Star Wars: The Force Unleashed announced

360 News | Coming to everything, except the Wii.

Lucasarts has officially announced via a press release that the next Star Wars title will be Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

The game will be coming out in November for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP and the Nintendo DS. The game is set between the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The game will put you in the role of Darth Vader's secret apprentice.

As Palpatine rises to power and the empire begins to conquer the galaxy, Vader sends his apprentice to exterminate the remaining Jedi. Your character will have four force powers that can be used to eliminate the Jedi.

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11 Comments

Sunrider

5 years ago

Love the pic from Republic Commando!

Hmmm, hopefully the Wii will be getting its own Lightsabre centric title.

Itachi

5 years ago

I understand why it's not coming to the wii. If you download the trailer i think if the wii tried to play it *BOOM*. On another note yeah it should be awsome on 360/ps3 can't wait

Googol

5 years ago

The game is coming to the PS2 and PSP, narutofanx. The graphical power of the Wii is far from relevant in the choice not to port it here.

I have no doubts that the Wii will get a Star Wars game at some point, though (the amount of times gamers have requested Wii lightsabre battles serves to strengthen this).

Itachi

5 years ago

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The game is coming to the PS2 and PSP, narutofanx. The graphical power of the Wii is far from relevant in the choice not to port it here.

I would really love to know why it's missing out than. Mabey they could be working on another project just for wii??? Sounds interesting and awsome

VOOK

5 years ago

Obviously they are holding back the announcement for a Wii Only Lightsaber Game, Right guys? Right...

legend166

5 years ago

They've got to be making a lightsaber based game for the Wii. They should be going all out trying to get as close to 1:1 controls as they can get. I mean, the game would be the biggest sure-fire hit in the history of videogames.

Then again, I've seen some 3rd parties make some really stupid decisions before, so who knows.

Nev

5 years ago

"Vader sends his apprentice to exterminate the remaining Jedi."

Huh.... I always thought it was Vader who "helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights," not "killed some kids, then got toasted in some lava while all the clone troopers killed most of the Jedi, then just trained some other guy to go out and kill the rest of them."

Seriously though... Is there a reason they couldn't let us play as Vader?

I'm pretty sure the game would be a LOT more popular, than playing as some non-canon douche.

legend166

5 years ago

Yeah, I'm 99% sure that Vader didn't have an apprentice, since he himself was an apprentice.

GooberMan

5 years ago

Only the true Star Wars nerd would be aware of everything that happens to Darth Vader in the extended universe

ObsoletE

5 years ago

Nev wrote

I'm pretty sure the game would be a LOT more popular, than playing as some non-canon douche.

QFT.

Vader was supposed to be the Emperor's hitman, as it were, he was sent to hunt down, and kill the surviving Jedi following the purge (what became Order 66 in ROTS).

Vader did have some underlings (the Noghri, most notably) but i think this is the first time he's had a force apprentice.

i would also much rather play as Vader conducting this purge, than some new name.

Zarnoss

5 years ago

True that! Being able to play as Darth Vader would be the best choice instead of some unknown 'Jedi'.
It will probably have something to do with the character being able to be male/female and the aspect of what they look like being a better option than being the Emperors lacky.

On a side note...

Anyone seen the tech demo for the lucasarts engine..WOW!
Linky---> Here
Laughing my arse off at Jar Jar in the carbonite.