Star Wars Sky Movies Promo

In order to get you ready for Star Wars Episode VII, Sky Movies is screening all six Star Wars movies, which you can watch back-to-back. To promote this, MPC Advertising have produced a stunning 30 second promo, which takes viewers on a whistle-stop tour through a the complete saga. With a combination of footage from the movies, and animated stills, the promo is a series of vignettes which represent each of the Star Wars Episodes, each of which is rich in detail. But for me it is the transitions between these moments which are the most compelling, and make the promo hold up for repeat viewings.

Directed by Steven Hoare, with Lee Parker as Creative Director and VFX from MPC, this promo is well worth a watch

The Force is with us this December with the return of #SkyMoviesStarWars, including all six movies and more. https://t.co/9Ctgs5ylDG

— Sky Movies (@skymovies) November 25, 2015

Star Wars Battlefront

Electronic Arts has debuted the first 5 minutes of actual gameplay footage from their upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront at the E3 video game expo this week, and frankly it looks amazing. I have never played the original Battlefront games, but I'm extremely excited at the prospect of playing what promises to be the most authentic Star Wars video game experience to date. Developers EA DICE (makers of the Battlefield series and Mirror's Edge) reportedly went back to the Lucasfilm archives to capture models, props and sound effects used in the original trilogy, so the game should look and sound as close as its possible to get to the original Star Wars that we grew up with. But what excites me the most is the chance to get involved in some of the classic action sequences. It looks like they have captured all the key moments of the battle for Hoth in the trailer above, and gone to great lengths to make it feel like you are part of the event.

This is the first gameplay trailer that we have seen, following on from the previous trailer released a back in April (below), which got us excited about characters such as Darth Vader and Boba Fett, but was game engine rather than gameplay, making it hard to judge what the final game would be like. This new trailer assuages our concerns, or mine at least. It looks amazing and I can't wait to see more.

Star Wars: Battlefront will be released November 17th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.