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An often used plot device where the main character wakes up and has lost all their memories. The game usually centers around getting your memory back or uncovering the events that lead to your confusion.
Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
In a franchise, it entails the second game that takes on a gritty and dark tone to distinguish it from the first.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
A race enslaved by the Hutts.
One of the most iconic Force powers ever, it entails telekinetically strangling a victim. Most associated with Darth Vader.
An iconic Dark Side Force power made famous by Emperor Palpatine that entails generating blasts of lightning from one's fingertips.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
When a character or group of characters does something extremely brave on behalf of another character or group of characters, knowing that they will get killed or seriously injured in the process.
The Jedi consists of individuals capable of using the Force. They are the protectors of peace and stability in the galaxy.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
A process by which one player/creature's health points are transferred to another, particularly via a spell, technique or item.
Sometimes we will go a whole game without knowing the true name of a protagonist. Oftentimes, this is remedied by unique references being made towards the protagonist, such as "The Wanderer," "The Kid," or "The Man With no Name."
Throwing the saber and manipulating it using the Force
An intergalactic crime syndicate in the Star Wars universe.
The Force is an energy field created by all living things, that surrounds and penetrates living beings and binds the galaxy together. It Is the source from which Jedi draw their power and abilities.
A war fought between the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders and the Old Republic, the latter being aided by Jedi forces under the command of Revan. The conflict and its consequences are central to the Knights of the Old Republic games.
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