Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
Dark Forces is a first person shooter/third person action game released in September 1997. Set after the events in Return of the Jedi the game continues the story of Kyle Katarn, as he tries to learn the truth behind his father's death.
Plot
The game starts with a New Republic Tantive cruiser, chased by a large Star Destroyer. The few survivors from the ship are taken to the bridge of the Imperial vessel, where seven Dark Jedi - Jerec, Sariss, Boc, Maw, Yun, Gorc and Pic - gather to question the Jedi Qu Rahn. Jerec seeks the location of the Valley of the Jedi, which is known to the prisoner. Even though Rahn denies it, Jerec manages to extract the information from him and moments later kill the Jedi, but not before he would duel the other Dark Acolytes, even leaving one of them without legs.
Kyle Katarn continues to serve the New Republic as their agent after the Empire is destroyed. He travels to Nar Shaddaa to meet with 8T88, a information droid, who knows what truly happened to Kyle's father on Sulon years ago. He revels, that it was a Dark Jedi Jerec, who personally executed Morgan Katarn, who now seeks the Emperor's title for himself. Katarn wants to learn more, but the droid suddenly betrays him, setting two bounty hunters against the agents. 8T88 also keeps Morgan's disc, found on Sulon, with him, even though he was unable to decipher it for any valuable information.
After dealing with the thugs, Kyle follows '88 through the streets of Nar Shaddaa, eventually catching up with him at the landing platform. The droid tries to escape, but his hand holding the disc is blaster out by Kyle. 8T88 then escapes and a TIE bomber comes to kill the agent. He is rescued this time by his old friend and co-pilot Jan Ors, who arrives just in time in Moldy Crow. Kyle decides to find the disc first and then go to Sulon.
His father's house was ravaged years ago, and now a group of Dark Jedi, led by Sariss remove the old ceiling plates in Morgan's workshop - these are actually the parts of an old map to the Valley of the Jedi, sought by Jerec. As they leave in a shuttle, Kyle fights against many Grave Tuskens, put there to secure the house from intruders by Maw. Having explored the old house Kyle finds their family droid WeeGee, made by Morgan many years ago. This droid is the only one to show the message from Morgan's disc. Kyle's father reveals, that the map to the Valley is embedded in the ceiling and that Qu Rahn, their friend, was the only one keeping this secret from falling into the wrong hands. WeeGee then presents Kyle with Rahn's green lightsaber.
Jan extracts Kyle from the old irrigation channel, which lead from his father's home towards the capital. 8T88 is believed to be staying in Barons Hed, where he deciphers the plates from Katarn's estate. These are then transformed into a star map, indicating the location of the Valley on the planet Ruusan. Jerec and Sariss then prepare their Star Destroyer for leaving from Sulon soon. Kyle makes his way into the city, ruined by the Empire, while the streets are occupied by many thugs. In the centre of Barons Hed lies a large Palace of Jerec, where Kyle intends to find 8T88. The droid however magaes to escape again, leaving Katarn to fight the youngest of Jerec's minions - Dark Jedi Yun. He is defeated however and leaves the battle badly wounded by Kyle.
Through the fuel station outside Barons Hed Katarn makes his way to Sulon's Star, a large cargo vessel, prepared to go to Ruusan. 8T88 also arrives there to meet up with Gorc and Pic, who were supposed to present the droid with a "well-deserved payment". Aboard this ship Kyle has to engage in a duel both of these "Sith brothers", who attack him with two different battle styles, with Gorc being a huge and hulking beast.