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EA Says There’s An ‘Outside Possibility’ Star Wars: The Old Republic Could Slip to 2012
BioWare’s ambitious Star Wars massively multiplayer online role-playing game is still officially on the books for a 2011 release, penciled in for the second half of the calendar year—though publisher EA is hesitant to pin it down more specifically. The company mentioned today during an investor call that there’s an “outside possibility” the PC game…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 4, 2011 -
Kinect Lets You Relive the End of Empire Strikes Back
The official Star Wars game for Kinect isn’t looking so hot. This unofficial Star Wars application for the motion-sensing camera, however, looks way cooler. Projecting a “template” block of carbonite in 3D space, Michael Zoellner & Jens Keil have been getting friends and family to pose in their own unique Han-Solo-in-Empire-Strikes-Back dioramas, with the resulting…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 3, 2011 -
Star Wars & Sworcery Is Something That Would Be Welcome Around Here
Artist Slaterman23 has taken an everlasting love (Star Wars) and a love that’s very much of this moment (Sword & Sworcery) and combined the two. Thanks, Slaterman23! His series of works called Star Wars Pixel Posters reimagine some characters from the classic trilogy as characters drawn in the style of the brilliant iPad/iPhone game, complete…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
Leaked Kinect Star Wars Doc Reveals Pod Racing, Rancor Stomping and Lightsaber Action
At last year’s E3 event, Microsoft and LucasArts showed us what a Star Wars game would look like when played with the Xbox 360’s Kinect motion controller. What was demonstrated at E3 2010 focused on a Jedi swinging his lightsaber in a battle against enemy droids and culminated in a showdown with Darth Vader. But…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
Ryu, Ken, Yoshi, Sheik And Some Creepers Star In Convention Fighter II
Remember, remember, the Lara Croft in poor weather, and the girl who loved Aion a lot. I see no reason why Star Wars or Creepers should ever be forgot. There’s been plenty of great cosplay going on over the past week or so, some of it in the US, some of it in Australia, all…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2011 -
The Death Star Was My Idea
Parodying the Windows 7 campaign, TK-421, Darth Vader and the lovable Chewbacca all share their individual accounts on how the Death Star was really their idea. If anyone is well-versed in Shryiiwook, I would love to know what Chewie’s saying. Watch Vader here and Chewie here
Junior Mendez Published April 8, 2011 -
Commander Shepard Can Punch Women, But Can He Beat Boba Fett?
In many ways, Mass Effect is what it is because its developers made a successful Star Wars game. So it’s about time we go to see the franchises square off. Artist Edrice Waliyar has done these two images, depicting some of the stars of the respective series taking each other on. In one pic, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011 -
In Two Days, iTunes Will Take This Star Wars Game Away
My nephew’s favorite iPhone game will be pulled from iTunes later this week because the people who released the game are losing the Star Wars license. This is what happens when video games are sold only as official downloads and not on discs. On any given day, they can disappear, and you may never be…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 29, 2011 -
It’s Boba Fett. Playing A Zelda Song. On The Accordion.
If you can’t find something to like in this video, there amy be something wrong with you. To recap: this is a man sitting near the steps of a New York City subway station. He is wearing a Boba Fett helmet. And, upon his accordion, he is playing a rendition of the “Lost Woods” theme…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2011 -
How A Game Character Nearly Turned Up On A Star Wars Cartoon
Revan, the star of Knights of the Old Republic, is a fairly popular character in Star Wars’ expanded universe. So it’s probably for the best that plans to include him in the woeful Clone Wars cartoon fell through. As you can see here, Darth Revan (to explain that would be to spoil things) was intended…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011 -
The Force Versus The Triforce
I asked Vitor Zago to bring these two characters together in battle and he nailed it! Dark Lord Vader and Link‘s worlds collide in this excellent illustration. Who do you think will win this Sci-Fi / Video Game battle? Related Rampage: Alien VS Dead Space Vader VS Link by Vitor Zago Need your daily fill…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 14, 2011 -
The Cutest Millennium Falcon, Transformers Play-doh And Other Wild New Toys
I saw a bunch of toys at Hasbro’s Toy Fair 2011 showcase today. These are some of the highlights. Not all of these are great toys, but most are delightfully odd. There are a lot of toys being made for the upcoming Thor movie, including a replica of Thor’s hammer Mjolnir. It shots the blue…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 12, 2011 -
Kinect Hack Shows Star Wars Holograms Not So Far, Far Away
The tech behind the Xbox 360’s new camera controller, Kinect, is now being used for an impressive—most impressive—new feat: to capture 3D images, stream them over the internet and display them in holographic form. That’s not necessarily a new thing, but the Object-Based Media Group at the MIT Media Lab is doing it with off-the-shelf…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 24, 2011 -
That’s No Moon, It’s An Awesome Star Wars Picture!
Ansel Hsiao is both a big Star Wars fan and a talented 3D artist. Put them together and we get 3D models of Star Wars ships that are so detailed you could use them at a Corellian shipyard. He concentrates on a selection of Imperial Ships (and one lesser-known Imperial Walker), so there are no…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011 -
The Darths Take On The Chiefs Tonight In St. Louis
Without the use of the force, this hockey battle between Darth Vader and Master Chief could be pretty epic. Another creative piece by Tyler Edlin! Related Rampage: Chewbacca | Zelda | Commando Polar Bear Darth Vader & Master Chief Playing Hockey by Tyler Edlin (deviantART) Via: ianbrooks Need your daily fill of geek eye candy?…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2011 -
Star Wars Has Rarely Looked This Good
Savvy collectors may already be aware of artist Tyler Stout, who whips up re-imagined movie posters. These Star Wars pieces are his latest work. And maybe his best. Sure, his Last Starfighter poster was great, and his Iron Man one was greater, but these are going to take some beating. There are six available, three…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2010 -
This Star Wars Family Portrait Is A Sweater Party
By artist and blogger Steven Quinn. As seen on his site
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 28, 2010 -
No Reward Is Worth This Many Barrels
Donkey Kong meets Star Wars. By Carlos Escárrega, as seen on it 8-bit
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2010 -
Force Unleashed II Has A Poor Interpretation Of “Han Shot First”
Lucasarts’ Force Unleashed action games always played a little loose with established Star Wars canon, and that’s been tolerable, but this? This is not cool There are people you can kill in Star Wars re-tellings. Yoda is fair game. Luke too. Leia, Jar Jar, Mon Mothma, even General Jan Dodonna. But you do not kill…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010 -
How The Sounds Of Star Wars Were Made
Whether it’s playing X-Wing or Tie Fighter, Super Star Wars or Jedi Knight, one of the defining experiences of the world’s favourite fictional universe – including, you know, watching the movies – is defined by its sound effects. So watching this clip is, quite literally, a blast, as it shows how some of Star Wars’…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2010