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I was given a url to a site called FatRumours upon which the follwing was to be said:

"There was a recent announcement from Lucas Arts Entertainment that their Obi Wan project has fallen out of the year's release schedule. Rumor has it the project leader on the thing for the last 3 years was one Stephen Shaw, who previously headed up the Mysteries of the Sith project. At Lucas Arts, project leaders are the producer & lead designer and overall dictators over their projects.
What the announcement failed to mention was management is pulling Shaw off the project and behind the decision was a classic "palace coup" with the entire team, sparked by the current lead programmer (the 4th or 5th on the project thus far). Shaw was on vacation when the decision was made, and he was even asked to delay his return for another week while management sorted things out with the team. Eventually the decision was to remove him from the project and admit to the inevitable delay.

Apparently Shaw is now working on some sort of "special projects team," which everybody knows is essentially one foot out the door. "

Hmm interesting, I have no idea how they know this.. or whether its true or not but hey! it's news!

Mac using Episode I: Racer owners should be pleased to know that you can now play multiplayer Internet games of Racer thanks to the handy netgaming and chat program GameRanger. Up until now Racer could only be played against others on a local area network. More at LucasMacs.

There is a preview of Obi-Wan up at
Actiontrip.com which includes a nice collection of screenshots from the game. here's the intro:

Although not officially dubbed as a sequel, Obi Wan is in fact, the continuation of the famous Dark Forces series from Lucas Arts. Over the past two and a quarter decades the Star Wars franchise has served as an inspiration to many generations of gamers, including myself. George Lucas' universe pushed the limits of our imagination further than we ever thought possible with an elaborate space adventure set in the future of shining knights and high-energy light sabres.

This is the first thing we've heard about the game in a while now.. maybe more will be uncovered soon

Source: Lucasgames

Next game had the chance to chat with Stephen Shaw - 'the man behind' the upcoming LEC FPS; Obi-Wan. The interview is accompanied by a few screenshots and some concept art and details a lot of the prodction methods of the game.
News we missed out on however is that the release date for the game has been pushed back, and will not be making an appearance this year. No date is specified yet, so hopefully we will see one soon.

'The Insider' #2 Brings us news that Jedi Power Battles Dreamcast has gone gold ! which means it will be hitting the shelves incredibly soon !

Sporting 60 frames per second, an entirely new Jedi (Ki-Adi Mundi) and a new Versus mode, Jedi Power Battles Dreamcast has Gone Gold and will be available soon! You can pre-order your copy now in the LucasArts Company Store

Dont you think you should!?

Of note lately on the LucasArts Company Store is the addition of Pre-ordering for Star Wars: Demolition for both PlayStation and Dreamcast (which includes a free bandana with order), and Jedi Power Battles for Dreamcast (which includes a free keychain and figurine with order). Pre-order goodies, eh? This only makes one wonder when EMI will be available for pre-order, and if it will come with any cool stuff?