Star Wars SAGA to Pathfinder conversion question


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In my old college 3.5 game, our DM allowed me to play a Jedi (later turned Sith) character as his campaign setting involved a multiverse concept, much like comic book crossovers. I used the Star Wars SAGA core rulebook to make the character (with minor conversions to 3.5 mainly the lightsaber and Force). I'm looking to cross this character over into my Pathfinder game as an NPC (a villain really) but I'm finding it difficult. A lot is "lost in translation" as I find with converting 2e AD&D to 3.5.
I chose Cerean as the race and created the character as a Jedi, then at mid-level (7 i think) I took 2 levels in Dark Side Adept while "turning to the Dark Side", and finally levelled up as a Sith Apprentice. The only conversion from saga to 3.5 was a customized lightsaber (balanced for the OP party I was in) and some tweaking to Force Powers (essentially a list of bonus feats gained per level and used by making a "Use The Force" skill check as per the DCs in saga).
This character blended well enough in the setting but I did feel a bit "cheap" while playing him. I had a lot of big dice rolls like a fighter, a big list of powers like a caster, and the feel of a psionic. It did not feel like a D&D character, but that was the game. As a player, it was fun, but I think a lot had to do with the DM. Now that I'm the GM, I want to be fair to my players and make a balanced enemy with a lightsaber, some Force powers, and an honestly cool backstory.
However, with the balancing changes in PF, I wonder if it will be underpowered or overpowered as a PF character, especially a "boss" enemy. Should I convert the race and all three classes, then level it up? Seems like a lot of work to me. Do the Saga rules blend well enough with PF? I could just copy and paste the character and playtest but I wanna do it right. Any ideas?


Try this - A Pathfinder Jedi

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