Star Wars Battlefront II (Full Trailer)

Honestly what more can one say other than EA and DICE make gorgeous looking games? Star Wars Battlefront II is no exception here.

The battle is set to begin in November of 2017 and will span across Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

-GJ

Image of the Day: Jedi League

Today's image provided by Deviantart user: Daffy69

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 5 Episode 1

Warning: The Following Review Contains Spoilers

Finally the new season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is upon us!!!

Episode 1, "Revival", opens with brothers Savage Opress and Darth Maul still out on the loose wreaking havoc on our favorite galaxy far far away; and they seem to have an evil plan up their sleeves.

Unfortunately for Savage, Maul decides to let him in on some very valuable Sith knowledge, which leaves him sprawled on his back and Maul's saber in his face; they are now no longer brothers, but Master and Apprentice.

The rest of Maul's plan consists of building a pirate army to assist in his evil deeds. And where does one get pirates? Well he steals them from Hondo of course.

Now while Maul and Savage build their pirate army (and plan their attack on Hondo himself), Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia enter the system responding to a distress call and hot on the trail of our two infamous Sith.

When Kenobi and Gallia catch up with Maul and Savage they quickly find themselves outnumbered, and have to resort to contacting Hondo to see if he needs, and is willing to provide, assistance.

An epic ground battle breaks out between the Sith and their hired pirates versus the Jedi, Hondo, and his faithful band of men. In the opening onslaught Jedi Master Adi Gallia falls to Savage Opress and Hondo and his men are forced to retreat into a cavern.

Kenobi tells Hondo that he will lead the Sith away while his men set up a trap for his former crew mates. The ensuing battle between Kenobi and the Sith costs Savage an arm and he and Maul are forced to retreat.

Meanwhile Hondo convinces the traitors to once again work for him and they head off to plunder the Sith's ship.

Upon everyone exiting the cavern the pirates find themselves face to face with the Sith. After a verbal exchange between Maul and Hondo it becomes a race to the Sith starship. While trying to run away, Maul takes a perfectly placed blaster bolt to the leg and has it cleanly blown off.

With the use of the force Maul is able to grab hold of the Jedi starship and bring it crashing down off the cliff it was perched creating the needed distraction for the Sith to reach their ship and to escape.

The episode ends back on Coruscant with several of the Jedi Council talking with Chancellor Palpatine in regards to the Sith. Palpatine advises the Council to leave the Sith be since they aren't posing a threat to the Republic and only want to hang out with pirate scum. We end with a close up of Palpatine sitting at his desk and a smile creeping across his face.

Overall this was a really good episode; it contained plenty of action, and a good balance of humor.

There was however one thing that sticks out from the episode that we weren't too happy about; the death of Jedi Adi Gallia. Yes she does die during the Clone Wars, but this was not supposed to be it. The original story had her death happening on the planet Boz Pity and at the hands of General Grievous.

But other than that a good episode and a great way to start off the new season. We can't wait to see the next episode.

-GJ

Star Wars 1313 Gameplay Trailer

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End Of Our Star Wars Action Figure Collecting

With great sadness it has become apparent that we have reached the end of a long traveled road; we have finally given up hope and thrown in the towel; our Star Wars action figure collection has reached it's peak.

Yes on a rare occasion we may pick up a figure here or there, but no more will we go out of our way in search of our precious Star Wars action figures.

Here are the reasons for our madness...

• First and probably the most important reason, PRICE. Back when figures again hit shelves in the mid-90s $5.99-$6.99 wasn't great, but at today's $10.99 we'd give up an arm to go back to those prices. The figure size and number of accessories have remained constant, as has package size, so what are we now paying for? Different artists to do the packaging? The figures to have articulation (which with some of the new waves there is less of)?
• Due to Hasbro's wonderful distribution procedures new figures are dang near impossible to find in stores. We all have looked at the exact same figures, on the exact same peg, in some cases for over 8 months. For sanity's sake we started to rearrange the pegs and turn figures backwards just so the spot doesn't look the same every time we go to our local Target, Wal-Mart, or Kmart.
• The final wave of 2012 being an ONLINE ONLY wave also contributes largely to our decision. Granted their is one, maybe two figures we want out of the line, this is still just too ridicules. This is also where price comes in again. We are already paying out the butt for figures on eBay and Amazon, but the retailers that carry Star Wars figures online, start their pricing out at $28, $30, $35 as well. What makes this final wave worth that price?!?! Do they walk or talk???

Yes hobbies, collections, are expensive, but we all need to keep in mind that these are kid's toys. Toys that if collectors can't get their grubby hands on, kids have no hope of ever seeing or playing with.

If Hasbro loses their licensing and/or someone that knows what they're doing over there is put in charge, we may (doubtful though) pickup collecting full time again.

-GJ

How Star Wars: The Clone Wars Must End

This post is about the ending of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, this has nothing to do with the fate of Ahsoka Tano (How Lucas Could Save Ahsoka Tano), or of Captain Rex; the decision on their fates will need to have already taken place.

For many, the ending of The Clone Wars series isn't that difficult to figure out, in fact, believe it or not, it's already been wrote and in print for just over ten years now!

Ladies and Gentleman, say hello to Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno (Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, Darth Plagueis)

The war is in the end game stages; Dooku, Grievous, and Sidious have played their cards and are now fine tuning their strategy for conquest; the Jedi are spread throughout the galaxy, their numbers running thin.

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are off chasing the Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, and the other Separatist leaders in the Outer Rim, in hopes of finding the mysterious Sith Lord.

Meanwhile back on Coruscant Grievous launches an attack upon the Republic capital and kidnaps Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

Kenobi and Skywalker learn that their on a wild goose chase and that they need to get back to Coruscant, where war now rages.

So let's break this down. We can do two episodes with Kenobi and Skywalker running around in the Outer Rim and Grievous preparing his attack on Coruscant.

Another episode for just the attack and kidnapping. And of course the failed Jedi rescue attempt would be included (awesome battle on a train between Grievous and Shaak Ti).

And a final episode with Kenobi and Skywalker realizing they've been had, and now need to get back to Coruscant.

The series concludes as we watch Kenobi and Skywalker race towards the battle above Coruscant, but just before they reach the battle the screen goes dark and the words "To Be Concluded In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" appear.

And that is how Star Wars: The Clone Wars must end. That and if you remember those 5 minute Clone Wars shorts, they ended their run along these lines too.

There is a little bit more that goes on in the Labyrinth of Evil novel, but it'd be just as easy to read the novel than to have it adapted over to the animated series.

Can you think of any other way for The Clone Wars animated series to end? Drop a comment below and let us know.

-GJ

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Who Doesn't Want One

This is a how-to article from JediCounsil.net on creating your very own lightsaber.

Hope you enjoy the article.

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