wraggster
July 25th, 2006, 17:54
We're big fans of Star Wars here on CVG, despite the rather lame latter day Johnny-come-lately Episodes I-III. Anyway you may remember from way back when (okay E3, although it seems an eternity ago now) that we broke a rather tasty exclusive on the new Darth Vader/Star Wars next-gen game currently underway at LucasArts.
If you don't, you can check out the goods - including some rather gorgeous concept art and sinister Vader pics (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=139639)- elsewhere on the site. However, those lovely concept paintings aside, info on Vader's been locked down tighter than a drum, with little emerging on the title other than the info we gleaned at E3.
Until today that is, when that doyen of modern video watching (which we boldly predict will eventually make conventional telly obsolete) YouTube.com has come up with some spectacular pre-vis concept footage for the next-gen title. Our Rebellion spies tell us that this is the actual footage which was presented to George Lucas himself when LucasArts was pitching the game. So now you can see what George did, before presumably giving it a big thumbs up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC3bqyq9QQYwith Jedi scattering Stormtroopers to the winds, duffing up TIE fighters and generally giving a thorough exhibition of their force-ful powers. Okay it's probably a fair ol' way from the finished article, but certainly gives a reasonable indication of what next-gen Star Wars may look like.
More Star Wars next-gen goodies coming soon we hope. Our advice? Probably best to view it now before LucasArts has it hauled down.
If you don't, you can check out the goods - including some rather gorgeous concept art and sinister Vader pics (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=139639)- elsewhere on the site. However, those lovely concept paintings aside, info on Vader's been locked down tighter than a drum, with little emerging on the title other than the info we gleaned at E3.
Until today that is, when that doyen of modern video watching (which we boldly predict will eventually make conventional telly obsolete) YouTube.com has come up with some spectacular pre-vis concept footage for the next-gen title. Our Rebellion spies tell us that this is the actual footage which was presented to George Lucas himself when LucasArts was pitching the game. So now you can see what George did, before presumably giving it a big thumbs up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC3bqyq9QQYwith Jedi scattering Stormtroopers to the winds, duffing up TIE fighters and generally giving a thorough exhibition of their force-ful powers. Okay it's probably a fair ol' way from the finished article, but certainly gives a reasonable indication of what next-gen Star Wars may look like.
More Star Wars next-gen goodies coming soon we hope. Our advice? Probably best to view it now before LucasArts has it hauled down.