I'm so next-gen.
Next year will see the release of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" on the DS, PSP(who owns one of these?), PS2, X360 and most importantly, the Wii. Rumours abound that in this game, set between the Bantha fight in SW:The Phantom Menace and the Meteorite Meleé in forth-coming SW:The Creeping Fog(thanks for that one, Mr. Pegg) the mysterious 'force' will apparently no longer be 'leashed'. It remains to be seen whether or not it will indeed be restrained in any way at all.
None of which matters, obviously, since it has been reported that players who own both a copy of the game and a Nintendo Wii will be able to use both together(at the same time) to control a lightsaber with their Wii-mote. Naturally, this makes 'The Force Unleashed' the most important game since Pong. And Pong 2: Electric Pong-a-loo.
I am both excited and concerned. Excited because Tim has a Wii and I'll be able to try that shit for free(thanks, Blud). Concerned because... well... I've seen Star Wars(boxset, natch) and those lightsaber fights tend to be kind of... fast paced. We don't all have the lightning quick reflexes of David Prowse and pre-Joker Hamill. I can forsee a steep learning curve, to be honest. And repetitive strain injury. I mean, we're not all the Captain of Santa Fe Preparatory School's fencing team(cos we're not all super-gay).
I'm a little relaxed by the information that the player will control a dark-side character. Which means(that's if I correctly understand how the dark side works) the player will easily be able to go round chopping everyone he meets(defenceless or no) in half1 with a burning stick of pure photons.
Which brings me to my next question: Lightsaber blade - particle or wave?
1 - Apparently, you'll also be able to toss objects around using the force, specifically mentioned are 'storm-troopers'. Yeah, because those guys don't have it bad enough.↑