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Original Boba Fett voice actor Jason Wingreen, whose numerous other credits include The Twilight Zone and All in the Family, died in his Los Angeles home on Christmas Day, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 95. Wingreen also appeared in Archie Bunker's Place and Seinfeld until his retirement in the 1990s. He also served in World War II. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wingreen auditioned for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, a role that ultimately went to Frank Oz. Boba Fett, a masked character who was physically performed by Jeremy Bulloch, had four lines of dialogue in that movie. Wingreen was not credited for his work--and it wasn't even widely known that he did Boba Fett's voicework until around the year 2000. The site reports that it didn't sit well with Wingreen that he didn't receive residuals for his performance, especially so because it's his voice that was used for some Boba Fett action figures. Source http://www.gamespot.com/articles/original-boba-fett-voice-actor-dies/1100-6433459/
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Han Solo Finn Rey Leia Kylo Ren After the release of the last full-length trailer for The Force Awakens, the Star Wars marketing machine is in its final throes at the behest of director J.J. Abrams, who has confirmed no more teasers will arrive before the movie opens. Thankfully, a massive treat arrived online today in the shape of five new character posters. Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Leia (Carrie Fisher), and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) are the quintet given their own character-centric one-sheets. Each holds their signature weapon except for Leia, who according to StarWars.com "confidently peers through a data screen." Like the previous poster that dropped, they're stylish teasers as opposed to ripe spoiler-heavy pieces of artwork. Check 'em out above. One omission from this line-up adds further fuel to a fire started by Abrams himself a few weeks back. Galaxy golden boy Luke Skywalker has so far been absent in all marketing materials. This deliberate move is an attempt to keep spoilers at a minimum, which is, in itself a bit revealing about Skywalker's current situation. If he were the same Jedi we once knew, surely we'd have seen him by now? Find out when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in the UK on December 17 and the US on December 18. Soure http://www.gamesradar.com/first-character-posters-land-force-awakens/
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When Electronic Arts announced the $50 Star Wars Battlefront DLC pass last month, the publisher didn't say much about what it would include. EA is still not ready to divulge all the details, but now we've learned some of what will be included. Speaking during a recent earnings presentation, EA COO Peter Moore teased that the four expansion packs will add "new universes" and more to the sci-fi shooter. "What we've announced is four extra packs over the next 12-18 months coming post launch," he said. "You'll see new universes, you're gonna see new player actions, obviously new weaponry as well." The Battlefront DLC pass sells for $50. Everyone who buys it gets access to all the new content two weeks before everyone else, as well as an exclusive "Shoot First" emote. Official details regarding the content of the Battlefront DLC pass will be announced in the "coming weeks," EA said. Assuming EA and DICE follow the same setup as the recent Battlefield games, the DLC packs are likely to cost $15 each. Moore went on to to say that DLC passes like the one for Battlefront are "integral" to keeping players engaged after a game's initial release. Also during the call, Moore revealed that preorder numbers for Battlefront are "excellent," though he did not share any specifics. Battlefront launches on November 17 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. That's about a month before the release of Disney's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first new Star Wars movie in a decade. Source http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-dlc-includes-new-universes-w/1100-6431907/ -
Bitter old rivalries from the Star Wars universe apparently don't apply when it comes to the political strategies of Ukraine's Internet Party. Darth Sidious, aka Emperor Palpatine, was reportedly just elected to a seat on the city council of Odessa, Ukraine's fourth largest city. And not even the arrest of Chewbacca on Election Day could stop it. Bizarre as it sounds, this is all non-fiction. Videos from multiple angles like the one below have been popping up online in the last 24 hours of someone in a full Chewbacca costume being arrested for violating a law in Ukraine that forbids campaigning on Election Day. Who was the Wookiee campaigning for? Darth Vader, of course. Ukraine's Internet Party has been adding a bit of levity and subtle satire to the country's tense politics for a few years now. While the party -- which has claimed at least 11 million members -- has had little electoral success until now, it actually has a rather serious platform centered around its call to implement an electronic government. Last year, candidate Darth Vader was denied a bid to run for the country's presidency on grounds that his application was "questionable" and potentially forged. This year, Vader made himself a candidate for mayor of Odessa. Results from the country's elections, held Sunday, won't be officially announced for a few more days. But some Ukrainian news outlets are reporting early tallies showing Vader's "colleague" Emperor Palpatine actually has won a seat on the city council with over 54 percent of votes. If this is the same Palpatine who's been involved in Internet Party politics in Ukraine in recent years, it's probably Dmitry Viktorovich Fisinchuk, who has recently worked as a trainer at a gym owned by another Internet Party member, according to The Interpreter, an online publication dedicated primarily to translating media from the Russian press and blogosphere into English. But what happened to the Wookiee? The unidentified man was arrested while trying to drive candidate Vader to the polls (so weird, right?) after failing to produce identification. The court slapped him with a $170 (about £110, $AU234) fine, which he reportedly said he was unable to pay because all his cash is tied up in galactic banks without branches or ATMs on Earth. Source http://www.cnet.com/
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The worldwide rush to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode 7 – The Force Awakens hasn't gone smoothly for everyone. A number of agencies selling advance tickets to the sci-fi blockbuster met unprecedented demand, causing delays and outages to their online services. As Deadline reports, platforms such as Fandango, the Alamo Drafthouse, and AMC Theatres all struggled to keep up with the number of fans trying to buy tickets for the film's December 18 opening. Fandango was said to have suffered the most severe issues, with many unable to access their site at all. Similar stories were reported when tickets to UK cinemas went on sale. Predictions for The Force Awakens' box office are extremely high. In August, Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at entertainment research company Rentrak, told CNBC that the decision to release the film in December rather than the summer provided it with almost no competition from other movies. "It's going to break records like we've never seen," he said. "I think most certainly it's going to break the all-time December opening weekend record. We've never had a movie in North America open with over $100 million in December and this will happen with the next Star Wars. "That movie can play very strongly into the new year, where it's a bit less competitive than the summer time frame." The latest trailer for The Force Awakens has now been released and can be viewed here. The film is directed by JJ Abrams and stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Max von Sydow, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill. Source http://www.gamespot.com/
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The minimum and recommended PC hardware requirements for Star Wars Battlefront have appeared on the game's Origin page. Here's what you'll need to run DICE's upcoming first-person shooter. Minimum PC System Requirements OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later Processor (Intel): Intel i3 6300T or equivalent Memory: 8GB RAM Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB Graphics card (ATI): ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection Recommended PC System Requirements OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later Processor (Intel): Intel i5 6600 or equivalent Memory: 16GB RAM Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection Star Wars Battlefront ships to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in North America on November 17, and comes to the UK and Australia on November 19. The Star Wars Battlefront Beta begins on October 8 and runs until October 12. a senior developer at DICE has indicated microtransactions won't be included in Star Wars Battlefront. "[Microtransactions are] not part of the core design of how it works," said design director Niklas Fegraeus. "This is a progression system based on your gameplay performance." Source http://www.gamespot.com/
