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The Los Angeles Times&#8217; &#8220;Hero Complex&#8221; blog talked recently with Hayden Blackman, the game&#8217;s project leader, about the possibility of the game, which features the rise of Darth Vader and his secret lost apprentice Starkiller immediately after the events of the film &#8220;Revenge Of The Sith,&#8221; hitting the silver screen.  He told the paper;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s not impossible. Never say never. George [Lucas] has looked to tell new &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; stories through the games and with the entire Star Wars Expanded Universe, and then he has also shown a willingness to let the characters come into the films. Look at Aayla Secura, a creation in the [Dark Horse} comic books who became part of the theatrical films.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Star Wars: The Force Unleashed&#8221;, which is being touted as a multimedia project consisting of the game itself as well as tie-in comics, a novel, and action figures stemming from the projects&#8217; characters, was released in stores September 16th  from LucasArts, following previous releases of the novelized form and graphic novel in August. <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for more Star Wars news.<\/p>\n<p>By Costa Koutsoutis, (Source: io9.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors at George Lucas&#8217;s Skywalker Ranch might be pointing to yet another movie joining the Star Wars franchise, as the popularity of the newly-released Star Wars universe game &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Unleashed&#8221; has got tongues wagging. 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