Luke Skywalker had a weird wife named Mara Jade who was a femme fatal ex-Sith assassin with a purple lightsaber. Chewbacca died at the age of 225 years old when Star Wars’ Aldi brand Borg dropped a moon on him. The Death Star plans were not stolen by a ragtag bunch of rebel soldiers that included beloved martial arts leading man Donnie Yen, but rather a dadish guy in a Henley who looks like he’s heading to the last farmer’s market of the season on a brisk Sunday in the fall.

Yes, the old Starr Wars Expanded Universe was a bit of an odd duck, and you can maybe see why Disney shunted it to the side in favor of a new continuity. All the same, that astounding (non) canon of books, comics, and especially games still has a stranglehold on my psyche, and it’s always heartening to see its more funky outgrowths still get some love. Enter Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith Remastered by a modding team led by General Tantor on ModDB, which recently got a big 3.0 update

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    6 months ago

    I disagree, but you’re entitled to your opinion same as everyone else. There were a lot of bad EU materials and the Thrawn trilogy was a high water line.

    That said, it fell prey to being yet another fucking super-weapon and dark Jedi story. It’s quintessential Star Wars but so played out.

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        6 months ago

        It didn’t predate the original freaking trilogy… which did it twice in three movies.