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Footage from cancelled Star Wars game shows Darth Maul in action

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Video game developer Red Fly Studios and publisher LucasArts were working on a new Star Wars based Darth Maul video game experience in 2010, which was supposed to expand the gameplay mechanics that were introduced in The Force Unleashed. Footage of the game has emerged online and sources are saying that the game was designed to initially be launched only on the Wii U by the same team that handled the port for Star Wars: The Force Unleashes II. LucasArts was impressed with the initial development work done by Red Fly Studios and decided to also greenlight the title for the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Prototypes were being created in late 2010 using Darth Maul and his unique double-sided lightsaber as the core feature, but it seems that George Lucas intervened in order to add a cooperative element to the title, with the inclusion of Darth…

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Kickstarter Campaign: Sabertron: Foam sword play with wireless electronic scoring

Lisa Clark

We love bringing you fun stuff, especially great crowd funded ideas. This one originates right here in Austin where I’m from and it already has 350 backers and growing. They earned over $26,000 in the first 24 hours but they need more help to reach their goals. Learn more on their blog or visit the Kickstarter page itself. Description: Upgrade the foam sword fight with an interactive LED health meter on the handle. It’s like laser tag, but with swords! You have until February 28th to get in on the project if you want and there are some cool prizes for backers who give $25 or more such as a t-shirt to show your support, A pair (2) of Sabertron soft touch interactive swords, in your choice of color, with matching blade illumination color, A pair (2) of Sabertron soft touch interactive swords in medieval style. This is a new…

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Lucasfilm Will Start Using Video Game Engine for Post Production Video

Lisa Clark

Video game engines have come a long way over the years. They’ve come so far that movie producers are wanting to use them to completely replace post production techniques. If you’ve see any popular video game trailer, you can see why this technology could be used in movies. Many video games today have such high quality that you can see the pores in a character’s skin.

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Star Wars Pinball Goes Free For One Week, All Star Wars Themed Tables Are 99¢

Soeren Kamper

We have wrote about Star Wars Pind ball a few times in the past. Now there are Great news about the game via App Addict. Now through September 9, 2013, you can grab Zen Studio’s excellent Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back table for FREE (reg. $1.99) simply by downloading the Star Wars Pinball app from the iTunes App Store. It is easily my favorite of the three Star Wars themed tables. That’s not all…you can also save 50% off the in-app purchasable Boba Fett and Star Wars: The Clone Wars tables as well. Note that the ONLY way to get the Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back table for FREE, is to download the Star Wars Pinball app, but all three Star Wars themed tables are available for 99¢ each (reg $1.99) from within the Zen Pinball app as well. This is definitely worth downloading even if you don’t buy the…

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Top 50 Star Wars Games from What Culture

Soeren Kamper

If you’re a fan, or even a regular reader of our blog, you know that there are MANY Star Wars games out there and even more new ones coming out regularly. So how do you know which ones are really worth your time to play? What Culture has a real treat for us with 50 Essential Star Wars Games You Must Play This lengthy piece lists the best of the best in Star Wars games and gives you a bit of info about each game and why it made the list. I’m seeing some of my favorites on there for sure. I’m going to let you head on over to What Culture and read it all for yourself but here’s the 50 games that made their list: 50.  Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) – Windows, PlayStation 49. Star Wars (1983) – Atari 2600 48. Star Wars: The…

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Star Wars collection – steam sale ends May 6th!

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Steam I having a sale on all Star Wars games this weekend. The sale ends on May 6th. Each game is also on sale for 66% off. Sale prices in US as follows: Star Wars: Battlefront 2 – $3.39 Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast – $3.39 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Force 2 – $1.69 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy – $3.39 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith – $1.01 Star Wars Republic Commando – $3.39 Star Wars Starfighter – $1.69 Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes – $6.79 Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition – $6.79 Star Wars: The Force Unleased 2 – $6.79 Star Wars: Dark Forces – $1.69 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – $3.39 Star Wars Empire at War: Gold Pack – $6.79 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – $3.39 So just over three bucks is a pretty safe gamble for almost any kind of game. I’m a little…

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Disney Shuts Down LucasArts and Cancels Star Wars Games

Lisa Clark

(image belongs to Kotaku- see their version for funny annotations that say how we all feel) Just recently we brought you the rumors that LucasArts is facing a shutdown. While we didn’t have enough proof to call it a fact, we highly suspected the confirmation was coming soon. Today was the formal notification. According to a source reliable to Kotaku, the staff was informed this morning that LucasArts was shut down. Publicly, Disney is saying their current games could be licensed out to a different publisher or developer, but according to our source, that’s unlikely. Our source says Lucas has pursued the option for “one or both games,” but nothing happened. “”With the teams now basically being dispersed I think both games are effectively dead forever,” our source said. A second source also told Kotaku this afternoon that the chances of Lucas licensing out 1313 are very slim. The odds are “effectively zero,” the…

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New Star Wars Game Info Leaked Online: First Assault

Lisa Clark

Star Wars: First Assault footage was leaked to Kotaku and is supposed to be the predecessor to Battlefront III. While we’re reading that this game could also be in limbo (like 1313), we’re hoping it’s still going to production. Some say it’s just another generic shooter game but there are fans who had high hopes for the potential of Star Wars: First Assault . As Kotaku posted on March 11th: Today, Kotaku can reveal that Star Wars: First Assault is a downloadable multiplayer shooter that was originally slated for release this spring. The game supports up to 16 players—one eight-person team of rebels and one eight-person team of Stormtroopers—as they face off on Star Wars worlds like Bespin and Tatooine. And according to one person familiar with the project, First Assault is “step zero” to the heavily-rumored, highly-anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront III. If First Assault sells well—assuming it is released at all—the third Battlefront could be next. They go on to describe the game in…

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LucasArts to Announce New Star Wars Game Tomorrow on Spike TV

Lisa Clark

Earlier this month, LucasArts registered the trademark for a certain “Star Wars 1313”. This had fans everywhere excited to see what this new game would be and the idea of a new Star Wars game has many fans super excited. A new Star Wars game, you say? Hmmm… many might be skeptical but for Star Wars gamer fans, this is a big announcement. While the full details will be unveiled at E3, we can expect to learn a little more tomorrow night. LucasArts revealed on the Star Wars Facebook page that an announcement of the game will be made on Spike TV this 31st of May at 10pm PST, with the full announcement and presumably the details to be revealed at E3 later on next week. “Riddle: What is something that will be announced by Spike, fully unveiled at the E3 Expo, and has to do with Star Wars gaming?…

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New Star Wars: The Old Republic Novel Cover Revealed!

Lisa Clark

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Annihilation from New York Times bestselling author (and Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ writer) Drew Karpyshyn was revealed at last year’s New York Comic-Con and scheduled to be released in November 2012. It’s his second novel and now the cover has been officially revealed. In addition to the cover image reveal,  SWTOR.com brought us a great interview with Karpyshyn about the new book. *SPOILERS AHEAD* Here’s a snippet of the interview: Do you recommend that people finish their storylines in Star Wars: The Old Republic before picking up the book? Annihilation is set after the events of the class stories in Star Wars: The Old Republic, so there are things that I reference and mention that may serve as spoilers to people who haven’t finished the storylines. The balance of power between the Empire and the Republic has changed quite a bit by the time…

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Star Wars conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie dies

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Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who committed George Lucas’ ideas to canvas when he was trying to drum up interest in ‘Star Wars,’ has died at the ripe old age of 82. If there’s any justice in the world, he’ll turn into a blue-tinted ghost to hang out with Yoda and Alec Guiness. McQuarrie’s role in getting ‘Star Wars’ onto the big screen can’t be overstated. Lucas was getting shot down left and right by studio heads when he went in to pitch ‘Star Wars,’ but after commissioning McQuarrie to generate some concept art, his next meeting — with 20th Century Fox — was a success. From that, we get John Williams’ classic score, ILM, Indiana Jones and Pixar, plus a countless number of future writers and directors inspired by ‘Star Wars.’ How cool would it be to put “Designed Darth Vader” on your tombstone? It should be said that these…

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Star Wars Fan Movie Spirit of Fandom Award Winner: The Tentacle Trap

Soeren Kamper

I can’t resist sharing these Star Wars Fan Movie Awards winners, so I won’t. This latest addition to the winner’s gallery is that which walked away with the Spirit of Fandom Award, and was made by Caribbean-based filmmaker James Austen. The Tentacle Trap tells the tale of a small band of Clone pirates who are captured by a foe far worse than Darth Vader while on a treasure-hunting trip to a leafy planet. Anyway, here it is… Austen spoke to the Official Star Wars blog about the specific difficulties presented by working with stop-motion and Lego: Remembering not to be a clumsy oaf was the biggest challenge to overcome! Halfway through a scene I’d often knock the camera or the set and have to start all over again. I lost hours making that mistake. And surprised with the software that is now available, and the help, advice and resources online….

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Star Wars Fan Movie Winner: Unlimited Power

Soeren Kamper

Comic Con 2011 was a veritable moving feast of delightful nerdery – from new toys an merch unveilings to those over-subscribed panels and sneak peeks at upcoming films and games. And in amongst the cosplay devotees and the casual dorks alike, the winner of the Star Wars Fan Movie Awards’ prestigious George Lucas Selects Award was chosen and congratulated by a host of nerdy on-lookers. This year’s winner of the award, presented by Lucasfilm and Atom, was Los Angeles-based filmmaker Eliot Sirota for his film, Star Wars: Unlimited Power. The film isn’t your usual fan-made fare in that it doesn’t seek to tell a story of a different part of the Star Wars universe to those shown in both trilogies, preferring instead to take the fake marketing approach that serves many fan poster-makers so well. And it was a deserved winner in my book: The film-maker spoke to The Official…

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Introduces the Codex

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This week BioWare’s Principal Lead Systems Designer Damion Schubert  introduced the Codex. If you’ve played some of BioWare’s other projects like Dragon Age or Mass Effect, you’re probably familiar with the Codex system, which allows players to discover key bits of lore throughout the game by exploring or accomplishing different tasks. This story can help enhance the lore of the world or offer additional narrative to a player’s chosen profession. This feature isn’t just about being another way to deliver story to the player. As Lead Systems Designer, I’m mostly concerned about bringing the fun. Delivering story and context isn’t enough for me – I also want to be sure that we add new activities for players to do and goals for him to achieve. In particular, we saw the codex as a way to reward exploration Here are some more of the highlights: The team had two design goals:…

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May The Pork Be With You: Here Comes the Star Wars Porn Parody

Soeren Kamper

The world of the Porn Parody has long held the distinction of featuring some of the greatest, and most creative titles in the entire movie industry landscape. Everyone knows the legend of such tongue-in-cheek (among other body parts) titles as Shaving Ryan’s Privates and Edward Penishands, and now something is even more exciting is happening in the world of filth. A couple of years back, Kevin Smith’s Zack & Miri Make A Porno focused on Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks’ attempt to make a Star Wars based porn flick, and now it seems that reality is about to mimic art with the release of a real XXX parody of George Lucas’ franchise. And it’s in lurid 3D no less! The news comes as star Kylie Ireland posted this photo of the construction of a landspeeder on the set – though to me it looks a lot like someone’s just stuck…

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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Fatal Alliance Review

Soeren Kamper

For those of you waiting for the dirt, you can finally find out what Sean Williams’s Fatal Alliance is like. Beware, spoilers follow! A smuggler, an agent and a Mandalorian walk into a bar. Wait a second, that’s not a joke; that’s a scene from Fatal Alliance! When all eight classes from Star Wars: The Old Republic find themselves in the same place, at the same time, faced with the same threat to the civilized galaxy, each class has a chance to let their class features shine. But is the story any good? Is it possible for a novel to do what it must to showcase all eight playable classes and still maintain that Star Wars vibe? I turned to leave. Darth Chratis had learned his lesson about me- he would not challenge me again. I saw a young woman, obviously another Sith, running past me with fire in her…

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Revenge of the Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Soeren Kamper

Great news for fans of Star Wars parody: Robot Chicken’s third Star Wars episode will premiere December 12, with pretty-boy Zac Efron voicing Anakin. They’re trying something new this time: From the SW.com announcement: Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken returns to that galaxy far, far away for a brand-new Star Wars-themed special premiering December 12 at 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). This third installment in the Robot Chicken: Star Wars trilogy follows the two previous specials, which resulted in multiple Emmy nominations and numerous Annie Awards for both specials, the writers, Ahmed Best for voice actor and Seth Green for directing. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III, to be directed by Chris McKay, marries the satirical sensibilities of Green and Matthew Senreich’s (Stoopid Monkey Productions) Emmy-winning Robot Chicken with characters of the Star Wars universe. The specials and the Robot Chicken series, the highest-rated original program on Adult Swim, are created in conjunction…

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Planets of Star Wars: The Old Republic – Taris

Planets of Star Wars: The Old Republic – Taris

Soeren Kamper

Taris was an urban planet in the Outer Rim Territories. The term Tarisian was used to describe people and products from the planet. The planet’s ecumenopolis quickly developed over a century of prosperity, and as a result the planet suffered from massive overpopulation. Once a galactic nexus, Taris’ importance declined with the introduction of improved trade routes, and the planet rapidly fell into decay. The remainder of the planet’s history was wrought with civil disorder and social unrest. As it turned to industry as a means of compensation for its economic troubles, its oceans became polluted, eliminating the planet’s main food source. Famine spread among the lower classes while the rich hoarded what few supplies remained. The resulting strife led to the Tarisian Civil War, the start of lasting prejudices between the Humanocentric Tarisian nobles and the largely alien underclass. The city became segmented, and the lower classes were banned…

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Star Wars Rarities: The Star Wars Holiday Special

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The Star Wars Holiday Special is a two-hour television special (including commercials) set in the Star Wars galaxy. It was the first official Star Wars spinoff produced. It was directed by Steve Binder. It was broadcast in its entirety in the United States only once, on Friday, November 17, 1978 on CBS-TV from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST). In the story, Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk, Chewbacca’s home world, to celebrate Life Day. Along the way, they are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire who are searching for rebels on the planet. The special introduces three members of Chewbacca’s family: his father Attichitcuk, his wife Mallatobuck, and his son Lumpawarrump. The main storyline of the film, which occurs two years after the Battle of Yavin (2 ABY), takes place on Kashyyyk. During the film, scenes also take place in outer space and in spacecraft…

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George Lucas' Reaction to "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" Unveiled

George Lucas at 80: A Journey Through the Galaxy of His Life and Movies

Soeren Kamper

As George Lucas celebrates his 80th birthday, it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at the man who forever changed the landscape of cinema. The visionary behind some of the most beloved and groundbreaking films, Lucas’s influence spans generations and genres. From the sandy dunes of Tatooine to the high-speed chases of Modesto, his storytelling prowess has left an indelible mark on popular culture. So, let’s dive into the life and legacy of George Lucas, exploring his journey through the galaxy of his life and movies. Early Years: From Modesto to Movie Making George Lucas was born on May 14, 1944, in Modesto, California, a place that would later serve as inspiration for his nostalgic look at youth culture in the 1960s. Growing up, Lucas was fascinated by cars and speed, a passion that was nearly cut short by a near-fatal car accident in his teens. This brush…

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Carrie-Anne Moss Embarks on a New Journey as Jedi Master Indara in "The Acolyte"

Carrie-Anne Moss Embarks on a New Journey as Jedi Master Indara in “The Acolyte”

Matt "ObiWaN" Hansen

In the upcoming Disney+ series “The Acolyte,” Carrie-Anne Moss steps into the Star Wars universe as Jedi Master Indara, marking a significant addition to her illustrious career. Here’s a quick summary of what the article covers: The Acolyte” promises to be a groundbreaking addition to the Star Wars saga, with Carrie-Anne Moss’s involvement signaling a new chapter in her career and the continuing evolution of the sci-fi genre. A New Threat in the Galaxy In the expansive and ever-evolving universe of Star Wars, “The Acolyte” introduces audiences to a period teeming with both prosperity and hidden perils. As Jedi Master Indara, portrayed by the talented Carrie-Anne Moss, steps into the limelight, she finds herself at the heart of a galaxy-wide mystery that threatens the very fabric of the Jedi Order and the peace it strives to maintain. This era, known as the High Republic, is marked by the Jedi’s zenith,…

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Maximize Your Rewards: SWTOR Galactic Seasons Objectives from June 18 to July 30

Maximize Your Rewards: SWTOR Galactic Seasons Objectives from June 18 to July 30

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The Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) Galactic Seasons offers a dynamic way to engage with the game through a series of objectives and rewards. From June 18 to July 30, players can immerse themselves in a variety of challenges that promise exciting rewards, including the coveted Copero Stronghold. This guide will explore the detailed objectives for each week, offering strategies and tips to help you maximize your progress. Galactic Seasons Overview Galactic Seasons in SWTOR is a seasonal event where players complete various objectives to earn rewards. The event encourages diverse gameplay, from participating in flashpoints and operations to completing conquest points and defeating specific enemies. As players progress through the season’s levels, they unlock unique rewards, enhancing their gameplay experience. Week 15 Objectives (June 18 – June 24) During Week 15, players are tasked with a mix of daily and weekly objectives designed to challenge and reward them….

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