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Lucasfilm to Help Fans Make Star Wars Films, Offers New LEGO Game

In further celebration of the 30th anniversary of STAR WARS, Lucasfilm will launch a revamped StarWars.com, which will allow fans to use footage from the films to make mash-up films, and announced the upcoming videogame, LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA.

Among the new features of the newly redesigned StarWars.com is the incorporation of an online video-editing tool provided by Eyespot. It allows users to add their own video shots to more than 250 scenes and music taken from all six STAR WARS films and create their own STAR WARS movies to share with others.

StarWars.com is also unveiling a new collection of hundreds of videos - many never before seen on the Internet - that will let fans enjoy some of the best user-generated STAR WARS videos from across the web, including such cult favorites as CHAD VADER, and five years worth of STAR WARS Fan Movie Festival shorts, co-presented by AtomFilms.com. StarWars.com will also showcase extensive mini-documentaries that explore the making of the STAR WARS saga.

"Since 1977, STAR WARS has been built on the idea that our fans are the reason we have been successful, and they have long shown their enormous creativity and desire to have fun and express themselves through STAR WARS. Our new site brings our fans innovative tools like the Eyespot editor that let them do just that in exciting new ways," said Jeff Ulin, senior director of distribution and online for Lucasfilm Ltd.

"Eyespot's creative technology allows Lucasfilm to protect its intellectual property while offering a media playground for fans to have a fun and accessible experience due to our product's extreme ease of use," said Jim Kaskade, co-founder/ceo of Eyespot. "We couldn't be more honored to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of this monumental movie series."

The May 25 relaunch is just the start of a series of new additions to StarWars.com. In the coming months, continually added features will give the global STAR WARS fan community unprecedented new content, new games and new ways to share the 10,000-page site, which is visited by millions of users every month.

"We want the new StarWars.com to empower fans to make and watch Star Wars videos, play games, and share their love of STAR WARS like no other site on the Internet," said Bill Gannon, director of online operations for Lucasfilm Ltd.. "StarWars.com already features blogs, special in-depth sections for kids and video gaming, the Hyperspace fan site, and the comprehensive StarWarsShop.com, making it unlike any entertainment themed website."

For LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA, fans will be able to play through the events of all six STAR WARS movies in one videogame for the first time ever. Developer Traveller's Tales takes full advantage of the unique capabilities of all three next-generation consoles, while also adding new characters, new levels and new features. Players can build and battle this fall on the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Traveller's Tales is also creating an entirely new Nintendo DS version.

According to the NPD Group, domestic sales of the two LEGO STAR WARS videogame releases reached nearly 7 million units through March 2007, and LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY was the #3 best-selling title of 2006.

"As we usher in the next generation of videogame consoles, LucasArts is leading the way in family entertainment," said Jim Ward, president of LucasArts. "We're proud of the phenomenal success of LEGO STAR WARS II and how it delivered all the fun, humor and action of the ORIGINAL TRILOGY to the entire family. Now, with THE COMPLETE SAGA, we're excited to finally offer the entire saga playable in one package for the first time ever."

"LucasArts was an amazing partner on LEGO STAR WARS II, and working with them on The Complete Saga continues to be a great experience," said Tom Stone, director at TT Games. "We're also thrilled to be focusing on next-generation consoles and creating content that plays to the strength of each system."

For more information, visit www.legostarwarssaga.com.

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