So with the help of his buddy Jan Ors, it's time to leap around the galaxy. It turns out Katarn has latent Force powers - if only he'd known when fighting those Dark Troopers before! This of course means Jedi Knight becomes a far more elaborate shooter, not only offering the glowy fun-stick for fighting, but a collection of nano-powers (although of course Lucas wouldn't break that terrible news for a long, long time). Returning to his father's home he learns details of a map to the Valley of the Jedi where he will be able to avenge his father's demise, and rather significantly, gets given a lightsabre.
Katarn learns that a Dark Jedi, Jerec, has killed his father. We shall call this game Jedi Knight, and all shall understand.ġ997's Jedi Knight picks up a year after the end of Return of the Jedi. Nor indeed Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, which was of course followed by Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. This is not to be confused with the expansion pack, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith. Kyle was but a soldier back then, but soon showed a propensity for the Force, which brings us to this, the peculiarly named Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. It began with Star Wars: Dark Forces featuring Kyle Katarn's adventures, working in parallel with the original Star Wars films.
Let me attempt to walk you through the order in which the Jedi Knight games appeared.