Star Wars: The Old Republic: Difference between revisions

** The Jedi Consular's storyline involves meetings with a number of Jedi Masters from the Knights of The Old Republic series, {{spoiler|including Bastilla Shan herself!}}

* [[Call Forward]]:

* [[The Chessmaster]]: The Sith Emperor.

* [[Chainmail Bikini]]: Usually [[Averted Trope|Averted]], but Leia's iconic metal dancer's outfit is available for purchase for both factions, and it does function as moddable light armor. Meaning Inquisitors and Consulars can use it as effective combat gear.

*** Or possibly [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Mara Jade]] (without force ability)

** This isn't just the classes; Companion characters are designed to channel Star Wars Tropes like the [[The Big Guy|Big Aliens]] and [[Robot Buddy|Protocol and Astromech Droids]],. Non-player characters also channel Star Wars characters; Satele Shan, for instance, acts as a cross between Mon Mothma, Leia, and Yoda. Grand Moff Kilran is clearly inspired by Tarkin, even channeling some of his lines. Darth Malgus also has elements of Darth Vader in him. Even the ships all channel starships from the movies! And then we get to the non-Star Wars examples...

** [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Crix_Madine Commander Madine on Balmorra is the leader of a Republic offensive determined to liberate Balmorra from Imperial occupation.]

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: The origin story of the Sith Inquisitor is that they start out as a captured slave whom the Sith have discovered some Force Sensitivity.

* [[Guilt Based Gaming]]: Go a while without logging in or unsubscribe and you'll get e-mails about how your most-used companions miss you.

* [[Guns Are Useless]]: Averted, guns are just as capable of killing Jedi and Sith.

* [[Harmless Freezing]]: The Trooper's Cryo Grenade ability does this.

* [[Healing Shiv]]: Republic Trooper Commandos and Bounty Hunter Bodyguards use gun attachments to heal other players, as well as summoning healing droids from [[Hammerspace]].

* [[Indian Burial Ground]]: The research facility that Czerka abandoned on Tatooine was built over a Sandpeople holy burial ground. Players will discover [[Sealed Evil in a Can|why it was abandoned.]]

* [[Invisibility Flicker]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6us30pCwbM Sith Warriors], [http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8999513#edit8999513 Smugglers] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANqo9hYzOk&feature=related Jedi Shadows] can enter stealth while in combat, letting them do this.

* [[Instant Sedation]]: A scene (known as "29:30") from the beta where this happens to a Jedi (Padawan), has become infamous. It's not actually that unusual within the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] for Jedi to be sedated; Jedi Masters were surprised in the films, too.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Darth Malgus was married to the blue Twi'lek Eleena in the trailers.

** And the Player character too of course if you choose to.

* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: It's a [[Star Wars]] game, this is being included, it's tradition.

* [[The Juggernaut]]: One of the Sith Warrior [[Prestige Class|Advanced Specializations]] is actually ''called'' this.

* [[Karmic Death]]: Some Sith on Dromund Kaas have decided to [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|hunt random Imperial citizens for fun.]] Light side characters can turn the tables on them by {{spoiler|tricking them into hunting other Sith, resulting in them getting executed.}}

* [[No Points for Neutrality]]: [[Averted]], a first for [[BioWare]] games that include a [[Karma Meter]]. There will be specific rewards and gear for players who mix their decisions.

* [[Noob Cave|Noob Planet]]: Four of them - Tython for Jedi Knights and Consulars, Ord Mantell for Troopers and Smugglers, Hutta for Imperial Agents and Bounty Hunters, and Korriban for Sith Warriors and Inquisitors. Dromund Kass and Coruscant tend to get this treatment as well, since classes only gain access to their ship after leaving their capital world.

'''Bounty Hunter [[Player Character]]''': (waves hand) ''You, will realize what a complete idiot you are.'' }}

** And this one:

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Often taking the lightside path will lead to better results, or the darkside path is pointless and counterproductive to your goals. Players who wish to be fully darkside will have to grasp the [[Villain Ball]] tightly.

* [[Prestige Class]]: Every class chooses between two Advanced Specializations around level 10. Each one opens up two unique skill trees, and one that's shared between the pair.

* {{spoiler|[[Previous Player Character Cameo]]: Revan makes an appearance.}}

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race]]: What the Sith Empire has become, the ones that aren't [[Stupid Evil]] anyway, ranging from [[Psycho for Hire|kill crazed war mongers]] to [[Noble Demon]]s.

* [[Rooting for the Empire]]: Although the game presents the possibility of good and evil characters in both factions, there is still a group of people on the official forums that believe the Sith to be better than the Jedi because they believe the Jedi to be too [[Emotions vs. Stoicism|strict]] and [[Knight Templar|hypocritical]], even though the same could be said about the Sith. This has lead to debates about the Light Side and the Dark Side that are treated like [[Serious Business|serious philosophical arguments]].

** The novel "Fatal Alliance" revealed one truth about the Sith of this era. As some know, the Jedi policy of taking children from their families for training was controversial both in-universe and in fandom. Well, the Sith of this era do the same. Such Sith basically lose their claim of being the way of "free" Force-users and aren't better than the Jedi Order in restricting every born Force-sensitive. Except it's lethal.

*** There's also the fact that one can play a [[Dark Is Not Evil|light-side Imperial or Sith]], which many find more interesting than playing a good guy who belongs to the faction where you'd expect to find them.

** There is a strong argument that most of what is wrong with the Empire lies with the Sith. Thirty minutes on Ord Mantell is usually enough to nip any Good Guy/Bad Guy discussions in the bud.

** Jedi Master Corin Tok is a rare heroic version of this trope. A {{spoiler|leader of the Jedi on Corellia during the Imperial storyline, brags about being essentially invincible, nicknamed "The Sith Butcher" and compares himself to heroes like Revan and Bastila Shan. Kicking his face in is a rather cathartic moment for Empire players.}}

** Gyl Rosen from the end of the Sith Inquisitor's first act; a Nar Shaddaa crimeboss now in possession of the Inquisitor's ancestor's lightsaber. When you go to retrieve it from him, he rather arrogantly tells you that you are going to listen to his offer, and that he is backed by four of the toughest mercs on Nar Shaddaa; "They make the Sith look like schoolteachers". He then tells you that you either become his "personal Sith" and work for him, or you pay him three million credits for Lord Kallig's lightsaber. {{spoiler|At which point you can say "No", and shock him instead. Enraged, Gyl orders his mercs to attack, only to discover he doesn't pay them enough to tangle with a Sith. And then you can kill them all anyway, only to discover they're just regular mooks, hardly the Sith killers Gyl tried to fool you into believing they were. It's very pleasant to have Gyl screaming at them to kill you when moments before he was attempting to boss you around.}}

* [[Space Western]]: Smugglers, with their [[Badass Longcoat]]s, [[Nice Hat|cowboy hats]], and [[Cool Gun|revolver-looking blasters]].

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: The concept art for the Inquisitor class high-end armor.

** In The False Emperor Flashpoint, the game's main theme starts to play once {{spoiler|you weaken Malgus to the point where you have to throw him into a pit.}}

* [[Three Act Structure]]: Each of the eight class story-lines follow this.

** Major Bessiker on Balmorra in the sith inquisitor class quest. He basically ''orders'' the player to go rescue his son or the player will not get the required anti-toxin remedy. His son himself fits the trope, a sith apprentice who ''orders'' you to free him "so he can go claim a rare artifact of power whose map he holds." No points for guessing [[Kill'Em All|that it all ends in blood.]]

* [[To Win Without Fighting]]: The Jedi Consular and Imperial Agent both get a lot of opportunities to end confrontations without bloodshed. Even when it fails it often gives you an advantage in the ensuing fight.

* [[Unflinching Faith in the Brakes]]: Malgus doesn't even bother looking when {{spoiler|the starship crash lands inches behind him}}. Though as a Sith, it is reasonable to assume he'd sense if it was going to actually strike him anyways.

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: {{spoiler|Believe it or not, Darth Malgus, that cool Sith from the "Deceived" trailer is married to that blue Twi'lek that was with him! In all fairness, a lot of his current physical deformities are recent battle scars, and he isn't bad looking prior.}}

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The History videos are explicitly pieced together from incomplete information, and some things are pure supposition on the narrator's part. This keeps things like Revan's true motives and ultimate fate nice and vague for in-game development.

* [[Vendor Trash]]: Very common. The item descriptions make no attempt to hide it either. Players can, however, send a companion on a one-minute mission to sell these to a vendor.

{{quote|''I am Yadira Ban, Padawan of the Jedi Order. I was sent to protect the General, and you will not pass!''}}

** Satele's Master in the game's opening sequence (also known as the ''Return'' Trailer).

** In the first Imperial flashpoint, you can execute the Captain for refusing to attack a (stronger) Republic vessel.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: The Dark Side option for dealing with Thana Vesh at the end of the Imperial Taris questline. Given her interactions with your character, it's hard to imagine anyone actually letting her live.

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