The Star Wars 49-year Anniversary has arrived. The Star Wars franchise has exploded into such an enormous popular culture and Sci-Fi/Science fantasy pressure that nobody would’ve thought attainable earlier than the primary film’s launch in Might 1977. This contains video video games in fact, with a lot Star Wars video games over the previous few a long time to fill a galaxy far, far-off…
Nonetheless, regardless of the same old tales of excellent triumphing over evil and underdogs refusing to be instructed the chances, there have been a number of situations within the Star Wars franchise that launched “What if?” concepts that may rewrite Star Wars historical past if these concepts have been to ever occur. Listed below are three Star Wars online game alternate endings that explored what may’ve occurred within the Star Wars timeline if the Darkish Facet triumphed over the Mild…
Revenge of the Sith
The online game adaption to the Revenge of the Sith film launched on Might 5, 2005 (additionally recognized by followers as Revenge of the fifth) for the PS2 and authentic Xbox. The sport recreates many key scenes from the film, and options clips from the film itself (consider, the sport was launched a pair weeks earlier than the film’s Might 19 launch). Alongside the primary story having the participant shuttle between enjoying as Anakin and Obi-Wan, the final stage is a boss combat on the planet Mustafar, towards Anakin, who by this time has already fallen to the Darkish Facet and been rechristened as Darth Vader. After defeating Anakin via use of the now well-known (or notorious) excessive floor that the Star Wars meme is predicated on, Anakin is rebuilt into the enduring Darth Vader swimsuit. However what if Anakin defeated his former Jedi grasp and prevented getting burned?
A bonus stage within the sport solutions that query. This time, the participant controls Anakin/Vader as he fights Obi-Wan. On this alternate ending, the excessive floor is of no use to Obi-Wan, as Anakin leaps up and over Obi-Wan with ease, stabs him via the again, then kicks his physique down the lava financial institution. A short while later, Vader is greeted by his Sith grasp Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine (accompanied by an escort of Clone Troopers) and is offered with a brand new lightsaber, full with a purple saber blade. After a fast second, Darth Vader turns round and betrays his grasp, hanging him down the place he stood. Vader then declares that the galaxy now belongs to him.
The sport has no different content material based mostly on this alternate ending. Nothing else like one other bonus stage to point out an unburned Darth Vader ruling the Galaxy because the the brand new Emperor of the Galactic Empire. The following two alternate endings nonetheless, are the exact opposite…
The Final Sith Version
Launched in 2008, Star Wars: The Pressure Unleashed (launched for seventh/sixth gen consoles and PC) turned a favourite for long-time Star Wars followers throughout the close to 20 years after launch. Earlier than LucasFilm was bought by Disney and content material like TFU turned non-canon and changed by newer content material like Star Wars Rebels, TFU instructed the unique backstory of the rise of the Insurgent Alliance. Galen Marek was the kid of a Jedi grasp that Darth Vader killed on the planet Kashyyyk. After discovering that Jedi’s son, Vader took and skilled him as his secret Sith apprentice: codenamed Starkiller. After defeating numerous Jedi masters, Starkiller can be initially betrayed by Vader and finally change his stance within the Pressure, steadily changing into a Jedi. After Galen’s associates and future leaders of the Insurgent Alliance have been captured as a part of a second betrayal by Vader, Galen got down to rescue his associates. Usually, the canonical gentle facet ending of the sport has the participant defeating each Vader and Darth Sidious, solely to have Galen Marek sacrifice himself to permit his associates to flee and formally type the Insurgent Alliance in his honor.
On this alternate ending, ought to the participant select to combat Darth Vader a second time, Galen strikes down his former Sith grasp as soon as and for all. He’s given an opportunity to serve his new Sith grasp however makes an attempt to strike him down as properly. Sidious caught the treachery and had all his Insurgent prisoners executed offscreen, and severely broken Galen’s physique by crashing his personal ship towards him. Within the final cutscene, Galen is grotesquely rebuilt into a brand new swimsuit of armor often known as the Sith Stalker armor, pressured to be Darth Sidious’s new Sith apprentice till an acceptable alternative may be discovered.
Not like the Revenge of the Sith online game, The Pressure Unleashed options two bonus stage DLCs that expanded on the sport’s Darkish Facet ending. The rebuilt Sith Stalker Starkiller, throughout the first alternate historical past DLC stage, is tasked with exploring the deserts of Tatooine with a view to retrieve the stolen plans to the Demise Star. Basically, this alternate historical past DLC stage rewrites the primary half of Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope, together with a boss combat between Sith Stalker Starkiller and outdated Ben/Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Subsequent up is the second alternate historical past DLC stage. This time, The Empire Strikes Again and its Battle of Hoth is rewritten. Now the rebuilt Starkiller has a variant of his Sith Stalker armor that now appears very paying homage to Darth Vader… even has respiration sounds just like his. Nicknamed Lord (or Darth) Starkiller by followers, the Sith murderer fights via waves of Insurgent troopers as he infiltrates Echo Base, finally encountering Luke Skywalker, whom he already is aware of because the “Son of Vader”. The Star Wars timeline is rewritten additional by not killing Luke, however moderately, turning him to the Darkish Facet with a view to save Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and the droid duo C-3PO & R2-D2. Starkiller ends the combat by severing Luke’s arm (in typical Skywalker trend). After the Millenium Falcon escapes, Starkiller proclaims Luke as his new apprentice. Whereas Return of the Jedi doesn’t have a stage to rewrite the film, the subsequent Star Wars online game alternate ending has that coated…
Now, There Are Two Of Them…
Following up the success of its predecessor, the sequel Star Wars: The Pressure Unleashed 2 was launched in 2010. This time round, the return of Starkiller got here to life via the (alleged) clone that Vader made on the cloning services on Kamino. After the most recent clone gave the impression to be a promising success, this Starkiller clone nonetheless turned towards Vader and went via numerous adventures reuniting with the buddies of the unique Starkiller and the clone discovering himself. By the tip of the sport, the unique Starkiller’s love curiosity Juno Eclipse was captured by the Empire, leaving the brand new Starkiller to rescue her and confront Darth Vader. After a grueling boss combat towards Vader (and swarms of his deformed Starkiller clones), the brand new Starkiller defeats Vader and captures him after being given the temptation to strike him down for good. Whereas a Pressure Unleashed 3 by no means occurred due to TFU 2’s underperforming gross sales and fan reception, the sport continues the alternate ending course launched by its predecessor.
If the participant decides to strike down Vader, they watch as Starkiller will get stabbed via the again by a mysterious new determine. The determine defeats Starkiller’s allies, the place Vader reveals that he was mendacity in regards to the cloning course of being imperfect, presenting an evil Starkiller clone loyal to Vader. After the great clone dies, the evil clone is tasked by his grasp to seek out and destroy the Insurgent Alliance.
An recognized variety of years later, the evil Starkiller clone lands on the forest moon of Endor, the place he goals to defeat the Insurgent Alliance eventually. This DLC stage takes rewriting the Star Wars timeline to an entire new (for a scarcity of a greater time period) stage. The evil clone encounters and kills Chewbacca and Han Solo, in addition to defeating Princess Leia, the latter already being skilled as a Jedi following Luke Skywalker’s demise throughout the time hole. After the participant defeats Jedi Leia, plainly the Insurgent Alliance is moments away from destruction… just for Emperor Palpatine revealing to Vader that he is aware of about his apprentice’s intentions to usurp the Imperial throne. After subduing Vader, Emperor Palpatine redirects Imperial forces to shut in on the Starkiller clone, with the latter presumably sensing the betrayal.
Similar to the ROTS sport, no different content material was ever made to observe as much as this DLC stage. It ends on a cliffhanger, leaving a attainable evil Starkiller clone vs the Empire as much as the creativeness of followers…
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