Star Wars

Super Mario Bros. Strikes Back!

Super Mario Bros. plus Empire Strikes Back equals this, apparently! Los Angeles artist Misha painted this 18 x 24 inch work. So, we’ve got Mario as Luke, Luigi as Han, Peach as Leia, Yoshi was a Tan-Tan, Donkey Kong as Chewy, Wario as R2D2, Waluigi as C3P0 and Bowser as Vader. This is neat and…

The Old Republic Introduces Bounty Hunters

The Old Republic’s Web site has put up a bio for the upcoming game’s bounty hunter class, giving us all a look at a proto-Fett who activates his jetpack with a wrist-worn laptop or something. Of course, what would be a Star Wars universe without bounty hunters, whose presence have been felt in all of…

The Old Republic: Your “Personal Star Wars Saga”

Bioware and LucasArts have put out another video documentary on Star Wars: The Old Republic, teasing the storyline and characters of the MMO, set in a "relatively unexplored timeframe of the Star Wars canon." The writers and the producers discuss the TOR universe, which they hope will create a “personal Star Wars saga,” for everyone…

The Force Unleashed: As If 5.7 Million Gamers Suddenly Cried Out In Ownership

LucasArts Star Wars spin-off The Force Unleashed was a Star Destroyer sized hit for the publisher, selling 5.7 million copies since its September launch, making it the fastest-selling Star Wars game in history. That figure is according to a release from LucasFilm, which released Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on just about every platform one…

Here’s Star Wars Battlefront III’s Sith Kenobi

Oh man, oh man, oh man. This has got to be the coolest looking Obi-Wan Kenobi I’ve ever seen. Fresh from the Kotaku source line come these amazing concept images of what would have happened if Obi-Wan Kenobi turned to the Dark Side. Here’s what Free Radical did to turn the lovable teacher, into a…

What Star Wars: Battlefront III Might Have Looked Like

With Free Radical Design having effectively kicked the bucket, shedding most of its workforce and desperately seeking buyers, here come the leaks. We’ve already seen what Timesplitters 4 might have looked like—how about Battlefront III? High poly-count renders and in-game meshes from the third Star Wars: Battlefront were leaked by one of Free Radical’s former…