The cast of the Star Wars universe isn?t perfect. For every cool character like Darth Vader, fans have to endure a lame one like Jar Jar Binks, and that rule holds true for Star Wars games as well as the movies. Fortunately, games have given rise to some of the most memorable characters in the galaxy far, far away?even though it means putting up with some stinkers, too. In this feature, we examine gaming?s five most significant and five most shameful additions to the Star Wars fiction.
?By Joe Juba, Adam Biessener, Kyle Hilliard, Matt Miller, Ben Reeves, and Tim Turi
AWESOME: HK-47 (Knights of the Old Republic)
As an assassin droid, HK (which stands for ?Hunter-Killer,? by the way) isn?t just another robot built to make humans? lives easier. He has a hostile attitude toward all organic life, and gleefully describes the various killing methods he has employed (or would like to employ). HK takes great pride in his assassination skills, regularly refers to humans as ?meatbags,? and is generally just hilarious to interact with. A psychopathic robot may not seem like great company, but HK-47 is easily the best companion the KOTOR series has to offer.
LAME: Dash Rendar (Shadows of the Empire)
If you thought Link or Gordon
Freeman epitomized the silent video game protagonist, then you haven?t
met Dash Rendar. In fact, nobody has met Dash Rendar. He is an empty
shell of a character with weird shoulder pads who wants so badly to be
Han Solo that he even has a ship that looks like a miniature
Millennium Falcon. It?s a wonder Lucas didn?t just call him San Holo.
Here?s the good news: He dies in the end of Shadows of The Empire, and
Luke and Leia barely feel the need to mourn. Spoiler alert, by the way,
even though no one really cares.
AWESOME: Kyle Katarn (Dark Forces)
This Imperial defector?s colorful history makes him an ideal Star Wars hero. Originally a Stormtroomer, Katarn shed his white armor in favor of becoming a mercenary employed by the Rebellion. While in the Rebels? service, he not only single-handedly blasted his way through an Imperial base to secure Death Star plans, he also destroyed every trace of the empire?s diabolical Dark Trooper super-soldier program. As if these feats didn?t make him heroic enough, he also picked up a lightsaber, traveled to the Valley of the Jedi, and trained himself to become one of the best force-wielders in Star Wars history.
LAME: Juno Eclipse (The Force Unleashed)
A love story is a key part of both
Star Wars film trilogies. In an effort to make The Force Unleashed feel
like a real part of the mythology, the team at LucasArts threw together
Juno Eclipse as romantic interest for Starkiller. However, her only
defining characteristic is the fact that she speaks with a British
accent ? players are given no clue as to why she is likable or how she
and Starkiller develop a rapport. The relationship between Juno and
Starkiller is even more poorly developed than the one between Anakin and
Padme in Episode II, which we wouldn?t have thought was possible.
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