
Desann taunted him before ordering Tavion to execute Ors. Having renounced the ways of the Force, Katarn was powerless against Desann, who threw him around and choked him with the Force. He saw that Ors had been captured by Desann, a Dark Jedi, and his apprentice, Tavion. After fending off Remnant forces and evacuating the prisoners, Katarn went to the rendezvous point to meet Ors. Katarn infiltrated the facility and freed the prisoners. Tracing the crystals' origin to Artus Prime in the Outer Rim, Katarn and Ors found that the Imperial Remnant had turned the remote world into a mining facility and imprisoned its inhabitants for experimentation. Mon Mothma contacted Katarn and Ors to investigate an Imperial Remnant base on Kejim after the New Republic intercepted a suspicious transmission coming from the base containing keywords such as "Reborn" and " Valley of the Jedi." After infiltrating the base and fighting off Remnant forces, Katarn and Ors discovered that the Remnant was conducting experiments on crystals capable of storing the power of the Force. Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors are preparing to begin their mission on Kejim. He now works as a mercenary for the New Republic alongside his partner and lover, Jan Ors. Since nearly falling to the dark side, Katarn had given up his lightsaber and the Force. Like its predecessors, the game has Kyle Katarn as the protagonist. The game takes place in 12 ABY, two years after the end of Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith. 2.3 Returning to the Valley of the Jedi and retrieving his lightsaber.Before each match you can customise your Force loadout, and the server host can even disable Force powers altogether if they choose. Several modes are available, including capture the flag, free-for-all and team deathmatch, and all can be played with bots. This is largely due to an active multiplayer community. In fact, Jedi Knight II has actually improved with age. Who shot first? It doesn't matter when you can do a badass flip over a cantina table and roast a man with blue lightning.Īnd it holds up. He remains one of the great Star Wars heroes, a Han Solo rogue but with Force powers. He's conflicted, a former stormtrooper who becomes a Jedi. This is a game about management, planning and self-control, about thinking like a righteous space knightīut Katarn is more than a lightsaber. Over a decade on, it's clear this is a game that holds the source material in high regard. It was like I could express my presence in the world, and few games felt like that at the time. I remember being blown away when I discovered walking too close to a wall with a lightsaber out left white-hot burn trails. It's the little things like that which mean the most to Star Wars fans. Lightsabers can even deflect shots from blasters. Different styles have their own unique combos. Katarn also uses three kinds of lightsaber moves: fast, medium and strong. Completely at odds with The Force Unleashed's approach to Jedi combat, this is a game about management, planning and self-control, about thinking like a righteous space knight rather than a wrecking ball in a cloak. A Force meter, which depletes on use and refills over time, prevents spamming. He uses three kinds of Force powers: Light Side (Force Heal, Jedi Mind Trick), Dark Side (Force Lightning, Force Grip), and neutral (Force Speed, Force Jump, Force Pull, Force Push).

Katarn's a better Jedi than Skywalker anyway. He offers Katarn his lightsaber back if he can complete a set of trials (spoiler: Katarn does them without even breaking a sweat). There's Mon Mothma, the Chief-of- State of the New Republic who assigns you missions throughout the game. There’s Lando Calrissian, who not only acts immeasurably cool as always but manages to blow the lid off an Imperial gig smuggling cortosis crystals through Cloud City.
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The revelation triggers a series of events that sees Katarn regain his powers, battle a clan of dark Jedi called the Reborn, and meet a host of famous faces. Within they discover a research centre studying cortosis crystals-the kind used to power lightsabers. We find him and his Rebel partner Jan Ors investigating a seemingly benign base on Kejim, but they arrive to find it crawling with Imperials.

Our hero, Kyle Katarn, starts Jedi Outcast as a simple New Republic mercenary, having severed ties with the Force after almost succumbing to the Dark Side in the last game.
