Dark Forces' Kyle Katarn Gets Star Wars The Black Series Action Figure

Kyle Katarn – Star Wars: The Black Series Action Figure

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The Kyle Katarn figure is 6 inches tall and has good articulation. It comes with a blaster and a blue-bladed lightsaber, with a standard blade and a lightsaber that mimics a blurry swinging effect. This figure looks good enough for adults to enjoy as a collectible, but it's equally suitable for play, with the recommended age range being 4 years and up.

video games Star Wars: Dark Forces came to PC in 1995was ported to PS1 the following year. It's one of the early “Doom clones,” but it has strong enough story and gameplay elements to stand on its own. Gameplay-wise, it includes some novel ideas, like the ability to jump and dodge, and the ability to look up and down, all of which were lacking in Doom and Doom 2.

Dark Forces is set in the (no longer canon) Expanded Universe and takes place around the time of the first Star Wars movie. The story follows Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the Rebel Alliance, who discovers the Dark Legion plan and attempts to stop it. The mission will take him across the galaxy to locations such as Jabba's yacht, Glomus' Imperial mines, and the interior of a Star Destroyer.

Star Wars: Dark Forces gets Remake process Last year, it made it accessible on modern platforms, tweaked its graphics and added various quality-of-life improvements.

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