Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/02/wing-commander-iii-the-game-kind-of-sucked-but-the-experience-blew-me-away/

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CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 205d (1 reply)
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Tulwinn@piefed.social · 4 pts · 205d

I bought WIng commander blind and loved it, I was irrationally unhappy I didn’t have a hand to control the joystick (if you know, you know. 2 was another level again and my computer struggled, the spirit cutscene slowed to a slideshow unfortunately which killed the impact a bit.

It was a while later when I walked into a store to see the opening cutscene for 3. I amazed and bought it straight away. I was unhappy with the spy reveal though, I loved that character and felt it wasted the them. The cutscenes were amazing for the time, I lost just to see the alternate cut scenes. If only they could’ve realised that vision in the movie.

4 was ok but I missed the kilrathi.

itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 205d (1 reply)

Also Biff from Back to the Future and Sallah from Indiana Jones.

AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 205d

Tom Wilson, and John Rhys-Davies.

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 7 pts · 205d

Kilrathi guts pilot

Kid me: D:

armandoenlachamba@piefed.social · 2 pts · 204d

Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?

This is in reference to a blooper, right? I tried to find it on youtube, to no avail. If you have it somewhere, could you please share the link? Thanks!

Ioughttamow@fedia.io · 2 pts · 205d

Always wanted to kill that dude, but then I’d get stranded. I think I usually got stuck at some point later but can’t remember where

AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 205d (4 replies)

I remember one of them had Malcolm McDowell as Admiral Tolwin.

Aganim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 204d (3 replies)

Two actually, III and IV.

AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 204d (2 replies)

Nice! I only played one of them. Whichever one has him say the line “The price of peace freedom is eternal vigilance.” It’s been a loooong time but I remember that very cool quote.

Aganim@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 204d (1 reply)

That's from IV, and you're almost correct, it's "the price of freedom" instead of "peace". But very memorable indeed!

AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 204d

Yes! Damn I knew it sounded weird. Thanks.