History NightmareFuel / StarWarsJediFallenOrder

** Even worse is Vader literally ripping the base to shreds with the Force as Cal flees, regardless of any Imperial forces in the way. Every HopeSpot Cal gets to escape is brutally torn away. The door closing? He crushes it like a tin can. Cal is making a run to the elevator? The Sith Lord breaks the floor before he even gets close. Cal makes it to the elevator? Not only is Vader already across the gap himself, he's been there long enough to ''stop and stare at Cal''. There's nothing Cal can do to even ''slow him down'', much less stop him. Vader is in complete control the entire time and appears to be ''intentionally'' toying with Cal just to terrorize the Jedi Knight.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"YouHaveFailedMe, Inquisitor..."'']]

** Reinforcing GameplayAndStoryIntegration to a terrifying degree, the Sith Lord is completely unstoppable. Cal is so out of his depth that Vader ''[[HopelessBossFight doesn't even a health bar]]''. He swats away Cal's Force attacks with a casual wave of his hand. It takes everything Cal has to tear a generator out of the base and it's barely even a distraction to the Dark Lord. Vader, meanwhile, tears the base to shreds with a mere thought and creates a FlechetteStorm out of panels, and if you try to continue actually fighting him he ''will'' kill you, ''instantly''. It goes to show why Vader was the Empire's primary enforcer. All Cal can do is what Cere told him to do: '''''[[RunOrDie RUN]]'''''.

* The final boss battle against '''''[[TheDreaded Darth Vader himself]]'''''. After [[YouHaveFailedMe cutting down the Second Sister for her failure]] and casually tossing Cere aside, Cal finds himself completely outmatched against the Sith Lord, struggling just to stay alive as Vader overpowers him with both his lightsaber and the Force. Just as Vader is about to kill Cal, Cere returns and attacks. When Vader effortlessly bats her aside, Cere unleashes the dark side against him...and Vader is [[WowingCthulhu impressed by the depths of her fury and hate]]. While [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Cal is able to talk her down]], there's a brief look of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone utter horror]] on Cere's face as she comes back to herself and realizes what she was doing.

** Reinforcing GameplayAndStoryIntegration to a terrifying degree, the Sith Lord is completely unstoppable. Cal is so out of his depth that Vader ''[[HopelessBossFight doesn't even a health bar]]. He swats away Cal's Force attacks with a casual wave of his hand. It takes everything Cal has to tear a generator out of the base and it's barely even a distraction to the Dark Lord. Vader, meanwhile, tears the base to shreds with a mere thought and creates a FlechetteStorm out of panels, and if you try to continue actually fighting him he ''will'' kill you, ''instantly''. It goes to show why Vader was the Empire's primary enforcer. All Cal can do is what Cere told him to do: '''''[[RunOrDie RUN]]'''''.

** Reinforcing GameplayAndStoryIntegration to a terrifying degree, the Sith Lord is completely unstoppable. Cal is so out of his depth that Vader [[HopelessBossFight doesn't even]] ''[[HopelessBossFight have]]'' [[HopelessBossFight a health bar]]. He swats away Cal's Force attacks with a casual wave of his hand. It takes everything Cal has to tear a generator out of the base and it's barely even a distraction to the Dark Lord. Vader, meanwhile, tears the base to shreds with a mere thought and creates a FlechetteStorm out of panels, and if you try to continue actually fighting him he ''will'' kill you, ''instantly''. It goes to show why Vader was the Empire's primary enforcer. All Cal can do is '''''[[RunOrDie RUN]]'''''.

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** When Cal manages to lose Vader, he makes it back to the Imperial fortress's exit, activates the doors...and barely manages to get his lightsaber drawn in time [[JumpScare as Vader emerges, swinging for Cal's head]]. Vader sends both Cal and BD-1 flying, stops Cal from recovering his lightsaber with the Force and, when Cal refuses to hand over the Holocron, reactivates the blade [[PsychicAssistedSuicide and slowly drives it towards Cal's chest with the Force]]. The only reason Cal survives is because Cere reappears, forcing Vader to divide his attention.

* When Cal finally unlocks the Temple, he's suddenly treated to a vision of what could, and likely would, happen if he went through with the plan. It starts out well enough, with a group of younglings around him, eager to learn, but it becomes pure AdultFear from then on out. They're found by the Empire, and we see younglings crawling through trenches trying to hide, a young Padawan ambushing stormtroopers and purge troopers, before finally being cut down without mercy. The rest are left trapped in the Inquisitors' prison, terrified and begging for Cal to help. One is strapped to the torture chair, doubtless about to be brainwashed. It culminates in a vision of Cal himself in Inquisitor armor, red lightsaber in hand.

* {{Foreshadowing}}-wise, the presence of [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ilum Ilum]], looking all too similar to [[Film/TheForceAwakens Starkiller Base]]. Something about the faint outline of the trench running down the middle, coupled with the knowledge of what it will become, is spine chilling. ''[[AllThereInTheManual The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary]]'' confirms that this isn't a coincidence, either; Ilum ''is'' Starkiller Base.

*** The look of utter '''[[OhCrap terror]]''' on Cal's face says it all.

** Reinforcing GameplayAndStoryIntegration to a terrifying degree, the Sith Lord is completely unstoppable. Cal is so out of his depth that Vader [[HopelessBossFight doesn't even]] ''[[HopelessBossFight have]]'' [[HopelessBossFight a health bar]]. It takes everything Cal has to tear a generator out of the base and it's barely even a distraction to the Dark Lord. Vader, meanwhile, tears the base to shreds with a mere thought and creates a FlechetteStorm out of panels, and if you try to continue actually fighting him he ''will'' kill you, ''instantly''. It goes to show why Vader was the Empire's primary enforcer. All Cal can do is '''''[[RunOrDie RUN]]'''''.

** Vader's opening move is to grab Cal with the Force, drag him close and then start using his SignatureMove of [[PsychicStrangle throttling Cal with the Force]]. And this is shown from Cal's point of view, which gives the player the wonderfully terrifying view of Vader standing over them and saying one of several lines, with the most chilling being simply

* When Cal seemingly makes a getaway on the ''Mantis'', it doesn't stop the Second Sister from jumping onto the ship and dropping down to the windshield in a JumpScare. While Greez tries to shake her off, she puts her hand on the glass and applies the Force; cracks appear across the canopy beneath where her palm is. If they hadn't managed to shake her off in time...