The old man is Empreror Valkorion. Leader of the zakuul empire in the wild space. Former Sith Emperor Vitiates spirit inhabited Valkorions body and they started to vanish both sith and jedi when they fell in in the rest of the galaxy. Originally they use the abilities of both light and dark side but Valkorion turned full dark side because it was basically Vitiate now also known as Tenebrae so they ended up starting a war with the republic and sith empire at the same time and that pretty efficiently.
My knights follow their own way of the Force. They use it to bring justice. My own wife doesn't know how the Sith and Jedi could use only one side of the Force.
The man is the Emperor of the Eternal Throne. Two Brothers. One sister. It is a great storyline. And you even have the story of Revan as well. in here. It is amazing. -FatherMacTN
Honestly SWTOR as a game is fun singleplayer experience for an MMORPG so I would give it a go if you are thinking about it. I honestly think in terms of writing it is one of the last games that feels like an old bioware writing which is pretty great. Also, yes the girl is a sister of the two brothers. And their dad is an emperor of the eternal empire which without spoiling much was basically a third faction that was fighting both sith empire and the republic.
Regarding Zabrak Jedi, there were two that served on the Jedi Council in the movies and Clone Wars. Eeth Koth who was in the background for Phantom Menace and was tortured by Grievous in the Clone Wars, and Agen Kolar in RotS who was one of the Jedi that went with Mace Windu to arrest Palpatine and was the first one killed.
@@bigfrankfraser1391 yeah that’s right. I always wondered why that was ever since the introduction of Dathromir and Savage Opress, but I guess since human characters are not all from one planet neither would some other species.
@@bigfrankfraser1391 Ventress is also a dathomirian zabrak, don't forget dathomirian zabrak are more a mixed race that is why the females have no horns.
@@lagggingventress is a dathomirian zabrak, the females of the dathomirian zabrak had no horns, males did, iridionian males and females both had horns.
Literally everyone who has watched these trailers (myself included) has said they want at least 1 whole movie of the Old Republic done in the same style, ideally a trilogy. Or even a mini-series like Tales of the Jedi or Visions were, with small stories from all around the galaxy set in the time period of the Old Republic.
About your comments regarding the capabilities of the Force users and the difference between the abilities of the movie characters and the old republic characters a quote has come to my mind from Knights of the Old Republic 2: "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.” - Kreia
It's more that the movies were limited by the tech and human factor of their time. These trailers all being cgi let's them do crazy stuff that just isn't doable in movies without obscene budgets. Vader and sidious are easily as strong as the likes of malgus. Heck vader is even more disabled than malgus and is still more powerful. Overall I'd say that since both sides of the force had an active empire fighting against each other, you could say your average jedi and sith were stronger back then. Old republic times were times of genuine war, and that made your average jedi and sith warriors. Hence the armor being worn by jedi instead of full robes. But the cream of the crop on both sides is gonna even out and be around the same level as the best of the best in vader/anakins time.
In terms of the force absorb that satelle does, we do see it in the prequels as Yoda uses the technique to absorb Dooku's Lighting while exclaiming *much to learn you still have* but these cinematic still hold as some.of my fav starwars media today and was a dope reaction.
@@MsSilentGaming indeed, as I read the comment I was reminded of the scene I always thought he moved a playe or something in the way, but upon re thinking it I don't think plates are blaster proof 😅
The power is called Tutaminis. Known users were Satelle, Vader, Yoda, Luke (Legends) Koran Horn and his Grandfather (Legends book I, Jedi). At least in Legends it was a rare force power.
It's nice to see another Star Wars fan with knowledge of the Old Republic and Expanded Universe appreciating these amazing cinematics! 😄 Also, I agree that the Old Republic stuff definitely seems more high-impact and intense. Which makes sense if you keep in mind that what we're watching is literally a war between the Republic & Jedi and the Sith Empire. Some fun facts for you: -The Droideka-looking droids are actually precursors to the modern Droideka, and are made by the same species, the Colicoids. -Green lightsabers are typically (though not always) associated with Jedi Consulars, who focus more on mastery of the force than mastery of lightsaber combat. --Satele Shan (the Jedi wielding the double-bladed blue lightsaber) is a descendant of Bastila Shan and Revan, who were in the Knights of the Old Republic game. -You're right about rarely seeing Twi'lek Sith, especially Lethan (red) ones, though they do seem to be the most common, likely for stylistic purposes. The only ones I specifically know the names of are Alora from the game Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and Darth Talon, from the Legacy Era. If you're interested, I highly recommend checking out the Legacy Era, as it's a fascinating part of Expanded Universe content. -The dudes in black and white are Thexan and Arcann, respectively. They are the sons of the guy with a beard, Valkorion, also known as Darth Vitiate, or Tenebrae. He's actually an ancient dark side entity/spirit that acted as the Sith Emperor, but then ditched the Sith and formed his own Empire, the Eternal Empire of Zakuul. Using advanced technology in tandem with the Force, they fought and almost defeated both the Sith and the Republic at the same time, forcing the two former enemies to briefly join forces. If you find this stuff interesting, I encourage you to read about them on the Wookiee-wiki. The Eternal Empire was steeped in the dark side of the force, and Valkorion refused to acknowledge his sons until he felt they were worthy, and truly embraced the dark side. Arcann proved himself when he accidentally killed his beloved twin brother Thexan in a fit of rage while attempting to murder his father. He later succeeded his father as Emperor. The stuff in this cinematic took place towards the end of the war between the Republic and the Sith that was seen in the previous cinematics. starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tenebrae starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Eternal_Empire Sorry for the wall of text, just very passionate about Star Wars, particularly Expanded Universe content. 😅
What Satele Shan used to absorb the lightsaber in the second trailer was force absorption. It is the exact same power Yoda used in Revenge of the Sith, where he absorbed Palpatine's lightning and then redirected it back at Palpatine.
38:20 The interconnected story is the war itself. Your class determines your role in the war/story. It’s kind of like in Dragon Age Origins, each class/race has its own origin story-but this expands to the whole game instead. There are 8 main story missions depending on your class. These paths converge and diverge in parts of the story but your character is unique to the other classes. Eventually all stories converge by the time of Shadow of Revan, with different flavors and outcomes depending on your Class Story Outcome.
By the time of the final trailer you watched, Malgus had parted ways with the Sith order, IIRC. He's still Dark Sider, but no longer associates himself with the Empire. This disassociation is presumably why he can use the Jedi Holocron, since he allows himself to tap into whatever side of the Force he pleases. Never got to play the latest updates, but we could probably guess that he wants to start his own Order using the children the Jedi and Sith left behind.
the last trailer, Malgus didn't lie. he was definitely emphasizing the machine's use to plant the seed of doubt, which worked. it almost seemed like he cared, but really that machine was his key to building up a Sith Army of acolytes by taking all other force users, regardless of connection strength. no one denied the purpose of the machine
not sith. At this point he is no longer Sith but a dark side user. He has left the Sith behind although he still uses some of their teachings he has "evolved" beyond the Sith teachings and really doesn't care if you are light side or dark side as long as your goals are in line with what he wants. He hates the Sith as much as the Jedi at this point and would see them fall the same as the Jedi.
Malgus is just a inclusive badass he doesn't care about purity or how you're useful only that you're useful. He prefers aliens often times because of their honor. He doesn't care who you are plus he respects strength regardless of what form it takes. Are you a brilliant tactician and a wookie he wouldn't care, are you a brilliant scientist and a twi'lek it doesn't matter. He only cares that you qualify for the job. He hates repression and as such believes everyone deserves a chance to forge their own place in the galaxy. that's especially true here in the last trailer as he wants to teach all force users regardless of strength the ways of the force.
Even though its an MMO I basically only played SWTOR as a single player experience. There are 8 total class stories (4 republic and 4 sith/empire) and all of them are super unique and engaging (some more than others ofc, personally I think the writing is better on the sith side). Worth a try! Also has great characters. Each of the 8 classes have 5 unique companions. BioWare has always been great at storytelling and making engaging characters/companions (see their other games for proof of that) and that's no different here
honestly the replayability of SWTOR is one of my favorite things about it. 8 classes, which can have wildly different feels depending on both gender (more for companion stories than main class stories, to be fair) and alignment, and whose major decisions do impact the story of the future endgame (especially post KOTET). Watching all the compilations of differing content based on all sorts of decisions made beforehand is kind of insane. I know most of the player base still wishes endgame story content was divided by class and not all one story, but I really like what little class-based differences there are
The old man is named Vitiate (he uses other names but that's the one listed with his pic on fandom, I think he actually goes by "Valkorion" in this sequence), he is a self-proclaimed Sith-Emperor and was added in "The Eternal Throne" expansion. The twin boys are Arcann (white) and Thexan (Black), they are the brothers of the girl Vaylin (I'm presuming they're older, because in the flash back she looks about 5-7 and they look 10-12), and the woman is their mother, Senya Tirall...
If you wanna know the full story of Malgus from the first trailer to the last one, play. Play it all, all expansions as well. Malgus's story is soooo good, the way he evolves. The way he becomes more machine every trailer, why he betrayed the sith in the last trailer.
actually 12:05 this is called Tutamenis(spelled wrong I am sure) and Yoda used it twice, once against Dooku and once against Palpatine when he redirected their force lightning. She used it and powered her force telekinetic wave.
Being able to catch a lightsaber with your bare hands is an application of tutaminis, or force absorption. It's what Yoda uses to absorb force lightning and also what Vader uses to block Han Solo's blaster with his bare hand in Episode V. It's a basic power that all Jedi are trained in early on, but possessing such mastery of it that you're able to absorb the energy from a lightsaber is incredibly rare.
Without spoiling too much. The twins and their family are part of the Eternal Empire. A third power next to the Republic and the Sith-Empire (everything else will be explained in the game if you decide to play it.)
The Deception of the Deceived trailer wasn't actually covered much in game. Basically the Sith were on Alderaan signing a peace agreement with the Jedi and making a big spectical of the whole thing, then mid talks Sith forces Sacked Corsuscant. Honestly the two Fallen Empire expansions were the peak of the game. The story was so engaging. They have yet to top it imo.
12:00 we've actually seen someone use the same force powers that she's showing there stopping the blade. When Yoda absorbs dooku's lightning in attack of the clones he's using the same thing she's using here. Which makes sense since they are both Jedi Grandmasters.
12:60 Malgus is built differently, during the first cinematic he would have been about 60 years old in human years, and by the last one he's about 80. He was one of the strongest Sith of his time being one of the Sith Juggernauts who were tough to kill.
The Eternal Empire of Zakuul is in my opinion the best and most underrated faction of the Star Wars franchise. I even rollplay my SWTOR jedi knight main character as a fallen Knight who left the Order and joined the Zakuul Knights
It still amazes me at how a 10 minute long cinematic has more emotion in it than anything Disney Star Wars has done over the last few years. There's literally no soul in it anymore.
I love this game! One of my favorites. I would recomment starting out with the Sith Inquisitor. My first character was one and the story did not disappoint!
12:30 i think this is facts, this is like one of the highest level force moves we ever see, and Satile is just cracked powerful, but as far as "the force looks like airbending" Yoda has a white-blue glow around his hands when he catches force lightning, so maybe just light side force has this glow sometimes when the concentration of force is so dense
As a Star Wars fan, you totaly should play the game, if only for the story. Each planet has it's own story, and each Basic Class has their own story, and it's all voice acted.
After Hope trailer, Malgus like a gigachad he is, catched the last evac shuttle, then forced pilot to land to kill 2 Jedi with their padawans. All this with half of his bones broken. Also one of little of sith who actually had wife(twilek in 3rd trailer)
The lightsaber catching thing is something we actually get to see in the movies, it's just in a different form. You see it near the end of the Yoda v. Darth Sidious. The technique is called tutaminis
Sooo the guy is Darth Vitiate - After the Galactic Republic won the "Great Hyperspace War" he took control over the Sith and ordered to retreat from the Republic after the Second battle of Korriban. He became the first Sith Emperor after they retreated to a new world - Dromund Kaas and he founded the Dark Counsil to oversee the Sith and plan the revenge. Some things happened (will not go further into detail because its fun to find out yourself) - He later found a way to transport himself back in time and took control over Zakuul, where he wanted to build the "perfect" society - which later fought both Sith and Jedi. He also changed his name to Valkorion and started a family - his sons: the twins in the video are Arcann (dressed in white) and Thexan (dressed in black). :D Hope that helps.
5:30 Green can be attributed to peaceful, grassy hills. Blue, to calming flowing waters. Red, to blood flowing from your enemies' corpse. Purple, to Samuel L. Jackson.
12:20 In all fairness, the movies were set in a time where there wasnt war for awhile then war started (EP 1) so jedi werent really trained for true battle against other force users, The Old Republic is set in the middle of a long ass war so theyre more battle trained
13:27 I feel like the wind is a good way of showing how pure the Jedi were back then and also how strong their force push is (Like the wind is being pushed as well).
That push was so strong because she had just used Tutamenis to catch Malgus's lightsaber...once you use that power you have to redirect the energy somehow, you cannot contain it. Thats why when you see Yoda use it agaisnt Dooku and Palpatine(force lightning reflection) he throws the lightning back at them.
Fun Fact: The Trooper not wearing the helmet in Hope is Satele's lover and by Knights of the Fallen Empire they have a daughter, Satele is also a direct descendant of Revan. Which partially explains why she's so strong.
I like that in the Disorder trailer for SWTOR they add a tiny nod towards Malgus having tunnel vision. At one point Malgus was thrown through a mountain by Satele Shan. We know from the comics and whatnot that his bones were broken and his organs mostly liquified. But he survived. So it's entirely reasonable to assume he just doesn't have proper feeling in most of his body. It's funny to consider this when you see him be disarmed off his off-hand lightsaber and not realize it until the hilt flies past his vision. He then looks down at his empty hand and tries to grapple with it now that he realizes he's disarmed.
I am a huge Star Wars fan and when SWTOR launched, I was hooked. Something this game does that most don't is that they have 8 separate class story lines in addition to the main story and side quests. You feel more immersed in the game. Also, you can choose light or dark side options and can go fully light or dark or even be neutral. I ran my Sage healer as dark side and it was fun as heck! I love that there are main classes with multiple specs. For example, the Consular/Inquisitor class are clothies but they can heal, dps and tank depending on what spec you choose. You can also select a second class so for example, my Sage healer can switch to Jedi Guardian. :) Another thing is that they have story mode so that if you want to run a dungeon but can't or don't want to get into a group, you can run it that way. The new ones you have to at least run in story mode to progress through the story. Overall, lots of fun and I've rerolled toons countless times as the starting areas and stories are really good.
The thing about malgus is, is he hated liars above jedi and other sith so he wasnt lying however he was going to kill her after she found her brother he wouldve killed both of them when they got to meet up again
the opening cinematic took place roughly 3700 years BBY well the rule of 2 was only meant to meat master and apprentice, nothing in the credo pointed towards the total number of sith 19:30 this one is a bit difficult to explain, partially because it's a level 60-70 spoiler 21:16 there's one in kotor 30:43 they're not sith, they're different than either faction but they're closer to sith doctrine
POV, Revan when sees his great granddaughter block a lightsaber through the force: Words can't describe the joy I feel for her. A knight sure, but brazenly powerful all the same.
8:32 I believe these first two cinematics were released in tandem. The first one is the cinematic that plays when you choose Sith Empire for the first time, which makes the second one the Republic's intro.
The depth of just how sad, and messed up the father figure (Valkorion) really was isn't even fully captured in these. Which is saying something. A small glimpse, and one of my favorite details: The only shred of emotion he shows in both trailers, is 23:03 just the faintest of a smile emerging. Because he knows what is about to happen, and he's enjoying it. In no uncertain terms, Valkorion, also know as Vitiate, and Tenebrae, is a sadistic psychopathic Sith God
The play style and graphics are like a more polished version of Knights of the Old Republic. I'm playing through the game in every character class. A lot of the missions have "similar" tones, but you can totally zoom through "story missions" to avoid a lot of repeating. I'm only just finishing the second sets of planets (world 2), and I have caught reference to happenings in other character class story archs, like a baddy from one on one planet is referenced by someone on another character classes play through. Character classes are the shit though. Sith Wizards can rain lightening down on swarms of people, A trooper/mercenary class can launch gernades, etc.
My immediate reaction the first time I saw these cutscenes back when I played SWTOR was, "Why can't they do a show like this?!" Sure, animating an entire movie or series like that would cost a lot, but surely not as much as live-action with actor salaries? They could do so much more with animation, too.
you seem mega chill, i'd love to see you play this shit. some of the stuff your character can do/say in the story are super sassy and funny as hell. the later expansions have genuinely good storylines as well.
Also first trailer takes place in 3,681 BBY, Hope is 3,666 (15 years later), Deceiced is 3,652, Sacrifice is 3,636, and I think the last one is around 3,630 or 3,629/28. Malgus is over 70 years old in the last one but he still moves like a monster
Oh forgot about Betrayal (the one with the sister). It’s not really clear at any point except for the very end where it’s at on the timeline but when she’s an adult that’s 3,631 iirc so 5 years after the stuff with the twins.
Bastilla and Satele Chan, Senya Tirall, Vaylin, Sa'har....Disney could have made so many good movies/tv shows about these absolute badass ladies instead we get Rey......Rey Skywa..nah she ain't no Skywalker.
5:58 Sadly the dude that uploaded those somehow messed up the audio on that part. That's why you should always watch the cinematics from the official SWTOR channel. Plus they have them in 4K on the official as well. All these video where people put the cinematics in order come with quality drawbacks imo.
The 2 trailers after Deceived focus on Eternal Empire of Zakuul. The first trailer is about Arcann and Thexann, the second trailer is about Vaylin who is the younger sister of the twins. The old man is Valkorion, fka Darth Vitiate, the Sith Empire and the woman rescuing the bald girl is the mother of all 3 her name is Senya. The 2 trailers are about the Eternal Empire of Zakuul which is an entirely new faction that is opposed to both the Republic and the Jedi as well as the Empire and the Sith
The deception in the Deceived trailer is that the Sith Empire were winning the war post resurgence, that you saw in the two previous trailers.The Sith offered the Republic peace, and they accepted. And when they were away discussing peace terms on Alderaan iirc, the Sith attacked and sacked Coruscant in a surprise attack. And presumably got even better terms. The game SWTOR, picks up after that. I believe 8-13 years later and most of the story is that the Sith and Republic are fighting a proxy war through militias and rebellions across multiple planets that you travel to while building up to another galactic war.
I think a movie series centered around Revan and Malak would be awesome. Revan led Malak from the jedi council to the sith, then Malak turned on Revan and he lost his memory, he then came back as a jedi again after rediscovering his powers
Along with the trailer for Deceived there is also a book by the same name that gives the backstory to the video. The book also brings in characters that show up for the final trailer you watched. Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne---the main dude is Valkorian, who is another incarnation of the Sith Emperor.
Yeah, the faction with the twins is separate from the Jedi and the Sith (sort of), in that's an Empire built in secret by the reclusive Sith Emperor as something of an experiment or backup plan. His governing approach was different (he was viewed as a benevolent and fair protector) and their force users were trained differently (emphasising duty and justice and the like but still trained more brutally than Jedi). When he felt the time was right, he set it loose on the weakened Empire and Republic, conquering both in a very short time. Vaylin is also an interesting character in that she's very strong in the force but unhinged, it only works when she's pissed off, is unstable at the best of times and she's also got average ability at best when it comes to lightsaber skills, which is why she gets her ass handed to her by her mother (who is a master duelist) and why she's subservient to her brother.
12.00 I think it's also more at this time there are loads of jedi and sith, learning and teaching, creating records, it's not like in the movies when all you have is one old master, and then another and one talented kid, and Lukes powers grow in the EU (not "legends") he creates a new order, loads of new jedi all with different strength and weaknesses that technique is called tutamenis (not sure on the spelling) same thing when Yoda caught Dooku's lighting in AOTC
Side note in 32:16 *spoiler* The jedi master is actually a child of the emperor and at this moment Malgus has gone rogue from the empire that is why the sith called him a traitor. Malgus before this incidence was called the false emperor as the epilogue of Illum after all your class story you will have to fight him and he will go missing and return again as an enforcer mind controlled slave of the empire that is why in the final scene before he leaves he said "Break free" since he saw how the twilek jedi was nothing but a slave to the jedi like him with the sith nothing but puppets in a game.
It's the small details in these trailers that get me shook. For example Malgus having switched his masters blade around to an inverted grip while jumping through that exploding piece of machinery to surprise Kao in the first trailer, or Malgus' blade crumbling between the pressure of him trying to impale Satele and her holding it off with the force in the second trailer or even making Senyas fight a one take action sequence. These details they didn't need to include or choreograph but they did for the pure enjoyment of making great content. Disney has the money to make quality animated content like these trailers but would rather blow millions on shit like She Hulk and Boba Fett.
And I love the game. U get to really dive into the world and feel like ur actually apart of Star Wars. Even now I still go back and play it, I wish they would make another one
To me there are one of two reasons malgus killed the other sith. He either saw him losing his arm and struggling as him being weak and so he culled him since there are many who could take his place. The other reason could be because he is competition and this was the perfect chance to get rid of him. Seeing as the guy didn't have the basic helmet he probably was above the lesser sith malgus typically fights with.
So some minor spoilers to help you: The Padawan in the first and second trailer is Satele Shan. She was a extremely gifted Individual with a grand connection to the Force, as such she was paired alongside one of the Jedi’s most senior masters as well as their greatest Sabre duellist. By the 2nd trailer which takes place I think 10-15 years into the 1st Great Galactic War (also known as the 1st Sith-Republic war) she was a Jedi Master and would not long after go onto become Grand Master of the Jedi Order (Yoda’s position) The Sith Apprentice Malagus as you saw became very much her rival and would go onto become a Darth by the end of the war. One of his great achievements was the raid on Corresant at the end of the war. - essentially both the Republic and Sith had bled themselves hard across 20 years and as such began forming what was essentially a “peace agreement/cease fire”. The Sith being slightly on the back foot due to a couple recent losses, decided that while the talks were ongoing, they would raid corresant. Raiding and holding it, they strengthened their bargaining chips to essentially gain several outer rim world as there for handing Corresant back. To those like Malagus it was an insult of an idea but to others it was better to earn holdable territory. Slightly bigger spoiler. By the time of the Deceived trailer, Malagus no longer is apart of the Sith Empire. Having watched its cancerous rot from the inside and having watched many of his fellow Sith make an almost mockery of the Sith Code and ways, he betrayed the Empire to found his own. However, it would be defeated by a coalition of Sith and Republic Forces. This is why in Deceived he kills the Sith warrior and why they refer to him as Traitor. By this point Malagus shares no love for the Sith or Jedi orders, he still lives fully by the Sith Code and interestingly his “followers” are primarily made up of the outcasts and “lessers” saw people of both the Jedi and Sith who have become disillusioned by both sides. The third faction you see on trailers 4 and 5 is the Eternal Empire. Founded by Valkorion (who had a very interesting backstory I won’t spoil) he would raise both his sons and daughter to fight both the Republic and Empire. As you saw in the trailer 4, he showed little favour or praise to the brothers Arcann (white) and Thexan (black). He essentially wanted to see which of the two would become the strongest between them and in the end, we see that Arcann having fallen to emotion and rage proved the stronger of the two. As for the daughter he didn’t actually know she was force sensitive until that moment in training arena. From there he took “personal” control over her training. As for the woman. She was Valkorians concubine and mother too all 3. Valkorian took personal tutelage of the lads as he knew they were force sensitive and on seeing how he treated them, the woman attempted to hide their daughters force ability to allow her a more peaceful life. However such failed and she was essentially put in a form of “exile” from his palace. I’d highly recommend playing the game mate (it’s free to download) and there are 8 class storylines (4 on each side) that are amazing and fun to play through with consequences in many actually mattering. Plus you can choose to play as both a light sided person or dark sided person with responses and actions throughout (so in many ways you can actually play each storyline twice 1 lightsided version and 1 dark sided version). I’ve personally played the Republic Trooper story (fun. Pretty much your everyday soldier esque storyline but with some fun character to it, fun lines and plenty of kicking Imperial arse) Imperial Agent (probably my favourite and one of the favourite of the community. Agent/spy like storyline with many fun twists and turns and some very fun characters. Plus, a lot of flexibility if you want to play either hardliner, double agent or even just moderate empire or f’u empire. Tho personally I find the hardline imperial quite fun which I done. So many fun executions to partake in.) Jedi Guardian (have just started this one and it’s quite interesting. Also am playing this one with a lean towards dark side actions.)
Hmm, I'd say more around 10 years since by then she would have had a curtain -Spoiler- by then, she is grandmaster by the start of the knights storyline, so in current timeline she be around 40 since apparently from the director she's a year younger than malgus but other timelines expansion wise I honestly have on clue lol Edit: 11 years apparently from start to current saw another comment here
I do enjoy how Malgus branched off on his own after the war ended and the Cold War began. Dude did a lot of work for the Sith and got little credit due to the jealousy of the sith council. The last trailer was peak for sure
i cant remember what the technique is called off the top of my head, but the ability Satele used to block the lightsaber with her hands is the same technique Yoda uses to absorb Palpatines Lightning in RoTS while they are fighting in the Senate Chamber. In the old republic era jedi could have families, but i dont want to put to much spoiler stuff in the comments if you are going to play through the story.
I’m telling u the one w the twins they gotta make a movie about. They r sitting on a gold mine with the old republic. All they want is to make new characters, new worlds, new stories, when they should be going back in time
Malgus wasn't lying in the last cinematic and i think there's almost about 40-60 years time passed from the first cinematic since the final one. Your player characters story spans about 20 years till the most up to date expansion
It's closer to twelve. There's a character that if you interact with in the first flashpoint (dungeon) tells you on Ossus that lot has happened in the eleven years since you last fought in that flashpoint.
Hello idk if your gonna see this but korriban isn’t the birthplace of the sith but the birthplace of the sith pureblood a race that was naturally intuned with the darkside and the jedi committed genocide against the entire race
Yeah, Old Republic is by far my favorite era of Star Wars. It basically takes everything we love about Star Wars, and tunes it up to 11. It's so nice. And the game does something I haven't seen in any other game really, with how it handles RPG elements. They cater the story around the class you pick, so each one has its own story, which allows you to be truly evil (or truly good, even as a Sith, which is also really nice to see because it's its own unique concept). Most other games have a story where you're the good guy even if you do terrible shit, you're ultimately working towards a goal to beat the big bad. But not in SWTOR. Each class campaign is catered around who you are. The expansions ultimately set up that same trope, but the fact you can go dozens upon dozens of hours playing the legitimate bad guy is just such a unique concept. And giving us the choice of what we want to do in the story just makes everything so much better. Most of the class campaigns are just so fun to play with, no matter what route you go. Playing an LS Consular is straight up exactly how I would want to be a Jedi in real life, and Nolan North does a great job at his voice acting there. Darth Malgus is one of my favorite Sith in the entire franchise. These trailers portray his lightsaber skills so well, as a martial enthusiast he utilizes so many cool tactics you barely see in entertainment itself. He knows how to trick, he knows how to feign. Man is a brilliant mind on the battlefield, and pair that with just how insanely huge he is and how he is unnaturally fast for his size, he's a literal powerhouse of a Sith. His very attacks are enough to off-balance most of his opponents, which always puts him in an advantageous position.
The Disney + Show "Obi-Wan" has Inquistors. Ashoka is also bringing them out too. Thexan and Arcann, Twin sons of Emperor Valkorian aka the Sith Emperor. The Eternal Empire is seperate from the Core Worlds in Wild Space. In Sacrifice, This is Valkorian's Wife, Senya and his Daughter, Vaylin... She is Far more powerful than her brothers. The Sith Empire was building his Empires. As for Sahar and Ri'khan, Ri'khan went Mando... And Ri'Khan had been enslaved.
The force is also vexing to use, it's like how you can't run forever or hold heavy things for a long period and like bodily feats you have constantly hone it. But still I agree, I think during the movie era a lot of knowledge and teachings about the force was lost or restricted and the Jedi never bothered to travel the galaxy to broaden their horizons about the force because like Madame Jocasta Nu said: "If it's not in the archives, it doesn't exist."
I haven’t played the expansion the last trailer is for yet, but given Malgus’s arc through the rest of the game he’s most definitely telling the truth as he’s not with the sith or republic at the moment. Also Satele is such a baller, supercharged ass bloodline coming from Revan and Bastilla
What you can see perfectly at the start is that as the sith 2 vs 1 him they struggled since sith are so egoistic so they are more or less both trying to lead this fight which makes it much more harder for the to fight this jedi, after he injured the master you can see of what malgus is capable of, not even giving satil shan the slightest chance to get the overhand in their duel
The ability she used to block the lightsaber from stabbing her is the same force move Yoda used in the movies to deflect and absorb the force lightning
Unless people already has spoiled the story you were confused about and wondering about. I recommend playing the game at least once, through all the Story. You'll understand everything with no problems. The game has amazing story, 8 separate legacy stories from lvl 1-50. And after that a joined story up to lvl 80. (Unless they've added lvls since I last played). Worth playing all of that just for the story. If you happen to like the gameplay as well, you can get a lot of fun out off that game. I've played for almost 1500 hours. On and off for many, many years. I come back with every expansion and sometimes in between just cause I miss the game lol.
Yes, I wanted one of my sons to kill the other. I am immortal and over a thousand years old. I am not a Jedi nor Sith. I am simply a force user who wants to consume everything in the galaxy to experience everything life has to offer.
The take about green lightsaber is W and i think everyone agrees with you, the black look of Luke in Jabba's palace with that menacing hood, and then paired with a green lightsaber? Holy shit im up
The ability to block a lightsaber with your bare hand is not actually that far fetched since its a legit force move that can also be used to block blaster fire. Vader actually did this in episode 5 on cloud city when han solo shot at him
the 4th trailer the twins names are arcann and thexan and the old man is valkorian there father and the next trailer is there sister vaylin and there mother senya im pretty sure thats there mom at least this is from the eternal empire so they were neither sith or jedi
Yesss...one of my favorite MMOs. Bioware knows how to make a good story, and since every class has their own story it allowed them to make such an amazing, narrative driven adventure. I still come back every few months to play a bit.
The old man is Empreror Valkorion. Leader of the zakuul empire in the wild space. Former Sith Emperor Vitiates spirit inhabited Valkorions body and they started to vanish both sith and jedi when they fell in in the rest of the galaxy. Originally they use the abilities of both light and dark side but Valkorion turned full dark side because it was basically Vitiate now also known as Tenebrae so they ended up starting a war with the republic and sith empire at the same time and that pretty efficiently.
My knights follow their own way of the Force. They use it to bring justice. My own wife doesn't know how the Sith and Jedi could use only one side of the Force.
Well Valkorion was always evil, given that he's Tenebrae, even if he split his essence, it doesn't change the fact that he was born evil.
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Just thought I'd mention that it's Wild Space, not the Unknown Regions.
Dawg tf the spoilers for the game is old asf
The man is the Emperor of the Eternal Throne. Two Brothers. One sister. It is a great storyline. And you even have the story of Revan as well. in here.
It is amazing.
-FatherMacTN
@@staffsargemobuto Don't do namedrops if the man is seriously considering actually playing, especially one like that. It's a *huge* spoiler.
@@staffsargemobuto Yooo don't spoil him brah
Revan's story ended after KotOR.
@@LazzyVamples we weren't talking about Revan.
@@NatyaVT The comment I replied to says: "And you even have the story of Revan as well." Word for word, buddy.
Honestly SWTOR as a game is fun singleplayer experience for an MMORPG so I would give it a go if you are thinking about it. I honestly think in terms of writing it is one of the last games that feels like an old bioware writing which is pretty great. Also, yes the girl is a sister of the two brothers. And their dad is an emperor of the eternal empire which without spoiling much was basically a third faction that was fighting both sith empire and the republic.
Regarding Zabrak Jedi, there were two that served on the Jedi Council in the movies and Clone Wars. Eeth Koth who was in the background for Phantom Menace and was tortured by Grievous in the Clone Wars, and Agen Kolar in RotS who was one of the Jedi that went with Mace Windu to arrest Palpatine and was the first one killed.
yeah, and arnt they iridonian zabraks as well, whereas maul is a dathomirian zabrak
@@bigfrankfraser1391 yeah that’s right. I always wondered why that was ever since the introduction of Dathromir and Savage Opress, but I guess since human characters are not all from one planet neither would some other species.
@@bigfrankfraser1391 Ventress is also a dathomirian zabrak, don't forget dathomirian zabrak are more a mixed race that is why the females have no horns.
she is not a zabrak. just dathomirian @@MakotoAtava
@@lagggingventress is a dathomirian zabrak, the females of the dathomirian zabrak had no horns, males did, iridionian males and females both had horns.
Literally everyone who has watched these trailers (myself included) has said they want at least 1 whole movie of the Old Republic done in the same style, ideally a trilogy.
Or even a mini-series like Tales of the Jedi or Visions were, with small stories from all around the galaxy set in the time period of the Old Republic.
About your comments regarding the capabilities of the Force users and the difference between the abilities of the movie characters and the old republic characters a quote has come to my mind from Knights of the Old Republic 2:
"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.” - Kreia
It's more that the movies were limited by the tech and human factor of their time.
These trailers all being cgi let's them do crazy stuff that just isn't doable in movies without obscene budgets.
Vader and sidious are easily as strong as the likes of malgus. Heck vader is even more disabled than malgus and is still more powerful.
Overall I'd say that since both sides of the force had an active empire fighting against each other, you could say your average jedi and sith were stronger back then. Old republic times were times of genuine war, and that made your average jedi and sith warriors. Hence the armor being worn by jedi instead of full robes.
But the cream of the crop on both sides is gonna even out and be around the same level as the best of the best in vader/anakins time.
That quote hit pretty deep
Kreia has some of the best quotes in Star Wars. She's like an evil Yoda. That quote is by far my favorite.
In terms of the force absorb that satelle does, we do see it in the prequels as Yoda uses the technique to absorb Dooku's Lighting while exclaiming *much to learn you still have* but these cinematic still hold as some.of my fav starwars media today and was a dope reaction.
Vader in the Empire, when he absorbs Han's blaster fire.
@@MsSilentGaming indeed, as I read the comment I was reminded of the scene I always thought he moved a playe or something in the way, but upon re thinking it I don't think plates are blaster proof 😅
yoda also uses force absorb for his block in bf2
The power is called Tutaminis. Known users were Satelle, Vader, Yoda, Luke (Legends) Koran Horn and his Grandfather (Legends book I, Jedi). At least in Legends it was a rare force power.
It's nice to see another Star Wars fan with knowledge of the Old Republic and Expanded Universe appreciating these amazing cinematics! 😄
Also, I agree that the Old Republic stuff definitely seems more high-impact and intense. Which makes sense if you keep in mind that what we're watching is literally a war between the Republic & Jedi and the Sith Empire.
Some fun facts for you:
-The Droideka-looking droids are actually precursors to the modern Droideka, and are made by the same species, the Colicoids.
-Green lightsabers are typically (though not always) associated with Jedi Consulars, who focus more on mastery of the force than mastery of lightsaber combat.
--Satele Shan (the Jedi wielding the double-bladed blue lightsaber) is a descendant of Bastila Shan and Revan, who were in the Knights of the Old Republic game.
-You're right about rarely seeing Twi'lek Sith, especially Lethan (red) ones, though they do seem to be the most common, likely for stylistic purposes. The only ones I specifically know the names of are Alora from the game Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and Darth Talon, from the Legacy Era. If you're interested, I highly recommend checking out the Legacy Era, as it's a fascinating part of Expanded Universe content.
-The dudes in black and white are Thexan and Arcann, respectively. They are the sons of the guy with a beard, Valkorion, also known as Darth Vitiate, or Tenebrae. He's actually an ancient dark side entity/spirit that acted as the Sith Emperor, but then ditched the Sith and formed his own Empire, the Eternal Empire of Zakuul. Using advanced technology in tandem with the Force, they fought and almost defeated both the Sith and the Republic at the same time, forcing the two former enemies to briefly join forces. If you find this stuff interesting, I encourage you to read about them on the Wookiee-wiki. The Eternal Empire was steeped in the dark side of the force, and Valkorion refused to acknowledge his sons until he felt they were worthy, and truly embraced the dark side. Arcann proved himself when he accidentally killed his beloved twin brother Thexan in a fit of rage while attempting to murder his father. He later succeeded his father as Emperor. The stuff in this cinematic took place towards the end of the war between the Republic and the Sith that was seen in the previous cinematics.
starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tenebrae
starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Eternal_Empire
Sorry for the wall of text, just very passionate about Star Wars, particularly Expanded Universe content. 😅
What Satele Shan used to absorb the lightsaber in the second trailer was force absorption. It is the exact same power Yoda used in Revenge of the Sith, where he absorbed Palpatine's lightning and then redirected it back at Palpatine.
The ability itself is called Tutaminis
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38:20 The interconnected story is the war itself. Your class determines your role in the war/story. It’s kind of like in Dragon Age Origins, each class/race has its own origin story-but this expands to the whole game instead. There are 8 main story missions depending on your class. These paths converge and diverge in parts of the story but your character is unique to the other classes. Eventually all stories converge by the time of Shadow of Revan, with different flavors and outcomes depending on your Class Story Outcome.
By the time of the final trailer you watched, Malgus had parted ways with the Sith order, IIRC. He's still Dark Sider, but no longer associates himself with the Empire. This disassociation is presumably why he can use the Jedi Holocron, since he allows himself to tap into whatever side of the Force he pleases.
Never got to play the latest updates, but we could probably guess that he wants to start his own Order using the children the Jedi and Sith left behind.
the last trailer, Malgus didn't lie. he was definitely emphasizing the machine's use to plant the seed of doubt, which worked. it almost seemed like he cared, but really that machine was his key to building up a Sith Army of acolytes by taking all other force users, regardless of connection strength. no one denied the purpose of the machine
not sith. At this point he is no longer Sith but a dark side user. He has left the Sith behind although he still uses some of their teachings he has "evolved" beyond the Sith teachings and really doesn't care if you are light side or dark side as long as your goals are in line with what he wants. He hates the Sith as much as the Jedi at this point and would see them fall the same as the Jedi.
Malgus is just a inclusive badass he doesn't care about purity or how you're useful only that you're useful. He prefers aliens often times because of their honor. He doesn't care who you are plus he respects strength regardless of what form it takes. Are you a brilliant tactician and a wookie he wouldn't care, are you a brilliant scientist and a twi'lek it doesn't matter. He only cares that you qualify for the job. He hates repression and as such believes everyone deserves a chance to forge their own place in the galaxy. that's especially true here in the last trailer as he wants to teach all force users regardless of strength the ways of the force.
Even though its an MMO I basically only played SWTOR as a single player experience. There are 8 total class stories (4 republic and 4 sith/empire) and all of them are super unique and engaging (some more than others ofc, personally I think the writing is better on the sith side). Worth a try! Also has great characters. Each of the 8 classes have 5 unique companions. BioWare has always been great at storytelling and making engaging characters/companions (see their other games for proof of that) and that's no different here
honestly the replayability of SWTOR is one of my favorite things about it. 8 classes, which can have wildly different feels depending on both gender (more for companion stories than main class stories, to be fair) and alignment, and whose major decisions do impact the story of the future endgame (especially post KOTET). Watching all the compilations of differing content based on all sorts of decisions made beforehand is kind of insane. I know most of the player base still wishes endgame story content was divided by class and not all one story, but I really like what little class-based differences there are
"you can rebuild... but i dont think it'll matter in the end" is a crazy diss towards Alderan lmaoooo
The old man is named Vitiate (he uses other names but that's the one listed with his pic on fandom, I think he actually goes by "Valkorion" in this sequence), he is a self-proclaimed Sith-Emperor and was added in "The Eternal Throne" expansion. The twin boys are Arcann (white) and Thexan (Black), they are the brothers of the girl Vaylin (I'm presuming they're older, because in the flash back she looks about 5-7 and they look 10-12), and the woman is their mother, Senya Tirall...
If you wanna know the full story of Malgus from the first trailer to the last one, play. Play it all, all expansions as well.
Malgus's story is soooo good, the way he evolves. The way he becomes more machine every trailer, why he betrayed the sith in the last trailer.
actually 12:05 this is called Tutamenis(spelled wrong I am sure) and Yoda used it twice, once against Dooku and once against Palpatine when he redirected their force lightning. She used it and powered her force telekinetic wave.
one thing i love to mention about Malgus, that isn't shown well in the trailers until "Disorder", is that he is over 7ft (2.13m) tall
Also … you can go completely dark on the Jedi side and completely light on the Sith side.
The zabrak in the first trailer is the battle master of the Order, thats why he can use both lightsabers
Being able to catch a lightsaber with your bare hands is an application of tutaminis, or force absorption. It's what Yoda uses to absorb force lightning and also what Vader uses to block Han Solo's blaster with his bare hand in Episode V. It's a basic power that all Jedi are trained in early on, but possessing such mastery of it that you're able to absorb the energy from a lightsaber is incredibly rare.
Without spoiling too much. The twins and their family are part of the Eternal Empire. A third power next to the Republic and the Sith-Empire (everything else will be explained in the game if you decide to play it.)
The Deception of the Deceived trailer wasn't actually covered much in game. Basically the Sith were on Alderaan signing a peace agreement with the Jedi and making a big spectical of the whole thing, then mid talks Sith forces Sacked Corsuscant.
Honestly the two Fallen Empire expansions were the peak of the game. The story was so engaging. They have yet to top it imo.
12:00 we've actually seen someone use the same force powers that she's showing there stopping the blade. When Yoda absorbs dooku's lightning in attack of the clones he's using the same thing she's using here. Which makes sense since they are both Jedi Grandmasters.
12:60 Malgus is built differently, during the first cinematic he would have been about 60 years old in human years, and by the last one he's about 80. He was one of the strongest Sith of his time being one of the Sith Juggernauts who were tough to kill.
If i recall...
18 on the first, 32 on the second, 49 on the third, and on his late 60's/early 70's on the last.
The Eternal Empire of Zakuul is in my opinion the best and most underrated faction of the Star Wars franchise. I even rollplay my SWTOR jedi knight main character as a fallen Knight who left the Order and joined the Zakuul Knights
It still amazes me at how a 10 minute long cinematic has more emotion in it than anything Disney Star Wars has done over the last few years. There's literally no soul in it anymore.
I love this game! One of my favorites. I would recomment starting out with the Sith Inquisitor. My first character was one and the story did not disappoint!
I used to play it back in the day, and it's really good. Even though it's non canon
Disney star wars isn't canon to George Lucas 1-6 he say it it's not his star wars, he never like Jake Skywalker
12:30 i think this is facts, this is like one of the highest level force moves we ever see, and Satile is just cracked powerful, but as far as "the force looks like airbending" Yoda has a white-blue glow around his hands when he catches force lightning, so maybe just light side force has this glow sometimes when the concentration of force is so dense
As a Star Wars fan, you totaly should play the game, if only for the story. Each planet has it's own story, and each Basic Class has their own story, and it's all voice acted.
not sure if u want spoilers on the two brothers and the girl, but those characters are SOOOOO good dude. Amazing video btw
After Hope trailer, Malgus like a gigachad he is, catched the last evac shuttle, then forced pilot to land to kill 2 Jedi with their padawans. All this with half of his bones broken. Also one of little of sith who actually had wife(twilek in 3rd trailer)
The lightsaber catching thing is something we actually get to see in the movies, it's just in a different form. You see it near the end of the Yoda v. Darth Sidious. The technique is called tutaminis
Sooo the guy is Darth Vitiate - After the Galactic Republic won the "Great Hyperspace War" he took control over the Sith and ordered to retreat from the Republic after the Second battle of Korriban. He became the first Sith Emperor after they retreated to a new world - Dromund Kaas and he founded the Dark Counsil to oversee the Sith and plan the revenge. Some things happened (will not go further into detail because its fun to find out yourself) - He later found a way to transport himself back in time and took control over Zakuul, where he wanted to build the "perfect" society - which later fought both Sith and Jedi. He also changed his name to Valkorion and started a family - his sons: the twins in the video are Arcann (dressed in white) and Thexan (dressed in black). :D Hope that helps.
5:30 Green can be attributed to peaceful, grassy hills. Blue, to calming flowing waters. Red, to blood flowing from your enemies' corpse. Purple, to Samuel L. Jackson.
12:20 In all fairness, the movies were set in a time where there wasnt war for awhile then war started (EP 1) so jedi werent really trained for true battle against other force users, The Old Republic is set in the middle of a long ass war so theyre more battle trained
13:27 I feel like the wind is a good way of showing how pure the Jedi were back then and also how strong their force push is (Like the wind is being pushed as well).
That push was so strong because she had just used Tutamenis to catch Malgus's lightsaber...once you use that power you have to redirect the energy somehow, you cannot contain it. Thats why when you see Yoda use it agaisnt Dooku and Palpatine(force lightning reflection) he throws the lightning back at them.
Fun Fact: The Trooper not wearing the helmet in Hope is Satele's lover and by Knights of the Fallen Empire they have a daughter, Satele is also a direct descendant of Revan. Which partially explains why she's so strong.
I like that in the Disorder trailer for SWTOR they add a tiny nod towards Malgus having tunnel vision. At one point Malgus was thrown through a mountain by Satele Shan. We know from the comics and whatnot that his bones were broken and his organs mostly liquified. But he survived. So it's entirely reasonable to assume he just doesn't have proper feeling in most of his body.
It's funny to consider this when you see him be disarmed off his off-hand lightsaber and not realize it until the hilt flies past his vision. He then looks down at his empty hand and tries to grapple with it now that he realizes he's disarmed.
I am a huge Star Wars fan and when SWTOR launched, I was hooked. Something this game does that most don't is that they have 8 separate class story lines in addition to the main story and side quests. You feel more immersed in the game.
Also, you can choose light or dark side options and can go fully light or dark or even be neutral. I ran my Sage healer as dark side and it was fun as heck!
I love that there are main classes with multiple specs. For example, the Consular/Inquisitor class are clothies but they can heal, dps and tank depending on what spec you choose. You can also select a second class so for example, my Sage healer can switch to Jedi Guardian. :)
Another thing is that they have story mode so that if you want to run a dungeon but can't or don't want to get into a group, you can run it that way. The new ones you have to at least run in story mode to progress through the story.
Overall, lots of fun and I've rerolled toons countless times as the starting areas and stories are really good.
The thing about malgus is, is he hated liars above jedi and other sith so he wasnt lying however he was going to kill her after she found her brother he wouldve killed both of them when they got to meet up again
the opening cinematic took place roughly 3700 years BBY
well the rule of 2 was only meant to meat master and apprentice, nothing in the credo pointed towards the total number of sith
19:30 this one is a bit difficult to explain, partially because it's a level 60-70 spoiler
21:16 there's one in kotor
30:43 they're not sith, they're different than either faction but they're closer to sith doctrine
POV, Revan when sees his great granddaughter block a lightsaber through the force: Words can't describe the joy I feel for her. A knight sure, but brazenly powerful all the same.
It’s good to see someone who knows their stuff react first time to these trailers!
8:32 I believe these first two cinematics were released in tandem. The first one is the cinematic that plays when you choose Sith Empire for the first time, which makes the second one the Republic's intro.
The depth of just how sad, and messed up the father figure (Valkorion) really was isn't even fully captured in these. Which is saying something.
A small glimpse, and one of my favorite details: The only shred of emotion he shows in both trailers, is 23:03 just the faintest of a smile emerging. Because he knows what is about to happen, and he's enjoying it.
In no uncertain terms, Valkorion, also know as Vitiate, and Tenebrae, is a sadistic psychopathic Sith God
The play style and graphics are like a more polished version of Knights of the Old Republic.
I'm playing through the game in every character class. A lot of the missions have "similar" tones, but you can totally zoom through "story missions" to avoid a lot of repeating.
I'm only just finishing the second sets of planets (world 2), and I have caught reference to happenings in other character class story archs, like a baddy from one on one planet is referenced by someone on another character classes play through.
Character classes are the shit though. Sith Wizards can rain lightening down on swarms of people, A trooper/mercenary class can launch gernades, etc.
My immediate reaction the first time I saw these cutscenes back when I played SWTOR was, "Why can't they do a show like this?!" Sure, animating an entire movie or series like that would cost a lot, but surely not as much as live-action with actor salaries? They could do so much more with animation, too.
you seem mega chill, i'd love to see you play this shit. some of the stuff your character can do/say in the story are super sassy and funny as hell. the later expansions have genuinely good storylines as well.
Also first trailer takes place in 3,681 BBY, Hope is 3,666 (15 years later), Deceiced is 3,652, Sacrifice is 3,636, and I think the last one is around 3,630 or 3,629/28. Malgus is over 70 years old in the last one but he still moves like a monster
Oh forgot about Betrayal (the one with the sister). It’s not really clear at any point except for the very end where it’s at on the timeline but when she’s an adult that’s 3,631 iirc so 5 years after the stuff with the twins.
Bastilla and Satele Chan, Senya Tirall, Vaylin, Sa'har....Disney could have made so many good movies/tv shows about these absolute badass ladies instead we get Rey......Rey Skywa..nah she ain't no Skywalker.
5:58 Sadly the dude that uploaded those somehow messed up the audio on that part. That's why you should always watch the cinematics from the official SWTOR channel. Plus they have them in 4K on the official as well. All these video where people put the cinematics in order come with quality drawbacks imo.
The 2 trailers after Deceived focus on Eternal Empire of Zakuul. The first trailer is about Arcann and Thexann, the second trailer is about Vaylin who is the younger sister of the twins. The old man is Valkorion, fka Darth Vitiate, the Sith Empire and the woman rescuing the bald girl is the mother of all 3 her name is Senya. The 2 trailers are about the Eternal Empire of Zakuul which is an entirely new faction that is opposed to both the Republic and the Jedi as well as the Empire and the Sith
This man gets Star Wars, couldn't have asked for more satisfying commentary and reaction. You actually understand what's going on and add to it.
There’s actually a couple Jedi Zabrak in the prequels. Main one we see is Agen Kolar, the first Council Master that Sidious cuts down in his office
Love how u used the keyblade graveyard theme in the ending, it really adds to the story plotting segment of this video, this game looks awesome!
The deception in the Deceived trailer is that the Sith Empire were winning the war post resurgence, that you saw in the two previous trailers.The Sith offered the Republic peace, and they accepted. And when they were away discussing peace terms on Alderaan iirc, the Sith attacked and sacked Coruscant in a surprise attack. And presumably got even better terms.
The game SWTOR, picks up after that. I believe 8-13 years later and most of the story is that the Sith and Republic are fighting a proxy war through militias and rebellions across multiple planets that you travel to while building up to another galactic war.
I think a movie series centered around Revan and Malak would be awesome. Revan led Malak from the jedi council to the sith, then Malak turned on Revan and he lost his memory, he then came back as a jedi again after rediscovering his powers
Along with the trailer for Deceived there is also a book by the same name that gives the backstory to the video. The book also brings in characters that show up for the final trailer you watched. Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne---the main dude is Valkorian, who is another incarnation of the Sith Emperor.
Yeah, the faction with the twins is separate from the Jedi and the Sith (sort of), in that's an Empire built in secret by the reclusive Sith Emperor as something of an experiment or backup plan. His governing approach was different (he was viewed as a benevolent and fair protector) and their force users were trained differently (emphasising duty and justice and the like but still trained more brutally than Jedi).
When he felt the time was right, he set it loose on the weakened Empire and Republic, conquering both in a very short time.
Vaylin is also an interesting character in that she's very strong in the force but unhinged, it only works when she's pissed off, is unstable at the best of times and she's also got average ability at best when it comes to lightsaber skills, which is why she gets her ass handed to her by her mother (who is a master duelist) and why she's subservient to her brother.
We have seen the ability used here to block a lightsaber by hand, it’s the same technique used by Yoda to block force lightning
12.00 I think it's also more at this time there are loads of jedi and sith, learning and teaching, creating records, it's not like in the movies when all you have is one old master, and then another and one talented kid, and Lukes powers grow in the EU (not "legends") he creates a new order, loads of new jedi all with different strength and weaknesses
that technique is called tutamenis (not sure on the spelling) same thing when Yoda caught Dooku's lighting in AOTC
Side note in 32:16 *spoiler* The jedi master is actually a child of the emperor and at this moment Malgus has gone rogue from the empire that is why the sith called him a traitor. Malgus before this incidence was called the false emperor as the epilogue of Illum after all your class story you will have to fight him and he will go missing and return again as an enforcer mind controlled slave of the empire that is why in the final scene before he leaves he said "Break free" since he saw how the twilek jedi was nothing but a slave to the jedi like him with the sith nothing but puppets in a game.
It's the small details in these trailers that get me shook. For example Malgus having switched his masters blade around to an inverted grip while jumping through that exploding piece of machinery to surprise Kao in the first trailer, or Malgus' blade crumbling between the pressure of him trying to impale Satele and her holding it off with the force in the second trailer or even making Senyas fight a one take action sequence. These details they didn't need to include or choreograph but they did for the pure enjoyment of making great content.
Disney has the money to make quality animated content like these trailers but would rather blow millions on shit like She Hulk and Boba Fett.
And I love the game. U get to really dive into the world and feel like ur actually apart of Star Wars. Even now I still go back and play it, I wish they would make another one
Its still crazy that these are just trailers, these literally could each be their own movie or show or their own game
To me there are one of two reasons malgus killed the other sith. He either saw him losing his arm and struggling as him being weak and so he culled him since there are many who could take his place. The other reason could be because he is competition and this was the perfect chance to get rid of him. Seeing as the guy didn't have the basic helmet he probably was above the lesser sith malgus typically fights with.
So some minor spoilers to help you:
The Padawan in the first and second trailer is Satele Shan.
She was a extremely gifted Individual with a grand connection to the Force, as such she was paired alongside one of the Jedi’s most senior masters as well as their greatest Sabre duellist.
By the 2nd trailer which takes place I think 10-15 years into the 1st Great Galactic War (also known as the 1st Sith-Republic war) she was a Jedi Master and would not long after go onto become Grand Master of the Jedi Order (Yoda’s position)
The Sith Apprentice Malagus as you saw became very much her rival and would go onto become a Darth by the end of the war. One of his great achievements was the raid on Corresant at the end of the war.
- essentially both the Republic and Sith had bled themselves hard across 20 years and as such began forming what was essentially a “peace agreement/cease fire”. The Sith being slightly on the back foot due to a couple recent losses, decided that while the talks were ongoing, they would raid corresant. Raiding and holding it, they strengthened their bargaining chips to essentially gain several outer rim world as there for handing Corresant back.
To those like Malagus it was an insult of an idea but to others it was better to earn holdable territory.
Slightly bigger spoiler. By the time of the Deceived trailer, Malagus no longer is apart of the Sith Empire. Having watched its cancerous rot from the inside and having watched many of his fellow Sith make an almost mockery of the Sith Code and ways, he betrayed the Empire to found his own. However, it would be defeated by a coalition of Sith and Republic Forces.
This is why in Deceived he kills the Sith warrior and why they refer to him as Traitor.
By this point Malagus shares no love for the Sith or Jedi orders, he still lives fully by the Sith Code and interestingly his “followers” are primarily made up of the outcasts and “lessers” saw people of both the Jedi and Sith who have become disillusioned by both sides.
The third faction you see on trailers 4 and 5 is the Eternal Empire. Founded by Valkorion (who had a very interesting backstory I won’t spoil) he would raise both his sons and daughter to fight both the Republic and Empire.
As you saw in the trailer 4, he showed little favour or praise to the brothers Arcann (white) and Thexan (black). He essentially wanted to see which of the two would become the strongest between them and in the end, we see that Arcann having fallen to emotion and rage proved the stronger of the two.
As for the daughter he didn’t actually know she was force sensitive until that moment in training arena. From there he took “personal” control over her training.
As for the woman. She was Valkorians concubine and mother too all 3. Valkorian took personal tutelage of the lads as he knew they were force sensitive and on seeing how he treated them, the woman attempted to hide their daughters force ability to allow her a more peaceful life. However such failed and she was essentially put in a form of “exile” from his palace.
I’d highly recommend playing the game mate (it’s free to download) and there are 8 class storylines (4 on each side) that are amazing and fun to play through with consequences in many actually mattering.
Plus you can choose to play as both a light sided person or dark sided person with responses and actions throughout (so in many ways you can actually play each storyline twice 1 lightsided version and 1 dark sided version).
I’ve personally played the Republic Trooper story (fun. Pretty much your everyday soldier esque storyline but with some fun character to it, fun lines and plenty of kicking Imperial arse)
Imperial Agent (probably my favourite and one of the favourite of the community. Agent/spy like storyline with many fun twists and turns and some very fun characters. Plus, a lot of flexibility if you want to play either hardliner, double agent or even just moderate empire or f’u empire. Tho personally I find the hardline imperial quite fun which I done. So many fun executions to partake in.)
Jedi Guardian (have just started this one and it’s quite interesting. Also am playing this one with a lean towards dark side actions.)
Hmm, I'd say more around 10 years since by then she would have had a curtain -Spoiler- by then, she is grandmaster by the start of the knights storyline, so in current timeline she be around 40 since apparently from the director she's a year younger than malgus but other timelines expansion wise I honestly have on clue lol
Edit: 11 years apparently from start to current saw another comment here
I do enjoy how Malgus branched off on his own after the war ended and the Cold War began. Dude did a lot of work for the Sith and got little credit due to the jealousy of the sith council. The last trailer was peak for sure
i cant remember what the technique is called off the top of my head, but the ability Satele used to block the lightsaber with her hands is the same technique Yoda uses to absorb Palpatines Lightning in RoTS while they are fighting in the Senate Chamber. In the old republic era jedi could have families, but i dont want to put to much spoiler stuff in the comments if you are going to play through the story.
Tutaminis
Btw that woman with the doubled bladed lightsaber was the grand master at the time if I’m not wrong. That’s why she was so powerful
I’m telling u the one w the twins they gotta make a movie about. They r sitting on a gold mine with the old republic. All they want is to make new characters, new worlds, new stories, when they should be going back in time
Malgus wasn't lying in the last cinematic and i think there's almost about 40-60 years time passed from the first cinematic since the final one. Your player characters story spans about 20 years till the most up to date expansion
It's closer to twelve. There's a character that if you interact with in the first flashpoint (dungeon) tells you on Ossus that lot has happened in the eleven years since you last fought in that flashpoint.
@@ragingcyclone369 plus the timeskip
Hello idk if your gonna see this but korriban isn’t the birthplace of the sith but the birthplace of the sith pureblood a race that was naturally intuned with the darkside and the jedi committed genocide against the entire race
Yeah, Old Republic is by far my favorite era of Star Wars. It basically takes everything we love about Star Wars, and tunes it up to 11. It's so nice. And the game does something I haven't seen in any other game really, with how it handles RPG elements. They cater the story around the class you pick, so each one has its own story, which allows you to be truly evil (or truly good, even as a Sith, which is also really nice to see because it's its own unique concept). Most other games have a story where you're the good guy even if you do terrible shit, you're ultimately working towards a goal to beat the big bad. But not in SWTOR. Each class campaign is catered around who you are. The expansions ultimately set up that same trope, but the fact you can go dozens upon dozens of hours playing the legitimate bad guy is just such a unique concept. And giving us the choice of what we want to do in the story just makes everything so much better. Most of the class campaigns are just so fun to play with, no matter what route you go. Playing an LS Consular is straight up exactly how I would want to be a Jedi in real life, and Nolan North does a great job at his voice acting there.
Darth Malgus is one of my favorite Sith in the entire franchise. These trailers portray his lightsaber skills so well, as a martial enthusiast he utilizes so many cool tactics you barely see in entertainment itself. He knows how to trick, he knows how to feign. Man is a brilliant mind on the battlefield, and pair that with just how insanely huge he is and how he is unnaturally fast for his size, he's a literal powerhouse of a Sith. His very attacks are enough to off-balance most of his opponents, which always puts him in an advantageous position.
2:30 we also see eeth koth in both the clone wars tv shows, as well as episode 3 but he got merced by palpatine
The Disney + Show "Obi-Wan" has Inquistors. Ashoka is also bringing them out too. Thexan and Arcann, Twin sons of Emperor Valkorian aka the Sith Emperor. The Eternal Empire is seperate from the Core Worlds in Wild Space. In Sacrifice, This is Valkorian's Wife, Senya and his Daughter, Vaylin... She is Far more powerful than her brothers. The Sith Empire was building his Empires.
As for Sahar and Ri'khan, Ri'khan went Mando... And Ri'Khan had been enslaved.
The force is also vexing to use, it's like how you can't run forever or hold heavy things for a long period and like bodily feats you have constantly hone it.
But still I agree, I think during the movie era a lot of knowledge and teachings about the force was lost or restricted and the Jedi never bothered to travel the galaxy to broaden their horizons about the force because like Madame Jocasta Nu said: "If it's not in the archives, it doesn't exist."
I haven’t played the expansion the last trailer is for yet, but given Malgus’s arc through the rest of the game he’s most definitely telling the truth as he’s not with the sith or republic at the moment.
Also Satele is such a baller, supercharged ass bloodline coming from Revan and Bastilla
What you can see perfectly at the start is that as the sith 2 vs 1 him they struggled since sith are so egoistic so they are more or less both trying to lead this fight which makes it much more harder for the to fight this jedi, after he injured the master you can see of what malgus is capable of, not even giving satil shan the slightest chance to get the overhand in their duel
"Don't worry they'll come here again." Jesus dude! No chill! lol
The ability she used to block the lightsaber from stabbing her is the same force move Yoda used in the movies to deflect and absorb the force lightning
Unless people already has spoiled the story you were confused about and wondering about. I recommend playing the game at least once, through all the Story. You'll understand everything with no problems.
The game has amazing story, 8 separate legacy stories from lvl 1-50. And after that a joined story up to lvl 80. (Unless they've added lvls since I last played). Worth playing all of that just for the story. If you happen to like the gameplay as well, you can get a lot of fun out off that game. I've played for almost 1500 hours. On and off for many, many years. I come back with every expansion and sometimes in between just cause I miss the game lol.
Yes, I wanted one of my sons to kill the other. I am immortal and over a thousand years old. I am not a Jedi nor Sith. I am simply a force user who wants to consume everything in the galaxy to experience everything life has to offer.
Don't tell me you don't recognize the trooper's voice.
That's Captain Gantu from Lilo and Stitch.
The take about green lightsaber is W and i think everyone agrees with you, the black look of Luke in Jabba's palace with that menacing hood, and then paired with a green lightsaber? Holy shit im up
You seem chill. Subbed. Make more like this please.
The ability to block a lightsaber with your bare hand is not actually that far fetched since its a legit force move that can also be used to block blaster fire. Vader actually did this in episode 5 on cloud city when han solo shot at him
Yoda also did in his fight with Sidious and with Darth Tyrannus aka Count Dooku
crazy how the last cinematic is the one where the movements feel the most clunky and unrealistic at all
Re: Blocking the Lightsaber with her hand - they have Luke do it in a fanfiction and it is the coolest thing, ever, so I'm not bothered by it.
"That's not how you use that" lmao would've subbed twice if i could just for that 😂
These cinematic trailers alone are x100 better then the entirety of the sequel trilogy
Man I always wanted either a series or a movie like this
As a matter of fact, we have seen zabrak Jedi. Two Council members are zabraks--Eeth Koth and Agen Kolar.
the 4th trailer the twins names are arcann and thexan and the old man is valkorian there father and the next trailer is there sister vaylin and there mother senya im pretty sure thats there mom at least this is from the eternal empire so they were neither sith or jedi
To your comment of family being a big thing in the old republic, I’d say family is a big theme in all Star Wars.
Some of these should of been turned into a series. Like a season for each 1 or maybe a mini series
within 30 seconds I was so invested into Satele Shan.
Something Disney didn´t manage to do with Rey in 3 whole movies.
Yesss...one of my favorite MMOs. Bioware knows how to make a good story, and since every class has their own story it allowed them to make such an amazing, narrative driven adventure. I still come back every few months to play a bit.