Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"I bring Darth Vader's enemies to justice, and now so do you."''|'''Starkiller'''}}

The basic story of ''TFU'' centers around [[The Dragon|Darth Vader]]'s secret Sith apprentice, born Galen Marek but [[Code Name|codenamed]] "Starkiller", and explores his role in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Set during the time period between ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' and ''[[A New Hope]]'', he ends up interacting with various canon characters and fills in new details.

* [[Badass Cape]]: The Sith Robe costume. Oh ''yes''.

* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Either [[Averted Trope|averted]] or [[Justified Trope|justified]] in the second game. It's averted if the player character is a clone, and therefore has yet to develop all of the original Starkiller's powers, and justified if the player is the original returned, and therefore still recovering from his death.

* [[Beam-O-War]]

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Galen's sent by Vader to {{spoiler|organize the rebellion.}} [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|That turns out to be his downfall.]]

** [[Monkey Island|Guybrush Threepwood]] is playable in II as an outfit for Starkiller.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Kota descends into this sometimes, especially when he's serving as [[Mission Control]] in the second game.

'''Starkiller''': What the ''hell'' is this thing??<br />

'''Kota''': I have no idea. But it's big.<br />

* [[Collection Sidequest]]: The Jedi Holocrons.

* [[Colon Cancer]]: [[Star Wars]]: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition.

** And at the end of II the Rebels {{spoiler|take Vader to Dantooine. Is it any wonder he knows about it and they've evacuated it by A New Hope?}}

* [[Corridor Cubbyhole Run]]: Inside the Sarlaac and in the Death Star's cannon

* [[Coup De Grace Cutscene]]: The [[Quick Time Event|Quicktime Events]] at the end of boss battles.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The creators claim this for the story of the sequel with it being [[It's Personal|more personal]] for Starkiller. Turned out to be ironic {{spoiler|since the sequel has a far happier ending than the first game.}}

** Though {{spoiler|they only have one year in-story for Vader to escape custody, Leia to be chased down, and Starkiller, Juno, and Kota to mysteriously disappear}}, so III will more than make up for it - [http://gamerant.com/force-unleashed-3-canceled-lucasarts-silv-35107/ if there is a III].

'''PROXY''': 6% of lifts are in working order...3%<br />

'''Starkiller''': Thanks for the update... }}

* [[Death World]]: Felucia. Not only is it infested with rancors, some of which the hostile natives ride on top of, and has the largest sarlacc specimen in the galaxy, even the ''plants'' are out for your blood. Those that don't try to kill you directly by spitting venom at you at least explode violently if you so much as brush lightly against them.

* [[Determinator]]: If Vader took Juno to the gates of Hell, Starkiller would be right behind him.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In the sequel, Starkiller flees Kamino in Darth Vader's fighter, the TIE Advanced x1 prototype, which has deflector shields, a low-grade hyperdrive, and ''no life support system'' (it's Vader's ship, and [[Cyborg|being Vader]] he always has one on). Apparently [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Starkiller can breathe in space]].

** Although he does show up in the next level in a dressed down Imperial Pilot's uniform. Maybe Vader had a spare for his valet?

* [[Disposable Pilot]]: Galen mentions that there were seven pilots before Juno.

* [[DLC]]: In the original, Tatooine and Hoth. The Jedi Temple is available as DLC as well, though it's already included in the [[Wii]] version.

** Preordering the second game from Gamestop gave players [[Badass|Maulkiller]] costume, as well as silver lightsaber crystals. An Endor mission is available for purchase for II as well.

** He's still alive for there to be a sequel. Course he has to die one way or another in the end, though this being [[Star Wars]], it's possible he's put on-ice or ''did'' die and someone brought him back via cloning. [[Word of God]] says that the plot of II will deal with finding out exactly who you are.

*** Turns out, {{spoiler|Starkiller doesn't find out who he really is, though he will probably find out if there is a III, since Vader is captured by the Rebel Alliance. It seems likely that original Starkiller was [[Only Mostly Dead]], since apparently cloning Force-Sensitivity results in psychosis, insanity and suicidal tendencies-and who wants an enraged Starkiller running around screwing up all your stuff.}}

* [[Eye Scream]]: A lot in the first game - for starters, General Kota, with his own lighsaber. Ouch. The final cinematic in the Dark Side ending has some of this ''in 1st person view''. The Stalker model also has a small droplet of blood leaking from the visor, hinting at some nastiness underneath, which is in some ways even more disturbing than the previous instance. The finishing move for some Rancors invokes this as well

* [[Fake Difficulty]]: Happens occasionally due to interface troubles. The Kazdan Paratus fight is the most notorious example of this. Between [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|the boss spamming Force Push indefinitely]] if the player [[Stone Wall|turtles]], to the [[Camera Screw]] limiting the player's motion, this fight is difficult for the wrong reasons.

** Shaak Ti's warning that the Sith betray one another. It's already shown that Vader is {{spoiler|not actually}} training his apprentice to stage a coup. Then, {{spoiler|Vader betrays his apprentice. ''Twice.''}}

** There's also {{spoiler|Kota's warning to Starkiller that fighting the Empire is pointless and he'll eventually be killed or worse. He's exactly right, the two endings are a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and a [[Fate Worse Than Death]]}}.

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* [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: In the new alternate storyline, {{spoiler|it is revealed that if you kill the Rebel Alliance's founding leaders, the Alliance is formed anyway, presumably by the escaped Leia.}} Given that the other members were all known and had to go underground or were under careful watch by the empire this is probably not that far from what happened in the lightside ending either.

* [[Hot Amazon]]: {{spoiler|Leia in the Endor DLC.}} Sign me up for the rebellion!

** Shaak Ti in Part 1.

** {{spoiler|Oh no it's not. Palpatine moved to use lightning against the Rebels, so Starkiller moved in to block. He would have probably won again, but noticed Vader showing up with reinforcements, so to buy time and distract ''Vader and the reinforcements'', ''not'' Palpatine, he gives himself to the Force and causes an explosion. Mace Windu ''did'' genuinely defeat Sidious. Mace ''invented a whole new lightsaber style'', named Vaapad, which was all but unbeatable, channelling both the user's and the opponent's hate into a loop of Light Side energy. Even Sidious couldn't beat that.}}

** There's also a practical political issue for the Rebels here, since their master plan {{spoiler|relies on the fact once the Emperor and Vader are eliminated, the Empire has no clear line of succession and will descend into warring factions and outright warloadism that will be easy picking for the unified Rebels. However, if Palpatine is killed by an insanely powerful former Sith apprentice, there is a clear successor to the throne with a strong and legitimate claim to it. Sure he's allied with the Rebels now, but since he's already well acquainted with the Dark Side and killing Palpatine has well and truly put him down the Dark path, it's only a matter of time before he makes a [[Face Heel Turn]] and the Rebels are right back where they started.}}

* [[I Lied]]: After Starkiller {{spoiler|gathers the leaders of the soon-to-be Rebel Alliance}} in an attempt to distract the Emperor long enough for him and Vader to stage a coup, Vader himself crashes the party and tells his "apprentice" that the whole plan was a ploy to {{spoiler|get all the rebels in one place and capture them in one swoop.}}

{{quote| '''Starkiller''': "You agreed to stay away!"<br />

** Happens again in the sequel{{spoiler|'s Dark Side ending}}.

{{quote| '''Vader''': {{spoiler|I lied when I said the cloning process was not yet perfected.}}}}

{{quote| '''Kota''': The main cannon is offline. We're dead in the water without it! See what you can do.<br />

'''Starkiller''': Do I look like an engineer, General? }}

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Well, basically anything, really, thanks to the Force and physics engine, but in the Hoth level of the Ultimate Sith Edition, you can rip the blaster cannons off of X-wings - ''and '''shoot''' them by using lightning''.

* [[In the Hood]]: Several of Starkiller's outfits, most notably the "Jedi Adventure Robe" which he wears at the end.

** Oddly, the concept art of Starkiller did look just like Sam Witwer before he was cast in the part.

* [[Invulnerable Attack]]

* [[I Have Your Wife|I've Got Your Girl]]: In the sequel {{spoiler|Darth Vader hires Boba Fett to capture Juno Eclipse in order to lure Starkiller into a trap.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Darth Vader''': As long as she lives, I will always control you.}}}}

* [[Landfill Beyond the Stars]]: "Where droids go to die."

* [[Leave No Witnesses]]: "The Emperor must not discover your presence. Kill everyone aboard..."

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Or drop kick an Ewok in the sequel's Endor DLC level.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Kazdan Paratus. Being isolated on a junkyard planet led him to constructing a replica of the Jedi Temple out of scrap, complete with robotic versions of the last Jedi Council. He speaks to said replica Jedis as if they are alive, and freaks out when Starkiller/Galen trashes them.

** Vader did this in the first game to Kento Marek.

* [[Nerf]]: The lightsaber, to some degree. The focus on the game is not so much direct combat but environment manipulation and force powers. And many enemies you don't want to get close to.

** The saber thankfully improved in the sequel; at max power, it can take out an average mook in one to two hits.

* [[New Game+]]

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: General Kota, who during the Clone Wars did not trust the Clone Troopers and instead relied upon personally trained soldiers. This helped him escape Order 66 rather easily.

* [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide]]: Starkiller can make Mooks jump off ledges or into other situations that result in death with his Mind-Trick.

* [[Ramming Always Works]]: In the second game, during the Rebel attack on Kamino, you get to ram an evacuated Rebel cruiser into the main Imperial cloning facility / base. Easily one of the [[Awesome Moment|coolest moments of the series]]. And judging by the flash, the cruiser's reactors went up on impact, multipliying the destruction.

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Galen.}}

'''PROXY''': Master?<br />

'''Starkiller and PROXY in unison''': I thought you were dead?!? }}

* [[Sequel Hook]]: The second game ends with a rather strong one.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Galen has been described as Luke if he had joined Vader or if he were raised by him.

* [[Shipped in Shackles]]: {{spoiler|Vader}} at the end of the second game.

** In the sequel, there is an achievement/trophy called "Poor Bob". One must lift a Stormtrooper in the air, impale him with your lightsaber, strike him with lightning, and fling him into an object. [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/20/ Which is what happened to a poor Stormtrooper (called Bob) in this Penny Arcade comic.]

** One of the Rebels in the Wii version shouts that the terror droids are "coming out of the walls!", in a very similar fashion to what some of the characters say about the Xenomorphs from Aliens.

** The Achievement for killing a certain number of stormtroopers? [[Chad Vader|Worst Day-Shift Manager Ever.]] Possibly an [[Actor Allusion]], given the fact that Vader is voiced by Matt Sloan...

* [[Villains Never Lie]]: In the sequel, Kota calls Starkiller out for thinking this -- believing Vader when he told him he was a clone. Though there is a lot of evidence supporting the idea, Vader has [[I Lied|lied a lot in the past]].

* [[Wake Up Call Boss]]: General Kota. While not too difficult, he is the first opponent that can resist and use Force powers that Galen (who at this time is considerably weaker than Darth Vader) faces.

* [[Weld the Lock]]: During your breakout from the ''Empirical'', a cutscene shows a purge trooper welding shut a door through which you have to go. You also have to go through the purge trooper and two EVO troopers.

* [[Wham! Line]]: This exchange, after which the direction of the game (along with Starkiller's life) changes completely.

{{quote| '''Starkiller''': You have lured the Emperor to us? When do we strike?<br />

'''Darth Vader''': {{spoiler|I did not summon him. [''ignites his lightsaber through Starkiller's back''] His spies followed you here.}} }}

** Not quite. {{spoiler|Notice that when he reveals himself, he has some kind of invisibility gadget or power? In the DS ending he shows himself because Vader is about to get killed. In the LS ending there's no reason for him to do so, but that doesn't mean he's not there. Invisible. Lurking.}}

* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Deluges of this trope. The novelization has Juno angrily tell Starkiller that one of the people he just casually massacred was an old friend of hers, but when he apologizes she says it's okay, since she hadn't talked to him in years anyway. Late in the novel Galen - by that point the narration had picked up on his name - is horrified about how Vader's plan involved letting thousands of loyal Imperials get slaughtered, nevermind that he'd done about half of that all by himself, delighting in how easy it was.