<P> In addition to the standard role - playing gameplay, there are several minigame events that come up over the course of the game . The player can engage in swoop racing to gain money, and sometimes interplanetary travel will be interrupted by enemy starfighters, which begins a minigame where the player controls a turret to shoot down the opposing starcraft . The player can also engage in a card game known as pazaak, which is similar to the game of blackjack, to gamble money . </P> <P> The story takes place approximately 4,000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire . Darth Malak, a former Jedi, Dark Lord of the Sith and Darth Revan's former apprentice, has unleashed a Sith armada against the Republic . Malak's aggression has left the Jedi scattered and vulnerable; many Jedi Knights have fallen in battle and others have sworn allegiance to Malak . </P> <P> The game opens with the player's character--the player can choose a face and be male or female (canonically a male)--awakening aboard a Republic ship, the Endar Spire, which is under attack by Malak's forces over the city world of Taris . Republic soldier Trask Ulgo soon arrives and informs the player character that they are under attack . Fighting their way to the escape pods, Trask and the player character are soon confronted by Sith Lord Darth Bandon . With no other options, Trask sacrifices himself while the player continues to make their way to the escape pods . The player character soon meets up with Carth Onasi, a skilled pilot and Republic war hero, and they escape the doomed warship . </P> <P> Crashing on the surface of Taris, the player character is knocked unconscious and Carth pulls them away from the wreckage . After suffering a strange vision, the player character awakens in an abandoned apartment with Carth, who explains that Taris is currently under martial law by Malak's forces who are currently searching for the Jedi Knight Bastila Shan, known for her mastery of battle meditation, a Force technique which strengthens one's allies and weakens one's enemies during battle . Carth and the player character go in search of her and manage to meet new companions along the way, such as the Twi'lek street urchin Mission Vao and her Wookiee companion Zaalbar . The group eventually finds and rescues Bastila from the Black Vulkar gang . With the help of utility droid T3 - M4 and Mandalorian mercenary Canderous Ordo, the group escapes Taris aboard the Ebon Hawk, moments before the planet surface is decimated by Malak's fleet in a vain effort to kill Bastila . </P>

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