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E3Coverage.com has some new footage from the upcoming Q3-Engine based Jedi Knight 2. The video is in ASF (Windows Media Player) format, and is available in both large and small, for modem users.

Source: Shacknews

In case you didnt know, its just under a year until Episode II hits the cinema stateside (and hopefully in my side of the pond too!).The expected date is May 22nd 2002. Can you wait?

If not, visit the offical Star Wars website.

The official LucasArts website has posted some screenshots for their upcoming game, Jedi Outcast. Otherwise known as Star Wars: Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II: Dark Forces III. (phew) Check them out!

The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated with.. guess what? - thats right. Questions and answers!
There are questions and answers on missions, the space addon, spawns, camera perspective and more.

I'm interested to see how this game turns out. The E3 preview made me believe that it could be a great game.

Source: Shacknews

LucasArts has scheduled a chat event for all you Starwars maniacs out there (yeah all two of you, muahahhahahahah... ehm). Anyway, the chat will take place on Wednesday May 23 so mark your calendars!

Mark your calendars now for an exciting and informative chat with our resident Star Wars expert, Haden Blackman. Haden has worked on most of our recent Star Wars titles (beginning with Behind the Magic) and he is actively involved with the Star Wars Galaxies project. Stop by to discuss our upcoming games and your favorite Star Wars classics.

It appears that everyone else on Mojo staff is lazy, or I was assigned official E3-updater without knowing it, as nobody else around here caught this earlier... Anyway,

Today's LucasArts E3 announcement is, once again, a Star Wars title, but this is one I must admit I am really excited about. The game, Star Wars: Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2, is, as the name suggests, a Gamecube-bound sequel to the popular N64 and PC title Rogue Squadron 1. Why am I excited about it? Because it is classic Star Wars (non episode-1), and because it looks so cool! I know the Gamecube gets knocked a lot but damn!

The game was essentially announced at Nintendo's Spaceworld expo earlier this year when snips from a playtest were shown during the Gamecube's introduction. If you haven't seen them yet ... drool, and drool. Note that all that footage is live in engine, not prerendered.

Or so Lucasarts apparently likes to believe. Yet another Star Wars game is being shoveled upon us, this time in the form of a sequel. Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2 is slated for Gamecube, and a preview is availible here. This stunner will likely be officially unvailed tommorrow. I'm as ripe with anticipation as you are.

*The opinions expressed here are those of Mercatfat and do not necesarilly reflect those of Mixnmojo. :D

Also returning for second E3 in a row is the highly-anticipated Star Wars: Obi-Wan, and this time he's green! Yep, green means X Box, so fans should start saving now to pick one up when they ship this coming Fall. The game looks like a third person action game, with an original storyline progressing "through an underworld trail of munitions dealers and crime lords-from the lowest depths of Coruscant and dusty Tatooine to the lush city of Theed." Here are three of the features from the product spotlight:

• The power of a legend is yours as you wield Obi-Wan's considerable Force powers, Jedi agility and lightsaber in 15+ action-packed levels
• Force abilities include Force attack, push, pull, throw, defend and jump
• Original storyline brings you face-to-face with a host of new and familiar enemies - ranging from Tusken Raiders and assassin droids, to the evil Sith Darth Maul.

Obi-Wan, theoretically the sequel to the LucasArts classic Jedi Knight, was announced for the PC at last year's E3 show, but was shelved a couple months later due to a lack of focus in the game, and current PCs' apparent imability to run a game so complex.

You might remember last year, i wrote about a LEGO contest that LucasFilm was Holding. Well the winners were to recieve a trip to legoland anda full sized lego model of their choice autographed by George Lucas. The Winners have been picked, and their choices of lego models? R2D2 and a Trade Federation Battle droid. Go here for pictures and more info! The R2D2 one isnt made yet, but the other one looks amazing!

LucasArts' today announced Starfighter Special Edition, the second title announced in this year's E3-mania. The special edition of Starfighter is coming out for everyone's *cough* favorite console, the X Box. While I'm not personally changing-my-pants excited over this announcement the screenshots do look very nice.

Now that LucasArts is supporting the XBox, versus last week when "Dreamcast is no longer being produced. X-Box is not yet available. That leaves the PS2" (said EMI leads Mike Stemmle and Sean Clark) will we be seeing an EMI XBox port after all?

LucasArts has announced the first of several upcoming games which will be featured at E3: Star Wars: Galactic Battleground. This game was previously mentioned in LEC's February press release.

Battleground will be a real-time strategy game where the player can take the role of the Empire, Rebel Alliance, Trade Federation, as well as other civilizations, including Wookiees, which everyone knows are just cool.

The game, in collaboration with Ensemble Studios, will be based upon the RTS engine used in Age of Empires.

You can find more information about the game on LEC's E3 page.

Lucas Learning is Hostsing a Game Play Event and you could win a PS2 and play Super Bombad racing!

Be one of the first to play Star Wars Super Bombad Racing and meet the development team from Lucas Learning! This Saturday, April 28th 12 - 4 PM, Lucas Learning is teaming up with PlayStation @ Metreon(R) (www.metreon.com) in San Francisco to showcase Star Wars Super Bombad Racing for the PlayStation 2
computer entertainment system.

Enter a raffle for a chance to win a PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system donated by Sony Computer Entertainment America, a copy of Star Wars Super Bombad Racing, and Autographed posters from George Lucas and the development team!

Damn you Americans... the raffle starts at 12:00 p.m. on April 28, 2001 and ends at 4:00 p.m. Visit www.superbombad.com for
full rules.

Bombad racing for the playstation2 is about to hit the stores, and The force.net have posted a review of the game. Lets just say that i am gutted that they disbanded the dreamcast version of this game.. and I look forward to the pc version! Hooray!

Update by Mercatfat: IGN has another review up for your viewing pleasure.

StarWars.Com has had a complete site redesign after its fun & frollics of the 1976 April Fools joke. The new site design encompassies all the old features with new graphics and better navigation. Each visit to the site shows a different random image, so first visit maybe of Chewbecca & Han, the next maybe of the gorgeous Natalie Portman in her Episode I & II attire. Definetly worth a visit just to see the new site layout. Don't forget to checkout the Episode II section for your regular news and production images. An article on the Official site about the new redesign and the history of the site can be found here.

It would seem that it is not only mixnmojo.com that think Star Wars: Battle for Naboo is rubbish. I just happened to get PC Gamer#96 this morning and I turned to their review on page 73 and found out that they gave it 34% and said ?Even the storyline is contrived and uninspiring?.

And it seems the only think they liked about the game was ?Our favourite bit of Naboo comes within seconds of booting up. Jar Jar Binks, the walking irritation, is crushed by a corporate logo.?

After their April fools joke declaring Gungans (Ja-Ja's race) to be the final playable race, StarWars Galaxies have announced that the actual final race is the Zabrak

Mysterious humanoids with vestigial horns, Zabrak have well-developed mental willpower that allows them to withstand extreme physical pain and suffering. Several races of Zabrak exist, each exhibiting different horn patterns, and Zabrak further differentiate themselves through strange facial and body tattoos. The Zabrak homeworld is said to be a frighteningly harsh planet.

Yes you guessed it, its the race of the mysterious Darth Maul dude from Episode1.

Ok so many people have been trying to get me to keep up to date with the new species for this game, so here, for all of you, may I present:

The Mon Calamari
The Trandoshan
And The Bothans

The first of those of course being Admiral Ackbar's race of creatures. The Admiral of course who I hope you all voted for as a favourite character for games in the LEC SW survey!

It's not just Mojo that thinks Battle for Naboo is rubbish. Gameover.net have reviewed the game, heading the review with this:

milk (milk) vt. 1. to drain off or extract money, ideas, strength, etc. from as if by milking; exploit (see: LucasArts)

LEC's Star Wars games have been, of late, pretty unplayable. However, I got a chance to play Jedi Power Battles on my Dreamcast, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd compare it to 3D Golden Axe with Jedi.

My friend Mitch at work sent me a url today for a site that interested me. Although the content is old, it is none the less a very good and interesting read.

The Phantom Heresies series began as an attempt to rehabilitate The Phantom Menace among longtime Star Wars fans, many of whom were extremely vocal in rejecting the movie as a shallow sell-out on the part of George Lucas. Their essays are interesting and although may be entirely wrong in the mind of Lucas, do bring an interesting viewpoint to the Starwars Universe.

Thinking of buying Battle for Naboo, well read my review first and see what I thought of it. Click HERE