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Luther Campbell
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Luther Roderick Campbell, also known as Luke Skyywalker and simply Luke, is an American record label owner, rap performer, promoter, and actor. He is best known as a member and leader of rap group 2 Live Crew. The Miami New Times described Campbell as the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U. S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech. Born in Miami, Florida, Campbells work as a performer can be characterized as Southern rap, the sexual content of his groups lyrics caused controversy and led to legal cases. Usually, Campbell does not rap but rather shouts or chants—very often in a call and response manner, with him calling and he was not an original member of the 2 Live Crew, only joining them after their first steps as a California rap crew. Only through Campbell did they become Southern rappers, while working as a cook at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach, Campbell was a concert promoter in Miami, bringing popular rap groups of the early 1980s to the city. In 1983, he enrolled in a study course at public radio station WDNA, learning basic audio editing. In 1985,2 Live Crews initial single was a hit on the South Florida club circuit. He took a special interest in the group and began managing them, when 2 Live Crews contracts with Luke Records ended in 1991, the groups producer Mr. Mixx left the group and returned to California. However, the group did decide to do a sequel to their biggest album, however, by the time of the albums completion, they sought to make it appear as if the group was totally intact. Shortly after, all members of the group drew up a lawsuit against Luke for unpaid royalties, a settlement was reached for the remaining plaintiffs. Hobbs and Ross sold their entire catalog, and rights to the 2 Live Crew tradename, to Luke Records, Luke released a solo record in 1991 entitled I Wanna Rock, but he remained true to his call and response style rather than rapping, and hired outside producers. The song is seen as a point in Miami Bass. He released it on the heels of the final 2 Live Crew album and it is suggested that Luke wanted his solo song to be seen as the next 2 Live Crew single, despite not having rights to the groups name. Lil Jon has a style not too dissimilar from Luke—in any case. Crunk music may be seen as the heir of Campbells brand of Miami bass—both lyrically and musically. Lukes latest album, My Life & Freaky Times, was released in March 2006 and featured Trick Daddy, Petey Pablo, Jacki-O, Pitbull, Dirtbag, Campbell was also infamous in the late 1980s–early 1990s for his association with the University of Miami Hurricanes football team. Campbell was interviewed about his involvement with the Miami Hurricanes for the documentary The U, in 1994, Campbell co-founded Liberty City Optimists, an intercity youth sports program
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Star Wars
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars and it was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, which received mixed-to-negative reactions, a sequel trilogy began in 2015 with the release of Star Wars, The Force Awakens. All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards and have been successes, with a combined box office revenue of over $7.5 billion. Spin-off films include Star Wars, The Clone Wars and Rogue One, Star Wars also holds a Guinness World Records title for the Most successful film merchandising franchise. In 2015, the value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at USD $42 billion. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion and earned the rights to all subsequent Star Wars films. Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films, the events depicted in the Star Wars franchise take place in an unnamed fictional galaxy at an undetermined point in the distant past. Many species of creatures are depicted. Robotic droids are also commonplace and are built to serve their owners. Space travel is common, and many planets in the galaxy are members of a single galactic government. In the prequel trilogy, this is depicted in the form of the Galactic Republic, at the end of the trilogy and throughout the original trilogy. Preceding and during the trilogy, this government is the New Republic. One of the prominent elements of Star Wars is the Force and it is described in the first produced film as an energy field created by all living things surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together. While the Force can be used for good, known as the side, it also has a dark side that, when pursued, imbues users with hatred, aggression. The sequel trilogy introduces the Knights of Ren, an order of practitioners of the side of the Force aligned with the First Order. The first film in the series, Star Wars, was released on May 25,1977 and this was followed by two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21,1980, and Return of the Jedi, released on May 25,1983
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Mark Hamill
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Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor, voice actor, producer and writer. He is known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series and his other works include Corvette Summer and The Big Red One, among other television shows and movies. Hamill has also appeared on stage in several productions, primarily during the 1980s. He currently recurs in the The CW television series The Flash as James Jesse / Trickster, Hamill is a prolific voice actor who has voiced characters in many animated television shows, movies, and video games since the 1970s. He is known for his role as DC Comics the Joker, commencing with Batman. Hamill was born in Oakland, California, to Virginia Suzanne and he is one of seven children, having two brothers, Will and Patrick, and four sisters, Terry, Jan, Jeanie, and Kim. His father has English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh ancestry and his mother was of half Swedish and his fathers changes of station and attendant family moves led to the Hamill children changing schools often. In his elementary years, he went to Walsingham Academy and Poe Middle School, at age 11, he moved to the 5900 block of Castleton Drive in San Diego, California, where he attended Hale Junior High School. During his first year at James Madison High School, his family moved to Virginia, by his junior year, his father was stationed in Japan, where Hamill attended and was a member of the Drama Club at Nile C. Kinnick High School, from which he graduated in 1969 and he later enrolled at Los Angeles City College, majoring in drama. Hamill was raised as a Roman Catholic, and described his father as a Nixon Republican, Hamills early career included a recurring role on the soap opera General Hospital, and a starring role on the short-lived sitcom The Texas Wheelers. He portrayed the oldest son, David, in the episode of Eight Is Enough, though the role was later performed by Grant Goodeve. He also had guest appearances on The Bill Cosby Show, The Partridge Family, Room 222 and he appeared in multiple television films such as The City, and Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, Robert Englund was auditioning for a role in Apocalypse Now when he walked across the hall where auditions were taking place for George Lucass Star Wars. After watching the auditions for a while, he realized that Hamill, his friend and he suggested to Hamill that he audition for the role, Hamill did and won the role. Released in May 1977, Star Wars was an unexpected success and had a huge effect on the film industry. Hamill also appeared in the Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978 and later starred in the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back, during the time between the first two films, Hamill was involved in a serious automobile accident, fracturing his nose and left cheekbone. The injuries required surgery on his face which made him look different during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back
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Return of the Jedi
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date
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Star Wars (film)
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Star Wars is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. The first installment in the Star Wars film series, it stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew co-star in supporting roles. The plot focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia, and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empires space station and this conflict disrupts the isolated life of farmhand Luke Skywalker, who inadvertently acquires a pair of droids that possess stolen architectural plans for the Death Star. Star Wars was released theatrically in the United States on May 25,1977 and it earned $461 million in the U. S. and $314 million overseas, totaling $775 million. It surpassed Jaws to become the film of all time until the release of E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial. When adjusted for inflation, Star Wars is the film in North America. It received ten Academy Award nominations, winning seven and it was among the first films to be selected as part of the U. S. Library of Congress National Film Registry as being culturally, historically, at the time, it was the most recent film on the registry and the only one chosen from the 1970s. Its soundtrack was added to the U. S. National Recording Registry in 2004, today, it is often regarded as one of the best films of all time, as well as one of the most important films in the history of motion pictures. It launched an industry of tie-in products, including TV series spinoffs, novels, comic books, and video games, the films success led to two critically and commercially successful sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, followed by a trilogy beginning in 2015. In 2016, Rogue One was released as a prequel to the original Star Wars film. The galaxy is in the midst of a civil war, spies for the Rebel Alliance have stolen plans to the Galactic Empires Death Star, a heavily armed space station capable of destroying an entire planet. Rebel leader Princess Leia has the plans, but her ship is captured by Imperial forces under the command of the evil Darth Vader, before she is captured, Leia hides the plans in the memory of an astromech droid, R2-D2, along with a holographic recording. R2-D2 flees to the surface of the desert planet Tatooine with C-3PO, the droids are captured by Jawa traders, who sell them to moisture farmers Owen and Beru Lars and their nephew Luke Skywalker. While cleaning R2-D2, Luke accidentally triggers part of Leias message, the next morning, Luke finds R2-D2 searching for Obi-Wan, and meets Ben Kenobi, an old hermit who lives in the hills and reveals himself to be Obi-Wan. Contrary to his uncles statements, Luke learns that his father, Anakin, Obi-Wan tells Luke that Vader was his former pupil who turned to the dark side of the Force and killed Anakin. Obi-Wan then presents to Luke his fathers weapon – a lightsaber, Obi-Wan views Leias complete message, in which she begs him to take the Death Star plans to her home planet of Alderaan and give them to her father for analysis
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George Lucas
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George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as the founder of Lucasfilm and he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm, before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. Upon graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co-founded American Zoetrope with fellow filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Lucas wrote and directed THX1138, based on his earlier student short Electronic Labyrinth, THX1138 4EB, which was a critical success but a financial failure. His next work as a writer-director was the film, American Graffiti, inspired by his teen years in early 1960s Modesto, California, the film was critically and commercially successful, and received five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Following the first Star Wars film, Lucas produced and co-wrote the following installments in the trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back, along with Steven Spielberg, Lucas co-created and wrote the Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade. Lucas also produced and/or wrote a variety of films through Lucasfilm in the 1980s and 1990s, Lucas also returned to directing with the Star Wars prequel trilogy, consisting of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. He later collaborated on the story for the Indiana Jones sequel Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, five of Lucass seven features are among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. Lucas is one of the American film industrys most financially successful filmmakers, Lucas is considered a significant figure in the New Hollywood era. Lucas was born and raised in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas and he is of German, Swiss-German, English, Scottish, and distant Dutch and French descent. Growing up, Lucas had a passion for cars and motor racing, on June 12,1962, while driving his souped-up Autobianchi Bianchina, another driver broadsided him, flipping over his car, nearly killing him, causing him to lose interest in racing as a career. He attended Modesto Junior College, where he studied anthropology, sociology and he also began shooting with an 8 mm camera, including filming car races. At this time, Lucas and his friend John Plummer became interested in Canyon Cinema, screenings of underground, avant-garde 16 mm filmmakers like Jordan Belson, Stan Brakhage, and Bruce Conner. Lucas and Plummer also saw classic European films of the time, including Jean-Luc Godards Breathless, François Truffauts Jules et Jim, thats when George really started exploring, Plummer said. Through his interest in racing, Lucas met renowned cinematographer Haskell Wexler, another race enthusiast. Wexler, later to work with Lucas on several occasions, was impressed by Lucas talent, George had a very good eye, and he thought visually, he recalled. Lucas then transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, USC was one of the earliest universities to have a school devoted to motion picture film. During the years at USC, Lucas shared a room with Randal Kleiser. Along with classmates such as Walter Murch, Hal Barwood, and John Milius and he also became good friends with fellow acclaimed student filmmaker and future Indiana Jones collaborator, Steven Spielberg
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Star Wars Holiday Special
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The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American musical science fiction television film set in the Star Wars galaxy. It stars the series first films main cast while introducing the character Boba Fett and it is one of the first official Star Wars spin-offs and was directed by Steve Binder. In the storyline that ties the special together, Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk, Chewbaccas home world and they are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire, who are searching for members of the Rebel Alliance on the planet. The program also features many other Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, the program includes stock footage from Star Wars, and also features a cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana that officially introduces the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Scenes also take place in space and in spacecraft including the Millennium Falcon. The variety-show segments and cartoon also take place in a few locales, such as a Mos Eisley cantina on the desert planet of Tatooine. The special is notorious for its negative reception and has never been rebroadcast or officially released on home video. It has therefore become something of a legend, because of the underground quality of its existence. It has been viewed and distributed in off-air recordings made from its original telecast by fans, on Life Day, Chewbacca, accompanied by Han Solo, is headed home to see his family. Along the way, the duo are chased by two Star Destroyers, but they escape into hyperspace, meanwhile, on Kashyyyk, Chewbaccas family is preparing for his return. Hoping to find the Millennium Falcon, his wife, Malla, runs a scan for starships in the area. Malla contacts Luke Skywalker, who, along with R2-D2, is working on his X-wing starfighter, Luke tells her that he does not know what happened. Malla contacts Saun Dann, a local human trader and he tells her through a carefully worded message that Han and Chewbacca are on their way and should be arriving soon. Malla then attempts to prepare a meal, the instructions of which are being aired via a local cooking show by an eccentric four-armed alien cook, Saun Dann arrives with Life Day gifts for everyone, including a virtual reality fantasy program for Itchy. Back on the Falcon, Chewbacca and Han have just come out of hyperspace not far from Kashyyyk, Han notices an increased Imperial presence, so they decide to land in an unguarded area to the north. As they enter the atmosphere, Lumpy hears the roaring of the ship, believing Han and Chewie might be arriving, Malla opens the door, but instead finds two stormtroopers and officers. The Imperials force their way into the house, an officer orders a search for Chewbacca. As they search, Saun Dann and the attempt to distract them with food
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Voice acting
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Voice acting is the art of doing voice-overs or providing voices to represent a character or to provide information to an audience or user. Voice acting is also done for small handheld audio games, performers are called voice actors or actresses, voice artists, or voice talent. Their roles may also involve singing, although a voice actor is sometimes cast as the characters singing voice. Voice acting is recognised in Britain as a specialized dramatic profession, Voice artists are also used to record the individual sample fragments played back by a computer in an automated announcement. The voices for animated characters are provided by voice actors, for live action productions, voice acting often involves reading the parts of computer programs, radio dispatchers, or other characters who never actually appear on screen. With a radio drama or CD drama, there is freedom in voice acting, because there is no need to match a dub to the original actors. In the context of voice acting, narration is the use of commentary to convey a story to an audience. A narrator is a character or a non-personal voice that the creator of the story develops to deliver information to the audience. The voice actor who plays the narrator is responsible for performing the lines assigned to the narrator. In traditional literary narratives, narration is a story element, in other types of narratives, such as plays, television shows, video games. One of the most common uses for voice acting is within commercial advertising, the voice actor is hired to voice a message associated with the advertisement. This has different subgenres, television, radio, cinema, the subgenres are all different styles in their own right. Voiceover used in commercial adverts also is the area of voice acting where de-breathing is used. De-breathing means artificially removing breaths from the recorded voice and this is done to stop the audience being distracted in any way from the commercial message that is being put across. Dub localization is a type of voice-over and it is the practice of voice-over translation altering a foreign language film, art film or television series by voice actors. Voice-over translation is an audiovisual translation technique, in which, unlike in Dub localization, actor voices are recorded over the audio track. This method of translation is most often used in documentaries and news reports to translate words of foreign-language interviewees, automated dialogue replacement is the process of re-recording dialogue by the original actor after the filming process to improve audio quality or reflect dialogue changes. ADR is also used to change original lines recorded on set to clarify context, improve diction or timing, in the UK, it is also called post-synchronization or post-sync
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Star Wars (radio)
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An expanded radio dramatization of the original Star Wars trilogy was produced in 1981,1983, and 1996. The first two series, based on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, were produced. A dramatization of Return of the Jedi was produced by most of the same team, lucas also permitted the use of original sound effects and music from the films. In the 1980s, radio drama was in decline in the USA, an associate dean of the University of California School of the Performing Arts, Richard Toscan, was keen to champion this art form. Toscan was supported by John Houseman, the responsible for Orson Welless 1938 radio production of The War of the Worlds. He began with the dramatisation of short stories by Raymond Carver on KUSC-FM, following this production, Toscan collaborated with Houseman and NPR producer Frank Mankiewicz on a project to revive the fortunes of NPR Playhouse, the umbrella title for drama productions on NPR. At the suggestion of one of Toscans students, Joel Rosenzweig, they developed an idea for adapting the 1977 epic space opera film, Star Wars, for radio. The popularity of Star Wars would certainly attract new, younger listeners, despite Lucasfilms generous offer, NPR was still faced with the costs of writing scripts, hiring actors and renting studio space. With no funding available to cover the $200,000 budget, NPR entered into a deal with the British broadcaster, the BBC. The BBC provided a team, including director John Madden. The American science fiction novelist Brian Daley was brought in to write the script, Star Wars was launched at a special NPR event at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, in which the drama was played under a starry light show. On the basis of success, KUSC went on to produce popular adaptations of the sequel. An adaptation of Return of the Jedi followed over a decade later, the Star Wars radio dramas were authorised adaptations of Lucass scripts, and were originally considered part of the official Star Wars canon. Commentators have argued that, while the radio dramas vary somewhat from the film scripts, in 1994, Lucasfilms continuity editor, Allan Kausch, stated that Gospel, or canon as we refer to it, includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas and the novelisations. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm and all the rights to Star Wars,2015 saw the release of another adaptation of A New Hope called The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy. The author, Alexandra Bracken stated that she was reading the Expanded Universe to try to sneak elements in to the canon, Star Wars is a 13-part radio serial originally broadcast on National Public Radio on March 9,1981. It was adapted by Brian Daley from the 1977 film, and directed by John Madden, with music by John Williams, the serial was recorded in 1981 at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California. Episode 1, largely based on cut scenes from the original, during the story, Lukes skyhopper is damaged during a desert race, Luke sees the distant star destroyer battle in the sky, and he is reunited with his childhood friend, Biggs Darklighter
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Star Wars: X-Wing
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Star Wars, X-Wing is a space simulation video game, the first of the X-Wing combat flight simulator game series. The players character flies starfighters, including the eponymous X-wing, for the Rebel Alliance as part of a narrative that precedes and parallels the events of Star Wars Episode IV, the game was updated and re-released several times, and was followed by three sequels. X-Wing was a best-seller and received critical acclaim, players assume the role of a Rebel pilot fighting the Galactic Empire before and during the climactic battle of the first Star Wars film. The story consists of three tours of duty of 12 to 14 operations each, although the tours can be played out of order, briefings, cutscenes, and in-flight messages advance the plot. Additionally, an edition of the game came packaged with a 96-page novella, The Farlander Papers by Rusel DeMaria. The novella, later part of Prima Publishings strategy guide. Progress through the game depends on fulfilling each operations primary objectives, if the player fails an operation, the initial games storyline concludes with the player flying as Luke Skywalker in his attack against the Death Star. Two expansion packs extend the story beyond the events in A New Hope, after choosing a pilot file to play with, the player is presented with a concourse aboard the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Independence. From here, the player can choose between flying in a ground, historical simulator, or tour of duty. In the proving ground, the player maneuvers a starfighter through a series of gates within a time limit, the historical simulator depicts missions not tied to the main storyline. The games plot is advanced through tour of duty operations, when the player completes a tour of duty operation, it becomes available for replay in the historical simulator. In addition to the options, players can access a technical room that shows images of the games spacecraft. As a space simulator game, X-Wing puts the player at the controls of various starfighters in space combat against enemy spacecraft. Drawing some influence from Star Raiders, the game is played in first-person from inside the cockpit, the initial game offered pilotable A-wing, X-wing, and Y-wing craft, the B-Wing expansion adds the B-wing as a playable vehicle. All flight takes place in space, the player does not encounter gravity or atmospheric effects, the starfighters are equipped with recharging laser weapons and limited warheads. The player controls power allocation between lasers, deflector shields, and engines, charging the lasers and shields slows the players craft, giving effective power management an important role in gameplay. The player can toggle the firing mode of each weapon type, missions types include dogfights, escorting or disabling other vessels, convoy attacks, and strikes on capital ships. During missions, the player can send orders to friendly craft and this was removed from subsequent releases
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Bob Bergen
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Robert Bob Bergen is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters Porky Pig and Tweety Bird, a kids version of the popular game show Jeopardy. He is also known for voicing characters in the English dubs of various anime, Bergen was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is known for his work with the Warner Bros, Looney Tunes franchise as the current voice of Porky Pig and Tweety, however, he has also voiced Marvin the Martian and Speedy Gonzales. He also played the part of No-Face in the 2001 Academy Award winning movie Spirited Away and Kai, bunsen Honeydew and Link Hogthrob in the ill-fated Little Muppet Monsters, and also voiced characters of the day in the 1987-1989 seasons of Muppet Babies. He appeared as himself in interview segments of the documentary, I Know That Voice and he also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders, Swap Force, Skylanders, Trap Team and Skylanders, SuperChargers. — Additional Voices Ice Age, The Meltdown — Additional Voices Inside Out — Additional Voices Looney Tunes, Back in Action — Porky Pig, Charlie Dog Monsters, a Looney Tunes Christmas — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales Felidae — Hermann 2 Foodfight. — Additional Voices Kronks New Groove — Bucky the Squirrel Lily C. A. T, TIE Fighter — Rebel Pilot #5 The Junkyard Run — Porky Pig Carrotblanca — Tweety Bird My Generation G. G. tv network
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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (video game)
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Star Wars, Shadows of the Empire is a video game developed and published by LucasArts. Primarily a third-person shooter, the game also utilizes multiple types of combat sequences. It was released for the Nintendo 64 on December 3,1996, the game was re-released for Windows systems on May 3,2016 through Good Old Games. The re-release allows the game to play properly on 64-bit Windows installations, in the game, the player controls the mercenary Dash Rendar in his efforts to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizors hands. It is part of the Star Wars, Shadows of the Empire multimedia project, tracks from the multimedia projects soundtrack are used as the games musical score. The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics, Shadows of the Empire was the third top-selling Nintendo 64 game for 1997, with more than 1 million copies sold. Star Wars, Shadows of the Empire plays primarily as a third-person shooter, players control Dash Rendar, the games protagonist. Rendar has use of a pistol which recharges after each shot. In later levels of the game Rendar acquires a jetpack which can be used to traverse larger gaps, the player character has limited health, which can be replenished with health packs located throughout the game. The player is given an amount of lives to complete the game. Additional lives can be acquired, however if the player out of lives a game over sequence occurs. Each level is timed and up to three challenge point can be received for performing actions or finding hidden tokens. The game also features other, non-shooter elements, in the games opening level the player controls Rendar as he pilots a snowspeeder in defense of the Rebel base on Hoth. 360 degree space battles occur in which the player controls the turret of the protagonists ship. These levels task the player destroying a specific number of enemy ships. Other space sequences see the player character pilot the ship itself, in one sequence the player controls the protagonist during a high speed chase sequence on swoop bikes, hovering bikes which resemble chopper motorcycles. In this sequence the player must both control the swoop and attack and eliminate an enemy gang before reaching the destination, the games story is divided into four chapters. It begins shortly before the battle of Hoth, as Dash Rendar and Leebo, Dashs droid co-pilot and he briefly talks with Han Solo, who gets him temporary clearance to fly with Rogue Squadron
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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
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Star Wars, Rogue Squadron is an arcade-style action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. The first of three games in the Rogue Squadron series, it was published by LucasArts and Nintendo and released for Microsoft Windows and the Nintendo 64 in December 1998. Set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy and inspired by the Star Wars, X-wing Rogue Squadron comics, the player controls Luke Skywalker, commander of the elite X-wing pilots known as Rogue Squadron. As the game progresses, Skywalker and Rogue Squadron fight the Galactic Empire in sixteen missions across various planets, Rogue Squadron received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the technical achievements and flight controls, but its use of distance fog. The games sales exceeded expectations, by August 1999, more than one million copies had sold worldwide, unlike the Star Wars, X-Wing computer game series that emphasizes space combat simulation, Rogue Squadron is a fast-paced, arcade-style action game. Each of the games sixteen levels introduces mission objectives that must be completed to progress to the next level and these objectives are divided into four categories, search and destroy, reconnaissance, rescue, and protect. Enemy aircraft are primarily composed of TIE fighters, ground defenses are more varied and include three different walkers, laser and missile turrets, tanks, probe droids, shuttles, stormtroopers and speeder bikes. The heads-up display features a health meter, a radar and a count for secondary weapons. The player can control five craft, X-wing, A-wing, Y-wing, snowspeeder, each vehicle offers a unique armament arrangement, as well as varying degrees of speed and maneuverability. The game initially restricts the player to a craft for each level, however, after a level is completed. Levels set on non-atmospheric moons expose the craft to space, thus disallowing the Speeder and V-Wing from being used, but as on other levels. Nine bonus power-ups are hidden in different levels throughout the game and these bonuses improve a crafts weapons or durability and are applied to each eligible craft for the remainder of the game. The players performance is measured throughout the game, and performance statistics are checked after each level against three medal benchmarks, each benchmark contains five categories, completion time, number of enemies destroyed, shot accuracy, number of friendly craft and structures saved and number of bonuses collected. If a players performance exceeds one of the levels three benchmarks in all five categories, a medal—bronze, silver or gold—is awarded on completion, acquiring these medals promotes the players rank and helps unlock hidden content. Rogue Squadron includes a number of unlockable secrets, the player can unlock three bonus levels, Beggars Canyon, The Death Star Trench Run and The Battle of Hoth. These levels are available when the player obtains all bronze, silver or gold medals, respectively. Alternatively, they can be unlocked via password, unlike the games primary levels, the bonus levels are adaptions of events from the Star Wars films
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Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date
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Star Wars: Force Commander
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Star Wars, Force Commander is a real-time strategy video game released for the Microsoft Windows platform on March 21,2000. It was co-developed by Ronin Entertainment and LucasArts, and published by LucasArts and its plot interweaves between Star Wars, A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, taking in key battles. Peter McConnell created remixed tracks of John Williams original score using influenced from hard rock, reception by critics was mixed, with aggregate website GameRankings reporting a 58. 42% approval rating. Critics cited poor controls as a primary issue, reviewers were divided on the quality of the games visuals, with some feeling they were dated, and others of the opinion that they were strong. Gameplay was generally considered simplified in comparison to other strategy games. Star Wars, Force Commander is a strategy video game. The player commands forces as though they are the rather than an infantry unit. The game utilizes a birds-eye view around a 3D map, levels are ground assault based, as the game lacks space combat. The game also features a few options to connect with other players via multiplayer, up to six players can join together, and Local area network and TCP/IP connections are supported. Historically the game was supported via the Microsoft Gaming Zone, however Zone services have since shut down. LAN gameplay is limited to two players, the games campaign is not available in multiplayer. Instead an instant action mode is used, players can choose any combination of teams or work together to challenge the AI computer player. The game interweaves its story through the events of Episodes IV through VI, sometimes intersecting with known Star Wars events, while telling an original Star Wars story. It is shown from the point of view of an officer in the Imperial Navy, Brenn Tantor, who begins as a stormtrooper. The main character is loyal to the Empire for the first half of the game, until his brother, Dellis is imprisoned by the Empire for revealing this information, though Brenn is initially led to believe that Dellis has been killed. Brenn defects to the Rebel Alliance and proceeds to fight his former commanders, as well as the Tatooine training missions, the player participates in the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor. The game ends with the battle to capture the Imperial Palace on Coruscant, originally conceived as a 2D strategy game, LucasArts scrapped the overall design after its first public viewing at E31998. LucasArts decided instead to use a version of a 3D engine supplied by Ronin Entertainment
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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
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Star Wars, Galactic Battlegrounds is a real-time strategy video game set in the Star Wars universe. It was developed by Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios and LucasArts, the Japanese version published by Electronic Arts and Squaresoft Joint Venture Electronic Arts Square. It was released in November 11,2001, an expansion pack, Clone Campaigns, was released in May 14,2002, adding two new factions and campaigns. Later that year, both Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns were released in a box set, Star Wars, Galactic Battlegrounds Saga, the games were built on the Genie engine, the same one used in Age of Empires and Age of Empires II. The player starts the game with a Command Center, a scout, the player search and gather resources such as Food, Carbon, Nova Crystals, and Ore and then using the resources in order to create new buildings, units, workers and so on. Food is used for units and troopers, as well as the work force. Carbon is used in place of Wood in Age of Empires 2 for buildings, Nova Crystals create the more high-end units and can be gathered through getting special holocrons. Ore is used for structures as well as the Gungan unique unit Fambaa. The player can build separate units at separate buildings designed specifically for different types of units, the player can advance through the four Tech Levels by paying a certain amount of resources. When a player advances a Tech Level, more units, buildings, there are a total of seven military structures in the game. These are the Troop Center, the Shipyard, the Mech factory, the Jedi Temple or Sith Temple depending on the faction, the Heavy Weapons Factory, the Airbase, the Troop center produces cannon fodder early game units. These are the Grenadier, the Anti-Air trooper, the Mounted Trooper, the Shipyard produces ships, these being the Frigate, the Destroyer, the Cruiser, and the Anti-Air Frigate. The Mech Factory produces Scouts, Assault Mechs, Strike Mechs, the Jedi Temple or Sith Temple is a depository for Holocrons and produces Jedi Padawans/Sith Apprentice and Jedi Knights/Sith Knights as well as Jedi Masters/Sith Masters. The Fortress serves as a structure and produces the civilizations unique unit and an anti-jedi Bounty Hunter, as well as long-range cannons. It fires high-damage, area-of-effect shells at air, sea or ground targets over long reload times while being durable and it is the most directly powerful unit in the game If Victory is set to standard, the player can win in three different ways. The player may win by destroying all of the enemies buildings, also, the player can use a Jedi/Sith to bring all of the Holocrons to the Jedi/Sith Temple and preserve them for 200 days. The final way to win is to build a monument that is available at Tech Level 4. If the monument stays standing for 300 days, then the player wins, tutorial - The campaign sees the player assume the role of Chewbaccas father, Attichitchuk
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Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
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And released as a launch title for the GameCube in North American on November 9,2001 and Europe on May 3,2002. Set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, the game all three original trilogy Star Wars films. The player controls Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles, as the game progresses, Skywalker, Antilles and the Rebel Alliance fight the Galactic Empire in ten missions across various planets. Similar to its predecessor, Star Wars, Rogue Squadron, Rogue Leader is a fast-paced, each of the games ten levels introduces mission objectives such as search and destroy or protection that must be completed to progress to the next level. Enemy aircraft are primarily composed of TIE fighters, Imperial shuttles, ground defenses are more varied and include three different walkers, various laser turrets, probe droids and stormtroopers. The heads-up display features a health meter, a radar, a count for secondary weapons. The player can control seven craft in the game, X-wing, A-wing, Y-wing, B-wing, Snowspeeder, the T-16 Skyhopper. Each vehicle offers a unique armament arrangement, as well as varying degrees of speed, the game initially restricts the player to a particular craft for each level, however, after a level is completed, it can be replayed with any available craft. Some levels offer the player the option to change craft mid-level, eleven bonus power-ups are hidden in different levels throughout the game. These bonuses improve a crafts weapons, durability and targeting computer and are applied to each eligible craft for the remainder of the game, the players performance is measured throughout the game, and performance statistics are checked after each level against three medal benchmarks. If a players performance meets or exceeds one of the levels three benchmarks in all six categories, a medal—bronze, silver or gold—is awarded on completion, acquiring these medals promotes the players rank and helps unlock hidden content. Once the player all of the training missions and achieves gold medals on all 15 levels. The player may then achieve one more medal per level by completing them with this mode activated, Rogue Leader includes a number of unlockable secrets. The player can unlock five bonus levels, two of these levels allow the player to pilot the Millennium Falcon, while two others allow the player to fight against the Rebel Alliance as Darth Vader. The fifth unlockable level pits the player against 99 waves of enemy fighters and these levels can be purchased after the player obtains enough points accumulated via the games medal system. Alternatively, they can be unlocked via password, several craft are also available when unlocked. The Millennium Falcon, the TIE advanced, an Imperial shuttle, a Naboo Starfighter and a TIE fighter may also be selected after the player completes in-game tasks dependent on the time as dictated by the GameCubes real-time clock. A playable model of a 1969 Buick Electra 225 based on a car owned by the sound designer, Rudolph Stember
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Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
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Star Wars Jedi Knight II, Jedi Outcast is a first and third-person action game in the Star Wars, Jedi Knight series. The Microsoft Windows and OS X versions were developed by Raven Software, the PC version was published by LucasArts in North America and Europe, and by CyberFront in Japan. The Xbox and GameCube versions were published by LucasArts in North America, the OS X version was published by Aspyr. The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes, the story-driven single-player campaign is set in the Star Wars expanded universe two years after the events of Mysteries of the Sith. The plot follows Kyle Katarn as he fights against the Dark Jedi Desann and his followers. The game was critically well-received on all platforms, with scores on Metacritic of 89 out of 100 for the PC version,81 out of 100 for the Xbox version, and 75 out of 100 for the GameCube version. In 2003, a sequel titled Star Wars Jedi Knight, Jedi Academy was released for the Xbox, Mac OS, in 2006, the PC version of Jedi Outcast was re-released with four other Star Wars games in a pack entitled Star Wars, The Best of PC. On September 16,2009, the game was re-released with the other Jedi Knight games onto Steam, Jedi Outcast allows the player to wield a variety of firearms from the Star Wars franchise, as well as lightsabers and Force powers. The player can choose whether to use first or third-person perspective for each weapon, combat is standard for the shooter genre, offering players an array of energy and projectile weapons, plus a variety of explosives. Players have health and shield meters, each of which is replenished separately, Jedi Outcast places a strong emphasis on lightsaber combat. As in the films, lightsabers can be used to deflect shots from blasters, the game offers three lightsaber styles, fast, medium and strong, with each style differing from the others in terms of the speed of attacks and damage dealt. There are also a number of combos, many of which are unique to the selected saber style, Force powers are available in both single-player and multiplayer modes, but more powers can be used in the latter. The use of powers is restricted by a Force Meter, which depletes with each use, the level of a Force power determines the strength of that power and the amount depleted from the Force meter during its use. The multiplayer mode divides players into Light Siders and Dark Siders, each side has access to both shared Neutral Force powers, which are mostly focused on increasing speed and athletic ability. There are also numerous powers unique to both Light and Dark sides, as in the previous games, Light Side powers are mainly focused around protection and healing, while Dark Side powers are openly aggressive. Unlike previous games, however, Kyle does not exclusively select Light or Dark powers in the single-player, the single-player campaign follows Kyle Katarn as he moves through the levels in a linear manner, meeting friendly and hostile non-player characters. Friendly NPCs will occasionally assist the player in combat, in addition to combat, the campaign features a variety of puzzles. When the game starts, Kyle has forsaken The Force after the events of the game, and as such
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
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Star Wars Jedi Knight, Jedi Academy is a 2003 first- and third-person shooter action video game set in the Star Wars universe. It was developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts in North America, by Activision in Europe, the game was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in September 2003 and for Xbox in November 2003, and received positive reviews. In September 2009, the game was re-released with the other Star Wars, Jedi Knight games through Steam, Jedi Academy is powered by the id Tech 3 game engine, the same engine used by Jedi Academys predecessor, Jedi Outcast. In a new feature to the series, the player can modify the gender and appearance. In single-player mode, the player control of the character Jaden Korr. The player must complete missions assigned to them by Katarn. There is also a mode that allows players to play against other people over the internet or via a LAN. The player can choose perspective for every weapon, the shooter aspects of the game are standard, including a variety of projectile and energy weapons and explosives. Players have a meter and a shield meter, which are replenished separately. In both single-player and multiplayer, the character is a Force-user, who has access to a variety of Force powers in addition to their lightsaber. Powers include Push, Pull, Jump, Heal, Lightning, Force powers are categorized into core, Light and Dark, and each Force power has three ranks, with the power increasing in effectiveness with each rank. In both single-player and multiplayer, players choose how to rank up their powers, adding a layer of customization, during gameplay, the player has a Force meter which is depleted when powers are used, and recharges when no powers are in use. Jedi Academy places an emphasis on lightsaber combat. The player can create a custom lightsaber by selecting a hilt, the different sabers each have unique styles and special moves. The player initially chooses the characters species and gender, and begins the game with a single lightsaber, midway through the game, the player can choose to use dual sabers or a saber staff if desired. The campaign alternates between linear plot driven missions and user-selected missions, for user-selected missions, the player is given a list of five missions, and chooses the order in which to complete them. The player is required to complete four of the missions before advancing. Between missions the player can choose one of their skills to upgrade
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Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
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Star Wars Rogue Squadron III, Rebel Strike is an action video game developed by Factor 5 and published by LucasArts exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube. The game is set during the original Star Wars trilogy and recreates battles that take place during those films, the game follows the Rogue Squadron, which, under the command of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles, uses starfighters to engage and defeat the Galactic Empire. Rebel Strike was developed as a sequel to Star Wars, Rogue Squadron and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II, Rebel Strike added the ability for players to leave their starfighters to participate in ground battles as well as enter and pilot other vehicles during certain missions. The game also has a multiplayer mode allowing cooperative play for all. Rebel Strike contains on-foot missions and space missions, as in the previous Rogue Squadron games. The game also includes some unlockable classic missions inspired by the Star Wars original trilogy, Rebel Strike features two multiplayer modes, Co-op and Versus. Co-op allows players to replay missions from Rogue Squadron II, Rogue Leader in split-screen, excluding the levels Triumph of the Empire, in Co-op, players share the same pool of lives. Versus features a variety of modes, such as Dogfight and Survival, in any Versus mode, players can pilot several craft, including X-Wings, A-Wings, TIE Fighters, and Darth Vaders TIE Advanced. The story is set shortly after the destruction of the Death Star above Yavin 4, the Empire drives the Alliance off the moon, leaving the Alliance searching for a planet to serve as its next base. Tycho Celchu, an Imperial officer, defects to the Alliance on Dantooine, during the battle to rescue the scientists, Rogue Squadron member Sarkli defects to the Empire. Despite this, Rogue Squadron and the scientists escape safely in a transport craft, the Rebels settle on Hoth, but the Battle of Hoth forces them to leave as the Empire attacks and destroys their base. The Wedge Antilles campaign takes place after the Battle of Hoth, Sarkli leads Rogue Squadron into Geonosis orbit, where they both crash following an ambush by TIE fighters and Imperial escort carriers. Rogue Squadron fights with stormtroopers and battle droid remnants, by making use of various pieces of deactivated Galactic Republic machinery left over from the Battle of Geonosis, Rogue Squadron escapes and Wedge flees the system. This uncovers a ploy to wipe out part of the Alliance fleet over Dubrillion, emperor Palpatine reveals that the recent battles were manipulated, making the Rebels overconfident. This proves disadvantageous to the Rebels in the upcoming Battle of Endor, nevertheless, Han Solo, having been rescued from Jabba the Hutt, disables the shield protecting the second Death Star over Endor while killing Sarkli, allowing the Rebels to achieve victory. The game ran into some troubled development, pre-orders for the game included a bonus disc featuring several game demos, trailers, a playable version of the original Star Wars arcade game and a Rebel Strike art gallery. Rebel Strike was met with positive reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 76. 61%, critics praised the intense gameplay and the ability to have more enemies on screen than on Rogue Leader. However, Rebel Strike was criticized for its missions, due to their clunky game-play
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Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005 video game)
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Star Wars, Battlefront II is a 2005 first- and third-person shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise. Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts it is a sequel to 2004s Star Wars, Battlefront and the second game in the Battlefront series. The game was released in PAL regions on October 31,2005, on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox platforms and it was later updated to be backwards compatible for the Xbox 360. It was also released on the PlayStation Store on October 20,2009, the PSP version was developed by Savage Entertainment. The game features new vehicles, characters, game mechanics, maps, gameplay additions over Battlefront include the use of Jedi, additional game modes such as hero assault, and objective-based space battles. Battlefront II was well received, with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions scoring in the mid 80s at aggregators GameRankings, the PC version scored slightly lower at both sites, scoring a 76. 60% at GameRankings and 78 at Metacritic. The PSP version was the worst received, scoring 70. 93% at GameRankings and 69 at Metacritic, reviewers generally praised the narrative-based story, however, some felt that the upgrades from the original were not enough to merit the price. Like the original game, it was a commercial success, GameSpy Technology scheduled a shut-down across all titles using the service for May 31,2014, which included Star Wars, Battlefront II for PC, PS2, and Xbox. Electronic Arts announced it would extend support for Battlefront II until June 30,2014, the extended support ended on July 25,2014, taking all GameSpy online video games across all platforms offline. The Windows version was added to a list of supported games on GameRanger on May 31,2014, Battlefront II is fundamentally similar to its predecessor, albeit with the addition of new gameplay mechanics. The general objective in most missions is to eliminate the enemy faction, players have the ability to choose between six classes during gameplay. Four class types are common to all factions, infantry, heavy weapon, in addition to the four standard classes, each faction has two unique classes which unlock by scoring a predetermined number of points. Battlefront II also features heroes - a special class that allows the player to control characters from the Star Wars universe. Heroes serve as a bonus to players, and are unlocked by meeting certain criteria, differences between Battlefront II and its predecessor include the ability to sprint and the ability to roll forwards. In addition to utilizing heroes in conquest matches, the game featured a hero assault mode in which heroes were pitted against villains in a team deathmatch format. There are a total of 18 missions, four of which are optional space missions, the PSP version of Battlefront II does not feature the Rise of the Empire campaign. Instead it features three single-player Challenge modes, Imperial Enforcer, Rogue Assassin, and Rebel Raider, in Imperial Enforcer the player is sent to eliminate indigenous species on several given planets, such as Gungans on Naboo and Ewoks on Endor. Rogue Assassin requires the player to eliminate all Imperial officers on a given sets of planets, bonus points are awarded for any other kills
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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Star Wars, The Force Unleashed is an action-adventure video game and part of The Force Unleashed project. The game was released in North America on September 16,2008, in Australia and Southeast Asia on September 17, LucasArts released downloadable content for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. An Ultimate Sith Edition of the game, containing new and all previously released expanded content, was released in November 2009, which also came out on Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. The project bridges the first two Star Wars trilogies, acting as a story for both the united Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Civil War depicted in the Original Trilogy. Despite this, the game was a bestseller in the United States and Australia, as of February 2010, the game has sold over seven million copies, and it is the fastest-selling Star Wars video game. A sequel, Star Wars, The Force Unleashed II, was released in October 2010, the Force Unleashed is a third-person action game in which the players characters weapons are the Force and a lightsaber. Developers treated the main characters lightsaber like another Force power, and wanted to ensure something visceral, the game has a combo system for stringing lightsaber attacks and for combining lightsaber attacks with Force powers. Experience points earned by killing enemies and finding artifacts can be used to increase Starkillers powers, the gameplay is intended to be easy to learn, the development team included horrible gamers to help ensure the games accessibility. Players can casually run and gun through the game, but the game rewards those who take a stealthy, the game includes enemies that are easy to overcome, game difficulty arises from presenting these enemies in large numbers that can wear down the players character. Additionally, enemies learn from the characters attacks, using the same attack on different characters can sometimes lead to the players character doing less damage. The enemies, which number over 50, have various strengths and weaknesses, the Force Unleashed begins with the player controlling Darth Vader as he searches Kashyyyk for the Jedi. After defeating the Jedi in battle, Vader discovers his child who is strong in the Force and raises him to become his apprentice, unbeknownst to the Emperor. When the apprentice reaches adulthood, Vader sends him to kill the remaining Jedi as training for his ultimate goal, Starkiller is given command of his own ship, the Rogue Shadow, piloted by Imperial officer Juno Eclipse, and is accompanied by PROXY, a training droid. Vader sends Starkiller to an Imperial shipyard to locate and kill General Rahm Kota, after fighting him, Starkiller blinds Kota and throws him from the shipyard. Starkiller is also sent by Vader to destroy Jedi Kazdan Paratus and Shaak Ti, presently the Emperor discovers Starkiller and Vader is forced to dispose of him, but later recovers the unconscious apprentice. Vader instructs him to form a rebellion against the Empire in order for them to distract the Emperor, Starkiller discovers a very-much alive Kota in Cloud City who has taken to living in squalor. Starkiller informs Kota of his plan to fight the Empire and they leave, during his time amassing allies, Starkiller is forced to rescue Kotas contact Bail Organa and his daughter Princess Leia to help his cause. Bail, Leia, Mon Mothma and Garm Bel Iblis meet with Starkiller, however, upon doing so, Vader arrives with Imperial soldiers and arrests the group
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Star Wars: Empire at War
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Star Wars, Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. It uses Petroglyphs game engine Alamo, in October 2006, an expansion titled Star Wars, Empire at War, Forces of Corruption was released. As of May 31,2014, online functionality, including network multiplayer and wireless chat is no longer due to Glu Mobile purchasing GameSpy. There are three modes, storyline-based Campaign, Galactic Conquest and Skirmish. Battles can take place on a planet or above the planet, land battles are fought with infantry and ground vehicle units, while space battles are fought with starfighter squadrons and large spacecraft. Galactic Conquest is the campaign, in which the player controls either the Rebel Alliance or The Empire. A weaker, neutral faction of Pirates exists, but makes no attempt to battle the Rebels or Empire unless attacked, grand strategy, production, and resource management are facilitated through a three-dimensional galactic map. The player receives funds from planets they control and from mining facilities, money is used to research technology, build defenses and vehicles, and train troops. Each planet confers different advantages to its owner, even though some bonuses are specific to each faction, when enemy forces meet a battle ensues. The player can use only the equipment they brought to the battle, factions must battle across both space and land maps. The defender may use any buildings or his space station if he has constructed them. In each battle, each side may only have a number of units on the field at a time, the rest are retained as Reinforcements. In land battles, a player can field more units at a time if he captures Reinforcement Points, the storyline campaign follows a semi-open linear path, where the given side must complete sequential mission objectives. Campaign missions build up to the plot of Star Wars and eventually, the campaign is very similar to Galactic Conquest, although the Galactic Map is gradually opened for play as the player completes scripted events and completes missions. Skirmish mode is the familiar, classic RTS mode, skirmishes come in two types, land and space. In land skirmishes, all start with bases and must research upgrades. In space skirmish mode, all players have a station that can be upgraded
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Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
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Star Wars, Empire at War, Forces of Corruption is a 2006 expansion pack for the computer game Star Wars, Empire at War. It adds the Zann Consortium as a faction in addition to a number of new features. For further information see Star Wars, Empire at War Gameplay Star Wars, Empire at War, pirates had previously been present in the game, but as a type of moderately-armed speed bump to progression in the war between Empire and Rebellion. The Zann Consortium is a new faction, neither good or evil, the Consortium has a full-fledged campaign that is set in the background of the film trilogy. Several mission types cause a small battle, crowd-pleasers include Rancor riders, surviving Droidekas and, if a slavery mission is performed on the forest moon of Endor, suicide bomber Ewoks. The Rebel Alliance and the Empire receive new units and changes to existing ones, the Galactic conquest mode includes new planets, with the added feature of non-conquest goals. The skirmish mode includes maps for the new planets alongside the previous maps, Corruption includes 12 new planets, Dathomir, Mandalore, Hypori, Myrkr, Felucia, Honoghr, Kamino, Mustafar, Muunilinst, Saleucami, The Maw, and Utapau. Alderaan is now a field and Bespin has a new ground landscape. Some planets now have infantry- and light vehicle-only terrain, and damaging terrain, new vehicles are also available, most drawn from the books and comics taking place after or between the original saga. These include three phases of the Empires Dark Trooper, Lancet Aerial Artillery, the TIE Defender, many of the new units and planets included in the game are incorporated from the Star Wars expanded universe. The campaign story begins just prior to the Battle of Yavin, as the game progresses, events from the Star Wars films occur, the tutorial mission sets up the main campaign plot, showing Tyber Zann’s imprisonment for stealing a Sith artifact from Jabba the Hutt. Han Solo and Chewbacca take Urai to Kessel to help bust out Tyber, while re-establishing his headquarters, Tyber goes to Yavin IV after the Death Star destruction, where he learns of the Emperor’s hidden treasury vaults and designs for a new Super Star Destroyer. To unlock the secrets of the artifact, Tyber and his Lieutenant Urai Fen go to Dathomir to find a dark-side Force user and they eventually free the witch Silri along with the other Nightsisters. After killing the governor, Tyber, Urai and Silri escape the planet. Prince Xizor, the head of Black Sun crime syndicate, agrees to arrange a meeting between Tyber and an Imperial contact to sell the artifact. In return, Tyber is to some valuable Tibanna gas from the planet Bespin, with IG-88’s help, Tyber implicates the Black Sun. Later, Grand Admiral Thrawn and Tyber clash in space above Imperial planet Carida, during the battle, Bossk steals the artifact and heads towards Thrawns ship, the Admonitor. Shortly the Eclipse super-laser malfunctions, and the Imperial Super Star Destroyer Annihilator arrives with a fleet to recapture it
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Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
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Lego Star Wars is a Lego theme that incorporates the Star Wars saga. Originally it was licensed from 1999–2008, but the Lego Group extended the license with Lucasfilm Ltd. multiple times, First to 2011. In 2012 another 10-year agreement was signed between the two companies, many short films and miniseries have also been produced. The first Lego Star Wars, released in 1999, included model 7140, Star Wars was the first intellectual property to be licensed in Lego Group history. The first few sets based on the trilogy were released in 1999. Sets based on the trilogy of Star Wars would follow. As each new film in the prequel trilogy neared its release date, Lego issued new models of ships and scenes in those films, Lego also produced models based on The Clone Wars, which was released early in 2008. Sets based on The Force Awakens, Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels have also been produced, in addition to the regular minifigure-scale sets, Lego has released several sets for the Ultimate Collector Series. These models are larger, more detailed, are usually meant for display purposes. Many of them include an information plaque and often a display stand, on October 10,2007, the Lego Group released a UCS version of the Millennium Falcon, complete with five minifigures. At 5195 pieces, it is the largest Star Wars Lego set ever released, the newest Ultimate Collector Series set is the 75095 TIE Fighter. On June 5,2015 an unopened box of the Millennium Falcon Lego set was auctioned at auction house Catawiki for 5,000 euros. While also upgrading the first game from the PS2 and Original Xbox generation, to the Xbox 360 and PS2/PS3 generation. The Lego Star Wars Movie Video Game which contains cutscenes from the movie & is available for Wii, Wii U, PS2, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, several films and videos based on Lego Star Wars have been produced. In it Vader hires Boba Fett to track down the Gungan Jar Jar Binks for an accident he caused to Vader. Lego Star Wars, The Padawan Menace released on July 7,2011, is a 30-minute, when Master Yoda leads a group of rambunctious Jedi younglings through Senate chambers when he senses a disturbance in the Force. Summoned to help save the Republic, he discovers one of the younglings secretly boarded his ship. and has a taste for adventure. Meanwhile, C-3PO and R2-D2 are put in charge of the boisterous group, Yoda and the droids proceed to save the younglings from Sith lords
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Disney Infinity 3.0
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It was developed by Avalanche Software, with additional help from Ninja Theory, Studio Gobo, Sumo Digital, and United Front Games. In contrast to how Disney Infinity 2.0 focused on Marvel characters, the game was announced on May 5,2015, and was released on August 28,2015 in Europe and on August 30,2015 in North America. Unlike the previous two games, this game was not released on handhelds and this game was the final video game published by Disney Interactive Studios and the end of the Disney Infinity series. Disney Infinity 3.0 features similar mechanics to Disney Infinity and Disney Infinity. Although sharing many key elements, the combat system has been redesigned to become more in-depth. The games combat system is influenced by the Star Wars, The Force Unleashed and its sequel, Kingdom Hearts, Devil May Cry, lightsabers have been integrated into combat, due to the inclusion of Star Wars characters. Characters who use lightsabers in combat can utilize additional weapons, for instance, playable character Luke Skywalker has the ability to use a blaster and a lightsaber, which used together can juggle enemies in the air. Full combos have been integrated, which allows the player to pause mid-combo, playable characters with the ability to use the Force, in Star Wars mythology, have the ability to push and pull enemies during combat. Special attacks, which were introduced in Disney Infinity, Marvel Super Heroes, have returned, only the bearer of a close-ranged type weapon, including the characters who have their own primary close-ranged weapons, and characters who can fly are able to perform an aerial combo. Instead of waiting for a bar to fill up for a special attack to be performed, a new feature allows the attack to be released early. Auto-lock when firing ranged weapons at targets has been enhanced, so no longer have to move closer to enemies in order to auto-lock on their positions. The Twilight of the Republic Playset storyline is based on the era of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, set during the events of Star Wars, The Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda and Ahsoka Tano discover a reactivated Droid factory on the planet Geonosis. The four Jedi then decide to find out who is the mastermind behind the newly minted droid army, the Rise Against the Empire Playset storyline is based on the events of the classic Star Wars trilogy, with some differences. The Playset revolves around Luke Skywalker, his sister Leia, Han Solo, a playset based on Star Wars, The Force Awakens was released in December 2015, it was announced at the D23 Expo that the playset would feature Finn and Rey from the film. Kylo Ren and Poe Dameron were later confirmed as playable characters, in the Inside Out playset, Riley falls asleep watching a horror movie and chaos ensues in her subconscious. This scatters some of Rileys memories all over Imagination Land and the emotions must find, a play set featuring Marvel characters fighting each other on a series of levels. All Marvel characters from Disney Infinity 2.0 are playable in this playset, along with new characters introduced in 3.0, such as Hulkbuster, Ant-Man, Black Panther and this is also the first play set to utilize four-player local gameplay. In the Finding Dory playset, Dory learns of a flood at the Marine Life Institute that has washed the littlest fish into all the wrong tanks, together with Nemo, Marlin, Hank, Bailey and Destiny, she returns to rescue them and lead them out to safety
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Matt Lanter
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Matthew Mackendree Matt Lanter is an American actor, voice actor, and model. He gained fame by playing Liam Court in the The CW hit teen drama series 90210, a spin-off of the 1990s Fox series Beverly Hills,90210. He also appeared in some major released films, such as Star Wars, The Clone Wars, Disaster Movie, WarGames, The Dead Code, Sorority Row, Vampires Suck and he is the voice of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. He currently stars as soldier Wyatt Logan, a time traveler, in 2004, Lanter was a contestant on Bravos reality show Manhunt, The Search for Americas Most Gorgeous Male Model. He did not win the competition, within a few weeks of moving to Los Angeles, California, Lanter successfully auditioned for the role of Nick on the Supernatural Teen-Drama Fox series Point Pleasant. He had a recurring role throughout the series first and only season. He has since appeared in television shows such as Greys Anatomy,8 Simple Rules, Big Love. In April 2005, he signed on to become a series portraying the role of Horace Calloway on ABCs political drama series Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis. The series premiered on September 27,2005, and was cancelled on June 14,2006, in 2008, he took on the lead role as Zach Conroy in The Cutting Edge, Chasing the Dream, with Francia Raisa. In February 2008, he was announced to portray the role of Will. He plays the role of Will Farmer, In a Direct-to-DVD, WarGames, The Dead Code. The film is written and directed by directing and screenwriting duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer who have worked on other Parody films such as Meet The Spartans. The film spoofs recent disaster films such as Cloverfield and he stars with Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Minnillo and Carmen Electra. The film, which was released on August 29,2008, was a critical failure, the film grossed over $34 million worldwide and received extremely negative reviews from critics, as well as six nominations at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards. In October 2008, he was announced to star in Summit Entertainments remake of the cult 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row, the film stars Briana Evigan, Audrina Patridge, and Rumer Willis. Sorority Row was released on September 11,2009 to negative reviews, in 2009, he began a major recurring role on The CWs 90210 portraying the role of Liam Court. In September 2009, he was announced as a regular for the second season. The series is a sequel to the 1990s teen drama series Beverly Hills,90210, in March 2010, he signed on for another parody project with Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 20th Century Foxs Vampires Suck
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Eric Bauza
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Eric Adrian Bauza is a Canadian voice actor, animation artist, and comedian. His notable roles include Stimpy of Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon and he also voices Rodolfo/White Pantera for El Tigre on Nickelodeon, Storm Shadow, Destro and Tunnel Rat on G. I. Joe, Resolute, Razoff from Rayman 3, Hoodlum Havoc and he also voiced Lord Takagami from Dick Figures, The Movie. Bauza had attended Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic High School in Scarborough, Ontario, even then, he was a comedic character who was very much involved with the creative arts in school. Bauza started his career in animation as a designer, working with a few production studios in Hollywood. It was this introduction to the world that eventually led him to a successful career in voiceovers. In just a few years, Bauza has starred in shows as Nickelodeons El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Fairly OddParents, Spike TVs Ren & Stimpy, Adult Party Cartoon. Animations Coconut Freds Fruit Salad Island, Hasbros G. I, joe, Resolute, and Hero,108 as Red-Faced Kawn and Camel King. Aside from his television credits, Bauza has played roles on The King and Us, a web-series sponsored by Burger King. Bauza had a role as Digger the NASCAR Gopher in Alvin. Currently, Bauza is the voice of Lord Stingray on the Adult Swim show, Superjail. as well as Marvin the Martian on The Looney Tunes Show, and Dr. Psychobos on Ben 10, Omniverse. He also appeared in episodes of the Animated web series Dick Figures, where he voiced the Genie of the Teapot, the Vulgar Mall Santa, and he has also been the voice of Lord Takagami, the main antagonist of Dick Figures, The Movie. He also plays Buhdeuce Breadwinners and the character in Netflixs The Adventures of Puss in Boots. Bauza is currently working on his stand up routine, and has performed at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles alongside Harland Williams. And WWE, Curse of the Speed Demon - Big Earl Scooby-Doo, frankencreepy - Daphomatic, Rock Dude Scooby-Doo. Moon Monster Madness - Clark Sparkman Scooby-Doo, surly Squirrel - Buddy the Rat Tom and Jerry, Spy Quest - Dr. Benton Quest The Book of Life - Father Domingo, Cave Guardian The Flintstones & WWE, Stone Age SmackDown. - Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, Hoppy The Jetsons & WWE, adam Hamasaki Ben 10, Omniverse - Driba, Diamondhead, Arcticguana, Megawhatt Ben 10, Omniverse 2 - Dr
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Lego Star Wars
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Lego Star Wars is a Lego theme that incorporates the Star Wars saga. Originally it was licensed from 1999–2008, but the Lego Group extended the license with Lucasfilm Ltd. multiple times, First to 2011. In 2012 another 10-year agreement was signed between the two companies, many short films and miniseries have also been produced. The first Lego Star Wars, released in 1999, included model 7140, Star Wars was the first intellectual property to be licensed in Lego Group history. The first few sets based on the trilogy were released in 1999. Sets based on the trilogy of Star Wars would follow. As each new film in the prequel trilogy neared its release date, Lego issued new models of ships and scenes in those films, Lego also produced models based on The Clone Wars, which was released early in 2008. Sets based on The Force Awakens, Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels have also been produced, in addition to the regular minifigure-scale sets, Lego has released several sets for the Ultimate Collector Series. These models are larger, more detailed, are usually meant for display purposes. Many of them include an information plaque and often a display stand, on October 10,2007, the Lego Group released a UCS version of the Millennium Falcon, complete with five minifigures. At 5195 pieces, it is the largest Star Wars Lego set ever released, the newest Ultimate Collector Series set is the 75095 TIE Fighter. On June 5,2015 an unopened box of the Millennium Falcon Lego set was auctioned at auction house Catawiki for 5,000 euros. While also upgrading the first game from the PS2 and Original Xbox generation, to the Xbox 360 and PS2/PS3 generation. The Lego Star Wars Movie Video Game which contains cutscenes from the movie & is available for Wii, Wii U, PS2, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, several films and videos based on Lego Star Wars have been produced. In it Vader hires Boba Fett to track down the Gungan Jar Jar Binks for an accident he caused to Vader. Lego Star Wars, The Padawan Menace released on July 7,2011, is a 30-minute, when Master Yoda leads a group of rambunctious Jedi younglings through Senate chambers when he senses a disturbance in the Force. Summoned to help save the Republic, he discovers one of the younglings secretly boarded his ship. and has a taste for adventure. Meanwhile, C-3PO and R2-D2 are put in charge of the boisterous group, Yoda and the droids proceed to save the younglings from Sith lords
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Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
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Phineas and Ferb, Star Wars is a 1-hour long crossover episode of the American animated series Phineas and Ferb featuring characters from Star Wars. It aired on July 26,2014, on Disney Channel, after escaping, he rendezvous with Princess Leias ship and is complimented on his success by his superior officer, Major Hologram. Darth Vaders Star Destroyer intercepts Leias ship, forcing her to load the disc into R2-D2, as she does this, she is observed by a trio of Imperial stormtroopers, Candace Flynn, Baljeet Tjinder and Buford van Stomm. After seeing R2-D2 and C-3PO entering an escape pod, the trio decide to pursue them, elsewhere, the evil Darthenshmirtz arrives with his robotic underling Norm-3P0 at the Death Star. In conversation with Norm, he reveals that he has a new invention that is more evil. Back on Tattooine, Candace and her companions are on the trail of the droids-as is Perry-until their commander sends them into Mos Eisley to shop for socks for Darth Vader. Perry continues trailing the droids as they are seized by Jawas and then sold to Owen Lars, unfortunately, they accidentally run into Phineas and Ferb on their way to Obi-Wan Kenobis, whom Phineas and Ferb are acquainted with as he has given them instruction in the Jedi arts. Upon discovering the disc, Phineas and Ferb set out to return it to R2-D2, which takes them to Mos Eisley where they encounter Wattos son Blatto, whom they are regular customers of. With Blattos help they discover that the contains the Death Star plans. The brothers just miss Artoo departing with Luke, Obi-Wan, C-3PO, Han Solo, determined to return the disc, the pair travel to the Mos Eisley cantina and are introduced to Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, captain of the Centennial Chihuahua and an old rival of Han Solos. Isabella agrees to them, meanwhile, Candace and her comrades are forced to ride a bus transport back to the Death Star. Ferb, sensing through the Force that Perry is in danger, leaves Phineas and Isabella to go to his aid, unknowingly passing Obi-Wan Kenobi on the way. He then knocks Perrys carbonite slab out of the way of a blast from the Sith-inator only to be hit himself, which begins his transformation into a Sith by giving him yellow irises. Elsewhere, Isabella and Phineas run into Candace, who pursues them, only to be saved from a fall by Phineas. Darthenshmirtz is then attacked by a freed Perry, while Phineas gives Isabella the Death Star disc to take to the Rebels while he goes looking for Ferb. Entering Darthenshmirtzs lair, Phineas discovers an upgraded Sith-inator and Ferb, Isabella travels to Yavin and delivers the Death Star plans, but despite the appeals of the Firestar Girls refuses to join the Rebel Alliance. The battles between Perry and Darthenshmirtz and Phineas and Ferb continue and intersect, until Candace comes to Phineas aid. Together they manage to destroy the Sith-inator, which restores Ferb to normal, Perry also leaves with a carbonite-encased Darthenshmirtz, while the rebels begin their attack on the Death Star
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Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game)
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Star Wars Battlefront is an action shooter video game developed by EA DICE, with additional work from Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts. The game, based on the Star Wars franchise, is the major release in the Star Wars, Battlefront sub-series. The game was released worldwide in November 2015, and received mixed reviews from critics, critics praised the game for its gameplay, visuals and high production values but was criticized for its lack of content on both single player and multiplayer modes. Despite this, it still shipped over 13 million copies, players traverse planets from the original Star Wars trilogy, such as Endor, Hoth, Tatooine, Bespin, and Sullust, as well as the planet of Jakku from the sequel trilogy. To navigate the world, players use a variety of vehicles, battles are planet-based, restricting players from exploring space. The only map that is space-based is included in the expansion pack titled Death Star, the games weapons, characters, gear, and abilities are customizable. As new weapons are unlocked, players have the ability to them with their teammates. Battlefront does not feature iron sights, but allows players to zoom in for better accuracy, the game lets players choose to control either a Rebel Alliance soldier or an Imperial Stormtrooper. Non-playable characters such as C-3PO, Admiral Ackbar, and Jabba the Hutt make minor appearances in the game, the game includes cooperative missions, which can be played offline, but excludes a campaign mode. Players can complete the missions both independently and with bots or another player, the game split screen on consoles. The games online mode supports up to 40 players in one match. DICE first acknowledged the game at Electronic Arts E32013 press conference, as such, DICE did not brand the new game as a sequel to Battlefront II, but a reboot of the franchise. Söderlund said that the game almost wasnt developed, but that staffers at DICE lobbied to be given the project, instead of using traditional modeling techniques, the developers used photogrammetry to produce the assets. Small teams formed by artists were responsible for selecting the assets that could be used by level designers to build maps. According to DICE, the process of developing the assets for the game took half as time as developing the assets for Battlefield 4. In June 2014, it was revealed at EAs E32014 press conference that the ice planet Hoth, in late October of that year, it was revealed that the game would be released Christmas 2015, tying in with the release of Star Wars, The Force Awakens. To meet the deadline, the team had to remove the games campaign mode. In early March 2015, the first gameplay footage of the game was shown at a retail event
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Human
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Modern humans are the only extant members of Hominina tribe, a branch of the tribe Hominini belonging to the family of great apes. Several of these hominins used fire, occupied much of Eurasia and they began to exhibit evidence of behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago. In several waves of migration, anatomically modern humans ventured out of Africa, the spread of humans and their large and increasing population has had a profound impact on large areas of the environment and millions of native species worldwide. Humans are uniquely adept at utilizing systems of communication for self-expression and the exchange of ideas. Humans create complex structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families. Social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals. These human societies subsequently expanded in size, establishing various forms of government, religion, today the global human population is estimated by the United Nations to be near 7.5 billion. In common usage, the word generally refers to the only extant species of the genus Homo—anatomically and behaviorally modern Homo sapiens. In scientific terms, the meanings of hominid and hominin have changed during the recent decades with advances in the discovery, there is also a distinction between anatomically modern humans and Archaic Homo sapiens, the earliest fossil members of the species. The English adjective human is a Middle English loanword from Old French humain, ultimately from Latin hūmānus, the words use as a noun dates to the 16th century. The native English term man can refer to the species generally, the species binomial Homo sapiens was coined by Carl Linnaeus in his 18th century work Systema Naturae. The generic name Homo is a learned 18th century derivation from Latin homō man, the species-name sapiens means wise or sapient. Note that the Latin word homo refers to humans of either gender, the genus Homo evolved and diverged from other hominins in Africa, after the human clade split from the chimpanzee lineage of the hominids branch of the primates. The closest living relatives of humans are chimpanzees and gorillas, with the sequencing of both the human and chimpanzee genome, current estimates of similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA sequences range between 95% and 99%. The gibbons and orangutans were the first groups to split from the leading to the humans. The splitting date between human and chimpanzee lineages is placed around 4–8 million years ago during the late Miocene epoch, during this split, chromosome 2 was formed from two other chromosomes, leaving humans with only 23 pairs of chromosomes, compared to 24 for the other apes. There is little evidence for the divergence of the gorilla, chimpanzee. Each of these species has been argued to be an ancestor of later hominins
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Jedi
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The Jedi /ˈdʒɛˌdaɪ/ are the main protagonists in the Star Wars universe. They are depicted as an ancient monastic and academic meritocratic organization whose origin dates back to c.25,000 BBY. The Jedi Order mostly consists of polymaths, teachers, philosophers, scientists, engineers, physicians, diplomats and warriors, by serving others, the Jedi give of themselves through acts of charity, citizenship, and volunteerism. A Jedis ideology and strict way of life as a challenge to live up to is a recurring theme in the Star Wars universe. Their traditional weapon is the lightsaber, a device which generates a blade-like plasma controlled by a crystal, the fictional organization has inspired a real-world new religious movement, Jediism. As depicted in the canon, the Jedi study and utilize the Force, in order to help, like their counterparts, the Sith, their main weapon is the lightsaber. By training the mind and the body the Jedi seek to improve themselves by gaining unfettered access to the Force while also seeking to improve those individuals, the film Rogue One suggests that it relates to the planet Jedha, source of the kyber crystals used in lightsabers. George Lucas acknowledged Jedi concepts have been inspired by many sources, the work of the mythologist Joseph Campbell, especially his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, directly influenced Lucas, and was what drove him to create the modern myth of Star Wars. The Lost Twenty was the given to a group of Jedi Masters—numbering twenty in total—who left the Jedi Order throughout its history. The first twelve of these ‘Lost Twenty’ left the Jedi Order before the Third Great Schism, these twelve Masters later became Dark Jedi who eventually founded the first Sith Empire. In the years preceding the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Dooku left the Jedi Order as a result of differences with his fellow Jedi, to commemorate these former Jedi, memorial statue busts were displayed at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. The prequel films depict the Jedi in their prime, dealing with the presence of the dark side of the Force and determined to fight their mortal enemies. Once corrupted, Vader helps Palpatine hunt down and destroy all of the Jedi, leaving very few left, such as Jedi Masters Yoda. The first person to be issued this order was Clone Commander Cody, Darth Vader led Operation, Knightfall against the Jedi Temple with the 501st Legion while the rest of the clone army around the galaxy carried out Order 66. Palpatine convinced the people of the Republic that Jedi were corrupted warmongers responsible for prolonging the Clone Wars, Darth Vader continued to hunt and execute surviving Jedi by the thousands during the first 10 years of the Empires history. The Jedi are first introduced in the 1977 motion picture Star Wars as an order of monks who serve as the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. Obi-Wan Kenobi explains that the Galactic Empire had all but exterminated the Jedi some twenty years before the events of the film, Darth Vader is also established as the Jedis main enemy. By the end of the film, Luke is on the path to becoming a Jedi, the third film in the original trilogy, Return of the Jedi, ends with Luke redeeming Vader and helping to destroy the Empire, thus fulfilling his destiny as a Jedi
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Star Wars expanded universe
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The Star Wars expanded universe is a collective term for all Star Wars fictional material produced by Lucasfilm or officially licensed by it. This restructuring left the Star Wars theatrical films, the Clone Wars animated film, a number of works have subsequently been produced, including the Rebels animated TV series, the 2015 film The Force Awakens, and multiple novels and comic book series. Fosters 1978 novel Splinter of the Minds Eye was commissioned by Lucas as the basis for a potential sequel to Star Wars should the film prove unsuccessful. A Star Wars comic book series from Marvel Comics ran from April 1977 to May 1986, former Marvel Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter credited the titles strong sales for saving Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. Marvels Star Wars series was one of the top selling titles in 1979 and 1980. The material was used as a resource by some novelists that followed, StarWars. com wrote in 2014 that the novel jumpstarted a publishing program that endures to this day and formalized the Expanded Universe. It introduced, among others, the popular characters Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade and this so-called Thrawn trilogy is widely credited with revitalizing the Star Wars franchise. In The Secret History of Star Wars, Michael Kaminski suggests that this renewed interest was a factor in Lucass decision to create the prequel trilogy. Around this same time, Dark Horse Comics acquired the Star Wars license and launched a number of series set after the film trilogy. In 1999, Star Wars book publishing moved from Bantam Spectra to Del Rey Books, New Jedi Order, set 25 to 30 years after the original films, introduced a new threat, the Yuuzhan Vong, a powerful alien race attempting to invade and conquer the entire galaxy. The bulk of Expanded Universe storytelling explores the time period after Return of the Jedi, subsequent novels and comics were set before, concurrent with, and after the events of these works. In 2004, USA Today reported that over 1,100 Star Wars titles had been published, including novels, comics, non-fiction, then-president of Lucas Licensing, Howard Roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million Star Wars books in print. He said, The books are a way of extending the fantasy of Star Wars, the movies have had a really profound effect on a couple of generations. Star Wars has become a cultural touchpoint, and our fans are avidly interested in exploring more stories, the animated television series Star Wars, The Clone Wars ran from 2008 to 2014 and was set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Lucas discussed ideas for a sequel trilogy several times after the conclusion of the original trilogy, in October 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion. In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe material as Star Wars Legends, the companys focus would be shifted towards a restructured Star Wars canon based on new material. The announcement called these works the immovable objects of Star Wars history and it was also made clear that a planned Star Wars sequel trilogy, and subsequent works developed within the restructured canon, would not be based on Legends material but could possibly draw from it. Lucas had previously used the character Aayla Secura, introduced in 2000 in the Star Wars, Republic comic book series, in Attack of the Clones
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Rebel Alliance
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The Alliance to Restore the Republic is an interstellar revolutionary faction in the fictional universe of Star Wars. Their goal was to seize the Alliance forces, the Rebel Alliance was first featured as the main protagonist-faction in the 1977 film Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The origins of the Alliance to Restore the Republic are told during the events of Revenge of the Sith, the group included Bail Organa, Padmé Amidala, and Mon Mothma, amongst others. Amidala was, at the time, the most famous and prominent of the group and she realized that this made her a target and later advised the others to go quiet in their dissent and exclude her from any future proceedings. The young senator died in premature childbirth not long after her attempt to prevent Anakin Skywalkers fall. The show focuses on a group of rebels that band together aboard a freighter starship called Ghost. By the end of the first season, it is revealed there are various cells that are resisting the Empire. Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and former Jedi Ahsoka Tano both play a role in coordinating them, during the events of Rogue One and the original Star Wars, the Alliance learns of the construction of the Death Star, an enormous battle station intended to secure the Empires power. With the help of the Rogue One squad led by Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, right after the battle, the Tantive IV, an Alderaanian cruiser carrying Princess Leia is captured by the Imperial fleet while attempting to deliver the Death Star Plans to Bail Organa on Alderaan. The Princess is subsequently rescued by Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi and this leads directly to the Alliances victory in the Battle of Yavin and the loyalty of Luke Skywalker, the Rebellions only remaining member with training in the Force. In The Empire Strikes Back, the Alliance suffers a defeat on Hoth when one of their main command centers. The remaining forces of the Rebellion are forced to stay mobile, using Admiral Ackbars flagship, Home One, by Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance has regrouped and learned that a new Death Star is being constructed, and will be completed under Emperor Palpatines personal supervision. Mon Mothma has Admiral Ackbar and Lando Calrissian command the Alliance fleet and dispatches Han Solo and Princess Leia to disable the stations defenses, the Alliance subsequently wins the Battle of Endor, in which Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, and much of the Imperial hierarchy are destroyed. Thus, the Empire is essentially defeated, and the Rebellion liberates most of the galaxy, by The Force Awakens, the New Republic has formed from the Rebellion. The Resistance, an army backed up by the New Republic and successor of the Alliance, is formed to stand against the First Order, a new military power formed by remnants from the Old Empire. The incident begins when an Imperial military cruiser commanded by Captain Wilhuff Tarkin is blocked by peaceful anti-Empire protesters who refuse to move off the landing pad. With implied permission from the Emperor, Tarkin lands the ship anyway, injuring and killing many, the myriad of civilizations which are fighting the Empire continue to grow in number and progressively coalesce into a ragtag organization known as the Resistance. They intend upon removing the evil Emperor, but the growing ruthlessness of the Imperial state forces them into secrecy and these Rebel starfighters were equipped with hyperdrive capability along prearranged routes which would allow this kind of harassment and escape before the Empire may react
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New Republic (Star Wars)
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The New Republic is the main fictional government in the Star Wars universe. The government is a restoration to the Galactic Republic, a state that governed the galaxy. Following its decisive victory at the Battle of Endor as depicted in Return of the Jedi, the goal of the New Republic was to restore the democratic rule of the galaxy that had existed under its predecessor state, the Old Republic. These individuals were able to form the First Order, an offshoot of the Empire seeking to destroy the Republic, for the three decades preceding the film, the First Order operated secretly in the unexplored regions, rebuilding its army and starfleet, in hopes of resurrecting the Empire. Inspired by the ideology of the Old Empire, the First Order constructed Starkiller Base, the superweapon was built into a mobile planet from the unexplored regions of the galaxy, and would travel across multiple star systems to draw their suns energy in order to charge its weapon. However, Starkiller Base is later destroyed by the Resistance, a splinter of the Republics military and protagonists of the film, the new Alliance serves as a provisional government which eventually transitions into the New Republic. Star Wars, The Force Awakens, The Visual Dictionary, New Republic on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Star Wars, The Force Awakens is a 2015 American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams. The Force Awakens was announced after The Walt Disney Companys acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012 and it was produced by Abrams, his longtime collaborator Bryan Burk, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of the trilogy films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. John Williams, composer for the six films, returned to compose the films score. Lucas served as consultant during the films early production. Filming began in April 2014 in Abu Dhabi and Iceland, with photography also taking place in Ireland and Pinewood Studios in England. It is the first live-action film in the franchise since Star Wars, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, The Force Awakens was widely anticipated, and Disney backed the film with extensive marketing campaigns. It premiered in Los Angeles on December 14,2015, four days before its release worldwide. It received five Academy Award nominations and four British Academy Film Award nominations, two sequels, Star Wars, The Last Jedi and Episode IX, are scheduled for release in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Three decades after the destruction of the second Death Star, the First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire, the Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by General Leia Organa, opposes them while searching for her brother, Luke Skywalker, to enlist his aid. Resistance pilot Poe Dameron meets village elder Lor San Tekka on the planet Jakku to obtain a map to Lukes location, stormtroopers commanded by Kylo Ren destroy the village and capture Poe, while Ren kills Tekka. Poes droid, BB-8, escapes with the map and encounters a scavenger named Rey near a junkyard settlement, Ren tortures Poe using the Force, and learns of BB-8. Stormtrooper FN-2187, unwilling to kill, frees Poe, and they escape in a stolen TIE fighter and they crash on Jakku, and Finn survives, but Poe is believed to have been killed in the crash. Finn encounters Rey and BB-8, but the First Order tracks them, Finn, Rey, and BB-8 flee the planet in the Millennium Falcon, which they steal from a junkyard. The Falcon is captured by a ship piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca. Two rival gangs, seeking to settle debts with Han, board and attack, the gangs inform the First Order. At the First Orders Starkiller Base – a planet converted into a superweapon that harnesses energy from stars – Supreme Leader Snoke orders General Hux to use the weapon for the first time. Snoke questions Rens ability to deal with emotions relating to his father, Han Solo, the Falcon crew views BB-8s map and determines it is incomplete
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Star Wars, The Last Jedi is an upcoming American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy following Star Wars. The film is produced by Lucasfilm and will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyongo, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, new cast members include Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern, and Kelly Marie Tran in unconfirmed roles. It was Fishers final film role before her death in December 2016, the film was announced after Disneys acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. It is produced by Ram Bergman and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, composer for the previous seven films, returns to compose the score. The Last Jedi is scheduled for release on December 15,2017, a sequel, Star Wars, Episode IX, is scheduled for 2019. Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, an immensely powerful Jedi Master who has been in self-imposed exile on the planet Ahch-To, Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, twin sister to Luke, former princess of Alderaan, and a leading general in the Resistance. The Last Jedi is Fishers final film role, she died on December 27,2016, Fisher had completed her work on the film before her death. Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader Snokes loyal servant who is strong with the side of the Force. He was born Ben Solo, the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, nephew of Luke Skywalker, Daisy Ridley as Rey, a highly Force-sensitive scavenger from the desert planet Jakku who joined the Resistance and goes to find Luke Skywalker. John Boyega as Finn, a stormtrooper of the First Order who defected to the Resistance. Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, an X-wing fighter pilot in the Resistance, Lupita Nyongo as Maz Kanata, a pirate and longtime friend of Han Solo and Chewbacca. Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux, the head of the First Orders Starkiller Base. Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, a protocol droid in the service of Leia Organa. Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, the commander of the First Orders stormtroopers, Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke, the mysterious leader of the First Order and Kylo Rens master. Tom Hardy will make an appearance as a stormtrooper. Gary Barlow also has an appearance in the film
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