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Much like Vader's apprentice, this trailer serves its purpose well. Specifically, it's a great cinematic that gets us all tingly inside for The Force Unleashed II. With awesome droid designs, great combat choreography, and hints at the main storyline, it's a great way to showcase what makes this sequel interesting and worth playing: the bridging of the gap between the first and second trilogies.

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Released in September of last year, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed let players run wild with force powers while embracing the dark side. However, the game was a console exclusive and skipped over the PC because developer LucasArts stated that it wanted a uniform playing experience across all platforms (apparently, the Nintendo Wii team never got that memo). With the release of the Ultimate Sith Edition, the game finally gets its long overdue release on the PC thanks to the porting work and publishing handled by Aspyr. The PC release includes everything one would expect, like high resolution graphics along with keyboard and mouse support. However, between the dull gameplay and performance issues, we have to wonder if PC gamers would have really missed out on anything if this one had stayed on console systems.

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LucasArts today unleashed their own force when they flatly denied rumors they are ceasing internal development after The Force Unleashed is finished. As we reported yesterday, a great deal of speculation has followed after LucasArts showed approximately 100 employees the trash compactor door (they were laid off) last week.

Not only did they deny the rampant rumors, but they reaffirmed their commitment to their internal studio. Margaret Grohne (Lucas rep) told Joystiq, "We're committed to our internal studio... We're working on the next Indiana Jones game internally." She added that the company planned on outsourcing future projects to other studios, but that shouldn't be seen as sign of distress since they have always used a good balance between their own internal studio and external partners.

Only time will tell if this saga becomes an epic disaster or not. As Yoda would say: "Patience you must have."