Star Wars Roundup: Weekend edition

Millions of gamers suddenly cried out in horror upon discovering that the Star Wars game for Wii is just the Lego Star Wars re-release. Poor, poor gamers.

Alderaan shot first

Star Wars roundup: Games, girls, and… Latin?

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…

Video Monday

This week there’s a some stuff I think I may have linked before… But not recently. Enjoy.

Cruelty Corner: Jar Jar’s Walking Papers or George Lucas Strikes Back. Dude, Jar-Jar was so going to be Boba Fett.

How Star Wars should have ended. “…And it’s all Princess Leia’s fault.”

A clip from the real (British) Whose Line is it Anyway in which Star Wars is thrown in a Film and Theatre Styles segment.

More, more more!

  • Wii Saber. There are quite a lot of these, actually. I choose this one… I don’t know why.
  • Star Wars Disco. You remember.
  • R2D2 Cartoon. Rare instance where “I was testing my software” is actually kinda funny.