The Official The Force Unleashed II novel discussion thread (spoilers allowed)

I did Ahsoka. She turns out Cutesy Badass.

 

DO IT

 

In the end, Vader is on the Rogue Shadow and they are going into hyperspace & are headed for Dantooine.

I like that idea of Vader getting caught on purpose and all this could be another ploy to get another shot at taking out the Rebel leadership. I hope his loss was on purpose.

My thing with Juno is that she had been placed in the role of girlfriend in need of rescue. The woman was an Imperial officer, and a fighter pilot to boot. It was hinted that she had seen and done some difficult & hardcore @/\/@". so, I expect her to be a little tougher than that. Also, I feel the author missed an opportunity to develop her character more.

 

I took Mara through it. Overall, I'd say straight across to Strong Female Character. She changes a lot throughout the EU
Very ealy, she has a mix of Villian (Stalker) and Hero (Sassmouth/Married to the Job)
Later, she is a mix of the Shrew and Action Girfriend
Finally, she is a Mamma Bear turned to Fridge Stuffing

 

Hmmm...this chart disqualifies a lot of interesting and well done characters.

Not to mention a lot of these are subjective, so two people could put the same character through and come with different results.

Did the novel ever explain why Kamino was on high alert so fast the instant Galen escaped?

 

Nobody said 1) that the "non-strong female character" options in the chart weren't interesting; 2) that the chart was fool-proof, exhaustive, or infallible; or 3) why Kamino was on high alert (the novel hardly even addresses the disposition of the Imperial operation there; heck, the crappy comic gives more insight into what's going on than the novel, IIRC).

 

While I don't believe that his defeat was on purpose (unless he actually planned for Juno's interference, which would require some pretty hardcore foresight and planning abilities worthy of his master), I do think he would easily be able to turn a defeat into a victory, which is a very admirable trait itself.

 

Hmmmm..... That would be interesting. A setup by Vader & Palps. If Palps has that ability to forsee that well, then it would be plausible that this is another elaborate setup. But that would be too much like right.

 

Heh. By the time the EU is done, the only two people who won't know diddley-squat about Yoda's whereabouts will be Vader and Sidious.

 

how did kota know yoda was on dagobah?
who dies?

 

Kota doesn't necessarily know that Yoda's on Dagobah. Kota seems to randomly throw out some planets where Starkiller might go to meditate in the Force on the path he's supposed to take and whatnot and Dagobah is one of them. Perhaps the Jedi (or certain Jedi) know of its Force-richness... or "the cave of wonders" there.

Further, Yoda doesn't introduce himself to Starkiller. In fact, he's decidedly hands-off with the could-be clone. While they do converse, Starkiller leaves confused by the little green creature, knowing nothing of who he was or why he was there.

As for who dies, nobody of import.

 

Yeah. The Yoda sequence was so not needed. Even Yoda could sense that. I love how he tells Starkiller to follow his visions. He'd never say such a thing to a Jedi. When did he ever tell a jedi to put stock in visions? It's almost like Yoda wanted to kind of get rid of him. "Follow your visions you must." "Clear out you must! Exist, even I know you shouldn't." Ok. I made up the last quote.

 

Agreed, Yoda was so unnecessary. I think the only reason they put him in there, was because it was cool with his voice in the first trailer. And it's odd that Starkiller remembers everything from his "former life", but cannot recognize Yoda - on Raxus Prime, he even identifies Kazdan Paratus's "droid Yoda", after all.

 

didn't remember that! yeah in fact he recognizes most of the Jedi Council from his duels with Proxy. One more hint that he is a clone and that his head is all messed up.

 

I'm just up to the end of part 1 and I had to re-read the last section: Did Bail Organa, Juno, Ackbar and a few others just sneak into an Imperial barracks to "deliver a message"? Did I really read that correctly? A bunch of leaders of their respective resistance cells go on a jolly to prove they can work together?

 

The only point of Yoda/Dagobah/The Cave is marketing purposes. There is nothing of merit to discuss from an in-universe perspective. It doesn't impact the game one way or another, it is nothing more than fluff. Good thing is, that's my only complaint so far, and I'm at the end of the Salvation level.

Haden Blackman must have a mancrush on Sam Whitwer.
Rhett's EVERYwhere in fu2.

 

I bought the game yesterday, I beat the game yesterday... It was fun to play but is it just me or did it feel really short? The first game seems like it took me a lot longer to beat and that there was more to it.

Vader getting captured is a little odd, one of the most powerful sith lords ever is getting remade into the weak, mistake making sith lord. I'm not liking what they are trying to do with Anakin/Vader! It seems like they are trying to rewrite the original story where Anakin/Vader was a very important and powerful person to whatever it is he is now. Does this bother anyone else?

 

Did you do the dark side ending?

Do it and you will see.

 

Yeah, I rented the game, didn't buy it. I beat it in four hours. The book was better than the game, it elaborated on everything better. Gameplay was pretty terrible in the game though, the same enemies over and over. It was good for a rent though. Only complaint is Starkiller pelting Vader with lightning for a good twenty seconds but still lives. Yet in ROTJ he dies with a lightning attack of maybe five seconds.

 

It's not necessarily the length of the exposure to electricity that kills but the strength of the electrical current (amperes). Clearly, the Emperor puts out more amps than Starkiller does.

 

The book was...better?

Well, one could say that Starkiller lightning is like a kiss on the cheek compared to Sidious lightning.

 

I thought you were supposed to be able to use force choke in the game, that is another misleadin thing that I got from all the game trailers.

 

Can someone tell me if the 'ride the Salvation down to the planet' in the game happens in the book? Because that was really stupid- "yeah, those planetary shields won't be able to take an impact from a cruiser!" - what? Oh yeah, all you need to do to get through planetary shields is ram a single Nebulon-b into them at low speed. What happens in the book?

 

From what I figured out, I say they would concentrate as much of their firepower to the section of shield above the shield generator allowing a brief moment when the cruiser/frigate can get through the shield and strike the generator. Alas, I do not think that is what happens and they simply use the ship asba battering ram against the shield.

 

I suppose the other explanation could be that Kamino only has a ray shield but not a particle shield?

Bit weird that such a high profile planet would only be guarded against orbital bombardment and not planetary invasion... but *shrug*