Can I be a 'young fart who loved LucasArts?' I was born in '93 so missed a lot of those. The early 2000s though.....*chef kiss*
I know that some people get really hung up on graphics and all. But I love going back and playing old games. Particularly if I've never played them before. If I have a few minutes to spare, I've been playing Dark Forces on my old PSP. (Though I have played that one through on my PC.)
Welcome aboard! Graphics mean less than many people think if the game is still good.
In 1993 I was playing Rebel Assault, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Sam & Max. Fun times. I wish LucasArts was still around. We'll see how LucasFilm games does. Couldn't be worse than EA.
They were wonderful! I was a biiiiiig X-wing series nerd. I sorely wish a proper successor to X-wing: Alliance would come out but I suspect it'll never happen. I know that Squadrons game came out a year or two ago but it seemed more arcadey than what I'd prefer.
There is nothing in canon to suggest Obi-Wan stayed on Tatooine for 20 years. In fact it would be kind of dumb as he could not literally watch Luke all the time.
There is in fact pure canon that Obi-Wan made some effort to save Anakin/Vader and bring him back. They missed a perfect chance in their final battle in the Obi-Wan series to tackle that.
Also, I gotta say, hate the series, but the battle between them was awesome. Too dark, yes. Boring setting, yes, but original in it was different and more rage filled. New and classic moves. I can't see how Nerdrotic and others can say it was the worst lightsaber duel ever. It was one of the best. Vader was pure rage and Obi-Wan was not a whipped, week punk. No clue how he got so strong after being so week. I also have to admit I got choked up at the end and my wife gets mad at me that I never cry.
The message in ANH from Leia does not mean she never knew him. She is being formal, concerned someone else might see it. Also not the time to reminisce. This was made while Stormies were taking everyone out on the Blockade Runner.
What makes it clear that she never knew him is her reaction after he dies in ANH. Luke is more upset than she is. She really has no personal reaction. You really can't suggest she knows this man.
You can stretch it so they can meet and no each other based on the R2 message, but not based on her reaction after he dies in ANH. She clearly did not know him.
I agree there is no direct evidence in the OT that Obi-wan stayed on Tatooine but for me, thematically it's just so much better if he had. Definitely more in line the the mythic qualities the films emulated, sacrificing 20 years of his life to watch over Luke. Also, I never thought he literally got up every morning and watched Luke all day but I do figure he would've stayed close enough and "available" to react quickly to any serious threats to Luke, should they arise. He obviously can't do that if he's on the other side of the galaxy.
That said, one of the only scenarios that I would've been okay with Obi-wan leaving would've been a motivation to attempt to bring Anakin back to the light. That would've been way more compelling for me personally, and it wouldn't have made Bail look like a moron. Sadly the show didn't touch on that at all, which is truly bizarre to me. We wasted so much time with Reva and rescuing Leia multiple times (even though I liked the depiction of Leia) and not enough time on the Vader/Kenobi side of things.
I frankly wasn't that blown away by the final duel but I did like the heartfelt exchanges at the end. If LFL insisted on doing this "epic rematch", the only logical outcomes would've been either for Kenobi to either make an attempt to save Anakin or conversely, accept what's happened and kill him. Of course, obviously, we know that Vader cannot be killed or redeemed at this point and so it now just looks weird that Obi-wan would just walk away and leave this menace to the galaxy unredeemed and alive. I personally also never had a problem with Obi-wan not being in his prime in this show as it now looks quite weird how far he went downhill in 10 years. He now goes from hurling boulders to awkwardly and barely holding his own against Vader on the DS. It could be argued that Vader was only toying with Obi-wan but Obi-wan's awkwardness is harder to explain away now.
Also, I totally agree about Leia not knowing Obi-wan. The show attempts to explain that they must act like they don't know each other, which I can buy to an extent, but it still looks weird that Leia doesn't react at all when her "old friend" is killed by Vader right in front of her.
I'm in! The other day, I was blown away by when I found out that LucasArts had practically invented the flight sim game and the first-person shooter back in the 1980's (do the flight-sim upside down, making the landscape into a cave ! ). And then their progression of point-and-click adventure games ... Oh man.
They were really great back in the day! They didn't have a ton of releases but there was a time when they did have one, you could pretty much bet it'd be good.
Still waiting on a modern version of: Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.
Could you imagine the new Lucasfilm Games making a WWII flight sim these days? Lol!
