i haven't even played the game and i still wonder why we never get movies like these cinematics. Its' always the games that have all these sick cinematics and then we get movies that are nowhere near it. I'm just a fan of star wars
Always more a fan of the first 3 trailers. The first one specifically. I like the fights more and to an extend even the looks. Those with the twins are still very good, good story telling and great visuals, but I'm not that connected with that random third faction and as another one said, those expansions were outright garbage, if you came from a fully voiced environment. But thats a different aspect, nothing to do with the trailers. The last one is indeed the only trailer I do not like - I find the characters and their movement goofy and the story behind it not very compelling - unecessary drama for the sake of it. Only bright spot was Malgus.
Let's be honest. These cinematic trailers are better than ANYTHING Disney Star Wars has put out! That said, I feel the last one is a bit sub-par compared to the rest.
Some of the animations were a bit floaty. I think the higher framerate also hurts the viewing experience, making you more aware of some of the flaws that would normally be hidden by motion blur.
Better than anything Disney Star Wars has pulled off ???? I wholeheartedly disagree. Andor is amazing! Bad Batch is great! Tales of the Jedi also great!
Oh wow..how could I forget The Mandalorian! also another great Disney Star Wars has put out along with The Book of Boba Fett! Now they're coming out with Ahsoka!
This is my VERY biased oppinion here but the Old Republic is THE BEST period in all of starwars, and the game these trailers are for is the best starwars game in terms of the sheer quantity of lore and exploration in the SW universe. Although, many Star Wars fans would say the Knights of the Old Republic games are the best because they have the best story, this game has more variety, having 10 different fully fleshed character stories, with 3 in particular being so good they could each be their own standout AAA game. Btw, each of the 10 stories take around 100hrs to complete. You can become the mightiest of Jedi or be an Imperial Spy who's the equivilent of John Wick mixed with James Bond. The best way I could describe is game is an mmorpg that's a mix of World of War Craft and Mass effect. Now, as someone who isn't aware, I feel like I need to tell you about the dad/old man from the trailers, who I belive to objectivly be the best villain in all of Star Wars! *DARTH VALKORION, the Eternal Emperor* He's basically like Palpatine on steroids, BUT more immportantly, he has major plot archs andcharacter development where he starts out very similar to palpatine/ the pure evil genius, but his goal is self improvment and to become more human and most improtantlyfor him, to live. His goal of becoming immortal isn't just because he's the big bad who wants ultimate power, but he infact loves life and as I mentioned his goal is to become more human. He does this by repeatedly trying to consume the life of whole plannets and eventually the whole Gallaxy (which he does through staging the Mandalorian and Jedi Wars and esentially causing a 3 way war with the Republic, Mando's and the reamerged Sith Empire which he rules. He does this because he orriginally started life as a souless emotionaless Sith, but due to the nature of his power, for everyperson he kills, he gains/ expiriences their memmories and emmotions and so becomess one step closer to feeling whole as a person. Now the character development comes into play here when through his constant encounters with Darth Revan and our protaganists throughout multiple Old Republic games, he realises that extinquishing life from the Gallaxy isn't the correct way to become whole, as not all life is worthless and if he followed through with his plans he would be left all alone in the Gallaxy with nothing but himself and his new found emmotions (fear, lonnlyness ect). Therefore, he decided to try and rule the Gallaxy propperly and bring about true peace & actually helps people, or at least those he deamed worthy. This caused him to discard his old Identity and the Sith Empire (The one that Malgus is from) as he saw them as to corrupt and failing. Therefore he formed an new empire, The Eternal Empire! (As shown in the Twins trailer, their the 3rd party you see.) Now interestingly, he started to open up more to his emmotions. (Although he still appears as heartless and cold in the trailers, as the son in white hadn't earned his approval and respect until after he killed his brother.) These changes included him *USING THE LIGHTSIDE OF THE FORCE AND INDOCTRINATING ITS TEACHINGS* and forming an order of force users that used both the Light and Darkside (similar to Grey Jedi, who use yellow and blue lightsabers. Although they are more Grey Sith, also they are the ones who were wearing that gold armour you liked). HOWEVER, the most important change was how he opened himself to love and had a family (despite how disfunctional it ended up beign). In the game, you learn how despite everthing, he cannot bring himself to harm his wife/ the mother (in the trailer with the Daughter) no matter what happens or what she does. He'll literally torture his children but will at most ghost his wife and not do anything, even when she went against him (he couldn't even punish her for trying to save her daughter.) He also shows a disturbing amount of discomfort empathy, remorce and compashion when he sees her harmed. And when she's on deaths door he burns up a large amount of his power just so he can appear before her so they can have their last goodbye. Now remember this guy started out as a pure evil sith who's the Old Rebublic equivilent of the devil. It's this character development coupled with his unique purpose/ goal all stemming from him wanting to feel emmotions and become more humane. To gain what we all take so easily for granted. + His aesthetic desighn/ armour and voice actor are all fire!
There are 8 Class Stories. On Republic side - Jedi Knight. Jedi Consular. Republic Trooper. Smuggler. On Sith Empire side - Sith Warrior. Sith Inquisitor. Bounty Hunter. Imperial Agent. Where are you getting 10?
@@WraithReaper09 Madude. My message was an inaccurate summary and exaggeration of events to introduce the old republic to someone new to it. I am shocked that's all you picked up on as in accurate.
@@esgown4184 You don't need to be giving inaccurate information about the game. It's always been 8 class stories. Inaccuracies about the plot and motives of characters can be just misremembering.
Valkorian is one of my favourite star wars characters We've seen him as pure evil we've seen him open up Palpatine has got nothing on this dude I mean he literally wanted to wipe out all life in the galaxy just because he could Plus he's voiced by Doug Bradley and he's a true joy to hear in the game Plus Arcann and his sister Vaylin (I hope I spelt that right) are some of my favourite Absolutely broken villains
"No way this dude is still alive!" I've killed him 6 times in the game and he is STILL coming back! Also, the double-blade lightsaber lady, her name is Satele Shan, descendant in the line of Revan an Bastila Shan. That little girl is probably the most foxed-up powerful, power-hungry, psychotic force-user.
She isn’t all that great in my opinion, but yea she’s up there with Yoda and Mace in terms of both force and skill. I just don’t like some traits of her on a personal level 😂
Fun fact in the Old republic books , Sateele Shan and the old republic soldier she saved in second video had a child who was a republic anti sith stealth agent
@@Sinewmire Indeed. He is one of the major characters since the Shadow of Revan expansion and became a playable companion in The Knights of The Fallen Empire expansion.
The "father" is Emperor Vitiate. He achieved Immortality and reigned for 1000 years I believe. Possibly the most powerful force user to ever have existed.
No, ahead of them. Vitiate consumes entire planets through the Force and is capable of inhabiting multiple bodies simultaneously. Later on in the game, he infects an entire planet (Ziost) with a logic plague, causing every living thing on the planet to start slaughtering eachother so he can absorb the Dark Side energy so much fear and pain and death releases to regain his strength. Oh, and he does that while literally just being a Force Ghost, like Obi-Wan in ESB.@@NostalgicMem0ries
holy crap thats op.... so he is on same power level as sidious and full potential anakin? cause what you described is almost godlike powers@@historicalhijinks3058
@@historicalhijinks3058 Honestly it's hard to compare him with Darth Bane who is the Sithari and Anakin who the force made to restore balance. Vitiate had all the right circumstances with No debuffs. Had a decent upbringing. He had no challengers to his power. Once his powers awakened he was THE apex predator. Imagine if Anakin or Bane didn't have the absolute nonsense they had to go through? Is Vitiate the only force user ever to obtain the kind of power he wielded? Probably. Nihilus was similar but...a fluke of nature and still got packed up by the Jedi Outcast. But if we talk potential?? Well. It's not clear if Anakin had any limits. Same with Bane.
The man in the white armor during the twin and young girl scenes is called Valkorion, the first emperor of the sith empire and was 'banished to the region of the galaxy called The unknown regions
As a one person here suggested, you should watch The time line of this era...its perfect, and gives all the info about what happed, and what lead to what...From birth of the Sith to Revan all the way to the Eternal Empire. Its Awesomely made!
The Jedi master that looks like Maul is Kao Cen Darch, the Order Battlemaster - chief instructor in lightsaber combat. As you can see, he more than lives up to his position - and an even bigger nod to Malgus for actually defeating him. Yes, he is the same species as Maul - they are called Zabracs. Basiclly there are two kinds - Irridonian Zabracs, which is what Kao Cen is, and Dathomirian Zabracs, which is what Maul is.
@@BayouFrog Always happy to see someone sharing knowlegde to others who know less than some, I wish we could form a group that would talk about star wars, even this information is facinating to others like me who are always ready learn
During the 3rd video you asked where the Republic fleet was. Much of the fleet was scattered around the Republic since the Sith Empire attacked their territory in force. Also when Malgus and his forces attacked Coruscant the leaders of the Republic were at a peace negotiation on Alderaan which obviously turned out to be a diversion. The Old Republic lore is rich and deep, especially considering how little source material there actually is. Hopefully Darth Mickey and the Disney Empire stop trying to fix things that aren't broke and actually use this material as a basis for any OR shows in the future.
The funny thing about the last trailer is that Malgus saying that the Jedi play gods when they pick and choose who can and can't learn of the force is the same conclusion Luke came to in the sequel trilogy
Satele Shan is the GOAT. She went from a padawan in the start of this, holding a fight against Sith...to the Grand Master of the Republic, straight sacking armies, and besting one of the strongest Sith to ever live in Malgus and crippling him for life...nearly killing him. She's a solid #2 of my favorite Jedi. Nobody beats Snips though for a solid character.
I don't think we watched the same trailers my guy. Both times she faced Malgus she was saved by someone else. Her master saved her and her lover had to kamikaze Malgus with a grenade to do anything to him. I'm not saying she's not great but she's never taken Malgus on and won through just her skill alone.
@@RobertJones-vb2qi Yeah he checked her pretty good as a padawan, but she still put up a good fight for being like 14 years old. And when she faced him again, she was going blow for blow with him until being disarmed. She was holding his saber for like 3 second before homie ran in...with little strain on her face. With the sheer power of her force blast, one wouldn't have to think too hard on her being able to do that while holding his saber back, at least enough to push him away. Not her fault that her simp had to come in and blow himself up. There's a reason she was Grand Master of the Republic, and ranks in the top 5 force users to ever live...ever.
@@crazytrain03Well when you look at her Pedigree...it ain't hard to see why. The sheer power, history, and triumph running through her being...she's practically Force nobility
The man in the white armor, father of the twins and the girl, is emperor valkorion or as he is otherwise known, Darth Vitiate, the former sith emperor. If you’re familiar with the stories of Darth Revan and Malak, he is the one that initially brought them to the dark side.
You missed out on a lot of good stories that are now called Legends by Disney. Darth Malgus is awesome but he betrays Sith Emperor Tenebrae (renamed Vitiate) for letting the empire fall into infighting. Vitiate split his consciousness and took over the body of a man called Valkorian light years away from the sith. He had three kids and forged the Eternal Empire, which went to war with the Sith and the Republic. Vitiate makes Palpatine look like a whimp.
about your question concerning the third faction and their objectives... thats not an easy question to answer... you see: the guy with the beard is called valkorion and he created the eternal empire. but he is not what it seems like (spoiler: he's also the sith emperor and millenia old. shook hands with marka ragnos and all that...) Tenebrae, also known as Vitiate, the Sith Emperor and Valkorion, was the Dark Lord of the Sith and the ruler of the Sith Empire. He declared himself as the new Sith Emperor and ruled over the Sith after the Great Hyperspace War. Since his arrival on Dromund Kaas, the Emperor isolated himself from his people and started on his lifelong quest to destroy the entire galaxy and obtain eternal life. Tenebrae was born during the Golden Age of the Sith, prior to the outbreak of the Great Hyperspace War. He was born on the planet Nathema, one of the fringe worlds of the first Sith Empire. His family were simple farmers who had no connection to the Force. However, when Tenebrae grew older, he started to develop a connection with the Dark Side of the Force and his powers grew significantly. When his father found out about his powers, he started to question his wife and abused her for answers. Tenebrae's mother told them that Tenebrae was related to Dramath, the ruler of Medriaas. Tenebrae was so angry that he killed his father for abusing his mother and battered his mother for months until she died at his hands. After murdering his family, he forced the other villagers to bow down to him. When Dramath became aware of the existence of his son, he payed him a visit and asked him to bow down before him. Tenebrae refused and appeared to be stronger than his biological father and killed him in a duel. After the death of Dramath he became the ruler of Medriaas and managed to impress Dark Lord Marka Ragnos, ruler of the Sith Empire, at the age of thirteen. Marka Ragnos then recognized him as the ruler of Medriaas and renamed him as Lord Vitiate. After Marka Ragnos died, and the Sith Empire lost the Great Hyperspace War against the Galactic Republic, Lord Vitiate called all living Sith Lords to his world to perform a ritual to wipe out the Republic. However, the ritual was a scam to grant eternal life and he single-handedly wiped out every living thing on the planet, including the Force. After the ritual he lead the surviving Sith into space, fleeing from the Republic and hoping to find a proper planet. After several years floating in space they found Dromund Kaas. Lord Vitiate declared himself as Sith Emperor and promised his people vengeance. Several hundred years passed by and the Sith Empire had become a prominent empire. Around 303 BTC a few Dark Council members started to plot against him, knowing his goal to destroy the Galaxy. When Revan was secretly captured by Darth Nyriss and Lord Scourge, and Meetra Surik managed to contact Scourge, Lord Scourge plotted a move against the Emperor, by letting the Emperor wipe out the entire Dark Council so Scourge could free Revan from his prison. After his release Revan confronted the Emperor but was defeated after Scourge betrayed them. The Emperor then granted Scourge enteral life and named him as the Emperor's Wrath. Revan was captured and imprisoned in the Maelstrom Prison, his thoughts linked to the Emperor's, hoping he could scatter information about the Republic's defenses. Unknown to the Emperor, Revan also managed to manipulate the him, delaying the war as much as possible. About three hundred years later the Emperor found his armada ready for war against the Republic, and so the Great Galactic War began. After 28 years the Sith Empire managed to win the war, but the Republic wasn't defeated. A peace treaty was settled between the two factions and the Emperor became the ruler of half the Galaxy. During the Cold War, the Emperor was attacked at his Emperor's Fortress|fortress but managed to defeat the strike team and brainwashed them as his pawns. One Jedi Knight managed to break free from the Emperor's will and allied with Scourge to take down the Emperor. Eventually, they followed the Emperor to the Dark Temple and defeated the Emperor, destroying his body. Later, however, an Emperor's Hand member confirmed the Emperor was still alive. [...] Vitiate disappeared in the aftermath of the Ziost massacre, only to reappear as Valkorion, the leader of a hidden Eternal Empire in Wild Space. Unbeknownst to the rest of the galaxy, Vitiate had spent the last several centuries forging a new society on the planet Zakuul, and even had three children, Arcann, Thexan, and Vaylin. After Valkorion's sons raided the larger galaxy and drew the attention of the Republic and the Empire, Valkorion was struck down in a confrontation with his treacherous son Arcann and a famous warrior known as the Outlander. Releasing his hold on his Human form, Valkorion embedded his energy and consciousness within the Outlander's mind, leading Arcann to freeze the Outlander in carbonite for five years. The Outlander was eventually freed and began to lead a revolution against the Eternal Empire and now-Emperor Arcann's domination of the galaxy, and Valkorion counseled the Outlander and offered to share his immense power with his new host as the Outlander's Alliance sought to topple Valkorion's son from the Eternal Throne. for more info and lore about this badass sith see: swtor-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Vitiate
Wrong this is part of the EU, star wars is multiverse before Disney, so EU is its own canon, separated from the Disney canon, so forget old republic going over to Disney canon, it's doesn't need to, besides they woke feminist didn't like the ild republic so they made the high republic instead and it's full of shittyness
If you want to learn more about Malgus read the book "Decieved". The twins and there sister are from the game expansions Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne. The lasts cinematic is from the current story line.
Very nice quality overall, I like your comments and ur way of being, nice content and made my day easier (feeling a bit ill). Subbed and may the force be with you ^^ (so glad more pple discover these gems, and if by any chance you play swtor, the stories are that game big strength)
10:07 This is an incredibly rare technique, using the force to catch a saber. Also, the feedback created can actually break the saber, if held for long enough... you can see it actually starting to crack after just a couple of seconds.
"Where's the Republic fleet" There's an interesting bit of story that wasn't told in the Deceived cinematic. The leadership was currently engaged in 'peace talks' with the Empire elsewhere. I forget where precisely. But this attack on Coruscant caught everyone off guard. Imagine this from the Republic's perspective. The Empire, the Sith fucking Empire, just asked you for a summit to discuss a treaty. Sure, Tython is important. But Coruscant is your homeworld. The crown jewel of the Republic. So deep within Republic space that you would assume no attack could be performed on it. This was not the case. During the peace talks Darth Baras managed to wrangle from the Republic a completely unconditional treaty by ransoming Coruscant. The leadership was away from Coruscant, and their fleets went with them to defend them. Troops had to be redeployed to the summit to guard the leadership. Ships needed to be used for transport, and their accompaniments went with them to defend them. So the Empire's attacking force, lead by Darth Malgus, mozied right on in and took Coruscant by the balls. Malgus wanted to burn Coruscant to the ground. Turn it into an empty husk like Taris. But the Empire wanted it as a bargaining chip. They needed the treaty to amass power. So Malgus was denied and Baras was able to look Satele in the eyes and mock her while getting an unconditional treaty.
the old republic troopers will always be the coolest troopers in the star wars universe imo, clone troopers fought droids, storm troopers fought rebellions and lost and these guys fought a literal SITH ARMY and WON. plus they have really cool looking armor which really adds to it as well.
17:55 - Really good questions. The Eternal Empire uses, primarily, these yellow lightsabers. In EU/Legends it tends to represent using a blend of things, whether it's Force Use/Physical Combat/Skills or Light and Dark. On the meta level it is showing that they are distinct and an enemy of both sides.
In the words of Kreia for when you said "I don't think he could take Darth Vader though" is a perfect comparison. "“If you were to face an ancient Sith Lord in combat, you would learn that we are as children playing with toys compared to the prowess of the old masters.” Literally ALL of the Jedi and Sith within the movies are literal trash children compared to the Jedi and Sith of the Old Republic.
That's BS. Cannonically, the strongest force user to ever live was Anakin, he just didn't achieve his full potential. Luke and Palpatine would also top most old sith. That line of Kreya is always used by everyone who doesn't really know the lore and believes one line in a videogame (which I love, btw) must be true. Yoda, Windu, Obi-Wan, Maul...they would all be considered top tier if they suddenly appeared int he old republic era. The thing is, there were more force users back then, and they were used to war more. But they weren't more powerful. Jedi, in fact, became more powerful with time, as they learned. Sith lost a lot of their rituals, so in some manner they lost power. But the rule of two also made the two ruling Sith much stronger.
@@simonsalgueiro6217 "Anakin was the strongest to ever live but didn't achieve his full potential." Which LITERALLY means. He WASN'T the strongest. It means he COULD HAVE BEEN the strongest. Aka he didn't even amount to being strongest as Vader. He lost to a farmboy with no formal training who didn't even know he was force sensitive until he was a teenager and who had minimal training overall. In fact, canonnically, Luke didn't learn hardly anything beyond Force Lift, Push and Jump until AFTER he defeated Vader. The HEIGHT of strength for both the Jedi AND the Sith regarding Force Prowess, not influence, reach or numbers, was in the Old Republic Era. Vader and Luke both exist at a time where MOST of the Sith and Jedi knowledge has been lost to time because of the wars waged in the past. Countless Jedi Temples and Archives destroyed on Countless planets, same for the Sith, especially after the Sith Genocide by the Jedi. But nah, all the Jedi and Sith during the movies' era are the strongest...with all their youngling abilities and techniques that they mastered...and the most basic force abilities that they were really good at....yep....that's definitely the height and most powerful version of force users....absolutely...(Sarcasm).
@@vaylenrayne "Vader lost to a farm boy". No, he lost to one of the chosen of the force, a guy that in 2 years had learned more force control than most jedi would in a lifetime, and that in a couple more years became the greatest jedi to ever exist. Do you understand you are comparing movies to videogames and comics, also? In the EU/comics/videogames, Anakin and Vader were FAR stronger than in the movies. Same for Grandmaster Luke and Palpatine. And that Anakin didn't reach his potential didn't mean that in the end he wasn't able to defeat most force users in history. He just had the bad luck of fighting against Obi-Wan, who was not only considered a particularly talented jedi, one of the best in generations, but he had trained Anakin and knew how to fight against him. Anakin was also totally out of his mind, to the point of attacking Padme. And Obi-Wan knew this. Plus, even if he didn't reach his full potential, he wasn't far from it, and he is CANNONICALY the strongest born force user. Doesn't matter if he reached it or not. "But Kreia said..." stfu.
@simonsalgueiro6217 Vader never came close to reaching his potential. Depending how you look at it and who you believe. Lucas said Vader at his peak was 80% of Palpatine and if he reached full potential, he'd be twice as powerful. However in the Abeloth story, she was said to be a dozen times more powerful than grandmaster Luke (who by that point was much stronger than DE Palpatine) and she was weaker than the Father in his prime and Anakin was supposed to be able to rival him at full potential. So Anakin was either twice as strong as Palpatine at full, or over a dozen times. Whichever, he wasn't anywhere near full potential
This series and astartes are easily my favorite animated trailers/short films when it comes to “gaming cinema” and ofc the remastered cutscenes from halo 2 go fuccin INSANE
The girl in the 5th trailer is called Vaylin. She is the daughter of the emperor and she was / is the most powerful darkside character in Star Wars. Even more powerful thn Palpatine. All the old Sith are powerful, but Vaylin is next, next level. Her power combined with her madness is scarry. To show it, just one qoute from her "I want you to find our enemies and burn their bodys into glass. I WANNA MAKE A WINDOW OUT OF THEM" To me, next to Snape and Arthur Morgan, Vaylin is one of the best fictional characters ever written
The first 3 trailers chronicle the Great Galactic War. It lasted 28 years from 3681 to 3653 B.B.Y. (before the Battle of Yavin). The first trailer is the beginning of the war, the second is the mid-point of the war, and the third is the end of the war. The war ended with the Treaty of Coruscant and peace lasted 13 years before war broke out again. The last 3 trailers take place sometime after 3640 B.B.Y. Darth Malgus was 19 when the war started and 47 when it ended.
The republic fleet were in peace negotiations on Alderean, at the time the Sith sacked Corescant. I think SWTOR is the longest running star wars game ever. I don't want to spoil the third faction that the twins were apart of, instead I will say just play the game. The storytelling in the game is amazing.
malgas is all about the sith code, he was actually a very progressive compared to other sith, the other siths only valued humans and the sith race and only them had any kind of rights int he sith empire where malgas wanted only the strong and didnt care about what species you were.
19:28 - Ok, you are incredibly perceptive and I love it. (Forgive the comment spam, I comment as I watch so I don't forget and don't risk losing one long post.)
the people in the white robes who fought jedi and sith are from the eternal empire and are mixed jedi and sith who believe that neither jedi nor sith walk the right path, so they're trying to destroy both orders. The kids in both trailers are siblings and the emoperor the man with the beard is their father, who was a former sith and founded the eternal empire. the woman in the second trailer is their mother who was a jedi. their father wants to train all his kids as sith and their mother doesn't want that. that why she tries to hide that her daughter has the force. The two boys names are Arcan and Texan. Arcan is the one in white who kills his brother. the daughters name is vaylin and the emperors name is valcorian. please play the game. it's one of my favourite games and our little community needs more players. the game isn't far as good looking as the trailers but the stories are fuckin amazing and it's hardly addicting once you've gotten into it. Btw it's free.
Not exactly true. The Eternal Empire was created by the reborn Eternal Emperor of the Sith and was created to destroy both factions and take back the galaxy
Any "Why isn't there-" question in the last decade can be chalked up to a single person's decisions, (regardless of what anyone else says) the fact is, Darth Mouse and his apprentice irl, Kathleen Kennedy.
This Cutscene is from the MMO "The old republic" which is an continuation of the solo rpg games "Knights of the old Republic" I and II and takes place a couple of centuries after those said solo RPG, about 3000 years before the battle of Yavin so its back when the old republic was a lot younger. But can all be considered part of the Star wars Legend so its not even close to canon since Disney took over and announced there was no "good stories" in Star wars prior to them LOL. Don't want to spoil any of the storylines plots themselves in the games but in the course of the 2 solo RPG games and the MMO that's named "The old republic" one get to experience the Jedi Civil War, the direct aftermath of the first Jedi Purge(Yes the First Jedi purge), The Jedi-Sith war and more. Had ton of fun playing through all three and the only bad part is that the MMO released new content at such a slow pace that me and my friends eventually tired of waiting and moved on to other games.
@@DaveR You have to take into account that these were made for the game, where the republic trooper was a playable class, so they had to look on par with the force users. Jace Malcom, the trooper that faces off against Malgus is the epitome of what the troopers could be. Again, so the players could imagine themselves in that roll. You will see the most of the playable classes in the first three trailers.
@@NovaEnigma This was before the Rule of 2. So having a ton of Sith just means there's a lot of Sith soldiers, but that doesn't mean all of them are strong, elite warriors.
The first three videos are the setup for the game - The second Sith Empire sweeps in, devasting. The war is fast, but as the Republic wakes up and starts to fight back on planets like Alderaan the Sith start to lose momentum, and make an all-out assault on Coruscant, destroying the Jedi Temple. The Sith offer the Republic a ceasefire. With the Jedi Temple in ruins, and the Sith in orbit, the Republic doesn't realise how weak the Sith position is and agrees. The game begins at this point - a fragile ceasefire while the Sith consolidate their hold on the territory they've gained and rebuild their strength and the Republic desperately try to mobilise and unite against the invaders. The second series of movies are about the Zakuulian Empire or The Eternal Empire expansion - as both sides have wrecked each other, they sweep in and conquor the galaxy under their own Emperor, Valkorian. They're small but highly technologically advanced with legions of high-functioning battle droids, a massive ai powered fleet and advanced weapons and armour, The Sith Emperor is very very cool, Darth Vitiate is an absolute monster. He's voiced by horror legend Doug Bradley. I don't know how much you want in the way of spoilers.
no, there is no hope. They are just doing the same thing they have been doing from the very start, only even more on the nose as before. They say that Legends isnt canon anymore and then proceed to shamelessly steal all of its ideas and concepts for their movies/shows and water them down/ruin them. At this point, when a Legends Character shows up in a Disney property by name, you can be damn sure they are not going to be themselves and will be ruined. What Disney is trying to sell us is NOT the Star Wars content from Legends we want and love, its the hollowed out Husk of the Corpse of those things that Disney is shamelessly defiling. The less Names from Legends they besmirch, the better. They have done way too much already. Because they will never actually adapt the Stories and Characters Legends had, they will only nostalgiabait and recycle their names and appearences because they are creatively bankrupt and cant come up with an original idea to save their fucking lives.
As he said to her.... when you are ready. Break free. Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion, I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me
We don't want disney tainting old republic like they tainted the galactic era stuff. Disney wrote off all the expanded universe stuff let them stew in the mess they made. Don't ask for a movie please. Also its a little confusing but the galactic era jedi/sith don't hold a candle to old republic. Malgus would wipe the floor with vader in 5 seconds. Both the jedi and sith were at the peak of their power in the old republic while in the galactic era they were both in major decline. The Sith Emperor in this timeline can literally murder entire planets and absord their life force. Vader and Palpatine are not on the same playing field as much as people cope they are. Things like Force ghosts and force lightning being crazy in galactic era were common place in old republic. Eventually in the expanded content galactic era Jedi did reach their peak again with luke's revival of the order but Disney ruined that for us so. Peak Luke Skywalker is nutty. The sacking of coruscant happened during a cease fire treaty signing. It was kind of a sneaky play by malgus to sack coruscant in return of more favorable terms to the ceasefire agreement. Thats why there was no real security.. On a side side note you should really play the MMO. You can basically play it like a single player RPG if you don't wanna engage in the MMO part. The storylines are fantastic fully voiced and the game is still doing well despite idiots saying otherwise. Its an underappreciated gem if your a star wars nerd because people always wanna play the FOTM and cry there are no games to play.
When Malgus says: Break free, it is not from the stones. Here is the Sith code: Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken (Here he tells her to break free). He wants her to break free from the Jedi and the light.
You’re right if they made this a TV series, it will be the most watched ever just the way they got it. Those are real actors playing those parts so it will come off great
4:33 - Yeah, being set 300 years after Knights of the Old Republic I and II, Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO has almost entirely new characters (and to tell you who is around still would be MAJOR spoilers.)
17:00 not neutral its real Sith Emperor- 1000yo immortal Tenebrae/ Vitiate who play "disguise game" (make 3rd side "Empire of Zakuul and Eternal Fleet" and destroy all)... white Arcan, black Thexan and Vaylin- most powerful and unstable/ dangerous who later was "conditioning".
About the Twins, it is the story of the eternal empire of Zakuul ruled by Emperor Valkorion, who is undoubtedly the dark lord Darth Vitiate Reincarnated
I love how the trailers basically showed how held back republic troopers are now compared to then 😂 thier best troops literally man handing sith force user
As a fighter, take Darth Vader, give him a speed and agility increase, the ability to conjure and absorb Force Lightning and you have Darth Malgus. Vader was more of a proficient swordsman while Malgus could best be described as a free-form brawler.
Iirc once Anakin became Vader, he modeled some of his fighting style off of Malgus', since he didn't have his former agility and Malgus was skilled but also strong af so he could brute force his way through fights.
The new devs are starting to do some improvements. Albiet not all at once as a "Remaster" but theyve been going back and updating bits and pieces, updating lighting, even got upgraded to 64 bit. Hopefully all the things theyve updated so far are just foundations being set for more improvements and modernization.
Bro, you keep asking about the "other faction it is the Zakuul Empire. They were developed from the Sith Emperor after he got bored with his Sith Empire. Malgus is what you get when you dont delimb Anakin honestly. Also with that Trooper who literally engaged Malgus in hand to hand, he inspired me to make a trooper that I RPed as hand to hand focused and was questionable in gunnery. But I would love for them to make TV or Movies based on the Mandalorian Wars, KOTOR, KOTOR 2, and The Old Republic era. Literally 10 years worth of Shows and Movies could be made from it all.
The main reason Disney will never make a movie like this is it's too dark & violent for young children. And they are targeting the idea of the "whole family" enjoying the movies. But I agree with u. This is 10x better than anything Disney put out.
The third faction is the Eternal Empire; led by Emperor Valkorian. They use the dark side. His end goal is to consume all life in the galaxy. He makes Palpatine look like a Jedi in the Agricultural Corps.
This is going to be a long detailed comment, alright first three vids detail the conflict between the Republic and the Sith Empire those two you know already, the videos after it detail the story of the 'Eternal Emperor' of Zakuul and his family the twin boys Arcann and Thexan (white and black respectively) and the daughter Vaylin as well as his wife Senya. As you saw, Arcann while angered at his father cut down his brother when said brother tried to stop him, as for Vaylin her power was bound by Valkorian aka the Emperor but what isn't detailed in these vids is the ties this game carries to KOTOR I and KOTOR II. Some time before KOTOR I, Revan and Malak confront the Sith Emperor, well that's him in another body and another face after he is defeated by the Hero of Tython. Ultimately he is cut down multiple times by the Alliance Commander. The first time is when he is 'removed' as Valkorian and permenantly down the line. As for Malgus' changes in the latest vids, after a coup against the Sith Empire ultimately fails he survives and is rebuilt.
the last one may not be as good cinematic wise as the eternal empire ones but thematically and lore wise it's great. yeah the jedi basically just take children and leave the family to whatever happens. they still do that later not letting anakin get his mother out of slavery even later after he became a successful knight. Then you have the padawan getting turned to the dark side. the end with the you are in a cage and free yourself then her getting angry is straight from the Sith Code which is heavily in use in the old republic. pretty much every old republic game has you memorizing the sith code for a mission. Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
Dude, if they made a trilogy or a longer running series on the story of Malgus and Revan (maybe other stories as individual movies or site series like they're doing now), Disney would literally make billions
some information about the jedi temple according to the lore negotiations between jedi and sith empire were going on on a neutral planet thats why there is only one jedi master present the guards were reduced because as already written negotiations were going on the sith empire capitulated to support malgus the sith empire but not he disagrees and simply gathered some people loyal to him and attacked the temple in an hour of weakness the maderlorian bounty hunter who jumps up at the beginning is of the blood vizsla maybe it tells something to one or the other so to summarize there was no competent opponent who could stop malgus on the spot and he knew that peace would not be possible after that if you are familiar with the game which by the way is a nice story game despite mmo you experience a very nice story for each class i find very worth playing of course you have to like mmos but that's still for old republic is free too play if you haven't done it yet a must the options you have starting from the fact that you can just kill quest givers as a sith if you don't like him and it also has repercussions is breathtaking
U said Malgus got Vader thing going on....actually...Vader in fantasy read Malgus books and learned his anger fighing style....use it as fuel for strikes....
The evil guy with the brothers and young girl is the sith emperor vitiate pronounced vi-shi-en he survives for something like a thousand years switching bodies when the old one gives out kinda like palpatine in the dark empire comics but on a much longer time period he is eventually beaten by darth revan (arguably the most powerful sith to ever live) who was once a jedi and another jedi known as the "hero of tython" this emperor is a very fascinating and complex character who does much worse things to the galaxy than palpatine ever could even comprehend
Yeah, these are really good, and overall i think old republic era is the coolest one with most craziest and awesome characters. Also it's worth to point out at that time both Jedi and Siths were much more powerful, like being able to stop a lightsaber with hands, it's not an easy skill that everyone can use (dont quote me on that but i believe this is similiar to what Yoda used in movies to stop Palpatin's electricity), but this is one of skills that was lost in time And battles like Jedi vs Sith were not uncommon, at least until famous battle where Darth Bane killed of all Siths and created rule of 2
Honestly, if a movie came out now in this setting, it'll probably be screwed up so much that it's unrecognizable. But that's ok, as we all know, it's hard to make Star Wars movies. I mean there is no material to draw upon. No books, or games, or comic books or anything. Only those 6 movies, yep that's it..... No I'm not letting that go.
You should just play the game - it is much like a single player rpg these days (with some group content), then you will have context for all the cinematics. Then you will understand Zakuul.
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"why isnt there a movie about this" is the most asked question of the old republic fans
And literally any casual who sees these trailers
so true!
Exactly. Instead we get rey...
I'm far from Star Wars fan, but if there is a Star Wars movie with this action quality and story line - count me in!
i haven't even played the game and i still wonder why we never get movies like these cinematics. Its' always the games that have all these sick cinematics and then we get movies that are nowhere near it. I'm just a fan of star wars
Malgus is great character.He tried to make the Empire inclusive and free it from the stubborn views of the past.The writers of TOR are awesome.
one thing about Malgus that isn't shown well in the trailers, except for "Disorder", but is amazing is the fact that he is over 7ft (2.13m) tall.
He makes me feel things in the game lol. He is so tall.
Malgus makes Vader look like TPM Maul
Pft wha 7ft.. dayum... Stares up as you fight 🫢👀
The ones with the brothers and sister are my favourite by far. Almost no dialogue, yet so impactful.
Too bad those expansions were pretty crap.
Always more a fan of the first 3 trailers. The first one specifically. I like the fights more and to an extend even the looks. Those with the twins are still very good, good story telling and great visuals, but I'm not that connected with that random third faction and as another one said, those expansions were outright garbage, if you came from a fully voiced environment. But thats a different aspect, nothing to do with the trailers. The last one is indeed the only trailer I do not like - I find the characters and their movement goofy and the story behind it not very compelling - unecessary drama for the sake of it. Only bright spot was Malgus.
@@joelquinn5347 yeah the last one is just bad. Feels like they tried to mimic marvel. Felt completely out of place.
Chills and goose bumps EVERYTIME i rewatch these. SO. GOD. DAMN. GOOD. THIS is star wars.
Let's be honest. These cinematic trailers are better than ANYTHING Disney Star Wars has put out!
That said, I feel the last one is a bit sub-par compared to the rest.
Some of the animations were a bit floaty. I think the higher framerate also hurts the viewing experience, making you more aware of some of the flaws that would normally be hidden by motion blur.
Really? I think I enjoy the last one more than the rest, the graphics and the combat was really cool
Better than anything Disney Star Wars has pulled off ???? I wholeheartedly disagree. Andor is amazing! Bad Batch is great! Tales of the Jedi also great!
@@dunbarf2413 True
Oh wow..how could I forget The Mandalorian! also another great Disney Star Wars has put out along with The Book of Boba Fett! Now they're coming out with Ahsoka!
This is my VERY biased oppinion here but the Old Republic is THE BEST period in all of starwars, and the game these trailers are for is the best starwars game in terms of the sheer quantity of lore and exploration in the SW universe. Although, many Star Wars fans would say the Knights of the Old Republic games are the best because they have the best story, this game has more variety, having 10 different fully fleshed character stories, with 3 in particular being so good they could each be their own standout AAA game. Btw, each of the 10 stories take around 100hrs to complete. You can become the mightiest of Jedi or be an Imperial Spy who's the equivilent of John Wick mixed with James Bond. The best way I could describe is game is an mmorpg that's a mix of World of War Craft and Mass effect.
Now, as someone who isn't aware, I feel like I need to tell you about the dad/old man from the trailers, who I belive to objectivly be the best villain in all of Star Wars! *DARTH VALKORION, the Eternal Emperor*
He's basically like Palpatine on steroids, BUT more immportantly, he has major plot archs andcharacter development where he starts out very similar to palpatine/ the pure evil genius, but his goal is self improvment and to become more human and most improtantlyfor him, to live. His goal of becoming immortal isn't just because he's the big bad who wants ultimate power, but he infact loves life and as I mentioned his goal is to become more human.
He does this by repeatedly trying to consume the life of whole plannets and eventually the whole Gallaxy (which he does through staging the Mandalorian and Jedi Wars and esentially causing a 3 way war with the Republic, Mando's and the reamerged Sith Empire which he rules. He does this because he orriginally started life as a souless emotionaless Sith, but due to the nature of his power, for everyperson he kills, he gains/ expiriences their memmories and emmotions and so becomess one step closer to feeling whole as a person.
Now the character development comes into play here when through his constant encounters with Darth Revan and our protaganists throughout multiple Old Republic games, he realises that extinquishing life from the Gallaxy isn't the correct way to become whole, as not all life is worthless and if he followed through with his plans he would be left all alone in the Gallaxy with nothing but himself and his new found emmotions (fear, lonnlyness ect). Therefore, he decided to try and rule the Gallaxy propperly and bring about true peace & actually helps people, or at least those he deamed worthy. This caused him to discard his old Identity and the Sith Empire (The one that Malgus is from) as he saw them as to corrupt and failing.
Therefore he formed an new empire, The Eternal Empire! (As shown in the Twins trailer, their the 3rd party you see.) Now interestingly, he started to open up more to his emmotions. (Although he still appears as heartless and cold in the trailers, as the son in white hadn't earned his approval and respect until after he killed his brother.) These changes included him *USING THE LIGHTSIDE OF THE FORCE AND INDOCTRINATING ITS TEACHINGS* and forming an order of force users that used both the Light and Darkside (similar to Grey Jedi, who use yellow and blue lightsabers. Although they are more Grey Sith, also they are the ones who were wearing that gold armour you liked).
HOWEVER, the most important change was how he opened himself to love and had a family (despite how disfunctional it ended up beign). In the game, you learn how despite everthing, he cannot bring himself to harm his wife/ the mother (in the trailer with the Daughter) no matter what happens or what she does. He'll literally torture his children but will at most ghost his wife and not do anything, even when she went against him (he couldn't even punish her for trying to save her daughter.) He also shows a disturbing amount of discomfort empathy, remorce and compashion when he sees her harmed. And when she's on deaths door he burns up a large amount of his power just so he can appear before her so they can have their last goodbye.
Now remember this guy started out as a pure evil sith who's the Old Rebublic equivilent of the devil. It's this character development coupled with his unique purpose/ goal all stemming from him wanting to feel emmotions and become more humane. To gain what we all take so easily for granted. + His aesthetic desighn/ armour and voice actor are all fire!
There are 8 Class Stories.
On Republic side - Jedi Knight. Jedi Consular. Republic Trooper. Smuggler.
On Sith Empire side - Sith Warrior. Sith Inquisitor. Bounty Hunter. Imperial Agent.
Where are you getting 10?
@@WraithReaper09 Madude. My message was an inaccurate summary and exaggeration of events to introduce the old republic to someone new to it. I am shocked that's all you picked up on as in accurate.
@@esgown4184 You don't need to be giving inaccurate information about the game. It's always been 8 class stories.
Inaccuracies about the plot and motives of characters can be just misremembering.
Valkorian is one of my favourite star wars characters
We've seen him as pure evil we've seen him open up
Palpatine has got nothing on this dude I mean he literally wanted to wipe out all life in the galaxy just because he could
Plus he's voiced by Doug Bradley and he's a true joy to hear in the game
Plus Arcann and his sister Vaylin (I hope I spelt that right) are some of my favourite Absolutely broken villains
Agree. KOTOR through SWTOR is the best time period.
"No way this dude is still alive!" I've killed him 6 times in the game and he is STILL coming back!
Also, the double-blade lightsaber lady, her name is Satele Shan, descendant in the line of Revan an Bastila Shan.
That little girl is probably the most foxed-up powerful, power-hungry, psychotic force-user.
She isn’t all that great in my opinion, but yea she’s up there with Yoda and Mace in terms of both force and skill.
I just don’t like some traits of her on a personal level 😂
@@esoteric_knight4037she’s above anyone from the Jedi council
Satele Shan is Bastilla Shan's granddaughter. The Jedi General who meets up with Revan in KOTOR.
Fun fact in the Old republic books , Sateele Shan and the old republic soldier she saved in second video had a child who was a republic anti sith stealth agent
In the game, as well.
@@Sinewmire Indeed. He is one of the major characters since the Shadow of Revan expansion and became a playable companion in The Knights of The Fallen Empire expansion.
@7:45 Thank you thank you thankyou...You are the first and only reactor i have seen that didn't call the troopers on Alderaan Stormtroopers.
The "father" is Emperor Vitiate. He achieved Immortality and reigned for 1000 years I believe. Possibly the most powerful force user to ever have existed.
behind anakin and sidious?
No, ahead of them. Vitiate consumes entire planets through the Force and is capable of inhabiting multiple bodies simultaneously. Later on in the game, he infects an entire planet (Ziost) with a logic plague, causing every living thing on the planet to start slaughtering eachother so he can absorb the Dark Side energy so much fear and pain and death releases to regain his strength. Oh, and he does that while literally just being a Force Ghost, like Obi-Wan in ESB.@@NostalgicMem0ries
holy crap thats op.... so he is on same power level as sidious and full potential anakin? cause what you described is almost godlike powers@@historicalhijinks3058
@@NostalgicMem0riesLmao, couple of p*ssy’s compared to Valkorion or Nihilus
@@historicalhijinks3058 Honestly it's hard to compare him with Darth Bane who is the Sithari and Anakin who the force made to restore balance.
Vitiate had all the right circumstances with No debuffs.
Had a decent upbringing.
He had no challengers to his power. Once his powers awakened he was THE apex predator.
Imagine if Anakin or Bane didn't have the absolute nonsense they had to go through?
Is Vitiate the only force user ever to obtain the kind of power he wielded?
Probably. Nihilus was similar but...a fluke of nature and still got packed up by the Jedi Outcast.
But if we talk potential?? Well.
It's not clear if Anakin had any limits. Same with Bane.
Funny theory
In prequels we see jedi temple has those massive pillars in front of main entrance
3rd trailer shows us why they were put in there
The man in the white armor during the twin and young girl scenes is called Valkorion, the first emperor of the sith empire and was 'banished to the region of the galaxy called The unknown regions
As a one person here suggested, you should watch The time line of this era...its perfect, and gives all the info about what happed, and what lead to what...From birth of the Sith to Revan all the way to the Eternal Empire. Its Awesomely made!
Oh man I second this and a reaction to it would be amazing.
The Jedi master that looks like Maul is Kao Cen Darch, the Order Battlemaster - chief instructor in lightsaber combat. As you can see, he more than lives up to his position - and an even bigger nod to Malgus for actually defeating him.
Yes, he is the same species as Maul - they are called Zabracs. Basiclly there are two kinds - Irridonian Zabracs, which is what Kao Cen is, and Dathomirian Zabracs, which is what Maul is.
*Zabrak
@@BayouFrog Yep, you are right.
@@BayouFrog Always happy to see someone sharing knowlegde to others who know less than some, I wish we could form a group that would talk about star wars, even this information is facinating to others like me who are always ready learn
I thought the battle master was ven Zallow the master malgus defeats in the temple in deceived
@@TheGamingplayer12 he was battle master afterwards decieved takes place like 30 years later lol. By the last cinematic malgus is like pushing 90
During the 3rd video you asked where the Republic fleet was. Much of the fleet was scattered around the Republic since the Sith Empire attacked their territory in force.
Also when Malgus and his forces attacked Coruscant the leaders of the Republic were at a peace negotiation on Alderaan which obviously turned out to be a diversion.
The Old Republic lore is rich and deep, especially considering how little source material there actually is.
Hopefully Darth Mickey and the Disney Empire stop trying to fix things that aren't broke and actually use this material as a basis for any OR shows in the future.
Disney will ruin it
you mad if you want disney anywhere near the old republic era
The funny thing about the last trailer is that Malgus saying that the Jedi play gods when they pick and choose who can and can't learn of the force is the same conclusion Luke came to in the sequel trilogy
1:37 - Thank you kindly! (Trooper Vanguard player from Beta on.) Subscribed!
Satele Shan is the GOAT. She went from a padawan in the start of this, holding a fight against Sith...to the Grand Master of the Republic, straight sacking armies, and besting one of the strongest Sith to ever live in Malgus and crippling him for life...nearly killing him. She's a solid #2 of my favorite Jedi. Nobody beats Snips though for a solid character.
I don't think we watched the same trailers my guy. Both times she faced Malgus she was saved by someone else. Her master saved her and her lover had to kamikaze Malgus with a grenade to do anything to him. I'm not saying she's not great but she's never taken Malgus on and won through just her skill alone.
@@RobertJones-vb2qi Yeah he checked her pretty good as a padawan, but she still put up a good fight for being like 14 years old. And when she faced him again, she was going blow for blow with him until being disarmed. She was holding his saber for like 3 second before homie ran in...with little strain on her face. With the sheer power of her force blast, one wouldn't have to think too hard on her being able to do that while holding his saber back, at least enough to push him away. Not her fault that her simp had to come in and blow himself up. There's a reason she was Grand Master of the Republic, and ranks in the top 5 force users to ever live...ever.
@@crazytrain03Well when you look at her Pedigree...it ain't hard to see why. The sheer power, history, and triumph running through her being...she's practically Force nobility
The man in the white armor, father of the twins and the girl, is emperor valkorion or as he is otherwise known, Darth Vitiate, the former sith emperor. If you’re familiar with the stories of Darth Revan and Malak, he is the one that initially brought them to the dark side.
You missed out on a lot of good stories that are now called Legends by Disney. Darth Malgus is awesome but he betrays Sith Emperor Tenebrae (renamed Vitiate) for letting the empire fall into infighting. Vitiate split his consciousness and took over the body of a man called Valkorian light years away from the sith. He had three kids and forged the Eternal Empire, which went to war with the Sith and the Republic. Vitiate makes Palpatine look like a whimp.
about your question concerning the third faction and their objectives... thats not an easy question to answer...
you see: the guy with the beard is called valkorion and he created the eternal empire. but he is not what it seems like (spoiler: he's also the sith emperor and millenia old. shook hands with marka ragnos and all that...)
Tenebrae, also known as Vitiate, the Sith Emperor and Valkorion, was the Dark Lord of the Sith and the ruler of the Sith Empire. He declared himself as the new Sith Emperor and ruled over the Sith after the Great Hyperspace War. Since his arrival on Dromund Kaas, the Emperor isolated himself from his people and started on his lifelong quest to destroy the entire galaxy and obtain eternal life.
Tenebrae was born during the Golden Age of the Sith, prior to the outbreak of the Great Hyperspace War. He was born on the planet Nathema, one of the fringe worlds of the first Sith Empire. His family were simple farmers who had no connection to the Force. However, when Tenebrae grew older, he started to develop a connection with the Dark Side of the Force and his powers grew significantly. When his father found out about his powers, he started to question his wife and abused her for answers. Tenebrae's mother told them that Tenebrae was related to Dramath, the ruler of Medriaas. Tenebrae was so angry that he killed his father for abusing his mother and battered his mother for months until she died at his hands. After murdering his family, he forced the other villagers to bow down to him. When Dramath became aware of the existence of his son, he payed him a visit and asked him to bow down before him. Tenebrae refused and appeared to be stronger than his biological father and killed him in a duel. After the death of Dramath he became the ruler of Medriaas and managed to impress Dark Lord Marka Ragnos, ruler of the Sith Empire, at the age of thirteen. Marka Ragnos then recognized him as the ruler of Medriaas and renamed him as Lord Vitiate.
After Marka Ragnos died, and the Sith Empire lost the Great Hyperspace War against the Galactic Republic, Lord Vitiate called all living Sith Lords to his world to perform a ritual to wipe out the Republic. However, the ritual was a scam to grant eternal life and he single-handedly wiped out every living thing on the planet, including the Force. After the ritual he lead the surviving Sith into space, fleeing from the Republic and hoping to find a proper planet. After several years floating in space they found Dromund Kaas. Lord Vitiate declared himself as Sith Emperor and promised his people vengeance. Several hundred years passed by and the Sith Empire had become a prominent empire. Around 303 BTC a few Dark Council members started to plot against him, knowing his goal to destroy the Galaxy. When Revan was secretly captured by Darth Nyriss and Lord Scourge, and Meetra Surik managed to contact Scourge, Lord Scourge plotted a move against the Emperor, by letting the Emperor wipe out the entire Dark Council so Scourge could free Revan from his prison.
After his release Revan confronted the Emperor but was defeated after Scourge betrayed them. The Emperor then granted Scourge enteral life and named him as the Emperor's Wrath. Revan was captured and imprisoned in the Maelstrom Prison, his thoughts linked to the Emperor's, hoping he could scatter information about the Republic's defenses. Unknown to the Emperor, Revan also managed to manipulate the him, delaying the war as much as possible.
About three hundred years later the Emperor found his armada ready for war against the Republic, and so the Great Galactic War began. After 28 years the Sith Empire managed to win the war, but the Republic wasn't defeated. A peace treaty was settled between the two factions and the Emperor became the ruler of half the Galaxy. During the Cold War, the Emperor was attacked at his Emperor's Fortress|fortress but managed to defeat the strike team and brainwashed them as his pawns. One Jedi Knight managed to break free from the Emperor's will and allied with Scourge to take down the Emperor. Eventually, they followed the Emperor to the Dark Temple and defeated the Emperor, destroying his body. Later, however, an Emperor's Hand member confirmed the Emperor was still alive.
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Vitiate disappeared in the aftermath of the Ziost massacre, only to reappear as Valkorion, the leader of a hidden Eternal Empire in Wild Space. Unbeknownst to the rest of the galaxy, Vitiate had spent the last several centuries forging a new society on the planet Zakuul, and even had three children, Arcann, Thexan, and Vaylin. After Valkorion's sons raided the larger galaxy and drew the attention of the Republic and the Empire, Valkorion was struck down in a confrontation with his treacherous son Arcann and a famous warrior known as the Outlander. Releasing his hold on his Human form, Valkorion embedded his energy and consciousness within the Outlander's mind, leading Arcann to freeze the Outlander in carbonite for five years. The Outlander was eventually freed and began to lead a revolution against the Eternal Empire and now-Emperor Arcann's domination of the galaxy, and Valkorion counseled the Outlander and offered to share his immense power with his new host as the Outlander's Alliance sought to topple Valkorion's son from the Eternal Throne.
for more info and lore about this badass sith see: swtor-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Vitiate
The woman with the double bladed lightsaber in trailer 1 & 2 is Satele Shan. A decendant of Bastila Shan and Revan (for the people who don't know.)
15:12 this was the “sacking of Coruscant” it was done during peace negotiations so that’s why they were caught off guard
Great reaction bro! Cheers from France
Ya, if its star wars, its cannon. The fans decide, not Disney...
Based. 😊
Exactly 💯
Wrong this is part of the EU, star wars is multiverse before Disney, so EU is its own canon, separated from the Disney canon, so forget old republic going over to Disney canon, it's doesn't need to, besides they woke feminist didn't like the ild republic so they made the high republic instead and it's full of shittyness
What a stupid statement. Go buy the rights to Star Wars then you can make it canon
@@adamschwientek7061 go bother some other fanbase, we busy with important stuff🚶♂️
If you want to learn more about Malgus read the book "Decieved". The twins and there sister are from the game expansions Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne. The lasts cinematic is from the current story line.
The "neutral faction" was the Eternal Empire. For a time, it surplanted both the Republic and the Sith Empire.
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10:07 This is an incredibly rare technique, using the force to catch a saber. Also, the feedback created can actually break the saber, if held for long enough... you can see it actually starting to crack after just a couple of seconds.
"Where's the Republic fleet"
There's an interesting bit of story that wasn't told in the Deceived cinematic. The leadership was currently engaged in 'peace talks' with the Empire elsewhere. I forget where precisely. But this attack on Coruscant caught everyone off guard. Imagine this from the Republic's perspective. The Empire, the Sith fucking Empire, just asked you for a summit to discuss a treaty. Sure, Tython is important. But Coruscant is your homeworld. The crown jewel of the Republic. So deep within Republic space that you would assume no attack could be performed on it. This was not the case. During the peace talks Darth Baras managed to wrangle from the Republic a completely unconditional treaty by ransoming Coruscant. The leadership was away from Coruscant, and their fleets went with them to defend them. Troops had to be redeployed to the summit to guard the leadership. Ships needed to be used for transport, and their accompaniments went with them to defend them.
So the Empire's attacking force, lead by Darth Malgus, mozied right on in and took Coruscant by the balls. Malgus wanted to burn Coruscant to the ground. Turn it into an empty husk like Taris. But the Empire wanted it as a bargaining chip. They needed the treaty to amass power. So Malgus was denied and Baras was able to look Satele in the eyes and mock her while getting an unconditional treaty.
It is very interesting to see your reaction to the classic trilogy of Star Wars. This is a cool immortal classic 👍👍👍
the old republic troopers will always be the coolest troopers in the star wars universe imo, clone troopers fought droids, storm troopers fought rebellions and lost and these guys fought a literal SITH ARMY and WON. plus they have really cool looking armor which really adds to it as well.
17:55 - Really good questions. The Eternal Empire uses, primarily, these yellow lightsabers. In EU/Legends it tends to represent using a blend of things, whether it's Force Use/Physical Combat/Skills or Light and Dark. On the meta level it is showing that they are distinct and an enemy of both sides.
There's an hour long video about the eternal empire lore and valkorion by the stupendous wave.
In the words of Kreia for when you said "I don't think he could take Darth Vader though" is a perfect comparison. "“If you were to face an ancient Sith Lord in combat, you would learn that we are as children playing with toys compared to the prowess of the old masters.” Literally ALL of the Jedi and Sith within the movies are literal trash children compared to the Jedi and Sith of the Old Republic.
That's BS. Cannonically, the strongest force user to ever live was Anakin, he just didn't achieve his full potential. Luke and Palpatine would also top most old sith. That line of Kreya is always used by everyone who doesn't really know the lore and believes one line in a videogame (which I love, btw) must be true. Yoda, Windu, Obi-Wan, Maul...they would all be considered top tier if they suddenly appeared int he old republic era. The thing is, there were more force users back then, and they were used to war more. But they weren't more powerful. Jedi, in fact, became more powerful with time, as they learned. Sith lost a lot of their rituals, so in some manner they lost power. But the rule of two also made the two ruling Sith much stronger.
@@simonsalgueiro6217 "Anakin was the strongest to ever live but didn't achieve his full potential." Which LITERALLY means. He WASN'T the strongest. It means he COULD HAVE BEEN the strongest. Aka he didn't even amount to being strongest as Vader. He lost to a farmboy with no formal training who didn't even know he was force sensitive until he was a teenager and who had minimal training overall. In fact, canonnically, Luke didn't learn hardly anything beyond Force Lift, Push and Jump until AFTER he defeated Vader.
The HEIGHT of strength for both the Jedi AND the Sith regarding Force Prowess, not influence, reach or numbers, was in the Old Republic Era. Vader and Luke both exist at a time where MOST of the Sith and Jedi knowledge has been lost to time because of the wars waged in the past. Countless Jedi Temples and Archives destroyed on Countless planets, same for the Sith, especially after the Sith Genocide by the Jedi.
But nah, all the Jedi and Sith during the movies' era are the strongest...with all their youngling abilities and techniques that they mastered...and the most basic force abilities that they were really good at....yep....that's definitely the height and most powerful version of force users....absolutely...(Sarcasm).
@@vaylenrayne "Vader lost to a farm boy". No, he lost to one of the chosen of the force, a guy that in 2 years had learned more force control than most jedi would in a lifetime, and that in a couple more years became the greatest jedi to ever exist. Do you understand you are comparing movies to videogames and comics, also? In the EU/comics/videogames, Anakin and Vader were FAR stronger than in the movies. Same for Grandmaster Luke and Palpatine. And that Anakin didn't reach his potential didn't mean that in the end he wasn't able to defeat most force users in history. He just had the bad luck of fighting against Obi-Wan, who was not only considered a particularly talented jedi, one of the best in generations, but he had trained Anakin and knew how to fight against him. Anakin was also totally out of his mind, to the point of attacking Padme. And Obi-Wan knew this. Plus, even if he didn't reach his full potential, he wasn't far from it, and he is CANNONICALY the strongest born force user. Doesn't matter if he reached it or not.
"But Kreia said..." stfu.
@simonsalgueiro6217 Vader never came close to reaching his potential. Depending how you look at it and who you believe. Lucas said Vader at his peak was 80% of Palpatine and if he reached full potential, he'd be twice as powerful. However in the Abeloth story, she was said to be a dozen times more powerful than grandmaster Luke (who by that point was much stronger than DE Palpatine) and she was weaker than the Father in his prime and Anakin was supposed to be able to rival him at full potential. So Anakin was either twice as strong as Palpatine at full, or over a dozen times. Whichever, he wasn't anywhere near full potential
Except for the fact Palpatine was stated to be the most powerful sith to ever live in both EU and Canon
This needs to be a movie no more skywalk
This series and astartes are easily my favorite animated trailers/short films when it comes to “gaming cinema” and ofc the remastered cutscenes from halo 2 go fuccin INSANE
I loved the Zakuul gameplay🙌🏻
So cool you like Star Wars. Movies and games are so pimping.
The girl in the 5th trailer is called Vaylin. She is the daughter of the emperor and she was / is the most powerful darkside character in Star Wars. Even more powerful thn Palpatine. All the old Sith are powerful, but Vaylin is next, next level. Her power combined with her madness is scarry.
To show it, just one qoute from her "I want you to find our enemies and burn their bodys into glass. I WANNA MAKE A WINDOW OUT OF THEM"
To me, next to Snape and Arthur Morgan, Vaylin is one of the best fictional characters ever written
This sorta just means you haven't read much or consumed enough media.
The first 3 trailers chronicle the Great Galactic War. It lasted 28 years from 3681 to 3653 B.B.Y. (before the Battle of Yavin). The first trailer is the beginning of the war, the second is the mid-point of the war, and the third is the end of the war. The war ended with the Treaty of Coruscant and peace lasted 13 years before war broke out again. The last 3 trailers take place sometime after 3640 B.B.Y. Darth Malgus was 19 when the war started and 47 when it ended.
malgus is a star of swtor trailers
The republic fleet were in peace negotiations on Alderean, at the time the Sith sacked Corescant. I think SWTOR is the longest running star wars game ever. I don't want to spoil the third faction that the twins were apart of, instead I will say just play the game. The storytelling in the game is amazing.
malgas is all about the sith code, he was actually a very progressive compared to other sith, the other siths only valued humans and the sith race and only them had any kind of rights int he sith empire where malgas wanted only the strong and didnt care about what species you were.
19:28 - Ok, you are incredibly perceptive and I love it. (Forgive the comment spam, I comment as I watch so I don't forget and don't risk losing one long post.)
the people in the white robes who fought jedi and sith are from the eternal empire and are mixed jedi and sith who believe that neither jedi nor sith walk the right path, so they're trying to destroy both orders. The kids in both trailers are siblings and the emoperor the man with the beard is their father, who was a former sith and founded the eternal empire. the woman in the second trailer is their mother who was a jedi. their father wants to train all his kids as sith and their mother doesn't want that. that why she tries to hide that her daughter has the force. The two boys names are Arcan and Texan. Arcan is the one in white who kills his brother. the daughters name is vaylin and the emperors name is valcorian. please play the game. it's one of my favourite games and our little community needs more players. the game isn't far as good looking as the trailers but the stories are fuckin amazing and it's hardly addicting once you've gotten into it. Btw it's free.
Not exactly true. The Eternal Empire was created by the reborn Eternal Emperor of the Sith and was created to destroy both factions and take back the galaxy
just a little typo its Thexan not Texan but good info otherwise.
Any "Why isn't there-" question in the last decade can be chalked up to a single person's decisions, (regardless of what anyone else says) the fact is, Darth Mouse and his apprentice irl, Kathleen Kennedy.
This Cutscene is from the MMO "The old republic" which is an continuation of the solo rpg games "Knights of the old Republic" I and II and takes place a couple of centuries after those said solo RPG, about 3000 years before the battle of Yavin so its back when the old republic was a lot younger. But can all be considered part of the Star wars Legend so its not even close to canon since Disney took over and announced there was no "good stories" in Star wars prior to them LOL.
Don't want to spoil any of the storylines plots themselves in the games but in the course of the 2 solo RPG games and the MMO that's named "The old republic" one get to experience the Jedi Civil War, the direct aftermath of the first Jedi Purge(Yes the First Jedi purge), The Jedi-Sith war and more. Had ton of fun playing through all three and the only bad part is that the MMO released new content at such a slow pace that me and my friends eventually tired of waiting and moved on to other games.
The Red Sith Master in the first clip is a Sith PureBlood
Don't forget the Jedi basically kidnap kids.
The Sith that got gutted was a Pure Blood Sith (as in the species who gave the name to the order)
I mean the fact that the old Republic troopers could so easily face sith is insane.
Remember they lost and let Coruscant and the Jedi temple get sacked by Malgus while negotiating a peace treaty with the Sith
@@DaveR I mean yeah but isn't that the leaders' fault? Im talking about the troopers themselves.
@@DaveR You have to take into account that these were made for the game, where the republic trooper was a playable class, so they had to look on par with the force users. Jace Malcom, the trooper that faces off against Malgus is the epitome of what the troopers could be. Again, so the players could imagine themselves in that roll. You will see the most of the playable classes in the first three trailers.
@@NovaEnigma This was before the Rule of 2. So having a ton of Sith just means there's a lot of Sith soldiers, but that doesn't mean all of them are strong, elite warriors.
@@Juggtacula Yeah but still they are force users. They have extreme advantage bro.
No Sith in expanded Star Wars lore ever topped Valkorion...
The first three videos are the setup for the game - The second Sith Empire sweeps in, devasting. The war is fast, but as the Republic wakes up and starts to fight back on planets like Alderaan the Sith start to lose momentum, and make an all-out assault on Coruscant, destroying the Jedi Temple. The Sith offer the Republic a ceasefire. With the Jedi Temple in ruins, and the Sith in orbit, the Republic doesn't realise how weak the Sith position is and agrees.
The game begins at this point - a fragile ceasefire while the Sith consolidate their hold on the territory they've gained and rebuild their strength and the Republic desperately try to mobilise and unite against the invaders.
The second series of movies are about the Zakuulian Empire or The Eternal Empire expansion - as both sides have wrecked each other, they sweep in and conquor the galaxy under their own Emperor, Valkorian. They're small but highly technologically advanced with legions of high-functioning battle droids, a massive ai powered fleet and advanced weapons and armour,
The Sith Emperor is very very cool, Darth Vitiate is an absolute monster. He's voiced by horror legend Doug Bradley. I don't know how much you want in the way of spoilers.
Disney said the books were not cannon but yet they have Admrial Thrawn and Heir to the Empire in it now so maybe theirs hope.
no, there is no hope. They are just doing the same thing they have been doing from the very start, only even more on the nose as before. They say that Legends isnt canon anymore and then proceed to shamelessly steal all of its ideas and concepts for their movies/shows and water them down/ruin them. At this point, when a Legends Character shows up in a Disney property by name, you can be damn sure they are not going to be themselves and will be ruined. What Disney is trying to sell us is NOT the Star Wars content from Legends we want and love, its the hollowed out Husk of the Corpse of those things that Disney is shamelessly defiling. The less Names from Legends they besmirch, the better. They have done way too much already. Because they will never actually adapt the Stories and Characters Legends had, they will only nostalgiabait and recycle their names and appearences because they are creatively bankrupt and cant come up with an original idea to save their fucking lives.
Lol fuk what Disney thinks
Funny thing is the republic fleet was talking peace in a different system lol
Fun fact: Apparently, Malgus in the first vid was 18. In the last one, he was in his 70s.
the first cinematic, the guy who died first (Satele's master) is a zabrak (Maul's race) the last on (thesith) is a Sith pureblood
Well, if Disney made a movie about this era, it would fuck it up, 99% sure.
As he said to her.... when you are ready. Break free. Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion, I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me
These cinematics are better then the latest trilogy
We have been trying to get a Revan movie made with Keanu Reeves as Revan.
That scene where she drives him back with the force through the tree then rock... That made me mad we did not get Luke doing that in sequels.
One of the main things about the dark side is that they are able to conceal their activities.
We don't want disney tainting old republic like they tainted the galactic era stuff. Disney wrote off all the expanded universe stuff let them stew in the mess they made. Don't ask for a movie please. Also its a little confusing but the galactic era jedi/sith don't hold a candle to old republic. Malgus would wipe the floor with vader in 5 seconds. Both the jedi and sith were at the peak of their power in the old republic while in the galactic era they were both in major decline. The Sith Emperor in this timeline can literally murder entire planets and absord their life force. Vader and Palpatine are not on the same playing field as much as people cope they are. Things like Force ghosts and force lightning being crazy in galactic era were common place in old republic. Eventually in the expanded content galactic era Jedi did reach their peak again with luke's revival of the order but Disney ruined that for us so. Peak Luke Skywalker is nutty.
The sacking of coruscant happened during a cease fire treaty signing. It was kind of a sneaky play by malgus to sack coruscant in return of more favorable terms to the ceasefire agreement. Thats why there was no real security..
On a side side note you should really play the MMO. You can basically play it like a single player RPG if you don't wanna engage in the MMO part. The storylines are fantastic fully voiced and the game is still doing well despite idiots saying otherwise. Its an underappreciated gem if your a star wars nerd because people always wanna play the FOTM and cry there are no games to play.
When Malgus says: Break free, it is not from the stones.
Here is the Sith code:
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken (Here he tells her to break free).
He wants her to break free from the Jedi and the light.
You’re right if they made this a TV series, it will be the most watched ever just the way they got it. Those are real actors playing those parts so it will come off great
4:33 - Yeah, being set 300 years after Knights of the Old Republic I and II, Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO has almost entirely new characters (and to tell you who is around still would be MAJOR spoilers.)
Malgus is my favorite star wars character.
17:00 not neutral its real Sith Emperor- 1000yo immortal Tenebrae/ Vitiate who play "disguise game" (make 3rd side "Empire of Zakuul and Eternal Fleet" and destroy all)... white Arcan, black Thexan and Vaylin- most powerful and unstable/ dangerous who later was "conditioning".
Every time malgus pulls up, “IM THE TYPA MF TO STAND ON BIDDNESS”
About the Twins, it is the story of the eternal empire of Zakuul ruled by Emperor Valkorion, who is undoubtedly the dark lord Darth Vitiate Reincarnated
They can make at least a full triology for the old republic, probably way more but at the very least a triology
I love how the trailers basically showed how held back republic troopers are now compared to then 😂 thier best troops literally man handing sith force user
As a fighter, take Darth Vader, give him a speed and agility increase, the ability to conjure and absorb Force Lightning and you have Darth Malgus. Vader was more of a proficient swordsman while Malgus could best be described as a free-form brawler.
Iirc once Anakin became Vader, he modeled some of his fighting style off of Malgus', since he didn't have his former agility and Malgus was skilled but also strong af so he could brute force his way through fights.
@@MattR8605 That sounds about right.
Definitely a game they NEED to remaster, the fact that they haven't yet is borderline criminal.
The new devs are starting to do some improvements. Albiet not all at once as a "Remaster" but theyve been going back and updating bits and pieces, updating lighting, even got upgraded to 64 bit. Hopefully all the things theyve updated so far are just foundations being set for more improvements and modernization.
the sacking of the Jedi temple, The republic fleet was signing a peace treaty with the sith. Malgus took advantage of it .
Red Guy was not Dothomirain He is a member of Sith Species a pure blood at that .
Bro, you keep asking about the "other faction it is the Zakuul Empire. They were developed from the Sith Emperor after he got bored with his Sith Empire. Malgus is what you get when you dont delimb Anakin honestly.
Also with that Trooper who literally engaged Malgus in hand to hand, he inspired me to make a trooper that I RPed as hand to hand focused and was questionable in gunnery. But I would love for them to make TV or Movies based on the Mandalorian Wars, KOTOR, KOTOR 2, and The Old Republic era. Literally 10 years worth of Shows and Movies could be made from it all.
Give a person a mask and you will see their true face.
The main reason Disney will never make a movie like this is it's too dark & violent for young children. And they are targeting the idea of the "whole family" enjoying the movies. But I agree with u. This is 10x better than anything Disney put out.
0:35 Thank goodness Disney didn't get their hands on this just yet.
The third faction is the Eternal Empire; led by Emperor Valkorian. They use the dark side. His end goal is to consume all life in the galaxy. He makes Palpatine look like a Jedi in the Agricultural Corps.
"Disney technically made this not cannon, but trust me... we don't care." resonated with me hardcore🤘🏻😂
This is going to be a long detailed comment, alright first three vids detail the conflict between the Republic and the Sith Empire those two you know already, the videos after it detail the story of the 'Eternal Emperor' of Zakuul and his family the twin boys Arcann and Thexan (white and black respectively) and the daughter Vaylin as well as his wife Senya. As you saw, Arcann while angered at his father cut down his brother when said brother tried to stop him, as for Vaylin her power was bound by Valkorian aka the Emperor but what isn't detailed in these vids is the ties this game carries to KOTOR I and KOTOR II. Some time before KOTOR I, Revan and Malak confront the Sith Emperor, well that's him in another body and another face after he is defeated by the Hero of Tython. Ultimately he is cut down multiple times by the Alliance Commander. The first time is when he is 'removed' as Valkorian and permenantly down the line. As for Malgus' changes in the latest vids, after a coup against the Sith Empire ultimately fails he survives and is rebuilt.
If I remember right, Vader studied Malgus' combat form so yeah he kinda does remind of Vader.
The sith with the mask is darth malgus
Malgus is a literal cockroach, no matter how many times he's defeated he'll come back
And he comes back with force
the last one may not be as good cinematic wise as the eternal empire ones but thematically and lore wise it's great. yeah the jedi basically just take children and leave the family to whatever happens. they still do that later not letting anakin get his mother out of slavery even later after he became a successful knight. Then you have the padawan getting turned to the dark side. the end with the you are in a cage and free yourself then her getting angry is straight from the Sith Code which is heavily in use in the old republic. pretty much every old republic game has you memorizing the sith code for a mission.
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
Dude, if they made a trilogy or a longer running series on the story of Malgus and Revan (maybe other stories as individual movies or site series like they're doing now), Disney would literally make billions
some information about the jedi temple according to the lore negotiations between jedi and sith empire were going on on a neutral planet thats why there is only one jedi master present the guards were reduced because as already written negotiations were going on the sith empire capitulated to support malgus the sith empire but not he disagrees and simply gathered some people loyal to him and attacked the temple in an hour of weakness the maderlorian bounty hunter who jumps up at the beginning is of the blood vizsla maybe it tells something to one or the other
so to summarize there was no competent opponent who could stop malgus on the spot and he knew that peace would not be possible after that
if you are familiar with the game which by the way is a nice story game despite mmo you experience a very nice story for each class i find very worth playing of course you have to like mmos but that's still for old republic is free too play if you haven't done it yet a must the options you have starting from the fact that you can just kill quest givers as a sith if you don't like him and it also has repercussions is breathtaking
U said Malgus got Vader thing going on....actually...Vader in fantasy read Malgus books and learned his anger fighing style....use it as fuel for strikes....
darth malgus actually kinda have protagonist and antagonist role, but he is a hero, savior of the universe once 🔥🔥🔥
Apart from malgus most of the characters here are companions in the game
The evil guy with the brothers and young girl is the sith emperor vitiate pronounced vi-shi-en he survives for something like a thousand years switching bodies when the old one gives out kinda like palpatine in the dark empire comics but on a much longer time period he is eventually beaten by darth revan (arguably the most powerful sith to ever live) who was once a jedi and another jedi known as the "hero of tython" this emperor is a very fascinating and complex character who does much worse things to the galaxy than palpatine ever could even comprehend
Yeah, these are really good, and overall i think old republic era is the coolest one with most craziest and awesome characters.
Also it's worth to point out at that time both Jedi and Siths were much more powerful, like being able to stop a lightsaber with hands, it's not an easy skill that everyone can use (dont quote me on that but i believe this is similiar to what Yoda used in movies to stop Palpatin's electricity), but this is one of skills that was lost in time
And battles like Jedi vs Sith were not uncommon, at least until famous battle where Darth Bane killed of all Siths and created rule of 2
Honestly, if a movie came out now in this setting, it'll probably be screwed up so much that it's unrecognizable. But that's ok, as we all know, it's hard to make Star Wars movies. I mean there is no material to draw upon. No books, or games, or comic books or anything. Only those 6 movies, yep that's it..... No I'm not letting that go.
You should just play the game - it is much like a single player rpg these days (with some group content), then you will have context for all the cinematics. Then you will understand Zakuul.