A few matches into a preview demo of Star Wars Hunters, the new multiplayer hero shooter from developer Zynga, the mobile touch-screen controls really start to click. Let’s be clear up front: I almost exclusively play on consoles with a controller, so it takes me a pummeling or two (or three) in the 4v4 shooter to get the hang of the movement, aiming, and special abilities on an iPhone screen. But it’s easy to get hooked by the world of Hunters even before you get good, especially if you’re already Star Wars fan. From the few hours I played the game with developers and fellow members of the press, it’s clear that the team at Zynga have made something that really feels like it belongs in Star Wars.
The game is set on a new Outer Rim planet called Vespaara, the location of the Grand Arena,...
The game is set on a new Outer Rim planet called Vespaara, the location of the Grand Arena,...
- 5/31/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Ubisoft found themselves in hot water recently when it was revealed that one of the missions featuring Jabba the Hutt in the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws game would be sold as day one Dlc and locked behind a pricey paywall and the game’s special edition. Understandably this went on to cause much anger in the community, especially as Jabba has featured heavily in marketing to this point.
The games industry is at a very interesting point, the last few years have seen an increase in games as a service, micro-transactions, and Dlc. There has also been even more pushback from players, as games seem to be more about being vehicles used to make a quick buck, than being actual creative endeavors from studios that want to make a stamp on the medium.
Star Wars Outlaws was looking great until…
Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws Dlc has caused much controversy...
The games industry is at a very interesting point, the last few years have seen an increase in games as a service, micro-transactions, and Dlc. There has also been even more pushback from players, as games seem to be more about being vehicles used to make a quick buck, than being actual creative endeavors from studios that want to make a stamp on the medium.
Star Wars Outlaws was looking great until…
Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws Dlc has caused much controversy...
- 4/27/2024
- by Dustin.C
- FandomWire
Ubisoft’s single-player Star Wars Outlaws will have a season pass, meaning players will have to pay more money to unlock a Jabba the Hutt mission.
Despite being a single-player affair, Ubisoft’s much-anticipated action sandbox Star Wars Outlaws will have a season pass. This is, as you’re probably aware, a polite term meaning that extra stuff is locked away behind a paywall.
In the case of Star Wars Outlaws, this extra stuff includes a mission featuring Jabba the Hutt – a character whose presence in the game has been heavily trailed since it was revealed last year.
On Ubisoft’s website, it plainly states that certain elements of the game – most prominently the Jabba’s Gambit mission – will only be accessible at launch for customers who buy the more expensive Gold or Ultimate editions. These cost £104.99 and £119.99 respectively.
“Play the exclusive Jabba’s Gambit mission at launch,” the site...
Despite being a single-player affair, Ubisoft’s much-anticipated action sandbox Star Wars Outlaws will have a season pass. This is, as you’re probably aware, a polite term meaning that extra stuff is locked away behind a paywall.
In the case of Star Wars Outlaws, this extra stuff includes a mission featuring Jabba the Hutt – a character whose presence in the game has been heavily trailed since it was revealed last year.
On Ubisoft’s website, it plainly states that certain elements of the game – most prominently the Jabba’s Gambit mission – will only be accessible at launch for customers who buy the more expensive Gold or Ultimate editions. These cost £104.99 and £119.99 respectively.
“Play the exclusive Jabba’s Gambit mission at launch,” the site...
- 4/16/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws was being hailed as the game that fans of the franchises needed and deserved. The story trailer and gameplay walkthrough have given gamers a glimpse at the rarely explored underground elements within the story.
Well, as with almost everything Ubisoft, this title too has landed in some controversy. It seems the company is implementing some unpopular practices it’s learned from Dragon’s Dogma 2. However, it is doing so in the worst way possible, as a titular and much-awaited mission is now locked behind a season pass.
Get Ready to Pay Extra to Access All the Content in Star Wars Outlaws
Money is the only way players can meet Jabba.
It’s safe to say microtransactions are not popular among gamers. While common in multiplayer and live-service games, developers are now implementing them in single-player titles as well. While it makes sense for live-service titles,...
Well, as with almost everything Ubisoft, this title too has landed in some controversy. It seems the company is implementing some unpopular practices it’s learned from Dragon’s Dogma 2. However, it is doing so in the worst way possible, as a titular and much-awaited mission is now locked behind a season pass.
Get Ready to Pay Extra to Access All the Content in Star Wars Outlaws
Money is the only way players can meet Jabba.
It’s safe to say microtransactions are not popular among gamers. While common in multiplayer and live-service games, developers are now implementing them in single-player titles as well. While it makes sense for live-service titles,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Sagar Nerala
- FandomWire
Although it's now seen as "Episode VI" in an ever-expanding multimedia saga, 1983's "Return of the Jedi," when it was made and first released, was considered to be the grand conclusion to the "Star Wars" Original Trilogy.
As such, there is a wealth of material there to mull over within the film, material that's only become more interesting since the movie was released. Take the opening act, for instance, set in and around the Hutt gangster Jabba's sail barge and the rescue of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from it via an intricate, multi-step plan seemingly known only to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Jabba's penchant for capturing an attractive female of any species, chaining her to himself and using her for his amusement is appropriate for such a (literally) slimy character, yet becomes problematic when he does it to Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher).
Like most subtextual issues in media,...
As such, there is a wealth of material there to mull over within the film, material that's only become more interesting since the movie was released. Take the opening act, for instance, set in and around the Hutt gangster Jabba's sail barge and the rescue of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from it via an intricate, multi-step plan seemingly known only to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Jabba's penchant for capturing an attractive female of any species, chaining her to himself and using her for his amusement is appropriate for such a (literally) slimy character, yet becomes problematic when he does it to Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher).
Like most subtextual issues in media,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
By my count, there have been approximately eight billion "Star Wars" movies announced or rumored over the last few years. The "Game of Thrones" guys were going to make a trilogy (until it got canceled). Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige was developing a "Star Wars" project (it never really got off the ground). "Wonder Woman" director Patty Jenkins was going to direct "Star Wars: Rogue Squadron" (that's been shelved too). Supposedly we still might get movies from Taika Waititi and Rian Johnson one day. And then there are the three movies announced at Star Wars Celebration this year, from directors James Mangold, Dave Filoni, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Somewhere in that long list of names is beloved genre movie director Guillermo del Toro, who has collected three Oscars so far and won the hearts of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy fans all over the world. Del Toro was originally approached to direct "Star Wars: Episode VII,...
Somewhere in that long list of names is beloved genre movie director Guillermo del Toro, who has collected three Oscars so far and won the hearts of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy fans all over the world. Del Toro was originally approached to direct "Star Wars: Episode VII,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Before Disney scrapped the idea, Guillermo Del Toro was poised to direct a Star Wars film centered on Jabba the Hutt.
The director confirmed the plans in an interview with Collider. The film was written by David Goyer (The Dark Knight trilogy) about four years ago, but was ultimately canned for unexplained reasons.
“In the last moment, things go away. I’ve had it happen many, many, many times,” Del Toro said. “We had the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, so I was super happy. We were doing a lot of stuff, and then — it’s not my property, it’s not my money. It’s one of those 30 screenplays that goes away.”
Del Toro continued, “Sometimes I’m bitter, sometimes I’m not. I always turn to my team and say, ‘Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world, we designed great stuff, we learned.
The director confirmed the plans in an interview with Collider. The film was written by David Goyer (The Dark Knight trilogy) about four years ago, but was ultimately canned for unexplained reasons.
“In the last moment, things go away. I’ve had it happen many, many, many times,” Del Toro said. “We had the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, so I was super happy. We were doing a lot of stuff, and then — it’s not my property, it’s not my money. It’s one of those 30 screenplays that goes away.”
Del Toro continued, “Sometimes I’m bitter, sometimes I’m not. I always turn to my team and say, ‘Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world, we designed great stuff, we learned.
- 10/9/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
Guillermo del Toro’s Jabba the Hutt?
Yes, it could have happened.
The filmmaker confirmed during a Q&a presented by Collider that he was at one time working on a Star Wars movie that would center on the notorious crime lord, who lived on the planet Tatooine (where Luke Skywalker was raised, and his father before him). Del Toro was working on the project with screenwriter David S. Goyer, who first teased the news last month on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
“There was just a lot of behind [the scenes] stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time,” Goyer said on the podcast. “But it’s a cool script.”
In response, Del Toro tweeted at the time: “True. Can’t say much. Maybe two letters ‘J’ and ‘Bb’ is that three letters?”
Now, Del Toro has confirmed that the project did, in fact, revolve around Jabba.
“We had the rise...
Yes, it could have happened.
The filmmaker confirmed during a Q&a presented by Collider that he was at one time working on a Star Wars movie that would center on the notorious crime lord, who lived on the planet Tatooine (where Luke Skywalker was raised, and his father before him). Del Toro was working on the project with screenwriter David S. Goyer, who first teased the news last month on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
“There was just a lot of behind [the scenes] stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time,” Goyer said on the podcast. “But it’s a cool script.”
In response, Del Toro tweeted at the time: “True. Can’t say much. Maybe two letters ‘J’ and ‘Bb’ is that three letters?”
Now, Del Toro has confirmed that the project did, in fact, revolve around Jabba.
“We had the rise...
- 10/9/2023
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Barry Sonnenfeld's 1997 film "Men in Black" was the highest-grossing film (domestically) of 1997. Derived from then-hip urban legends about alien abductions and the suit-clad mystery men called in to cover up the evidence, "Men in Black" hit a sweet spot with audiences, blending sci-fi mayhem, quirky special effects, and the sheer overwhelming star power of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to create one of the decade's defining blockbusters. Although the more significant cinematic advances of the decade were being made within a growing, robust indie scene, over on the studio side of the fence, audiences were in the mood for high-profile sci-fi. 1996 saw the ultra-success of "Independence Day," and films like "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Armageddon" made almost half a billion between them.
Geeks were also at the beginning of an ascendency, as proven by the 1997 release of the "Star Wars" Special Editions. Filmmaker George Lucas, armed...
Geeks were also at the beginning of an ascendency, as proven by the 1997 release of the "Star Wars" Special Editions. Filmmaker George Lucas, armed...
- 10/8/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Guillermo del Toro almost entered a galaxy far, far away by helming a “Star Wars” film.
Screenwriter David Goyer said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he wrote a “Star Wars” script that del Toro was going to direct back in 2019. However, Lucasfilm decided to shelve the project.
“I wrote an unproduced ‘Star Wars’ movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct. That was about four years ago,” Goyer said. “There was just a lot of behind stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time but it’s a cool script. There’s a lot of cool artwork from it that was produced.”
Goyer added, “And then I have also wrote an unproduced, I have a script treatment, for an origins of the Jedi movie also for ‘Star Wars’ that I wrote for them that took place 25,000 years before the first ‘Star Wars’ film. I got to do the Vader Immortal VR thing,...
Screenwriter David Goyer said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he wrote a “Star Wars” script that del Toro was going to direct back in 2019. However, Lucasfilm decided to shelve the project.
“I wrote an unproduced ‘Star Wars’ movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct. That was about four years ago,” Goyer said. “There was just a lot of behind stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time but it’s a cool script. There’s a lot of cool artwork from it that was produced.”
Goyer added, “And then I have also wrote an unproduced, I have a script treatment, for an origins of the Jedi movie also for ‘Star Wars’ that I wrote for them that took place 25,000 years before the first ‘Star Wars’ film. I got to do the Vader Immortal VR thing,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
To the list of Great Unmade Guillermo del Toro projects, already a pile of scripts so high it's taller than Ron Perlman, we can add Star Wars. Because according to David S. Goyer, who appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he wrote a script for a film set in that galaxy far, far away for Gdt.
"I wrote an unproduced Star Wars movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct," Goyer told host Josh Horowitz. "It was about four years ago." Goyer wouldn't be drawn on the script's focus, adding only that it was a "cool script", but del Toro appeared to confirm via social media that it would have seen him finally tackle a Jabba the Hutt story.
"This is not real —this is me as a fat geek just geeking out and talking about it," he told Yahoo Movies back in 2015. "I would do the sort...
"I wrote an unproduced Star Wars movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct," Goyer told host Josh Horowitz. "It was about four years ago." Goyer wouldn't be drawn on the script's focus, adding only that it was a "cool script", but del Toro appeared to confirm via social media that it would have seen him finally tackle a Jabba the Hutt story.
"This is not real —this is me as a fat geek just geeking out and talking about it," he told Yahoo Movies back in 2015. "I would do the sort...
- 9/21/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Well, “Star Wars” fans, the rumors were true. In a new interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, screenwriter David S. Goyer confirmed he wrote not just one but two unproduced scripts for Lucasfilm. And one of those projects was a movie about Jabba The Hutt for Guillermo del Toro. For fans who don’t remember, Gdt hinted he wanted to make a “The Godfather“-like movie for the Tattooine crime lord five or so years ago.
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Continue reading David S. Goyer Says He Wrote Two Unproduced Scripts For ‘Star Wars’ Including A Jabba The Hutt Spin-Off For Guillermo Del Toro at The Playlist.
- 9/21/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Guillermo del Toro, the acclaimed director of The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Hellboy, has revealed that he was once in talks to direct a Star Wars movie written by David Goyer, the screenwriter of The Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel, and Blade1. The project, however, never came to fruition, and del Toro has since moved on to other ventures.
Now there are reports that this collaboration might happen in the near future.
Del Toro’s Star Wars movie was not part of the main saga, but rather a standalone spin-off film that would focus on one of the most iconic and notorious characters in the galaxy: Jabba the Hutt. Del Toro had envisioned a Godfather-like saga that would explore Jabba’s rise to power as a crime lord and his complex relationships with his family, rivals, and allies2.
Del Toro first mentioned his idea for a Jabba...
Now there are reports that this collaboration might happen in the near future.
Del Toro’s Star Wars movie was not part of the main saga, but rather a standalone spin-off film that would focus on one of the most iconic and notorious characters in the galaxy: Jabba the Hutt. Del Toro had envisioned a Godfather-like saga that would explore Jabba’s rise to power as a crime lord and his complex relationships with his family, rivals, and allies2.
Del Toro first mentioned his idea for a Jabba...
- 9/21/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
- https://thecinemanews.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4649
You know the laugh. You know the beady little eyes and floppy ears. The little Kowakian monkey-lizard Salacious B. Crumb may have been on the wrong side of things in 1983's "Star Wars: Episode IV — Return of the Jedi," but somehow Jabba the Hutt's tiny jester has become a fan favorite over the years. To be fair, he always was. The diminutive cackler was the talk of the playground when I was little, and rightly so.
In case you have somehow managed to exist in the world without seeing this film (and I know there are some of you out there), Salacious B. Crumb is perched at Jabba's side in the film as the crime lord baits a mostly blind Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and captures Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), chaining her to his side. Crumb helps with the mockery by repeating things Jabba says, and his laugh is ... well,...
In case you have somehow managed to exist in the world without seeing this film (and I know there are some of you out there), Salacious B. Crumb is perched at Jabba's side in the film as the crime lord baits a mostly blind Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and captures Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), chaining her to his side. Crumb helps with the mockery by repeating things Jabba says, and his laugh is ... well,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
This Post Contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Pirate.”
The Mandalorian is a show that likes to keep things simple whenever possible. And it’s hard to imagine a more fundamentally simple story than “heroes rescue community under siege by pirates.” It’s a framework the show has used very successfully in the past, going all the way back to Mando and Cara Dune’s initial team-up early in Season One. In many ways, “The Pirate” leans hard into this kind of straightforward, classical adventure structure.
The Mandalorian is a show that likes to keep things simple whenever possible. And it’s hard to imagine a more fundamentally simple story than “heroes rescue community under siege by pirates.” It’s a framework the show has used very successfully in the past, going all the way back to Mando and Cara Dune’s initial team-up early in Season One. In many ways, “The Pirate” leans hard into this kind of straightforward, classical adventure structure.
- 3/29/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This post contains spoilers for the second episode of "The Mandalorian" season 3.
There are some freaky creatures and robots in the "Star Wars" universe, but the cyborg creation in the latest episode of "The Mandalorian" is one of the freakiest to grace the franchise. If it looks a little familiar, that might be because it's the work of "Star Wars" special effects maestro Phil Tippett, who helped create some of the ground-breaking VFX tech that brought the original trilogy to life, like the At-at walkers and the Battle of Hoth. Tippett recently blew people's minds with his stop-motion feature film, "Mad God," which took him 30 years to finish and release, and he lent his incredible skills to an episode of Rian Johnson's Peacock series "Poker Face," with multiple stop-motion creations coming to life in terrifying glory.
In the second episode of season 3 of "The Mandalorian," our hero Din Djarin...
There are some freaky creatures and robots in the "Star Wars" universe, but the cyborg creation in the latest episode of "The Mandalorian" is one of the freakiest to grace the franchise. If it looks a little familiar, that might be because it's the work of "Star Wars" special effects maestro Phil Tippett, who helped create some of the ground-breaking VFX tech that brought the original trilogy to life, like the At-at walkers and the Battle of Hoth. Tippett recently blew people's minds with his stop-motion feature film, "Mad God," which took him 30 years to finish and release, and he lent his incredible skills to an episode of Rian Johnson's Peacock series "Poker Face," with multiple stop-motion creations coming to life in terrifying glory.
In the second episode of season 3 of "The Mandalorian," our hero Din Djarin...
- 3/8/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Vanilla Ice is recalling the time Madonna popped the question when they briefly dated in the early 1990s, and it freaked him out!
The 55-year-old rapper divulged the nugget while on the “Just Jenny with Jenny Hutt” podcast and revealed they actually met when he was performing at a sold-out show at the famed Hollywood Palladium theatre in Los Angeles. He said he saw her dancing her butt off and surrounded by a large entourage.
Later, while backstage, the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper says he noticed Madonna making “sexy eyes” at him. He didn’t think the flirtation was directed at him, so he didn’t pay much attention. But that all changed when Sbk Records co-founder Charles Koppelman, Hutt’s father, told the rapper Madonna wanted to meet him. Vanilla Ice couldn’t believe it. He was in shock.
Soon after, the rapper and “Material Girl” singer started dating,...
The 55-year-old rapper divulged the nugget while on the “Just Jenny with Jenny Hutt” podcast and revealed they actually met when he was performing at a sold-out show at the famed Hollywood Palladium theatre in Los Angeles. He said he saw her dancing her butt off and surrounded by a large entourage.
Later, while backstage, the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper says he noticed Madonna making “sexy eyes” at him. He didn’t think the flirtation was directed at him, so he didn’t pay much attention. But that all changed when Sbk Records co-founder Charles Koppelman, Hutt’s father, told the rapper Madonna wanted to meet him. Vanilla Ice couldn’t believe it. He was in shock.
Soon after, the rapper and “Material Girl” singer started dating,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Warning: Contains spoilers on the Jedi Knight class story, the Revan novel, the Forged Alliances expansion and the Shadow of Revan expansion (including Ziost).
The story of Revan has got to be one of the best stories in the Star Wars video games, and in the Original Expanded Universe of the Old Republic. Delivered to us by none other than Bioware and LucasArt, Shadow of Revan presents a return to this great character and an introduction to new characters who are just as rich and roundly developed, with story lines that have more depth than “run around this planet and run around that planet, while you forget parts of the story because you’re trying to gain levels.”
You see, as far as I’m concerned, most of the storylines in Sw:tor thus far have been quite linear despite the various Light Side or Dark Side choice options, since it...
The story of Revan has got to be one of the best stories in the Star Wars video games, and in the Original Expanded Universe of the Old Republic. Delivered to us by none other than Bioware and LucasArt, Shadow of Revan presents a return to this great character and an introduction to new characters who are just as rich and roundly developed, with story lines that have more depth than “run around this planet and run around that planet, while you forget parts of the story because you’re trying to gain levels.”
You see, as far as I’m concerned, most of the storylines in Sw:tor thus far have been quite linear despite the various Light Side or Dark Side choice options, since it...
- 12/6/2015
- by Celinka Serre
- SoundOnSight
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