IGN has unearthed a shocking – SHOCKING – advertisement for a Clone Wars game for the Wii and Nintendo DS in the instruction booklet for LEGO Indiana Jones. Expect to learn more at CloneWarsGame.com eventually.
The Clone Wars news of the day
ENI shares some new The Clone Wars images, while TFN has covers for some of the upcoming DK tie-ins.
Deal or no Deal: All the highlights in under 5
Not even Star Wars can make me watch a two-hour prime-time game show, but those of you who did, what did you think? io9 wasn’t particularly impressed, but they did lead me to the little video recap clip.
Star Wars on Deal or no Deal tonight!
If you’re a fan of cheesy prime-time game shows and/or Howie Mandel, be sure to tune into NBC tonight for the two-hour Star Wars-themed episode of Deal or No Deal tonight. Carrie Fisher, the 501st, and various costumed folks are set to appear.
You can watch a sneak preview here.
NYCC ’08: Sansweet talks live-action with MTV
The new show will reveal the greasy, seamy underbelly of Star Wars,” Steve Sansweet told MTV at New York Comic Con yesterday. That lends a little more weight to the “Deadwood meets The Sopranos” rumors… Also, a bit on the production schedule:
Sansweet said the initial writers of the show have been selected and “they’ve had their first couple sessions working with George and [producer] Rick [McCallum].” So when can we expect all of this? “We’ll see it in production probably sometime in 2009. Hopefully the series will be on by 2010,” said Sansweet.
I’m just on my way out the door, but I’ll be updating our live-action roundup post later tonight.
NYCC ’08: Robot Chicken: Star Wars DVD details
IGN reports a few Star Wars tidbits from the Robot Chicken panel:
- The Robot Chicken: Star Wars DVD will contain two hours of bonus materials.
- And seven commentary tracks!
- The Star Wars special took them fourteen weeks to prepare – an entire season (20 episodes) generally takes eleven months.
The DVD comes out May 20th.
Original trilogy beats King Kong in ratings
Another Jackson vs. Lucas contest this weekend, and the results came out pretty much the same. TNT was running Peter Jackson’s King Kong, and Spike’s broadcasting of the original trilogy came out on top by a pretty hefty margin: A New Hope pulled 2.5 million, Empire Strikes Back had 3.5 million and Return of the Jedi got 4.12 million viewers (just short of Revenge of the Sith’s 4.25 million) while King Kong‘s multiple airings only brought in 2 million at best. Poor Kong: It’s not a horrible movie, but it simply doesn’t have the rewatch potential of SW and LOTR.
Spike will continue to air one Star Wars film every Sunday through May 25th.
I don’t think you’re ready for this Jedi
Sy Snootles and I thought you might appreciate this subtle reminder that Return of the Jedi is airing tonight on Spike.
Search your feelings, you know it to be true…
The Empire Strikes Back tonight on Spike!
So a farmboy, a Jedi, and a Cylon walk into a bar…
It’s Friday, April 11th, and that means one thing: A New Hope is airing on Spike tonight at 8/7C. (Okay, two things: a new episode of Battlestar Galactica at 10/9C.)
Gamers will also want to tune back in to Spike at midnight for GameTrailers TV, which will be showing another The Force Unleashed preview (“the world premiere of the duel mode in the Wii”) and SoulCalibur IV game footage of Yoda and Vader. (You can also catch all that at GameTrailers.com later.)
And don’t forget to vote in our poll on if you’re watching the movies on Spike! It expires Sunday night.