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** Also a meta one. For once you are not the hero, Tala-Reh is. The BigBad of the arc has finally revealed itself, and you have to step aside to allow someone else to fight it. For a story as straightforwardly heroic as the Jedi Knight one, it's quite a twist.

--> '''Inquisitor''': [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Through Victory]], [[SlaveLiberation my chains are broken]]. [[GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath The Force shall free me.]]

* Victory over the Emperor. Not only you retaliate for fellow Jedi Masters who got {{Mind Rape}}d on your last attempt to fight him, not only you cripple the Sith Empire by taking down its leader, messiah and creator — ''you succeed where Revan and Exile failed''. It gets subverted when you find out that Emperor still exists as a Force spirit, but Darth Marr muses that you might have given him the strongest beating in his entire existence.

*** Malgus almost seems to be held back by having to fight with Vindican - he handily defeats Satele in the opening moments of the fight and would have killed her if not for Darach. Compared to having to work in tandem with his master against Darach, which almost gets him killed. However the moment Malgus goes against Darach alone he demolishes him in seconds

-->'''Lt. Quinn''': I hate to burst your bubble, Jedi. No, that's a lie; I'm revelling in it. I intercepted your transmission. The Jedi know nothing.

* The end of the Sith Warrior story: For Dark Side Sith you kill Darth Baras, either yelling "Glory is mine!" or "I wash the galaxy clean of you.". The Lightside Sith actually banishes him. But in both cases, the Sith Warrior is finally accepted as the Emperor's Wrath! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP658GFcn98&feature=g-upl&context=G286897bAUAAAAAAAGAA Epicness indeed.]]

-->'''Warrior''': I have never been - nor shall I ever be - your slave.

* When Creator/CarrieFisher passed away, cue players of ''all'' factions proceeding to hold a funeral with her, complete with higher-level players forming a "security detail"

* When Creator/CarrieFisher passed away, cue players of ''all'' factions proceeding to hold a funeral with her, complete with a "security detail"

** [[ColonelBadass Colonel Jace Malcom]] vs. [[DarthVaderClone Darth Malgus]] proves both of them are MadeOfIron with the following: Jace detonates a thermal detonator while they're in a BrawlerLock, both of them get scorched faces and just ignore it.

--->'''Satele:''' Everything you've done...
--->'''Senya:''' Everyone you've betrayed!
--->'''Kira:''' Everyone you've manipulated.
--->'''Meetra Surik:''' Everyone you've ''murdered''.
--->'''Revan:''' The Force seeks balance. Always.
--->Tenebrae's power backfires on him and he begins to turn to stone
--->'''Vitiate:''' No! NO!
--->'''Valkorion:''' I command the Force! It is mine!!
--->'''Tenebrae:''' [[ThisCannotBe I...am...endless!]]
--->'''Player Character:''' No. In the end...''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic you are nothing.]]''

--->'''Vaylin:''' You presume limits to my power. ''There are none.''

* Darth Marr finally standing face-to-face with Valkorion, the Emperor who ALREADY had an Empire that worshiped him a a living god, and chose to abandon it, leaving it to Marr to keep it together against most of the Dark Council. The Emperor who turned against his own, consuming all life on one of richest worlds in Sith history. The Emperor, who viewed his 1300-old Empire as nothing more than a distraction to a side-project "mere" couple of hundreds of years in the making. The HumanoidAbomination who moves his consciousness at will and eats planets offers to Marr to spare his life and KneelBeforeZod. What does Marr do? He gives him a ShutUpHannibal, then breaks out of his handcuffs and attacks the guards with their own weapons. Truly a DyingMomentOfAwesome.

* For Imperial players, on Hoth you can [[spoiler: become an honourary member of the "[[TheDreaded Bane Brigade]]", after running a FalseFlagOperation and causing so much havoc on the planet that the Republic become convinced they're BackFromTheDead.]]

* On Imperial Belsavis, the planet's mission series revolves around freeing the Dread Masters, six extremely powerful Sith who serve the Emperor directly. [[spoiler: When you release them, they kill an Esh-ka without laying a finger on him, through their battle meditation. Dread Master Raptus then boasts that nothing can contain them, to which you can [[ViolationOfCommonSense point out that they were just contained.]] The Masters turn their AgonyBeam of fear on you, bringing you to your knees, as Raptus commands you to respect them. However, if you're a Sith Warrior or Inquisitor, you have the dialogue option "I bow to no one", which makes your character [[NoSell overcome their collective power to stand up and declare, "You cannot scare me."]] This is apparently a first for the Dread Masters; they don't bother you further, and Raptus admits that you're strong. You didn't just defy a supreme Sith Lord and live - you defied all ''six'' of the Emperor's chosen Sith, lived, and freaked them out a bit.]]
* The entire Republic Corellian campaign, across all four classes, which [[spoiler: ends with the Empire thrown back from the Core Worlds, having lost seemingly half the Dark Council and 10% of its ''entire military strength'']]. Talk about AwakeningTheSleepingGiant. And not just that, the running theme in the Republic Corellia arc is that, while the Corellian Council was content to sell their people to the Empire, the ''people'' of Corellia are absolutely, completely loyal, and wage a very successful resistance that gives the Republic their chance to reclaim the planet. In the span of a couple months, the Republic goes from suffering a shocking route in one of their greatest planets to scoring a decisive and glorious victory, turning the tide of the entire war and bolstering morale across the Galaxy, all because the common citizenry had faith in their leadership, and delivered when they needed them most. After an entire game of hearing characters lambasting the Republic for being weak and ineffectual, Corellia proves they still have it in them to fight the good fight.
* The solo version of the Revan fight - Enemy Within. Your character has roped Imperial and Republic leadership alike into a most badass case of EnemyMine that reads like a who's-who of every major NPC in the game! We're talking [[spoiler: Darth Marr, Grandmaster Satele, Theron Shan, Lana Beniko, Shae Vizla, among others]] and it's ''all of you'' against [[spoiler: Revan's dark half]]. '''''It is every bit as awesome as it sounds''''', since he puts up the kind of ''epic'' fight that will be talked about in Mandalorian sagas and Sith and Jedi holocrons alike.
** The Yavin IV landscape is quite interesting while you're questing, as you frequently encounter [[spoiler:Sith and Jedi, or Imperial and Republic soldiers, working side by side with no sign of tension. There's some debates back at camp, but they don't go beyond spirited arguments.]]
* [[BadassNormal Theron]] gets an understated, [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen one]]. [[spoiler:The guy gets kidnapped by Revanites and tortured for however long it took the PlayerCharacter to storm the base...and he ''busts out'' and fights through half their forces before the PC finds him.]] Keep in mind he was injured, alone, and unarmed except for [[WithThisHerring a shotgun]] at the time.

* The forging of your first lightsaber. After questing through Tython and [[spoiler:defeating your Master's treacherous former Padawan]], you get a cool cutscene of your lightsaber being put together piece by piece accompanied by music from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. It's a pretty awesome payoff. (For those who know where in the film that piece comes from, it's a little jarring in the scenic dissonance, but the music itself is still pretty badass.)[[note]]It's the track that plays when Luke is provoked into channeling the Dark Side to go berserk on Darth Vader.[[/note]]
* On Nar Shaddaa, killing the monstrous Lord Sadic. Especially if [[spoiler:you convince Agent Galen to help you.]]
* On Tatooine as a Light Side Jedi Knight, you can [[spoiler: convince [[NobleDemon Lord Praven]] that everything he was taught about the Jedi was a lie, and [[HeelFaceTurn get him to apply to the Jedi Order]]]].

** Kira's Moment of Awesome is even ''more'' so if you played through the Consular's story. [[spoiler: Kira managed a feat that not even a ''senior Jedi Council member'' was able to accomplish on the first try: kick "daddy" Emperor to the curb for good.]]
* The final duel on Alderaan involves fighting an invisible opponent by smell as [[spoiler: a superweapon in orbit randomly opens fire down on you.]]
* On Voss, [[spoiler:Tala-Reh's HeroicSacrifice to take down Sel-Makor, '''the''' entity of evil on Voss]]. She [[FaceDeathWithDignity walks towards death head held high]] as it [[ThisCannotBe screams about how it cannot believe a mere]] ''[[ThisCannotBe mortal]]'' [[ThisCannotBe is going to kill it.]]
** Also a meta one. For once you are not the hero, [[spoiler:Tala-Reh]] is. The BigBad of the arc has finally revealed itself, and you have to step aside to allow someone else to fight it. For a story as straightforwardly heroic as the Jedi Knight one, it's quite a twist.
* Victory over the [[spoiler: Emperor. Not only you retaliate for fellow Jedi Masters who got [[MindRape Mind Raped]] on your last attempt to fight him, not only you cripple the Sith Empire by taking down its leader, messiah and creator — ''you succeed where Revan and Exile failed''.]] It gets subverted when [[spoiler: you find out that Emperor still exists as a Force spirit]], but Darth Marr muses that you might have given him the strongest beating in his entire existence.
* The Dark Side choice after the final boss battle. [[spoiler:Rather than spare the Emperor, you telekinetically pummel him and crush him with a stone pillar - all while the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic main theme of the game]] is playing in the background. Sure, it was just his avatar, but it shows that EvilIsCool can apply to a Jedi as well.]]

* Storming [[spoiler: Vivicar's]] ship at the end of Act 1, just you and your companion. Then, when you [[spoiler: defeat Vivicar, you can use your Shielding Technique to free Parkanas of Terrak's hold]].
* At the end of Act 1, [[spoiler: being appointed the Barsen'thor, or "Warden of the Order," after having single-handedly saved all the Jedi Masters' asses]]. The Padawan has come quite a way.

* Qyzen Fess gets one at the end of his companion quest. [[spoiler:After triumphing over a corrupt Clan-Leader-to-be named Veneb, he's appointed the ''leader'' of Veneb's former clan.]]

* Defeating [[spoiler: the First Son on Corellia]], then urging [[spoiler: Syo to take control of his body]]. [[ThatOneBoss The boss fight is a bastard]], but adding to the awesome is the choice of music: a slightly altered Battle of the Heroes from ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Episode III]]''.
-->'''[[spoiler:Syo Bakarn]]''' [[spoiler:I am the one who will not allow this, First Son! I know who I am. I am Syo Bakarn, I am a Jedi Master, and you have lost!]]

* Really, chapters 2 and 3 are one long CMOA for the Consular, where everything slots neatly into place for the endgame. You start off by [[spoiler: killing Darth Lachris on Balmorra, and setting up a free Balmorran government. So now you have the galaxy's largest droid and munitions factories on your side. Through your actions, you get the Rift Alliance to trust your judgement enough to fight the Empire, even if they're still ambivalent about the Republic. Then you manage little things like picking up a Voss Mystic (who would normally never leave Voss, and whose people refuse point-blank to get involved in the Republic/Empire conflict) and his entourage and... oh yeah... there's the Esh-Kha fleet following your ship around. A faction of the species that was so violently genocidal that the ''Rakata'' were terrified of them will fight for you.]] By the time the endgame rolls around and you head to Corellia with your allies in tow, it's not unjustified to feel pretty damn good about yourself.

* The trooper storyline is full of daring rescues, fortification assaults and special OPS missions. The awesomeness starts from the prologue, when you alone invade [[spoiler:the separatists' base]], find out that [[spoiler:Havoc Squad have gone rogue and survive a full room of Imperials that are trying to kill you]], and since unlike the Smuggler you don't have a companion at this point, it's actually a very tough fight without there being a single elite in sight.
* [[spoiler:Fighting Gearbox]] on Alderaan. He is riding a walker with missile launchers, and you have to destroy it to win.
* The assault on [[spoiler:the ''Justice'', an Imperial warship]] in the end of Chapter 1. You and your companion infiltrate the base pretending to be an Imperial, then you go around sabotaging the entire ship. After this, you have to fight your way to the bridge, then to engage [[spoiler:Harron Tavus himself. The battle ends with him being neutralized, republic forces coming to secure the ship, and General Garza own congratulations for a well done mission.]] It's hard not to feel like a real badass in this game.
* [[spoiler:Destroying the Gauntlet]] in the end of Chapter 2. First of all, it truly feels like a Special Operation, [[spoiler:you divide your team and two of them make their way to the bridge, while you and Sergeant Yunn go around slicing computers so to access the core of the ship. Then, you and Tanno Vik advance through the dreadnought, putting bombs in the right places. Finishing it up, you fight an Elite Imperial Commando with a big Gatling gun. When you get out, the combination of the music, the explosion and the epicness makes you feel like Luke Skywalker right after the destruction of the Death Star.]]

* The LAST mission of the third chapter, in which you take command of your own squad and two other squads of specialists (One of whom you had saved in a previous mission) to [[spoiler:storm the Bastion, a heavily-fortified fortress taken over by an Imperial General. Fighting through your rout while hearing the others fight their way through, only to make it in, take down the General in a tough fight, and escape on a transport ship while Imperial bombers frantically try to stop ANYONE from escaping... is simply glorious.]]

* In the finale, the Trooper's speech to [[spoiler: Surpreme Chancellor Saresh]] if you [[spoiler: kept Rakton alive]] but take the Dark Side dialogue option available to you after that. [[spoiler: Here the Surpreme Chancellor is about to use Rakton as a bargaining chip to get thousands of prisoners back in exchange. This is a speech that makes the effin' Surpreme Chancellor back down in dumbstruckness, and gets General Garza to [[SoProudOfYou commend you for standing up to her.]]]]
--> If you [[spoiler: give Rakton back to The Empire]], then this medal will be meaningless, along with the deaths of countless good soldiers. We might get thousands of people back.. but [[spoiler: with Rakton's help, The Empire can kill twice that number in a day. I won't stand for this Chancellor, I won't watch you hand The Empire's deadliest weapon back to them.]]
* In Shadow of Revan, [[spoiler:Eclipse Squad took out entire Imperial--and in the end, Republic--installations. Havoc Squad wipes them out with no casualties.]]
* The Vanguard's moveset in general is ''hillarious'' comeuppance to any sith in the general vicinity. See that sith over there hurling force lightning? Introduce him to your [[FoeTossingCharge Shoulder]], [[PistolWhipping Rifle Butt]], [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Armblade]], and finally [[LightningGun speak his language]]. Sith coming at you with lightsaber? [[FoeTossingCharge come at him first]], and proceed to beat him to a pulp. Brute Force > The Force.

* By the time you've finished Act 3, and thus the Smuggler storyline (so far), you will have [[spoiler: united a huge portion of the criminal underworld under your banner, giving you your own private fleet/army/empire.]] In addition, if you're playing a Light Side Smuggler, you [[spoiler: actually get awarded by the Supreme Chancellor with the Senatorial Medal of Service (the highest award the Republic can give to a civilian) for doing this, since your fleet is (unoffically?) allied to the Republic.]]
-->'''Guss Tuno:''' [[spoiler:''Only you could manage to turn taking over the Underworld into a good citizenship award!'']]
* Though there are no class-specific missions in the new Rise of the Emperor content, as is often the case, the different classes get unique lines of dialogue. Crossing over with funny, when first confronting [[spoiler:the Emperor, who is in possession of Master Surro's body, regardless of gender, ''only'' the Smuggler [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxP3B0GZJwk can flirt with the biosphere-devouring monster,]] '''''to his face'''''. He actually ''shuts up his evil ranting'' for a moment and just glares.]]

* The end of Chapter One as a Sith Warrior. [[spoiler: You face Nomen Karr, your master's hated foe in single combat. You drive him insane as he fails to defeat you, twisting him to the dark side as he fails again and again. You then can have him patched up enough so you can torture him, dragging his Padawan Jaesa to you in the throes of his agony. Finally, you can corrupt his treasured charge, making her your own apprentice as she strikes down her former master.]] A Sith at his or her finest, ladies and gentlemen.
** [[spoiler: To add to this, if you're male, you can make Dark Side Jaesa your lover.]]
** Light Side is just as cool. [[spoiler:You drive Nomen Karr to the dark side by pointing out that you're better than him, that he and Darth Baras are just two old men fighting out an old grudge and quoting the Jedi code at him as he slowly descends into insanity. When Jaesa shows up, the Warrior asks her to look into her master's heart and see the truth, showing how far Karr's fallen. Then the Warrior asks her to look into their own heart, showing only fairness, mercy and compassion. You can top it all off by sending Nomen Karr back to the Jedi Council so they can 'rehabilitate him', which comes across as an epic troll and final humiliation.]]

* The end of the Sith Warrior story: [[spoiler:For Dark Side Sith you kill Darth Baras, either yelling "Glory is mine!" or "I wash the galaxy clean of you.". The Lightside Sith actually banishes him. But in both cases, the Sith Warrior is finally accepted as the Emperor's Wrath!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP658GFcn98&feature=g-upl&context=G286897bAUAAAAAAAGAA Epicness indeed.]]

** It doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming when [[spoiler:you spared the lives of Overseer Tremel and Lord Rathari. The Sith Warrior shows some affection in their voice, like talking to an old master or friend, when asking: "Glad you are still alive, old man. Are you well?". When an all-powerful Sith Lord, second only to the Emperor, actually shows some type of care for someone, knowing how Sith are, it is really heartwarming.]]

** [[spoiler:After being defeated, Darth Baras orders Darth Marr and Darth Ravage to kill you. They both refuse on the grounds that doing so would be defying the Emperor's Wrath. Baras, realizing that he's finally run out of options, is reduced to a sputtering wreck.]]
* Freeing [[spoiler: the Emperor's Voice]] from Sel-Makor on Voss. Let's be clear, Sel-Makor is an EldritchAbomination that the both the Voss and Gormak are terrified off, that is busy trapping one of the most powerful Force-wielders to have ever lived. Plus, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fighting his mere avatar in the world mission was already a bitch]]. Nobody has ever really defeated it. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Then it meets you.]]
* In the class mission included with the Shadow of Revan expansion, Darth Vowrawn informs you of droids that are tracking your every action. After destroying them and returning to Vowrawn you are instead confronted by one of the Emperor's Hands. who informs you that the droids were there to inform the Emperor and his Servants if you were loyal or not. The Hand proceeds to reprimand you for participating on the Ilum and Makeb campaigns. The conversation ends with you either reaffirming your loyalty, or reaffirming that you are no one's slave...[[spoiler:by [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu force choking the Hand]]. And essentially announcing his/her intent of replacing the Emperor]]

** She gets another one when you come back with the map [[spoiler: and a loyal Dashade assassin]]. When you walk in, Ffon is whining about how the mission was impossible. On seeing you with the map, Harkun snatches it from you and gives it to Ffon. Then Zash arrives, tells you to shut up if you protest Harkun's favoritism, and intimidates Ffon into admitting the truth. Then she kills him effortlessly and chews Harkun out for being [[SmallNameBigEgo such an idiot]].
* Here's one: by the end of the storyline, the player, who started as a slave, will have personally become one of the strongest Sith in the galaxy and killed no less than three very powerful Sith: [[spoiler: Skotia, Zash, and Thanaton]].

* How about the fact that [[spoiler: the player can EAT FORCE GHOSTS]]
* The killing of [[spoiler: Darth Thanaton himself]] is epic and a half. [[spoiler: After multiple fights which tended to end with him running, you finally corner him in front of the rest of the Dark Council. After a long hard battle you finally knock him back. Defiant, he hits you with everything he's got: Lightning strikes down from the ceiling and shoots from his hands, the force whirls around you, sending rubble spinning and blocking any vision of you. For a few moments it seems like he's won... then your eyes glow from within, and with the power of the Force Ghosts you have bound to you, you throw back the energy. Thanaton charges towards you with his saber but it is for naught as you stop him where he stands, and then force him to kneel before you. Battered, beaten, and bruised, Thanaton crawls away... and one of the members of the Dark Council looks down, apologizes, and snaps his neck with the Force.]]
* At the very end of the Inquisitor storyline, after [[spoiler: you've beaten Thanaton, the ghosts you've bound to yourself show up and demand that you free them as you promised.]] If you are light side, you can get the following dialogue:
-->[[spoiler: '''LS Sith Inquisitor:''' Is there a way I can help you find peace before you go?\\

(The ghosts then disappear, and a great column of light rises from you to the sky.)]]

* On Corellia, deciding to use [[spoiler: ''[[FluffyTamer zoo animals]]'']] to fight Thanaton's guards at the museum! Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
* The Light Side Inquisitor tends to have many awesome moments, due to being the Empire's resident BunnyEarsLawyer. They completely avoid the VillainBall and nearly all of their Light Side decisions come across as [[PragmaticVillainy shrewd]] and [[TheChessmaster calculating]], allowing them to increase their personal power base, gain [[DefeatMeansFriendship powerful allies]] and earn the respect of many around them. As noted upon their [[spoiler: ascension to the Dark Council]], this trait has the effect of making them actually ''more'' dangerous than power-hungry Sith.

* Xalek gets one before he even joins the Inquisitor's crew. [[spoiler:As part of a test, the prospective apprentices have been sent into a tomb for an artifact. Rather than join the treasure hunt, Xalek waits at the academy. As the winning acolyte returns and enters the room where the Inquisitor and Harkun are waiting, Xalek kills his rival in plain view and calmly picks up the artifact and presents it to the Inquisitor.]] One of the Inquisitor's possible responses boils down to an amused, "I ''like'' him!"
* The Dark Side recruitment of Ashara. Sure, you ''can'' take a leaf out of [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Malak's]] book and torture her into submission, but it's ever so satisfying to just quietly pull her strings and allow her fears and frustrations to nudge her over the edge. [[spoiler:The standout moment is when the Inquisitor has hired assassins to hunt and harry Ashara through the swamps of Taris until she feels completely cornered. One battle later, she's faced with one sole survivor who begs for his life, and as her Jedi training towards mercy starts kicking in, the Inquisitor calmly reminds her that a) he's an assassin who hunted her like an animal, and b) if she lets him go, he'll go on and do the same to others. Ashara kills him, and is unable to tell if she did it for catharsis or the greater good.]]
* In the Inquisitor's "Shadow of Revan" story, [[spoiler:the Inquisitor just ''discovers possible immortality. In a way that doesn't require a huge omnicidal ritual. No big deal''. Even if you decide to go the more pro-Empire route and not pour resources into the project while the war's on, you can let your subordinate Sith know that you will be making use of his expertise in the future and to keep doing what he's doing in the meantime.]]

* What's more awesome than [[spoiler: becoming a member of the Dark Council]] at the end of the Inquisitor class story? Doing so while playing a non-human species, of course! Not only do you rise from slavery to [[spoiler: a Darth]], you do so in a [[FantasticRacism xenophobic society that treats aliens as fourth-class citizens]], with some [=NPCs=] you meet calling the practice of training non-human Sith as an abomination.

* [[spoiler: It turns out that Nem'ro never planned on sponsoring you in the Great Hunt, so he tricks you into fighting his entire beast menagerie to get rid of you.]] After you have shot your way through the beasts and their tamer and you are standing before Nem'ro again it's clear the Hutt is having an OhCrap moment as he realizes you really ''are'' a force to be reckoned with and he has just pissed you off. Cue large cash infusion into your bank account.
* On Dromund Kass, you are sent to kill or capture the apprentice of the rogue Sith Lord Grathan [[spoiler: by her father, Admiral Frabaald]]. When you finally meet her she laughs and mocks you, saying of course you are gonna lose the fight with her because she is Sith and you're a common hired gun, that she is disappointed that she isn't facing a real Mandalorian, etc... Shattering that ego of hers is rather satisfying.

* So, every class get their own ship. [[spoiler:But only the Bounty Hunter STEALS IT. Unless the Smuggler stealing theirs back counts, but possession is nine-tenths of the law.]]

* As satisfying as [[spoiler: abandoning Tarro is, letting him fight can be just as satisfying. It's basically the Hunter deciding that, despite Tarro's cowardly tactics and and everything he's done, they won't sink to his level and will fight him face-to-face, something he was always too afraid to do. The Hunter succinctly shows that not only are they more of a [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorian]] than he ever was, they're just ''better'' then him. The Hunter can then finish him by [[AndThisIsFor giving him a few blaster bolts for Braden, Jorry, and Soongh]].]]
* Taking down the [[spoiler: Jedi Master]] himself is particularly awesome, considering he's said to have single-handedly taken down a ''hundred'' Mandalorians sent to assassinate him during the Great War. You just did something some of the toughest warriors in the galaxy couldn't do whilst they [[ZergRush Zerg-Rushed]] the guy!

* At the end, if you choose, pulling a [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn by agreeing to work for the Republic and handing Darth Tormen a long-overdue asskicking and death. After doing so many jobs for this guy who is making the lives of good people miserable, it is ''really'' satisfying to finally kill him and do something that makes the galaxy a better place for once. Because GoodFeelsGood.]]

* The final quest in Act Three has you [[spoiler:infiltrating the Pride of the Republic's Fleet, the ''Founder'', and proceeding to blast your way through the best troops the Republic Army has to offer, and more than a few Jedi too. It ends with you standing before the Supreme Chancellor with gun in hand.]]
* The final battle that takes place in both light side and dark side playthroughs is with [[spoiler:Jun Seros, a Jedi who's been chasing you for killing his friend, Kellian Jarro, as part of the Great Hunt (even though, from a Mandolorian POV, he earned his place as a bounty).]] The opening cutscene alone is great. [[spoiler:In a perfect example of BadassNormal vs. MagicKnight the Hunter unloads on him, with Seros deflecting all the blaster shots, stopping a rocket in mid air, and repelling the flamethrower. Then the fight starts.]]
** The dark side ending to this is [[spoiler:basically to laugh in his face before you kill him. While some of you may feel bad kicking someone when they're down, his SmugSnake {{Dirty Coward}}liness exceeds even Tarro Blood, topped off by framing you for a kilometre-long list of crimes you had nothing to do with. This mud-flinging leaves the hunter no choice but to work for Darth Tormen, a Class-A GeneralRipper, and be party to the conquest of Corellia to draw him out of hiding, all the while chasing down Republic people just as smug and self-satisfied as he is. Worse still, he dragged Supreme Chancellor Janarus, his friend, into this mess. His operation is one abuse of power after another and he expresses no remorse for his actions. And for what has he done all this? Using you to expose the Sith's true colours, he claims. A ridiculous claim, considering that the Bounty Hunter has nothing to do with the Sith. (Not to mention that the 'true nature' o fthe Sith hardly needs to be exposed.) If anything, he's only shown the Jedi's true colours - trusting enough to let bastards like him act with impunity and considering the lives of Mandalorians and non-Republic people to be secondary and not subject to the same concern as that of a Jedi or Republic citizen. Even in death he does not repent, boasting he has undone all your accomplishments and that in death, he returns to the Force unscathed.]]
** On the light side option, [[spoiler:he actually dares to lecture you about how you can't distance yourself from the harm you cause and eventually, your actions will catch up with you; not once does he blink at the irony of it all. So when you tell him he hasn't won and you've tricked him into delivering the Supreme Chancellor to you on a silver platter. He finally gets it with a remorseful "No...": in his zeal and misguided loyalty, he screwed up big time and Tormen came out ahead. Despite being dark side, it still comes across as a ShutUpHannibal moment because even playing dark side most of the time, at least you never lied to the entire Republic through your teeth. His death at your hands is overdue and happens regardless, but kicking his smug teeth in is one of the most satisfying things you can do as a Bounty Hunter.]]

* The Imperial Agent class was most blessed by its Progression trailer: In the climax, the example [[ColdSniper Sniper]] is facing down a Jedi Knight, deflecting blaster bolts left and right. What does she do? [[spoiler:Wait for an opportunity and ''[[BoomHeadshot nail him in the face]]''.]] And then, to sweeten the deal, she does an UnflinchingWalk away from the battlefield.

* At the end of the Agent's Balmorra questline, if you play your cards right, [[spoiler:you can capture the terrorist leader Grey Star without his cell knowing it. Then, you can have an Imperial loyalist take on Grey Star's identity and forge orders to turn them against the Republic. In other words, you just tricked an anti-Imperial terrorist group into allying with the Empire.]]

* As part of the Agent's class quest on Tatooine, they end up targeted by Ghost Cell assassins. After laying an ambush and defeating them, they're approached by their contact, Mia Hawkins, who [[spoiler:is actually another Ghost Cell assassin in disguise]]. If you choose the right option, the Agent effortlessly [[spoiler:sees through the disguise]], utters one of the most badass lines in the whole game, and then [[spoiler:shoots the assassin at point blank]].

* On Alderaan, during your story quest line [[spoiler: House Cortess betrays you after you deal with terrorist banker in House Rist]]. The Agent's response? Use their new friend, Vector, to sabotage the generator powering the estate's defenses and than launch a full-out assault on the estate with an army of Killiks at their back! You don't mess with Imperial Intelligence.
* At the end of the Alderaan storyline, there is something grimly satisfying about [[spoiler:turning over House Cortess and its inhabitants to the Killiks.]] As the Agent can point out to the suddenly terrified head of household (paraphrased): [[spoiler:Vector and the Oroboro Nest have been honorable, competent allies without whom the mission would have failed. Meanwhile, Baron Cortess completely failed to notice the conspiracy taking place in his own household, [[YouHaveFailedMe and did he really think that wasn't going to have consequences?]]]]
* The final battle of Chapter 1, [[spoiler:if you side against Jadus. You have to fight the second most powerful Sith in the galaxy. You cannot defeat him in "fair" combat, so you have to use his ship's forcefields to imprison him. While in terms of mechanics, this just means that its a three-round battle against an Elite Sith Sorcerer, you will come out of it feeling like the ultimate badass.]]
** [[spoiler: And there's a conversation path that convinces Jadus that he lost, making him pretty much walk away and leave his dreadnought and {{Kill Sat}}s to you. Yes, you just outplayed a Sith Lord who tricked all of the Dark Council and Imperial Intelligence, without firing a single shot.]]

* The ending of Chapter 2, [[spoiler:You learn that everything you have done for the SIS has been for the sake of giving Kothe an arsenal of {{Fantastic Nuke}}s which he intends to use against civilian Imperial targets to end the war before it can begin again. Kothe uses your brainwashing to prevent you from interfering. After a very well written scene, the vision of Watcher X helps you break free of the brainwashing at the last minute. You proceed to march through the Shadow Arsenal facility accompanied by epic music. Then, you learn that as far as the cutscenes are concerned, you are an even match in combat for a Jedi Knight. And as far as gameplay is concerned, [[BreatherBoss the Jedi Knight in question is no match for you]]. Finally, you get to take revenge on Kothe for using your brainwashing to control you. Or, you take revenge on the Empire for brainwashing you in the first place by defying your orders and sparing Kothe's life.]]
* The sleeper agent on Voss. This guy is painfully [[FantasticRacism specieist]] and utterly despises the Voss. And yet, he let himself be surgically altered so he could pass for a Voss and spent years living among them without ever breaking cover, deceiving even the close family of the Voss whose place he took. In the end, [[spoiler: he throws away his life to help the Agent and as he lies dying uses his final breath to give the Agent vital information]]. As unpleasant as he is in conversation, you've got to admire his utter devotion to duty.
* Assaulting Aegis Base on Corellia. Cipher Nine [[spoiler:now a lieutenant in the Imperial Army and assigned to Lord Razor's Brigade]] infiltrates the base's fuel depot, marks the silos for incoming Imperial bombers, steals a Republic shuttle while tanks go ''Boom!'' and proceeds to land at Aegis Base proper. From there you make your way through the defenses, marking targets for airstrikes while Lord Razor dutifully cranks up the Ham in the background. You then proceed to deliver a baraidum bomb deep into the heart of the fortress, steal valuable Republic troop data and then outrun the fireball while the entire base goes up in a mushroom cloud.
* The last class quest has two. [[spoiler:First, the Minister of Intelligence, after spending the entire storyline warning you not to piss of the Sith, secretly rebuilds Imperial Intelligence after the Sith disbanded it. The second comes if, after obtaining the Black Codex, a database with all of the Star Cabal's secrets and the ability to erase all records of the a person's existence, you can keep it for yourself and use it to erase your identity so that you can protect the Empire without getting caught up in Sith schemes.]]


* During the mission on Rishi for the "Shadow of Revan" expansion, you get a message requesting the help of "The Red Blade", [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay the code-name you had on Hutta]] - responding to this request [[spoiler: has the Minister of Intelligence alive and well, requesting your help with recovering Keeper Two - Shara Jenn - from a band of pirates]]. Completing it yields this understated BadassBoast.
-->'''[[spoiler: Former Minister of Imperial Intelligence]]''': Now imagine: if my people can do that to your enemies over the course of this conversation, [[ImpliedDeathThreat what do you suppose they can do to you]]?

* At the end of the Imperial storyline, you find one of your associates who [[spoiler: has been tortured nearly to death]]. When you complete the final mission, she stumbles in and her reaction, [[spoiler: as she dies]] can be summed up as 'Totally worth it!'. Now that is dedication.

* Darth Marr finally standing face-to-face with Valkorion, the Emperor who ALREADY had an Empire that worshiped him a a living god, and chose to abandon it, leaving it to Marr to keep it together against most of the Dark Council. The Emperor who turned against his own, consuming all life on one of richest worlds in Sith history. The Emperor, who viewed his 1300-old Empire as nothing more than a distraction to a side-project "mere" couple of hundreds of years in the making. The HumanoidAbomination who moves his consciousness at will and eats planets offers to Marr to spare his life and KneelBeforeZod. What does Marr do? He gives him a ShutUpHannibal, then breakes out of his handcuffs and attacks the guards with their own weapons. [[spoiler:Truly a DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]
* If the Outlander decides not to kneel to the Emperor, [[spoiler: Arcann releases them so they can join forces against his father, at which point the Emperor is killed - [[FalseFlagOperation which Arcann swiftly uses to consolidate power]] by decrying the "Outlander assassin" and declaring war on the Empire and Republic for killing his father]].

* If the Outlander loses the Chapter 8 fight against Arcann [[spoiler:due to not using Valkorion's powers]], they [[spoiler:get ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]. The awesome comes from two things: one, [[spoiler:Koth pulling a BigDamnHeroes and shooting Arcann out a window (though he survives)]], and two, the Outlander [[spoiler:getting back up and fighting through the army standing between them and freedom, despite the, you know, hole in their stomach.]] Koth is even ''amazed'' that they could basically shrug off what is almost always a fatal wound in Star Wars.
** It's pretty awesome if they win it, too. [[spoiler:They rise up, glowing with Valkorion's power, and unleash a ''giant storm of lightning'' at Arcann that blows out one of the windows and utterly ''destroys'' the ships nearby that were unfortunate enough to get caught in it. Arcann struggles against it, snarling that he won't lose…so the Outlander amps it up, completely blasting him out the window (though again, he survives).]]
* If the Outlander had chose enough flirt options with Lana, then it would be [[spoiler: Lana pulling a BigDamnHeroes, Force-pulling a humongous metallic container down from the rooftop and next to Arcann, the impact of the container hitting the ground caused Arcann to lose his balance and drop out of the window.]]
* If you blow up the Zakuul city with Kaylio in Chapter 8, [[spoiler: Koth will abandon the Alliance]]. If you ''really'' get DrunkOnTheDarkSide, his ScrewThisImOuttaHere [[spoiler: involves trying to single-handedly ''steal'' the Gravestone.]] Creator/BioWare games have [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment smacked the players before]] for cruel decisions, but [[spoiler: Koth Vortana]] just takes it to a new level.
* In chapter 14 you get to ally with the Mandalorians along with [[spoiler: Shae Vizla]] to destroy a droid factory, what's even more awesome is that this chapter used the music for Republic Commando with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic epic results]]
* The ending of chapter 15 [[spoiler: in which Scorpio takes over the Eternal Throne and the fleet after faking her death.]]
* In the final battle of chapter 16, [[spoiler:though the actual fight with Arcann might be difficult, the cutscenes imply you are kicking his ''ass'', in contrast to chapter 8, where no matter how thoroughly you were outfighting him mechanically the cutscenes always showed you on the back foot.]]

* Senya gets her own moment at the end. Brawls her way through the burning ship to the bridge, uses an impressive display of telekenesis to tear through the debris, get to Arcann, and make an impressive attempt to talk down Vaylin before she's forced to escape. She takes her son and hauls out of there, determined to save the one child she ''can'' potentially rescue, risking the wrath of Zakuul's forces, the Alliance, the Republic, and the Empire. MamaBear indeed.

* [[spoiler:Punching Saresh in the face]], less because of it being impressive and more because of how fantastic the sheer CatharsisFactor feels.

* Words cannot describe how great it feels to kill [[spoiler: The Sith Emperor]]. It's even more amazing that his own family assists you in doing so after suffering so much abuse from his hands.
** What is even more awesome, Outlander uses [[spoiler: the trigger phrase Valkorion conditioned Vaylin to submit]] on Valkorion himself.

* While the Outlander is deep in the throes of their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, the Skytroopers of the Eternal Fleet swarm their unconscious body. Depending on your choices, either Senya and Arcann or Lana and Theron dig themselves in to HoldTheLine against the endless ZergRush, buying the Outlander time to deal with [[spoiler:Valkorion]] once and for all, and it's ''badass''.

* How about the fact that [[spoiler:you can crown yourself Emperor of the Galaxy]]?

* In the conspiracy storyline, [[spoiler:Theron fakes you, Lana, and the entire Order of Zildrog including Force-sensitives and a GEMINI captain out, making you think he'd betrayed you when he hadn't]].
** "A Traitor Among The Chiss" really highlights this when you finally get to and defeat Syndic Zenta, and learn from her that [[spoiler:Theron manipulated her into sheltering him, sliced her personal files for access to a particular closely-guarded Chiss secret, then abandoned her and ''took a substantial number of her best soldiers with him''. And "The Nathema Conspiracy" confirms that he's been doing this all while subtly leaving behind just enough information to let the Outlander follow close behind him]]. The man is good at what he does.
* Valss standing alone against the Outlander and Lana (alternately, up to four of the galaxy's greatest heroes), knowing he's going to lose but that he's the only one who can buy time for [[spoiler:Theron]] to escape.
* And then there's Zildrog [[spoiler:destroying the entire Eternal Fleet]]. Sucks for the Alliance? Yes. Also impressive.

* Republic-side, the Maelstrom Prison Flashpoint is fairly epic, for a number of reasons - [[spoiler: not only do you save Revan from his AndIMustScream fate, but the final boss is Grand Moff Kilran himself, who has been a looming threat ever since the very first Flashpoint. ''Finally'' killing him in battle is suitably impressive.]]
** The Imperial-side counterpart to that, The Foundry, is also epic. [[spoiler: It starts off decent enough, with you fighting into the foundry and speaking to its mysterious administrator. Then you hear a very familiar voice over the intercom, speaking in a very familiar way... and by the time you realize WHO it is, you're fighting HK-47 himself. But that's not the best part. After a rough battle where HK shows why he's a great assassin droid (using a sniper rifle to take out huge chunks of health) you fight your way to the final boss of the flashpoint... Revan himself. And the battle is EPIC, complete with Revan leaping about with a violet lightsaber at everyone, calling lightning down, becoming "More powerful than you can possibly imagine" through channeling the Force, and when near death, raining massive chunks of rock down on the party that can take out a quarter of a party member's health in a single hit, if you don't avoid it. And when he's finally defeated, he makes a sad comment to his dead former apprentice, and disappears in an explosion of light. A worthy final battle, to one of the most powerful and influential Force-Users in the history of the Star Wars Galaxy.]]

** There is also the hint that [[spoiler: her spirit managed to escape the Outlander's mind and jumped into one of Satele Shan's dead students]]...

* Likewise, during the Shadow of Revan expansion, it was common for players (at least on the large Bergen Colony server) to [[spoiler: honor the in-game Imperial-Republic EnemyMine truce]] in-character and team up to take down big enemies.

** [[ColonelBadass Colonel Jace Malcon]] vs. [[DarthVaderClone Darth Malgus]] proves both of them are MadeOfIron with the following: Jace detonates a thermal detonator while they're in a BrawlerLock, both of them get scorched faces and just ignore it.

** Another interpretation is that this exchange demonstrates that the two are NotSoDifferent, both holding onto the Sith Code as an ideal. Finishing the Sith Code prompts Thanaton, with a soft, remorseful voice, to reply "I wish it hadn't come to this."

* What's more awesome than [[spoiler: becoming a member of the Dark Council]] at the end of the Inquisitor class story? Doing so while playing a non-human species, of course! Not only do you rise from slavery to [[spoiler: a Darth]], you do so in a [[FantasticRacism xenophobic society that treats aliens as fourth-class citizens]], with some NPCs you meet calling the practice of training non-human Sith as an abomination.

* Many wondered why neither Kira nor Scourge appeared in the Fallen Empire-Eternal Throne duology despite how heavily their backstories involved the Emperor, and we finally get our answer. It turns out that while the Outlander was fighting Valkorion, Kira and Scourge were on their own quest to find and destroy Tenebrea's original body to ensure his FinalDeath. ''And they succeed'', their destroying the Emperor's body coinciding nearly exactly with Valkorion's final defeat.

[[caption-width-right:350:"You were decieved, and now your Republic shall fall!]]

** The ending cinematic is also great. Once you've landed the final flow, Tenebrae and his echoes try to subdue the player character and their allies, but through sheer will they manage to stand. And as Tenebrae is condemned for the last time, the spirits of everyone whose lives he ruined ''from Chapter 1 onwards'' show up to stand in silent judgement. The royal family of Zakuul and their subjects he betrayed, the Children of the Emperor (including Master Syo Bakarn) he manipulated, and all the lost souls on Ziost that he devoured. It truly feels like every being in the galaxy rising up as one to destroy the Sith Emperor once and for all.

** Arcann (if alive and brought to Satele's ship) reuniting with Thexan to help you in the first fight against the Valkorion echo. Their special ability is basically [[BashBrothers using a lightsaber combo that interrupts Valkorion and deals a lot of damage.]]
** When you summon Darth Marr, his special move called 'Darth Marr's Unity' turns him into the best healer in the game, ''period.'' But healing everyone for ''30,000+HP a second'' isn't enough. He gets ''this'' line:
--->'''Darth Marr:''' All your power will not save you in the end! The Sith will rise above you!

--->'''Valkorion:''' I command the Force! It bends to my will!!
--->'''Tenebrae:''' NO! I...am...endless!

--->'''Senya:''' Everyone you betrayed!
--->'''Kira:''' Everyone you manipulated.
--->'''Meetra Sutrik:''' Everyone you've ''murdered''.
--->'''Revan:''' The Force demands balance! As always!

** The ending cinematic is also great. Once you've landed the final flow, Tenebrae and his echoes try to subdue the player character and their allies, but through sheer will they manage to stand. And as Tenebrae is condemned for the last time, the spirits of everyone whose lives he ruined ''from Chapter 1 onwards'' show up to stand in silent judgement. The royal family of Zakuul and their subjects he betrayed, the Children of the Emperor (including Master Syo Bakarn) he manipulated, and all the lost souls on Ziost that he devoured. It truly feels like every soul in the galaxy from rising up as one to kill Tenebrae once and for all.