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New Jedi Knight game! JEDI ACADEMY

post #1 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:46pm
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Press release follows:
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – April 3, 2003 -- Continuing the epic legacy of the critically and commercially acclaimed Jedi Knight action game series, LucasArts, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, announces Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy for Windows PC and the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft. Expected for release fall 2003, this latest chapter in one of interactive entertainment's most celebrated game series extends the partnership between LucasArts and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), through its developer Raven Software.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the follow up to Star Wars® Jedi Knight® II: Jedi Outcast™, the best selling premium priced PC game in America, United Kingdom, and Germany upon initial release in 2002.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is a dynamic single and multiplayer action experience featuring an all-new epic story. Players are immersed in the role of apprentice at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy where they learn the power – and danger – of the Force. Amidst a multitude of complex and richly detailed Star Wars environments, including twice as many unique locales as those in Star Wars: Jedi Outcast, players face a variety of powerful and insidious enemies.

For the first time in a Jedi Knight series game, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy allows players to create and customize their own characters by choosing various characteristics including species, gender, clothing, and physical attributes such as hair and facial features. In addition, players can create a custom lightsaber, selecting from hilt and blade color. As apprentices progress in their training, different lightsabers will become available, such as the double-bladed lightsaber or dual lightsabers.

"With the overwhelming success and critical acclaim of Star Wars: Jedi Outcast, continuing an alliance with Activision and Raven Software was a clear and very easy decision," says Simon Jeffery, president of LucasArts. "As they did with its best selling predecessor, Raven will bring to Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy innovative, dynamic, and challenging game play that honors the well-respected legacy of the series."

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy begins shortly after the conclusion of events in Star Wars: Jedi Outcast. Players create a Jedi apprentice character and join the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 to learn the ways of the Force under the tutelage of Luke Skywalker and Kyle Katarn. While the young apprentice embarks on various missions to hone their skills and abilities, a mysterious group is discovered creating havoc throughout the galaxy. Until order is restored, the fate of the Jedi Academy – and the future of the Star Wars galaxy itself – hangs precariously in the balance.

While players will be able to accomplish more by using the lightsaber in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, they also will have a variety of weapons - new and old - at their disposal including a blaster, blaster rifle, Wookiee bowcaster, Imperial repeater, and a Destructive Electro-Magnetic Pulse gun.

A unique level selection system allows players to choose their own path through the game as well as the missions they undertake to improve their Jedi skills. The game will add new multiplayer modes and bring back the most popular modes from Star Wars: Jedi Outcast.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy will be published and distributed by LucasArts in North America. Activision will publish and distribute the game in all other territories worldwide.
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Definitely sounds interesting to me. The Jedi Knight series definitely is a great one.
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post #2 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:50pm
YES.
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post #3 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:54pm
Let's just hope it won't need a Doom III type config.
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post #4 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:54pm
Yay! Jedi Outcast was one of my favorite games of last year. I hope they do something special with the multiplayer. Think about a UT Assault style Endor level, with the one attacking team of Rebels and a team of Imperials defending the shield generator.
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post #5 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:54pm
Yay! Jedi Outcast was one of my favorite games of last year. I hope they do something special with the multiplayer. Think about a UT Assault style Endor level, with the one attacking team of Rebels and a team of Imperials defending the shield generator.

Edit: Can I get a link to the press release?

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post #6 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:55pm
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It's also for Xbox if you're worried about PC requirements. But damn. Finally my chance to be a padawan. This'll be great.
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post #7 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:56pm
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Press Release link: <a href="http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/pressrelease.asp?id=1986" target="_blank">http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/pressrelease.asp?id=1986</a>
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post #8 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:57pm
Quote:
Gruber: The Night Stalker:
Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy
Now why did I go to regular college?! Why was I not made aware this was an option?!
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post #9 of 29
4/3/03 at 5:59pm
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POST OF THE MILLENIUM.
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post #10 of 29
4/4/03 at 4:18am
Fuck Doom III, this has become my most awaited title of the year.
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post #11 of 29
4/4/03 at 11:34am
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Official site: <a href="http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/" target="_blank">http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/</a>
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post #12 of 29
4/4/03 at 12:07pm
Those double lightsabers look totally sweet. The graphics look very similar to JKII, but the detail given to the characters and the sabers is amazing.
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post #13 of 29
4/4/03 at 12:46pm
This screenshot shows why this game will rule. Somebody finally realized the infinite appeal of Bossk.
<a href="http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/images/screens/2.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/images/screens/2.jpg</a>
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post #14 of 29
4/4/03 at 4:36pm
These two games are the two I have played continually while having a computer. I will totaly get this.

Awesome!
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post #15 of 29
4/4/03 at 5:49pm
Now, what we need is a re-release of Dark Forces, still the best one in the trilogy. My brother destroyed my CD of it last year, and I've been craving a playing of it lately.
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post #16 of 29
4/5/03 at 4:40am
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I doubt thats actually THE Bossk. It's probably a Trandoshan. The game looks very similar to Jedi Knight II. I think this is on the Quake 3 engine, as the previous game was.
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post #17 of 29
4/5/03 at 6:13pm
A new Jedi Knight game is always cool, but Jedi Academy doesn't really look significantly different from Jedi Outcast, graphics-wise or otherwise.
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post #18 of 29
4/5/03 at 7:59pm
Hey captain, I heard that someone is working on a total conversion for Jedi Knight that will turn the game into the original dark forces. You might want to check it out.
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post #19 of 29
4/5/03 at 8:13pm
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So, what race will you guys be, and what will your jedi costume be? I'll be human, and I hope you get jedi robes.
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post #20 of 29
4/5/03 at 10:29pm
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Gruber: Rebel Spy:
I doubt thats actually THE Bossk. It's probably a Trandoshan. The game looks very similar to Jedi Knight II. I think this is on the Quake 3 engine, as the previous game was.
If that's not THE Bossk then that dude stole Bossk's clothes and deserves to die anyhow.
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post #21 of 29
4/7/03 at 8:04am
This is due in the Fall? Man, they sat on this sucker for a while. It must've been in development for at least a year already.

Looks good, but I'd prefer a straight sequel to Outcast.
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post #22 of 29
8/23/03 at 3:38pm
<a href="http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/" target="_blank">http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/</a>

Hot damn this is looking fine!
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post #23 of 29
8/23/03 at 3:50pm
Quote:
Gruber: Rebel Spy:
I doubt thats actually THE Bossk. It's probably a Trandoshan. The game looks very similar to Jedi Knight II. I think this is on the Quake 3 engine, as the previous game was.
Might be Bossk.

Yes this puppy is running o the Quake 3 engine and yes you get to customize of whole lotta sh*t
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post #24 of 29
8/23/03 at 8:02pm
Yeah, it does look pretty good. But something tells me it would have seemed better had it come out BEFORE KotOR.

By coming out pretty much right after the release of KotOR (at least for X-Box owners) JEDI ACADEMY has its work cut out for it. But, yeah, I'll be picking it up too.
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post #25 of 29
8/24/03 at 7:02am
Quote:
otisthecat:
Quote:
Gruber: The Night Stalker:
Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy
Now why did I go to regular college?! Why was I not made aware this was an option?!
If they don't get Hamill back to voice Luke, they're missing a massive opportunity.
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post #26 of 29
8/24/03 at 1:45pm
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From the sound of him in the latest trailer its the same guy who did his voice in Rogue Squadron and Jedi Outcast.
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post #27 of 29
8/24/03 at 5:51pm
Funny thing is I have gotten used to that voice now.
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post #28 of 29
8/24/03 at 5:52pm
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I agree. I have no problem with that particular voice actor. He's great.
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post #29 of 29
8/25/03 at 5:07pm
I've had a chance to play this lately, and it is damn good.
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