Canceled Darth Maul game might come back

[MKSaibot]

I have read through the Reddit that they refer to here, and I definitely hope that Red Fly gets a chance to finish the game in Unreal 4. The developer is also definitely more fans of the Sith then the Jedi which is a plus for me. They really want to do a Darth Maul game, literally the ONLY good thing that came out of Episode 1 - 3 was Darth Maul in my opinion.

Anyway, their is articles on several game sites, I just hope this demo they present to EA will impress them. They are pure business, I hope at very least they let them kickstart the project. The developers are not after a profit either, they just want to make the game. Millions of dollars has already gone into the game, so if EA gives them the green light and gives them full creative control we will get a Darth Maul origin game.

Anyway for those of you interested in Darth Maul here is IGN's article on it.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/26/red-fly-wants-to-re-pitch-cancelled-darth-maul-game

 

[Walpknut]

Did people like Darth Maul at all?

 

[Deleted member 53669]

Most interesting character of the prequels, but they killed him off and went on about blah blah poop OH LOOK EVERY SHOT IS SO DENSELY LAYERED.

 

[Crni Vuk]

Did people like Darth Maul at all?

He was OK, not the best villain in movie history, but definetly had more character than Doku or Grevious. It was a waste to kill him that early. They should have explored the character and his relationship with Palpatine more. Could have been great, if done well. One of the issues of the prequels was always the lack of characters that you could relate to or at least characters with clear motivation. Maul as Sith gave you one that was pretty simple, revenge on the Jedy for destroying the Sith.

 

[MKSaibot]

Yea the developers at Red Fly are not a fan of Dooku, their is a lot of interesting stuff in this Reddit, definitely worth a scan.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3q2mpm/hi_im_dan_borth_of_red_fly_studio_the_creators_of/

Why Darth Maul was killed off early in Episode 1 is explained as well in that Reddit. It will make you much less of a fan of Dooku, I guarantee it.

 

[Deleted member 53669]

I'm in the club of people who were raised by StarWars and have hated it since 1999.

 

[Hassknecht]

I'm in the club of people who were raised by StarWars and have hated it since 1999.

The EU still had some nice additions to the franchise, but yeah, the Clone Wars turned out to be a lot less badass than what Timothy Zahn and others had adumbrated them to be.

 

[Fall Out Boy]

Did people like Darth Maul at all?

I'd say most people liked Darth Maul, he was pretty much the only thing good that came from Episode 1.

 

[Akratus]

If it's anything like the Force Unleashed 1, it'll be fun.

 

[SuAside]

He was OK, not the best villain in movie history, but definetly had more character than Doku or Grevious.

Surely not in the EU. Grevious was pretty rad.

I always felt that Darth Maul was a throw away character. His only value was trying to get the viewers to hate him so they felt more connected to Obiwan.

 

[Fall Out Boy]

He was OK, not the best villain in movie history, but definetly had more character than Doku or Grevious.

Surely not in the EU. Grevious was pretty rad.

I always felt that Darth Maul was a throw away character. His only value was trying to get the viewers to hate him so they felt more connected to Obiwan.

I don't see how you could hate him. The only thing he did that was "evil" in the entire film was kill you dear old dad, even then, we didn't really share a connection to Qui-Gon as he was completely new to the audience (unlike Obi-Wan)

 

[Crni Vuk]

He was OK, not the best villain in movie history, but definetly had more character than Doku or Grevious.

Surely not in the EU. Grevious was pretty rad.

I always felt that Darth Maul was a throw away character. His only value was trying to get the viewers to hate him so they felt more connected to Obiwan.

Ah yeah, but sadly the movie was not about the expanded universe, right? :/ ... or maybe it would have been good if the movie included the stuff that is shown/explained in the EU. See, I have not seen anything from the EU, and I feel that I am missing a big part of the story in the the movie. And I feel if a movie requires stuff like that to explain a character or situation, than the movie is doing a bad job. Like as if Lord of the Rings movie would require to read the books.

And I feel this was done on purpose ... to sell that crap to the millions of SW nerds out there that buy every crap just because it has SW stamped on it - not talking about you Sua, it just pisses me off, because I want to watch a complete movie, not spend more money just to know what the fuck is going on with that character.

However I agree with you. Yes, you are absolutely right! Maul was a throw away character. Definitely, just as bland like the rest of the flock. Though, just from the motivations Maul was much easier to follow compared to Grevious, simply becuse he was a Sith. The Sith are more or less the Nazis of the setting, you don't have to explain their motivations or character. The fact that they are the oposite faction to the Jedi is more than enough as you see the Jedi all the time.

Grevious on the other hand was mad at Jedi because ... reasons? I guess? Oh! Expanded Universe :3! It explains everything!

One of the big problems of the sequels was the fact that they introduced enemies without ever explaining their motivations. Count Dokuu, Maul, Grevious each of them was a throw away character. Sadly. Because each of them had potential.

What I probably liked so much about Maul was the fact that Maul was played by a real person where Grevious was a CGI trick rendered in a computer in a movie where the only real thing are the actors on the screen. This would not bother me so much if Grevious was actually something special, but he is inside a movie that is almost completely rendered by CGI. What's the difference between Grevious and the millions of other rendered crap? Maul feels real, simply because he is played by a real actor. And I kinda respect that.

 

[Hassknecht]

Also, Grievious just spun around four lightsabers or some shit like that. His henchmen had more interesting fight scenes. Darth Maul had some extremely well done fight scenes at least.

 

[Atomic Postman]

Everything from the prequels needs to be purged and ignored.

 

[Crni Vuk]

Naw, don't say that. If it leads to some really nice games? Why not enjoy at least that. I also heard good stuff about some of the series they made that happen between Phantom menace, clone wars and revenge of the sith. It's just sad that none of that quality really was used for the movies.

 

[Walpknut]

Hey the Prequels at least gave us the Gendy Tartakovsky Clone Wars series, that one was pretty great. Mostly because Anakin wasn't an emo bitch and the action was imaginative and cool.

 

[MKSaibot]

I thought I would add, the developer that talks about the game in the Reddit worked on Star Wars Galaxies for 5 years, thought that was interesting.

 

[Atomic Postman]

Naw, don't say that. If it leads to some really nice games? Why not enjoy at least that. I also heard good stuff about some of the series they made that happen between Phantom menace, clone wars and revenge of the sith. It's just sad that none of that quality really was used for the movies.

Yeah, KOTOR 2 was pretty cool. Other than that there's not really that many good Star Wars games in my eyes. Everyone likes to rave about Republic Commando, but I thought it was pretty mediocre. That might be because I have an irrational hatred of the Jango Fett and the Clones though.

 

[AskWazzup]

Yeah, KOTOR 2 was pretty cool. Other than that there's not really that many good Star Wars games in my eyes. Everyone likes to rave about Republic Commando, but I thought it was pretty mediocre. That might be because I have an irrational hatred of the Jango Fett and the Clones though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight_II:_Jedi_Outcast ---> better than kotor 2.

As for the darth maul guy, i only knew him as the horny, dual lightsaber wielding guy. It was such a terrible movie i never watched it again.

 

[Hassknecht]

There were a few good Star Wars games, even though not as many as there were terrible games. TIE Fighter (and the other simulator games, X-Wing/Alliance and XvT), the Jedi Knight series (Dark Forces, Jedi Knight/Outcast/Academy), Episode 1: Racer, Battlefront 2, Galactic Battlegrounds, Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, KOTOR...
That Darth Maul game looks and sounds quite interesting. Never really cared about Darth Maul, but that's more because the movie just sucked so much, and I never watched any of the animated series...
But that AmA makes him and the game sound pretty cool.
Along with 1313 and the original Battlefront 3, it's a damn shame how many games with loads of potential were cancelled. Imperial Commando also sounds amazing. An elite squad of proto-Storm Troopers hunting Jedis? Count me in!