Lucas Arts Talks About The Force Unleashed

[Craig]

Have a look at what Lucas Arts is saying about the upcoming Jedi title, The Force Unleashed at GDC.

Quote:

"That whole thing with the Rancor blowing up from the inside we couldn't do due to ESRB reasons. We tried."

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed project lead Haden Blackman is talking of the painful restrictions that a Teen rating imposes during his lecture at the Game Developers Conference.
But even more painful was the act of imposing restrictions on the over-the-top designs his team came up with on the onset of production.

"This turned out to be more challenging than I had ever imagined," he said of his project.

"George had told us that Vader had his own plots and scheme during this time," said Blackman. "He's very evil during this period."

However, the team didn't want to create just another Star Wars game with Darth Vader as the central figure. Instead, they put the player in the role of his apprentice.

"Someone Vader had trained from a very early age to take down the Emperor with him," Blackman described. "Ultimately, working with George, we agreed that redemption is a very strong theme for the films.. It really was becoming the next chapter in the Star Wars saga."

But it was also about ass-kicking.
"We focused on this concept of kicking someone's ass with the Force."

I sense a lot of win in this parsec...much fun will there be.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm gonna poop out the Force when this game is released.

[FuzzyLogik]

they should release a non-teen version as well.

annnnd that gives a great visual Duke...lol

[CoffeeShark]

the poop is strong in this one.

looks like a cool game. too bad ESRB regulations had to ruin adult fun.

[BuddhistSoldier]

My poop is kinda mushy...

[Craig]

i really hope someone comes out with a wii-sabre attachment for the wiimote.

[Dopefish]

I'd still like to know where this dude gets his amazing Force powers from. From all the videos, they're stronger than any Jedi or Sith.

As for the game, it's published and developed by LucasArts. That means this game already is a 10/10 in my book.

[Dukefrukem]

yay I won over Gun's sig for the third time!

[DominiKing]

that blows! isn't that why they make M or AO games? So that kids can't buy em?

[vipertcu]

weak. i want to blow up a rancor from inside of it

//wonders how long it will take for this to get edited into something gross...