Pavlos Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Umm... excuse a European his question, but... who or what is a Gary Stu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primogen Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Ever heard of a Mary Sue? Gary Stu is another for them. It feels weird to use Mary Sue when referring to a male. For those uninitiated into the mysteries of Mary Sue, I'll explain in more detail. A Mary Sue is a character that is unreasonably well loved by other characters and often ridiculously overpowered in one form or another. The character type is generally typically seen in bad fanfiction. Like Revan, who according to KotoR II was, in addition to being a skilled strategist and a powerful Jedi Knight, was able to use the Dark Side without being corrupted by it and everything that happened including his mindwipe, etc, was all part of a super awesome master plan. Note that in KotoR II, Revan is not only universally respected, but half the conversations with Kreia - who is pretty much the most important character in the game, surpassing even the Exile - revolve around how super special awesome Revan was and so on. It was little more than tasteless pandering to the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 The man chased away a race of genocide-maniacs, then led a largely successful military campaign against what were formerly his own forces, and the successfully destroyed his own military campaign, led by a man he had trained and was very intimate with. And because the badassness quota in his life was clearly not filled, he leaves the very galaxy to find other people to lead an insurgency against. I think he deserves some credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primogen Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yeah, some credit, but KotoR II elevates him to a cross between Jesus Christ and Sun Tzu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstr kenobi Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 clearly two time savior of the galaxy wasn't awesome enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yeah, some credit, but KotoR II elevates him to a cross between Jesus Christ and Sun Tzu. Which is perfectly accurate, actually - except you need to multiply by 20 for scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 you can all read about the almighty Revan soon enough! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20110422-0#close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Mercenary Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Just hope that someone saves us from the monstrosity that was Lego Rockband.... that made my soul tremble in terror. Now Imperial Commando, that'd be something worth pursuing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Which is perfectly accurate, actually - except you need to multiply by 20 for scale.And they are both dead, which is hopefully accurate for TOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michonicle Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Just hope that someone saves us from the monstrosity that was Lego Rockband.... that made my soul tremble in terror. Now Imperial Commando, that'd be something worth pursuing. If they made Imperial Commando, I would actually DIE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstr kenobi Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 you can all read about the almighty Revan soon enough! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20110422-0#close very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 It took 160 replies for me to realize the topic of this thread wasn't "LucasArts hires black dude who worked on Republic Commando"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 The keywords are actually "LucasArts" and "hires". ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 It took 160 replies for me to realize the topic of this thread wasn't "LucasArts hires black dude who worked on Republic Commando"... Including post #25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyGoalie35 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Yea, it kinda turned into a "Kotor/ Why Revan is Jesus Christ" kinda thing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 *waits for a "Revan VS Everyone to have ever existed ever" thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyGoalie35 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 *waits for a "Revan VS Everyone to have ever existed ever" thread* more like "how Revan is great and how everyone else sucks....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamps Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 very interesting Even though I will read the book, I would have rather had KOTOR 3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdisco Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Even though I will read the book, I would have rather had KOTOR 3... Since KOTOR 3 is never happening, I'm very happy about this book. Cleaning up loose ends was all I ever wanted. The Exile is supposed to play a part in it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicous Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 very interesting Just had a quick look at the link. It's the same writer from the Darth Bane books and I liked those and of course I really liked Kotor 1 & 2 so i'll definitly pick up Revan. Any idea when it'll actually be out? The article just said later this year.... I'm still not going to pay good money to play TOR though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstr kenobi Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Even though I will read the book, I would have rather had KOTOR 3... Yep me too, but it's not gonna happen. And i'm not interested in TOR either (which is a first for adult minded Star Wars titles). So the book will have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Including post #25? Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Getting back on topic... http://news.bigdownload.com/2011/04/26/lucasarts-signs-multi-year-unreal-engine-3-licensing-deal/ Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 game development tools just got a new buyer. The company announced today it has signed a multi-year agreement with LucasArts. The agreement is to use Unreal Engine as the basis for "multiple projects" at the developer/publisher. There is no word on which games will use the engine and financial details were not disclosed. LucasArts has used previous versions of Epic's Unreal Engine before. The most notable use was with LucasArts' Star Wars Repubic Commando tactical shooter which was first released way back in 2005. Rumors of a sequel to that game have popped up on the net from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primogen Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nah, it's for TFU III: Revenge of the Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 that sounds good for republic commando sequel as RC used unreal engine 2 or 2.5 i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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