

The Force is a powerful ally use it wisely. Immerse yourself in the classic Star Wars universe as you take on the role of a student eager to learn the ways of As a new student of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy, follow an ancient tradition and learn the powers - and dangers - of the Force. Summary: As a new student of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy, follow an ancient tradition and learn the powers - and dangers - of the Force.Examples include some Force powers, the dark troopers, the Battle of Ruusan, Prophets of the Dark Side, Dromund Kaas, and the Reborn.
These works were the first video games (years before Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) that had new elements referenced by subsequent Expanded Universe sources and retcons, transitioned afterwards to the wider Expanded Universe corpus, thus creating several important and integral concepts in the Star Wars continuity and the galactic history. The concept was originally put out to potential consumers to test the demand for both another Jedi Knight game and a more mature Star Wars game, but both the consumers and the developers felt the concept was too gratuitous and derivative, so it was thrown out.
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It was to be a survival horror game-a much darker, more violent, and more mature continuation of the Jedi Knight series set during the Great Jedi Purge immediately following Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Jedi Master was one of the many video-game concepts LucasArts considered for what would become Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Two rejected concepts for future games in the series include Jedi Knight III: Brink of Darkness and Jedi Master. The Dark Forces Saga would provides players with rules and background information for Star Wars Roleplaying Game, while Kyle Katarn's Tale would do the same for Star Wars Miniatures. In 2005, roleplaying game editor Wizards of the Coast released two series of web supplements focusing on the Dark Forces storyline, written by Abel G. Reports, which provided some background to the then incoming game. The LucasArts website posted a series of in-universe stories, the N.R.I. In 2003, Raven also released a fourth entry to the series, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, this time focusing on the new character of Jaden Korr. Released in 2002, it was the first time the series departed from internal development at LucasArts and instead was developed by independent developer Raven Software.

With a second sequel, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, the game series abandoned the Dark Forces title. The novellas followed the events of the game as well as providing an extended view of the background of the series. Dietz into three novellas: Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire, Dark Forces: Rebel Agent and Dark Forces: Jedi Knight. It was quickly followed in 1998, by an expansion, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith, with Mara Jade as the main character.īetween 19, the first two games were adapted by William C. It was followed by a sequel, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, in 1997, which saw the Dark Forces title slide to a subtitle as the series adopted the new Jedi Knight main title, mirroring the evolution of Katarn from a spy operative in the original game to a Jedi Knight in the sequel, which featured lightsabers and Force powers. However, only the Dark Forces games are truly concerned by the multimedia aspect of the series, as the Jedi Knight games aren't related to any other products.ĭark Forces debuted with the first-person shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces in 1995, by LucasArts, and introduced the character Kyle Katarn. Kyle Katarn, one the hero of the Dark Forces/ Jedi Knight series, and his frequent partner Jan Ors, in Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcastĭark Forces/ Jedi Knight is a multimedia project centered around a series of video games following the adventures of Kyle Katarn, Mara Jade and Jaden Korr. Help us improve this article by referencing valid resource material. This article needs appropriate citations. This article is in need of referencing per Wookieepedia's sourcing guidelines.
