Star Wars

By Alice Fortt on January 24, 2021 Features, Film I don’t think there is a film out there that generated as much hype, hope and wasted potential as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Released a whopping 32 years after the end of the original trilogy with Star Wars: Return of the…

K-2SO in Rogue One (Credit: Lucasfilm)Alan Tudyk has opened up about filming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, admitting that it was a challenge to make the blockbuster because the script repeatedly changed. However, despite this candid admission, Tudyk told Collider that he is still looks “back on it fondly.”…

DUN DUN DUN dun DUN-DUN dun DUN-DUN. Device OrchestraFor over three decades, the “Imperial March” has held its place as one of the most recognized and celebrated songs of all time. And now, thanks to Device Orchestra, we can enjoy the iconic theme from Star Wars performed by a toaster,…

by Brad Shoemaker on January 22, 2021On some level, video games seem like just about the last thing that merits discussion right now, but let's get down to the list anyway. Brad Shoemaker hates discussing himself and would rather let the below list do the talking. This year was shit.…

On this week's episode of IGN's PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Lucy O'Brien to discuss all the big Lucasfilm Games news for the week.The cast discusses Ubisoft's newly announced Star Wars games, what we expect to see from EA's continued…

UPDATE: 19m players recruited. UPDATE 26/1/21: 19 million players took advantage of Star Wars Battlefront 2's Epic Games Store promotion, EA revealed last night. No wonder those servers struggled. We don't always hear how well an Epic Games Store freebie has done - but it's likely EA will be pleased by…

With the revival of the Lucasfilm Games banner earlier this week and multiple game announcements, including a Ubisoft-developed Star Wars one, the galaxy far, far away is broadening outside the walls of EA Studios. And while the announcement may not be surprising given the turbulent stewardship of Star Wars at…

Epic Games If you're a gamer, or you just visit The Cheapskate occasionally, you already know that Epic Games gives away a free game every Thursday. Each week is a new treat, with past weeks dispensing such gems as GTA 5, Borderlands 2, Hitman and Watch Dogs 2. This week. Epic has queued…

EA's Star Wars: Battlefront II is the latest free game on the Epic Games Store. The game's release has proven to be extremely popular, it seems, as EA has needed to introduce additional server capacity to accomodate the huge influx in players. This has also led to some error messages.…

Freebie: If you've been steering clear of Battlefront 2 due to the microtransaction controversy that surrounded it on launch, now might be your chance to give it a try. The game is pretty entertaining these days, by all accounts, and you can snag its Celebration Edition for the low, low…