Yesterday was kinda boring. Lots of laundry, internet-related homework . . . oh, I did get a look at Stephen Chow's "CJ7", though! It's very much focused on the kid and the alien not him, but that's fine - it was very cute, in any case. Dog lovers, I think you'll love this movie.
Later in the day I ended up thinking about that new Star Wars game that's in the works right now, "The Force Unleashed" . . . and then suddenly I got really excited . . .
"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" is like, the new big multimedia project coming out of Star Wars next. It's kinda like what "Shadows of the Empire" was like back in the '90s - y'know, novel, comics, video games . . . everything. This new thing takes place between Episodes 3 and 4 and is about Darth Vader's "secret apprentice". Anyway, the big main thing sounds like the video game.
And I gotta tell ya, this game looks like it's gonna be the next "THE Star Wars game" after "Knights of the Old Republic" and "Jedi Outcast".
Seriously, everything about this game is looking good. The characters are all being modeled and animated off the actors; the story is sounding really good and is including a lot of feedback from Lucas (the original source material); the physics are looking ridiculously awesome . . . and in the first intro level you get to play as Darth Vader and Force-choke Wookiees.
Here's one of the web documentaries about the physics of the game:
And that's just the physics that games are now up to. Aside from that, according to the development team, the premise of the game is "kicking someone's ass with the Force."
Like, seriously, it'll take a LOT of effort to screw this one up.
Have I caught anyone's curiosity yet? Here, have a link to more videos and infos and stuff:
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/theforceunleashed/
Damn I love Star Wars . . .
