That should make a few super Star Wars fans happy. Whenever a new game comes out you can always hear some of them begging for a black lightsaber.

Personally I could never figure out the fascination with a lightsaber that doesn't actually have light.

I don't think I have ever heard of anyone wanting a black lightsaber

A black lightsaber could say very big things about the extent to which someone has crossed to the dark side :P

They could totally work in that type of angle where a person with a Black Lightsaber has never been seen before and thus is the very essence of the dark side more so than any sith lord before them.

If I remember right one character in the SW universe had a white and another one had a black lightsaber, and mentioned it was very rare crystal to find and use.
And each lightsaber color has a meaning to it, for example red is evil which is for Sith, green is for like Mentors such as Yoda or Qui-Gon...etc.

I like erange, its for loners, exiles, rogues...that type of thing, which is my type.

Okay guys I think one of the outfits (or cheats if you are gonna use) the hooded outfit is this one


I hope it is this one or very similair to it.
That's the same outfit that showed in the debut trailer with him pulling down a Star Destroyer and then activated the lightsaber infront of it, so awesome.

^yep. it's been refined a bit, so it looks cooler. it also might be jedi flavored

i just got my copy of the graphic novel for the force unleashed and the art of the force unleashed.

all i can say is motherfucking WOW.

you guys are in for a fucking great story. which comes as no surprise because lucas was only a consultant and didn't have a big hand in writing the script.
the artbook for the game is fucking fantastic as well, very in-depth and a great look at the creative process for making a game.

i'd recommend buying both the graphic novel and the artbook if you're a star wars fan tired of Lucas' bullshite and ready for something awesome to come out of star wars. and of course the game as well =]

the makingof/artbook is really fucking astounding, you have to buy it.

honestly, having the ending spoiled for me wasn't that big of a deal because the real meat of the story lies in the center of it. so many twists and unexpected turns you'll be like "OMG WTF AWESOME".

the only thing i dont know about the story is(are?) the non-canon ending(s?)

and when looking through the artbook, if the stuff they showed in there regarding lightsabers is any indication, then we are in for a real nerdgasm.

XAL, you seen the new robe design?
Any chance of you taking a picture of it would really like to see it.

The art looks very cool, from the few video docs I seen.

But in SW the storys are usually very strong so I have avoided every single story based info I possibly can and I am doing it very good.

What is it with the whole lightsaber you are talking about?
I know Ahsoka holds the lightsaber like Starkiller which is cool.

I'll see if I can snap a pic or two, don't know if they'll remove it because it's a published book...

Every concept for custom hilts in the book is fucking batshit off the wall awesome. EVERY SINGLE ONE. If they include even 5 of those, fucking awesome. And seeing that they're putting in black and white lightsaber crystals, and talk about the importance of weapon customization in the artbook a lot - then we'll probably get a decent amount of hilts that look awesome.

FYI Rahm Kota's katana-esque hilt is fantastic - diamond pattern. Mandalorian samurai ftw

Apparently the Clone Wars team ripped off the reverse grip from the Force Unleashed team because they thought it was really cool.

XAL stop making them sound so awesome, now I am desperate to see how they look like!

I thought Count Dooku's hilt was pretty nice, I hope some of them look very awesome to look simple but very cool looking one.
I am not even sure if we can change lightsaber hilts, maybe they will give us more info soon or we will find out through the menu in the demo.

Anyway, I want those images now :)

Play as the Dark Lord himself...Darth Sidious!

It has been confirmed that if you pre-order the game for either PS3/360 at Amazon.com you get a cheat code to unlock Darth Sidious, crazy shit!
I knew LucasArts was a content type of junky, but not this much.

There is ONLY two things I want as far as content goes is to have double lightsaber or one of those double edged lightsabers like Darth Maul.

And Darth Maul type Sith robe outfit. I like the clothing around the waist floating and all, very cool to see in motion when attacking.


But other than that I am fine as far as content goes.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Force-Unleashed-...

damnit! that's a UK only promo. I'm surprised not a single US retailer has an online order promotion - apparently it's an instore promo at certain locations =\
(let me know what the code is when they send it to you =)
Christ, sounds like they might have enough playable character models to add a multiplayer mode and have a full stable of fighters.

So far - Proxy, Rahm Kota, Vader, Sidious, not to mention a ton of alt costumes for the apprentice, good lord what's next?

Lightsaber Hilts

Kashykk(?) costume. looks a lot like the one you posted above - more refined.

"Ultimate Evil" costume

can't really say the name of this one because it's sort of spoilerish even though they've talked about the location in the Vidocs...

Holy shit the scans are amazing XAL, thx!

Ok lets see...lightsaber hilt, I love the normal looking black one on the first image on second from top left...looks great!

Outfits...wow!

Some of them do look pretty nice no doubt about it.

On the first image I like all of them except the middle one.

The ultimate evil outfit...nah I don't like it so much.

Now to "Altair" outfit...LOVE it!

Seriously though I am planning on unlocking every outfit, skins, lightsaber crystal and hilt there is in the game, absolutely love it.

In the past few weeks I have been going through a SW movie marathon on DVD (except Ep1 and 2), and I saw Revenge of the Sith yesterday night to get even more hyped up for the demo...can't wait!

But like I said before, content wise...this is absolutely godly for a 3rd person action game.
I haven't seen another game within this genre and style have so much various outfits, playable characters and different lightsaber hilts...etc.

Considering LucasArts doesn't do CG in the cutscenes, it's gonna be like NG2...whatever outfit you choose, that will be in the cutscene.

Now I have like 2-4 favorite outfit.

I wish the white outfit wasen't so spoliering because I want to get it on my first playthrough (unless one of the codes are actually unlocking this).

Again, thx for the scans, looks great, and I can't wait to play the demo and pre-order the game as soon as possible.

One thing that bothers me that they haven't talked about at all is the DualShock3 support with Rumble.

If it has rumble support then I will buy a DS3 as soon as possible, so I hope Lucasarts aren't lazy with that.

The demo is up and its 905 MB.

And of course MS screws the Silver members up in the ass with the whole one week waiting.

Going download now! Thanks :D

60% yayyyyyyyyyyy

My Gold account went out last week, and I am pissed that Sony is uploading their shit every thursday and always late.
but hey atleast i am not paying for the damn demo (yes, technically we are paying for the demo to get it right away).

I just wish Sony would upload now, but something tells me its gonna be in a few hours (*sad face*)

But hey XAL, some impressions from you would be very nice.

Damn it MS, 1 week WAIT! (&^!@#(@(#!@(&*#^!(@*&#^(*!@^#(*!@^#(*!@^#(&!^#@(&^!@#(&^!@(&#^!(&@#^(&!#^(!&#@^!(@*&#^(!*&@#^(*!^@#

That or...pay up.
It's a "free" demo alright.
One week after, then its FREE.

It's a short demo but it proves that the combat works and is ridiculously fun.

Tossing stormtroopers 400 feet in the air is just too fun.

End boss battle is an AT-ST instead of Kota, whom you don't see.

Comes in 3 difficulty flavors at the start. fun fun fun

Yeah I read that the demo is short.
But I don't care, I know that a demo is justa taste of how the game is gonna be like while the full one will be full fledged customization and upgrades with the force powers and lightsaber.

But, if the demo makes me have fun, that is what I am counting on.
The videos are awesome from my point of view so I know what its gonna be like later on, so I know I will have fun with the demo, a shame its one of those short ones (Heavenly Sword).

By the way, any other options in it like customization section or other stuff, like upgrade menu...etc.?

Besides, XAL I don't think the end boss of the TIE Fighter facility is a AT-ST, I think thats a mini boss compared to Kota as a main boss.

I wonder if the PS3 version have DS3 rumble feature in it and if it has any Sixaxis feature.

I hope there is a good music theme during the menu and all, I want to rip it and listen to them :)
The composer did SW Knights of the Old Republic, so its gonna be great.

More impessions!!! stuck at work :((((

:)

Just played demo twice.

Its really fun! Loved the demo.

Gameplay its what expect from watching videos. So great, use force, pick up enemies throw them, or pick up objects and throw them.

Pretty cool detail, if you destroy windows you see air being sucked up, then a metal window comes down :D

Part where Tie fighters, are atatcking us, we can push a piece of the metal to the area tie fighter comes, so when they come to attack us they hit metal post and boom :p

Fight AT-ST was pretty cool, after you damage him quite well, you have to press buttons (for example like in God of war), and it delivers finishing blow, awesome.

This was a great demo. We have an idea how game is going to play, and makes us want more!

Full game going to be great. Cant wait now!

I'm a one console permagold live subber so it's nice know I get some perks for my dollar ;) but I feel your pain.. i'm stuck in the office scouring forums for impressions!! :)

More impressions.

It's a very short demo, it literally just gives a bit of a tease!

It's everything I hoped for. Combat is simple but damn is it rewarding. Tossing stormtroopers and rebel soldiers hundreds of feet in any direction (my fave is straight up), throwing lightsabers into them, shooting them with lighting and throwing them into other baddies like a lightning bomb.

It's balanced, force meter depletes somewhat quickly, forcing you to use lightsaber combat and not just kill everything from afar. Lightsaber combat is fun - stringing together combos implementing lightning, force push, or both. And I almost missed it but you can do throws too, and man do those look cool.

QTE on the AT-ST isn't super frustrating like QTE's in other games, if you screw up you attack and then do it over. And man the payoff for those 3 simple button presses is a cauterized AT-ST sliced up the center - damn it's cool.

Comes with 3 difficulties and 1 tutorial for force push in addition.

After playing through once on easy and getting a handle on the controls, hard mode didn't prove to be too much of a challenge. You really can't be careless at all and have to rape everything in sight as quickly as possible because taking too many hits drains the hell out of your HP bar. Enemies that deal heavy damage suck your life away super fast so you have to dispatch them quickly and keep on the move.

Combos for reference (360):

A-Jump
B-Force Push
X-Saber Strike
Y-Force Lightning

A+X=Throw
XXXXX - basic combo
XXYYY - long lightning combo
XXXB - saberstikes leading you to hit your opponent like a home run
XXBB - saber strikes leading to an area of effect force ground strike that throws enemies into the air (i have yet to do some air combos, let you know when i figure it out)
Press X over a downed enemy to execute them with a stab
XB - saber strike to enemy force push

All of the combos somewhat apply for when you're in the air, holding X causes you to do a era of effect ground strike.

there are dozens of variants to all of those, as well incorporating holds vs tapping

Then off of force grip you can shoot them with lighting, throw your saber at them, or force push them away (though flinging them at the ceiling or at other enemies is more fun)