Kashyyyk

As is the case with the open of any Lucas bacchanalia, the THX screen is always the most impressive auditory experience in the whole work.

The game opens with Vader and an entire army invading a forested planet. This is the first time we have seen Darth Vader since he was converted from the brooding Hayden Christensen. The time period is just before the start of the rebellion and as we see in this opening scene, the empire is extending its reach into new star systems.

The planet being invaded is Kshyyyk, home to the Wookies. Wookies, with their long beards, predisposition for guns and hanging out in the woods are the galaxy's Grizzley Adams, the mountain men, the down home hicks. Chewbacca always seemed as if he were the lost member of Lynard Skynard or My Morning Jacked who just happens to be good at fixing space ships. When we finally saw Kshyyyk, my thoughts were confirmed - the place is a backwater paradise on par with the Ozzarks. The land provides perfect terrain for jumping ATVs or parking a trailer in a remote spot so no one can get at ya.

However, this back-water-utopia comes to an end when the straight-laced, shinny helmeted Empire shows up to ruff up the Wookies. It is like some sort of fascist version of the Dukes of Hazard. Vader is here to kill a Jedi that somehow managed to escape the Jedicide that was incurred at the end of The Revenge of the Sith. Vader strides confidently through the grassy, Smokey Mountain-esque battlefield. He doesn't even seem to be too worried about getting grass or burs stuck in his perfectly polished black suit.

In this level you control Darth Vader and you have to kill Wookies that stand in the way. Some may see this as a difficult exercise while others may revel in their Wookie blood lust Either way, the light saber seared hair must smell awful

The path is pretty much a straight hallway until you get to a series of bridges where Wookies ambush you. This is a good time to get some achievements.

Achievements
Frenzy, Sith Frenzy, Sith Lord Frenzy - You get this by killing multiple enemies with your force power. At the bridge, use the force push on the parade of Wookies.
Bossk - Kill 200 Wookies. Just stand on the bridge crossing and push Wookies around.
Pushed, Force Push Mastery - If you use nothing but force push in this section you can advance towards getting these.

As you fight through the rest of the level you should kill 12 of your own Storm Troopers to get Worst Day-Shift Manager Ever.

After advancing deeper into the forest you reach a series of huts where the this Jedi was seeking sanctuary.
The fight against this hooded enemy can be won by just running up and unleashing a flurry of light saber swings. If you feel like changing it up a bit you can try to use force push a bit.

Cut Scene
Now inside the Jedi's hut, Vader holds the poor chap and just before his last stab with the light saber, it is pulled out of his hand by a force wielding infant. Realizing the kid's power, Vader takes the boy and kills all imperials who witnessed this impromptu adoption. As Luke and Anakin proved that the best place to find new Jedi (and AAA offensive line for that matter) is in towns located in BFN.

The scene transitions through time from the young boy's eyes to the hardened eyes of a steely man. They are on Vader's big, blue ship which, thanks to wookiepedia, I know is named the Executor and that it has a crew of 300,000. Vader has it parked in an undisclosed location while it is being constructed. The man kneeling in front of him, who could be anywhere from 18 to 38, was adopted by Vader when he realized the boy's potential. The boy was raised in secret with the purpose of one day being Vader's personal assassin. Of course, maybe Vader just wanted to have a second shot at being a better dad. Either way the boy's training is complete and Vader sends him off to his first test: to kill a Code-66-surviving and Tie-Fighter-factory-saboteur Jedi named Rom Kota.

Lets take a moment to examine what the heck Vader dressed the boy in. We can't fault him too much, Vader did grow up in the dusty hell hole of Tatoine, raised by a gypsy and softened a bit by a princes who applied makeup with a trowel. The apprentice wears a get up that looks like it was equally inspired by the album cover of Stevie Nicks from Rumors and Michael Jackson from Bad. His ragged clothing hangs loosely culminating with a rather long loin cloth supported by belts that can be counted in the dozens.

As the apprentice leaves for his ship, we meet PROXY. Han Solo had Chewie, C3P0 had R2, and in this game, the Apprentice has a sassy robot named Proxy. This droids powers include projecting a hologram around himself to mimic anyone who is in his database. We first learn of Proxy's fantastical shape shifting ability when he attacks the apprentice while disguised as Ewan McGregor's version of Obi Wan (whose in-engine character more closely resembles a light-saber-wielding Christ). The apprentice stabs Obi Wan/Proxy through the heart and Proxy (who wasn't damaged) congratulates him on passing this training mission he programmed for him.

En route to his ship, the apprentice meets his new pilot, Juno Eclipse. She is a platinum Blondie decked head to toe in a profession-dommes-quality fascist officer attire. This pilot was hand-picked by Vader to replace the seven other pilots who have died on the apprentices other missions. The newly formed trio of PROXY, the Apprentice, and Juno pile into the apprentice's ship: the "Rogue Shadow" - a name that seems as if it were created by throwing darts at a list of every NEOGAF user name.