being destroyed very quickly by the Rebellion/Resistance. It really isn't working out to plan. And how much bigger and more destructive can they make one? Will the next one be the size of a sun itself?Will it skip blowing up planets and systems and just wipe out the entire Outer Rim? Starkiller Base is absurd and unrealistic as it is on so many levels. The horse has been beat to death, turned to glue and then set on fire.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version