I want this game NOW!

Do you get the fly the O-Wing fighter in the background?

Seeing that I only have Wii, and that I only use it when I have people over, the real question I have is will the graphics still look like it's N64, and is it multiplayer (drunk wii is the only fun wii)?

This sounds fantastic. I have already alerted the signif-other of this game's imminent release and that it will take me about 25 hours of gameplay to complete. Please stock the fridge.

One question though: Doesn't the presence of all these Jedi running around seem contrary to Order 66 from Revenge of the Sith? Hopefully, the game addresses that.

Damnit! I really want this game, but its coming out for just about-fucking-everything-else BUT THE PC! DAMNIT!

Matt Sloan. I couldn't play this game with a straight face knowing that Chad Vader is talking and not in fact Darth Vader his cousin.

I figured Vader would have gone to the Planet Kashyyk because of the renouned Penne Alla Arrabiata.

@extracrispy: They hid under the bed. Really, hiding from troopers isn't overly hard to do.

This game looks amazing, I just hope it can live up to the promise.

Why do they keep making totally impractical "light" weapons? For variety's sake?

Swords are fine. Swords are great. You can do an infinite number of things with swords. And they represent something. You don't need to invent gimmicky unrealistic weapons that would maim you if you ever actually used them.

Until they honor those who made their fortunes and produce a version for PC, I must chime in with a resounding, "meh."

@Pope John Peeps II: Really? You are complaining about lightsabers now? Seriously, its like bringing ice cubes to the glaciers, futile...

@Pope John Peeps II: But that T-Baton is pretty awesome. (Plus, it could represent the beat cop mentality of some low-level Jedi...couldn't it?)

Wouldn't Shaak Ti burn the heck out of her forearms with those things? Call me crazy, but I wouldn't want to hold something like a lightsaber that close to my fragile, burn prone, human appendages.

Meredith,
Great write-up. Though the game looks great, my concern is whether or not, after three recent SW films that have been mediocre to horrible (and I say this as a life-long SW fan), the force is something that should be "unleashed".

Imo, it should be meted out in palatable doses...like broccoli. Although, I'm not sure the title, Star Wars: The Force Allocated, was what they were looking for.

Lightsaber tonfas strike me as a very cool and profoundly ill advised weapon. The use of tonfas involves a good deal of twisting, crossing and holding against one's body, no? At least you know she has to be skilled with them, else she'd cut herself to ribbons.

I cannot wait for this game, though I'll have to hide it from my kids to play it - might be a little intense, violence-wise. LEGO SW is fine for them, it's one thing to blast a LEGO figure into bricks.

Now, I might need to brush up on my "canon", and I know I'm going to sound like a real SW Nerd/Fanboy, but didn't Shaak Ti die in the Jedi Temple when AniVader blew through there? I don't think they showed that in the movie, but I seem to remember it in the book and I know it's in the Lego SW cut-scene.

@diverguy: LOL do you think he had the peas with that?

What truly sucks is the game doesn't come out until September. Well hopefully September

from this moment on, all female Sith must have an exposed abdomen. Enormous cans are optional..

@knots:
No no, the hefty chest missiles are a most.

'Must' even. Stupid not being able to edit posts....

a female imperial officer? somehow i doubt that a profoundly xenophobic orgainizatin like the empire would magically be gender neutral...

@Pope John Peeps II: Oh my god, it's a lightsaber-tonfa.

You're right, that's retarded.

When you hear Juno Eclipse guiding you, I bet she's all like, "Hang a ricky at the next T-bone, Darth Kiddie-us. And then you better jump to lightspeed, or you don't get to go to Tashi Station to pick up some power converters, if you know what I mean. All right, you're flying Han Solo till the next level. Holo back!"

@Pope John Peeps II & braak: It makes a lot more sense than the lightsaber truncheon, though. Just useless for knocking people out.

I agree with the pope. That LS baton is kind of lame. Seriously, that thing is waiting to cut off the users arm at the elbow. Skilled or not, a light wind could really just screw up your whole day with that thing. Bleh.

@moff: Also, the lightsaber rope. Stupid, just stupid.

I will wait and reserve judgement till i see what it looks like animated, but I am split on the Tonfa's.
I am a fan of the weapon as a whole, and I can see a nice split between offensive & defensive use, in the image above you have one set for offense and one for defense.
My first thought would be possibly that you wouldn't use them extended at all times, and might actually extend and retract the "blade" as you spin, so it becomes an excersize in timing.
On a side note, I've lost allot of my trivia over the past few years, has it ever been established if the "blade" emits any sort of heat? or just light? We know contact has an effect, but does it radiate so if your right next to it you feel it?

@moff: Or Darth Skank's sexy lightsaber thong.

@braak: Yeah, the "I've got a lightsaber in my pants" joke was funny once, and then rapidly overshadowed by the horrible, horrible pain.

@moff: Yea, but my lightsaber Scythe is full of awesome. I get range bonuses, plus with Jedi robes and my hood up, I'll be like a futuristic grim reaper.

Two years ago when I worked for a GameStop, LucasArts showed a demo of the engine that runs this at their sponsored lunch. I was blown out of the water at how great it looked then. Completely jaw dropping. I've been excited to play the finished product ever since. I believe the Indiana Jones game will run on the same engine, just without the Force powers.

@moff: But it makes for a truly competitive round of double-dutch.

I believe the Wii version will be the real surprise hit, with fnnaly wiimote perfected light sabre combos. Can't wait!

Boy ..my bank account is gonna suffer..sheesh

That is one hellishly crowded sky. Imagine being stuck in that with a sociopathic murderer with telekinetic powers loose on the ground.

I'd be worried.

@AZTriGuy: I cannot wait for this game, though I'll have to hide it from my kids to play it - might be a little intense, violence-wise.

It's rated 'T', so no beheadings, blood, etc. Depending on how young your kids are, it'll probably be fine for them.

@B:

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*runs in circles* Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!

@Westender: Play it right now in GTA IV.

GTA IV uses the Euphoria Engine and will give you a good idea of how it can be used really well in a game.

@ the Tonfu haters - wait to you see one of the in-game moves... ;)

@DaleKaleD: @92BuickLeSabre: @braak: I've trained with tonfa before, and the only way you can block anything with them is by pressing the wooden part FIRMLY against your arm. On that stupid looking woman, the wooden part doesn't even GO that far.

It's like they're not even TRYING. Like they just do this ridiculous bull by reflex. I swear to frikking god, the next Star Wars video game or novel that comes out will have a double-ended light chainsaw swung on the end of the hero's dreadlocks.

It's just aggravating. All of the ridiculous garbage they pull with star wars and they can't even do the SMALLEST things right.

@Pope John Peeps II:

double-ended light chainsaw swung on the end of the hero's dreadlocks.

(Aside from the fact that it's hard to see how something sounds.)

I will readily admit that I have never been a Star Wars geek, but I will say that I have completely enjoyed the movies (usual complaints aside) but have loved the KOTOR games. I feel the people involved with the games have done better writing and series management than has Lucas himself.

I think this looks fantastic, and am very much looking forward to its release.

@ManchuCandidate: at least its not an O-Ring fighter, as that would be a completely different genre of game.

@92BuickLeSabre: It is both funny and disturbing to picture some Jedi Youth being cut off at the ankles at the Lightsaber Double Dutch Championships.

@Pope John Peeps II: It's Star Wars. There isn't meant to be that much thought put into it, really. About the only thing those Tonfa-saber blades would need to block anything more than a blaster bolt for the most part.

I absolutely cannot wait for this game. This looks like GOOD Star Wars. I miss that.

@FunkyJ: I've been watching the room mates play GTA, it's pretty cool. I was referring to the DMM engine though. It's the combination of the two that's going to take this game to a new level.