Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140121210201/@comment-1915529-20140126223814

Here is a quick back story to Kyle and the Valley. It’s not a spoiler because firstly, this is about what happens before even Dark Forces and secondly, these plot points are really referenced in the games themselves. I feel that a good story helps good gameplay. Of course step one is understanding the story.

Kyle grew up during the Civil War and although his father was a Rebel sympathiser (like most people in the Sulon system), Kyle went off to the Imperial Academy because it would offer him a better future. So Kyle trained the ranks of the Empire (this is referenced a few times in Dark Forces). However Kyle learns that his father has been murdered. At first he is tricked into thinking the Rebellion had killed Morgan but it had in fact been the Empire (Jerec to be exact).

At that point Kyle switched allegiances and offered his services to the Rebellion as merc (as you know two of the missions he carried out for the Rebels was getting the death star plans and destroying the dark trooper project). So it has been some time ago since Morgan was killed.

Korriban appears in Jedi Academy. As far as I know about it, it is the home of a mass of Sith temples where long dead Sith are buried. The Valley of the Jedi is a completely different thing. It is the site of an ancient battle between Jedi and Sith. In order to attain victory, the Sith used a Thought Bomb (I think that’s what it is called). The Thought Bomb trapped the souls of the Jedi and Sith in what was later to be known as the Valley of the Jedi. This large collection of powerful Sith and Jedi is the source of the power that Jerec wants to take as his own.

Without trying to give too much away, you are right about the Jedi order avoiding vengeance. Kyle’s mostly self-taught path towards becoming a Jedi Knight is not going to be easy for him. Of course Kyle’s objective to kill Jerec is twofold, avenge his father AND save the Galaxy.

The Dark Side beckons.