Michael Kirkbride

Michael Kirkbride is a concept artist, writer, and game designer credited as "Special Thanks" in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. He was part of the design team that came up with the game's plot.[1] Along with Kurt Kuhlmann, Steve Gilbert, and Ken Rolston, he also wrote the fan screenplay for a twelve-episode Star Wars series titled Star Wars: Rebellion in 1999.[2] The series was set shortly after the events of the prequel trilogy and centered around the formation of the Rebel Alliance.[3] The script was publicly released on on March 4th of 2014 as a tribute to Kirkbride's friend and fellow Star Wars writer Aaron Allston, who had passed away only a few days prior.[4]

His contributions were writing lines for Darth Vader and coming up with the idea that he was the unknowing catalyst for what would become the Rebellion,[5] with irony his plan would prove to be his final undoing. He also made sure that Galen Marek died as defeating the Emperor and redeeming Vader was the work of a new hope, an innocent.[1]

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Gameography

Date Title
2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tumblr-Logo Merry Eyesore the Elk — I have seen your name mentioned in the 'Special Thanks' of Force Unleashed credits. Did you have anything to do with that game? on Tumblr: "I was part of the design team that came up with the game's plot. My favorite contribution was turning Vader into the unknowing catalyst for what would become the Rebellion (...) and I made sure the Secret Apprentice died. Defeating the Emperor and redeeming Vader was the work of a new hope" (backup link)
  2. ↑ Premium-Era-real Star Wars: Rebellion on C0DA (backup link archived on October 18, 2014)
  3. ↑ Tumblr-Logo The Provisional House — Star Wars: Rebellion on Tumblr (March 4, 2014): "Michael Kirkbride and Kurt Kuhlmann are designer-writers for the Elder Scrolls series. Together, they wrote a Star Wars TV show back in '99. It is called Star Wars: Rebellion, is set shortly after the first trilogy (which hadn't come out back then), and is centered around the formation of the Rebel Alliance." (backup link)
  4. ↑ Tumblr-Logo Merry Eyesore the Elk — Hold Up. Had to Change Some Stuff. on Tumblr: "Aaron Allston died. I just found out by reading Bruce Harlick's recent post after I got back from a parade in New Orleans during Mardi Gras where about a thousand different kind of weirds were passing by on giant floating castles." (backup link)
  5. ↑ RedditLogo I am Michael Kirkbride. Ask Me Anything. by Michael Kirkbride on Reddit (November 3, 2013): "I was very proud of my short stint on Star Wars. FUCK YEAH I WROTE LINES FOR DARTH VADER. And I came up with the idea that he inadvertently created the Alliance and that's canon now, bitches." (backup link)