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Kotaku is reporting that LucasArts president Jim Ward has resigned “for personal reasons.” IGN reports that Howard Roffman will be filling in.

Kotaku also has word from Ward himself.

Hasbro profits tumble after Lucas stock buyback, but sales are strong for Transformers and Spider-Man toys.

No Harry! I swear!

• Jim Ward interviewed by San Jose Mercury News.

• THX moves beyond theaters.
• Pablo on why you don’t want to fly too close to Luke or stand too near Leia.
• Dave Dorman profiled in local paper.
• German robot masters walking
• Hamill not SW trivia master.
• Another Slave Leia group photo planned at Comic-Con. Sigh.
• Chewbacca dies at age 26. (Warning! PDF link.)

A lightsaber game for the Wii is closer than you might think, Lucasarts’ Jim Ward says: “We’re all over that, and internally we have already played a lightsaber game on the Wii. It’s a lot of fun, and we’ll get there.”

Luckily, fans are more than ready ready – check out these cute Star Wars Miis in IGN’s mailbag

Also…

• LFL’s Bonnie Burton and illustrator Cynthia Cummens have a comic called “A Star Wars Fan Boy Field Guide” in the anthology A Girls Guide to Guys’ Stuff.

• Chicago fans build TIE fighter for parade
• Middle schoolers put Luke Skywalker on trial
• Filmjerk reviews Heart of an Empire
• Five lessons IT managers can learn from Darth Vader
• Harvard scholar delivers Star Wars-inspired oration – in Latin.