Articles by Valiens Nantaris

There are two weapons commonly known in the Star Wars universe. One, the most famous by an order of magnitude, is the lightsabre. The second is the weapon of the 99%, the humble blaster. The blaster is a pretty nifty bit of equipment, which makes the sci-fi environment of Star Wars all the more...

I went to see the Warcraft movie today. Going into it I had low expectations as reviews had not been kind to this movie. Despite poor box office returns in the US, it’s been a big hit in China, and made nearly double its money combined internationally. This is generally considered the sign...

TOR has 8 classes, four mirrored pairs across the two factions. However, each class has its own unique storyline which weaves in with the faction and generic sidequests. Each one has its own unique flavour. These will be spoiler filled critiques, so don’t read this unless you have played it or...

Jedi Consular Storyline: 24/30 Chapter 1: The Consular starts on Tython as a rapidly advanced Padawan. Their main task, starting with the Prologue and moving into the rest of Chapter 1 is to unravelling a mystery where Jedi Masters are going mad due to a plague. The plague is slowly allowing a...

Bounty Hunter Storyline: 24/30 Chapter 1: The Prologue and Chapter 1 are dedicated to the ‘Great Hunt’, a competition where all the best Mandalorians and Bounty Hunters compete. This is the essence of what a Hunter does; track down and capture/eliminate targets. As such, it’s a perfect...

As you may know, I started a survey last week (if you’ve not voted there yet, please do, it doesn’t close!) and I thought I’d give an analysis of the results. So far (as of time of writing) 96 members have voted, which is an impressive number, especially considering that I suspect...

Republic Trooper Storyline: 18/30 Chapter 1: As a new recruit for the legendary Havoc Squad you are sent into action on Ord Mantell. However, you are betrayed and left for dead by the rest of the squad as they defect to the Empire. This chapter is all about hunting down and disposing of your...

Something close to my heart and any ‘fleeter’ in the RP is the enormous space battles in the Star Wars moves. All six have some form of space combat, whilst three of them have full on combat. This, expanded by the EU, expands out the picture to the extent that Endor and Coruscant are...

Just like last year with Episode 7 this forum has a strict no spoilers policy unless it has the neat new prefix on the forum. What this means: No spoilers in any thread without the "Rogue One Spoilers" prefix. No spoilers in any thread or blog title - be vague like "The Ending" rather than give...

Jedi Knight Storyline: 27/30 Chapter 1: Starting as a Jedi Padawan you pass your trials and uncover dark plots leading to a fun chase to uncover the location of a superweapon. These components of the superweapon form your first planet location settings culminating in a dramatic battle with Darth...

I've ridden my luck this year. I've had really good movies, average movies and flawed yet interesting movies. What I've not had is a really bad one. Ghostbusters. I loved the 1984 movie as a kid, to the point that I bought the action figures and even had my dad make me a 'proton pack' backpack...

As anyone who knows me is aware, I tend to have odd dreams. Most of them make very little sense, even in the dream, and are usually quite surreal. But last night I had what I think is my first ever Star Wars dream. Hopefully it’s not the plot of Episode VII…but with JJ Abrams in...

Story Ratings: Imperial Agent – 46 Jedi Knight – 44 Sith Warrior – 42 Jedi Consular – 40 Smuggler – 39 Bounty Hunter – 38 Republic Trooper – 28 Sith Inquisitor – 24 Notes: Aside from giving all but one score divisible by two, there are some interesting conclusions to...

Imperial Agent Storyline: 28/30 Chapter 1: You start out undercover on Hutta in order to get a powerful Hutt on side. An effective and fun opening. Later you go to Dromund Kaas and get involved with all the Machiavellian inner workings of Imperial intelligence. After a terrorist supposedly kills...

Star Trek: Beyond is the latest in the ‘rebooted’ Star Trek movie series. In place of J.J Abrams who went off to do Star Wars we have Justin Lin, famous for the Fast and the Furious movies. Obvious confession time; I’m not a Trek fan at all. I’ve seen 2 of the classic movies, 2009 Star...

This review contains spoilers, you have been warned. So...Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, one of the worst movie titles around for some time. As the start of a Justice League series this had a lot of interest, especially considering it is yet another new version of Batman and the first big...

This post has spoilers so read at your peril. So I just went to see 'The Battle of Five Armies' at the movies with the lovely writer of Spencer Jacobs, and I had some thoughts about the movie I wanted to share and see if others agreed. It was probably unnecessary. I'll discuss the good points...

Smuggler Storyline: 22/30 Chapter 1: The Smuggler starts off delivering a cargo of blasters to Ord Mantell, but their ship is hijacked. This forms a nice little mini-story in the prologue as you chase the thief to Coruscant and retrieve it. After this you embark on a treasure hunt for a...

Another week, another superhero movie. Except, this one is a bit different…sort of…it features a collection of villains from the DC universe. Suicide Squad is a movie which is supposed to be the counter to Deadpool and the opposite of the Avengers and Justice League movies. Whether it...

So as long time readers know, I got into The Old Republic a fair time after it was released and been quite a fan of it. I’ve completed all 8 class stories and was very excited to hear about Knights of the Fallen Empire. In basic, Knights of the Fallen Empire introduces a 3rd group into the...