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Witcher 3 Cinematic’s are some of the best I have ever seen. A ton of people would love to see you do them I’m sure of it. As a side note when breaking down a night to remember (one of the cinematics) pay attention to the lyrics, a lot of reactors miss that.
Greater Terran Union stellaris invicta from The Templin Institute. they make story from game play. pretty interest i hope at least try Prologue it is most ten minute each
There are more of these Star Wars trailers! One more for the old republic, then one for knights of the fallen empire and one for the eternal throne. Would love to see a Star Wars fan react to these too!! Love your work
25:37 This is before the establishment of the rule of two so there's a lot of Sith in the galaxy. There are even multiple sith fighting each other for the title of emperor and forming their own groups. But you'll see more of that in the next cinematics :D
They need to go back to that. Rule of two is stale. They need to jump into the future and few hundred years, and pray fans forget the sequel trilogy ever happened. Maybe in the year 2035, put it on the shelf for another decade
The soldiers here are aren't clones, they're regular people. Clones are introduced in Attack of The Clones and these cinematics take place roughly 3,000 years before the movies. If I had to guess the reason they look so similar to Clone Troopers is purely for the familiarity factor of giving you something to relate with if you saw the movies before watching this. For the in-universe reason, the sith and republic constantly took inspiration from Mandalorian armor designs to design their own armor/military with.
exactly, a lot of tech and overall design came from Mandalorians so it wouldn't be crazy to have some similiarity in design of these soldiers and clones.... and as you said, it's important for them to make it so that even average player and not crazy fans, can recognize sides, characters and be able to get right into the universe. I'd say they did great job
The Old republic cinematics get better and better with each one. The next one in the series is called "deceived" which is amazing. Funnily enough the deceived trailer which is last one for the base game was acutally the reveal trailer for the game, before the Return and Hope. The original release order for the trailers was the Deceived, Hope and then the Return, but in the games timeline its The Return, Hope and Deceived. Blur studio's who made this, are some of the best CGI trailer studio's right up there with Blizzard. Blur Studios are responsible for the CGI for, The old Republic, Halo 2 and Halo wars, The Elder Scrolls online trailer movie, Warhammer 40k Dawn of War intro. They also helmed netflix's Love, Death and robots series. Love your reactions, i have made few animated projects in 3ds max for fun and therapy. Wish i had your eye for all the little details.
That's a really interesting release order. Halo Wars 1 and Dawn of War 1 are coming soon so I've got a lot of exciting videos coming your way. That's awesome that you're making some animation and it's important to be creative if you have that spark. You'll have to show me sometime.
blur studio also worked on marvel movies, deadpool, and bunch of others. But they did start with CGI trailers and they are best people at it. They always understand game they making trailer for.
The helmetless republic trooper in the trailer is Jace Malcolm, and he was also in the last trailer, losing his helmet in an explosion (which gave the smuggler his time to shine on-screen as Jace was recovering in the background). He was referred to by the smuggler as "Corporal", and since this is taking place years after that trailer - you can see at 1:33 he has a special shoulder pauldron to signify his new higher rank as the commanding officer of Havoc Squad (the specific unit in this trailer). If that wasn't enough info, the Jedi is Satele Shan, she and Jace Malcolm are together and had a child named Theron Shan.
Oh... Naughty. When I saw his face I just thought oh he's a clone trooper, he looks a lot like that actors face. Then again as it's been pointed out, this was way before the clones.
@@kaizammit Yup, this game takes place around 3,000 years before the movies. These troopers are just men and women enlisting in the military and becoming battle hardened through fighting Sith and Imperial soldiers on a near daily basis. They'd give the clone army a run for their money imo.
Kai she stopped it with the force, if you look at Malgus's face when he goes to stab her you can see the brief look of shock or surprise on his face. Also thanks for more of these Star Wars cinematics, they really are something ❤
I thought so but I did the standard oh no! Simple body blocking, gets me every time. Haha. More Star Wars to come so you're in for a treat. That's if you enjoy these videos that is. Funny enough, currently playing Jedi Survivor this very second.
I'm loving it currently, I've not played a game like this for a very long time and it's made me fall back in love with Star Wars. Even smashed through Ahsoka this week. Currently just got the force dash so Christ knows how far I am.
@@loganobrien8087 I've heard of that. Someone actually asked me to react to the opening or the trailer for it. Was it you? Is it worth checking out for the channel....
16:22 - That dude, even more than the Trooper leader, was a large part of why I went Republic Trooper Vanguard for my first character starting in the Beta and going forward. I don't know how much of a gamer you personally are, but this short spoke to my Tank heart. It takes a certain kind of crazy to want to be the guy that jumps into a situation, finds the biggest threat, and challenges it to a fight.
4:22 - The Force. She's basically doing a very, very localized Force Push in a way that's rare to see and hard to do. Her ancestor, Bastila Shan (from the first Knights of the Old Republic game, 300 years before the MMO) was also unusually gifted with the Force, able to do a power called Battle Meditation (it links in an entire side and provides synergy.)
The force power she’s using is called Tutaminis which absorbs/dissipates the energy. While it was a common ability that all Jedi were taught, it was really hard to actually block blaster bolts and lightsaber blades. Examples of Tutaminis are: Yoda blocking force lightning from Count Dooku and Emperor Palpatine in episodes 2 and 3, and Darth Vader blocking the blaster bolts from Han Solo in episode 5
@@CommanderBly5052 Thank you for the in depth breakdown. I tried to keep it as simple as possible for someone without the same context, but your reply giving examples helps a lot and gives someone who wants to dig down a place to start with the exact Power name.
What i really love about your reacts is that you first watch the whole video and react without breaking the videos flow and then after break it down. I really hate it if creators watch the video first time and then constantly stop to talk over what they see and potentioally ruin the flow of emotions you are supposed to get for the full running video
I hate those too! I have to see it how it was originally designed and want to feel what the filmmakers want me to feel. I'm glad you like the way I do it, thank for being here fella. KZ
That establishing shot of Alderaan, is also symbolic, as it's showing how the Republic is the light in the galaxy and the Sith Empire, represents the darkness.
Thanks for reacting. I have these cinematics saved on an external drive so I can rewatch them sometimes. Some of the best star wars story telling since the original trilogy. Better trilogy than the new disney stuff too.
I'm really enjoying these and looking forward to seeing the rest. These are definitely better and the Jedi move like Jedi. I finished Ahsoka yesterday and I moaned with every light saber battle.
The next one - ‘Deceived’ - is fantastic, but there’s also a few more that we’re made afterwards, ‘Sacrifice’ and ‘Betrayed’, which follow a different story. And finally, ‘Legacy of the Sith’ brings back Malgus, the main South in the last two cinematic. Highly recommend these three to watch in future.
Lorewise, the rule of 2 did not become a thing until thousands of years after the Old Republic era. Right now, there are armies of sith and jedi all over the place. It is glorious. Great video!
Fyi: the cinematics you're watching take place more than 3,600 years before the events in the Star Wars films. during this time there are essentially two superpower galactic "nations at war over control of the galaxy as a whole the titular 'old republic' (though to them in current obvi) and the Sith Empire, the latter ruled by the Sith (who were a species as in Malgus' master from the first cinematic), yes the ships at the end are the republic ones, and the troops on both sides are just patriotic troops like today's military, fighting to keep the enemy at bay(or conquer the galaxy respectively) hope this helps!
Malgus is such gigachad! He survived this, with no unbroken bone catched evac shuttle, threatened pilot to land just to kill 2 Jedi with 2 padawans and only then got treatment
The Jedi is Satele Shan, the Republic soldier is Jace Malcolm, and the Sith is Darth Malgus. All 3 were in the Return trailer. Shan and Malcolm have a son together, Theron Shan. Satele used a Force ability called Tutaminis to absorb Malgus' lightsaber, the same ability Yoda used to absorb Darth Sidious' Force lightning in Revenge of the Sith.
Her name is Satile Shan, she used 'Tutaminis', to block the light saber hit from Malgus. usually used to block blaster bolts but I guess she was very very good with it.
12:09 - I've seen these short films dozens if not over a hundred times and it wasn't until this breakdown that I really fully appreciated the significance of the movements. By breaking usual convention by multi-axis movement in each slice of time and jumping days between shots in seconds it really grabs the viewer and throws them along the course of this "lightning war." Likewise the peace, then the troop formation on the plains and then the single file progression through a flaming scene. Very strong and historical connotations for each of those type of movements.
The Old Republic takes place long before the Rule of Two was implemented, so there are a TON of Sith Lords everywhere. That's ultimately what led to their fall with all the infighting and power grabs, which is why Darth Bane created that rule to stop it from happening again, but also to preserve the Sith for future endeavours. And yes, that is Darth Malgus and Satele Shan, as well as the same Republic Trooper, Jace Malcolm, from the first one. Players could be Jedi Knights, Jedi Consulars, Troopers, and Smugglers (on the Republic side), or Sith Warriors, Sith Inquisitors, Bounty Hunters, or Imperial Agents on the Imperial side, so they were also given representation in the cinematics, rather than just focusing on the Jedi/Sith.
SWtOR as a game tells a story from 3800 years before E1 "The Phantom Menace". Thats why you see so much Sith and Jedi in the videos. I played SWtOR for a few years. The storytelling in the game for each class you can play is so nice and full of twists based on your choices made in the conversations with the npc´s. The power she (Satele Shan) uses is called from the "Tutaminis" skills, which is all about absorbing power. Like Yoda did against Dooku in E2 when Dooku threw lightnings towards Yoda and he absorbed them. Or against Palpatine in E3
Something I found really interesting is that when Satele (the jedi) shows up the shot starts with the dutch angle and, as the force wave hit the camera, it gets shaken into a more horizontal orientation.
I know someone already commented on this, but this was during the time of the Sith Empire (Not the Galactic Empire made by Sidious.) There was the Sith Council and the Sith emperor, which was the ruling body of the Sith empire. Satele Shan is the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order at the time of this cinematic (or soon after) and she is the Padawan from the first cinematic. The main Republic commander in this cinematic is also from the first cinematic, he was the soldier that escaped with the smuggler and Satele and is one of the playable classes for the republic alongside the smuggler class and the two different Jedi classes, which is why he had so much focus in this cinematic as he "represents" some of the players' characters.
All three of the main characters in this cinematic were in the first one. In the case of the soldier, he is the one that survives, uses the heavy weapon to drive off the troops after the smuggler's pistol bit and catches Satele Shan (the Jedi master here - she was an apprentice in the first one) when she jumps for the spacecraft's ramp. I believe the difference you are spotting in her character design is to denote the difference in age and experience as there is an in universe time gap between these story clips (I believe this war is supposed to last about 40 years on and off).
On the topic of worldbuilding: the soldier mentioned in the beginning that this is Alderaan. The planet that gets blown up by the Death Star a few thousand years later.
34:25 You say that running scene is first time we see her using double ended lightsaber in this video, but we also see it in previous video and just before she starts running we see her spinning the lightsaber with one side already on before she ignites the other side at 3:20 and I think that is actually really well made reveal of light saber. It does show that she wields double-bladed lightsaber, but it doesn't really make big deal out of it making it main thing even when it is in the middle of the screen. It is almost teasing viewer first that you see her wielding lightsaber with quite long hilt and then it pans to hilt when she ignites the other side. It also reminds me how in Episode one we see Darth Maul wielding double-ended lightsaber first time in Star Wars, but in first time we see his lightsaber on he only uses one side and gives some viewers this nice tease that his saber is "Unique" from what we have seen before.
in the first trailer (Return) Satil is 12 years old, Malgus is 19. In the second trailer (Hope), they are already 36 and 43 years old, in the third (Deceived) Malgus is 47 years old. And in the latest trailer (Disorder) Malgus is already 70-80 years old
In this case, the Rule of Two actually hasn’t properly been established I believe. Darth Bane instituted the rule in an effort to prevent infighting as the sith used to operate like they do in this video and often fought with each other in selfish pursuit of power and/or knowledge. Darth Malgus is a very powerful Sith Lord from, as the titling suggests, the Old Republic Era. The rule is established between this time period and the events of Episode I.
So the Rule of Two comes into play after the collapse of the Old Republic, at that point in time the sith was rendered nearly extinct so it was implemented to let the image of the sith die while they plotted in secret.
One thing I noticed is that when the Sith Fighters screech past the screen, it’s a single shot. The camera pans around the fighters and even past them, you can still see some dark trees in the back, as they fly toward the Sith invasion force. Absolutely amazing
Great content Kai! I caught your Astartes vid and thought you did a fabulous job analyzing and also authentically enjoying and being engaged. Your content continues to be excellent, and I appreciate that you seem comfortable acting as a subject matter expert that isn't afraid to treat us like intelligent adults while keeping things accessible. Liked and subbed, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much fella! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and the peek behind the curtains to filmmaking. It's an honour to have you subbed and I'll do my best to bring you the video breakdowns you want to see. KZ
She stopped the lightsaber with the force and her hand. at the time of this games release only three Jedi lines had the power to absorb and redirect energy - Skywalker, Horn and Revan. Bastila is Revan's grand daughter.
This game is set ±3000 years before “A New Hope” The Soldier we follow is called Jace Malcom. If you go back in the first cinematic, he's the soldier that makes it out with the Cowboy and Satele (or the Jedi). Malgus... I don't have enough IQ to count how many times you face him...
This is set hundreds or thousands of years before Star Wars Episode 1 so The Sith Rule of Two would not Exist yet. Darth Bane created The Rule of Two, in response to what he viewed as inevitable, self-destructive infighting within the Sith Order. There was infighting between members of the Sith Order each one wanting more and more power and control over the Sith, they were technically exterminating the Order themselves from the inside, instead of focusing on fighting the Jedi
32:52 - Brilliant catch here, because while the would-be executioner IS important enough to have two guys holding up his would-be victim, he had to wait until the big boss got his kill, and then when it is his turn we have the Sith still fully armored and wearing his cowl and helm - says the executioner still feels threatened.
thank you for the great reaction! if you liked this one you should definitely check out the next two trailers "deceived" and "betrayed", those def brought it to the next level
@@kaizammit wonderful breakdown, it's crazy how something as simple as light and camera movement can make the difference between watchable and memorable. Shows just how much time and effort goes to making these gems. How could you disappoint with such articulated analysis kai. I lived every second
What Satele did blocking the lightsaber was use a very rare force power called tutaminis. Its basically force absorption. You see the same thing in Empire Strikes Back when Han shoots Vader in Cloud City. Satele, Vader, Yoda and Luke all used that force power. As well as Coran Horn in the Expanded Universe now Legends. The giant force push that Satele did after was releasing all the engery she was absorbing from the lightsaber. Had she held it long enough she could have drained Malgus's lightsaber and killed its power source.
If you've seen Revenge of the Sith before its the only other time that Tiutaminus (stopping something with the Force with your bare hands) is used, Yoda uses it to absorb/repel Sidious' lightning, its an incredibly rare and powerful ability, very very few Jedi have been able to pull it off throughout all of Star Wars history
Happy new year everyone! and as I know there's a lot of bad out there and hope to help counter it with good, I just want to start the new year off with sincere thanks and love for all you do and remind you that you are awesome, and we appreciate you!!!
The game was a (story-driven) MMO like World of Warcraft, and each side had more or less 4 mirrored classes you could play as which the main characters in the trailers reflect. Every class had two subclasses to choose from, one was always a damage dealing subclass, the other was either tanking damage or healing depending on your class. The Republic had: Smuggler, Scoundrel/Gunslinger (Healer) Trooper, Commando/Vanguard (Tank) Jedi Knight, Sentinel/Guardian (Focused on Lightsabers, Tank) Jedi Consular, Sage/Shadow (Focused on Force powers, Healer) And on the Imperial side: Imperial Agent, Operative/Sniper (Healer) Bounty Hunter, Powertech/Mercenary (Tank) Sith Warrior, Juggernaught/Marauder (Focused on Lightsabers, Tank) Sith Inquisitor, Assassin/Sorcerer (Focused on Force powers, Healer)
5:16 - Indeed! What they're doing is establishing the Class leaders for each Faction. Master Satele Shan ends up leading the Council, the trooper ends up being of extreme importance to the Trooper storyline, Darth Malgus is important in the Sith class storylines, etc.
18:22 - I think they wanted to represent the frenetic, kinetic side of this part of gameplay - a PvP warzone (as opposed to a more formalized and smaller scale Arena match.)
25:47 The Rule of Two was made long after this cinematic takes place. It was when the Sith were thought to have gone extinct because theybwent from an empire to only Two people. Remember in the “Return” Cinematic Malgus Kills his master when his master is weakened in order to rise up in the empire. Well Later on a Sith named Darth Bane realizes the Sith will never get anywhere because you have 1000s of guys all fighting eachother and theyre expected to also fight the Jedi who are united. So the Rule of 2 was established to prevent massive infighting After The Old Republic takes place. Instead of A hundred people killing eachother and building their own armies of apprentices to kill political rivals, or sith rivals you have a Master who looks for someone to surpass and take his place if they are stronger. And an Apprentice who is trying to learn everything they can and ultimately betray their master to take their place and prove their strength.
Great breakdown! The 'good guys' are the Republic, the Old Republic of the game's name, and yes their colours are white and orange, matching the soldiers' armour. There's a metanarrative too - we've seen the Sith Empire come in full force in Return, sweeping away all in their path, and in this video we see them begin to stumble - the victory is hard won, but it *is* a victory.
Yeah... I like how our Villain in these video's takes damage and evolves as the cinematics go on. Though if I recall correctly, they were released in reverse order. You are most fortunate to watch them in the proper order first time around.
18:30 I think the thing they were going for keeping the camera in tight like that was so that you didn't see the Republic trooper coming from the Sith's perspective, so that we get the sense that the Sith aren't just all powerful wizards. That with a good tactic, they could be killed by regular Republic soldiers. Think like the opposite of the Darth Vader hallway scene from Rogue One. I'd say that goes for why they used pretty much all the tight close shots. They wanted you to feel like you were a soldier right in the middle of it and that you could be taken by surprise at any moment. Or at least that's how I saw it. Also, I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks it's kind of funny that I as a weirdly visually disabled person would be so interested in what is primarily a visual medium?? This event happened 2500 years before the events of the original Star Wars movie (A New Hope). Darth Bane (who invented the Rule of 2 won't be for another 1500 years. At this point there were thousands of Sith and Jedi.
You mentioned something particularly interesting, namely, the so-called "blink shot" The reason you didn’t see Malgus blink his eyes until the last second is because blinking is often regarded as a sign of empathy, proving deep down, you are human, you have emotions, and that you care. Malgus is a Sith. It is rare, albeit not completely unheard of, to meet a Sith who has any sort of empathy, emotion, compassion, or respect for anyone but themselves. So the blink shot did an amazing job depicting just how spiteful Malgus really was, but at the same time he had some level of respect and admiration towards Havoc Squad, at least in terms of skill.
It shows the intensity of him as a character and never take your eye of the prize in this case, the enemy. In Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, Director Edgar Wright deliberately made actors hold their blinks to ramp up the intensity. Little things like that go a long way in films. Very good. Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. KZ
There was 6 years of war between the first two trailers. Then 6 more years before the third. So yes Jace, Malgus and Satele age and change between them, from rookies to leaders.
3:47 - Yes, from the sort of prelude/announcement trailer of Return to Hope and the launch of the game the face of Satele Shan got some significant changes and upgrades.
1:34 - Well spotted and remembered! Yep, that's Darth Malgus from Return! Likewise the first Trooper was the one escorting the Smuggler and Satele Shan (the Jedi survivor from Return).
Playing a Vanguard Trooper in the original release of Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of my favorite MMO experiences of all time. It felt like they hit all the right notes with the overall theme of the class campaign (well, outside of the last chapter, but that was pretty crap for most classes, unfortunately), with how utilitarian and "uncool" the Trooper's starship was, with *most* story companions... But above everything else, there's something magical about playing a non-Force user badass in a world of Force users. I'll never forget the first time I smashed a lightsaber user in the face with the stock of my rifle. Can't top that :D.
Satele blocked Malgus' lightsaber using the force using a technique called Tutaminis, which is used for energy absorption. Yoda used the same technique against both Count Dooku and Sidious in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith to block and attempt to nullify their Force Lightning. However, Satele's use of the technique to essentially catch a lightsaber is the technique taken to the nth degree. IIRC only 4 known individuals were capable of using it this way in both Canon and Extended Universe, two of them being literal Force Gods.
@@kaizammit no problem! i'm something of a Star Wars encyclopaedia to people that know me. little extra context knowledge, these trailers (and the game) are set around 3000 years before any of the films. The main trooper in this trailer (Malcolm) was also in Return, he's the one that escaped with Satele.
@@kaizammit there was 2 troopers, the Scoundrel (Nico Okarr) and 2 Jedi, Satele and her master Kao Cen Darach. one of the troopers was killed just as they were getting to the hanger, the other one who survived and escaped onto the ship and also fired a round at the Sith Master (Vindican), was Malcolm. careful mate, i'd happily talk for hours about Star Wars.
I am loving the Star Wars and Blizzard cinematic breakdowns. Such thought and detail you put into it, explaining all the technical aspects that go into making these movies. It is so fascinating that you are able to explain the reasoning so perfectly as to why I love these cinematics (that I was oblivious to when watching them). I like reaction videos, but your breakdowns are on another level. As an aside to the rule of two thing, others have already said the Old Republic was well before the Rule of Two became a thing. Darth Bane realised the Sith kept on losing because many weaker Sith could gang up on more powerful Sith, making them overall weaker in the long run. So he basically arranged to eliminate every Sith but himself, then took a young apprentice to begin the Rule of Two era.
I'm glad to have you here and thank you for letting me know you're enjoying the videos. I'll look at the next one very soon as I'm proper into Star wars again thanks to playing Jedi Survivor. I've got more blizzard to come too. Depending on how the poll goes on my Patreon, you could get one next week.
Your whole thing about whitest/brightest on screen will draw your focus is very interesting, I wonder if that's why lightsaber duels are inherently fascinating? Pure bright light in your face, with the sound FX and choreography.
Thanks for that: The Old Republic cinematics are awesome (and they get better with time: Sacrifice is a little gem) About the tightness of shots, I guess it's to keep the action up-close and personal, to keep it on a grounded, human level. With some merits, I think.
I think you're absolutely right. They want you to feel as if you are in there with them. Especially when it comes to the soldiers. They could have pushed back slightly with the Jedi battle though. I don't know when the release date was but it could have been influenced by action films at the time. Thanks for watching fella and great to see another comment from you.
After watching the Halo and Overwatch reactions, I was going to recommend these cinematics! Glad to see you found them! Also, you definitely deserve more subs, I don't ever subscribe to channels even after months of watching but subbed to you after one video. Keep it up!
You should do the old Republic cinematic "sacrifice" it's even more of this and the first one. Its more personal too. Its a shame we cant get starwars movies like these :(
The dude who narrates actually becomes a really important figure in cannon - military supreme commander. Hes also like really fucking strong lol makes me wonder if he's at least a little bit force sensitive. His name is Jace Malcom btw. And the jedi is Bastila Shan. Fun fact: they have a kid together :o
There's a fair chance the audio mix issue is related to RUclips's audio compression. It's long been known to result in pretty flat audio. And compression in general tends to flatten out sound levels.
Yep, that's Malgus once more. He appears in a couple more cinematics, steadily incorporating more cybernetics as time goes on. The female Jedi is Satele Shan, and she becomes the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order before the events of the game take place. The badass trooper is Jace Malcom, a member of a Republic special forces unit known as Havoc Squad. Essentially, they're the best of the best.
25:26 - This precedes the Rule of Two by a very, very long time. This is the time of the return of the Sith Empire, that once controlled Korriban (as seen in Return). * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) is around 3956 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin, which is the end of the original Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope) * The Old Republic MMO is 300ish years after that, so around 3650 BBY * For most of the time from that era until around 1030 BBY the Sith and the Jedi were around equal numbers with ups and downs and power swings, but always the Sith were hampered by their infighting and the Jedi just had to be patient and act when they Sith were fighting each other. * Finally as a huge confluence of events came together and the Jedi just about erased the Sith, Darth Bane decreed the Rule of Two as a way to stay strong and stay alive. There should be one to hold the power, and one to covet it. All of the dark side energy concentrated down to its purest quintessence. The only way for the Apprentice to take control was to kill their own Master. (This had happened a lot in the Old way of doing things, this as just a bit more formalized now.)
I feel like this one was the one that was made first. Cause of a lot of issues you've pointed out, they're still figuring stuff out you know? I've learned so much from this video though! Thanks a lot!
33:33 - ...Y'know, I agree. Should have been a land from a jump, Force Blast, into a Force Speed charge at Malgus or something that converts the initiative and surprise into efficient and effective action.
This is set before the rule of two, the main characters are Darth Malgus & Satele Shan. Satele was holding Malgus' saber with the force, kinda like how Yoda deflects lightning without a saber.
These Cinematics revolve around a few main "Hero" Characters from the Old Republic. Satele Shan (the female Jedi), Jace Malcom (The Elite Soldier) and Malgus the False Emperor. You come across, answer to, or fight with each of them (or their Families) SWTOR is an amazing story experience. Kai I am really enjoying watching you react to some of the cinematics that have brought me joy for so many years, and then break them down with your skills. Cheers mate. and I look forward to you watching the others.
Thank you fella and I'm glad you're enjoying the breakdowns. I love this stuff and I'm happy I get to share it with anyone who wants to listen. Thank you for being here.
these original 3 trailers are my favorite ones, with Deceived (the next one you are gonna watch) being the best of the 3 in my opinion. When they released these in 2011, they didn't have the voice over in the start, the next one will start with a voice-over from Darth Malgus, however, originally, it didn't have that, I like the change they made to these 4K versions. Jace Malcom, the trooper guy was also in the first one, but yeah, it is his voice-over for this one. Satele for the first one and Malgus for the last one.
All of these are far better than anything Disney-Wars has ever produced. Give these people control over the shows and movies. They'll at least respect the I.P.
These cinematics take place long before the rule of two was implemented so there's thousands of Sith just like there are Jedi. The woman from this cinematic and the previous one is Satele Shan, who after these first 3 cinematics would become the Jedi Grand Master, so she was essentially the Yoda of her time. She and the trooper from again this and the previous cinematic, Jace Malcom, would go on to have an affair after this battle, lasting 6 months and resulting in a secret child. She's a part a long line of Jedi that were essentially the Skywalkers of the Old Republic. She is the descendant of legendary Jedi Knights Revan and Bastila Shan, protagonists of Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic, Revan being the Anakin type figure of the Old Republic, having gone from Jedi to Dark Lord, back to Jedi. The reason you won't see Satele in the next cinematic is because she was a part of a delegation sent to Alderaan, the planet seen here, to attend peace talks to end this war in which the Sith would use as a distraction to launch a major attack
40:24 yeah It's was going to kill both, but Satele (the Jedi) was the one who actually used the force to make it weaker, because she didn't want Jace (the soldier) to sacrifice himself.
@@kaizammit I don't really remember if it was told in the game or if I read as a fan fic or fun fact somewhere... It has been some years since I last played, but even if it's not official, it makes sense to me. The grenade is the same that is used at 15:40, and Jace was going for the kill. However, if you pay attention, the explosion is white like if it was a stun grenade, but it clearly wasn't since it damaged both Malgus and him. So what I remember reading is that Satele basically supressed the explosion with the force, because (Spoilers?) her and Jace are lovers (of course, in secrecy, because the Jedi don't allow it), and she didn't want to lose him.
And you know the insane thing, after malgus gets kamahamaha’ed, he gets up and finds two Jedi in the area and proceed to kill them and a really Injured State
Great reaction! It is very interesting to see your detailed reaction to the films Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope and others. These are cool classic movies 👍🔥
So the Rule of 2 was created by Darth Bane many centuries after this period, mostly because he saw that the Sith empire always fell to internal conflicts because they all coveted each others power. So after him there are only ever the 2 as stated by Yoda in the later films.
Yes indeed it is Malgus, it is a good time later. Satele is at this point a Jedi Grandmaster, while in return she was a Padawan if i remember correctly. Little spoiler alert, Malgus did not die through her stone shattering attack, he is a beast and represents the tank class in the game, so basicly undying, u will see him again in 2 other cinematics and he is also a boss in the actual game.
Your breakdowns are interesting. The camera movement also reflects the types of fighters. For the soldier, war is chaotic. The camera shakes. For the Sith its violently moving as they fight. But for the Jedi it is calmer. And more smooth, reflecting the Jedis calm and trust in the Force
The game takes place before the rule of 2, that the first scene was master and apprentice had nothing to do with the rule of 2, they where just stationed there. Malgus led armies, these 3 first videos of the game is in short a part of the story of how he came to power.
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Witcher 3 Cinematic’s are some of the best I have ever seen. A ton of people would love to see you do them I’m sure of it. As a side note when breaking down a night to remember (one of the cinematics) pay attention to the lyrics, a lot of reactors miss that.
Never played the game but I love the cinematic for Elder Scrolls. Especially the one with the badass knight fighting the 3 main characters
Greater Terran Union stellaris invicta from The Templin Institute. they make story from game play. pretty interest i hope at least try Prologue it is most ten minute each
I recommend that you watch the rest of them in order. From the retake of korriban to the conflict of the new empire's twins (or they're sister)
There are more of these Star Wars trailers! One more for the old republic, then one for knights of the fallen empire and one for the eternal throne. Would love to see a Star Wars fan react to these too!! Love your work
25:37 This is before the establishment of the rule of two so there's a lot of Sith in the galaxy. There are even multiple sith fighting each other for the title of emperor and forming their own groups. But you'll see more of that in the next cinematics :D
Ahhh that makes sense and I'm looking forward to it. Thanks fella. KZ
They need to go back to that. Rule of two is stale. They need to jump into the future and few hundred years, and pray fans forget the sequel trilogy ever happened. Maybe in the year 2035, put it on the shelf for another decade
Man I love how engaged you are in the reactions. Flows really well.
Thanks man and thank you for taking the time to check this video out. KZ
The soldiers here are aren't clones, they're regular people. Clones are introduced in Attack of The Clones and these cinematics take place roughly 3,000 years before the movies. If I had to guess the reason they look so similar to Clone Troopers is purely for the familiarity factor of giving you something to relate with if you saw the movies before watching this.
For the in-universe reason, the sith and republic constantly took inspiration from Mandalorian armor designs to design their own armor/military with.
exactly, a lot of tech and overall design came from Mandalorians so it wouldn't be crazy to have some similiarity in design of these soldiers and clones.... and as you said, it's important for them to make it so that even average player and not crazy fans, can recognize sides, characters and be able to get right into the universe. I'd say they did great job
Like the phrase goes.
"Imitation is a most sincere form of flattery."
The Old republic cinematics get better and better with each one. The next one in the series is called "deceived" which is amazing. Funnily enough the deceived trailer which is last one for the base game was acutally the reveal trailer for the game, before the Return and Hope. The original release order for the trailers was the Deceived, Hope and then the Return, but in the games timeline its The Return, Hope and Deceived. Blur studio's who made this, are some of the best CGI trailer studio's right up there with Blizzard. Blur Studios are responsible for the CGI for, The old Republic, Halo 2 and Halo wars, The Elder Scrolls online trailer movie, Warhammer 40k Dawn of War intro. They also helmed netflix's Love, Death and robots series.
Love your reactions, i have made few animated projects in 3ds max for fun and therapy. Wish i had your eye for all the little details.
That's a really interesting release order. Halo Wars 1 and Dawn of War 1 are coming soon so I've got a lot of exciting videos coming your way.
That's awesome that you're making some animation and it's important to be creative if you have that spark. You'll have to show me sometime.
blur studio also worked on marvel movies, deadpool, and bunch of others. But they did start with CGI trailers and they are best people at it. They always understand game they making trailer for.
The SW:ToR cinematics existing is why i came to this channel ^^
Good thing I've got another four to go.
Blur also did work in the Deadpool movies
The helmetless republic trooper in the trailer is Jace Malcolm, and he was also in the last trailer, losing his helmet in an explosion (which gave the smuggler his time to shine on-screen as Jace was recovering in the background). He was referred to by the smuggler as "Corporal", and since this is taking place years after that trailer - you can see at 1:33 he has a special shoulder pauldron to signify his new higher rank as the commanding officer of Havoc Squad (the specific unit in this trailer).
If that wasn't enough info, the Jedi is Satele Shan, she and Jace Malcolm are together and had a child named Theron Shan.
Oh... Naughty. When I saw his face I just thought oh he's a clone trooper, he looks a lot like that actors face. Then again as it's been pointed out, this was way before the clones.
@@kaizammit Yup, this game takes place around 3,000 years before the movies. These troopers are just men and women enlisting in the military and becoming battle hardened through fighting Sith and Imperial soldiers on a near daily basis.
They'd give the clone army a run for their money imo.
oh man I didn't know that my boy bagged satele, what a chad
Kai she stopped it with the force, if you look at Malgus's face when he goes to stab her you can see the brief look of shock or surprise on his face.
Also thanks for more of these Star Wars cinematics, they really are something ❤
I thought so but I did the standard oh no! Simple body blocking, gets me every time. Haha. More Star Wars to come so you're in for a treat. That's if you enjoy these videos that is. Funny enough, currently playing Jedi Survivor this very second.
@@kaizammit Ooohh that game was awesome!
How are you liking it?
I'm loving it currently, I've not played a game like this for a very long time and it's made me fall back in love with Star Wars. Even smashed through Ahsoka this week.
Currently just got the force dash so Christ knows how far I am.
@@kaizammit Glad you love it!! I've been playing Baldurs gate a lot recently, there's soooooo much to do haha
@@loganobrien8087 I've heard of that. Someone actually asked me to react to the opening or the trailer for it. Was it you? Is it worth checking out for the channel....
16:22 - That dude, even more than the Trooper leader, was a large part of why I went Republic Trooper Vanguard for my first character starting in the Beta and going forward. I don't know how much of a gamer you personally are, but this short spoke to my Tank heart. It takes a certain kind of crazy to want to be the guy that jumps into a situation, finds the biggest threat, and challenges it to a fight.
4:22 - The Force. She's basically doing a very, very localized Force Push in a way that's rare to see and hard to do. Her ancestor, Bastila Shan (from the first Knights of the Old Republic game, 300 years before the MMO) was also unusually gifted with the Force, able to do a power called Battle Meditation (it links in an entire side and provides synergy.)
The force power she’s using is called Tutaminis which absorbs/dissipates the energy. While it was a common ability that all Jedi were taught, it was really hard to actually block blaster bolts and lightsaber blades.
Examples of Tutaminis are: Yoda blocking force lightning from Count Dooku and Emperor Palpatine in episodes 2 and 3, and Darth Vader blocking the blaster bolts from Han Solo in episode 5
@@CommanderBly5052 Thank you for the in depth breakdown. I tried to keep it as simple as possible for someone without the same context, but your reply giving examples helps a lot and gives someone who wants to dig down a place to start with the exact Power name.
What i really love about your reacts is that you first watch the whole video and react without breaking the videos flow and then after break it down.
I really hate it if creators watch the video first time and then constantly stop to talk over what they see and potentioally ruin the flow of emotions you are supposed to get for the full running video
I hate those too! I have to see it how it was originally designed and want to feel what the filmmakers want me to feel.
I'm glad you like the way I do it, thank for being here fella. KZ
That establishing shot of Alderaan, is also symbolic, as it's showing how the Republic is the light in the galaxy and the Sith Empire, represents the darkness.
Thanks for reacting. I have these cinematics saved on an external drive so I can rewatch them sometimes. Some of the best star wars story telling since the original trilogy. Better trilogy than the new disney stuff too.
I'm really enjoying these and looking forward to seeing the rest. These are definitely better and the Jedi move like Jedi. I finished Ahsoka yesterday and I moaned with every light saber battle.
The next one - ‘Deceived’ - is fantastic, but there’s also a few more that we’re made afterwards, ‘Sacrifice’ and ‘Betrayed’, which follow a different story. And finally, ‘Legacy of the Sith’ brings back Malgus, the main South in the last two cinematic. Highly recommend these three to watch in future.
I'll be covering them all so I 'HOPE' you 'RETURN' to check them out. I don't know if you'll get what I was doing there. KZ
Lorewise, the rule of 2 did not become a thing until thousands of years after the Old Republic era. Right now, there are armies of sith and jedi all over the place. It is glorious.
Great video!
This trailer is just Jace(The trooper) and Malgus(Sithy boy) fighting to see who can be the most injured by the end of it.
This comment made me laugh more than it should have.
Fyi: the cinematics you're watching take place more than 3,600 years before the events in the Star Wars films. during this time there are essentially two superpower galactic "nations at war over control of the galaxy as a whole the titular 'old republic' (though to them in current obvi) and the Sith Empire, the latter ruled by the Sith (who were a species as in Malgus' master from the first cinematic), yes the ships at the end are the republic ones, and the troops on both sides are just patriotic troops like today's military, fighting to keep the enemy at bay(or conquer the galaxy respectively) hope this helps!
Malgus is such gigachad! He survived this, with no unbroken bone catched evac shuttle, threatened pilot to land just to kill 2 Jedi with 2 padawans and only then got treatment
My favourite quote of all times "a single spark of courage can ignite the fires of hope"
The Jedi is Satele Shan, the Republic soldier is Jace Malcolm, and the Sith is Darth Malgus. All 3 were in the Return trailer. Shan and Malcolm have a son together, Theron Shan. Satele used a Force ability called Tutaminis to absorb Malgus' lightsaber, the same ability Yoda used to absorb Darth Sidious' Force lightning in Revenge of the Sith.
All of the Old Republic cinematics are top tier. Like you said before they remind me what I used to love about Star Wars.
Me too!
Her name is Satile Shan, she used 'Tutaminis', to block the light saber hit from Malgus. usually used to block blaster bolts but I guess she was very very good with it.
12:09 - I've seen these short films dozens if not over a hundred times and it wasn't until this breakdown that I really fully appreciated the significance of the movements. By breaking usual convention by multi-axis movement in each slice of time and jumping days between shots in seconds it really grabs the viewer and throws them along the course of this "lightning war." Likewise the peace, then the troop formation on the plains and then the single file progression through a flaming scene. Very strong and historical connotations for each of those type of movements.
Yes those ships at the end were Republic, the Empire had Star Destroyer style ships
One of the few channels where the reactions feel real and the breakdown/explanation usually teaches me something about film
The Old Republic takes place long before the Rule of Two was implemented, so there are a TON of Sith Lords everywhere. That's ultimately what led to their fall with all the infighting and power grabs, which is why Darth Bane created that rule to stop it from happening again, but also to preserve the Sith for future endeavours.
And yes, that is Darth Malgus and Satele Shan, as well as the same Republic Trooper, Jace Malcolm, from the first one. Players could be Jedi Knights, Jedi Consulars, Troopers, and Smugglers (on the Republic side), or Sith Warriors, Sith Inquisitors, Bounty Hunters, or Imperial Agents on the Imperial side, so they were also given representation in the cinematics, rather than just focusing on the Jedi/Sith.
SWtOR as a game tells a story from 3800 years before E1 "The Phantom Menace". Thats why you see so much Sith and Jedi in the videos. I played SWtOR for a few years. The storytelling in the game for each class you can play is so nice and full of twists based on your choices made in the conversations with the npc´s. The power she (Satele Shan) uses is called from the "Tutaminis" skills, which is all about absorbing power. Like Yoda did against Dooku in E2 when Dooku threw lightnings towards Yoda and he absorbed them. Or against Palpatine in E3
Something I found really interesting is that when Satele (the jedi) shows up the shot starts with the dutch angle and, as the force wave hit the camera, it gets shaken into a more horizontal orientation.
Clever little things those camera angles. I'll have to check it out.
I know someone already commented on this, but this was during the time of the Sith Empire (Not the Galactic Empire made by Sidious.) There was the Sith Council and the Sith emperor, which was the ruling body of the Sith empire. Satele Shan is the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order at the time of this cinematic (or soon after) and she is the Padawan from the first cinematic. The main Republic commander in this cinematic is also from the first cinematic, he was the soldier that escaped with the smuggler and Satele and is one of the playable classes for the republic alongside the smuggler class and the two different Jedi classes, which is why he had so much focus in this cinematic as he "represents" some of the players' characters.
34:38 - Nice, yeah. Perfectly valid gripe and suggestion.
i recommend reacting to all star wars cinematics in chronological order. they are so good. film worthy material!
All three of the main characters in this cinematic were in the first one. In the case of the soldier, he is the one that survives, uses the heavy weapon to drive off the troops after the smuggler's pistol bit and catches Satele Shan (the Jedi master here - she was an apprentice in the first one) when she jumps for the spacecraft's ramp. I believe the difference you are spotting in her character design is to denote the difference in age and experience as there is an in universe time gap between these story clips (I believe this war is supposed to last about 40 years on and off).
On the topic of worldbuilding: the soldier mentioned in the beginning that this is Alderaan. The planet that gets blown up by the Death Star a few thousand years later.
Dude, this planet has the worst of luck.
34:25 You say that running scene is first time we see her using double ended lightsaber in this video, but we also see it in previous video and just before she starts running we see her spinning the lightsaber with one side already on before she ignites the other side at 3:20 and I think that is actually really well made reveal of light saber. It does show that she wields double-bladed lightsaber, but it doesn't really make big deal out of it making it main thing even when it is in the middle of the screen. It is almost teasing viewer first that you see her wielding lightsaber with quite long hilt and then it pans to hilt when she ignites the other side. It also reminds me how in Episode one we see Darth Maul wielding double-ended lightsaber first time in Star Wars, but in first time we see his lightsaber on he only uses one side and gives some viewers this nice tease that his saber is "Unique" from what we have seen before.
in the first trailer (Return) Satil is 12 years old, Malgus is 19. In the second trailer (Hope), they are already 36 and 43 years old, in the third (Deceived) Malgus is 47 years old. And in the latest trailer (Disorder) Malgus is already 70-80 years old
She was 12 in that! Wow, I didn't realise and that was a time jump. Yikes.
The elder scrolls online cinematics are pretty awesome, and of course the rest of these old republic trailers!
In this case, the Rule of Two actually hasn’t properly been established I believe. Darth Bane instituted the rule in an effort to prevent infighting as the sith used to operate like they do in this video and often fought with each other in selfish pursuit of power and/or knowledge. Darth Malgus is a very powerful Sith Lord from, as the titling suggests, the Old Republic Era. The rule is established between this time period and the events of Episode I.
So the Rule of Two comes into play after the collapse of the Old Republic, at that point in time the sith was rendered nearly extinct so it was implemented to let the image of the sith die while they plotted in secret.
That's interesting. Work from the shadows. I like it.
One thing I noticed is that when the Sith Fighters screech past the screen, it’s a single shot. The camera pans around the fighters and even past them, you can still see some dark trees in the back, as they fly toward the Sith invasion force. Absolutely amazing
The tightening on the battle scenes give the sense of Claustrophobia and intensity of warfare, many WW2 movies do it I believe.
Great content Kai! I caught your Astartes vid and thought you did a fabulous job analyzing and also authentically enjoying and being engaged. Your content continues to be excellent, and I appreciate that you seem comfortable acting as a subject matter expert that isn't afraid to treat us like intelligent adults while keeping things accessible. Liked and subbed, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much fella! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and the peek behind the curtains to filmmaking. It's an honour to have you subbed and I'll do my best to bring you the video breakdowns you want to see. KZ
She stopped the lightsaber with the force and her hand. at the time of this games release only three Jedi lines had the power to absorb and redirect energy - Skywalker, Horn and Revan. Bastila is Revan's grand daughter.
Loving these long-form breakdowns! Keep it up!
I'm glad you're enjoying them! Thank you for being here. KZ
This game is set ±3000 years before “A New Hope”
The Soldier we follow is called Jace Malcom. If you go back in the first cinematic, he's the soldier that makes it out with the Cowboy and Satele (or the Jedi).
Malgus... I don't have enough IQ to count how many times you face him...
This is set hundreds or thousands of years before Star Wars Episode 1 so The Sith Rule of Two would not Exist yet. Darth Bane created The Rule of Two, in response to what he viewed as inevitable, self-destructive infighting within the Sith Order. There was infighting between members of the Sith Order each one wanting more and more power and control over the Sith, they were technically exterminating the Order themselves from the inside, instead of focusing on fighting the Jedi
32:52 - Brilliant catch here, because while the would-be executioner IS important enough to have two guys holding up his would-be victim, he had to wait until the big boss got his kill, and then when it is his turn we have the Sith still fully armored and wearing his cowl and helm - says the executioner still feels threatened.
thank you for the great reaction! if you liked this one you should definitely check out the next two trailers "deceived" and "betrayed", those def brought it to the next level
Let's GOOOOO!🎉 can't wait to see why I love this so much. Thank you in advance kai for making this experience even better
Thank you for watching and I hope I cover enough facts for you. You'll have to let me know if you enjoyed this one or did I disappoint!? Gulp..
@@kaizammit wonderful breakdown, it's crazy how something as simple as light and camera movement can make the difference between watchable and memorable. Shows just how much time and effort goes to making these gems. How could you disappoint with such articulated analysis kai. I lived every second
Thank you so much 😁
What Satele did blocking the lightsaber was use a very rare force power called tutaminis. Its basically force absorption. You see the same thing in Empire Strikes Back when Han shoots Vader in Cloud City. Satele, Vader, Yoda and Luke all used that force power. As well as Coran Horn in the Expanded Universe now Legends.
The giant force push that Satele did after was releasing all the engery she was absorbing from the lightsaber. Had she held it long enough she could have drained Malgus's lightsaber and killed its power source.
Damn!! That's awesome.
If you've seen Revenge of the Sith before its the only other time that Tiutaminus (stopping something with the Force with your bare hands) is used, Yoda uses it to absorb/repel Sidious' lightning, its an incredibly rare and powerful ability, very very few Jedi have been able to pull it off throughout all of Star Wars history
Happy new year everyone! and as I know there's a lot of bad out there and hope to help counter it with good, I just want to start the new year off with sincere thanks and love for all you do and remind you that you are awesome, and we appreciate you!!!
Happy new year fella! Keep creative.
The game was a (story-driven) MMO like World of Warcraft, and each side had more or less 4 mirrored classes you could play as which the main characters in the trailers reflect.
Every class had two subclasses to choose from, one was always a damage dealing subclass, the other was either tanking damage or healing depending on your class.
The Republic had:
Smuggler, Scoundrel/Gunslinger (Healer)
Trooper, Commando/Vanguard (Tank)
Jedi Knight, Sentinel/Guardian (Focused on Lightsabers, Tank)
Jedi Consular, Sage/Shadow (Focused on Force powers, Healer)
And on the Imperial side:
Imperial Agent, Operative/Sniper (Healer)
Bounty Hunter, Powertech/Mercenary (Tank)
Sith Warrior, Juggernaught/Marauder (Focused on Lightsabers, Tank)
Sith Inquisitor, Assassin/Sorcerer (Focused on Force powers, Healer)
5:16 - Indeed! What they're doing is establishing the Class leaders for each Faction. Master Satele Shan ends up leading the Council, the trooper ends up being of extreme importance to the Trooper storyline, Darth Malgus is important in the Sith class storylines, etc.
18:22 - I think they wanted to represent the frenetic, kinetic side of this part of gameplay - a PvP warzone (as opposed to a more formalized and smaller scale Arena match.)
at the risk of sounding impatient, you HAVE to watch the rest of these lol, they're all amazing.
Hint taken! Haha
25:47 The Rule of Two was made long after this cinematic takes place. It was when the Sith were thought to have gone extinct because theybwent from an empire to only Two people. Remember in the “Return” Cinematic Malgus Kills his master when his master is weakened in order to rise up in the empire. Well Later on a Sith named Darth Bane realizes the Sith will never get anywhere because you have 1000s of guys all fighting eachother and theyre expected to also fight the Jedi who are united. So the Rule of 2 was established to prevent massive infighting After The Old Republic takes place. Instead of A hundred people killing eachother and building their own armies of apprentices to kill political rivals, or sith rivals you have a Master who looks for someone to surpass and take his place if they are stronger. And an Apprentice who is trying to learn everything they can and ultimately betray their master to take their place and prove their strength.
Great breakdown!
The 'good guys' are the Republic, the Old Republic of the game's name, and yes their colours are white and orange, matching the soldiers' armour.
There's a metanarrative too - we've seen the Sith Empire come in full force in Return, sweeping away all in their path, and in this video we see them begin to stumble - the victory is hard won, but it *is* a victory.
Yeah... I like how our Villain in these video's takes damage and evolves as the cinematics go on. Though if I recall correctly, they were released in reverse order. You are most fortunate to watch them in the proper order first time around.
Sometimes it's cool to be late 😜
Honesty I can't wait to see your reaction to the next 2 cinematics called "Sacrifice" and "Betrayed". Both are masterfully crafted videos.
Good stuff! Been waiting for this
18:30 I think the thing they were going for keeping the camera in tight like that was so that you didn't see the Republic trooper coming from the Sith's perspective, so that we get the sense that the Sith aren't just all powerful wizards. That with a good tactic, they could be killed by regular Republic soldiers.
Think like the opposite of the Darth Vader hallway scene from Rogue One.
I'd say that goes for why they used pretty much all the tight close shots. They wanted you to feel like you were a soldier right in the middle of it and that you could be taken by surprise at any moment. Or at least that's how I saw it.
Also, I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks it's kind of funny that I as a weirdly visually disabled person would be so interested in what is primarily a visual medium??
This event happened 2500 years before the events of the original Star Wars movie (A New Hope). Darth Bane (who invented the Rule of 2 won't be for another 1500 years. At this point there were thousands of Sith and Jedi.
You mentioned something particularly interesting, namely, the so-called "blink shot"
The reason you didn’t see Malgus blink his eyes until the last second is because blinking is often regarded as a sign of empathy, proving deep down, you are human, you have emotions, and that you care.
Malgus is a Sith. It is rare, albeit not completely unheard of, to meet a Sith who has any sort of empathy, emotion, compassion, or respect for anyone but themselves.
So the blink shot did an amazing job depicting just how spiteful Malgus really was, but at the same time he had some level of respect and admiration towards Havoc Squad, at least in terms of skill.
It shows the intensity of him as a character and never take your eye of the prize in this case, the enemy. In Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, Director Edgar Wright deliberately made actors hold their blinks to ramp up the intensity. Little things like that go a long way in films. Very good.
Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. KZ
There was 6 years of war between the first two trailers. Then 6 more years before the third. So yes Jace, Malgus and Satele age and change between them, from rookies to leaders.
Beautiful MASTERCLASS! Many thanks.
You gotta keep doing the rest of the Old Republic cinematics
3:47 - Yes, from the sort of prelude/announcement trailer of Return to Hope and the launch of the game the face of Satele Shan got some significant changes and upgrades.
Been playing SWOTR for years but I just realized - it's Satele and Theron's dad.
1:34 - Well spotted and remembered! Yep, that's Darth Malgus from Return! Likewise the first Trooper was the one escorting the Smuggler and Satele Shan (the Jedi survivor from Return).
Playing a Vanguard Trooper in the original release of Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of my favorite MMO experiences of all time. It felt like they hit all the right notes with the overall theme of the class campaign (well, outside of the last chapter, but that was pretty crap for most classes, unfortunately), with how utilitarian and "uncool" the Trooper's starship was, with *most* story companions... But above everything else, there's something magical about playing a non-Force user badass in a world of Force users. I'll never forget the first time I smashed a lightsaber user in the face with the stock of my rifle. Can't top that :D.
Satele blocked Malgus' lightsaber using the force using a technique called Tutaminis, which is used for energy absorption. Yoda used the same technique against both Count Dooku and Sidious in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith to block and attempt to nullify their Force Lightning. However, Satele's use of the technique to essentially catch a lightsaber is the technique taken to the nth degree. IIRC only 4 known individuals were capable of using it this way in both Canon and Extended Universe, two of them being literal Force Gods.
Dude, I'm blown away that you know that information. That was awesome to read.
@@kaizammit no problem! i'm something of a Star Wars encyclopaedia to people that know me. little extra context knowledge, these trailers (and the game) are set around 3000 years before any of the films. The main trooper in this trailer (Malcolm) was also in Return, he's the one that escaped with Satele.
What!!! I only remember the bandit guy. Where was he? Dude, I wish I could buy you a drink, I'd listen for hours.
@@kaizammit there was 2 troopers, the Scoundrel (Nico Okarr) and 2 Jedi, Satele and her master Kao Cen Darach. one of the troopers was killed just as they were getting to the hanger, the other one who survived and escaped onto the ship and also fired a round at the Sith Master (Vindican), was Malcolm. careful mate, i'd happily talk for hours about Star Wars.
I am loving the Star Wars and Blizzard cinematic breakdowns. Such thought and detail you put into it, explaining all the technical aspects that go into making these movies. It is so fascinating that you are able to explain the reasoning so perfectly as to why I love these cinematics (that I was oblivious to when watching them). I like reaction videos, but your breakdowns are on another level.
As an aside to the rule of two thing, others have already said the Old Republic was well before the Rule of Two became a thing. Darth Bane realised the Sith kept on losing because many weaker Sith could gang up on more powerful Sith, making them overall weaker in the long run. So he basically arranged to eliminate every Sith but himself, then took a young apprentice to begin the Rule of Two era.
I'm glad to have you here and thank you for letting me know you're enjoying the videos. I'll look at the next one very soon as I'm proper into Star wars again thanks to playing Jedi Survivor.
I've got more blizzard to come too. Depending on how the poll goes on my Patreon, you could get one next week.
Your whole thing about whitest/brightest on screen will draw your focus is very interesting, I wonder if that's why lightsaber duels are inherently fascinating? Pure bright light in your face, with the sound FX and choreography.
Thanks for that: The Old Republic cinematics are awesome (and they get better with time: Sacrifice is a little gem)
About the tightness of shots, I guess it's to keep the action up-close and personal, to keep it on a grounded, human level. With some merits, I think.
I think you're absolutely right. They want you to feel as if you are in there with them. Especially when it comes to the soldiers. They could have pushed back slightly with the Jedi battle though. I don't know when the release date was but it could have been influenced by action films at the time. Thanks for watching fella and great to see another comment from you.
After watching the Halo and Overwatch reactions, I was going to recommend these cinematics! Glad to see you found them! Also, you definitely deserve more subs, I don't ever subscribe to channels even after months of watching but subbed to you after one video. Keep it up!
Oh wow, thanks fella. This is my second Star Wars video so if you haven't seen that one, check it out. It is the old video format though. KZ
Ayyyyeee, you reacted to hope I'm glad, awesome reaction
Thank you for watching fella!
I am not sure what happened to the audio later in the video. But I think there were a few changes in the video after Star Wars was acquired by Disney
Okay, that's interesting. Thanks.
You should do the old Republic cinematic "sacrifice" it's even more of this and the first one. Its more personal too. Its a shame we cant get starwars movies like these :(
The dude who narrates actually becomes a really important figure in cannon - military supreme commander. Hes also like really fucking strong lol makes me wonder if he's at least a little bit force sensitive. His name is Jace Malcom btw. And the jedi is Bastila Shan. Fun fact: they have a kid together :o
Oh boy, he groomed her good then as she was 17 in the first cinematic right? Was he that young then in the first cinematic?
There's a fair chance the audio mix issue is related to RUclips's audio compression. It's long been known to result in pretty flat audio. And compression in general tends to flatten out sound levels.
Ahhh, that makes sense.
Yep, that's Malgus once more. He appears in a couple more cinematics, steadily incorporating more cybernetics as time goes on. The female Jedi is Satele Shan, and she becomes the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order before the events of the game take place. The badass trooper is Jace Malcom, a member of a Republic special forces unit known as Havoc Squad. Essentially, they're the best of the best.
25:26 - This precedes the Rule of Two by a very, very long time. This is the time of the return of the Sith Empire, that once controlled Korriban (as seen in Return).
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) is around 3956 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin, which is the end of the original Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope)
* The Old Republic MMO is 300ish years after that, so around 3650 BBY
* For most of the time from that era until around 1030 BBY the Sith and the Jedi were around equal numbers with ups and downs and power swings, but always the Sith were hampered by their infighting and the Jedi just had to be patient and act when they Sith were fighting each other.
* Finally as a huge confluence of events came together and the Jedi just about erased the Sith, Darth Bane decreed the Rule of Two as a way to stay strong and stay alive. There should be one to hold the power, and one to covet it. All of the dark side energy concentrated down to its purest quintessence. The only way for the Apprentice to take control was to kill their own Master. (This had happened a lot in the Old way of doing things, this as just a bit more formalized now.)
I feel like this one was the one that was made first. Cause of a lot of issues you've pointed out, they're still figuring stuff out you know?
I've learned so much from this video though! Thanks a lot!
"Oh! It's um... I dunno her name" 😂
I'm trying to learn names but damn, it's difficult with all these franchises. 😂
33:33 - ...Y'know, I agree. Should have been a land from a jump, Force Blast, into a Force Speed charge at Malgus or something that converts the initiative and surprise into efficient and effective action.
This is set before the rule of two, the main characters are Darth Malgus & Satele Shan. Satele was holding Malgus' saber with the force, kinda like how Yoda deflects lightning without a saber.
Nice! Thanks for letting me know.
These Cinematics revolve around a few main "Hero" Characters from the Old Republic. Satele Shan (the female Jedi), Jace Malcom (The Elite Soldier) and Malgus the False Emperor. You come across, answer to, or fight with each of them (or their Families) SWTOR is an amazing story experience. Kai I am really enjoying watching you react to some of the cinematics that have brought me joy for so many years, and then break them down with your skills. Cheers mate. and I look forward to you watching the others.
Thank you fella and I'm glad you're enjoying the breakdowns. I love this stuff and I'm happy I get to share it with anyone who wants to listen. Thank you for being here.
these original 3 trailers are my favorite ones, with Deceived (the next one you are gonna watch) being the best of the 3 in my opinion. When they released these in 2011, they didn't have the voice over in the start, the next one will start with a voice-over from Darth Malgus, however, originally, it didn't have that, I like the change they made to these 4K versions. Jace Malcom, the trooper guy was also in the first one, but yeah, it is his voice-over for this one. Satele for the first one and Malgus for the last one.
continue with the rest of the cinematics from thie game. they are amazing.
i exited to your reaction to the third one of the cinematics! alle Kotor CInematics are awesome, a masterkind
All of these are far better than anything Disney-Wars has ever produced. Give these people control over the shows and movies. They'll at least respect the I.P.
These cinematics take place long before the rule of two was implemented so there's thousands of Sith just like there are Jedi.
The woman from this cinematic and the previous one is Satele Shan, who after these first 3 cinematics would become the Jedi Grand Master, so she was essentially the Yoda of her time.
She and the trooper from again this and the previous cinematic, Jace Malcom, would go on to have an affair after this battle, lasting 6 months and resulting in a secret child.
She's a part a long line of Jedi that were essentially the Skywalkers of the Old Republic. She is the descendant of legendary Jedi Knights Revan and Bastila Shan, protagonists of Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic, Revan being the Anakin type figure of the Old Republic, having gone from Jedi to Dark Lord, back to Jedi.
The reason you won't see Satele in the next cinematic is because she was a part of a delegation sent to Alderaan, the planet seen here, to attend peace talks to end this war in which the Sith would use as a distraction to launch a major attack
40:24 yeah It's was going to kill both, but Satele (the Jedi) was the one who actually used the force to make it weaker, because she didn't want Jace (the soldier) to sacrifice himself.
Oh really!? I never saw her hands. Is it told later on in the game?
@@kaizammit I don't really remember if it was told in the game or if I read as a fan fic or fun fact somewhere... It has been some years since I last played, but even if it's not official, it makes sense to me. The grenade is the same that is used at 15:40, and Jace was going for the kill. However, if you pay attention, the explosion is white like if it was a stun grenade, but it clearly wasn't since it damaged both Malgus and him. So what I remember reading is that Satele basically supressed the explosion with the force, because (Spoilers?) her and Jace are lovers (of course, in secrecy, because the Jedi don't allow it), and she didn't want to lose him.
And you know the insane thing, after malgus gets kamahamaha’ed, he gets up and finds two Jedi in the area and proceed to kill them and a really
Injured State
Is that the next cinematic!!? KZ
As an A level film student I'm finding your content entertaining and educational
Amazing! I'm glad you feel you're learning something. The entertainment is just an added bonus.
Great reaction! It is very interesting to see your detailed reaction to the films Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope and others. These are cool classic movies 👍🔥
So the Rule of 2 was created by Darth Bane many centuries after this period, mostly because he saw that the Sith empire always fell to internal conflicts because they all coveted each others power. So after him there are only ever the 2 as stated by Yoda in the later films.
Yes indeed it is Malgus, it is a good time later. Satele is at this point a Jedi Grandmaster, while in return she was a Padawan if i remember correctly. Little spoiler alert, Malgus did not die through her stone shattering attack, he is a beast and represents the tank class in the game, so basicly undying, u will see him again in 2 other cinematics and he is also a boss in the actual game.
Noice! I'm already looking forward to the next one. They never die unless you see it.
Your breakdowns are interesting. The camera movement also reflects the types of fighters. For the soldier, war is chaotic. The camera shakes. For the Sith its violently moving as they fight. But for the Jedi it is calmer. And more smooth, reflecting the Jedis calm and trust in the Force
Fun fact: After Malgus dug himself out of that mountain of rubble, he (all beat up) encountered and killed another Jedi on his way off planet
Even best up he's a monster. Noice!
The game takes place before the rule of 2, that the first scene was master and apprentice had nothing to do with the rule of 2, they where just stationed there.
Malgus led armies, these 3 first videos of the game is in short a part of the story of how he came to power.
I think the bit I love the most about this video is it shows that non-Force users can still accomplish things. Plus, TEAMWORK! 😂