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Archived News-December 2009
Week 2
Saturday December
12, 2009 |
Star Wars: The
Force Unleashed II |
SpikeTV has just announced the
latest Star Wars game at the 2009 Video Game Awards ceremony! The new game is
The Force Unleashed II. This is the World Premier for the Star Wars: The Force
Unleashed II video game by LucasArts that was announced at the 2009 SpikeTV
Video Game Awards. The time is set after the events of the first game and is
scheduled to be released in 2010. Here is the World Premier. Enjoy!
Update!
The Movies Section has been updated with
a downloadable copy! Be sure to see The Force
Unleashed II-Teaser Trailer in HD! You can find this video clip in the Video Game Scenes section. If you
have a movie clip or scene from any video game in a AVI, MOV, etc. format,
please send it in! Enjoy! |
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Friday December 11,
2009 |
Daily Video
Clip |
Today's new video clip in the Movies Section is from one of your favorite Star Wars
video games! The latest scene we have provided is the Opening
Title Crawl and Introduction from the Star Wars video game Rebellion that
was released February 28, 1998. It is avalable in English and German! You can
find this video clip in the Video
Game Scenes section. Special thanks to Medhiv83 for capturing and sharing
the German Version! If you have a movie clip or scene from any video game in a
AVI, MOV, etc. format, please send it in! Enjoy!
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Friday December 11,
2009 |
Star Wars Insider
#114 |
The Official Star Wars Site has
provided information on what we will see in the next edition of Star Wars
Insider. Are you a Classic trilogy fan? The Clone Wars fan? A
soon-to-be Star Wars: The Old Republic fan? Well, Star Wars
Insider #114 has got tons to satisfy all three!
There's an exclusive interview with supervising director Dave Filoni about
the bigger, bolder, and better Season 2 of The Clone Wars along with
images and synopses of the first two episodes for 2010! But there's also some
very cool content for fans with a classic trilogy slant -- seven pages of
unpublished storyboards from The Empire Strikes Back's Battle of Hoth
sequence with commentary by Making of Star Wars (and the upcoming
Making of The Empire Strikes Back) author J.W. Rinzler. Finally, there's
an article on the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic video game that
lays out the game's premise, play structure, locales, and more. And the
retro-plus-new Star Wars goodness doesn't stop there -- check out what
else they've packed into this issue:
- The Clone Wars Easter Eggs: Some homages to the classic films are
apparent in the The Clone Wars series, if you know where to look
- Actor Mark Hamill takes a look at the lighter side of the Force in Chris
Spitale's "Interrogation Droid" column
- Dark Horse Rising: A look back at how Dark Horse reinvigorated the Star
Wars saga
- Continuity conundrums -- Cad Bane takes over the "Ask Lobot" column to
confront the top ten irreconcilable continuity errors in the Star Wars
universe
- Family Guy's Darth Stewie interviewed
- The Clothes That Make the Jedi -- Star Wars licensee Museum Replicas
reveals what goes into the creation of their high-end replica costumes
- Books: Drew Karpyshyn's Darth Bane novels plus upcoming releases
- Comics: Star Wars Legacy: Monster
- Collecting: New products from Hasbro, Acme, and others, plus a look back at
Star Wars Christmas collectibles
- Bantha Tracks: The Best of the Year -- Editor Mary Franklin looks back at
2009 for the best in fan activities and culture
- Classic Moment: Meeting Jango Fett -- the classic moment from Episode II
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Thursday December
10, 2009 |
Daily Video
Clip |
Today's new video clip in the Movies Section is from one of your favorite Star Wars
video games! The latest scene we have provided is the Orbiting
Ship Yards Introduction from the Star Wars video game Dark Forces II: Jedi
Knight-Mysteries of the Sith that was released January 31, 1998. You can find
this video clip in the Video Game
Scenes section. Special thanks to Darthatton for capturing and sharing the
cutscene! If you have a movie clip or scene from any video game in a AVI, MOV,
etc. format, please send it in! Enjoy!
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Thursday December
10, 2009 |
Celebration V
Tickets On Sale Now! |
The Official Star Wars
Site has announced that Star Wars Celebration V is coming to the
Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida August 12 - 15, 2010. Don't
miss out on what could be one of the biggest and best celebrations of Star
Wars ever!
Gather with your fellow fans to enjoy live entertainment, events, celebrity
appearances, exclusive shopping and exhibits, and four days of all Star
Wars, all the time. We'll be commemorating the 30th anniversary of The
Empire Strikes Back, as well as looking to what is new and cool in The
Clone Wars animated television series. You'll see what is on the horizon for
the future of the Saga, too.
Four-Day Passes are $120, Saturday Passes are $50, and Thursday, Friday, and
Sunday Passes are each $45. Full details, ticket mailing information, and
youngling prices are all on the website, too, so click over to www.starwarscelebration.com to order your Celebration tickets
now! Ticket prices will be higher at the show, so save and start planning now.
As the event date nears, get all the Celebration V updates on Twitter and
Facebook, as well as on www.starwarscelebration.com.
The Force will be with you in 2010! |
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Wednesday December
09, 2009 |
adidas Star Wars
Collection |
The Official Star Wars Site has announced the adidas Star Wars
Collection. The collection for the first season is split into three packs --
The Characters Pack, the Vehicles Pack and the Direct Pack. The products in each
pack take inspiration from the respective aspect of the Star Wars lexicon
from legendary characters and crafts to classic scenes and fuse them with iconic
adidas Originals silhouettes. The pieces will begin to hit all adidas Originals
stores and other select retailers in January. Be sure to read the entire article and see all the shoes!
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Tuesday December 08,
2009 |
Daily Video
Clip |
This video is the teaser for Era
of War which is a Star Wars fan game based on the space adventure genre. You are
able to fly many famous ships of the Star Wars galaxy during the time of the
Rebellion Era 4years after the Battle of Yavin. It makes me long for the days of
the X-Wing series of games. Enjoy!
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Monday December 07,
2009 |
Joel Aron
Interview |
The Official Star Wars Site has a
great interview with The Clone Wars CG/FX/Lighting Supervisor Joel Aron. "Brain
Invaders", closes the multi-part Geonosian arc that has introduced viewers to
several stunning special effects created for the show, the most memorable
probably being the flame throwers used to take out the Geonosian warriors in
"Landing at Point Rain." CG/FX/Lighting Supervisor Joel Aron, who spent nearly
two decades creating visual effects for feature films at ILM, currently helms
the effects team for Lucasfilm Animation, generating the flame thrower, dust
storm, lava, speeder bike rooster tail, and other effects spotted in recent
episodes. Be sure to read this great interview!
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