![]() ![]() However, with the right writers tackling said script, an element of unpredictability and narrative freedom could remain. It’s impossible to translate the exact KotOR experience into film. To be turned into a movie, you would need a screenwriter or two to hammer out one canonical chain of events. The original KotOR experience was different for each player because the game was so vast and choice-based. Obviously, the established narrative structure of movies doesn’t work like this. The player and Carth quickly work out that they aren’t the only outcasts on this planet: the revered Jedi Bastilla Shan is also knocking about, with the Sith forces hot on her heels. This planet is under Malak’s control and swarming with Sith, which immediately creates a sense of tension unlike anything in the prequel movies. Together, they escape the ship and end up on a city planet named Telos. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | SoundcloudĪfter the initial altercation on that aforementioned Republic spaceship, the player is paired up with a pilot named Carth Onasi. ![]() Listen to the Star Wars Blaster Canon podcast: And from here, a truly unique narrative unfolds. The amnesiac player character wakes up aboard a Republic Ship, which is under attack from Malak. The main villain is Darth Malak, who, at the start of the game, has already amassed an armada of Sith and soldiers to destabilize the Old Republic and scatter its Jedi contingent. This is not a game about fathers and sons, masters and apprentices, or even Rebels and Imperials. The first KotOR game takes place approximately 4,000 years before the rise of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, providing plenty of space for the writers to tell a whole new Star Wars story. While the movies were cashing in on nostalgia, BioWare decided to explore something else entirely with an expansive and original RPG. Perhaps this is why KotORbecame so popular. Essentially, this was a time when Star Warsmovies were obsessed with looking back, teasing popular elements that fans had already seen in the Original Trilogy. Clones also featured CGI Yoda doing backflips and the Sith briefly showcasing their Death Star plans. The latest installment was Attack of the Clones, which explored Anakin Skywalker’s backstory by revisiting Tatooine and showed Obi-Wan uncovering the Clone Army of proto-stormtroopers. The Focus When the first KotOR game came out in 2003, the cinematic branch of the Star Wars saga was muddling its way through the prequels. But what is so great about the KotOR games? Why are they so ripe for cinematic adaptation? Even though Johnson is probably working on something completely different with his trilogy of movies, it’s still worth taking a couple of minutes to reflect on how wonderfully KotOR could fit into the filmic landscape…. ![]()
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