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Living with Darth Vader

Posted by timothy on from the daily-basis dept.

rppp01 writes "The BBC is reporting that Lucas Arts is putting the Star Wars universe online this December. Go here to read all about it. I know lots of people who are now starting to leave Everquest. Is this the next everquest? Will we have massive Star War fans calling in sick everyday in attempts to become a jedi? Will Jar Jar be friend or foe?"

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  1. Sounds rather interesting by Sheetrock · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If this takes off like Everquest, though, how much new stuff can they add to it to keep the universe fresh? They're kind of limited by the movies, aren't they?

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    1. Re:Sounds rather interesting by SirSlud · · Score: 4, Insightful

      > They're kind of limited by the movies, aren't they?

      Or books? Or comics? Or toys? My fanboy impression is they blew the lid off the 'movie constraints' a long time ago.

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    2. Re:Sounds rather interesting by Cromac · · Score: 2, Insightful

      And what (if anything) are they don't to prevent those few Jedi characters from being sold on Ebay?

    3. Re:Sounds rather interesting by Surlyboi · · Score: 2, Insightful

      There are no hard-coded probabilities to becoming
      a jedi. Every FS character's path to becoming a
      jedi is different. Basically, if there were
      probabilities involved, everyone would evntually be
      a jedi, due to creating new characters until they
      all got a FS one.

      Also, in answer to the ebay question, becoming a
      jedi and remaining one are two separate things...

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  2. Don't abuse... by Espectr0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...too much the star wars universe. I know that if we would have a star movies/games every year, the hype would reduce.

    You CAN have too much of a good thing

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    1. Re:Don't abuse... by Zordak · · Score: 5, Insightful
      And of course, what kind of crack was being smoked when Jar Jar was created?
      They were smoking straight, unadulterated cash, rolled-up like a joint. Then they got this brilliant idea! We could sell out the whole franchise and turn it into a stupid on-screen comic book by adding an annoying pidgen-english speaking patsy that everybody under 6 will think is funny, and sell licensed merchandise by the truckload, and the loyal fans of the original trilogy that was actually cool will still lay down $9 each to come see it on opening night because Georgie-boy slapped a Star Wars logo on the opening credits!

      Apparently, the plan worked.

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  3. So you walk around and kill things? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Wow! That's almost like every other MMORPG.

    Face it, LucasArts is dying. After Monkey Island II and Day of the Tentacle, it's all been downhill.

    Star Wars Rebellion? WTF was that all about? Monkey Island 3? Jeez. Afterlife? How about some originality??

    Cue the LucasArts is dying troll.

  4. It's a nice idea... by Twister002 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but I think they should have adjusted the timeline to after the events in "Return of the Jedi".

    Having an event that big in your MMORPG just seems to ruin it for me. It kind of re-enforces the fact that you are just a bit player. If the timeline was after, your character might have a chance to be a big part of a storyline, make your own lore.

    But then again I know how Battlefield 1942 is going to turn out and I LOVE playing that game...hehehe

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  5. Yet Another Never Ending game.... by CodePyro · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anyone else here feel that games based of ever quest are really not worth buying, in fact i think that the bottom line for the new star war game is how much is it going to be? Although this is a new twist in the heavily saturated market of games based on "Star Wars"....

  6. Smart move by blincoln · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is probably the ultimate MMORPG license. Unless someone comes out with one based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I'm sure Sony and LucasArts will have cornered the market.

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  7. Re:1st dibs by unicron · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While kidding, you raise an interesting dicussion. I've been told that LucasArts will be limiting the number of people that can become Jedi on each server. Something like a 1000 per server, if I remember correctly. I honestly believe that 95% of the people that join this game will want to become Jedi. I find it hard to believe that with telekinetic, laser-sword wielding demi-gods running around that anyone would want to be a bartender, mercenary, imperial officer(you apparently can be an officer, just not a storm trooper. Unless you want to spend your online time manning some post on Hoth), etc. Now while this is bad news, mark my words: the Jedi cap would be removed in a month. The first time they saw 10,000 accounts get canceled because players were forced to make at-at repair crew avatars, they would lift that ban so fast heads would spin.

    Now, I know you can be force-adepts, but a half-assed Jedi is no better than no Jedi.

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  8. Re:this is nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As if anyone ever playing these games gets ass....

  9. Re:I hope Verant have learnt from EQ by Obiwan+Kenobi · · Score: 3, Insightful
    For a while it feels like fun, but after a while it dawns on you that you're just repeating the same actions over and over.


    I don't mean to get all philosophical here, but doesn't that sound like life?


    Or, at the least, The Sims?


    (Yeah, that was a joke)