History VideoGame / TheForceUnleashed

** After Starkiller lets her go, Marris Brood walks off into the Felucian wilderness and is never seen again for the rest of the game, and doesn't even get a mention in sequel.

* ColonCancer: The updated re-release of the first game is titled ''StarWars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition'' to indicate it includes DLC that goes off from the BadEnding.

* InterfaceScrew: The boss fight with Darth Phobos in the Wii, PS2 and PSP versions of the game blurs your vision as she intimidates Starkiller.

** Winning the boss battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Tatooine DLC awards the achievement "No more lies old man", a reference to Obi-Wan's "if you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" line to Vader in New Hope.
** at the end of II, the Rebels [[spoiler:take Vader to Dantooine. Is it any wonder he knows about it and that they've evacuated it by ''A New Hope'']]?

* CanonDiscontinuity: In December 2013, Pablo Hidalgo made a statement via twitter, that declared the game's depiction of the forming of the Rebel Alliance non-canon. This is apparently part of Disney's new canon-policy, that's currently being worked-on by a team that includes Hidalgo, Leland Chee, and Dave Filoni amongst others. This was finalized in 2014, which ''all'' EU works before 2014 (that aren't ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'') are declared non-canon unless referenced by a new source.

** The crest of the player character's family, the Mareks, is the symbol the Rebel Alliance, Starbird, which will only come into use after his death.

* AdaptationalExplanation: ''TFU'' novel by Creator/SeanWilliams not just expanded what we saw and played in the game, also gives TheProtagonist (The Apprentice, codenamed Starkiller) a proper name and a background: Galen Marek, son of the late Jedi Knight Kento Marek (unnamed in the games and killed in the first cutscene). His mother is briefly mentioned, but in the novel as well in ''TFU II'' got a name and a background too (Mallie Marek, also a Jedi Knight who died when Galek was just a baby).

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

* BagOfSpilling: The second game starts the player off with many abilities not unlocked until late in the first game, but others like the Saber Throw and Force Repulse can only be used once Starkiller has a flashback showing himself using that ability. This happens because Darth Vader tried to make Starkiller repress his memories of the last game, which works best in the case of the Lightning Shield ability, which fails to return in the sequel.

** The few AI that help you out include "Kashyyyk" Stormtroopers while playing as Vader, Wookiees when Starkiller returns to his own planet, 501st Snowtroopers in the Hoth DLC level and a few scattered Rebel squads in the second game. The [=PS2=]/Wii/PSP versions of the first game changed some of these and added more, the Kashyyyk Troopers were replaced by 501st Stormtroopers (these guys had a more noticeably accent), Bail Organa's bodyguards briefly appear on Felucia and Cloud City Wing Guards assist you in the exclusive Bespin level. In spite of all that, these friendly faces aren't of much help in actual combat.

A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port, based on the Wii version of the first game, is set to be released on April 20, 2022.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the [=PS2=]/Wii/PSP version, Galen finds Kota in Nar Shaddaa instead of Cloud City like in the [=PS3=]/360/PC version. However, some of the dialogue is still retained as if he found him in Cloud City in the former version. First, while the part about him searching Nar Shaddaa and Ziost is removed, he still says "I tracked you across the galaxy" even though Nar Shaddaa was the first place he checked according to his previous conversation with Juno. Kota also still says Bail Organa "smuggled [him] to Cloud City" in the [=PS2=]/Wii/PSP version.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the PS2/Wii/PSP version, Galen finds Kota in Nar Shaddaa instead of Cloud City like in the PS2/360/PC version. However, some of the dialogue is still retained as if he found him in Cloud City in the former version. First, while the part about him searching Nar Shaddaa and Ziost is removed, he still says "I tracked you across the galaxy" even though Nar Shaddaa was the first place he checked according to his previous conversation with Juno. Kota also still says Bail Organa "smuggled [him] to Cloud City" in the PS2/Wii/PSP version.

* {{Spotting the Thread}}: In the first game, [[spoiler:Galen Marek has hazel eyes.]] In the second game, [[spoiler:he has brown eyes. Therefore, not only was Starkiller definitely a clone in the second game, but clones were not perfect, possibly because Vader wanted the clones to be better than the original.]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Galen Mark was already powerful, but training under Darth Vader and Rahm Kota allowed him to use the Force to tear down spaceships from the atmosphere and fire massive waves of lightning. The developers describe him as a "Force wrecking ball".

* RailingKill: Starkiller can perform this on hapless mooks several ways... Force thrown over the rail, knocked off the edge by a force push, or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs force grabbed and ''then'' force pushed into the railing.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: The novelization of the first game has the Core on Raxus Prime, whose primary task is to recycle the trash covering the planet. However, after Starkiller's interference that results in the Empire coming to the planet, the Core is convinced that the Empire is ruled inefficiently and resolves to take it over. For some reason, though, it feels that it needs the ''Rogue Shadow'' to get off the planet, even though the planet is littered with ship parts. It should be easy enough for the Core to assemble a whole ''fleet'' from that. [[spoiler:When trying to slice into the Core, PROXY falls under the Core's influence and is convinced to open himself up to it. The Core takes control of him and tries to kill Starkiller. Starkiller manages to defeat the Core and then uses Force Lightning to fry it in order to wipe any trace of the data it could have downloaded from PROXY. Notably, the Core's meddling has also wiped PROXY's primary programming, so he no longer fells compelled to try to kill Starkiller]].

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: If you disarm Maris Brood during one of the quick-time events during the boss fight, Galen will casually toss her lightsabers back to her. Whilst she's defenseless face down in the dirt.

* BecomingTheMask: Galen's sent by Vader to [[spoiler:organize the rebellion]]. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain That turns out to be his downfall]].

** With a few early exceptions, most bosses can not be lifted and thrown with Force Grip, preventing the player from juggling them around while stopping any offensive measure on there part.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Starkiller's an incredibly powerful Force user as is, but his abilities are boosted for [[PressXToNotDie end-of-boss cutscenes]] where he can juggle Jedi around with ease, steal lightsabers, and produce enough lightning to kill an entire Sarlacc pit.

* DeathWorld: Felucia. Not only is it infested with rancors, some of which the hostile natives ride on top of, and has the largest sarlacc specimen in the galaxy, even the ''plants'' are out for your blood. Those that don't try to kill you directly by spitting venom at you at least explode violently if you so much as brush lightly against them.

* DevelopersForesight:

* FakeDifficulty: Happens occasionally due to interface troubles.

* RailingKill: Starkiller can perform this on hapless mooks several ways... Force thrown over the rail, knocked off the edge by a force push,[[MilkBreadEggsBreadedEggs force grabbed and ''then'' force pushed into the railing.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The amount of ways you can kill enemies in the game is ridiculous, from throwing enemies into the vacuum of space or telepathically lifting them high enough that a light drop will send them hurdling to their death. ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' has a comic that [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/20/ provides a sample]]. [[ShoutOut Apparently the developers read that strip, because in the sequel, you get the "Poor Bob" achievement for Force Gripping a Stormtrooper, then stabbing, shocking and pushing him while in your grip.]]

* CutsceneViewer: The main menu allows the player to watch any cutscenes that have been unlocked.
* CuttingOffTheBranches / NoCanonForTheWicked: While both games have a light side ending and a dark side ending, WordOfGod has established that the light side ending is canon in both games, while the dark side one is not.

* OminousWalk: To emphasize that you're Darth Vader, you are limited to this in the first level, which also serves as a tutorial level.

* DeflectorShield: The Lightning Shield, the last unlockable Force power, surrounds Starkiller with lighning which deflects laser fire, reduces danage, and saps the health off nearby enemies.

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In the prologue, Kento Marek is shown pulling down Tie Fighters. In one of the defining moments of the game, his son (Starkiller) puts all his energy into crashing an Imperial Star Destroyer and actually manages to succeed.
** Shaak Ti's warning that the Sith always betray one another. It's already shown that Vader is training his apprentice to stage a coup. Then, [[spoiler:Vader betrays his apprentice. ''Twice.'']]
** There's also Kota's warning to Starkiller that fighting the Empire is pointless and doing so get's people killed or worse. [[spoiler:He's exactly right, the two endings are a HeroicSacrifice and a FateWorseThanDeath.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Starkiller jumps off his ship on his first mission to Raxus Prime and lands on a crashed Star Destroyer. At the end of his second trip to Raxus Prime, Starkiller crashes his own Star Destroyer single-handedly.