I may be one of the few people on earth who does not care that The Force Unleashed is coming out on September 19. Instead, I’m counting down for the latest installment in the Republic Commando Series. It’s not that I don’t care about the game. I enjoy a good round of storm trouper bowling as much as the next fan. And the demo was the very definition of awesome (see Eddie Izzard for definition). But I have no emotional stock invested in it. For books, on the other hand, I can get very emotional.
What ever else can be said of Karen Travis, (cough*fandalorian*cough) she is very good at making you care about her characters. As several of them are Jedi, I’ve got this ominous feeling that this book is going to have a lot of character deaths. The non-Jedi characters aren’t safe either. I can’t see anyone in Omega standing by idly as Etain is executed. Not to mention the war, and Palpy’s clone death squads running around executing people. So essentially, I’m to busy worrying about Ordo and Fi Skirata to care much about how many yards Starkiller can hurl a TIE fighter. I’m sure I’m a disappointment to gamers everywhere. I blame my parents. They never let me have a gaming system as a kid. At least book addictions are cheaper to maintain…mostly.
Also on my list of nerdy Star Wars countdowns is of course the wait until the Clone Wars series airs. My idea of a romantic Friday night for the entirety of Cartoon Network’s fall season will be curling up with my boyfriend and watching the show. And I wouldn’t want it any other way.
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