“This in from IGN via Kotaku. It appears that the Clone Wars game on the Nintendo Wii may not have the sort of lightsaber controls that fans may be looking for.

The promise of a Wii Lightsaber game has hung in the air since the Wii hit the shelves. We think this is the game that delivers on that promise”. That’s Ken Fox, from Krome Studios, developers of the upcoming Clone Wars game for the Wii. Excited? Cool those jets. He also says this: “We’ve tried to make the lightsaber control as intuitive and fun as possible. It’s not a Lightsaber simulator, but when you swing your Wii remote left to right; your character does the same. You use the thumbstick on the nunchuck to move your character and swing the Wii remote to swing your Lightsaber”.

It looks like we’ll have something similar to The Force Unleashed in terms of controls although it seems that the correlation between “Wiimote” movements and lightsaber attacks has been dimished.

Links:
IGN
Kotaku

EU Cantina is proud to announce the “EUC Forum Member Drive” sponsored by our amazing friends at Rebel TradingPost.  What is the EUC Forum Member Drive, you ask? Well, it’s quite simple, really: We love the SW fan community and we feel seeing more of you on our forums would make us better connect with all of the EU & SW fans such as ourselves. Because of this, we are offering the chance to win a unique prize for a simple goal: Tell your friends about EUC and get them to join the forums.

Yes, it’s that simple. Once your friends are registered all they have to do is PM either Son Of Skywalker or Old Master Ben telling them who suggested joining. The member who recruits the most new, active members will win a LIMITED EDITION Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Journal thanks to our friends at RebelTrading Post. (The journal is hardback, #42,092 of 50,000) An image of the journal can be seen here.

The Member drive starts tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, and ends Saturday, June 28. Tell your friends and get started! Good luck, and may the force be with you

Today we are proud to announce that we have yet another affiliate: “Carbonite Dreams: A KOTOR Encyclopedia”. From their about page:

“Welcome to Carbonite Dreams, a Kotor encyclopedia! This site was launched Summer of 2008, in hopes of giving people a Kotor site where they could go to talk about the games or comics, and write things about the franchise. We want people to have as much fun here as possible, so go crazy chatting about anything Star Wars! Aside from our WordPress News section, we have Invisionfree forums to go with this site.”

While content isn’t heavy yet, their forums are very busy and any EU fan will love the features they have including Saturday Night Chats and a Comic Book Club. Head on over now and enjoy the fun!

Source: Carbonite Dreams

In honor of the upcoming “Corusucant Nights I: Jedi Twilight,” EU Cantina has been in contact with author Michael Reaves as well as fellow author Steve Perry, who often work together, for an interview. We just got word that both are open to the interview! Please feel free to submit any two of your questions here on the forums as well as by sending them to staff@eucantina.net. All questions must be in by Saturday, June 21 at 12:00 AM EST.

Perry and Reaves wrote the MedStar novels as well as “Death Star” together, while alone Perry has written “Shadows of the Empire” and Reaves “Darth Maul: Shadow Huter” and the upcoming Coruscant Nights trilogy.

You can feel free to discuss “Twilight” here on our forums.

Each month, the staff here at EUC will try and bring you the best content updates; from updating our features to making new pages, we will try and stay up-to-date! Today we have added two count-down clickers: One for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars and other for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You can see the first one on the Media Knowledge Center page and the second on the EU Unleashed. Enjoy them!

June will see updates with The CW Media Center, the Staff page, and a completely new feature. You will also of course see more reviews for Expanded Universe items as well as a new Editorial, so keep your eyes out for those.

Our good friend Mark from Lightsabre has just sent us this information regarding the newly formed S.W.O.R.A- Star Wars Outer Rim Alliance:

“All,

The site is www.swora.net and we can’t wait to hear from you.”

We are currently looking to become a member, which would make us one of the only U.S. members of SWORA. We are looking to help spread the Expanded Universe and its fandom throughout as well, so SWORA will be one of the best thing for fandom in a long time.  More when we get it; in the mean time, for more information on SWORA, please check out this page. Congrats to all who made this possible!

A few updates to the site have been made this afternoon. First, our new monthly editorial writer, Oliver R. / Flyboy, has posted his first editorial. It can be found on the Judland Waste Wizard’s Corner on this page. It’s a top notch editorial, written by someone with a true knowledge of the Expanded Universe. This editorial could give some other fansite’s writers a run for their money. Be sure to check it out!

 Also, reviews of the comics Kotor: Commencement and Rebellion: Mr brother, My Enemy are now up. They are written by comic book reviewer Chris Pence (Jedi Christopher). Both give great insight into the comics. They get into everything from the plot to the art. Don’t miss out on these!

Look for more great updates in the next few days!

Today we are proud to release part two of a truly amazing interview with Lucasarts Audio Lead and Voice Director David Collins. The second part goes into the “behind-the-scenes” stuff of games, such as when the music is made, who gets involved, and much more. Once again, we’d like to thank Mr. Collins for giving us this wonderful opportunity. You can access the interview by clicking the link above or by going to “Interviews” and then choosing his name.

Enjoy!

EUCast Episode 23 - A Stinky Hutt in India

-Some changes have been made to the theme song.

-Invincible thoughts: spoiler free!

-Lawrence is gone, and will be for who knows how long!

-Discussion of two new names.

-Stinky is too childish.

-Starkiller must be a code name for the Secret Apprentice.

-Main Discussion: Some Indiana Jones talk. (But just this once!)

-Debate: A new series should be made to continue where LOTF left off.

-Return of the EUCast Mailbag.

-And much more!

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Tonight marks the end of the week-long celebration which we liked to call Legacy Of The Force Week. Overall, the week was very successful, largely in part to NJOE, Club Jade, and all who announced it, but also because of awesome fans you contributed to the discussions, trivia, and contests.

We will be announcing the winners of both the NJOE Trivia Contest and EUC Editorial Contest tomorrow as an update to this post, so be on the look out for that. We are still taking entries for the editorial contest as well as looking at answers to the Trivia until 12:00 AM EST tonight, so go ahead and get it in or answer!

Once again, thank you to everyone who participated and made it so fun for all. Maybe we will have another themed week in the future. Until then, we hoped you enjoy it and may the force be with you.

Our Best,

The EUC, NJOE and CJ Staffs

UPDATE:

We are pleased to announce that Zinnos won the NJOE Trivia Contest and Iron Fist took the EUC Editorial spot, and it can be read here. Congratulations, guys, and to all!