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December 2, 2008

EUbits: Dark Times returning, TOR, Endor

Comics: There’s a new update from Editor Randy Stradley on Dark Horse’s Star Wars Zone, and it’s of particular interest to you Dark Times fans. A new story will appear (online, for free) in the January and February issues of Dark Horse Presents on MySpace, with the comic coming back into regular rotation with #13 in April. (Thanks, Zee Zee!)

The Old Republic: New screenshots, new aliens, and what may be visual proof of that whole lightsaber size thing.
Reference: From what I’m seeing in the fanboy underground, the StarWars.com unveiling of Castaways of Endor is a big deal. Alas, requires Hyperspace.

November 13, 2008November 13, 2008

EUbits: Essential Atlas falls back to July

Bad news, folks – The Essential Atlas release date has moved from February to July. Still confident we’ll see it… eventually. (Thanks for the heads-up, Zee Zee!)

Fate of the Jedi: Sue Rostoni says the covers will be similar to the Rebel Force covers… I can’t say I find that encouraging, with the Rebel Force covers being the epitome of bland. But maybe not being able to directly copy movie-era stills will lend the format some oomph.
The Old Republic: MMO game fighting will be “choreographed.” Like in West Side Story? Because that would be awesome.

November 9, 2008

EUbits: James Luceno, Sue Rostoni, TOR novel, TCW

EU Cantina has posted their interview with James Luceno. Topics include writing, Millennium Falcon, Brian Daley, and the future of the EU. They’re also taking questions for their next interview, with Lucasfilm Licensing Executive editor Sue Rostoni.

Upcoming: …Speaking of, Sue made a rare weekend appearance on StarWars.com this afternoon to confirm that there will be some sort of novel tie-in for The Old Republic MMO, though the details are still up in the air. She also touches on the Fate of the Jedi covers.
Comics: Buy The Clone Wars movie at Target, get a free variant-cover copy of Shipyards of Doom.
LOL N00B: io9 mines some general Star Wars cluelessness to make a case for the Nagai. Thirty years and countless sources of EU, and they latch onto …albino space elves? Bravo.

October 29, 2008October 29, 2008

EUish news: The Old Republic, Insider, comics

The Old Republic: EUC spotted a video of last week’s reveal. No trailers or gameplay footage though – there’s some sort of exclusive deal with “a US broadcaster.” (Spike? Cartoon Network?) Meanwhile, io9 talked to lead designer Jeff Dobson.

Insider: Issue #105 looks err… umm… Yeah. On newstands next Tuesday.
Comics: Preview Knights of the Old Republic #35.

October 24, 2008

In The Old Republic, size does matter

Lest we forget that teenagers are king when it comes to Star Wars, io9 found a lovely gem of a quote indicating that the size of a player’s lightsaber (among other things) will grow with the amount of hours they’ve sunk into the game. Charming, no?

October 24, 2008October 23, 2008

Gaming news: The Old Republic, Soul Calibur IV

The Old Republic: IGN has story details and an interview with art director Jeff Dobson while Tom Nichols of LucasArts tells Eurogamer that Galaxies will continue, and the new MMO may make the jump to consoles.

Soul Calibur IV: You can now download Vader and Yoda (each version of the game only comes with one or the other) for your game.
Shocker: George Lucas has never played World of Warcraft. Well, it’s not a movie, and he doesn’t own it, so… Yeah.

October 21, 2008October 22, 2008

The Old Republic: Yes fandom, it’s a KOTOR MMO

As expected, LucasArts and Bioware today announced The Old Republic, a MMO set in the era of the popular Knights of the Old Republic franchise within a franchise.

Press: Both 1up and Joystiq liveblogged the reveal; GameSpot has a lengthy article an exclusive video, while IGN has already checked out the game at Bioware’s Austin studio.

EUC has gathered all the relevant data into several giant lists with heaps of links for those craving more.

October 6, 2008October 9, 2008

KOTOR MMO announcement on October 21st?

Gamasutra reports that LucasArts and Bioware are holding a media event at LucasArts’ San Francisco office on October 21st. They describe the invite:

The postcard, which proclaims “The wait is over” and promises “the official unveiling of the game that’s been rumored about for years,” makes no explicit reference to Star Wars. It is branded with the LucasArts and BioWare logos and depicts floating robots and hooded figures in futuristic interior locations reminiscent of the sci-fi franchise.

It certainly sounds (and looks!) like KOTOR, but I guess we’ll see… (via)

October 2, 2008October 2, 2008

KOTOR MMO to be revealed within the month?

EUC points us towards an article from CVG saying that LucasArts and Bioware will unveil the long-rumored Knights of the Old Republic MMO with 30 days.

August 26, 2008October 2, 2008

I guess I should post all this gaming news…

What KOTOR MMO? There was (briefly!) a listing on Amazon for a Knights Of The Old Republic MMO. LucasArts had no comment to TFN: Make of that what you will. Make even more of it if the TFN post vanishes suddenly as well.

The Force Unleashed: io9 talks to Sam Witwer, aka Starkiller; Sound & Vision magazine previews the game (via;) Walkthrough a level; Eleven preview tracks from the soundtrack, a review, and an interview with composer Mark Griskey (via;) An Easter Egg in the demo.