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June 14 1997, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire debuted on the N64 in Japan! It is unique among Nintendo 64 games for using a digitized orchestral soundtrack (from the excellent Joel McNeely composition) instead of MIDI-sequenced synthesis, which was the original plan!

A true Star Wars gaming rarity just hit eBay. $445.95 is actually a very good price, too, believe it or not. www.ebay.com/itm/33598569...

Years from now, EA\'s Battlefront II will be remembered as... 1️⃣ ...the game with a disastrous launch 2️⃣️ ...the game that heroically recovered from a disastrous launch 3️⃣ ...just being a great Star Wars game 4️⃣ Something else (please comment!) 📅 Ends: May 31, 2025, 10:18 AM UTC 📊 Show results

When you come back to a video game after taking a break

Learned something today!

I gotta say: the Darth Jar Jar skin looks fine, but the bundle with the old-fashioned Episode I Jar Jar Binks looks *fantastic.*

Very excited about the launch of the 2nd dlc I worked on! I mostly did architecture kits, so not exactly worth making an artstation post, but that dlc was a lot of fun 💅

Oooooh I forgot! I'm off to meet Kay Vess for one last adventure! Too bad I won't have time to play it right away (especially since I'm in the middle of Jedi survivor lol).

I like Kay Vess, but it’s going to be hard to go stealthing again in the new Outlaws DLC without wishing I were Kleya instead.

SUPER-MINOR ANDOR SPOILER AHEAD Anyone else try to apply your recently acquired understanding of sabacc to that one scene in Andor last night? Anyone else fail miserably at that?

EverQuest poster ✅ Sleeveless Metallica shirt ✅ Conversation about three brilliant episodes of the greatest Star Wars TV show ever ✅

Happy 20th anniversary to the Episode III: Revenge of the Sith game! And to its promotional Virgin Atlantic barf bag. theswca.com/index.php?ac... #RevengeOfTheFifth

After you've hit scorpionvader.com for your FREE copy of my Star Wars book... Don't forget to drop by Epic Games Store for your free copy of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga! store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lego... #StarWarsDay #MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou

This book is AWESOME ✨ It's the nicest mix of 'a stroll down memory lane' and 'seeing something you've never seen before in a museum' 🎮‼️

Anakin Skywalker easter egg in THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION remaster

Quick, fun LucasArts marketing department story from 2005 to start your #StarWarsDay weekend: The Episode III: Revenge of the Sith movie game turns 20 on Monday, May 5. No one was saying #RevengeOfTheFifth like they do today, and we unfortunately didn't recognize that clever pun ourselves. But...

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If you weren't awake at 3:30 a.m. ET, here's the Star Wars: Zero Company panel in its entirety: www.youtube.com/live/q0trVP5... Plus a few screens from the panel that I don't believe are being sent out to press.

Really can't wait to see this tonight! (Er... first thing in the morning is much more likely.) PREDICTION: The Zero Company panel ends with official confirmation of Star Wars Jedi 3. *Maybe* a title for it too, but probably just confirmation the game is in production. No date or details.

Yet no acknowledgment of the original Monopoly: Star Wars… youtu.be/uBdaae7Rz4E?...

Ok I might need dirtbag Cal lol

Check out the new trailer for the second story pack update for Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate's Fortune, releasing May 15! #StarWars #SWCJ #StarWarsCelebration

this book rules

Happy 20th to one of the lowkey most important releases in 21st-century gaming. Maybe even to 21-century toy sales.

Me 5 months ago #Nintendo #Switch2 #GameSky : medium.com/@mainstreete...

Did NOT see this coming. www.theverge.com/news/629949/...

These are so cool. Wish I could justify throwing down $65 each for them. The Force Unleashed: limitedrungames.com/products/swi... KOTOR2: limitedrungames.com/products/swi...

Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (LucasArts) was released 23 years ago today. To celebrate, my long article on the history of this spaceship is open to all today: patreon.com/posts/66488808

It's a happy double anniversary for LucasArts, under the sign of the FPS. 🥳 Dark Forces is THIRTY years old! Republic Commando is TWENTY years old!

Happy birthday to the Holocron keeper Leland Chee! Follow the Senior Star Wars Lore Advisor right here on Bluesky: @holocronkeeper.bsky.social 📷: Jeff Minton for Wired (2008)

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Star Wars: X-Wing (Totally Games/LucasArts) was released 32 years ago. I absolutely loved this game, which had both narrative and strategic depth. And The Farlander Papers, a novella by Rusel DeMaria, back when short stories were sometimes included in the limited edition game boxes. 🤌

People say a lot of things about the music quality of the Nintendo 64, but the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire soundtrack (Which is an soundtrack based on/inspired by a book, composed and then adapted to the N64 game) is incredible and you should come over to my house and listen to it with me.