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Portfolio.com has snagged an interview with EA CEO John Riccitiello, who was willing to talk about EA’s two MMO projects. The first is, of course, Warhammer online. No news there. The second though, is…

"And the one that people are dying for us to talk to them about — in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it."
Does Riccitiello mean the oft rumored Knights of the Old Republic Online?  "Yes," he said.

So there you have it. KotOR online confirmed.

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Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly featured a new trailer for Lucasarts’ upcoming epic Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. In the trailer, the apprentice (That’s you) is shown doing all kinds of badass stuff, including wielding his lightsaber backhanded, tossing it through a tree and taking out some Wookies, using a giant metal post to whail on a walker, and even using his immense Force powers to crumple said walker up like it’s a piece of paper.

The trailer also shows some story elements including a love interest for the apprentice, the appearance an Obi-Wan-esque character who tries to turn him back to the light side of the Force, and what seems to be a climactic fight between the apprentice and Vader himself.

No release date is out just yet for this awesome-looking game, but hopefully when it hits shelves it will live up to how purely awesome this trailer is.

[From Entertainment Weekly and Kotaku]

We’ve already seen Darth Vader in action. Now we gets to see Yoda…

That’s my man right there. Darth Vader looked boring, Yoda looks fun. I could imagine him being a right bastard to fight against though. He’s so small that most attacks will probably go straight over his little green peanut head. It’s going to be interesting to see how throw and grapple animations look on Yoda. He’s of a completely different stature to the rest of the cast - so one does wonder.

If I had to choose between the PS3 and Xbox 360 version, I’d go for the 360. Yoda all the way!

Proceed on to watch how Darth Vader rolls in Soul Calibur IV. Stans and fan boys with weak bladders and bowels should proceed with caution…

There you have it! Nothing flashy about how he fights, but I guess it was what we all expected. Darth Vader was no Darth Maul in the fancy fighting department. I’m more amped for seeing Yoda in action, because I know he’ll be more interesting to watch and play as: with all his bouncing around, his speed and his grunts as he attacks and gets hit. Hopefully we’ll get a video of Yoda real soon and possibly one that shows off a couple of Darth Vader’s grapples and throws. You can always rely on Namco to give the Soul Calibur cast a cool looking, over- the-top grapple and throw to humiliate the poor sucker on the receiving end.

I also wonder what Darth Vader’s finishing move will be…

Now those bonus characters right there most definitely an upgrade from Soul Calibur II’s Heihachi and Spawn. I’d love to know how much Namco Bandai had to pay Lucas arts to include Yoda and Vader, because George would not whore those characters out for cheap.

Oddly enough Yoda actually looks like he fits in. Darth Vader, not so much. You can bet that Yoda is going to be as cheap as hell though. Not only will he be the smallest character in the game meaning that most horizontal attacks will go straight over his head, but he’ll probably be the fastest of the bunch and be able to use the force to push characters back and lob his lightsaber as a projectile. It’d be cool of Yoda and Vader both got their own stages too; something the bonus characters were denied in Soul Calibur II. They wouldn’t fit in with the look of the game whatsoever (unless Yoda’s stage was set on the planet of Dagobah), but it’d be cool none the less. Fitting in sometimes goes out of the window during fan service. Vader most definitely needs to have a stage set on top of a Star destoyer with lots of tie fighters and X-wings battling it out in the background as the Death stars looms in the distance. And of course it wouldn’t be complete without “The imperial march” as the stage’s theme song. Awww yeah!

Out of the many dull and dumb Star Wars parodies, out comes Chad Vader, shinning like a beautiful death star in the night sky! This series deals with Chad Vader, a sith lord working the day shift at a grocery store. His dealings with customers and fellow workers actually make you laugh! Now thats something you rarely hear on internet comedy these days. He even calls his boss ‘Emperor’! Here’s episode one for your viewing pleasure.

The show is produced by Channel 101, and if you want more of this (episode 2 is 10x better), I strongly suggest you visit their site.

[Channel 101 / Via BoingBoing]

“Keep Your Things Safe It Will” or so says the product description. Dress as Luke and carry a legendary Jedi Master in your back, if you don’t ascend to a higher plane of geekness then there is no geek good in the heavens! Truly the best ideas are those you look at and think “why didn’t i think about that?” This backpack from ThinkGeek. But a warning does come from Katherine at popgadget:

“take a tip from the ladies and stay away or at least hide it for only your most geeky guy moments. Unless of course you find that very special girl whose definition of ‘hunky’ includes soda gut and the ability to recite verbatim the Jedi Code.”

You heard the lady!

[ThinkGeek / Via BoingBoing]