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Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Dead At 87
Irvin Kershner, the director behind what many consider the finest of all the Star Wars films, has passed away at the age of 87. Irvin Kershner didn’t want to direct The Empire Strikes Back. When George Lucas asked him to take on directorial duties for the second Star Wars film, Kershner initially declined, only to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 29, 2010 -
Join these cute fluffy Star Wars mice… it is your Destiny!
We can’t resist cuteness of this magnitude! These Star Wars mice are the sort of thing you’ll buy as presents for your friends… and then wind up hoarding them for yourself. Plus check out Harry Potter and Hermione mice! George Lucas has been trying to make the Star Wars universe cuter ever since the days…
By Charlie Jane Anders Published November 24, 2010 -
How To Have A Frank Discussion With Your Kids About Star Wars
Click to viewParenting in the information age is difficult; children today are exposed to things that their parents never saw at such a young age. Such as Jar-Jar Binks (who killed grandma). This well written (and acted) sendup of uncomfortable-conversation PSAs comes from Asylum. Seen via Star Wars: The Old Republic Strategies PSA: Talking To…
By Owen Good Published November 18, 2010 -
Strike Ewoks Down With All Of Your Hatred In The Force Unleashed II Add-on
Good. Goooood. I can feel three decades worth of your Ewok anger. Take your copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II and electrocute those Endor teddy bears and your journey towards the dark side will be complete! LucasArts may be making up for the so-so Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II by sending series…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2010 -
Begin, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Will In February
The next great Star Wars LEGO adventure kicks off in February 2011, LucasArts has confirmed, bringing the plastic galactic battle into the Clone Wars era and adding a little real-time strategy to the series. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars from LucasArts and TT Games will combine the double licensing power of the Clone…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2010 -
Steampunk Boba Fett Is Also Attending New York Comic-Con
Kotaku is at New York Comic-Con where there are some video things here: games, statues, cosplayers. More of all that forthcoming, but let’s start with two photos of Steampunk Boba Fett, designed by Penny Dreadful Productions. (Click these images to see much larger versions.)
By Stephen Totilo Published October 8, 2010 -
I Am Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty… Jedi Apprentice?!
LucasArts has revealed a somewhat unexpected addition to the cast of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the star of comedic adventure game series Monkey Island. Either some cloning procedure has gone horribly wrong or Guybrush really is that mighty. “Yes, this is real,” reads the official Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Facebook page,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 -
Starkiller Brings Two Sabers To A Blaster Fight
GameTrailers got the first in-game cutscene from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. Not once in 33 years have I ever seen anyone disembark a TIE Fighter, and Star Wars doesn’t look like it’s gonna start showing that now. How the hell do you get in and out of those things, anyway, the Force? Oh,…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Clone Wars Adventures Welcomes Playful Jedi
While we’re all anxiously awaiting that other massively multiplayer online Star Wars game, Sony Online Entertainment officially launches the free-to-play Clone Wars Adventures, and you may never find a more fetching hive of fun and villainy. Following much the same formula that made it’s Free Realms so popular, Sony Online Entertainment’s Clone Wars Adventures in…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2010 -
16-Bit Boba Fett, Inked On Human Flesh
Sure, two Boba Fett tattoos on one arm may be “a bit much”. But when one is a 16-bit rendition of New Zealand’s finest bounty hunter, that’s OK in our books. This gentleman was spotted at last month’s Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, and while the inspiration is surely Lucasart’s excellent “Super” series of games…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2010 -
Power Up The Tiny Little Tractor Beams
Researchers from the Australian National University have built a working tractor beam of sorts, ensuring that those wily rebels won’t get far, as long as their spaceship is the size of tiny glass particles. We might not be towing starships anytime soon, but if you need to move small particles about a meter and a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2010 -
Old Republic Trailer Revels In The Company Of Old Friends
The majority of this clip for The Old Republic shows everything that is wrong with both Star Wars’ expanded universe and the drudgery of MMOs. Until, that is, the last ten seconds. Then it reminds us of everything that was once good about Star Wars video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
LucasArts Confirms Layoffs, Ex-Staffers Speak Out
Star Wars game developer LucasArts has confirmed to Kotaku that it’s making cutbacks at its internal studios today. Word from those affected by LucasArts layoffs indicating deep cuts. One former LucasArts developer, let go from the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II team, called today’s round of layoffs a “massacre,” with an estimated 60 people…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 -
George Lucas Suing Mind-Control Tech Company
The creator of the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas, is suing the creators of the Jedi Mind thought technology tech. Jedi Mind, Inc. makes a handful of thought-controlled software and a brainwave detecting headset. Jedi Mind’s “Master Mind” is, according to the official website, “the revolutionary gaming application that allows users to play their favorite…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010 -
Star Wars Mod Fulfills Fanboy Dreams
Star Wars: Requiem, a mod of 2008 PC game Sins of a Solar Empire that just received another update, is what a Star Wars space real-time strategy game should look and play like. Lead modder JasonF created an incredibly detailed mod that feels like a true expansion. Sins of a Solar Empire wowed PC gamers…
By Aulistar Mark Published August 18, 2010 -
Appear In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Yoda Will
Everyone’s favorite little [species unknown], Yoda, will be making a cameo appearance in LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the publisher revealed today. How do the pint-sized Jedi Master and Starkiller wind up crossing paths? LucasArts sets up the scene featured in the newly released Force Unleashed II cinematic like so: Starkiller, having escaped…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2010 -
Only Imperial Stormtroopers Are So Precise…
LEGO enthusiast and master squirrel photographer Chris “Powerpig” McVeigh is either offering the Empire a much-needed tactical strategy learned from Taito’s Space Invaders or proposing the next LEGO Star Wars game. We’re not sure which. Seen on Flickr via Gizmodo
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010
