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Luke Skywalker Sure Did Kill A Lot Of People
Darth Vader is nowhere near the young Jedi. Taking official numbers into account, MrSundayMovies carefully calculated how many people Luke killed in the original Star Wars trilogy. It’s a staggering 369,470. Dammit, Luke. And it’s just the original trilogy. Things like Timothy Zahn’s books are not even included. Does this mean… he’s really the bad…
By Gergo Vas Published November 17, 2015 -
That Time Star Wars Became An Awful Fighting Game
With only weeks to go until the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, everyone has Star Wars fever. Over the years, the universe of Star Wars has spawned countless video games. Some, like Masters of the Teräs Käsi, were pretty bad. Star Wars has been the basis of first-person shooters, third-person shooters, action games,…
By Patrick Klepek Published November 16, 2015 -
Kotaku East
Life-Sized X-Wing Is Parked at a Singapore Airport
If you are strolling through Terminal 3, you might notice something. A giant rebel fighter. You can do more than just look at this replica. Toggle and The Strait Times report that regular folks can even climb into the cockpit for photo ops. A limited number of tickets are given out daily. Of course, this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2015 -
Star Wars Battlefront Impressions: Skimpy Singleplayer, Fun Multiplayer
What is Star Wars Battlefront actually made of? The heavily hyped multiplayer game from the makers got an early release for EA Access subscribers on Xbox One. I dove in on Thursday to see what the game is all about. Battlefront is, not surprisingly, a multiplayer-centric game. Everyone figured that, given that that’s pretty much…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 13, 2015 -
Star Wars Battlefront Lets You Kill Rebel Scum While You Install
There’s a cool little mini-game in the installation screen for Star Wars Battlefront. Also, if you’re on EA Access, you might not want to play it. When you load up the new Star Wars, which comes out Tuesday but went live today on EA Access, you can jump right into a battlefield and rip apart…
By Jason Schreier Published November 12, 2015 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Group Releases Lightsaber Song
While the world should start bracing itself for a nasty Star Wars: The Force Awakens hangover, it isn’t. Korean pop fans, included. As tipster Sang points out, boy band Exo teamed up with Walt Disney Korea for this songvertisement “Lightsaber.” The video seems kind of low budget, and there’s a side-helping of cringe, but Exo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2015 -
ReviewsSnacktaku Senses Great Fear In Kraft’s Star Wars Macaroni & Cheese
With The Force Awakens fever growing with each passing day, no where is safe from Star Wars merchandising—not even the pasta dish people usually make because they’ve too little time or money to eat real food. I kid Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (or Kraft Dinner in Canada), though really I don’t. Despite its general tastiness…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2015 -
“Hey You, Show Me Your Season Pass, Assholes”
There are many actual, official ways EA will try and get you to buy a season pass for Star Wars: Battlefront. This Unscriptedvideo (via Kotaku AU) is not one of them. Warning: Some NSFW language here. It’s a funny video, but to be fair, it’s more a clip about the concept of season passes (and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2015 -
The Japanese Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Has Lots of New Footage
This is not simply the old trailer with Japanese subs on it. This is much more. You can watch the one minute and fifty-three second trailer below. Lots of hot stuff in this trailer! Like… …and… Thanks RaviCNN and JohnTV! To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2015 -
Great, Another Promising Star Wars Board Game
Fantasy Flight has a pretty good track record with its Star Wars tabletop games, with two of them—X-Wing and Imperial Assault—in my crew’s regular rotation. They might soon be joined by a third. Star Wars: Rebellion is a new game just announced by the company, and while the name and basic look may remind of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 -
A Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Trailer, In The Style of The Force Awakens
Here’s proof from YouTuber Max Nicholson that some good music and editing can even make Episode I, II and III look good. One thing that always bugged me about the prequels — including the marketing — was how they gave away the big twist from Empire. So, I decided to make a video that reinforced…
By Gergo Vas Published November 4, 2015 -
Destiny x Star Wars Trailer Mashup Is Suitably Epic
Drama! Darkness! Space magic! Weird swords! I’m talking about Destiny… or am I talking about Star Wars? On YouTube, Sam Goodey (via r/DTG) has cut together a special Destiny video by syncing it to audio from the latest mega Star Wars trailer. It’s good shit. I’ll be honest: The Destiny stuff is fine, but that…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 29, 2015 -
Star Wars: The Old Republic Now Feels More Like A Classic BioWare RPG
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new 4.0 update changes everything, as does a fresh expansion to one of the most controversial massively multiplayer games in recent memory. Last year I asked developers working on the game about their plans for the future. What they told me then is a phrase that reps for the game’s…
By Phil Owen Published October 27, 2015 -
That’s A Big LEGO Star Destroyer
Star Wars’ giant, 3730 feet long Venator-class Star Destroyer, a ship mostly used during the Clone Wars, compressed into a similarly huge 6 feet long LEGO version by builder Alec_D Gotta love all the tiny turbolaser turrets and the engine units, very nicely designed. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published October 27, 2015 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It Could Be Worse, Luke Skywalker: Winners!
Two weeks ago I asked our readers to picture worse places for Luke Skywalker to be than being teabagged by Imperials in Star Wars: Battlefront. What I got back was a photo tour of Skywalker nightmares. This week’s winner not only picked one of the most nightmarish Star Wars scenarios ever—inside the Star Wars Kinect…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 -
CultureRebel Punches AT-AT To Death
Today on Highlight Reel we have a strong right hook at the Battle of Hoth, lucky and skillful headshots, skeletons, decoys and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. FIFA…
By Chris Person Published October 23, 2015 -
Culture
X-Wing, Y-Wing…Z-Wing?
Pablo Carpio is a concept artist and illustrator from Spain. He,like the rest of the planet, has some Star Wars fever right now That pic up top is his take on the Z-Wing, a Rebel fighter mentioned in fiction only by name, and never actually depicted (at least in canon sources). Looks like an X-Wing…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2015
