Bounty Hunters

[Darth_Rob]

You know, I was just thinking today. Why were the bounty hunters who appeared in ESB (Fett, Zuckuss, IG-88, 4-Lom, Bossk, and Dengar) all left out of the game?

 

Instead of having them, who were popular enough characters, they added in some random "scum" characters like Mendo, Labanast (sp), that weird purple one, and that Noval Gariant (sp) dude.

 

Whenever I play a game, one of the things I use RebEd for is to replace these random guys with those bounty hunters from ESB. Thankfully, someone made a cards for them, so its possible.

 

So yeah, why were they left out in the first place? I think it was a dumb move.

[DavidAdas]

I always wondered that myself. They picked some really mundane characters to use for the game, really. What really gets me is how many unattractive women they put into the game. Grief! There are so many more cuter girls to be had

[Darth_Rob]

There are so many more cuter girls to be had

 

They could have added in Mara or Guri. Well, I guess they couldnt add Guri, since she is dead. But I dont see why they didnt put in Mara. They had Thrawn. Its the same series of books!!!

[DarthTofu]

Which came first- Rebellion or the books? When did Bantam hand out the reigns to start making Star Wars books? I recall the X-wing books speaking of Imperial-II and Victory-II class Star Destroyers, and then never seeing anyone else refer to them, which suggests that nobody else really bothered to check the same source for info on their SDs to me. Rebellion came out in '98... when were the book deals? '92? I guess you're right... Then again, I'm not so sure about that year 1992 off the top of my head.

[Darth_Rob]

Well, at least Heir to the Empire came out in 1992. So yeah, there was some time between then and Rebellion to put some more characters in. They did add in Niles Ferrier, Karrde, the Noghri, Pellaon, Covell, Bel Ibls, and I think a few others. I think a problem with Mara was for what side she would be on, since it was sort of unclear during the trilogy. Either that, or they wanted a balance of power with two primary Force users for each side (Vader, Palpy, Luke, Leia).

 

But that has nothing to do with the bounty hunters. However, Tofu, you raised a good point. Tales of the Bounty Hunters came out in 1996. Maybe there was some kind of copyright or something in that regards that protected the bounty hunters from being used in Rebellion. But then again, in 1997, the Star Wars CCG released their Dagobah expansion, which included all those bounty hunters for the Dark Side player.

 

So I suppose the question remains unanswered...why were those awesome bounty hunters not included in the game?

[Evaders99]

According to Wookieepedia, there are references to almost every character except Menndo.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Menndo

Most of the other bounty hunters are from Galaxy Guides such as Labansat

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Labansat

 

Maybe LucasArts wanted a range of characters from different areas. Or despite not having an actual storyline, they wanted to expand on such characters to make them their own. Often game developers want to add to the universe, not just rehash the same old stuff.

[DarthTofu]

Umm... okay. I just checked the list of characters in Rebellion, and apparently C'Baoth is now one of the galactic empire characters. Did I miss something in my copy of the game, or is Wookiepedia just flat-out wrong like I think it is?

[Evaders99]

I went ahead and removed it. Joruus C'Baoth is not in the original game.

[Darth_Rob]

Maybe LucasArts wanted a range of characters from different areas. Or despite not having an actual storyline, they wanted to expand on such characters to make them their own. Often game developers want to add to the universe, not just rehash the same old stuff.

 

Alright, in that case, maybe I could see the exclusion of Zuckuss and Dengar. But why Boba Fett?! That would be like excluding Chewie, Lando, or Wedge from the Rebels.

[Evaders99]

Maybe they wanted to save him for the special event, where he captures Han Solo?

[Darth_Rob]

You know, I always forget about that event. I have had bounty hunters contact me (as the Empire) and tell me where Han is. I have also had Han tell me (as the Rebels) that he was just attacked. But I dont think I have EVER had that event happen to me, so I always forget about it. Actually, maybe once, because I think I remember saying a few years back how I finally had it happen. I dunno.

 

Any way, that could be a plausable excuse for leaving Fett out. But was it really necessary? I mean, when Luke gets captured (after Luke knows Vader is his father), the whole "take Luke before the Emperor" event happens, where Vader drops what hes doing, picks up Luke wherever he is imprisoned, and then brings him to Coruscant to stand before the Emperor. They could have had Fett do the same. Maybe if Han was ever captured on the same planet as Fett, Fett would drop what he was doing and take Han to Jabba. I mean, Luke leaves the game for about 200-300 days to train on Dagobah, and Luke, Leia, and I think Chewie drop what they are doing to save Han from Jabba.

 

My point is, who the heck is Noval Gariant, and what has he done with Boba Fett?

[Evaders99]

I'm surprised.. he has a pretty extensive background

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Noval_Garaint

[Darth_Rob]

Hmmm...I never heard of him outside of Rebellion.

[Eagle]

Zuckuss, Dengar, Boba and the others are always a must have when I set up a game. I never read any kind of novels of the expanded universe so I dont have any clue of who those characters are. So I prefer those guys who actually had at least a brief appearance in the movies.

[Darth_Rob]

Another thing I always do is I always make Zuckuss a Force-potential candidate, since he had some powers in the EU. I also use Mara Jade (as the Emperor's Hand) and make her have Force-capabilities.

[RogueIce]

Technically they're in the game, as the Legendary Bounty Hunters. IIRC when you view the Encyclopedia entry for the LBHes you get a picture of the ESB crew. But you can't do anything with them.

 

Although I seem to recall somebody post once where they had them show up at a system? Apparently it was either something pretty rare (he had the system info window up at just the right time or something) or a glitch.

 

Ah, ok, here it is: link

 

No idea what it looks like though.

 

I also use Mara Jade (as the Emperor's Hand) and make her have Force-capabilities.

Heh, I do that, too. I replace Bevel Lemelisk with her ("Emperor's Hand" works out perfectly for this name change). Then I give the R&D abilities to Jerjerrod. Because what exactly is Bevel good for outside of R&D? Zip so far as I can tell.

[Darth_Rob]

Yeah, once all the research in the three categories is done, Bevel becomes a useless tool.