A whole slew of new features are present in the latest installment of the series. To start off you can design your character completely from the ground up. You can select which race, gender the character is as well as clothing in varies styles. Next you move on to your light saber here you choose light saber type and blade color. In the single player game you can later on get two light sabers or a double light saber. Although in multiplayer you can choose which style right off the bat. Singleplayer mode starts you off as a student entering the jedi academy. At the jedi academy you get some training that gets you familiar with all the combat moves in the game. You also learn about the force and start developing your abilities such as force push, force pull, heal, and protect to name a few. You can also select Dark force powers and/or light force powers. After training you start to go on missions and also learn about a new sith cult called the Cult of Ragnos that's threating the galaxy. Most of the missions are to find out more about these mysterious sith cultists and what they're up to. On your missions you'll meet a variety sentient and non sentient beings. Almost all the main races in Star Wars are present including some creatures like the Rancor, wampa and tauntauns(which you can ride) from Hoth. To help you in the game are various weapons you can use along side your trusty light saber including Heavy Blaster Pistol, Wookiee Bowcaster, Imperial Heavy Repeater, and Thermal Detonator to name a few.
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