![]() Since Katarn has sworn off his Force powers, and is minus a lightsaber, he is nearly useless in the fight and barely escapes the ambush that has cost him his partner. Of course, Katarn's partner, co-pilot, and love interest, Jan Ors, is abducted and ostensibly murdered by a cabal of Dark Jedi. The Coast Guard seemed like an attractive alternative. Instead, I was going to have to get a job bussing tables catering to the tourists just beginning their Southern migration for the winter. College was going to be a place where my horizons were expanded and my true potential would be cultivated. Nerdiest sentence ever written? It's certainly up there, but that's how you think when you've used fiction as a means of escapism during your formative years. Growing up in a Southern coastal town, our main exports were: commercial fishing, casual racism, diabetes, and a geriatric population patiently waiting to follow the light. He may no longer have had the limitless powers of the Force at his disposal but at least the infinite embrace of the Universe was his. Not interested in being connected to some all encompassing life-web that unifies the galaxy, he was good being a mercenary. Outcast sees Katarn begin the adventure as a humble smuggler a dude in a ship with some memories he'd sooner forget. Obviously, this is a temporary and convenient plot device that removes most of Katarn's super-human abilities. Fans of the Star Wars extended universe were stoked to see him helm another title.Īs Outcast opens, we learn how Katarn had almost been taken by the dark side during the conclusions of Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith. Katarn has sworn off the Jedi, given up his lightsaber, and broken his connection with the force. After his first appearance in Star Wars: Dark Forces and the previous Jedi Knight title, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Originally released on March 26, 2002, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast was the perfect alternative to the unfathomable cinematic suck-fest that was to be Episode II: Attack of the Clones, dropping that summer. Taking place eight years after the fall of the Empire and their defeat at the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi, Outcast once again starred Kyle Katarn. ![]() Litter box is apt, because of our proximity to the beach You can never really be rid of sand when you're that close to the ocean. I was relegated to spend at least another full year within the confines of the well-pawed litter box of my hometown. Britney Spears was still relevant in a pre-head shaving capacity, My Big Fat Greek Wedding sucked in a way that seemed deliberate and just hurtful, and those of us keeping warm by the Mountain Dew glow of Microsoft's first Xbox were playing Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.Ģ002 was also the year I wasn't accepted by a single college I applied to.
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