The New York Times is reporting that Disney has started production on a new Star Wars animated series. The television series will be called Star Wars Rebels and will be set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Disney described the series as taking place “in a time where the Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape.”
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An EA press release announced today that Electionic Arts, universally considered to be the worst video game company in existence, has been contracted to produce several years worth of video games based on the Star Wars franchise. The move is bewildering to Star Wars fans and video gamers, who generally despise EA for it’s despicable DRM practices, greedy use of microtransactions, and continuous release of the exact same sports games every single year with no notable enhancements other than a new roster. However, Disney executives claim there is a method to their madness.
Pfft. Star Wars? Who needs Star Wars when you’ve got Halo? Not Dark Horse! That’s for sure!
After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games. As a result of this change, we’ve had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles.
While many have wondered and speculated about the future of the Star Wars franchise at Dark Horse comics, it seems the publisher is only doubling down on stories based on George Lucas’ most famous creation. They recently started up a series by Brian Wood and Carlos D’anda that takes place in the gaps of the original movie trilogy, and now they’re giving Star Wars: Legacy, a series that takes place almost a century and a half after the first movie, another shot.
(via ohreviews)
On this episode of the podcast I was joined by the very awesome host of Shauncastic, Shaun Rosado! We talk about the creation of his podcast, love of Star Wars pretty early on, geek and nerd culture, working on the Women of Geekdom calender, Chris Hardwick, our issues with the new 52, Deadpool and just so much more!
