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Nothing is too niche for modders to remaster, not even a '90s Star Wars FPS expansion pack where you play as Luke Skywalker's weird non-canon wife rescuing my favorite Expanded Universe dork (www.pcgamer.com)

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Luke Skywalker had a weird wife named Mara Jade who was a femme fatal ex-Sith assassin with a purple lightsaber. Chewbacca died at the age of 225 years old when Star Wars' Aldi brand Borg dropped a moon on him. The Death Star plans were not stolen by a ragtag bunch of rebel soldiers that included beloved martial arts leading man Donnie Yen, but rather a dadish guy in a Henley who looks like he's heading to the last farmer's market of the season on a brisk Sunday in the fall.

Yes, the old Starr Wars Expanded Universe was a bit of an odd duck, and you can maybe see why Disney shunted it to the side in favor of a new continuity. All the same, that astounding (non) canon of books, comics, and especially games still has a stranglehold on my psyche, and it's always heartening to see its more funky outgrowths still get some love. Enter Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith Remastered by a modding team led by General Tantor on ModDB, which recently got a big 3.0 update

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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Luke Skywalker had a weird wife named Mara Jade

Yes, the old Starr Wars [cool typo] Expanded Universe was a bit of an odd duck, and you can maybe see why Disney shunted it to the side in favor of a new continuity.

The smug flippancy of this writer, good lord. That preamble’s tone towards the EU was entirely unnecessary for an article on a game mod.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that first line irritates me. What is weird about Mara Jade? She was great and the Thrawn Trilogy should be episodes 7-9.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I assumed it was rage bait, especially considering what Disney produced on the paved-over space where the EU canon used to be.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"We're wiping the canon back to just the movies to have room to tell stories in this great universe."

Thirty minutes later...

"So now hyperspace takes moments and you don't need to bother with coordinates. Hell, you can jump through shields and into and out of atmospheres."

Welp, new continuity is now fucked beyond repair.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

"Oh remember when we said we were gonna disregard the entire EU? Well now we're gonna go back and pick and choose from those corpses what we like and Frankenstein it in anyway."