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Angry Birds Star Wars Lando update totes thermal detonator

, Jun 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Star Wars iteration of the Angry Birds collection of apps has been updated this week with the dapper Lando Calrissian in bird form. This character is bringing along with him the ability to blast three bolts as his closest associate Han Solo bird, but instead of them being shot one after the other all in the same direction, they're let loose all at once: two diagonals and a straight-on shot. This update also brings on a collection of power-ups activated in a similar way to the Millenium Falcon attack. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Episode VII production to start early 2014 in London

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [29]

The upcoming Star Wars film seems to be all set to go, with director JJ Abrams saying that production for the new film will "most likely" begin its preparation stages "at the end of the year." This means that production for Star Wars: Episode VII could officially begin at some point early next year. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Episode VII trailer marks first fakery gone viral

, May 27th 2013 Discuss [10]

Here in the spring of 2013, very little is clear on how the now Disney-owned Lucasfilm will be going about releasing the next wave of Star Wars films. What is clear is that they will, indeed, be releasing not one, but several live-action films based in the Star Wars universe - but that small an amount of information isn't going to stop the massive waves of fans of the series creating mock-up trailers such as the one you're about to see today, passing them off as real for the fun of it. Read The Full Story

EA to detail Star Wars future at E3

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [1]

Electronic Arts says that they will be revealing their plans for the future of Star Wars games during E3 2013 next month. The game publisher was recently granted exclusive rights for the Star Wars franchise after Disney bought LucasArts, the developer responsible for past Star Wars installments. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Rebels cartoon series coming fall 2014

, May 20th 2013 Discuss [1]

While we've already heard some details of Disney's future plans with the Star Wars franchise, the company has announced its next Star Wars project, called Star Wars Rebels. It will be a cartoon series that will air on the Disney Channel, and as you'd expect, this show will be aimed at the younger audiences, but we wouldn't be surprised if the older-generation Star Wars fans also enjoyed the show. Read The Full Story

“Star Wars Kid” talks about experience a decade after going viral

, May 11th 2013 Discuss [3]

Remember Ghyslain Raza? If you're thinking hard and still drawing a blank, that is probably because he is better known as "Star Wars Kid," the victim of what amounted to, in some ways, as a large scale personal attack by the Internet at large when a video of him went viral. Which video? The one of a 14-year-old boy wielding a stick as a lightsaber, flipping it about while alone in a room filming himself. After the video - which currently has millions of views on YouTube - went viral, Raza went silent. Read The Full Story

Lucasfilm registers pack of new Star Wars domains

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just a couple days ago, Electronic Arts signed a deal with Disney that would see the video game publisher obtain exclusive rights to the Star Wars video game franchise, which pretty much confirms that new Star Wars titles will be incoming at some point. Today, it has been discovered that Lucasfilm has registered a slew of domain names that are possible ideas for future game installments. Read The Full Story

Electronic Arts obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars games

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [19]

In a piece of news that informs on the future of Star Wars video games after Disney shut down LucasArts last month, Disney and Electronic Arts have signed a multi-year agreement that will see the game publisher obtain exclusive rights to the Star Wars video game franchise, allowing them to make Star Wars video games from here on out. Read The Full Story

Disney planning new Star Wars films every summer starting in 2015

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [7]

When Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in October and announced Star Wars Episode VII, we knew right away that the long-time franchise was about to be heavily kickstarted, and we were certainly right. Today, Disney announced at CinemaCon that a new Star Wars movie will be released every summer starting in 2015 with Episode VII. Read The Full Story

Star Wars: The Old Republic Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion launches

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [1]

EA has announced that the first digital expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live on game servers. The expansion pack is called Rise of the Hutt Cartel and was announced back in December of last year. The expansion is now playable for players all around the world, assuming you pay for it. Read The Full Story

Star Wars: Episode VIII script subtly teased by Peter Jackson

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [5]

We already know that Star Wars: Episode VII will be making its way to theaters in 2015, but what about Episode VIII? It hasn't been announced yet, but we already know that Disney wants more Star Wars movies in the future. However, Episode VIII may already be in the works, because Peter Jackson just showed it off on camera. Read The Full Story

Raven Software releases source code for Jedi Academy and Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [3]

When we learned that Disney was purchasing the Star Wars Empire from George Lucas, it was rather bittersweet. Lucas hasn't had the best track record with adding new films to the Star Wars franchise. We knew that new films will be coming in the Star Wars universe from Disney, but most fans we feared that Disney would ruin the franchise. Read The Full Story
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