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SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After the Cartoon Network debut of their first-ever original television special, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again to bring LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace to Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Launching on September 16, the 22-minute original standalone special will feature the charm, action and irreverent humor that have become the signature style of LEGO Star Wars animation collaborations and will include five LEGO Star Wars...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After the runaway success of their wildly popular building sets, video game collaborations and animated shorts, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again for an all-new adventure - their first-ever original television special. Premiering on Cartoon Network on Friday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) in high-definition computer animation, the 30-minute original standalone special - LEGO® Star Wars: The Padawan Menace - will feature...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Wars(TM) creator George Lucas and Disney President and CEO Bob Iger wielded lightsabers amid a legion of stormtroopers Friday to open "Star Tours - The Adventures Continue," a new 3-D adventure at Walt Disney World Resort. A cast of hundreds of Star Wars characters and performers - including Anthony Daniels, who has played the golden droid C-3PO since the first film debuted in 1977 - converged on Disney's Hollywood Studios for the...
LONDON, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lego Star Wars 3 is the next big computer game due to be released this coming March by Tesco Entertainment. It is the latest Lucas Arts and TT Games production of the formidable partnership between Lego and Star Wars. The game will be released on PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PC and 3DS consoles. Lego Star Wars 3 is based on the The Clone Wars animated TV series and is the most action packed Lego Star Wars game yet. There are feature missions from the...
SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., in collaboration with TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), today announced that Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures(TM), a free-to-play family-friendly online virtual world, is now available for Macintosh® Platform users at www.CloneWarsAdventures.com. Clone Wars Adventures is an action-packed browser-based virtual world where fans...
SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., have announced that the Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures(TM) Galactic Passport is now available for purchase at major North American retailers for the suggested retail price of $19.99. The all-new retail package includes a 90-day premium Jedi Membership, 500 Station Cash(TM), the exclusive Togruta playable character species, a Yoda bobblehead monitor...
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- To give the most loyal alliance of Star Wars and DROID smartphone fans a sneak peek and chance to win or buy the limited edition DROID R2-D2 smartphone, Verizon Wireless is hosting a Star Wars costume contest/party September 29 in four select Florida locations just before the phone goes on sale online across the country. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100928/FL72814 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100928/FL72814 )...
SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., today announced that Star Wars(®): Clone Wars Adventures((TM)) has registered one million users one week after launch on September 15. Clone Wars Adventures is a free-to-play, family-friendly online virtual world based on the popular Cartoon Network animated series, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." "We are thrilled to have hit the one...
SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures(TM), a free-to-play family-friendly online virtual world from Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., is now available to play at www.CloneWarsAdventures.com. Clone Wars Adventures is an action-packed browser-based virtual world where fans can live out the thrills and excitement of Star Wars®: The Clone Wars(TM) animated TV series on...
It's not easy to get to a galaxy far, far away using engines powered by just liquid hydrogen and oxygen. So, NASA should develop a hyperdrive that would power astronauts through the cosmos at light speed, "Star Wars" makers and fans advised agency representatives Aug. 13 during the movie franchise's Celebration V in Orlando, Fla."The ultimate would be being able to travel faster than the speed of light and the whole hyperspace business that science fiction writers have been writing about...
