| 词条 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (project) |
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is an unfinished multimedia project developed by LucasArts along with Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books.[1][2] It consists of a video game released in September 2008, a second video game released in October 2010, two corresponding tie-in novels, action figures, a comic book, a reference book, a role-playing game supplement, and a book on the making of the game. After The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 and began production of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, the Unleashed project, along with all other Star Wars expanded universe works, was discarded from the current Star Wars canon and reassigned as part of the Legends non-canonical stories, preventing the video game series representing it from continuing further past Unleashed II. Story{{See also|Star Wars: The Force Unleashed#Plot|l1=Star Wars: The Force Unleashed plot}}Star Wars: The Force Unleashed tells the story of Darth Vader's secret apprentice, code-named "Starkiller" but born Galen Marek,[3] as he hunts down the remaining Jedi after Emperor Palpatine orders them killed.[4][5] Set between Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, the story explores the aftermath of the Great Jedi Purge as well as the rise of Darth Vader.[1] The events of The Force Unleashed are "pivotal" in Darth Vader's history and development as a character and offer illumination into other characters from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.[6] Ultimately, Starkiller sacrifices his life to save the leaders of the new Rebel Alliance; they honor him by adopting his family's crest as their symbol.[7][8]In the sequel the players controls a clone of Starkiller, who has memories of the original Starkiller. The game ends on a cliffhanger where Starkiller captures Darth Vader and intends to bring him to justice. Due to the cancellation of the third game, as well as the previous two games being assigned into the discarded Legends brand of non-canonical stories, the cliffhanger will never be resolved. ReleasesVideo gamesStar Wars: The Force Unleashed{{Main|The Force Unleashed (video game)}}The Force Unleashed game was released in North America on September 16, 2008, and in Australia and Southeast Asia on September 17, 2008, and was released in Europe on September 19, 2008.[9] The Apprentice was licensed to Namco Bandai Games to be a playable character in both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Soulcalibur IV.[10]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II{{Main|The Force Unleashed II}}A sequel was released on October 26, 2010. The game ended on a cliffhanger, that would be resolved in a third game, however it was cancelled following Lucasfilm decision to refresh the Star Wars canon and reassign The Force Unleashed games to Legends. Print worksNovelSean Williams' novelization was released in the United States on August 19, 2008. It spent one week as #1 on both Publishers Weekly{{'}}s[11] and The New York Times{{'}}[12] hardcover fiction bestsellers lists, slipping to #7[13] and #9,[14] respectively, the following week. It also reached #15 on USA Today{{'}}s bestsellers list.[15]Williams took on the writing project in part because of the "catchy description" of The Force Unleashed being "Episode 3.5" of the Star Wars saga.[6] The novel focuses on the dark side of the Force and its practitioners; Williams found it "interesting" to portray the Jedi as "bad guys."[6] The author most enjoyed developing the character of Juno Eclipse, exploring the "feminine" side of The Force Unleashed in a way the video game does not.[6] Williams also said that while the game allows the player to "do" Starkiller's actions, the novel allows readers to experience Starkiller's thoughts about those actions, adding another dimension to the story.[6] Graphic NovelDark Horse's The Force Unleashed graphic novel was published August 18, 2008.[16] Newsarama called the graphic novel a "solid story" that matches the video game source material in both structure and plot.[17] IGN gave the graphic novel a score of 6.9/10 (6.4/10 for art, 7.5/10 for the writing), praising the overall story but faulting inconsistency in the art and questioning whether the comic medium was the best way to convey the story.[18] MerchandiseAt Toy Fair 2007, Hasbro showed seven figures from their action figure line based on the game.[19] Lego released a model of the main character's ship, the Rogue Shadow.[2] Legacy and third game cancellationAfter the Unleashed franchise was discontinued following Disney's decision to reboot the Star Wars canon in favor of producing a sequel trilogy, Sam Witwer, Marek's voice actor, revealed that Dave Filoni, the creator of the Star Wars Rebels animated series, considered bringing Marek back into the new canon and having him appear in that series, but ultimately decided against it because he could not find a way to do so without compromising either the new canon's quality or the character's unique distinctions.[20] Witwer remained involved with the Star Wars franchise, voicing Darth Maul in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels and the film A Star Wars Story. He also has voiced Palpatine and other minor characters. References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.lucasarts.com/games/theforceunleashed/#/game_info/overview/|publisher=LucasArts|accessdate=March 8, 2008|title=Overview|work=Star Wars: The Force Unleashed}} 2. ^1 {{Cite journal|journal=The Official Magazine|title=Holiday Gift Guide '08|publisher=Future US}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=The Force Unleashed|series=Star Wars|first=Sean|last=Williams|authorlink=Sean Williams (author)|publisher=Del Rey|isbn=978-0-345-49902-8|date=August 19, 2008|quote="His full name was Galen Marek"|pages=316}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzgamer.com/ps3/news/2563/exclusive-the-force-unleashed-information.html|title=Exclusive The Force Unleashed Information!|accessdate=May 17, 2008|publisher=NZGamer.com|first=Mayur|last=Gandhi}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/full-episode/gametrailers-tv/27494|title=Star Wars: The Force Unleashed|accessdate=June 26, 2008|publisher=GameTrailers.com & Spike TV|first=Geoff|last=Keighley}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000673.html|title=Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Making the Novel|publisher=Lucasfilm|accessdate=August 31, 2008}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/starkiller/index.html|title=Starkiller (Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice)|work=Databank|publisher=Lucasfilm|accessdate=September 29, 2008}} 8. ^{{cite book|title=The Force Unleashed|series=Star Wars|first=Sean|last=Williams|authorlink=Sean Williams (author)|publisher=Del Rey|isbn=978-0-345-49902-8|date=August 19, 2008|pages=311–314}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/games/videogames/news20080923.html|title=The Force Unleashed Sells 1.5 Million Units Worldwide in Under One Week|date=September 23, 2008|accessdate=March 15, 2017|publisher=Lucasfilm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402030455/http://starwars.com/games/videogames/news20080923.html|archivedate=April 2, 2009|deadurl=yes}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/starwars2007/news.html?sid=6192140|title=Soulcalibur IV Unleashed|publisher=GameSpot|accessdate=June 7, 2008|date=June 5, 2008|first=Brendan|last=Sinclair}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/bestsellerslist/2.html?channel=bestsellers|title= Latest BestSellers of Hardcover Fiction — Week of September 1, 2008|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=August 30, 2008}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html|work=Books|title=Best Sellers|date=August 30, 2008|accessdate=August 30, 2008|publisher=The New York Times|first=Gregory|last=Cowles}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/bestsellerslist/2.html?channel=bestsellers|title= Latest BestSellers of Hardcover Fiction - Week of September 8, 2008|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=September 6, 2008}} 14. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/bestseller/besthardfiction.html|work=Books|title=Best Sellers|date=September 5, 2008|accessdate=September 6, 2008|publisher=The New York Times}} 15. ^{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx|title=This week's top 150 best sellers — Based on sales through Sunday, August 24, 2008|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=August 30, 2008}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-837|title=Star Wars: The Force Unleashed TPB|publisher=Dark Horse|accessdate=June 4, 2008}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/games/080827-ForceUnleashed.html|title=Pixels & Panels: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed|first=Lucas|last=Siegel|publisher=Newsarama|accessdate=August 31, 2008|date=August 27, 2008}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/909/909664p1.html|accessdate=September 14, 2008|publisher=IGN|title=Star Wars: The Force Unleashed TPB Review|date=September 12, 2008|first=Jesse|last=Schedeen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211182410/http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/909/909664p1.html|archive-date=December 11, 2008|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.galactichunter.com/toy_fair_2007/hasbro.asp|title=Hasbro Celebrates Star Wars 30th Anniversary With Cool Figures And Spare Change|first=Adam|last=Pawlus|publisher=Galactic Hunter.com|work=Toy Fair 2007|accessdate=June 7, 2008}} 20. ^{{cite web|last1=Muncy|first1=Julie|title=The Force Unleashed's Absurd Protagonist Almost Returned for Star Wars: Rebels|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-force-unleasheds-absurd-protagonist-almost-returned-1797799936|website=iO9|accessdate=26 April 2018|date=13 August 2017}} External links
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