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Bethesda's former Elder Scrolls loremaster on why he left, Starfield's 'communication breakdowns', and how he wanted The Elder Scrolls 6 'to be The Empire Strikes Back' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

It’s been known for a while that there was to be some kind of expansion/sequel in which the Empire does strike back against the Thalmor.

There is a removed line from the game — in early builds of Skyrim, if you won the Civil War for the Empire, the woman who is like second in charge (Rikke?) makes a remark about how the Thalmor are next. It was thought that this was removed as plans changed.

What he's describing is actually the opposite, by my read. The Thalmor are the Empire and would have, in his version of ES6, 'won'.

"I had in my mind that TES6 was going to be like The Empire Strikes Back," he says. The Thalmor, the elven supremacists who were peripheral in Skyrim's story and ultimately wanted to control all of Tamriel, would be the bad guys who come out on top, setting up TES7.

He saw evil triumphing as a welcome alternative to the "chosen one" idea Bethesda often relied on. The player might have "secretly saved the day" at the end of TES6, he says, for example by protecting an heir to the throne, "so you've preserved hope for the future, but overall it looks like the Thalmor are on the march".