History VideoGame / TheForceUnleashed

* BonusBoss: The climax of the Jedi Temple mission[[note]]Included in the Wii, [=PS2=] and [=PSP=] versions, optional DLC for the [=PS3=], Xbox 360, and PC versions[[/note]] is a duel with a hallucination. For the [=PS3=]/Xbox 360/PC versions, it's [[spoiler:the Dark Side version of Starkiller]].

* HesBack: [[spoiler:When Galen and the Rebel founders arrive at Corellia to sign the Declaration of Rebellion, General Kota suddenly shows up, having shed his blindfold, and dressed in full Jedi General regalia. A bewildered Galen says, "I thought you were passed-out in the cargo hold," to which he responds, "I finally came to!"]]

** In cutscenes, Starkiller himself is implaed by Vader's lightsaber after the first three levels. Other notable examples in the first game include: Starkiller stabbing the vision of the Sith Stalker in the back at the end of their duel in the Jedi Temple, from the Ultimate Sith Edition; DLC Starkiller stabbing Ben Kenobi through the chest as they fight in the Mos Eisley Docking Bay, also in the Ultimate Sith Edition.

* LandfillBeyondTheStars: The junk planet Raxus Prime, summed up by PROXY as the place "Where droids go to die."

** [[spoiler: Leia becomes a Jedi in the non-canon Endor DLC of the second game following Luke's death at Hoth, a plot taken from the WhatIf ''Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back''.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: Proxy is this by design, [[TrainingFromHell programmed with an urge to murder Starkiller in ritual combat.]] The droid brings this up several times throughout the campaign and even [[SkewedPriorities interrupts Starkiller's assault on Raxus Prime for an impromptu training session.]]

* BerserkButton: For Starkiller, it's Juno. Not even TheForce will help you if you harm her in Starkiller's presence, something [[spoiler:Darth Vader finds out when it appears he's killed Juno at the end of the second game]]. You do ''not'' screw with {{Love Interest}}s/family members of Franchise/StarWars characters. You end up getting squished like a bug, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu God-like powers or not.]]

* TheForce: A core gameplay mechanic is the player's ability to control the Force's mystical power to manipulate objects, shoot lightning, block projectiles by seeing into the future, and moving with incredible speed. Naturally, enemies pop up that are immune to some of these powers and most bosses can rival the player's characters powers with the Force.

** In the first game, after beating the second to last boss, you're given the option to continue fighting said boss until you kill him or fight another boss [[spoiler:before he can kill the would-be leaders of the rebel Alliance]]. *** If you choose the first option [[spoiler:Starkiller will fight Vader to the death, but while he does so, Sidious kills the would-be leaders of the Rebel Alliance, and when Starkiller refuses to take Vader's place as Sidious' enforcer and tries to attack him, the Emperor blocks the attack and nearly kills Starkiller in retaliation. Starkiller is then rebuilt into a Vader-like cyborg and forced to serve the Emperor until he can be replaced]].
** If you choose the second option [[spoiler:Starkiller will fight the Emperor and pull a HeroicSacrifice to allow the Rebel Leaders to flee and form the Rebel Alliance]]. This ending is consider the canonical one.
** In the sequel, there's only one final boss, and after beating him you can either let him live and be captured by your allies or kill him. If you choose the former [[spoiler:the Rebels will take Vader prisoner while Starkiller finally rejoins with Juno]]. If you choose the latter [[spoiler:another clone of Starkiller reveals himself and kills Starkiller, while saving Vader from the rebels]].

* GambitRoulette: Going by the graphic novel, Galen's entire path to the Dark Side (being kidnapped as a child and taken to be raised/tortured for life by Vader, having Vader him, pretty much everything except maybe actually siding with the rebels) was one by the Emperor in order to take someone more powerful than Vader and shape him to be Vader's replacement.

* BerserkButton: For Starkiller, it's Juno. Not even TheForce will help you if you harm her in Starkiller's presence, something [[spoiler:Darth Vader finds out when it appears he's killed Juno at the end of the second game]]. You do ''not'' screw with {{Love Interest}}s/family members of StarWars characters. You end up getting squished like a bug, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu God-like powers or not.]]

** Like most other Star Wars games, the first game has Light and Dark Side endings. As with all StarWars games, the Light Side ending [[spoiler:detailed above in HeroicSacrifice]] was canon; the Dark Side ending [[spoiler:has Galen forced to become Palpatine's new cyborg apprentice, much like what happened to Vader... except Palpatine specifically tells him that he will soon cast him aside.]] Quite a DownerEnding if there ever was one.

** In early drafts of the script for ''StarWars'', Luke's last name was supposed to be "Starkiller." In reference to that, ''The Force Unleashed'' gave its protagonist the codename "Starkiller."

* WombLevel: The "Imperial Felucia" level (on [=PS3=]/Xbox 360) has a segment where Starkiller must navigate through the segment of a creature called the Sarlaac (featured in the first act of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'') and avoid the other creature it's swallowed so he can find an place to be spit out of it.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: In the sequel, Starkiller gives one of these to Vader.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: The only name given to the protagonist in the first game is ''Starkiller''. Doubles as a DevelopmentGag for [[Film/ANewHope the original film]].

* BaitAndSwitch: At the start of Imperial Kashyyyk level, Ozzil Sturn and a whole platoon of stormtroopers stand at attention as an Imperial shuttle lands, which unloads more stormtroopers as well some Royal Guards. All the while, [[{{Leitmotif}} the Imperial March]] plays at full blast. Obviously, this must mean Darth Vader is paying Sturn a visit, right? Wrong. It's actually [[spoiler:Princess Leia and Artoo, who are Sturn's "guests" (hostages) on the planet.]]

* RoleReversalBoss: [[spoiler: In the game you control Starkiller, DarthWiki/DarthVader's Apprentice who starts as a VillainProtagonist but ends to make a HeelFaceTurn during the game with Vader becoming one of the {{Final Boss}}es. But the first stage is a flashback in which ''you'' control Vader going to kill a Jedi Master that survived Order 66 and you adopted a child Starkiller that will be his Apprentice.]]

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* JediMindTrick: One of Starkiller's powers in the sequel is to use the Force to force enemies to fight alongside him. Taken UpToEleven as it can turn stormtroopers into bombs when fully upgraded.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Just use the Force & turn the hammer UpToEleven. At least, that's Starkiller's reponse in the sequel when ''The Salvation'' has its main cannon knocked offline.