Talk:Jaden Korr

It's nice to know that someone actually did play through the Adventure Seed presented in the Dark Forces Saga article, and the description of it was nice. However, this page only deals with canon. As with other RPG modules, only the main events in the module are to be considered part of the official continuity from the information I have. JoJoTrue 18:51, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I don't know what happened to the article, whether it was me reading it wrong or a retcon, but it now appears that Jaden Korr was not on the mission searching for Katarn, and was instead replaced with Mara Jade. I have thus changed the article. JoJoTrue 03:27, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Vehicle Errata.

An error exists on the page. Jaden Korr's vehicle is not an X-Wing fighter, but a Z-95 'Headhunter' starfighter. The Z-95 Headhunter is an older starfighter type and a predecessor to the X-wing, distinguishable by it's single pair of wings and wing-blasters and the distinctive 'hump' behind the cockpit in place of an astromech droid-socket. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Les-R (talk • contribs) 20:09, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Ok amended, thanks The Fish 20:52, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Gah!

Why is the assumption for articles for games with a main character whose gender is determined by the player ALWAYS that the character is male? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pattern spider (talk • contribs) 18:56, December 29, 2005 (UTC)

Because the canon version is usually male? --Maru (talk) Contribs 18:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

7he games are also marketed to males, usually are written by males, have a higher selling ratio with males, the majority of jedi/sith are male and the 6 major movies feature almost all male main characters. Don't get me wrong, 1 think the female jedi/sith are beautifully crafted in design and persona, but even then they are rarely depicted as feminine outside of their natural beauty or use in healing. MajinPalgen 17:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Again, you can't really be too surprised by this- the EU is inconsistent on this point, but it seems (following ROTS' example) that Jedi, even female ones, are not supposed to marry or have children.... so naturally males would have a bit of an advantage there; blame Lucas for this one. The EU, as I said, is a lot more enlightened that Lucas' vision. --maru (talk) Contribs 01:49, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Jaden's height

Jaden's height is presumably 7 feet tall. The reason I say this is because of the following blurb in the GtkRadiant manual [1]. GtkRadiant is what is used to build Jedi Academy levels with:

Player Dimensions
Model size: The player model's actual size is a bounding box 30 units by 30 units square with a height of 56 units. In the game world, eight units roughly equal one foot (30.5 cm). From this, we deduce that the characters are a heroic 7 feet tall (2.13 meters). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wsauer (talk • contribs) 07:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

This means absolutely nothing in this context. The GtkRadiant units of measurement are only simple guidelines for creating world geometry. In JA you can see that everything is built to scale for the player character (and NPCs). Placed into the correct perspective, Jaden is of "average" height, not a giant. Additionally Jaden stands the same height as Luke, Kyle, Lando and almost every other character. We know that none of them are 7 feet tall, with possible exception to Chewbacca. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.133.221.123 (talk • contribs) 01:43, July 31, 2007 (UTC)

Timeline

I made a small modification to the reference of when JA takes place near the end. It said that Jaden came in "around" the New Jedi Order, but given what was going on during that time there is no chance that the Vong wouldn't have been mentioned in the game. I modified it so it says he came in "before" the NJO so its a tad more specific. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.145.101.203 (talk • contribs) 18:02, May 25, 2007 (UTC)

Gender

I've heard Jaden's gender was defined as male, according to The New Essential Chronology, an official reference book. Can someone confirm this? —May the Edit be with you, always. (T|C) 16:21, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

--I don't know; according to the game programming, Jaden is, by default, female.-- --Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.111.96.32 (talk) 00:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

In-universe

Anyone seriously interested in improving the article should consider adding some real world related info, e.g. regarding the concept, creation, and/or function of the character within the Star Wars narrative etc. Please consult our writing about fiction guideline, which also includes a list of exemplary articles.

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Even though reliable sources may be tough to come up with, any effort to introduce coherently written real world aspects will be greatly appreciated, because it contributes to the depth of the article and accurate coverage of the topic, and thereby makes for an improved reading experience and increases the encyclopedic value of the article.

—AldeBaer 16:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)