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Archived News-May 2009
Week 2
| Friday May 15, 2009 | |
| Daily Video Clip | |
As we continue celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace this month, today's new video clip in the Movies Section is The Phantom Menace tone poem entitled One Truth. These tone poems were a series of television advertisements in which short character-defining poems were spoken by or about major characters from the film. You can find this video clip in the TV Commercials 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 May 15, 2009 | |
| Star Wars Reviews Section Updated | |
Today I have updated Movies section with the latest Star Wars Review. In this newest addition, Steve reviews the Episode I's Anakin Skywalker's Pod Racer. Thanks Steve! Be sure to stay tuned for the next great review. Enjoy!
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| Friday May 15, 2009 | |
| Factor 5 Closure | |
Factor 5 has announced a closure. Factor 5 has produced the Star Wars games Rogue Squadron, Rogue Leader, Rebel Strike, and Battle for Naboo. "We are sorry to announce the closure of the San Rafael-based Factor 5 Inc. studio, but the obstacles created by the sudden bankruptcy of Brash Entertainment for the continuation of operations have turned out too great to overcome in the current economic climate." Sorry to see you go Factor 5. Be sure to read the full article at their website.
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| Thursday May 14, 2009 | |
| Daily Video Clip | |
Today's new video clip in the Movies Section is Chapter 15 of Star Wars: Clone Wars which originally aired on Cartoon Network on April 1, 2004. This episode is available in streaming format and you can find the episode in our Television Shows 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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| Thursday May 14, 2009 | |
| Happy Birthday George Lucas and Jedi Power | |
 Today is my birthday and it also just happens to be on the same day as George Lucas! No wonder I am a Star Wars fan! Happy Birthday to George who turns 65 while I am have entered the world of middle aged at 40. It sure is nice of George to give me continued Star Wars adventures for my birthday present! | |
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| Thursday May 14, 2009 | |
| Top 10 Star Wars Surfing Crossovers | |
Our friend Pete from Galactic Binder have sent over their latest Top 10 list. "Just in time for summer, we've posted our "Top 10 Star Wars Surfing Crossovers" over at GalacticBinder.com." Be sure to check it out!
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| Wednesday May 13, 2009 | |
| Daily Video Clip | |
As we continue celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace this month, today's new video clip in the Movies Section is The Phantom Menace tone poem entitled One Will. These tone poems were a series of television advertisements in which short character-defining poems were spoken by or about major characters from the film. You can find this video clip in the TV Commercials 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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| Wednesday May 13, 2009 | |
| Coruscant Courier Issue #16 | |
The sixteenth issue of Galactic Voyage's Coruscant Courier has arrived! In this edition of the fictional feature by Jedi Jin Su we have the following articles: NEWS WHAT DO THE GALAXY-FATES HAVE IN MIND FOR YOU? SPORTS WHERE IN THE GALAXY? EYEZ ON THE STARZ! Jedi Jin Su has done an outstanding job with Issue #16, and I think you all will really enjoy it! So go have look at the latest Coruscant Courier Issue. | |
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| Tuesday May 12, 2009 | |
| Daily Video Clip | |
As we continue celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace this month, today's new video clip in the Movies Section is The Phantom Menace tone poem entitled One Destiny. These tone poems were a series of television advertisements in which short character-defining poems were spoken by or about major characters from the film. You can find this video clip in the TV Commercials 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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| Tuesday May 12, 2009 | |
| Ships Section Updated | |
Today I have updated the Ships Section with the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer. You can get a listing of ships using their picture by type at the Capital Ships Section. Or, if you would like to see an alphabetical listing of all of our ships, vehicles, bases, and space stations, you can check out the Index. If you have a ship you would like to see me add, then e-mail me the request and I will do my best to add it for you. Enjoy!
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| Monday May 11, 2009 | |
| Daily Video Clip | |
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes allows players to fight as both Jedi Knights and clone troopers through over 30 unique missions, all created incorporating the same ground-breaking, stunning visual style from the TV series. Featuring a brand-new storyline, players will get the chance to take part in the key events that lead directly into the highly anticipated second season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Jedi characters can slice and dice their way through countless enemies, commandeer droids and show off their combat prowess on foot and in a variety of vehicles. Clone troopers fire things up with a heavy weapons armament that includes rocket launchers, thermal detonators and even jet packs in levels built specifically to take run-and-gun gameplay to exciting levels. | |
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| Monday May 11, 2009 | |
| Star Wars Soundboards | |
The Official Star Wars Site has provided a new feature! The Star Wars saga is filled with memorable quotes and fantastic sound effects, and now StarWars.com is putting you in control of the mixing board to construct your own audio clips and messages. The newly unveiled Official StarWars.com Soundboards offer unique functionality and content that can only be made available from Lucas Online.
Get started today by clicking here, and check out a mix of audio including heroes like Luke, Leia and Ahsoka, aliens like Jawas, Ewoks and Chewbacca, and an explosive battle between a TIE fighter and X-wing! You'll want to tune in weekly on Fridays all summer long to check out new updates. The next theme will be added Friday May 15th. Who will be next?
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| Monday May 11, 2009 | |
| August 2009 Comics | |
 The Official Star Wars Site has provided a look at more Dark Horse
Comics for Star Wars fans in August.
Star Wars: Invasion #2 (of 5) Written by Tom Taylor; Art by Colin Wilson; Colors by Wes Dzioba; Cover by Jo Chen On Sale August 5; 40 pages. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and the soldiers of the New Republic were able to pull off a last-second evacuation of some of the civilian refugees from Artorias, but for Finn Galfridian it was too little, too late. Finn's mother and sister have been taken prisoner by the Vong, and his father was left behind with a delaying force to allow the refugees to escape. Now Finn finds himself at the new Jedi temple on Yavin 4, where he is to undergo training -- but what he really wants is to get back into the fight! This series is set during the New Jedi Order, approximately twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi, and the galaxy, are facing their first real threat since the Sith were defeated: an invasion of hostile warriors called the Yuuzhan Vong! Read the preview to issue #1 here. Star Wars: The Clone Wars #8 Written by Henry Gilroy and Steve Melching; Pencils and cover by Scott Hepburn; Inks by Dan Parsons; Colors by Michael Wiggam On sale August 12; 40 pages Faced with the worst storm in the ice-planet Khorm's history, Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Kit Fisto embark on an impossible mission -- to destroy the Separatists' mountain fortress. But their assignment has been made harder still by information divulged by a Republic captive -- and the arrival of Asajj Ventress and her elite commando droids! Star Wars: Dark Times #16 "Blue Harvest" (Part 4 of 5) Written by Mick Harrison; Pencils by Douglas Wheatley; Colors by Dave McCaig; Cover by Douglas Wheatley and Dustin Weaver On sale August 26, 40 pages. Former Jedi Dass Jennir has woven a tangled web of lies in his quest to topple two opposing gangs. Now, all the threads are about to break, and the gangs will tear the town apart in a war that may doom those Jennir sought to save -- but not before they take their vengeance out on him! Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #44 "The Reaping" (Part 2 of 2) Written by John Jackson Miller; Art by Bong Dazo; Colors by Michael Atiyeh; Cover by Benjamin Carré On sale August 19; 40 pages The latest masquerade of the Hot Prospect and its crew has been discovered! Up against the Crucible, a massive slave-trading organization, Zayne Carrick is having another streak of unfortunate luck. Zayne and Jarael entered a comet-mining facility with the intention of freeing its slaves and taking a knife to the miners' profits, but when the Crucible is tipped off that imposters are nudging in on their territory, a death-defying space battle ensues! Don't miss this conclusion to the story that exposes a shocking truth about one of KotOR's most-loved characters! Star Wars: Legacy #39 "Tatooine" (Part 3 of 4) Written by John Ostrander; Pencils and cover by Jan Duursema; Inks by Dan Parsons; Colors by Brad Anderson On sale August 26; 40 pages Separated from his pirate pals and caught in a sandstorm at an abandoned moisture farm (yes, that moisture farm) with an Imperial agent, a Jedi ghost, and a pair of Anzati assassins, Cade Skywalker has had better days. All he needs now is a visit from his dear old mom! Oh, and back on Coruscant, the Sith are placing someone new on the throne... | |
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