Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith

Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith (also MotS) is the expansion pack for the first person shooter Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. It was released January 31, 1998. One of the most appealing things for fans was the opportunity to play as Mara Jade, one of the most popular Star Wars Expanded Universe characters. The game contains 14 levels. The story is set in 10 ABY, five years after the events of Jedi Knight.

Many under-the-hood changes were made for this expansion. For example, colored lighting support was added to the rendering engine and the COG scripting language that was also used in Jedi Knight was enhanced with new programming capabilities. These upgrades to the game engine were well received by editing communities who made homebrew add-ons for this game.

Opening crawl
Mysteries of the Sith

''It has been over five years since Jerec was defeated at the Valley of the Jedi. Kyle Katarn, continuing his pursuit of the light side of the Force, has joined the fragile New Republic in the struggle against the Empire.''

To aid in their cause Kyle has traveled to a remote base in the Altyr System, accompanied by Mara Jade, a young smuggler who sought out Kyle in the hope that he might further her Jedi Training.

''Mara, once a powerful agent of the Emperor, was swayed from the Dark Path by Luke Skywalker. She now seeks knowledge of the role she will play in the continuing struggle for the galaxy...''

Story
The story consists of unconnected missions, but climaxes with the redemption of Kyle Katarn.

The plot begins on Altyr 5 where the New Republic base is receiving bombardment from two artificial asteroids, and an attack from the Imperial Remnant. Kyle Katarn&mdash;controlled by the player&mdash;manages to repel the attack, and stealing a Lambda-class Shuttle arrives on one of the asteroids. There, he breaks into the control room and redirects its fire to the other. When destroyed, he circumvents the weapon's cooling system, self-destroying the asteroid base and escapes.

While there, he gets a lead for the planet Dromund Kaas, having some importance to the Empire. He goes to the temple to investigate while the player controls Mara Jade.

Mara's first mission is to negotiate with Ka'Pa the Hutt concerning the New Republic's supplies. In order for Ka'Pa to comply, Mara is forced to steal Takara's GCT device. While looking for Takara's lieutenants, Abron Mar on the Katraasii Spaceport, Mara is trapped by Takara, but manages to escape and steal the device. After this, Mara is found on a New Republic Corvette guarding a Jedi Holocron when receiving attack from Kaerobani's pirates. Mara repels the attackers but the Holocron is stolen. Mara had to "board" a cargo crate. That way, she arrived at Rathalay, reclaimed the Holocron and escaped.

Now Mara arrives on Dromund Kaas to see what happened to Kyle. After traveling across the swamp, she reaches the Dark Force Temple. Finally she finds Kyle totally maddened by the dark side. Master and apprentice fight, but Mara wins, while Kyle hides deeper and deeper into the catacombs. On the final encounter, Mara voluntarily turns off her lightsaber and surrenders. Kyle realizes that he can't follow this path and returns to the light side.

After this, Kyle forsakes the Jedi and the Force and returns to his military action on behalf of the New Republic.

Characters

 * Kyle Katarn
 * Mara Jade
 * New Republic soldiers
 * New Republic officers
 * Ka'Pa the Hutt
 * Mon Mothma
 * Ugnaughts
 * 8t88
 * Kaerobani
 * Abron Mar
 * Takara
 * TK-8252


 * TT-8L gatekeeper droid

Bounty Hunters

 * Gamorreans
 * Grave Tuskens
 * Grans
 * Ithorians
 * Lumini Pirates
 * Rodians
 * Trandoshans
 * Weequay

Creatures

 * Dianogas
 * Drugons
 * Mailocs
 * Rancor
 * Swamp wampas
 * Vornskrs
 * Water cycs
 * Ysalamiri

Imperials

 * Assassin Droids
 * AT-AT drivers
 * Imperial commandos
 * Imperial Officers
 * Imperial probe droids
 * Loader droids
 * Scout Troopers
 * Sentry droids
 * Stormtroopers
 * TIE pilots
 * Torture Droids

Sith Forces

 * Dark Mara
 * Dart flowers
 * Noghri
 * Sith Jedi Statues
 * Sith undead
 * Watchers

Locations

 * Altyr 5
 * Ka'Pa's palace
 * Katraasii
 * Katraasii Spaceport
 * Katraasii Droid Ballet Studio
 * Takara's stronghold
 * New Republic CR-90 Corellian Corvette
 * Kaerobani's pirate ship
 * Rathalay
 * Kaerobani's base
 * Dromund Kaas
 * Dark Force Temple

New weapons

 * Carbonite Freeze Gun
 * BH-35 Electroscope
 * Repeating Blaster Cannon
 * Seeker Rail Detonators
 * Flash Bombs
 * Remote Sequencers
 * DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol

Additional Force powers
''See Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II for the remaining list.
 * Force Push
 * Chain Lightning
 * Saber Throw
 * Force Projection
 * Far Sight

Voice cast

 * Heidi Shannon: Mara Jade
 * Rino Romano: Kyle Katarn
 * Brendan Holmes: Droid Eye/Stormtrooper/Intercom
 * Steven Jay Blum: Computer/Rebel Officer/Rebel Soldier
 * Peggy Roberts-Hope: Mon Mothma
 * Roger Jackson: Ka'Pa The Hutt/Imperial Commander/Kaerobani/Rebel Officer/Gran (credited as Ree-Yees)/Tusken/Rodian
 * Terrence McGovern: Rebel Commander/Pirate Raider/Rebel Soldier/Stormtrooper 2/Civilian Man/Trandoshan/Abron Mar
 * Mary Dilts: Droid Eye/Civilian Woman
 * Joe Paulino: Imperial Officer/Stormtrooper/Weequay

Aurebesh inscriptions
In two instances, Aurebesh inscriptions can be seen. They are mirror-inverted, denoting all capital letters.
 * A camera screen on Katraasii reads 'DISABLED'
 * The New Republic Corvette schematics is seen on a screen of the bridge, which reads 'WARNING'