Every Time Cal Embraced The Dark Side

[@1-North-1]

“The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural” - evil raisin

[@adri745k]

- Shieve Palapatine

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

@@adri745k "The Senate".

[@chrisking3144]

What outfits does he have on?

[@Kingrobledojr]

darth sidious........

[@Goldstandard_1]

@@chickendrawsdogs3343 not yet...

[@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger]

Cal seems like a calm and reasonable person

[@jayson3788]

If the moment calls for calm

[@DogmaticNonsense]

@@jayson3788 Hey! I understood that reference...

[@blacky8987]

thor in god of war be like

[@Raccnophobia]

@Dank_Schrader no Bode is the Survivor

[@VentreidesXD]

Well technically in this cal seems like thor lol.

[@danieloftamriel]

I love how he’s on the verge of going full Starkiller, but just enough to still be in control

[@wanderin_stud499]

nb4 some jackwad says, "Cal's not on his level. Starkiller can crush the Death Star with the tip of his ballsack!”

[@sml2k186]

And with merrin by his side it’s likely he never will fall to the dark side but can use it

[@djbttv6713]

Cal reminds me of Mace windu by how he's always in control

[@Andrewbaysura1]

​@@djbttv6713 he reminds me more of Plo Koon.

[@hidan407]

​@@djbttv6713So Mace was able to fully use the darkside without losing control?

[@loganwendigo937]

The double tap on Bode is so cold but I get it. He already got so many chances

[@willvermillion1025]

It’s more that leaving him to “bleed out” is a cruel way of ending things so the second shot made him not have to lay there for hours slowly dying.

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

@@willvermillion1025 Or have a chance to survive and become a continuous threat

[@captainpine_apple_crush7147]

Bode also shot Cordova twice too

[@rezician8433]

@@willvermillion1025 TECHNICALLY a blaster bolt is like a bolt of laser, it wont make him bleed cuz itll just block the blood from going out but it will literally boil his insides, so yea, he'll still slowly die in agony if Cal didn't shoot him twice

[@quixotic_mind]

@@rezician8433 blaster shot wouldn’t have caused it but the knife before that would

[@logeyperogi1805]

Holy…fuck Nothing terrifies me more than a skilled and powerful individual, who has more than proven themselves, lose control of their emotions and show just how powerful they truly are It was poetic that Cal helped Merrin see the light, and thus Merrin, a Nightsister, a Dark Side Witch, was the one to bring Cal back to the light

[@crust2281]

Im coming, Lois

[@fatasssquirrel1731]

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled... but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love... that's what they should teach you to beware. But love itself will save you... not condemn you." -Jolee

[@betzygarcia9034]

It's like poetry, it rymes

[@faanvugeincynicalassassin]

​@Fatass Squirrel when was this said, out of curiosity? I really like that quote

[@betzygarcia9034]

George Lucas said that once

[@sharkbyte1565]

Ya know its kinda poetic in a way Cal kills bode with the same blaster bode gave him as a gift

[@thestegosaurusmachine]

holy shit great job you got the point

[@_Anakin_Skywalker]

​@@thestegosaurusmachine you are a saucy boy

[@Dixby_Floppin]

@@_Anakin_Skywalker not as saucy as that youngling massacre my guy

[@ladyselin35]

Like you kill Mordin with the pistol he gave you :D

[@KanyeGlazer96942]

@@Dixby_Floppin you called?

[@cancerousnut7767]

Game got me so invested I could feel my blood pressure rising when Bode started choking merrin

[@JRGProjects]

When he did that I knew it was a death sentence. Cal may have let Bode live had he not gone after Merrin.

[@Ssparda-dmc]

Same, thoses characters really grow on me. One thought tho that really "scare me" story wise is that, If Merrin dies or disappears in any way, I don't think anything will stop Cal sinking into the dark side.

[@borisstoyanov3488]

Cal: Don't you DARE touch my goth girlfriend!

[@crimsonwolf2623]

Got me so invested that I was hoping we could get him to see the light because I was all in for that brotherly bond that was going on and how we already killed Dagan earlier. Then that happened and I was like there goes that idea.

[@OnionMan560]

Idk why but I called Bode being a traitor the moment you see him, so when he betrayed I more celebrated my distrust

[@Tastylettuce12]

Imagine being a Purge Trooper, training your entire adult life or sometimes even longer, to hunt and kill these people. You're the best the non-force users have against these kinds of people. Then he screams and he starts moving so fast you can't see him.

[@Mr.Unfair]

Yea lol

[@musicmane4146]

what you deserve

[@hidan407]

Has there ever been a force user who wasnt a sith or jedi and simply was a soldier or bounty hunter?

[@aleksii_]

​@@hidan407well theres 2 mercenary force users in the ahsoka show

[@CACgaming007]

​@@hidan407technically bode akuna is one considering the jedi order games are Canon to Disney's universe.

[@Koleszinternetu]

this beard and haircut making Cal look like thor from god of war only without the beer belly

[@takashishin8282]

you play the first game he actually reminds have a certain character from what he met his dearly beloved

[@mateomarks6268]

You're right

[@litterbox019]

_hello there_

[@pbsuite]

He looks like an older version of anakin skywalker

[@mattgerrish908]

​@takashishin8282 "reminds have a certain character from what he met his dearly beloved." I think my IQ dropped trying to understand that.

[@sergentpugsley5137]

The dark side ability where cal freezes his enemies and cuts them down almost reminds me of the Ghost Stance from Ghost of Tsushima

[@tuttiman55]

As someone who has beaten ghost of tsushima twice including the final boss on the hardest difficulty with no charms, the power ghost stance has is just like using the dark side

[@J-Rush]

Same concept

[@ADCVr]

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING!! it's actually the ghost stance.

[@chocolatemilklover8532]

@@ADCVr I did not expect the best dragon to ever exist to also be here lol

[@HhhhhhHfh]

@@tuttiman55 not impressive

[@TimeCircleBlue]

There was a lot of talk about “Why does Cal have Force Slow? That’s a dark side ability?” Glad we’re kinda acknowledging that now. Tho he prob just learned it as a practicality thing as a youngling and then didn’t have the Jedi instruction to tell him to not do that.

[@Wes-q9r]

Depends on how you use that power. The desire to do good with the dark side is somewhat acceptable because passion is a powerful asset to the jedi, mace windu himself is a dark side user but he only uses it to hinder or defeat enemies. Those who use the dark side for personal gain, Palpatine for example eventually become corrupted and maddened by it

[@microsf121]

It's only a dark side ability in Legends, which is non canon. In canon, the ability is called Force Stasis, and is used by both Jedi and Sith.

[@khotunkhan3950]

I feel like he is just gifted with it

[@jordanturner7917]

I don't think the the current story writers for the movies or the games think about all that tbh. I wish they did.

[@ChaosEldritchPrince007]

Actually Force Slow was originally an unaligned aspect of the force that didn't require one to tap into the dark side of the force. It was sat along push and pull but I don't know if the new canon consititutes it as a dark force action/ability. In EU it was always unaligned. References: KOTOR I and II SWG SW: Dark Forces I and II

[@SavorySoySauce]

Cal gave Denvik a worse death. If you go back to his desk after beating the game you find out he did end up being killed by Vader. Tho being force choked might be slightly more humane than having your insides slowly crushed by the force

[@thomasnolastname8734]

You really think Cal would've stopped with his insides? I feel like that was the closest somebody has come to being turned into an Ikea meatball

[@sketchysketches381]

Yeah I swear his bones were about to be turned into dust

[@basherrr.s1939]

Sparring denvik was not about showing mercy it was about not fully succumbing to the dark side.

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

*there are some things far more frightening than death*

[@toniherobrine715]

​@@sketchysketches381bladee refference

[@RemnantSoul]

I like how the sound of his force powers and Saber change when he channels the dark side. Makes everything have more impact.

[@TheyWantMeGone69]

Sounds like people screaming. Eerie

[@CACgaming007]

The menu with cal's customization goes from blueish Grey to red after cere dies and the betrayal played out. I started freaking out when gera started bleeding his crystal cause I've never seen that in star wars before, only heard of it. Then cal started changing. menu went red, finishers more aggressive, cal not responding excitedly when bd finds a collectable, deeper tone in voice, very dismissive when finding bode on his 'home' planet/hideout. Then when he blew up like that for the first time and you hear his distorted screams of rage and the red border on screen I was like "give him a buzz cut, shave his beard and point his sabers backwards, cause this ain't cal no more, this is starkiller".

[@RaunchyRoger007]

@@CACgaming007 and then after you beat the game, the menu changes back but the slow ability still says the same so I wonder if that’s intended lol

[@CACgaming007]

@@RaunchyRoger007 honestly, maybe he's a grey jedi now who can use either side of the force without it tipping him to the dark side

[@namelessfaceinthecrowd2459]

"The dark side is a pathway to many abilities some might consider to be badass."

[@Rexy_THE_T-REX]

Yes, yes good, good

[@TheBatman39]

Ask Kratos and Asura about it

[@crimsonmaddog4486]

I was shocked how Cal had absolutely no hesitation when putting Bode down, I expected a few emotional last words but Cal said nope 😂

[@Mr.Unfair]

He proved to be too dangerous to be kept alive, cal was in the thick of the clone wars during his formative years, probably has a great intuition for that kinda thing

[@TheLeftCulprit]

Cal had already said everything there was to say. All there was left to do was put him down.

[@gront5172]

@@Mr.Unfair “he is to dangerous to be left alive” - Mace windu

[@virgiljianu7166]

To be fair to Cal, he had already lost quite a few people dear to him thanks to Bode, who was also ready to kill Merrin had Cal not intervened. I don't blame him for not saying anything emotional or such to him before shooting him, any sort of pity for him was long gone by then.

[@demonintellect9834]

Bode pulled the trigger. If Cal hadn't crushed his guns Bode would have shot him. No need for words at that point.

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

I love how the “Embrace the Darkness” prompt only shows up after Bode bitch slaps BD, as if that’s what finally drove Cal over the edge compared to everything else.

[@megawatcher911]

Yeah but that makes me worried for next game. I imagine in order to make returning to the darkside seems more enticing they may decide to destroy BD-1. BD is literaly the only thing that has saved you consistently in both games and he is basically Cal's best friend. I terrified that in order to break Cal they are going to decide to break our favorite little droid.

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

@@megawatcher911 Cal Wick

[@jonathanalonso6492]

@@megawatcher911 idk, they could probably timeskip a couple years ahead, maybe when the child has learned some Jedi and Witch moves, then cal, merrin, or even _both_ die.

[@maninanikittycat4238]

If anything bad happens to BD-1 I will cry

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

@@maninanikittycat4238 same

[@aniket4062]

Cameron Monaghan and Nick Apostolides absolutely nailing their characters.

[@yeeticusyorticus2569]

Nick Apostolides is not in this game. If you are talking about Bode he is voiced by and modeled after Noshir Dalal who also voices Charles Smith from Red Dead Redemption 2

[@aniket4062]

@@yeeticusyorticus2569 I'm talking about VAs for Leon Kennedy and Cal Kestis. These two have been remarkable this year.

[@yeeticusyorticus2569]

@@aniket4062 Fair

[@thundermothstudio5446]

Also in this scene is Gideon Emery as Denvik, AKA Toland the Shattered and Devrim Kay from Destiny 2! Fantastic performance, absolutely chilling with him on the bad side!

[@kingtobey7260]

Also Gunner Wright who did Isaac Clarke in DS Remake. Dude is underrated AF

[@theanomalyfactory2649]

Something to notice is that when Cal embraced the darkness in his fight with Bode, he crushed both of his blasters, which is why they didn't work.

[@wetube6513]

Fuck blasters.

[@jeremiahscott2032]

Yup I had to watch again to see it😂

[@chuckystoresina5017]

Fun fact: if you hold force pull on a security droid and light attack, you literally crush them

[@Maxax5137]

Works also on the other Droids

[@borisstoyanov3488]

Smartest Man Alive.

[@dimitrymalakonow7644]

L2 + square right? gonna try it right now

[@Etiquette_editz]

His wisdom extends beyond the nine realms

[@phonkydude1618]

Just like that scene in the Mandalorian with luke

[@raybandolphin3820]

The final execution shot on Bode was cold as hell. He definitely deserved it because he was insane and couldn’t be reasoned with. He had what he wanted all he has to do was hand over the compass. But he had gone off the deep end

[@TheBatman39]

It was the wrong call to kill him, some years later his daughter might start thirsting for revenge against Cal. But then I remember this is Star Wars and there is no such thing as character acting in a relatable grounded way.

[@kareemdavis4068]

​@@TheBatman39 what else could they have done? Also they say that she hardly ever sees her father anyway so seeing him acting crazy plus the fact that she's not that close to him makes sense for her.

[@Joestar_Jay]

@@TheBatman39 Their relationship did not develop enough for her to want revenge pretty sure

[@dreemurrprince]

@@TheBatman39 he literally threw her around with the force constantly and went against her wishes. she was intelligent enough to understand cal had no choice, that he’d kill them if he didnt

[@EnrocaLaRoca]

​@@TheBatman39 Cal gave Bode like four or five different chances to surrender and make amends, and Bode took none of them. He even refused to listen to Kata when she told him to stop fighting. He attacked Cal by surprise twice, killed Cordova and indirectly killed Cere, almost choked both Merrin and Cal to death, and *pushed her own daughter* with the Force, which *almost kills her* if it wasn't for Merrin. I know Cal pretty much killed him in cold blood (since Bode was disarmed at the moment, yet Cal shot him twice), but what other options he had? Bode already proved he couldn't be reasoned with, and that he wouldn't give up no matter what. Kata mentions her father changed when her mother passed away, plus she knew Cal and Merrin didn't follow them looking for a fight, plus Bode *almost kills the three of them,* so she seems to be aware that her father was already lost.

[@chasemcnab7610]

“The dark side isn’t more powerful.” Ok yoda but have you seen an orange blurr down a room full of stormtroopers in the blink of an eye? Can the light side do that? No? You can…strain to move rocks? I guess that’s cool.

[@jayexld7770]

Yoda had speed to match Darth Sidious (who’s faster than Cal using the dark side) and knowledge of the force strong enough to cancel out force lightning. If he wasn’t 900 years old in episode 3 he would’ve very possibly defeated Sidious.

[@pout6038]

actually, yes. Literally just a few minutes before this. Cere's moveset is the exact same as dark side cal.

[@taramaforhaikido7272]

Can you defuse Darth Vader? If you can convince Vader then you don't have to worry about rocks.

[@ValentinoMarino11]

It isn’t, it’s just easier.

[@heerosagayuy2143]

@@ValentinoMarino11 easier to lose yourself in yes. Not to control and use like true Sith Lords. The sides are equal there is only the force.

[@ShadowHoodKnight]

I love how Cal and Cere are some of the only Jedi to tap into the dark side consistently without becoming Sith

[@tjossai9302]

Mace Windu too

[@AbsurdFalcon]

You can’t tap into it consistently in lore without falling. The more you use it the easier it becomes to tap into until it becomes like second nature and you fall. Cere in Fallen Order was struggling with it the same way Cal is now, only she had time to learn to give up her fear and anger. Cal still has that journey ahead of them.

[@AbsurdFalcon]

@@tjossai9302That’s not how Vaapad works, the point of it is that you don’t actually touch the dark side.

[@captmorgan101472]

Yeah, Cal is not practicing Vaapad. That is an extremely difficult discipline only a master can do. Cal is embracing the dark side. He is on a slippery slope. It is actually a pretty clever game mechanic. When we as the player find ourselves getting overwhelmed by enemies and the force slow ability is available, we know if we use it, Cal taps into the dark side and becomes much more powerful. It's easier, more seductive.

[@lucasmoore6317]

Whole story on grey Jedi and study both light and dark, very interesting

[@faanvugeincynicalassassin]

I like how it specifies embracing his dark side. He knows he has one, but chooses to do the right thing.

[@lordmasonchase7696]

Me too

[@ownedmaxer607]

Everyone has a dark side to them; private matters, private demons.

[@matiasrisatti670]

In jungian terms, he deliberately unleashed the monster to destroy another monster.

[@Shiverwar]

@@matiasrisatti670 Sometimes, to destroy a monster, you must become one yourself, often worse.

[@TheAntiDisneyEmperor]

If I were him I would just completely embrace it sure the Jedi are powerful but they have rules but Sith have no rules they can use the force however they want

[@adamjennings9011]

"It is such a quiet thing, to fall, but far more terrible is to admit it" - Kreia

[@NuclearMagneticResonance]

For me when I first saw the "give into the darkness" or whatever it was pop up I was like "are we serious. is there a choice" when I realised there wasn't I discovered a whole new depth to the story, which I loved.

[@bustanut5501]

Just played this instance yesterday. Also thought there was a choice, until I found out that you simply die and have to do the fight all over again if you don't press the respective button...

[@Joestar_Jay]

@@bustanut5501 Same i thought it was a test or seomthing 😅

[@an0rmalp3rson70]

I pressed the back key and my game just turned into a Black screen with 2 frames showing up if I paused and unpaused. After I died and went back for round 2, I didn't even get the prompt.

[@aliquadri7077]

i didnt think twice. fuck bode.

[@Olamchesed]

That would be sad if he actually went all the way, leaving behind Merrin and Kata.

[@guynamedbob8374]

Cal with the long hair and beard makes it feel as though he has been hunting Bode nonstop and with no sleep at all.

[@Marvolo14]

I love how pragmatic and decisive Cal was at the end. He didnt hesitate to put that second bolt into Bode and make sure he could never hurt anyone ever agin.

[@jacktml6321]

I’d like to see call walk a line of balance between dark and light. It’d be cool to see him combine the powers of Jedi and sith together

[@andytorres6052]

That’s a gray Jedi

[@ketamineheadyoda2248]

You cant balance corruption.

[@theaether3124]

i think he does, force slow (since JFO) used to be a sith power

[@aphilli97]

Pretty sure he’s a gray jedi

[@ThePigfaceProduction]

@@ketamineheadyoda2248cough cough mace windu

[@carlosrobertosilvajunior4890]

Cal: *goes apeshit against some stormtroopers* Meanwhile, in the Non-Canon Dimension: Starkiller: "That's my boy!"

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

Starcaller

[@lapplandkun9273]

EU is canon.

[@Juancr2006]

Star killer watching from the legends timeline

[@multiverse_media2023]

Starkiller will become canon soon. Just need to make the sequels become non-canon instead. Put Starkiller in some time during between Rebels and Andor.

[@ImYukaByeBye]

​@@multiverse_media2023Not happening

[@mistermorphescarnoe2898]

Hope someone can mod Revan's outfit to the game, with his signature dual sabers. Seeing dark side gameplay is pretty great

[@HTWW]

I want to see some Force Unleashed kinda stuff in the game. Like, the 'Snow' teaser levels of obliteration.

[@Hjartulv]

i wonder when people stop fanboiyng over themself. Because that all Revan is. Also he never has been "dark". Mindcontrolled one didn't count.

[@DrBeevo]

@@Hjartulv Gee I wonder why the game he first appeared in they called him "Darth Revan". Maybe it's fake news because iAtilla on KZbin said so, I'm sure he read the books or played SWTOR/both kotor games.

[@Hjartulv]

@@DrBeevo I already stated he was mindcontrolled before events of this "first game". But in actual game no one call Revan by "Darth". Because well. He isn't. Even if player decide to choose dark side path - game wouldn't recognize it as "Darth" until final cinematic. You can fanboying as much as you like. Revan in established Canon - is purely good guy. And bad guys is everyone else who he confront, because of somewhat stupid plot in books and SWTOR. Also no one call him "Darth" as person after events of first game. Everyone just call him revan And only one reason why people fanboying over him. Because he is those people. And beyond that have no traits or personality in kotor's. And those fanboys never played SWTOR or read those shitty books by Karpshin.

[@kanekikingstorm2113]

Revan is a character that’s primarily comprised of word of god(the author) statements, and featless accolades. But they don’t really show him doing things. He’s just constantly praised as the peak of the Jedi, when there’s not much to prove it. And I’ve played Swtor from beginning all the way to the current Malgus expansion.

[@bentleysheild-hg3rg]

i love how at 7:34 it mirrors Obi Wan and Anakin on Mustafar. One of my favourite parts of this game

[@borisstoyanov3488]

YOU WERE MY BROTHER BODE

[@mudassirshafiq93]

@@borisstoyanov3488 Don't try it bode, I have the highground. :)

[@goodjuju6400]

Does that make BD padme

[@windghost2]

@@goodjuju6400 No, it makes Merrin Padme.

[@keyblademasterclark]

​@@goodjuju6400nah. Bd is r2

[@Nic_03_21]

0:25 The way bro just swiped away Denvik’s blaster and pulled out a Glock with that cold look on his face… 🥶

[@Nexius_]

Look up what a glock is

[@PyroRooky]

I love this game for this reason it shows us cals battle with the dark side intensified since the last game and how he deals with it this game was too good

[@firu8820]

Imagine a game like Jedi Survivor where you play as a Sith and it takes place in the time before the Sith thought to be extinct so you can battle multiple Jedi. Just imagine using force choke or force lightning in this gameplay style

[@Noxiefy]

It's called force unleased and is over 10ys old.

[@firu8820]

@@Noxiefy The Force Unleashed plays between Ep 3 and 4, not before the High Republic like I suggested. And Jedi Survivor and the Force Unleashed don't have the same feeling, atleast to me. And Starkiller switches to the good side in the Force Unleashed so there are even more differences. We don't become a true Sith

[@elrostar-minyatur9115]

Kotor, kotor 2, swtor.

[@firu8820]

@@elrostar-minyatur9115 Those play even more differently then the Force Unleashed and Jedi Survivor

[@Tim7318-3]

@@firu8820 so basically you want something that plays similarly to FU/JS but having it take place in the kotor/swtor settings, right?

[@w1ndt]

Him embracing the dark side made me like him even more,'. I cant possibly anyone losing so much and then not even tapping into the dark

[@Kapselek0913]

Cameron Monaghan performance as Cal Kestis was insane :O

[@jacobjantke6886]

Debra Wilson said when they did Cere's death scene, Cameron actually cried

[@Gabezo16]

Cameron is the main reason why people need to stop hating gingers

[@dafiibnu5807]

​@@Gabezo16fuck em, they have no soul

[@spingiss9152]

@@Gabezo16 YES PLEASE THANK YOU

[@malbasedvalentine3210]

Eh. He comes off to whiny or weak for my liking. Maybe it’s the voice director, or him, but I would certainly like a more masculine performance.

[@tregeon]

I love the fact that whenever you use the dark side you can hear a faint scream of rage and agony

[@seeonaga1524]

I really hope that if they make a third game, they definitely will focus on Cals pull to the dark side as a major plot point in the story. Maybe we could even see him bleed his Crystal red.

[@mitsuki_ssb]

third game is confirmed

[@sinningwithpfp6525]

​@@mitsuki_ssb with Ponchos?

[@logi0.9ndplzexplain10]

@@sinningwithpfp6525Priorities

[@Elite0609]

@@mitsuki_ssb it's not.

[@Elite0609]

It's neither confirmed nor denied.

[@saucypickle9343]

That first cal look was badass the suit plus the beard was perfect

[@pepehandsup]

what is the outfit called?

[@thevikingmeyhem]

@@pepehandsupbeen trying to figure this out. Its the commander one but i dont see the all black options for it. Must be a mod

[@arialbarr1761]

@@thevikingmeyhemyea it is,sad day for us console players

[@Agent707]

It would be amazing to see those Dark Side Time-Dilation scenes in a REAL-TIME playback after wiping out enemies to see how impressive this would look from the POV of non-Force Users.

[@puniopenetrante]

5:49 Merrin did what Cal did for Cere in the first game. What a game. 7:35 Anakin and Obi Wan fight in Mustafar shot like in Episode 3

[@justarandomperson647]

I love how the skill tree slowly turns into red giving you the hint that it will happen

[@InfiniteNaos]

Even the best of the Order can fall to the dark when all hope seems lost.

[@MrSacrafice]

Except master Yoda

[@InfiniteNaos]

@@MrSacrafice He was one of the very few who kept his hope.

[@ImYukaByeBye]

​@InfiniteNaos Uhh no Yoda did NOT depending on the stories Yoda was defeated isolated himself for years and blamed himself for the Order 66 massacre Hated himself he lost hope too they all did

[@InfiniteNaos]

@@ImYukaByeBye Perhaps, but it still never lead him to the dark side when, in Legends, Count Dooku trained Yoda a little in the dark and, in canon, he faced his dark side in the trials to learn how to retain his essence after death. Even his dark side said “Yoda play not with me anymore?” a key statement that Yoda had dabbled in the dark arts previously before the Clone Wars or even with Count Dooku. Of course that moment isn’t a hopeless moment, but still it was something to show. Yet, I’m sure when he training Luke his hope was restored in either killing Vader or taking down the Emperor as he quite literally was the galaxy’s last hope. But I’m sure both Kenobi and Yoda were flabbergasted that Luke was able to bring Anakin back from the dark side before dying.

[@trainknut]

5:45 He... wasn't just gonna choke him, was he? I feel like if Merrin wasn't there he was about to use force-crush on his entire body.

[@morbius109]

Oh, he was. You could hear bones beginning to make that disgusting crackling sound. Cal was beyond mad and he was about to crush Denvik like an empty soda can.

[@Iamnotaspy.]

He wanted him to do it.

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

@@Iamnotaspy. Sheev Palpatine: *Do it.*

[@personman1148]

Reminded me of the KOTOR 2 ability

[@morbius109]

@Undiscovered667DEWIT lol

[@ArchShades]

1:53 - 4:52 It was Rumored that this was the same ability that was used by Palpatine in star wars episode 3 when he killed Mace windu's team easily when they tried to arrest palpatine since in the comics mace windu's jedi team was powerful but they were easily defeated by him because Palpatines Darkside ability was slowing down time to make it look like he was attacking his enemies fast. So by seeing this ability Cal is using to easily slay his enemies means that the rumors were true.

[@ignisinfernal1843]

No, it's a totally different ability. This is the same ability he's used since Fallen Order (Force Slow), it's just much stronger when he's on the dark side. The one Sidious potentially used is Force Scream.

[@phonkydude1618]

​@@ignisinfernal1843 that version is upgraded by using another ability of the dark side that palpatine used in episode 3 the scream that worked like a explosion of the force in lack of better words.

[@ignisinfernal1843]

@@phonkydude1618 Is there a source for that? Because it looks and sounds the same as Force Slow just with Cal using the dark side instead of the light

[@JYang0602]

When I knew that Cal would embrace parts of the dark side I immediately went this way for my Cal: - Dark Jedi robes - Orange Saber - Black Blaster - Full Beard - Center Parted hair to give a shaggy, messy look

[@BBGVibez]

Purple saber for both.

[@mellennia9]

Dark side obi wan

[@ladiddas]

Funny, I had my cal set up with the full beard and center hair partition before this moment in the game, and the look and emotion Cal had during these sequences with the choices I had settled with really elevated this game for me.

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

Why Orange if I may ask?

[@mellennia9]

@missmimeo3092 hello there (general kenobi)

[@kaeq8008]

I like that they included actual hand to hand fighting instead of constant lightsaber and force use

[@emmittsmith482]

I love how you hold a red saber up to Denvik’s neck and it still glows blue on your clothes

[@Trailerparked345]

Everyone had a dark side, but that doesn’t mean they’re doomed to be consumed by it.

[@Dillon4599]

Cal with long hair makes him kind of resemble a hybrid between Obi Wan and Anakin.

[@trollface7116]

“In order to defeat the enemy, you must become the enemy”

[@TheBatman39]

This guy gets it

[@ScarletStrain]

Really want another game like force unleashed where you’re on the dark side and don’t hold back at all

[@luci_1152]

Bro the bone crunching sound when he grabs the guy and lifts him up is fucking terrifying

[@blacksabbath5754]

Bro watching Cal give into the dark side was so badass bro finally said enough is enough and just let all hell break loose can’t wait for the announcement of the 3rd game

[@TXNICK96]

If there's one thing I can't stand is traitors, let alone ones who pretend to be your friend only to betray you in an instant And at the cost of so much, Bode was an assist to genocide, most of that archive was all that was left of the old Order, burned away And even when he had what he wanted he still tried to kill them

[@John-Stark]

​@@tranngockha6562Quinn gets a pass because he tries to redeem himself and well, Baras might be a fatass but he's a fatass with Force powers and a Darth title

[@windghost2]

Bode was already on that path to the darkside, the finally fight with him just confirmed that it was only a matter of time.

[@Trampwall_marco]

Same thing with Odin. Killed someone of importance and tried to take the thing they’ve been looking for

[@wyslanniknewworldorder9525]

@@Trampwall_marco Nordic Mythology x Star Wars x Harry Potter = Mindfuck Luke James Odinson Potter III

[@EnrocaLaRoca]

@@tranngockha6562 Quinn does WHAT

[@rowantheboatadair]

Quite like the touch of the officer having a clone wars era blaster. Immediately know he’s dealt with Jedi in the past, except under their command

[@deathcon20]

when it comes to the sides of the force Cal really buried the light

[@ifoundmemallet3394]

Well to be fair there isn’t a true light or dark. It’s only how you perceive and use the force and not letting it corrupt or overtake you,

[@AnestNightroad]

Hrmmmm not sure if Devil May Cry or not

[@deathcon20]

@@AnestNightroad you got it!

[@deathcon20]

it was indeed Dmc

[@Zhijia494]

@@ifoundmemallet3394 No the light side is The Force, the Dark side is a perversion of it. There is only the Force, the Light Side, and the wrong, cancerous, easy-way to power Dark Side.

[@doodskie999]

I just love when he goes to the dark side, he demolishes enemies like they were wet tissue paper.

[@GameTavern2224]

Cal is a bigger man than me. I wouldve shot bode in the face. Also bare in mind if cal is this nuts IMAGINE vader

[@eyo8766]

I'd go for the shoulders and his hips... Wait 30 minutes then the head

[@harizluqman9680]

vader never holds back. thats why hes terrifying

[@eeurr1306]

@@harizluqman9680 He attac he dont protecc but most importantly he snaps childrens necks

[@queecakes5453]

Yea vaders a thousand times worse

[@Hello-yx2ux]

@@harizluqman9680I feel like he actually holds back a lot

[@necronustheeverchosen1994]

"Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the Hate flow through you."

[@chriscolburn3904]

I'm starting to feel like Cals story has been a path to rebooting the Jedi Academy game. It really seems like Cal Kestis is set up to be a canon replacement of Kyle Katarn. They both have dabbled in the dark side, and they both survived the dark times between Order 66 and the Battle of Endor, I could easily see Cal taking Kyle's place in a Jedi Academy remake where we make our own Jedi in Luke's academy. This game already has the Jedi title, and I can't be the only one to notice how there are several cosmetic options right from Jedi Academy that Cal can find and use. I know they said Cal's story would be a trilogy, and I'm hoping that it dovetails into a Jedi Academy remake using all the systems they've built up in Cal's games. They've nailed lightsaber combat, they have a robust customization system (one could easily imagine a gender/species option being added, AND the part where we get to play as YOU KNOW WHO (won't say for spoilers) it felt like they were testing out a system that had a more limited saber style choice and not to mention the healing ability STRAIGHT OUT of Jedi Academy. Idk...maybe I'm totally off, but does anyone else sense the writing on the wall that this game series has been building to something?

[@A1Yay1408]

They might. they’ve been adding old characters or similar characters. Durge came back in comics awhile ago. we remember him being a huge antagonist in 2003 clone wars and now they made gen’dai (forgot his name in this game) one of the main enemies in here. they are bringing thrawn back during the imperial remnant times like “heir to the empire” & gave the sequels a watered down “dark empire” plot after failing to impress fans. Seems like they are going back to legends material. Even the mandalorian has Jango fetts origin.

[@willvermillion1025]

Kyles outfit is in the game

[@chriscolburn3904]

@@willvermillion1025 case in point, he's still not canon. You got to admit there are a lot of similarities between the characters. Even the names are dead ringers of each other.

[@Shiverwar]

Cal's VA is on fire in this game, I swear. The anger is impeccable.

[@GiRR007]

I like to imagine in the slow down effect that it isnt cal slowing everyone else down but speeding himself up.

[@datboy038]

According to relativity that’s exactly the same thing it doesn’t matter how you imagine it. Ofc taking the victim’s pov is gonna be more terrifying.

[@GavXZY]

​@@datboy038Na verdade do jeito que Cal faz é mais aterrorizante. Se ele estiver muito rápido a vítima não vai nem ver o que a atingiu. Mas com a force Stasis Cal segura os inimigos no lugar e eles veem seus parceiros caindo aos poucos só esperando chegar sua vez.

[@SasukeUchiha-tc9xx]

The look on Denvik’s face when he realized that Vader invaded Jedha before he did. He wasn’t scared of Cal. He knew at that moment that he was relieved of duty, and you know what Vader does to people who are relieved of duty.

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

He's chains are broken the Force has set him free.

[@liabea8506]

Shit got real when he pulled out the gun

[@naoseioquecolocaraqui7609]

If one day we see a JEDI balance between the dark side and light side..... He would be REALLY DANGEROUS AND powerfull.

[@parthpagar6644]

that was mace windu

[@aeso3555]

@@parthpagar6644 Revan too right?

[@FelipeSalesGuitar]

man, if I was a Jedi that survived the whole order 66 ordeal, I'd be so pissed I'd become the avatar of the Dark Side

[@M-zf6gw]

LMAOOOO

[@TheBatman39]

Goofy ahhh comment So cool and edgy bro

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

@@TheBatman39 goofy ahh response So cool and edgy sis

[@Yilue]

Gota love how badass the first scene is. Flicks the blaster out of Denviks hands with the force and pulls he own blaser out and aims it at him in such an impossing way.

[@Imma466]

love how the alarm on the first scene looks like part of a horror movie motif, just adds tension to the scene in a cool way

[@marthamerino5679]

People are terrified of Vader and for good reason, but most times, he tends to kill people rather quickly (seeing how insignificant everyone is to him) and just cuts them down efficiently (exceptions are made, of course, when he really goes full on torture machine)... Maybe Denvik was an annoyance to Vader, but Cal hated his guts, so I'm betting that if Merrin wasn't there, Denvik would have suffered much more at the hands of Cal than Vader's

[@lapplandkun9273]

He actually would've, since Vader flat out stated he loathes incompetency and kills only because imperial officers were incompetent. Vader didn't kill for pleasure like Palpatine did.

[@J117-t2g]

Cal took the whole “rather you than Vader” personal, was about to crush him like a can 💀

[@thecheezybleezy7036]

He who embraces the light, shall find himself in the dark. When the light fades, his true being is revealed. He who embraces the dark, cannot see the light. When faced with his reflection, he only sees his shadow.

[@av799]

I will argue that Cal tapping into the dark side is unlike other Jedi and Sith before him, and maybe even necessary. The Dark Side embodies natural human qualities. Anger, fear, grief, greed etc. feeling these emotions isn’t evil. What matters is whether we temper them. Let them work for you, not the other way around. Initially we see Cal cutting down foes with the dark side, watching him nearly strike down Denvik. But Merrin helps him snap out if it, and not kill him…because, after all, Vader finishes that job for them anyways. Then we see his fight with Bode. Here, Cal is left in a very simple position: does he let Bode kill him and Merrin? Or does he save them. He chooses to save them. Bode was given multiple opportunities to stand down and he refused each one. The reason I feel Cal won’t full succumb to the Dark Side is because he is not Anakin, Dagan or any other fallen Jedi. He is a survivor. He is being put in a position no other Jedi has been through before. In the end of the game: Cal tells Cere that he’s afraid he does not have the strength against the dark side…but him saying that shows something that Anakin, Dagan and Bode never did: awareness. Cal is aware of the potentially dangerous path he’s walking, he is aware that he can fall like so many others before him. But because of this awareness, I feel he knows just how dangerous his powers are. And that they should not be used lightly (from a story telling perspective, of course.) Like Cere told him on Jedha: every day was a struggle with the dark side for Cere. And that’s a struggle Cal must do now. And like Cere, I have faith that Cal will emerge the victor over the dark side every time.

[@shyrory]

I love how Unjedi Cal is. Makes sense growing up outside of the order and with most Jedi knowledge gone.

[@connorthomas2667]

cals like luke but combined with darth mauls rage and ability but still is calm enough to go back to the light

[@Snow.Frostborne_Ch]

Cal would be a terrifying inquisitor

[@nothingtoseehere8556]

"Being on both side has it's advantages, it's like having a cheat code for the force." -Revan maybe

[@Voador4000]

I love how Cal doesn't let the "I am not a bad person" interrupt him, it would be so anticlimatic if he spared everyone for no reason

[@princesscadance197]

I love how absolutely COLD Cal was when the Imperial tried pulling a blaster on him, just to have Cal Force pull it from his hand, into his own. To be fair, I can’t imagine what the Imperial was thinking. You’re a regular man dealing with a space wizard, did he seriously think he would come out on top?

[@mkaterr]

We need a Cal villain arc in the next game tho, it would be absolutely amazing

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

Or Cal falling to the Dark side at the end of the third game, with bonus levels of him as an inquisitior

[@Wijikata]

The problem is i think at this point, the only way to get Cal to go fully DarkSide, is Merrin to be killed

[@matthewriley7826]

Or bring back a version of Starkiller to show Cal exactly where he’ll end up if he keeps going down that path.

[@johnsantos507]

No!

[@basavavenkatasaivaraprasad7228]

@@kaiserreichempireofohio834 The only problem is that cal is too strong to be an inquisitor ,the way things are going rn he is going to get a buff to vader level in next game so either vader or emperor will put him down or he needs to hide and start a family and resurface after the empire has fallen

[@FranklinTrumanHavoc]

Your design of Cal is awesome

[@raine-time]

Cal is so fkn cool, he's a good balance of the force, not too light or dark, (the way he uses mind tricks and the force is pretty fkd up) yet time and time again he demonstrates a good heart and mind, my favorite Star Wars protagonist

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

Good, Cal Kestis, good!

[@DedricSilva]

Can we agree Cameron Monaghan is such an amazing actor. When he gets angry, you feel the rage

[@miked0611]

Holy shit he used monstrous shrine make your choice on hag😱😢

[@JWhitlocke]

Is that good on hag? I've only played her a couple times

[@miked0611]

@@JWhitlocke you can teleport and instadown the guy who saves with make your choice, and in order for make your choice to activate, you have to be 32 meters away, which already procks monstrous shrine’s 24 meter requirement, so it creates insane pressure time wise and population control wise(especially with the hag trap counter rework recently added)

[@JWhitlocke]

@mike d ah. Yeah, I've only played her a couple times. She fun tho

[@quotascript]

tf y’all talking about lmao

[@JWhitlocke]

@@quotascript a game where 1 killer kills 4 survivors called dbd

[@soularprimestudios5930]

He looks like a Norse god with that beard

[@RoseSols]

I find using the dark side to slam the enemies into the ground is quite good at clearing a room

[@DempC]

Merrin really dropped the 'This isn't you!!" 🤣🤣

[@FlyingFox86]

It's funny that only then is it considered "embracing the dark side", but it was all light side when you slaughtered hundreds of stormtroopers, animals, raiders and bounty hunters over the two games.

[@0din176]

The stormtroopers, raiders, and bounty hunters had it all coming them. The animals were all hostile towards Cal and tried to kill him as soon as they saw him. Everyone Cal kills deserved it as far as I know.

[@kurimzen]

@@0din176 the stormtroopers and bounty hunters I wouldn’t say totally deserved it. They were just doing their job and trying to survive during these dark times. I don’t think it’s 100% justified how Cal possibly orphaned hundreds of children and widowed a thousand more wives. Also, the Jedi way isn’t massacring tons of people simply because they “deserved it.” And the animals are threatened because someone was intruding on their turf. Most of the time, Cal just kills them without them even attacking him.

[@0din176]

@@kurimzen You're right, but just because what Cal's doing isn't fully justified doesn't mean that he's not using the light side. He is and he only started using the dark side when he gave in to his negative emotions after the death of Cordova and Cere.

[@drivernephisson7034]

@@0din176 This, Jedi slaughter people all the time, it's when they have strong emotions, such as joy, hatred, or even guilt when they kill people that it leads to the Dark Side. A sociopath who didn't have much personal ambition would actually be the perfect Jedi, as he could kill as many people as needed without it taking an emotional toll on him.

[@Datboi814]

@@kurimzen they are litterally trying to kill him on sight and see him as less than human that’s like saying Jews shouldn’t have resisted the nazis because the nazis had families

[@barriath8841]

5:16 looks like they didn't expect people to choose red. there is a clear blue hue there xD

[@jstar3382]

There is no red saber. They modded the blue saber to be red but the reflections weren't changed

[@grinvich.76]

I love the fact that Cal did not shot first, but after bode`s blaster malfunction, and the second shot was after he saw Merrin still holding her neck

[@537monster]

Did anyone else get at least some Force Unleashed vibes when Cal embraced the dark side?

[@lordmasonchase7696]

Absolutely

[@skullbreakerhd7173]

This is exactly how I made Cal look when played

[@henriqueanimations1858]

I was rooting for him to die, I was really angry with him when he hit Cal's robot

[@definiteg4909]

Every time I see Cal yeet the gun out of the Denvik's hand I chuckle a little bit🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@slackstarfish8133]

They need to bring him to live action, it’s actually impressive how good of a character he is despite being created for a videogame. And that’s in large part due to the actor who absolutely kills it.

[@FarmYardGaming]

My favourite kind of Jedi is the unhinged kind that will go insane when they need to

[@bkshowstopper]

The windswept hairstyle should have been the default style for this game. Matches the tone of the story really well

[@ImmobilisDignitas]

It really should have. I used it my entire playthrough while modifying the beard to simulate progression of time a bit. Best hairstyle in the game and makes Cal look more mature, plus fits where his head is by the end of the game.

[@spongeman1512]

This is stupidly op

[@btbarr16]

I guess orange is his cannon light saber color which kinda makes sense by the end of this game.