A rural family’s patience is tested as the Jedi padawan they’ve been hiding for years is putting their family at increasing risk. With their father dead, and their crops not selling, it’s time to decide what to do. Evil comes knocking, and one Jedi finds you can’t hide forever. A coward can’t be a hero. This Star Wars fan film from ThePsychoJellyfish is a good watch. It attempts to bring a deeper story to the Star Wars universe. It comes in just over 13 minutes so it’s a quick watch. It’s a little slow in parts and some of the acting a little stiff in places, but all in all, it’s a great story and it’s produced well. It’s unique, shows the struggles real people would have in this position, and the price that is often paid for trying to do the right thing during a time of war. What happens when…
Cancelled TIE Fighter vs X-Wing 2 Gameplay
What could be better than a Star Wars flight sim? Like most of you, I love Star Wars. I grew up loving Star Wars. There are so many things to love about the films, the characters, the story, and the universe. However, one thing that I loved more than anything else was the flying. As a little girl growing up, I wanted to be a pilot. I worshiped Top Gun and I used to love going to my friend’s house to play Microsoft Flight Simulator. So of course, when I watched Star Wars, I adored the flight scenes. From TIE Fighters to X-Wings to ships made from piles of junk and massive Star Destroyers, I loved them all. I loved in-space fights, races, and even just the typical “boring” flights from one planet to another. You can imagine then, that nothing would make me happier than a Star Wars game…
Star Wars Battlefront Maintenance January 5th
The Star Wars: Battlefront team, will be performing a server update and maintenance on January 5th. During this time, multiplayer features will be unavailable for 1 hour per platform, as noted below: PC: Multiplayer will be offline for 1 hour starting at 09:00 UTC/ 1AM PT. PS4: Multiplayer will be offline for 1 hour starting at 09:30 UTC/ 1:30AM PT. Xbox One: Multiplayer will be offline for 1 hour start at 10:00 UTC/ 2AM PT.
What is Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds?
Star Wars Battlegrounds is a Classic RTS title that plays like a reskinned Age of Empires title.. and thats ok! CaptainShack jumps into this 2001 RTS and remembers the good old days of PC Gaming. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a real-time strategy video game set in the Star Wars universe. It was developed by Age of Empires and Halo Wars developer Ensemble Studios and LucasArts, who also published the game in North America. This Star Wars themed real-time strategy game came out in 2001 for Windows and Mac computers. It was an officially licensed Star Wars game. You can also find it on Steam today if you’re a collector of Steam games (like me). It’s also pretty cheap now. It’s basically a re-skin of Age of Empires so if you’re a fan of those games and also Star Wars, you’ll like it. It also has some mods to help…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday January 03 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of january 3 – January 10 2017. New Items Price Helpful links ADVANCED VIOLET CORONA HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED VIOLET CORONA WAR HERO’S CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED VIOLET CORONA INDESTRUCTIBLE CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED VIOLET CORONA EVISCERATING CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION
Han Solo: A Smuggler’s Trade – A Star Wars Fan Film
You know how I love the fan films and since I just saw Rogue One this week, I have been hungry for more Star Wars video. Fan films and shorts are a great way to get your fix while you await the next official films. Honestly, it’s more than a guilty pleasure because some of these fan-made films hold their own against the official films. So I stumbled across this one and as a fan of Han Solo (who isn’t?), I really enjoyed it. It comes in under 15 minutes so it won’t take up a lot of your day to give it a watch and it keeps with the feel and personality of Solo that we all know and love. There’s not a lot of actors who could pull off Han Solo so well but this one definitely is impressive. He has the look, the attitude, and the entire…
Quick Review: Star Wars: Force Arena
Star Wars: Force Arena isn’t available in the US yet but YodasNews had the great, exclusive opportunity to review it before the North American release and they’ve shared their initial thoughts with the rest of us. As they explain: “We were selected to play Star Wars: Force Arena a few weeks before it comes out in North America. It’s a real-time PvP card game where players build powerful teams from an impressive roster of more than 80 characters from the legendary franchise. In Star Wars: Force Arena, players battle by selecting character cards each with their own distinct skills and abilities.”” I love card games so I can’t wait to have the chance to see this one for myself. It has some really great art, including cards for some of the new characters of Rogue One. It also has several different ways that you can play. You can participate in battles, collect…
Star Wars: Force Arena Coming 2017
The New Year is here and with it, we get a new Star Wars game. This one’s looking to be fun. “Star Wars: Force Arena” is a mobile strategy game under development by South Korea’s Netmarble Games. The leading development studio and subsidiary Netmarble Monster, best known as the creator of the globally famous mobile role-playing game “Marvel: Future Fight” wants to bring in Star Wars fans in addition to mobile game enthusiasts with this hot new title. The game is supposed to be launching in 154 countries in 2017, including the US, Japan, and China in 2017 but we don’t yet know the exact launch dates. You’ll have to stay tuned if you want to find out when it’s available in your country. So what is this new Star wars game all about? As we said, it’s a mobile strategy game. You get to choose from 1v1 or 2v2 tournaments…
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Friday December 30 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 30 2016 – The Distant Worlds Decoration Bundle now available! This is a decoration bundle containing decorations themed from the Iokath planet. New Items Price Helpful links THE DISTANCE WORLDS DECORATION BUNDLE 825 Information from TOR FASHION
Death of a Game: Star Wars Galaxies
Many of us remember, with differing degrees of fondness, Star Wars Galaxies. The 2003 MMORPG underwent many substantial changes in its lifetime before its close in 2011, and YouTuber nerdSlayer chronicles the rise and fall of the game in his recent video, “Death of a Game: Star Wars Galaxies.” nerdSlayer breaks his video down into two parts: first, he narrates the game’s timeline from its creation to its demise, and second, he analyzes what went wrong that caused the game to die. In the case of Galaxies, it’s interesting to reflect upon what should have been a very sound pedigree for the game’s development. LucasArts partnered with none other than the distinguished talent of Verant Interactive, best known for EverQuest. In addition, one of the lead developers on Galaxies was Raph Koster, lead designer from the other well-known MMORPG of the time, Ultima Online. Despite this, Galaxies had a very…
Star Wars Origins: Revan Fan Film
Fans of Knights of the Old Republic and especially Revan can rejoice, for there is a new fan film on the way, set to feature Revan in his youth. Eddie Lee Henderson is leading the Star Wars Origins: Revan fan film project, which he describes as “the most ambitious fan film ever produced.” Henderson’s Dallas-based production company, Black Ginger Media, is currently working on this project and aims to launch on Kickstarter on January 9, 2017. The film tells the story of the young Revan sneaking into a cantina reminiscent of Mos Eisley. While he’s there, he’s witness to a black-market deal between a Mandalorian and another trader. When the trade sours and other people see what the valuable object of the trade was, chaos breaks out as everyone tries to get their hands on this precious item. The fact that there is a Jedi in the mix when this…
KOTOR 1 vs KOTOR 2
KOTOR 1 or KOTOR 2: which is better? This is no easy question to answer, since both have developed very loyal followings. YouTuber nerdSlayer has attempted to answer this question in his video, simply titled “KOTOR 1 vs KOTOR 2.” He breaks down his analysis along the lines of four different criteria: graphics (how the games look), ambience (the feel and immersion of the game), story (strength of the plot and the characters), and gameplay (the mechanics of how the game works). In terms of graphics, nerdSlayer considers how KOTOR 1 ( Download it free with Amazon Underground here) for has a neutral color scheme. The planets all have a different look but no scenes are overbearing to the eye. KOTOR 2 is much darker by comparison and its colors are muted. That same darkness present in KOTOR 2 heavily influences its ambience, which is all around darker. KOTOR 1…
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday December 27 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 27 – january 3 2017. New Items Price Helpful links EMMISSARY’S SHUTTLE 1500 Information from TOR FASHION
Goodbye Carrie Fisher – May the force be with you always
Yesterday, the world received some very sad news. After suffering a heart attack recently on her way home from an international flight, Carrie Fisher has passed away at the age of 60. Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman saying Fisher died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” read the statement from publicist Simon Halls. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly.” Fisher had been hospitalized since Friday when she suffered a medical emergency on board a flight to Los Angeles. Carrie Fisher once said, “Writing in a way saved me, kept me company. I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words & reading books.” As a writer myself, those words touched me deeply, but this wasn’t…
Star Wars: X-Wing Getting a Remake
Who remembers the 1993 version of Star Wars: X-Wing? It was one of my favorite games to play as a kid. This was one of the first video games that put you in the driver’s seat of a starfighter. It was a game that would go down in history, especially for Star Wars fans. So what would you do if you could play it again? Well, we’re not the only fans who would like this opportunity and that’s why it’s getting a remake. X-Wing enthusiast and hobby game developer David Esparza Guerrero wants to make that dream come true for all of us. He’s been working on a project for more than two years that brings Star Wars: X-Wing back to us. It’s called “XWVM Prototype” and is marketed as a community mod that does require a full paid version of the game to play. It’s a mod that will…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Friday December 23 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 23. Items Available Again Price Helpful links GOLD ARMOR PACK 1200 Information from TOR FASHION GRAND TOYS PACK 150 Information from TOR FASHION SILVER MOUNT PACK 825 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD DECORATION PACK 800 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD MOUNT PACK 1500 Information from TOR FASHION SILVER ARMOR PACK 750 Information from TOR FASHION GRAND CRYSTAL PACK 150 Information from TOR FASHION BRONZE ARMOR PACK 275 Information from TOR FASHION GRAND WEAPONS PACK 110 Information from TOR FASHION SILVER DECORATION PACK 325 Information from TOR FASHION BRONZE DECORATION PACK 150 Information from TOR FASHION GRAND PETS PACK 110 Information from TOR FASHION GRAND EMOTES PACK 75 Information from TOR FASHION
Gameplay video from the cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3
Here is a pretty nifty look at the cancelled Battlefront 3’s first campaign mission. The video was uploaded by Youtube User FuZaH who has the following to say about it: Yup, I had some more tucked away. (I seriously apologise for the earrape level of the audio. The footage must’ve been captured like that. I’ve ran it through Premiere to limit the peaks but its still pretty bad. RIP headphone users.) Also; this is alpha footage from early November. I’d assume a few of the bugs in this were worked out in their last build. If any ex-Free Radical/LucasArts developers see this video, and have a build, I would be very appreciative if you contacted me. I’d like to discuss a few things with you. Also, EA, to make up for the disappointment that is “EAFront”, could you just finish this game and release it as Battlefront: Legacy? If you don’t want…
SWTOR Trench Runner Uprising Teaser
The SWTOR Developers over at BioWare Austin, just posted a new teaser trailer for the upcomming chapter named Trench Runner Uprising. This will go live in January 2017 . Check it out below:
SWTOR 5-year Anniversary is Today
Today marks the 5-year anniversary of SWTOR! If you haven’t caught it already, Ben’s Producer letter along with the 5-year collage are now live, Check it out below or over at the official SWTOR Website Thank you for a Fantastic Five Year Saga… By Ben Irving, Producer, BioWare Today, Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is celebrating its five-year anniversary…and it is hard for me to believe that I am the one with the honor of writing this – the Five Year Anniversary Producer’s Blog. I started on this project six years ago, excited, enthusiastic and energized – this was the realization of a goal I had pursued for years. I knew fate had smiled on me when I became part of the BioWare team I had admired for so long, working together with the amazing team at Lucasfilm to create a game in the Star Wars™ universe, the most beloved…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday December 20 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 20 – December 27 2016. New Items Price Helpful links JEDI SURVIVALIST’S ARMOR SET 1440 Information from TOR FASHION
Luke Skywalker Dialogue Possibly Leaked
*Possible Spoilers* Most of us were on the edge of our seats the moment we finally saw Luke Skywalker at the end of Episode VII, and plenty of us were disappointed that he didn’t speak. However, rumor has it that Luke’s first words in the new trilogy will be: “You are the spark that will rekindle the fire.” Is it true? What could it mean? Will we have to wait until the release of the film to know for sure? Well, a rumor is simply that: a rumor. As you will know from other rumors we’ve covered here, sometimes they pan out and sometimes they don’t. As fans eagerly await the next films in the franchise, it is to be expected that people will speculate about what’s coming. So let’s explore this rumor for a minute. This news comes courtesy of YouTuber Mike Zeroh, who refers to four separate sources….
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Cassian Andor has arrived
One of the main characters of Star Wars: Rogue One – Cassian Andor will become part of Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes from next week. Check out the game update below: Let’s get into all that good stuff of 12/15/2016 Game Update! What’s New: Events, Events and MORE Events! For a listing of all the events scheduled for the game through January, please refer to @EA_Jesse ‘s Tournament post linked below Event Information Emperor’s Demise You’ve suspected and we’ve confirmed- Emperor’s Demise returns Dec 23rd! For more information, please see out featured update post linked below. Emperor’s Demise Update Information New unit- Cassian Andor A Rebel support character, Cassian gives his Rebel allies buffs at the start of each encounter, giving an immense advantage from the very start of a battle. An accomplished tactician, Cassian is best utilized to cripple his enemies with debuffs, leaving them easy pickings for his allies to…
Is There a Star Wars MOBA Coming?
If you love Star Wars games, you might be excited about the potential of a new Star Wars game. What if it was a MOBA? You might be excited to hear that an upcoming PvP game titled “Star Wars: Force Arena” is available for pre-registration right now. The game comes from Lucasfilm and Netmarble, known for making Marvel: Future Fight. So what is Star Wars Force Arena all about? From their website which contains the pre-registration link, they say this: “In Star Wars™: Force Arena you will lead a powerful team of iconic Star Wars™ characters into real-time, adrenaline-fueled battles against other players from around the globe! Players must form a powerful squad from a roster of over 80 cards, including 60 Star Wars™ characters, to emerge victorious in the quest for galactic dominance. ● BATTLE and join forces with other players from around the globe in real-time 1v1 or 2v2 PvP arena…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday December 13 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 13 – December 20 2016. New Items Price Helpful links 2016 LIFE DAY BUNDLE 5400 LIFE DAY HOLO-SHRUB 480 FESTIVE WEAPON TUNING 1100 CREATURE COMPANION: WAMPA 2100 FESTIVE TAUNTAUN 2200 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL QUICKBAR 50 200 +300% 200