Consider it "Star Wars III and a Half" - complete with a pivotal plot twist. When LucasArts releases "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" on Sept. 16, the video game will serve as George Lucas' official median between 2005's "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" and 1977's "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope." In the game, players become Darth Vader's secret apprentice and use The Force to hunt the remaining Jedi.
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Motion controls in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be the hot ticket to get the Wii version over the Xbox 360 & PS3 versions that feature more physics-based action. But how did it turn out?
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Ripten's Chad Lakkis writes:

"Not sure I completely understand the marketing angle being taken by LucasArts, but who am I to judge their uberness. This is the second trailer to reveal a few of the games plot twists - the first being right here.

The primary difference between the first video and this video, is that the first simply discusses a few of the games details, while this video is a 2 minute montage of actual in-game moments that should not be watched by anyone uninterested in seeing how the story possibly unfolds.

I say "possibly" because, as our own Jonathan Zungre reported to you from GDC via Ripten TV several months ago, LucasArts has mentioned that you will have the ability to make choices within the game that deccide the path you travel. He added that while you start the game off on the Dark Side - that may not neccissarily be where you end up.

So to recap, the trailer looks really nice, but you definity should not watch it unless you really like spoilers."
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LucasArts has announced that the debut trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will debut this Wednesday at 6am Pacific Time on Entertainment Weekly's website.
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Proving you don't need to make more Star Wars movies to keep the merchandising vehicle moving, Titan Books has confirmed that The Force Unleashed will receive both an official novelisation and comic book adaptation in the next couple of months.From August 22, Star Wars fans - or anyone, for that matter - will be able to buy a graphic novel or a hardback book chronicling the story of Darth Vader's secret apprentice.Hopefully, ... » Read More

LucasArts has reaffirmed the company's commitment to its internal studio and has denied rumours that will cease development after The Force Unleashed."We're committed to our internal studio," Lucas rep Margaret Grohne told Joystiq. "We're working on the next Indiana Jones game internally."Grohne refused to comment on whether this would include future efforts, but did say that the company planned on outsourcing projects to other ... » Read More

Wii gamers will soon be able to play their Star Wars titles with an actual 'Lightsaber' rather than the Wii Remote after Competition Pro announced it is to launch the add-on this Friday.

The Light Sword, named to avoid any copyright issues, will be compatible with all Wii games. This includes Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga and the forthcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

The Light Sword will be sold as a twin pack, featuring both a green and red sword for those who want to partake in duel battles, and they operate by sliding the Wii Remote into the sword's handle.

The swords, which boast motion-activated lights, will go on sale for £19.99.
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The Famous Star Wars related site "TheForce.net" reports an interesting rumour.
Even if recently LucasArts has stated that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of The Force Unleashed will not feature Multiplayer, it seems that Microsoft is currently working on a new patch/dlc for Xbox Live that is slated to come out sometime early next year.
More details after the jump.

UPADTE #1:
"Someone close to TFU and the PS3 saw the above post and wrote in to confirm that multiplayer patches for the PS3 are currently being worked on as well"
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We're treating The Force Unleashed like a motion picture event' points out publisher LucasArts
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The Wii version of upcoming Star Wars game The Force Unleashed is, from a technical stand point, pushing Nintendo's console "like no game before it".

The claim comes from Dan Wasson, producer on the Wii, PS2, PSP and Nintendo DS versions of the game, which will also be coming out on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Wasson told VideoGamer.com at the game's recent hands-on event in London: "From the beginning we knew that the next-gen version had Euphoria and we couldn't do that. So we built a physics engine from the beginning to get a lot of objects on the screen and make them be able to fly really fast, which is always tough.
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Phil Meza reports: "Star Wars The Force Unleashed, LucasArts' first current-gen adventure in the post - Hayden Christensen saga, has been slowly lifting its curtain over the past few months as we've gotten word on a release date and more. The Wii version's Duel Mode has been getting its fair shar of press lately, and the PSP/DS's wi-fi play is sure to notice soon; but the multiplayer component for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions (which was confirmed nearly a year ago), has been on media blackout."
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LucasArts is "not shutting the door on PC", despite the lack of a PC version of upcoming Star Wars game The Force Unleashed.

Speaking in an interview with VideoGamer.com last week, Cameron Suey, producer of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of The Force Unleashed, said that LucasArts wasn't doing a PC version of one of the most anticipated Star Wars games in years because of the vast differences in power of PCs in people's homes.

He said: "The PC being the gaming platform that it is, someone with a $4,000 high-end system would definitely be able to play the Euphoria, the DMM and really technical elements of the game. But someone with a low-end PC would have a watered down experience, they would have to turn all the settings down and it wouldn't be the same game.

"That said we're definitely not out of the PC market. It's just with our choice for this game, with the known quantity for the consoles, and every console is the same with the same processing power, it made sense for us to develop for those consoles."
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LucasArts intends to make "less and better" Star Wars games in the future, the company has told VideoGamer.com.

Speaking at a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed event in London last week, Cameron Suey, the producer in charge of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, admitted that some Star Wars games "probably weren't up to the quality bar that we would have liked" but that LucasArts was now focused on telling "singular, excellent Star Wars stories with engaging and innovative gameplay and cutting edge technology".
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is the "greatest" Star Wars game ever made, according to the game's producer.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at an Activision/LucasArts event in London last week, Cameron Suey, the producer in charge of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, said that in his opinion The Force Unleashed, which sees you play Darth Vader's previously unknown secret apprentice in an adventure that takes place in between the two movie trilogies, has the greatest story of any Star Wars game.

"You know what, I'll say it, it's for me, and greatest applies to value judgement and opinion, it's definitely the greatest Star Wars game. I'm of course biased!" said Suey.
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LucasArts has ahem, 'unleashed' the latest web documentary for Star Wars: Force Unleashed, showing just how you swing a Lightsaber with the Wii Remote (and stylus).

Expectedly, it doesn't look like the flawless 1:1 sabre thwoom-fest we imagined in our dreams, but the first proper Star Wars game of the generation definitely looks better in motion on Wii (and stunning on PS3/360).
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Geoff Keighley promised some information on The Force Unleashed segments that will be airing on Spike and now He has it. Here's when you can tune into Spike over the next week to hear more about the game. He will be hosting a series of short interstitials with Haden Blackman from LucasArts to reveal more game details:

- April 6 at 7:58 p.m. ET/PT ¿ between the premiere of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

- April 11 at 10:52 p.m. ET/PT ¿ At the end of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

- April 12 at 12:00 a.m. ET/PT ¿ throughout an episode of GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley filmed at LucasArts' headquarters in San Francisco

- April 12 at 5:06 p.m. ET/PT ¿ before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

- April 13 at 5:06 p.m. ET/PT ¿ before Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back

If you miss these segments don't worry -- They will be putting them up on GameTrailers after they air.

Meantime, make sure you don't miss their April 11 episode (that's next Friday). It's our biggest GTTV yet. They will have SEVEN world exclusives in the show in high-definition! They will show you the Duel Mode in the Force Unleashed for the Wii, but they also have something special from their friends at Insomniac Games and Sony Computer Entertainment.

More news on Monday when details on the show hit this very site. Have a good weekend.

Geoff
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Gameplayer are reporting that 'the seventh film' in the Star Wars series, the video game The Force Unleashed has finally received a release date.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be coming to the US on September 16 and Europe on September 19, LucasArts has confirmed. The game will launch in Southeast Asia/Australian on the 17th."Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is one of the most ambitious projects LucasArts has ever launched," said Peter Hirschmann of LucasArts."The combination of a great new Star Wars story with revolutionary new technology and game play means more ... » Read More

GameTrailers has posted some info about an upcoming Star Wars announcement next week,

Geoff Keighley posted: "STAR WARS! Last week I went up to LucasArts for an exclusive behind the scenes look at the new game THE FORCE UNLEASHED. We'll be blowing it out on GTTV with a ton of exclusive footage and some very special announcements."
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VG247:

"Activision just got back to us on a rumoured slip for Star Wars: Force Unleashed, saying the date had been moved some time ago.

"It actually moved to September a few months back," a spokesperson told videogaming247."
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