Even the entire story of Force Unleashed and its sequel are negated. Okay, so SoulCalibur V didn’t happen within the current canon. Now you might be saying, “Gavin, that was a complete waste of my time and I’m going to angrily point that out on the Facebook link to this article! But anyway, didn’t Disney’s acquisition of Star Wars turn basically all of the Expanded Universe null and void?” Recently, Street Fighter’s Akuma has been introduced as a part of Tekken’s canon, vindicating my head-canon theory that he’s a martial arts Sith Lord who simply digs fireballs over lightning. Meanwhile, the SoulCaliburseries is a prequel to the Tekkenseries. There we go! There’s our nerdier version of figuring out when Ice Cube had a good day! The title of the story mode? “1607 AD!”īAM! 1607 AD is 14 years after the first Death Star blew up! We have our reference! That means New Hope took place in 1593 AD.Įrgo, Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes place in the year 1627 AD. That means that SoulCalibur V is ABY 14.Īlthough the game lacks arcade mode endings for some ungodly reason, it does have a story mode. For one, the story specifically takes place 17 years after the last game, giving us a new generation of warriors and older versions of classic characters. This sadly did not feature any Star Wars characters, but it does give a lot of reference. I’d say that would probably mean that SoulCalibur IV takes place 3 BBY. This took place during Galen’s adventures in slaying Jedi, presumably early on since this was his introduction as a character ( SoulCalibur IV came out before Force Unleashed). All of them were drawn in by the power of the Soul Edge and SoulCalibur, which were for some reason attuned to the Force. The trio of Darth Vader, Yoda, and Galen were brought into the plot due to rifts in space that allowed them to show up on Earth. When SoulCalibur IV hit, they decided to throw a bunch of guest characters in there. Then there’s the SoulCalibur sword, which is the yin to its yang and for some reason doesn’t have a space in it. Sure, it’ll eat your soul away and spread evil across the land, but you’ll also be smiting your enemies with a giant, crooked, demonic broadsword with eyeballs all over it. Now that the 135-minute running time has been confirmed, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be the third longest Star Wars movie, behind Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and 2002s Star. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed.
The story revolves around a sword that is kind of like the One Ring from Lord of the Rings, only it’s actually useful in battle. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) Opening Crawl: (Regarding the last known surviving Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)) 'Luke Skywalker has vanished. The Soul Edge/ Soul Blade/ SoulCaliburseries is a collection of fighting games that takes place several centuries ago in the times of samurais, ninjas, knights, pirates, cranky men with owl heads, etc. A tale of souls and swords eternally retold. A franchise transcending history and the world. For that we must take a trip to another franchise.