Circa

Well this hasn't happened before. We have an exact tie for winner of the Underworld Mod Contest! Instead of finding someone to break the tie, I'm going to be generous and give the win to both @Noodle and @biggs for their amazing mods! It may not feel quite as sweet to you guys to share it, but you both get the shiny new badge that you can show on your forum profile!

Noodle's Bounty Hunter is one of the winning mods, and let's just say it was very well deserved. Inspired by an outfit in the game Star Wars: Uprising, this character has quite an intimidating appearance; a figure that would definitely be seen on the payroll of a Hutt or other crimelord. Your modeling skills have come along quite well, my friend!

Inspired by Bladerunner, biggs' Underworld map is an impressive stage of dark and mysterious atmosphere and fits in perfect for its namesake. Though its not technically finished, what is done is very well done and I'm sure everyone will agree that we'd love to see it completed!

Excellent job to everyone that submitted, and thanks to those that voted. Going forward for contests we will be limited votes to accounts that were created before the poll opens to avoid any fraudulent or padding of votes, just a heads up there.
Remember, just because you didn't win this time, we will have more contests in the future, but the goal of these contests is just to inspire creativity with a twist of a deadline and competition. The ultimate win is getting more mods out there for people to enjoy from talented creators like you!
 
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Well this hasn't happened before. We have an exact tie for winner of the Underworld Mod Contest! Instead of finding someone to break the tie, I'm going to be generous and give the win to both @Noodle and @biggs for their amazing mods! It may not feel quite as sweet to you guys to share it, but you both get the shiny new badge that you can show on your forum profile!

Noodle's Bounty Hunter is one of the winning mods, and let's just say it was very well deserved. Inspired by an outfit in the game Star Wars: Uprising, this character has quite an intimidating appearance; a figure that would definitely be seen on the payroll of a Hutt or other crimelord. Your modeling skills have come along quite well, my friend!

Inspired by Bladerunner, biggs' Underworld map is an impressive stage of dark and mysterious atmosphere and fits in perfect for its namesake. Though its not technically finished, what is done is very well done and I'm sure everyone will agree that we'd love to see it completed!

Excellent job to everyone that submitted, and thanks to those that voted. Going forward for contests we will be limited votes to accounts that were created before the poll opens to avoid any fraudulent or padding of votes, just a heads up there.
Remember, just because you didn't win this time, we will have more contests in the future, but the goal of these contests is just to inspire creativity with a twist of a deadline and competition. The ultimate win is getting more mods out there for people to enjoy from talented creators like you!
 
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Nice to meet you Circa. 😀

Our mapper has been hard at work working on his own set of Phantom Menace missions which I didn't detail here. There have been some really cool developments since I wrote this.
Thank you for your support! 

We've got a great collection for this contest to choose from! Nice work to all who created and submitted! You have a week to vote. A winner will be decided by the most votes when voting is closed on April 17th.
Remember, this theme was the "Star Wars Underworld" - which is defined essentially by the criminal and undesirable parts of the galaxy. Or as old Ben put it: scum and villainy.
Which of these do you think is best and deserves to win the Underworld badge? (Links below)

 
 

Updated the app.

For iOS users:
Install TestFlight: https://apps.apple.com/app/testflight/id899247664
Then open that link on your iOS device: https://testflight.apple.com/join/5HSqhVHw
For Android users:
Install directly from APK: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptx301a1pas39n9/com.vlbor.jkchat.apk?dl=1
Install from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlbor.jkchat
Changed:
- added settings menu
- added support for wide screens
- added more animations and touch effects on Android
- added crash analytics
- added shadow colours for text on JKII 1.02 servers
- fixed a crash on old Android devices (5, 5.1)
- added Quake III Arena servers support
After trying the application, please, leave a feedback of what you'd like see in the future. Yes, you can request any feature you want.
It's not necessarily to be only limited to chat, I could implement other game features. Probably everything is possible that doesn't require game assets.
Also if you encounter any error, then please report me either in the feedback form in TestFlight or in this JKHub post or in JKHub PM or on discord PM: ent#9404.
Report the error either by copying it or taking a screenshot and showing me or just telling the steps to reproduce.

We've got a great collection for this contest to choose from! Nice work to all who created and submitted! You have a week to vote. A winner will be decided by the most votes when voting is closed on April 17th.
Remember, this theme was the "Star Wars Underworld" - which is defined essentially by the criminal and undesirable parts of the galaxy. Or as old Ben put it: scum and villainy.
Which of these do you think is best and deserves to win the Underworld badge? (Links below)

 
 

We've got a great collection for this contest to choose from! Nice work to all who created and submitted! You have a week to vote. A winner will be decided by the most votes when voting is closed on April 17th.
Remember, this theme was the "Star Wars Underworld" - which is defined essentially by the criminal and undesirable parts of the galaxy. Or as old Ben put it: scum and villainy.
Which of these do you think is best and deserves to win the Underworld badge? (Links below)

 
 

If anyone else is wondering about this, in Blender, rotate the hilt (without changing the parent tag like Wonko said), then press control + A and under the menu that pops up, click rotation.  Export and everything works perfectly.  Thanks to Wonko and Ruxith (via Discord) for the help!

Wouldn't that just be a Snowtrooper?

It's been 20 years since Jedi Outcast launched in 2002, if you can believe that. This masterpiece of a game truly defined what it means to be Jedi in a video game, even to this day, with its intricate lightsaber combat and Force powers. Continuing the Dark Forces story, Outcast follows the mercenary turned Jedi, Kyle Katarn, after he shuts himself off from the Force and returns to being an agent of the New Republic.
With such a milestone anniversary, I really wanted to do something special here, and unfortunately I did not get this published in time for the actual day, yesterday. I'm hoping I will be forgiven for being late with how great this project turned out.
I got a chance to sit down with 5 of the developers of Jedi Outcast over a Zoom call and not only did they take time to talk with me about this wonderful game, but they talked to me for nearly 3 hours. I cut it down to just 2 hours. It's clear from the very beginning that they were truly passionate about this game and consider it their proudest achievement. Take a look at the video below and listen as they reminisce and chat about development and that era of their careers!
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A progress report released early?!
APRIL FOOLS EVENT
This April Fools, we are releasing the first of our annual April Fools events! The first will see to a small modification of the Darth Maul vs. Count Dooku fight, where Maul will fight against an evil dentist who was "supposedly" hired to clean Maul's teeth! This update was sneakily added into our prior updates and has laid dormant for many months. Coming every April 1st, you can play this alternate scenario in Darth Maul's extended ending, we hope you enjoy it!
But what if you can't play the mod April 1st? Don't worry, there's a solution. If you want to play the mod at any time in April Fools mode, simply set your computer's internal clock to April 1st of any year, and enjoy the silliness.
NEW MISSION COMING SOON
It has come to my attention that since releasing the mod back in Devember 2020, that aside from a cutscene remake of the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, we have announced many missions, none of which have released.
This is unacceptable.
In an effort to make it up to you all, our next mission will be The False Emperor, from the first endgame flashpoint in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Playing as either the Jedi Knight, Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter, or Republic Trooper, it will be up to you and your companions to defeat Darth Malgus and stop his reign before it has a chance to begin.
This bonus mission will be the first multi-POV bonus mission released, breaking our initial tradition. Additionally, this mission is looking to be the most code-based mission, as several new mechanics will be introduced to this mission that will not be available in any others to make the experience equally as enjoyable regardless of which character you play as, such as Damage reduction to yourself, and damage increases with your respective character's favorite weapons.
In efforts to provide as high a quality as possible, we are providing you all with an Open Beta for the Jedi Knight POV of False Emperor. If you wish to play this for yourself, please download the following file, and help us even further by providing feedback in our attached Google Form.
While playing as the Jedi Knight, you will receive the following benefits:
- All incoming damage from Darth Malgus will be reduced by 50%
- All lightsaber damage from you will be increased by 50%
- Your force regen will be increased to 1 force point per 2 milliseconds
- Darth Malgus will not push away any incoming missiles from the bounty hunter character.
DOWNLOAD LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11zJYbENUiqD_0shs95FtdxFzquF2wJwx/view?usp=sharing
FEEDBACK FORM LINK: https://forms.gle/rMwMY3jHgQFg7X5T9
The False Emperor will be released on Friday, April 15th.





NEW CHARACTERS
Not releasing with the False Emperor, but a later update, we have attained a collection of brand new characters! Please keep in mind that this list is not final and may be changed at any time. If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment with a link to your desired character and the author so we may ask permission.
OLD REPUBLIC
- Kao Cen Darach
- Leeha Narezz
- Satele Shan (Updated model)
- Satele Shan (Exile)
- T7-O1
SITH EMPIRE
- Dark Honor Guard
- Darth Jadus
- Darth Maladi
- Darth Thanaton
- Sith Training Droid (Umbaran Sith Academy)
- Vestara Khai
GALACTIC REPUBLIC
- Ara Barotta
- Lumas Etima
- Marva Zane
- Stass Allie
REBELLION
- Leia Organa Solo (Jedi Knight)
- Luke Skywalker (Dagobah Training)
- Luke Skywalker (Jedi Trainer)
- Luke Skywalker (Sith Apprentice)
- Luke Skywalker (Yavin Ceremony, New Model)
- Mon Mothma (TFU)
GALACTIC EMPIRE
- Boc Aseca (New model)
- Coruscant Guard
- Emperor Palpatine (Clone), Somehow this one returned too
RESISTANCE
- BB-8
FIRST ORDER
- Cardinal
- Commander Pyre
BOUNTY HUNTERS
- Boba Fett (Resurfaced), Daimyo of Tatooine variant
CRIMINALS
- Chop'aa Notimo
- Nym
CIVILIANS
- Cereans (Male & Female)
- Chazrach Warrior
- Gorax
- HK-77 Assassin Droid
- IR-9X Replicator Droid
- Rakghoul
- Tsavong Lah
MANDALORIANS
- Cassus Fett
FORCE USERS
(Though none are force users, they do still fit in their respective sub-factions)
- Hylo Visz (Eternal Alliance)
- Skytrooper (Eternal Empire)
- Theron Shan (Eternal Alliance)
- Tythonian War Droid
- Z0-0M (Eternal Alliance)
INFINITIES
- Lord Ukerin
DARTH TRAYA SPECIAL MECHANICS
One of our prior updates saw to the introduction of our first set of Special mechanics, allowing the Inquisitorious characters to adjust their lightsabers as necessary, Cal Kestis to be unpredictable in his saber configuation, and Darth Sion to be true to his title as the Lord of Pain and regenerate himself upon defeat. Our False Emperor update to see to new special mechanics for the Lord of Betrayal, Darth Traya.
Inspired by her kit in the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, Darth Traya's new mechanics will allow her to react accordingly as the Lord of Betrayal, punishing her enemies attacking as a team, and taking pleasure from her allies suffering.
COMPASSION IS WEAKNESS: If Darth Traya has an active enemy and she is struck by an ally of her current enemy, the ally will receive 1-3hp of damage per damage calculation (this damage cannot kill the attacker)
LORD OF BETRAYAL: When an ally of Darth Traya takes damage, Traya will heal for 5 hp per damage calculation. This healing is increased to all damage received if the attacked ally is Darth Sion or Darth Nihilus.
Darth Traya will receive these benefits with the release of The False Emperor mission on April 15th.
NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS COMING
In this final topic, new features to be released with The False Emperor!
- A heavily requested setForceRegen console command, which will allow you to increase or decrease your force regeneration rate at any time!
- Fixes regarding some maps crashing if a func_breakable is targetting a target_print entity
- No more lag when switching weapons after using the give all command
- Better main menu music randomization
We're really looking forward to bringing all of this to you, and until that happens, we hope that you enjoy a small alternate take on Maul's extended ending, and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga when it releases!
Thank you for following the development of Star Wars: Galactic Legacy, and may the Force be with you!

I love how we learn that Desaan's origins were one of Eric's RPG characters from a tabletop game.

Interesting to hear the anecdotes of the creating of the game, wish they had more - why dont they remember every little detail of 20 years ago!!!   *sarcasm*
Good of you to put this together, nice to see all involved had good memories of the experience.
Six hour, 20 year Jedi academy anniversary video next year!    

Pretty cool to know all that trivia with how the floor reflections were achieved, and the origin of the names (Lenico, Kejim, etc).
Can't wait for next year's Jedi Academy reunion.

It's been 20 years since Jedi Outcast launched in 2002, if you can believe that. This masterpiece of a game truly defined what it means to be Jedi in a video game, even to this day, with its intricate lightsaber combat and Force powers. Continuing the Dark Forces story, Outcast follows the mercenary turned Jedi, Kyle Katarn, after he shuts himself off from the Force and returns to being an agent of the New Republic.
With such a milestone anniversary, I really wanted to do something special here, and unfortunately I did not get this published in time for the actual day, yesterday. I'm hoping I will be forgiven for being late with how great this project turned out.
I got a chance to sit down with 5 of the developers of Jedi Outcast over a Zoom call and not only did they take time to talk with me about this wonderful game, but they talked to me for nearly 3 hours. I cut it down to just 2 hours. It's clear from the very beginning that they were truly passionate about this game and consider it their proudest achievement. Take a look at the video below and listen as they reminisce and chat about development and that era of their careers!
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Jedi Outcast is and always will be my number one favorite game and Jedi Academy is part of that placement for me. Outcast got me into Star Wars and I love the Bryar Pistol to death. Happy 20 jk2.

Thanks for this -- listened to it like a podcast. Those guys were chatting like old friends being reunited after years apart. No wonder these games are absolute gold.

Awesome job, awesome interview! This brings me a tear of joy I'll never forget.
I knew something was stirring from that green banner the other day, and absolutely the wait has been worth it. Thanks you all for this, it means a lot and is always inspirational to see the original JK team talking about the game.
May the force be with you. Always!

Thank you so much for the work that you put into this, Circa. Some interesting questions and interesting answers. It's been great listening to these guys chat about the game. 😊

That's totally AWESOME.
 
Those men made my childhood. I am not exagerating.

Good Job Circa.👍

Jedi Outcast turns 20 on March 26th. Little boy has grown up!
What is your favorite character from the game and why?

Watch the new teaser trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and start streaming the limited series May 25 on Disney+.
The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. The series stars Ewan McGregor, reprising his role as the iconic Jedi Master, and also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. Joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is directed by Deborah Chow and executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold
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So hyped for this! Haven't been this excited since 2005. My favorite character finally returns.