Following a post over on the theForcebook.com by Kaidin_Moonwood talking about the similarities between the new Star Wars: The Old Republic video game and the original six films (Read the post here), made me realize that it appears there is a rift amongst those working on Star Wars video games and The Clone Wars cartoon.
Back in 2008, LucasArts released The Force Unleashed (TFU); about two weeks prior to it's release was The Clone Wars (TCW) movie.
I was unable to locate the video online, but during an interview with Morgan Webb of G4, one of TFU's developers explained how he and many of the developers were a little miffed about how TCW team stole their unique fighting style for Starkiller and gave it to a newly created character whom was no more than a padawan (Ahsoka Tano).
You could sense the anger as he explained this back handed lightsaber style had taken them months to develop, how it was going to be unique to their title, and that it was just taken away from them, no permission asked, no phone call made, just stolen.
Now here we are in 2011, and this time it appears that TCW is being ripped off. However, it's not LucasArts, but Bio-Ware and their upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic (TOR).
This unnamed TOR character seems to look, fight, and hold the same occupation as TCW favorite, Cad Bane.
Could be that I'm just reading too much into this, and this is no more than mere coincidence. On the other hand, may be those that worked on TFU finally decided to exact some revenge and steal the concepts of TCW; an eye for an eye as the saying goes.
What do you guys think, is there trouble in paradise, or is this just me looking too deep into this?
-GJ
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