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Three Pinballs Attempt To Steal The Death Star Plans
In the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story pinball table, a ragtag band of shiny silver balls attempt to simulate obtaining the plans to the Empire’s planet-killing super-weapon. Will they survive to be featured in the Star Wars Episode IV pinball table? Rogue One is the 14th Star Wars table to the Zen Pinball 2/Pinball…
By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2017 -
You Can’t Kill A Good Star Wars Game
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, known by regular humans just as Jedi Academy, is a shooter that was released back in 2003. Part of a series that originated with the best Star Wars game of all time, it’s being kept alive by mods like Movie Battles, which “lets players play and fight in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2017 -
Star Wars: Battlefront III Lives On In Battlefront II Mod
While we wait forthe full fan-made remake of the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront III, another team is already releasing betas for a similar project. Only theirs is about modding Battlefront II and adding in a bunch of Battlefront III stuff in over the top of it. Star Wars Battlefront III Legacy is a mod for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2017 -
Seems Like EA Is Mostly Done Updating Star Wars Battlefront
In an earnings call yesterday, EA offered more information about a new Star Wars Battlefront for the holiday season later this year. As the series moves on, this leaves some fans of the current game unsure of what the future might be. The next Battlefront title will let fans “play with more heroes and characters…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 1, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
A Star Wars Cosplay Hustle From 1977
In 1977, as Star Wars was first blowing up, Lucasfilm were famously ill-equipped to get enough merch out to satisfy fans. While some people waited patiently into 1978 for stuff like action figures, one kid went out and started making his own Darth Vader masks. And made a ton of cash in the process. Today,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
Look At This Damn Star Wars Cosplay
We see a lot of Star Wars cosplay around these parts. Rarely do we see it done with such artistry and attention to detail. This is JediMandawith her 1:1 Queen Amidala outfit that looks like something a team of professionals would have spent thousands on, and gone and made for the actual movie. Instead, it’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2017 -
CultureDeath Star Battle Becomes Planet Coaster Ride
Planet Coaster has yielded some impressive creations, but this one takes the cake in terms of ambition. Chuck Maurice created a whole damn Death Star battle in Planet Coaster. This isn’t just some rinky dink carnival ride, either. It looks like heckin’ Star Wars. Check it out: It’s a little too dark in places, but…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 25, 2017 -
CultureAnother Look At That Cancelled Darth Maul Game
Lucasarts were once working on a Darth Maul game. It was cancelled, of course, like most things the post-millennium Lucasarts ever touched, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look over its concept art and wonder what could have been. Note that this isn’t the first time we’ve seen art from the project—we posted about some…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2017 -
Look At This Official KOTOR Action Figure
Last year, Star Wars/toy fans were asked which character they’d like to see turned into one of the series’ fancy Black Series action figures. The winner: Darth Revan from Knights of the Old Republic, who is now finished and for sale…if you can find him. If you’re thinking, well, he doesn’t look very detailed, that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2017 -
There Were Going To Be Rogue One Disney Infinity Figures [Update]
Seven months later, the sad stories just keep on coming out of Disney Infinity’s cancellation The title’s abrupt binning, brought about more through production mismanagement than any flaws with the game and its excellent figures, mean that many series and toys which were being worked on had to be scrapped and never released. One such…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2017 -
Culture
If Force Awakens’ BB-8 Was A Bad Guy
We’ve seen what a lumbering killing machine looks like when it works for the Empire, but this is what cute lil’ BB-8 would look like if he was in the service of space fascists. It’s by George Damiani, a 3D artist from Brazil, and combines a few elements from Rogue One (the colour scheme of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2017 -
Star Wars Video Game Players Honor Carrie Fisher
All across the video game galaxy, players are gathering to memorialize Carrie Fisher, who died yesterday following a massive heart attack. The most prominent celebrations have taken place in the BioWare MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, where players are holding impromptu get-togethers in an area called House Organa, on the planet Alderaan. Fisher, of…
By Jason Schreier Published December 28, 2016 -
Carrie Fisher Dies At 60
Actress Carrie Fisher, who charmed the world playing Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars films, has died following a massive heart attack. She was 60. In a statement to People Magazine, Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd confirmed the news: “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie…
By Jason Schreier Published December 27, 2016 -
On Its Fifth Anniversary, Star Wars The Old Republic Is Interesting Again
Star Wars: The Old Republic is celebrating its five year anniversary right now and has added some major changes. BioWare’s narrative heavy online experience keeps expanding. Last year, they began a large storyline that’s continuing forward in the new Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion. I sat down with producer Ben Irving to talk about…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 23, 2016 -
Culture
Darth Vader vs Aliens
Guillem H. Pongiluppi is a Spanish artist who has worked on stuff like the Warcraft movie. What we’re looking at today though is his series of images depicting Vader and some Stormtroopers meeting, shooting and being eaten by Aliens. Which look like the covers to comic books I would have held very dear in 1994.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2016 -
Culture
Please Help Me Assemble This Star Wars: Rogue One Model Kit
Inspired by the space battles of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, I’ve decided to take a stab at model building. And though Bandai Hobby’s Red Squadron X-Wing Starfighter set is a simple snap and sticker affair, I’m really worried about screwing it up. Got any pointers? The folks at Bluefin started bringing over Bandai…
By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2016 -
Every Rogue One Shot That Was In The Trailers, But Not The Movie
We’ve discussedthis already, but just so you can see it all laid out, here’s a video by Vashi Nedomansky showing all 46 shots shown in Rogue One’s trailers that didn’t make it into the actual movie. Some would have been reshot, others perhaps filmed only for the trailer as a promo, others still might turn…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
Culture
What We Liked And Loved About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Star Wars universe expanded in a whole new way with the release of Rogue One, the first in a series of live-action films exploring the bits between the main episodes. We assembled a ragtag band of Kotaku writers to talk about this very different sort of Star Wars movie. Set between the events of…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2016 -
CultureThe Art Of 1313, A Star Wars Game We Never Got To Play
Star Wars 1313 was a big-money game in development at Lucasarts, scrapped after the publisher’s demise and seemingly never to return. We may never get to play the game, but we can look at its concept art and dream. It gives us a real good look at the design and feel of Coruscant’s seedy underbelly.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2016 -
Culture
The Big, Beautiful Ships Of Star Wars
Ansel Hsiao is an artist who has worked on games like Halo 4. Today, though, we’re interested in his exquisite 3D Star Wars art. We actually featured some of his workback in 2011. It’s been five years since then, and just as technology and our expectations about 3D art has increased, so too has the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2016