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    Do we know why Rakata lost their force connection?

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    The more we talk about the Force like this, the more I'm somehow reminded of The Planet and the Lifestream from the Final Fantasy VII universe/compilation. In those games, if The Planet was harmed enough or under a dire enough threat, it created/released living weapons (uncreatively dubbed by humans as 'WEAPON' and typically codenamed after gemstones; Topaz, Onyx, Diamond, etc....) that were tasked to either destroy what was harming/threatening The Planet or cause enough living beings to 'return to The Planet' and 'join the Lifestream' to provide The Planet the energy needed to possibly survive the threat.

     

    Both Lightsiders (Jedi, mainly) and Darksiders (Sith, especially) have legends or prophecies about beings created by the Force, whether they use the term 'Chosen One', 'Sith'ari', or something else entirely, that serve a purpose of restoring balance by destroying whatever is threatening that balance. Admittedly, both Jedi and SIth seem to put a heavy emphasis on the destruction of the other group in their own legends regarding such a thing. If we remove the idea of a single 'Chosen One'/''Sith'ari' and instead consider a succession of them...

     

    This makes me believe that the last time that the galaxy saw true peace was before the first schism of the jed'dai. Back when the first order of force users, after the Rakatan infinite empire, were studying all aspects of the Force.

    Why KoToR will never be remastered (but needs to be)

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    Apparently they've hired a woman who has a track record of making man-hating femi-nazi comments online...not only that, she doesn't like KOTOR.

     

    This game is dead on arrival, especially since its a REMAKE not a remaster...that means an entirely new story from the woketivists PC perspective.

     

    For god sake is there ANYWHERE we can go to escape this nonsense?!?!

    So yes while it is true that that woman is part of the team, she is not the lead writer. the lead writer has said that they will be staying faithful to the original story with a few minor changes. Whether or not that is true is left to be seen. Also being a remake means a full overhaul of mechanics and graphics. A remaster would just update the graphics and there are plenty of mods that one can get for that.

    Disney VS StarWars

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    In regards to the whole situation with Disney and Lucasfilm, if they haven't done anything yet they probably wont do anything in the near future.

    Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in October of 2012 just a year after Star Wars: The Old Republic's (SWTOR's) global launch announcement in October of 2011 and subsequent launch in December of the same year. Since then, Lucasarts the game division of Lucasfilm Ltd., was shut down in April of 2013 by Disney after which all development rights for Star Wars video game media was given to EA just a month later. At this point SWTOR had entered its 2nd year and had already made a steady profit for EA, after the few ups and downs that were experienced with regards to the Subscription/Free-to-play hybrid business model of the game.

    As most should already know Disney announced back in April of 2014 that they would forego all of the material in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU), which included all previous Star Wars games, books, and comics, and label it all as Star Wars Legends. Disney has since pulled plot elements from the vast EU and incorporated those ideas into the Sequel Trilogy and related content.

    Now where does that leave SWTOR? Well it falls under the same banner as the EU, a "Legend," except for the fact that we have had constant content updates for SWTOR over the last 6 years. SWTOR is developed by Bioware a subsidiary of EA since 2008, and EA has given freedom to Bioware to continue to support SWTOR, I believe in part, due to it being a profitable venture as well as the fact that it doesn't interfere with any of Disney's plans for the Star Wars Franchise due to the in game timeline.

    In conclusion, SWTOR has a thriving community, receives new content regularly, and is turning a steady profit. I do not believe that EA or Disney will shut down this cash cow.

     

    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.

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