Next-gen Star Wars revealed

By Robert Purchese Published 14 February, 2007

Force Unleashed on next-gen.

Star Wars is heading to next generation consoles (yes we're shocked too), with LucasArts' UK distributor Activision today confirming reports that a next-generation adventure is in development.

It will be called Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, having been unveiled in the latest issue of US magazine Game Informer, and will focus on the Dark Side, taking place between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope.

In it, you'll be able to admire Darth Vader's rise to power from your role as his apprentice, which will see you seeking out and destroying the last Jedi in the Universe.

It's not known when we can expect a release or even who's been tasked with developing it, but Activision expects more information to be made available soon.

Chances are that what we see will bear some resemblance to the next-generation concept demo shown behind closed doors at last year's E3. The video demonstrated how Force powers might appear on new console hardware, and you can still admire the action over on Eurogamer TV.

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Comments (43) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • BadBoyBonner #1 5 years ago

    The force is strong in this one! lol

  • Steroyd #2 5 years ago

    I will personally go down and kick someones arse in LucasArts, if they don't make a wii Star Wars game.

  • richardiox #3 5 years ago

    That Physics demo they have in this game engine is incredible - shooting tiny R2D2 units into various materials to see the physical effect; breaking glass, snapping wood etc.

    Looks amazing.

  • pauleyc #4 5 years ago

    No PC version? Disappointing.

  • delbert #5 5 years ago

    How can Vader have an apprentice? "There are always 2, a master and an apprentice" or something a long those lines.. does the emperor retire temporarily?

  • agparrot #6 5 years ago

    I refuse to get excited about it just yet, as navigating most recent Star Wars games has been like strolling in a Dross minefield.

    But.

    Please make it good.

    And yes, Steroyd - how dare they pass up the oppurtunity to make a Light Sabre game for Wii? It simply must happen!

  • bauhaus #7 5 years ago

    When and what was the last decent star wars game?

    Other than Lego

  • dbeamish #8 5 years ago

    erm.. battlegrounds amused me for some time.. the one that was like Red Alert but with wookies etc

  • pinhead #9 5 years ago

    "When and what was the last decent star wars game?"

    KOTOR. Which was fantastic.

  • Steroyd #10 5 years ago

    I remember years ago there was a Star Wars arcade, and you could run around in first person mode light saber in hand and fight Darth Vador, in a light saber battle.

    I'm just trying to imagine that with on the wii, oh my god, I'm hyping myself too much!!

  • Hog-lumps #11 5 years ago

    which will see you seeking out and destroying the last Jedi in the Universe.

    Doesn't Yoda count as a jedi? and he survived till episode 6 so.........?

  • agparrot #12 5 years ago

    yeah, yeah, with the nunchuck for Force Powers

    Push Away
    Drag Towards
    Force Lightning
    Make Cuppa

  • agparrot #13 5 years ago

    Doesn't Yoda count as a jedi? and he survived till episode 6 so.........?

    Yeah, lumps, but we surely can't argue continuity in a game that puts you in the role of Darth Vaders' apprentice?

  • Hog-lumps #14 5 years ago

    Yeah, lumps, but we surely can't argue continuity in a game that puts you in the role of Darth Vaders' apprentice?

    Good Point! :)
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/07 @ 12:16

  • spongebob #15 5 years ago

    Why are people still interested in Star Wars?

  • Artemis_Matsas #16 5 years ago

    "Doesn't Yoda count as a jedi? and he survived till episode 6 so.........? "

    Yoda is a Jedi, NOT a Sith. If you remember the movies, there were a lot of Jedi in the good old days.

    "When and what was the last decent star wars game? "

    Rogue Leader
    Rebel Assault
    Jedi Knight series
    Empire At War

    Enough?

    /runs back to his cave in Dagobah
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/07 @ 12:27

  • dog2_99 #17 5 years ago

    wanna get excited but dont hold out much hope on this offering...The Tech Demo does look impressive though!

  • Dr.Mott #18 5 years ago

    @Spongebob
    Because of these crazy kids and their shitty prequels.

  • chub #19 5 years ago

    Surely it would be better to play as Darth Vader himself, rather than as an apprentice following him around everywhere.

  • Xerx3s #20 5 years ago

    FFS! They only do starwars games these days. :(

  • Fuser #21 5 years ago

    Vader having an apprentice is fine - The Emperor had 'The Emperoro's Hand' (Mara Jade) as well as Vader, and Vader spent Episodes 5 and 6 trying to get Luke to join him anyway - with the Emperor's knowledge.
    It was the Jedi who said the 'only 2 'rule - and what do they know? Their leader is a frog!

  • SBfistfun #22 5 years ago

    "how Force powers might appear on new console hardware"

    "Press x to make shiny.."

  • Hog-lumps #23 5 years ago

    Yoda is a Jedi, NOT a Sith. If you remember the movies, there were a lot of Jedi in the good old days.

    Yes I understand that, I think my point was that if 'Darth Vadars apprentice' killed the very last Jedi between ep 3 & 4, then he would have killed Yoda?

  • Redeye #24 5 years ago

    @LucasArts: At least bring back X-Wing, you rotten bastards.

    *hears sound of deceased quadruped being dragged out for another thrashing*

  • Artemis_Matsas #25 5 years ago

    @Hog-lumps: Ooops, i'm sorry then, a little bit of misunderstanding there ;)

    Well, it seems that he didn't do a good job then! So, Vader fired him using his good old Force Grip, and that's why we didn't had the chance to see him in the movies :)

  • BM #26 5 years ago

    The first death has to be Jar Jar Binks.

    George, what the fuck were you thinking?

  • agparrot #27 5 years ago

    The first death has to be Jar Jar Binks.

    I really laughed out loud.

    But... I have to agree.

  • GrandpaUlrira #28 5 years ago

    @Fuser: Mara Jade wasn't a real apprentice though, was she? She didn't get a Darth name. Why not just let you be Darth Vader, going around wiping out Jedi?

  • SBfistfun #29 5 years ago

    George, what the fuck were you thinking?

    Probably " I can stretch this shite out over 3 more films and make an even bigger fortune"

    Prequels should never have happened

  • GrandpaUlrira #30 5 years ago

    And looking at the trailer... That's Darth Vader's apprentice?!?! With those powers, that Sith should be Emperor!

  • BM #31 5 years ago

    @SBfistfun

    I meant about Jar Jar Binks. Shittest character in motion picture history.

  • agparrot #32 5 years ago

    Why not just let you be Darth Vader, going around wiping out Jedi?

    Absolutely, grandpa, and then we could have some nice storyline from the new game about just what a badass he had turned into 'twixt episodes 3 and 4. I vote for more schools of Jedi Children that need hunting down and chopping to mincemeat with the 'sabre.

    All this Vaders' apprentice nonsense, whilst perhaps acceptable in 'Wars lore (and I really am not anorak enough to care) is just a bit 'Wipe the memories of the droids' as far as continuity goes.

    And as an unlockable extra, I want to play with the voice of David Prowse. "Ooo-arrr, my lord, Oi'll git them orf yer land roight now".

  • BadBoyBonner #33 5 years ago

    Think the original Pod Racer (played on PC not N64 or dreamcast) is the last Star wars game I spent any considerable time on - probably in a Wipeout frenzy.

    The mind boggles at the lack of good Starwars games - I remeber getting a CD-Rom drive just for Darkforces - Glory Days. Talent at places like Bungie Epic Cytek etc must be astonished that such a rich well developed universe is so poorly implemented and underused. In fact scrap that, they are probably very thankful that it's lack of success has allowed them to flourish.

  • Hog-lumps #34 5 years ago

    "Use the green cross code, Luke!"
    Edited by 2 at 14/02/07 @ 14:28

  • BadBoyBonner #35 5 years ago

    Mind you sat here writing this - and thinking about the Star wars universe. How the fk does anyone find anything out - with Spaceships travelling faster than light - they have no TV or internet and seemingly only Jedi have crackly "mobile phones".

    Guess they are not that interested in current affairs, with a society of belligerent middle class citizens in support of slavery, all and sundry being completely self absorbed, and nobody with enough political acumen to realise WTF is going on!

    Mind you, Anakin "Schumacher" Skywalker showed what a slave an a bit of force can do! Qui-Gon's little gamble would probably have a hard time passing mustard with the NSPCC.
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/07 @ 14:19

  • thesnowman #36 5 years ago

    Where is KOTOR 3?

    Please let BIOWARE develope it.

  • Razorus #37 5 years ago

    Clearly some of you don't know much about Star Wars, or you probably don't care.
    It shouldn't be THAT surprising that Vader has an apprentice. In fact, in the Expanded Universe (books etc) he helps train several people.
    The Sith Rule of Two was established by Darth Bane about 1,000 years before Episode 4. I have a book called Dark Lord which is about what Vader did in the first few months after the events of Episode 3. In it, he hunts down several Jedi who survived the purge. Several more Jedi survive, so killing "all the Jedi" doesn't mean Yoda, its just a generalisation. This game will fit into the Star Wars canon perfectly fine so relax.
    Phew, got that out of my system. Any more questions!?

  • spongebob #38 5 years ago

    No more Star Wars! Lucas killed it.

  • brooza #39 5 years ago

    Obi Wan is a Jedi

  • AOFanboi #40 5 years ago

    <em>Shittest character in motion picture history.</em>

    Nah, since he was animated he showed more life than either of the human actors around him. Especially Liam Neeson spent the (first) movie squinting while he appeared to fight back bile rising over the inane script and horrid lines. "Argh, more saying 'mithocodrians'... gotta remember I am doing this for my kids, persevere dammit!" he was probably thinking.

  • Razorus #41 5 years ago

    Official Website is up.
    http://ww w.lucasarts.com/games/theforceu...

  • agparrot #42 5 years ago

    Ok, thanks for the link Razorus - have checked out the info, and due to this snippet:

    The Secret Apprentice won't just Force grip foes to throw them aside - he'll Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop them to the ground to explode like a bomb.

    I am now very nearly sold.

  • AHiFi #43 5 years ago

    @ Hog-lumps

    It's written from the perspective of the Empire. What they think to be the "last Jedi", you know...Darth and the Emperor were the only two that probably (and secretly) knew differently. As well as those who did stay hidden.
    Edited by 1 at 16/02/07 @ 02:39