Changes: Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi

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"Short attention span Star Wars freaks will surely dig Masters of Teräs Käsi, LucasArts' first fighting game."

―Jack Lyon^[src]

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi was a fighting game released for PlayStation in October 1997.

LucasArts' short description

The 3D fighting genre fulfills its ultimate destiny with Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi, an intense one-on-one combat experience for the Sony PlayStation. The story revolves around the mysterious Arden Lyn, a master of the ancient art of Teräs Käsi, as she leads a group of the most feared champions of the Galactic Empire to eliminate the leaders of the Rebel Alliance. Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, plus a few surprise characters in a Star Wars environment like you've never experienced.

Opening crawl

Prologue

A MASTER OF TERAS KASI

After the stunning defeat and loss of the Death Star
handed to the Galactic Empire, the Emperor demands
drastic measures for a swift retribution against the
Rebel Alliance.

The Emperor calls upon the services of a mysterious
young woman, Arden Lyn, wise in the ways of an ancient
and almost forgotten fighting art know as teras kasi.

Under the watchful eye of Darth Vader, Arden Lyn
is assigned the duty of eliminating key members
of the Rebel Alliance and thus neutralizing the
thorn in the Empire's side. But the Alliance hears
of this threat and the prepare for battle...

Characters

Secret characters

Stages

Development

During the time of its conception, the game was a joint project of Lucasarts with fighting game giant developer Capcom. The project was eventually dropped; Capcom's work with them would result in them creating their first 3D game inspired by the series, Star Gladiator.

Critical reception

The game, while a welcome concept at the time of its release, was not well received. Some complaints include an inferior fighting engine, an improper usage of lightsabers and unbalanced characters. Despite this however, the game introduced new concepts to the Expanded Universe such as Teräs Käsi and Arden Lyn herself.

Screwattack rated the game the 10th worst fighting game in their top ten worst fighting games.

Eventually the concept would have been revisited in a now-cancelled untitled fighting game but finally was with the inclusion of Darth Vader, Yoda and Galen Marek in Soulcalibur IV.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Boba Fett
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Arden Lyn (First appearance)
Chewbacca
Thok
Hoar (First appearance)
Leia Organa Solo
Darth Vader
Mara Jade Skywalker
Jodo Kast
17786 (First appearance)

Organisms

Rancor

Locations

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Miscellanea

Bibliography

"Lucasfilm's Latest: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Update" — Star Wars Insider 28 (Indirect mention only)
"Game Room: These Are Fightin' Words" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 12
"Game Room: Game Knights" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 13

External links

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi official site on LucasArts.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi on Wikipedia
Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi on MobyGames

In other languages

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+{{Quote|Short attention span ''Star Wars'' freaks will surely dig Masters of Teräs Käsi, LucasArts' first fighting game.|[[Jack Lyon]]|Be the Jedi in Three New LucasArts Games}}
 '''''Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi''''' was a fighting game released for PlayStation in October [[1997]].
 ==LucasArts' short description==
-''The 3D fighting genre fulfills its ultimate destiny with '''''Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi''''', an intense one-on-one combat experience for the Sony PlayStation. The story revolves around the mysterious [[Arden Lyn]], a master of the ancient art of [[Teräs Käsi]], as she leads a group of the most feared champions of the [[Galactic Empire]] to eliminate the leaders of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic|Rebel Alliance]]. Join [[Luke Skywalker]], [[Han Solo]], [[Boba Fett]], [[Prince]]ss [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]], [[Chewbacca]], plus a few surprise characters in a Star Wars environment like you've never experienced.''
+''The 3D fighting genre fulfills its ultimate destiny with '''''Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi''''', an intense one-on-one combat experience for the Sony PlayStation. The story revolves around the mysterious [[Arden Lyn]], a master of the ancient art of [[Teräs Käsi]], as she leads a group of the most feared champions of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] to eliminate the leaders of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]]. Join [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]], [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]], [[Prince/Legends|Prince]]ss [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]], [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]], plus a few surprise characters in a Star Wars environment like you've never experienced.''
 ==Opening crawl==
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 A MASTER OF TERAS KASI
-|text=<pre class="nostyle">After the stunning defeat and loss of the Death Star
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 handed to the Galactic Empire, the Emperor demands
 drastic measures for a swift retribution against the
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 and almost forgotten fighting art know as teras kasi.
-under the watchful eye of Darth Vader, Arden Lyn
+Under the watchful eye of Darth Vader, Arden Lyn
 is assigned the duty of eliminating key members
 of the Rebel Alliance and thus neutralizing the
 thorn in the Empire's side. But the Alliance hears
 of this threat and the prepare for battle...
-</pre>}}
+}}
 ==Characters==
 *[[Arden Lyn]]
-*[[Boba Fett]]
+*[[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]
-*[[Luke Skywalker]]
+*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]
-*[[Han Solo]]
+*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]
 *[[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]]
-*[[Chewbacca]]
+*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]]
 *[[Thok]]
-*[[Hoar]]
+*[[KkH'Oar'Rrhr|Hoar]]
 ===Secret characters===
-*[[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]]
+*[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]]
-*[[Prince]]ss [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]] (in [[Slave Leia costume|metal bikini]])
+*[[Prince/Legends|Prince]]ss [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]] (in [[Slave Leia costume|metal bikini]])
-*[[Stormtrooper]]
+*[[17786|Stormtrooper]]
 *[[Mara Jade Skywalker|Mara Jade]]
 *[[Jodo Kast]]
 ==Stages==
-* A Tusken village on [[Tatooine]]
+* A [[Tusken village]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]
-* [[Hoth]]
+* [[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]]
-* [[Cloud City]]
+* [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]]
-* [[Dagobah]]
+* [[Dagobah/Legends|Dagobah]]
 * The [[Emperor's throne room]]
-* The [[Rancor]] on Tatooine
+* The [[Rancor/Legends|Rancor]] on Tatooine
-* [[Carbonite]] Freezing Chamber on [[Bespin]]
+* [[Carbonite/Legends|Carbonite]] Freezing Chamber on [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]]
-* [[Endor|Forest moon of Endor]]
+* [[Endor/Legends|Forest moon of Endor]]
+==Development==
+During the time of its conception, the game was a joint project of Lucasarts with fighting game giant developer Capcom. The project was eventually dropped; Capcom's work with them would result in them creating their first 3D game inspired by the series, ''[[w:c:capcom:Star Gladiator - Episode 1: Final Crusade|Star Gladiator]]''.
 ==Critical reception==
-The game, while a welcome concept at the time of its release, was not well received. Some complaints include an inferior fighting engine, an improper usage of lightsabers and unbalanced characters. Despite this however, the game introduced new concepts to the Expanded Universe such as Teräs Käsi and Arden Lyn herself.
+The game, while a welcome concept at the time of its release, was not well received. Some complaints include an inferior fighting engine, an improper usage of lightsabers and unbalanced characters. Despite this however, the game introduced new concepts to the Expanded Universe such as [[Teräs Käsi]] and [[Arden Lyn]] herself.
 Screwattack  rated the game the 10th worst fighting game in their top ten worst fighting games.
+Eventually the concept would have been revisited in a now-cancelled [[untitled fighting game]] but finally was with the inclusion of [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]], [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]] and [[Galen Marek]] in ''[[Soulcalibur IV]]''.
-==Trivia==
-The words teräs käsi are actually [[Wikipedia:Finnish language|Finnish]],  though "steel hand" would actually be translated as the single word "teräskäsi."
+==Appearances==
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+|characters=
+*[[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]
+*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]
+*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]
+*[[Arden Lyn]] {{1st}}
+*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]]
+*[[Thok]]
+*[[KkH'Oar'Rrhr|Hoar]] {{1st}}
+*[[Leia Organa Solo]]
+*[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]]
+*[[Mara Jade Skywalker]]
+*[[Jodo Kast]]
+*[[17786]] {{1st}}
+|creatures=
+*[[Rancor/Legends|Rancor]]
+|droids=
+|events=
+|locations=
+*[[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]]
+*[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]
+*[[Endor/Legends|Endor]]
+*[[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]]
+**[[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]]
+**[[Carbon-freezing chamber]]
+*[[Dagobah/Legends|Dagobah]]
+*[[Emperor's throne room]]
+|organizations=
+*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]
+*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]
+**[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtrooper]]
+|species=
+*[[Human/Legends|Human]]
+*[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]]
+*[[Gamorrean/Legends|Gamorrean]]
+*[[Tusken Raider/Legends|Tusken Raider]]
+|vehicles=
+|technology=
+|miscellanea=
+*[[Teräs Käsi]]
+*[[Slave Leia costume]]
+*[[The Force/Legends|The Force]]
+**[[Pyrokinesis]]
+***[[Fireball Belch]]
+}}
+==Bibliography==
+*{{InsiderCite|28|Lucasfilm's Latest|Lucasfilm's Latest: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Update}} {{Imo}}
+*{{GalaxyCite|12|Game Room|Game Room: These Are Fightin' Words}}
+*{{GalaxyCite|13|Game Room|Game Room: Game Knights}}
 ==External links==
+*{{LucasArtsCite|url=products/masters/Default.htm|text=''Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi'' official site|arc=19990829030357/http://www.lucasarts.com/products/masters/Default.htm}}
 *{{WP|Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi}}
 *[http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-masters-of-ters-ksi/ Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi] on MobyGames
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Changes: Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi

Revision as of 03:19, 26 December 2015

Contents

LucasArts' short description

Opening crawl

Characters

Secret characters

Stages

Development

Critical reception

Appearances

Bibliography

External links