Not every ‘Star Wars’ supporter is falling over themselves to see the live-action debut of the most-demanded character

In 2003 Bioware released Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox and PC, with it instantly being recognized as one of the greatest Star Wars video games of all time. Twenty years later and it’s still very much beloved, with a recent port arriving on Nintendo Switch and a full-on remake in some stage of development for PlayStation 5.

At the core of this story is the Sith Lord Darth Revan. The character is renowned as one of the most powerful Force users, has a satisfyingly complex backstory and there have long been calls for them to make the leap to live action.

That hasn’t yet happened (despite some Easter Eggs in various media) and now one fan has a great case for why Lucasfilm should abandon the idea. Now, this is slightly spoilery if you haven’t played Knights of the Old Republic, so if you care about the twist in a two-decade-old game maybe look away now:

“One of the big reasons why people enjoyed playing Revan so much is because it was an RPG and they were able to shape their own individual Revan. Think about all the different things you got to choose. Where they Light Side or Dark Side? Did they use one saber, duel wield, or a double bladed lightsaber? Did they ignore lightsabers all together? What gender were they? What armor/robes/masks did they use? Did they romance anyone? Which face did you choose? How did they get past the rancor in the sewers? Did they outwit the sith on Korriban or just go on a killing spree once they were done? Did they do all the speeder races? Etc etc.”

Yup, you play as an amnesiac Revan in Knights of the Old Republic, though you don’t discover this until late in the game. This means that each player’s memory of Revan will be based on the choices they made in the game, so boiling that down into a single character means nobody will see “their” Revan.

Replies agree this is a “lose/lose scenario” with a “slim chance of making most folks happy”. The best suggestion seems to be to tell a story set in the Knights of the Old Republic era but to portray the character as an enigmatic and mysterious figure that can match up with each individual person’s perception of them.

Disney and Lucasfilm are open to this kind of story, so here’s hoping it becomes a reality someday.

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James Gunn reveals his first contact with Marvel Studios goes way further back than you might think

These days, James Gunn is sitting at the very peak of superhero cinema. After a barnstorming run of hits with Marvel Studios, he’s jumped ship to the distinguished competition. Gunn is now steering the future of the DC Universe on the big screen for Warner Bros. , with work beginning on the hotly anticipated Superman: Legacy.

But it wasn’t always this way. Over a decade ago, eyebrows were raised when Gunn was announced as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy. Before that, he’d directed two flops: Slither (now a cult classic) and Super, and was known for his screenplays for Dawn of the Dead and the Scooby-Doo movies.

Gunn has spent the weekend answering questions on Threads, and along the way revealed that Marvel Studios were interested in him way earlier than most had assumed:

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This would have been around 2005-2006, when Gunn made a name for himself as a hot new screenwriter. Clearly, someone over at the studio was a really big fan of 2002’s Scooby-Doo and figured that Marvel Studios needed to tap that magic.

As it turned out, betting on Gunn paid off. The Guardians of the Galaxy movies have taken a little-loved superhero IP and turned it into a billion-dollar smash – just 10 years ago, the notion that obscure Marvel characters like Rocket Raccoon or Groot could be up there with Captain America and Iron Man in terms of popularity would have sounded absurd.

But here we are, and no doubt Warner Bros. will be hoping he’s going to sprinkle a little of that Gunn magic on the beleaguered DCU. Here’s hoping he does, though whatever he turns out has to be an improvement on The Flash, right?

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