* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The fact that the original soundtrack for this game is [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Unleashed_(soundtrack) not available for purchase]] is downright criminal.
** One specific example from the game itself occurs at the beginning of the final confrontation. The scene begins with [[spoiler:Starkiller charging down a corridor on the Death Star toward the throne room where the rebels are, but suddenly he halts as the door at the end of the hall opens and Darth Vader marches through. Starkiller visibly steels himself for the battle ahead as the two draw their lightsabers and slowly walk towards each other.]] The main theme blaring in the background makes it a truly epic moment and arguably makes [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Battle_on_Death_Star_I.jpg this specific moment]] the game's MoneyMakingShot.
* CompleteMonster: The Emperor seems to get off on watching people suffer and die.
-->(''EvilLaugh'') "Yes! Kill him, Lord Vader!"
* DemonicSpiders: Imperial Purge Troopers in the first game and their insanely precise shoulder-mounted homing lasers. Their shots are unblockable, are harder to dodge than anything any boss will throw at you and will easily perform nigh-immediate 180 degree turns to hit you in the ass in the event that you do somehow manage to duck under or jump over one of them successfully. Oh, and when (no, not ''if'' -- ''when'') the shot hits you, it will take about 20% off your health and knock you down. If you ''dared'' to jump in an attempt to dodge it, the knock back effect will last long enough for him to shoot it at you again, this time without any chance at all for you to avoid it. If you manage to get close to them, however, they're easier to kill, at least if you fighting them alone. Now imagine, if you will, facing off against ''four'' of these guys at a time, each one at a different range. It gets a tad hard to get through something like that. And, yes, it does happen. More than once.
** More literal examples with the Terror Droids in the sequel and the assassins that accompany them. They TeleportSpam so that you can't hit them and have to come up with creative ways to kill them, such as going into Force Fury or blowing out a window or something. They've got attacks that can paralyze you and frequently close in for melee while teleporting away from you when you try to counterattack.
* EvilIsSexy: Dark!Maris Brood.
** As well as Darth Phobos (especially when she impersonates Juno).
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The fanbase seems to absolutely adore [[EvilIsSexy Maris]] [[MsFanservice Brood]] even though she was a very minor character in the first game. You can even see people claiming for her return in the sequel.
* FoeYay: When he defeats her, Maris Brood actually seems to be more trying to seduce Galen into sparing her life, than about being genuine that she'll turn from the Dark Side if he lets her live. Made [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:DirtyGirl.JPG more explicit]] in the comic adaptation.
* GodModeSue: One common criticism leveled at the main character (extending to his clones) is that he is perhaps ''too powerful''. Perhaps personified best in the DLC levels where he performs such feats as... [[DeaderThanDead killing Obi-Wan Kenobi's ghost]] in the Tatooine level, overpowering Chewbacca (someone capable of tearing a human apart) with his bare hands without the use of force abilities on Endor, and then showing that even a fully trained Jedi version of [[spoiler: Leia]] is absolutely no match for him.
* GameBreaker: Force Lighting. It can make nearly every boss fight piss-easy, at least on normal difficulty.
* GoddamnBats: In the Wii game, any enemy using a jet pack. They can't be thrown, have an impossible-to-block flamethrower(for close range), encourage you to whack them with your saber (in which case they blast you with a flamethrower), have tons of hit points, and can attack you while you electrocute them. Luckily, you can quickly kill them by dangling them over a ledge and impaling them.
** In the [=PS3/360=] version you can short out their jetpacks with lightning for an extra helping of VideoGameCrueltyPotential. Its GoddamnBats are the Scout Troopers, imperials with sniper rifles that outrange Galen's force powers.
** The Lightsaber Training Droids in the Jedi Temple.
* HellIsThatNoise:
** When Starkiller is being remade in his armor during the Dark Side ending, as the Emperor is leaving, Starkiller screams, his voice sounding metallic, like his vocal chords have been replaced with grinding metal. [[BodyHorror It's not implausible to think that they have, either.]]
** The Terror Walker's screech. It can sound either hilarious, or horrific.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** One of the DLC packs that came with the second game was a "Maulkiller" skin. Around two years later, Sam Witwer is voicing a (revealed to have survived) Darth Maul in ''StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
** The release of the first game was delayed to where it was sandwiched between the premiere of the ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' feature film and the premiere of ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' animated series on Cartoon Network. Both TFU and TCW have apprentices to Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader who wield lightsabers with the reverse-grip.
*** This also happened with the second game: Starkiller ([[spoiler:or rather, a clone of him]]) uses two lightsabers in the second game, while Ahsoka Tano also wields dual sabers (though the second one is shorter) as of the Season 3 episode "Heroes On Both Sides", which premiered a month after the release of TFU II.
* HoYay: Not too particularly tangible in this game, but the way some {{mooks}} [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/2/1/ grab onto each other when you are throwing them around with the Force seems a little suggestive at times]].
* MagnificentBastard: Darth Vader and Palpatine.
* MoralEventHorizon: See PlayerPunch.
* {{Narm}}: During Emperor Palpatine's LargeHam moment near the end of the game.
--> '''Emperor:''' You will give me the names of your friends and your allies. Andthenyouwilldie.
* NightmareFuel:
** Facing Starkiller's EvilDoppelganger, who lets out quite a few animalistic screeches and yells throughout the whole fight, in the Jedi Temple. And the aftermath where Starkiller briefly hallucinates that he's become him.
-->'''Dark Apprentice''': You will ''never'' escape me.
** In the Dark Side Ending, [[spoiler: Emperor Palpatine turning Starkiller into a cyborg, as Starkiller screams in terror and agony.]]
** The second game has more examples, being DarkerAndEdgier.
*** Clone!Starkiller explores the Dark Side Cave of Dagobah, where he encounters many other clones that are entangled by vines and eerily calling out for help.
*** The first time you're on the ''Salvation''; it's dark, you're mostly alone, and your comlink occasionally broadcasts Rebel soldiers as they're being butchered by unseen forces. They don't call them 'Terror Troopers' for nothing. The fact that you're up against the most ruthless bounty hunter in the galaxy doesn't help [[spoiler: even if you don't end up fighting him at all.]]
*** On Kamino, [[spoiler: as Starkiller walks through a hallway, he's occasionally haunted by Juno and Kota's voices berating him. There's also a few surprise attacks from an illusionary Darth Vader and the cloning tanks you find along the way]]. The mist, creepy music, and haunting atmosphere make it all the more chilling.
*** In the Dark Side Ending, [[spoiler: Vader's ''true '' apprentice just looks at Juno's dead body with absolute contempt before moving on, even though he's ''also '' a clone of Starkiller. He was hiding there the whole time and was able to take out both Starkiller and Kota almost effortlessly.]]
* OlderThanTheyThink: The developers spent a lot of time talking about the game's materials system in pre-release interviews like they were the first ones to implement such a thing. [[HalfLife They were late by four years,]] and ironically, one of the criticisms of the game found in many reviews is that the system is ultimately underused to the point of being barely noticable.
** This was very noticeable when comparing how much the same Euphoria engine impacted nearly every aspect of [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV GTA IV]]. Not helped by the fact most people had been enjoying Niko's exploits ''months'' before The Force Unleashed came out.
* PlayerPunch: In ''The Force Unleashed II: DLC Edition'''s Endor mission, [[spoiler: the Dark Apprentice (That's the player character) kills Chewie and Han.]]
** You also [[spoiler:kill [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Princess Leia]] too.]]
* PortingDisaster: The company responsible for the PC port did the absolute minimum necessary to have the game run on a computer. The system requirements are ridiculously high, the graphics and controls have to be changed before launching the game (and the graphics options are limited to screen resolution) and the game itself is riddled with bugs and prone to [=CTDs=]. Oh, and game data is duplicated for each level, making the full game to take '''27 GB''' of disk space. It's a direct port and nothing more.
** The second game did much better, although in that case it was developed alongside other console versions and not just blindly ported.
* ThatOneBoss: Kazdan Paratus nearly always blocks all of your moves except Force Lightning, and, if you play on difficulty above normal, starts blocking Force Lightning too, if it is used repeatedly. He has hard to block light-lance attacks and can hit for about 70% of your life if he catches one of the objects lying around in his Force Push.
** He's not as bad in the Wii version, though, despite having a double-bladed lightsaber instead of his usual weapon. Taking his place however is [[spoiler:the ghost/hologram of Galen's father, Kento,]] who not only blocks every attack you throw at him, but also seems to move and react twice as fast as you.
** On higher difficulties like Sith Master most of the bosses of this game fall under this category, unless you know the "trick" to kill them, as many reviewers have stated.
** Chalk up the Gorog, whose fight never seems to end.
** What about the Terror Walker? While relatively easy to beat one-on-one, it summons so many Terror Droids and Assassins to help that you can't really focus on it, allowing it to keep stepping on you as you take damage everywhere.
* ThatOneLevel: The hangar in the Death Star ([=PlayStation=] 3/Xbox 360 version) isn't called the ''Hangar of Death'' for nothing. Filled with snipers, EliteMooks, and AT-ST's on all sides with you in the middle.
** There's also the bit where you pull a Star Destroyer out of orbit.
* UncannyValley: The Wii, PS2 and PSP version's character models are unable to produce ''[[DullSurprise any]]'' emotion whatsoever.
* WhatAnIdiot: Darth Phobos dropping her Juno disguise in the middle of the battle.
* TheWoobie: Starkiller's entire life qualifies, but most definitely the scene in the sequel where he starts hallucinating that Juno and Kota are rejecting him.
-->'''Juno's voice''': Who are you?\\
'''Starkiller''': Juno, it's me!\\
'''Juno's voice''': You're a monster, a thing.\\
'''Starkilller''': (''sounding like he's about to cry'') Juno, please!\\
'''Kota's voice''': You're Vader's puppet. Just a body filled with the memories of a dead man.

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