Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a multimedia project developed by LucasArts along with Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books.[1][2] It consists of a video game, a tie-in novel, action figures, a comic book, a reference book and a role-playing game supplement, as well as a book on the making of the game. The game will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii,[3] PlayStation Portable,[4] Nintendo DS,[5] second-generation N-Gage,[6] and PlayStation 2.[4]
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[edit] Story
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed tells the story of Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Starkiller, as he hunts down the Jedi remaining after Emperor Palpatine orders them killed.[7] Set in the dark times between Episode III and Episode IV, the story explores the aftermath of the Great Jedi Purge as well as the rise of Darth Vader, leading into the Original Trilogy.[1]
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At Toy Fair 2007, Hasbro showed seven figures from their action figure line based on the game.[8] Lego has released a model of the main character's ship, the Rogue Shadow.[2] Sean Williams' novelization of The Force Unleashed will depict the course of events from the game.[9] Dark Horse's The Force Unleashed graphic novel will be published August 18, 2008.[10] Starkiller has been licensed to Namco Bandai to be a playable character in both the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 versions of Soulcalibur IV.[11]
[edit] See also
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - a previous Star Wars multimedia project
[edit] References
- ^ a b Overview. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. LucasArts. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ a b 7672 Rogue Shadow. Lego. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
- ^ LucasArts to Unleash the Force on the Wii in Spring 2008 (2007-09-18).
- ^ a b Games by Platform. LucasArts. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ^ THQ Wireless, Lucasfilm Ltd., and LucasArts to bring Star Wars: The Force Unleashed(TM) to N-Gage. Nokia (2007-12-03). Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Gandhi, Mayur. Exclusive The Force Unleashed Information!. NZGamer.com.
- ^ Pawlus, Adam. Hasbro Celebrates Star Wars 30th Anniversary With Cool Figures And Spare Change. Toy Fair 2007. Galactic Hunter.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- ^ First Look: The Force Unleashed Novel. Lucasfilm (2007-12-06). Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed TPB. Dark Horse. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
- ^ Sinclair, Brendan (2008-06-05). Soulcalibur IV Unleashed. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
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