The New York Times website has an interesting article about the turnaround of LucasArts and their current quest to be #1 in the video game industry. In that article, there is discussion that can lead you to believe that there is a Darth Vader game coming on the horizon. There is a lot of time to bridge between Episode III and IV, so it would make sense to use this medium to show some of what happened to Darth Vader during that time.
"Their excitement was palpable on a recent afternoon, when Mr. Ward, Mr. Hirschmann and Haden Blackman, the project leader of a forthcoming "Star Wars" game, reviewed all of the company's recent projects. Mr. Blackman outlined a new storyline that delved deeper into Darth Vader's history."
"Mr. Hirschmann later demonstrated a test game, shouting and jumping each time a storm trooper tumbled onscreen, the character barely catching his fingers on the pixel ledge. And he gleefully explained how researchers had tracked down images of San Francisco buildings from 1915 for the future Indiana Jones game."
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