Chat corner 46: KOTOR

[annathecrow]

Welcome to this week’s chat corner!

Optional prompt

The prompt for this week is the two-part computer game series “Knights of the Old Republic“. (Am I abusing my mod powers by choosing something I know? Possibly!)

Opinions on canonical storyline vs your playthrough? Favorite team member? Who has the best backstory? (I missed about 2/3 of the content and I’m so confused when I read fanfic!)

Mod note: Do we have any Legends afficionados here? I have ran out of Relevant Legends Things in my memory and have resorted to the very scientific method of opening Wookieepedia’s “Timeline of Legends media” and looking for things that I recognize. Which is… not a lot. XD I still have a few months’ worth of material, and I figure we can live with a slower week once in a while (it’s an optional prompt after all), but I’d love some tips if you have them. (Same goes for canon media as well, btw! Topic requests are good.)

Comments

[extrapenguin]

The games were my introduction to Star Wars! I got spoiled for the first one and picked it up because I wanted to see how it handled the thing, and I wasn't disappointed! I'm currently more into the prequels era, though the KOTORs will always have a place in my heart, slightly clunky that they might be. Though I hope the remake is a bit more of a remix (improved dialogue options etc) and less of a graphics update.

[annathecrow]

I hadn't known a remake was in the works, and now I'm cautiously excited about that! Something more than a reskin would be great. I'm a shipper gremlin so I'd love some same-sex romance options, and more nuanced dialog choices between ZOMG EVUL and "Jedi Council is always right!!!" would be wonderful.

Also, I am extremely intrigued whether that will mean KOTOR gets reabsorbed into current SW canon. I mean probably not, since SW:TOR is firmly Legends and clearly okay in its alternate universe, but if this is aimed at new players, wouldn't it be too complicated to explain that no, this actually isn't canon anymore?

(I mean, I'm not invested in KOTOR being canon, it's just interesting.)

[extrapenguin]

I think they already said it'd be Legends continuity? I hope that status gives them more wiggle room to deliver something satisfying, though Force knows that there will be a horde of fans screeching at them if they change anything (or even if they don't).

[annathecrow]

Might be, I've only read Wookieepedia and a single article. As for the other... well, it's SW, there's always screeching XD