What's up guys and welcome back to some Dark Forces commentary
Or as viewer 'zarrok67' suggested I will now be calling these videos - Lore Plays
This will be the second level of the game and if you remember last time we stole the plans to the Death Star
and during this cutscene it's very casually explained that the station was destroyed Shortly after
Like eh, no big deal
Well during this next level I'll explore how the Empire responded to their prized weapon being destroyed
and I'll be talking about that of course in the context of the game
But I'll also cover the things that happened elsewhere in the galaxy in both canon and Legends
So in the game here we see General Rom Mohc
unveil his new project, the Dark Trooper
Dark troopers were highly advanced battle droids tested on a rebel base, on the planet Talay
Which is exactly what we're seeing now
This is happening months after the Battle of Yavin.
Although in the game's timeline it seems like it's happening the very next day
But by now the Yavin base had been evacuated so general Mohc chooses this space
Claiming his dark troopers will decimate the Rebels
Vader uses his apparently phenomenal eyesight to look out the window at the planet below
and approve the weapons demonstration
I didn't know zoom lenses were built into his helmet, but there you go
Well of course word of this attack gets back to the Rebels
who are now in space and on the run
And this cutscene is really drawn out
so I think now is a good time to talk about the evacuation of Yavin
In canon it happens almost immediately after the Death Star's destruction
They have the medal ceremony and then boom they start to pack it up
Which Is smart because the Empire knows where they are
In Legends They Stay on Yavin for Months
Months!
And the Empire runs multiple raids on the base
And the Rebels just kind of waited out, taking their time to move
Like look at this guy
He's not even fazed. "Oh, we're Getting Bombed again"
And what are these guys doing up here?
Why did they cram two people into that crow's nest?
That's just asking to get shot
But what's even more baffling
Is that the Empire doesn't just crush them
They take pot shots for months before
finally Launching a Battle of Hoth-type assault
With walkers and a planetary blockade
Which makes the Rebels think, oh? Maybe we should leave this base
And then General Jan Dodonna was captured during the evacuation
Compare that to canon, where he is still with the Rebels according to the comics
Okay, so i'm exaggerating a little bit here for comedy's sake
but my point is that the evacuation in Legends
was much much more drawn-out
Man they're still talking, huh
After hearing About these new mystery weapons the Empire has
Kyle makes some quip about how he should have kept working for them
Remember he was once a stormtrooper that defected
But he's still pretty much a mercenary at this point
Mon Mothma hires him to investigate the attack on Talay
and find evidence of this new weapon, so off we go
Okay so now Jan has dropped us off and we're on Talay in the city of Tak
We of course only see the aftermath of the attack here, which looks pretty grisly
The remains have been totally disintegrated like Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru
Oh my gosh, do you know what this means?
Learn the mind-blowing truth that the dark troopers killed Owen and Beru!
♪ X-Files Theme ♪
Please let me be clear, I'm kidding but if someone feels like running With that theory, go for it
You can actually see what the attack looked like in an old Legends comic
called Sand Blasted
We learn the base was largely populated by Mon Calamari
And we see Admiral Toka send the distress signal from the cutscene
One ship escapes the planet, but a dark trooper makes it on board and kills the crew
The ship still makes a jump to hyperspace and crashes on Tatooine
and that's a story for another time I think
But, if this had happened a few months earlier my theory wouldn't sound so crazy now, would it?
By the way, I will talk about the dark troopers in more detail when we actually run into them, so don't worry
Okay, back to the game
The base is surrounded by moats or canals or whatever you want to call them
Which is probably why so many Mon Calamari were stationed there
Also it's powered by hydroelectricity
Which seems strange to me
I mean that's like one of the most basic forms of electricity
and it just seems outdated for the galaxy
But hey, kudos to them for being environmentally conscious
Our objectives here are to return power to the base and find evidence of the new weapon
And with power currently off there are some annoyingly difficult moments where you have to fight in absolute darkness
Who would go into battle without a flashlight? Kyle, please, you're better than that
Okay so I got this entire video done only to learn after the fact that there is a flashlight but you access it by hitting F5
So I'm sorry for what I said Kyle, I let you down
Anyway, we can now access the controls to turn on the power
We press this button and the water wheel starts turning
Which is
Supposed to provide the power
So we press a button to provide power to the thing that's supposed to provide the power
That logic sounds like plugging a power strip Into itself
but let's not think about this too hard
With power restored we can now get this rotating bridge to turn around so we can access the rest of the base
Which is a lot of waiting
But I will say that this level is a vast improvement over the first
A lot more problem-solving going on, more enemies, more hidden secrets
It's been a while since I've played this, but I really think the learning curve in this game is handled well
Except I remember the next level being an absolute pain, but we'll get to that later
Okay, now we're getting into the really heavy fighting so we know the final objective is near
It's not really clear why there are so many Imperials here
I guess it's possible they were converting the Tak Rebel base to an imperial one
Or maybe they were just trying to remove any evidence of the attack
If that's the case, they're doing a garbage job because, here we are
This is the evidence of a new Imperial weapon
This Is an Imperial Repeater Rifle
Which is a prototype described in lore as being too big for a normal human soldier to carry
Except that's exactly what we do
We just pick it up and head back to extraction
I don't know why but that just reminds me of those Kyle Katarn jokes
If you've never seen them, they're the same as Chuck Norris jokes, but in the Star Wars universe
Like, the empire only thought the Death Star was the ultimate power in the galaxy because they hadn't heard of Kyle Katarn
or
Kyle Katarn can rip off the ears of a gundark
They're stupid but fun
Maybe that would be a good way to end any gameplay with Kyle in them so, put your best Kyle Katarn jokes in the comments
Also before we leave, super-pro walkthrough tip
Make sure to grab the extra life that's only accessible after power is restored
Then just head back to the landing platform and the mission comes to an end
And that brings today's lore play to a close
If you missed the first episode you can find it right here and it's all about how Kyle's stole the plans to the Death Star
There's also a playlist of some of my other Star Wars gaming videos but they're not so much lore based as they are just straight let's play style
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