Watch The First LEGO Trailer For Star Wars: The Force Awakens

As soon as the excitement over yesterday's teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens died down, LEGO animator Snooperking went to work, recreating the entire thing brick-by-brick. » 11/29/14 12:00pm 11/29/14 12:00pm

This Artist Is Paid To Draw Star Wars Pictures All Day Long. So Jealous.

If you'd asked me as a kid what my dream job would have been, getting paid to draw pictures of Star Wars would have been right up there. So yeah, Amy Beth Christenson has quite the day job. » 12/20/12 1:00am 12/20/12 1:00am

How The First Death Star Was Built

You see the Death Star being built in Revenge of the Sith, but only from a distance. You see the second Death Star under construction during Return of the Jedi, but you don't actually see it being constructed. There's no extended footage of imperial workers swinging space hammers, popping galactic rivets or doubling… » 7/24/12 10:00pm 7/24/12 10:00pm

LEGO Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Sadly, this is not a real game. Lucasarts and Traveller's Tales aren't that out of ideas. What it is, however, is the most amazing stop-motion Lego lightsaber battle you've ever seen. » 3/03/10 1:30am 3/03/10 1:30am

Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games

Fathers are easy to find in video games. When they're not antagonizing their offspring or killed off in the first level, they often serve as our main characters' major motivation. » 6/21/09 2:08am 6/21/09 2:08am

Ex-Force Unleashed Producer To Tackle MMOG

Ex-LucasArts producers Isa Anne Stamos signed up with Berkeley, CA game developer MindFuse Games today to work on their “advanced-casual MMOG” Gatheryn. » 1/14/09 8:40pm 1/14/09 8:40pm

New Campaign, Characters Coming to The Force Unleashed

Click to view » 9/30/08 8:20am 9/30/08 8:20am LucasArts plans to release new characters and a new single player campaign set in the Jedi Temple as downloadable content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed in coming months, Force Unleashed executive producer Haden Blackman told Kotaku. The content will be coming to be the 360 and PS3 version of the…

Don't Count Out A Force Unleashed Motion Picture

The Force Unleashed » 9/26/08 6:00am 9/26/08 6:00am the movie? "Not impossible" says the game's project lead Haden Blackman. Already getting a comic book and a novel tie-in, is set between and and follows Darth Vader's secret apprentice as he hunts down Jedi. About the chance of a flick: Kinda wish they would've made as the third movie, as…

The Secret Apprentice Talks Gaming, Japanese Voice Acting and Putting…

I had a handful of minutes to interview Secret Apprentice actor Sam Witwer – he was in high demand all night long at the Force Unleashed launch party. Between signing autographs and climbing the raised stage to throw t-shirts at the raving crowd, I got 10 minutes to speak to the Smallville/Battlestar Galactica/Dexter… » 9/16/08 11:00am 9/16/08 11:00am

Interview - Haden Blackman, Force Unleashed Front Man

You owe Force Unleashed to Haden Blackman. He may be all modest about the team effort that went into making this game over the last four years – but this is the guy that held the hands of the entire team and reminded them what Force Unleashed is all about: kicking the shit out of people with the Force (or "kicking… » 9/16/08 2:00am 9/16/08 2:00am

Jett Lucas Out-Bugged The Testers – Force Unleashed Launch Party

As launch parties go, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was an A-lister. There was a huge floor spread with costumed performers wandering about (and not one but two fully functioning R2-D2 units), a raised stage from which swag was thrown every half hour or so, a PSP-fraught raffle, swank VIP room, and of course – the… » 9/15/08 2:00am 9/15/08 2:00am

Noooooo! George Lucas Involved With Force Unleashed Plot

Well, of course he is. He's George Lucas! And as The Force Unleashed » 9/11/08 9:20am 9/11/08 9:20am executive producer Haden Blackman pointed out that all during the 4-year development cycle: Is it wise to actually go around and tell people that? Pssst, we consulted with George Lucas for this game. That's right, the George Lucas that turned the…

New Force Unleashed Developer Diary Covers Wii Version

When I was dragged to the midnight showing of Star Wars: The Clone Wars there were nerds fighting in front of the screen before the movie started with those $200 light saber replicas. Here's a word of advice, don't be that nerd. Instead, do it in the comfort of your own home with your trusty Wii-motes. This video… » 9/10/08 6:00pm 9/10/08 6:00pm

New Force Unleashed Producer Walkthrough

While a lot of us will be picking up The Force Unleashed for Xbox 360 and PS3 there are still plenty of folks who will be grabbing the PlayStation 2 and PSP version of the game. For that reason we got two new videos where Producer Dan Wasson walks us through some of the scenarios as well as the extra content on the… » 9/03/08 12:00pm 9/03/08 12:00pm

The Art of Star Wars The Force Unleashed

With the Star Wars The Force Unleashed approaching, Lucas Arts sent along a copy of their new book about the game. The Art and Making of Star Wars The Force Unleashed is a chunky, 168 page book filled with more than 300 pieces of concept art, two packs of character cards and plenty of behind the scenes details of how… » 8/27/08 5:00pm 8/27/08 5:00pm

A New Chapter: The Story of the Force Unleashed

I've got a very cruel test for you Star Wars fans. What we have here is a video dialog from the LucasArts folks that goes over some pretty major, pretty spoilerish, plot points for The Force Unleashed. It also shows off a lot of the game. Yes, painful. So you decide, hit the game fresh and untarnished or stoke… » 6/12/08 6:40pm 6/12/08 6:40pm

Darth Vader's Apprentice Joins Soulcalibur IV Cast

A brand new character is joining the cast of Soulcalibur IV and, surprisingly enough, this one isn't sporting Jabba the Hutt sized breasts. Darth Vader's "secret apprentice" Starkiller, star of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, will join Yoda and Vader in pitting lightsaber against blade when the game hits the Xbox 360… » 6/05/08 10:00pm 6/05/08 10:00pm

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