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== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ==

* Carth, your first "real" party member, frequently states that he doesn't trust you, finds your placement on the ''Endar Spire'' suspicious, finds what the Jedi are doing suspicious, and frequently gets angry about what he perceives as getting the runaround. He comes off as a total Jerkass and whiner...until [[The Reveal]] comes out. Turns out he was ''dead right'' about ALL of his suspicions, just not in the way he expected! The comics and the second game add a few more layers. He encountered a Jedi coverup before, as he helped Zanye Carrick escape from the Covenant. In the second game, Disciple is reporting directly to Carth. Given Carth's trust issues, Mical's reservations (even Exile, his childhood hero, has to be careful when prying info out of him), and how important the ''Ebon Hawk'' is, there's likely some strong history between Mical and Carth, meaning Carth may also know more about the Jedi than he let on.

* Early in the game, Bastila asks you a series of basic questions about your past. You can point out that the answers to her questions are surely in your Republic service file, and she says she wanted to see how you answered. But what she's really checking for is {{spoiler|whether your basic memories are still those of your programmed personality, even though some of Revan's memories, and his Force sensitivity, have begun to reemerge}}. Likewise, when Dorak is helping you choose a Jedi class, the reason he's unsurprised by your answers is because {{spoiler|you're answering just like your programmed personality should – or possibly like Revan would have}}.

* On Taris, you get to meet a crazy old kook out on the streets preaching about his [[Fantastic Racism|hatred for aliens]]. After repeated playthroughs, [[This Troper]] thought that this was just a waste for pixels and all, but what he says ''actually makes sense out of context!'' Two things he says particularly stands out:

*** Well, [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Taris gets blown to bits]]...

*** He's actually talking about {{spoiler|you, Revan}}.

*** He's probably talking about the Sith on both counts.

** Possibly jossed. If you walk up to him as a Sith trooper, he greets you happily. Very happily. And then invites you to share in the alien-bashing.

* In the Light Side path for dealing with Bastila's mother, Bastila gives up 500 credits so her mother can get to Coruscant and pay for medical treatments. It's literally everything Bastila has to her name. It's very sweet... until [[Fridge Logic]] sets in and you remember that your character, or at the very least your party, can at this point have tens of thousands of credits. Granted, the money Bastila gives is hers and hers alone (it isn't deducted from your total), but you'd think a Light Side Jedi would at least have the option to cover the expense.

** Well, your party isn't exactly playing by Jedi Order rules of property ownership, in about the same way that a rhinoceros isn't exactly a cuddly lap animal.

** Definitely ties in with how Han Solo- also a Scoundrel- is just so damn lovable.

*** And also Mission Vao. I mean come on!

** A link to that LP would be great. I'd love to see that moment.

*** I didn't post the original comment, but it's probably [http://lparchive.org/Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-II/Update%206/ this].

**** Something that should be considered: Jango Fett sold his genetic code to the Kaminoans and helped develop the training curriculum for the Clone army, so if the Republic is to be bashed for using Mandalorian slaves, then they were enabled by a Mandalorian traitor.

 

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