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Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force-Episode 37

Be sure to join us next week for the thirty-eighth episode of Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force. Then join us every week as we continue to follow the adventures of the Wookiee E'nac from the Star Wars Galaxies videogame in the form of Gamics!

Give a gift of galactic proportions this holiday season to your favorite LEGO Star Wars Fan! Own a one-of-a-kind 8-foot LEGO Rebel Attack Cruiser model designed by LEGO Master Builder Erik Varszegi exclusively for display at Star Wars Celebration III, San Diego Comic-Con, LEGOLAND California and several other national LEGO events to promote the final episode in the Star Wars saga.

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Model Specifications:

• Includes framed certificate of authenticity, signed by George Lucas and the LEGO model builder who designed and built it.
• Stem to stern the model is 97 inches long and 47 inches wide, weighs over 150 pounds and is created using over 35,000 pieces!
• Model features precise detail in LEGO form, functional elements and secret treasures.
• Model is built around a steel armature that runs down the spine of the ship and includes a rolling steel display frame.
• Set-up manual and all tools neccessary to assemble the stand are included.
• Alternatively, model can be suspended from ceiling (cables not included).
• Model has a scale of 1:466 and stud length of 12.11 feet per.
• Model took over 450 hours to design and build.

And the shipping is FREE (although shipping IS restricted to the USA)! So what are you waiting for? Head over to eBay and bid on this amazing work of art!

It makes sense to offer players the chance to assume the role of familiar types from the films but having a universe where there are hundreds of Luke Skywalkers and Han Solos is pretty much the antithesis of roleplaying. Add in the preset ability advancement and there's even less to separate you from the other players in the game. Excluding racial or equipment bonuses, all similar character types of a similar level are going to have the same abilities. While it makes advancement idiot-proof, it also keeps you from feeling like you have any say in how your character grows.

IGN then goes on to say that players can pick Jedi as their starting profession:

Unfortunately, players can now choose Jedi as a starting profession. While this is the ultimate in wish fulfillment for most Star Wars fans, the scarcity of Jedi is so fundamental to the time period represented in the game that it seems to completely undercut the developers' claims that their main goal is "to make the game more like Star Wars." With Jedi flashing their sabers nearly everywhere you turn, the mystique and magic of the profession are completely gone. Perhaps worst of all, opening up the Jedi profession for all players is a huge "screw you" to the players who bothered to put forth the time and effort required to unlock the secret of playing Jedis under the old system.

I think you'll want to head over to IGN and read the full review.

They were in slightly different conditions and one sold for £19,200 with another fetching £18,000 at the auction at Christie's in south Kensington, central London.

Both items from the 1977 film had been estimated to fetch £8,000 to £10,000, so they nearly doubled their value.

Head over to Scotsman.com for the full article.

DailyBreeze.com writes:

Hoaglin was one of eight people allegedly involved in passing along the stolen copy of the film that he acknowledges in his plea agreement he posted on a Web site.

According to prosecutors, the source of the pirated copy was a post-production facility where a worker took home a copy.

While Hoaglin was charged with a felony, the other defendants in the case were charged with a misdemeanor charge of willfully infringing on a copyright.

Click here if you wish to read the full article.

"All the prequels called for many new recordings," Wood reveals. "When embarking on a Star Wars film, I get the list of needs from Ben Burtt. Vehicles, pass-bys, and animals are the main hit list. We have so many new creatures and vehicles in each film that these are the most important."

Suited up with a digital recorder, microphone and headphones, Wood captures the needed sounds from various angles and then returns to the studio to catalog all newly-recorded sounds with keywords. The files are then placed in a database accessible to Burtt -- who will use them at his discretion along with his vast library of sounds to create the new sound effects.

"We make several thousand new sounds for every Star Wars film," Wood adds. "The combination of the sound design recordings, the designed composites and the new Foley make up the bulk of this. Everything is categorized, named and listed in the database for searchable access. Every single sound passes through approval by Ben [Burtt]. Then the scenes get auditioned by George [Lucas] and mixed in with the music during the final mix."

Be sure to read the full article. If you're a Hyperspace member, there's a special "Sound Deconstruction" audiocast just for you!

Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force-Episode 36

Be sure to check back later this week for the thirty-seventh episode of Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force. Then join us every week as we continue to follow the adventures of the Wookiee E'nac from the Star Wars Galaxies videogame in the form of Gamics!