History Awesome / StarWarsTheOldRepublic

* The entire premise for the smuggler is made of CMOA. You are nothing but a normal person living in a universe that is full of people with superpowers that allow them to shoot lighting out of their fingers or throw pieces of the ground at you with telekinetic powers, but you are still able to hold your ground against them. While other non-force users classes such as the Republic Troopers and Imperial Agents are also BadassNormal, they all have special training, equipment, and the backing of one of the two superpowers to help them level the playing field. For the smuggler however, you are a civilian that have nothing but your only skills, determination, wits, and luck, yet you are not only able to take on Jedi, Sith, and elite special forces in a fight, but actually WIN!

'''Risha:''' I've always liked your sense of poetic justice.

* When trying to get the Emperor's attention on Ziost, the usually silver-tongued Agent has no taunts or insults for him. Instead, they bluntly inform the all-powerful Emperor that they have a big bomb, and [[TankingYouWithMe they intend to use it]]. Lana questions their strategy, but the Agent points out that it ''worked''. The nigh-invulnerable OmnicidalManiac considers them a credible enough threat that he stopped his rampage across the planet and is heading to deal with the insolent {{Muggle}}.

-->'''Smuggler:''' I'm just going to free your slave, steal your ship, kill your boss, and leave you for the citizens of Corellia.
-->'''Corso:''' ''Ouch''.

-->'''Smuggler''' I'm just going to free your slave, steal your ship, kill your boss, and leave you for the citizens of Corellia.
-->'''Corso''': ''Ouch''.

* Kira after just leaving Coruscant no less, tricking Darth Angral into a wild bantha chase. She even mocks the Inquisitor holding a lightsaber to her throat when you do arrive:

** There's also Hylo Visz leading a fleet of other smuggler ships against a Mandalorian battle fleet and ''winning'' with help from Republic reinforcements scrambled from nearby systems.

-->'''Smuggler''': Here's what I'm gonna do: I'm gonna take your ship, free your slave, kill your boss, and leave you at the mercy of the Corellian people ''you betrayed''.

** Unlike the other classes the Smuggler doesn't brag about being stronger/accusing the Emperor of being weak, but that the planet devouring monster [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQFwUjH7i0 is simply]] {{Compensating for Something}}

* On Alderaan the Bounty Hunter tends to get looked down on by [[NoFameNoWealthNoService every single noble]] s/he meets. However one quests allows her/him to get a little revenge. S/he is asked to deliver a message to a truly arrogant and offensive noble who refuses to deal with you as you are below his station. The dark-sided option is to [[KickTheSonOfABitch simply beat every-loving crap out of him.]] No matter how light-sided you are you will want to do it, because A) he really deserves it and B) it is glorious. And even [[TokenGoodTeammate Mako]] approves!

* [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Your first target in the entire game]] is a seven-time champion quick-draw artist... who also turns out to be an obnoxious braggart who boasts that he can draw so fast he'll shoot your ears off before you can hear the blast. The Bounty Hunter can then coolly murmur in a chilling [[ContraltoOfDanger voice]]: [[BringIt "''Show me''."]] The Bounty Hunter then draws so fast they blow his pistol out of his hand, and stand over him glaring triumphantly as he clutches his wrist in pain. That's right: a small-time gun-for-hire nobody has even heard of effortlessly out-draws a galaxy-acclaimed, seven-time, quick-draw ''champion''. And that's just their first target in the game!

* [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Your first target in the entire game]] is a seven-time champion quick-draw artist... who also turns out to be an obnoxious braggart who boasts that he can draw so fast he'll shoot your ears off before you can hear the blast. The Bounty Hunter can then coolly murmur in a [[BadassBaritone chilling]] [[ContraltoOfDanger voice]]: [[BringIt "''Show me''."]] The Bounty Hunter then draws so fast they blow his pistol out of his hand, and stand over him glaring triumphantly as he clutches his wrist in pain. That's right: a small-time gun-for-hire nobody has even heard of effortlessly out-draws a galaxy-acclaimed, seven-time, quick-draw ''champion''. And that's just their first target in the game!

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

*** And, within that fight, Darach DualWielding both his own lightaber and Satele's double-bladed lightsaber as he makes his LastStand. He even manages to fatally wound Vindican and almost won the fight had Malgus not grabbed his downed master's lightsaber for some DualWielding of his own.

** The Sacking of Coruscant, shown in the ''Deceived'' trailer. Even though Gnost theorizes (and it is later confirmed) that this was a desparate trick by the Emperor, it was still one heck of a master stroke. With a single attack, the Sith Empire managed to force the Republic into accepting whatever unfair terms the Empire wanted, humiliated the Jedi and drove them out of their home and established themselves as a truly dominant power in the galaxy.

* For Imperial players, on Hoth you can 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 Hoth, the Ortolan plant supervisor Ooren Tai gets one. First the little guy stands up to a Republican soldier who is pointing a blaster at him, then, cool as ice, he starts to negotiate a new contract with the Imperial player (particularly impressive when you play a Sith). All while he is alone, unarmed and surrounded by hevaily armed soldiers from both sides.

* On Belsavis, while on the planetary quest to rescue the [[SealedEvilInACan Dread Masters]], a group of released aliens decides to wipe out the operations group that's responsible for clearing an escape route, the Inquistor's response [[DialogueTree can be]] quite awesome.
-->'''Inquisitor:''' ''So the aliens have developed a taste for alien blood. I know ''just'' the cure.'' '''*lightning crackles along the Inquistor's body*'''

* Towards the end of the prologue, Lord Zash gives one. Until now, Overseer Harkun has been giving Ffon--a Sith Pureblood who is the only one in your group worthy to be Zash's apprentice as far as Harkun's concerned--advantages all throughout the trials. When the final trial comes, you find you're competing against Ffon for a relic map, and Harkun's already sent Ffon on ahead. Just when you are about to leave, Zash turns up and informs you and Harkun that she has the details of a previous relic you recovered: details that are important for getting the map, and without them, Ffon doesn't stand a chance. Harkun tries to prevent you recieving the details since it would be unfair to Ffon, and Zash responds, in a voice that makes it clear she knows what Harkun has been doing throughout the trials, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard points out that being Sith has nothing to do with being fair.]]

* The final battle that takes place in both light side and dark side playthroughs is with 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. 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 Agent's performance can impress Keeper, who voices approval for the Agent being able to use killing as a tool to get the job done and not as a crutch. High praise considering he also compares cleaning up after the [[AxCrazy Sith]] to being a sannitation worker.

* "A Light Shining in Darkness" reveals that, not only is Guss Tuno back, he's reclassed as a Jedi. Now he really can heal you with Jedi power. Becomes heartwarming as well if a lightsided Jedi takes him on -- finally, he has a mentor that can keep him on a better path.

-->[[SmallNameBigEgo Your impulsive decision got you captured by the Republic]], [[StupidEvil and now you expect me to aimlessly kill Imperials]]? [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are a stain, an aberration, a degredation of the Sith. How dare you make demands of me?]]

* In the Republic ending of the Manaan story, the Alliance Commander and a Selkath commando look out over the battlefield. The commando says that they're standing by to restore power to the Progenitor deterrant.

'''Valkorion:''' I command the Force! It is mine!!\\

* Taking down the 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!

** The dark side ending to this is 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.

* The end of the Sith Warrior story: For Dark Side Sith you kill Darth Baras, either yelling "No one dare stand in my way! Let this be a message to you all!" or "I wash the galaxy clean of you.". The Light Side 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.]]

** When Malgus is defeated, Lana, your companion, and several members of the Jedi Council or the Dark Council show up to incapacitate him. Seeing some of the most powerful people in the galaxy work together against a common foe is a treat. For a moment, it looks like he can still break free, and then you redouble your efforts. Finally, [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Satale Shan, Darth Acina or Darth Vowrawn]] appear to personally keep him down for good, and Malgus is back in chains again.

* Really, what makes the Inquisitor storyline awesome is the fact that they're the underdog of every class. The Jedi Knight, Consular and Trooper were given training and guidance prior to arriving in Tython/Ord Mantell. The Sith Warrior comes from a family with enough pull that they're given advanced placement in the Sith Academy. Both the Smuggler and Bounty Hunter had already made names for themselves in their respective fields. The Inquisitor starts out as a slave who was lucky to possess Force ability, and their story is them proving to their enemies why it's a ''bad idea'' to underestimate them.