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Darth Vader and Son?

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:39:00 -0500

Imagine Luke as a small boy and his father was Darth Vader. Imagine if Obi-Wan had not hid them away and they actually grew up with their dear old dad. Would Luke and Leia have turned out differently? Would Vader have given up the dark side long ago and would he have wound up playing ball with his son. Would he have used his mind control powers to tell Luke that this was not the toy he was looking for in the toy store?

The idea is not a new one. There was a YouTube video that explored what Darth Vader

Star Wars: The Old Republic Adds New PvP Warzone

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:24:00 -0500

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There is a new important strategic location in the galaxy and that is the Novare Coast. On it, players will find three turrets that belong to the enemy. The idea is to take over these turrets and use them to your advantage, but it won�t be easy. There are a ton of factions that have the same idea and so you�ll have to work together with your team to take control of this valuable asset.

That is the general gist of the new PvP warzone in Star Wars: The Old Republic, coming in the 1.2 update. It is basically a free for all

Star Wars News from the Galaxy for April 4, 2012

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:29:00 -0500

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This edition we have the premier of Kinect Star Wars (finally), the celebrity hosts at Star Wars Weekends and some Celebration VII news.

Well the day finally arrived this week when Kinect Star Wars was finally released to the public after a year or so of speculation and ridicule, along with the much awaited Xbox 360 Kinect Star Wars Bundle, which includes the R2-D2 like console and the C-3PO controller, a must for any collector. As to the game itself, well it suffers from what we had heard and experienced in the preview,

TMZ Reports George Lucas Saying Star Wars is Dead

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:10:00 -0500

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George Lucas, as everyone knows, has said he is formally retiring from making blockbuster movies and preferred to dabble in other things. So when his answer of when there would be 7th, 8th or 9th installment of Star Wars was �Never, I�m retired.� it shouldn�t come as any great shock. But the sensationalist headline is certainly buzzing through the internet like wildfire, even though Lucas never said any such thing according to their video. But never let facts get in the way of a juicy story.

First of all, it�s very hard

Star Wars News from the Galaxy for March 25, 2012

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:58:00 -0500

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This edition we have an ad that wasn�t meant to be viral, but wound up being that, a video that the ad agency hopes will be viral, and a sneak peek at a new book from Timothy Zahn which tells the story of Han�s darker side. So let�s get into it.

A fan placed an ad for a TIE Fighter replica on Craigslist Seattle. He didn�t expect to get a lot for it, offering at it $150 or best offer. But the unique 1/3 scale model, though not incredibly detailed, became an overnight sensation when popular blogs started picking it up and

Kinect Star Wars: More New Details Revealed

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:53:00 -0500

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With an April 3rd release date, details are coming in fast and furious, so we thought we�d look at some of the latest information from the latest video that has been released from the publisher.

The new trailer out is called �Depth� and we have to admit, that it is chuck full of the goodness that we�ve been waiting to see from the game. Well, mostly what we wanted to see. It was actually painful to watch Boba Fett reduced to a dancing fool. But then anyone who has been to Star Wars Weekends in Orlando will attest, villains

Star Wars: The Old Republic Free Weekend

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:16:00 -0500

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For those of you who have yet to take the plunge into the world of Star Wars: The Old Republic, have they got a deal for you. Bioware is offering a free weekend to get your feet wet and hopefully bring more members into the dark side (and the light side too). But supplies are limited and it�s only for people who never played the game before at all.

The trial begins on Thursday afternoon March 15 at 12:01 CT and will require the player to sign up and download the game client, which I�ll be honest, is pretty huge. While

Star Wars News from the Galaxy for March 6, 2012

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:14:00 -0600

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This edition of quick news includes the death of concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, the success of Star Wars: The Republic according to EA and the Jake Lloyd has some whine with his fame...

Sad news this week for Star Wars fans. Ralph McQuarrie, who designed much of the look of the Star Wars original trilogy, has died at the age of 82. McQuarrie, originally a tech artist for Boeing and other space oriented projects, was the perfect concept artist for George Lucas, who was looking to flesh out what his characters and his world

Kinect Star Wars Game Play

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:42:00 -0600

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Star Wars fans really love to get into the immersive environment of George Lucas� world and now Kinect Star Wars gives them a chance. In this new gameplay video, we actually get to see this first hand, and it�s actually kind of cool, despite what I�ve said in the past.

The first thing I�ve noticed is that a lot of the game seems to have to do with Jabba directly or indirectly. Course we all know the Hutts have their grubby little hands in just about everything in the Empire, so this isn�t a big surprise. There are the

Millennium Falcon Guitar Revisited

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:51:00 -0600

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Is it just me or do you think that Han Solo probably would have rocked out to an electric guitar in his spare time? If so, he probably would have liked one that was based on the ship he held so dear, the Millennium Falcon. The smuggler no doubt would have really liked the one by BFisk89, a songwriter and singer. It may not have been the first, but it certainly is the most elaborate, with all the sorts of features that Star Wars fans would drool over. And actually it�s for sale if you want to buy the one and only creation.