Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is an upcoming multimedia project developed and published by LucasArts along with Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books.[1] It consists of a video game, a tie-in novel, action figures, a comic book, a reference book and a role-playing game supplement. The game will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii,[2] PlayStation Portable,[3] Nintendo DS,[4] second-generation N-Gage,[5] and PlayStation 2.[3] It is expected to be released in summer 2008.[6]
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[edit] Development
The 20 to 25 early concepts included making the game the third entry in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series, or to have the character play as a Wookiee "superhero," Darth Maul, a bounty hunter, a smuggler, or "the last Skywalker".[7][8] In April 2005, after "several months" of planning, the LucasArts team received Star Wars creator George Lucas' encouragement to develop a game centered on Darth Vader's secret apprentice.[9][8]
Development of the Xbox 360 version came first; PlayStation 3 development started when the production team had enough development kits.[7] The game is based around LucasArts' proprietary "Ronin" engine but also integrates third-party technology: Havok for rigid body physics, Pixelux Entertainment's "Digital Molecular Matter" for dynamically destructible objects, and NaturalMotion's Euphoria for character animation and artificial intelligence.[7] To give the game a more cinematic presentation, developers used face- and motion-capture equipment during stage actors' voice and physical performances of their lines, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra recorded a two-hour soundtrack.[7] The Force Unleashed is the first game on which LucasArts and Industrial Light and Magic have worked since they both relocated to the Letterman Digital Arts Center.[10]
The Wii version will use the Wii Remote to simulate the ability to wield a lightsaber, while the Nunchuk attachment will simulate Force power use.[11] The Wii version will also feature an exclusive two-player duel mode and five levels not included in the Xbox 360 or PS3 versions.[11][12] The PlayStation Portable version will feature an exclusive "Historic Mode" that allows players to reenact battles and events from the Star Wars films.[13] The N-Gage version will use a "CellWeaver" gesture system: each enemy will have a symbol above its head that corresponds to a "gesture" -- i.e. a button combination -- that will result in the player's character using a Force power to attack the enemy.[14]
[edit] Plot
The player will control Darth Vader's secret apprentice (voiced by Sam Witwer) in the time period between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.[7] Vader sends the player across the galaxy to destroy the remaining Jedi.[15] Lucasfilm claims the game will "unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy."[10] Template:-
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Template:Sect-stub Lego has released a model of the main character's ship, the Rogue Shadow.[16] Sean Williams' novelization of The Force Unleashed will depict the "canon" course of events from the game.[17]
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