Darth Vader children’s laptop for your little Sith Lord…
July 20, 2007
This is pretty cool.. It I had kids, they would definitely have one of these badboys! Haha.. maybe something to pick up my nephew for his birthday!
“If you’re like us, you want to encourage your children to harness the power of the Dark side and use The Force for their twisted, megalomaniacal schemes, but you also want them to learn something while doing it. Luckily Oregon Scientific understands your plight, and has delivered the Darth Vader laptop to help. Of course, calling it a laptop is a little misleading — it’s more like a Speak & Spell with a glowing lightsaber stylus and accompanying sound effects, but with 50 games for training “reflexes, typing and rhythm,” at least it will keep Palpatine Jr. out of your hair.”
Thanks to Engadget.com
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Force Unleashed Story, Characters, and Clues Revealed at CE…
July 17, 2007
Star Wars Blog has posted an entry that contains some interview excerpts from Project Lead Haden Blackman and Producer Julio Torres along with Secret Apprentice actor Sam Witwer. Included were some more clues into the Multiplayer aspect of The Force Unleashed!!
Multi-player Component
Blackman: “We will have a multi-player component to the game. The game is all about kicking butt with the Force, and from Day 1 we knew that one of the most satisfying things to do is kick your friend’s butt with the Force so we wanted to make sure we delivered on that experience in multi-player. There will be an online component as well and it will support all the requirements of a system like Xbox LIVE.”
The Story
Blackman: “It really started with identifying the time period. We presented a ton of concepts to George and identified the time period between Episodes III and IV for this game and the next chapter in the Star Wars saga. We felt like the Star Wars saga is ultimately about Vader and his art, so we needed a time period that had Vader in it.
We brainstormed what stories we wanted to tell and at the same time focused on what we might want the game play looks to be. And we hit on this idea of the Force Unleashed which takes some inspiration from the Genndy cartoons and some comic book stuff as well. We really wanted to blow the Force out of proportion, really amp it up in order to serve game play.”
Torres: “Because this is being treated like a movie, the next Star Wars chapter, a lot of our inspiration comes from the original trilogy and Episode III. So a lot of the music and sound effects that we’re using for this game come from that particular content. Because it’s a new story, it’s going to require brand new music. We have original music that we’re going to compose to bridge the connection between Episodes III and IV. Just like John Williams, we’re really leveraging the concept of what Wagner did, which was to write themes for characters. I think the story melded together with the music is going to create an immersive experience very much like a Star Wars movie.”
Witwer: ““It’s not just about amazing visuals and Force powers – it all really makes sense within the Star Wars saga. As a matter of fact, once you put the apprentice into Star Wars, if you take him out, the original Star Wars never takes place. This guy paves the way for Han and Leia and Luke to do their thing. This guy makes some huge impacts and changes in the Star Wars universe — this really is the next chapter of Star Wars.”
Blackman: “One of the things that’s exciting about this game is that you get to see how the galaxy has suffered or evolved under the influence of the Empire. So when you go to Kashyyyk at one point, it will look very different from the Kashyyyk that you might recognize from Episode III because the Empire’s taken over.
“George has allowed us to put some twists and some revelations in the game’s story that will really change your perception of Episode’s IV, V, and VI. You’ll have greater insight into both Vader and the Emperor and some of the things they’re plotting. George gave us a huge amount of feedback on what type of master Vader would be, what types of schemes he has cooking, and what types of things he’s after which we were able to leverage into the story. So I really do feel this leads right into Episode IV.”
Check out the rest of the entry here
More Concept Boxart…
July 16, 2007
I came across a bunch more Fan Boxart Concepts from Vgboxart.com. These are pretty damn good. I’m partial to the Playstation 3 one with Vader on it! Pretty sweet!
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Site updates…
July 14, 2007
The Force Unleashed trailer and The Force Unleashed E3 interview are now available for download in the “downloads” section. I’ve also added a section containing info on all The Force Unleashed characters.
I’m also working on V.1.1 of The Force Unleashed screensaver! Stay tuned!
Star Wars: Force Unleashed, E3 2007 In-depth Interview
July 13, 2007
GameTrailers.com has released an exclusive E3 In-depth interview on The Force Unleashed. I noticed a lot of people asking why the apprentice is seen killing his own and this interview pretty answers this question.
“In the trailer for example, you see Darth Vader’s secret apprentice taking down a Star Destroyer and actually taking out Storm Troopers. You may wonder if this is Darth Vader’s secret apprentice, you know, why is he taking out the empire, but remember this is Darth Vader’s “secret” apprentice, the Emporer doesn’t know about him. So you may see him not necessairly picking sides at this point and it’s probably best that he doesn’t leave any witnesses”
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