Here's more info on the forthcoming Lego Star Wars game due next year.

TotalVideoGames reports:

Eidos today sent along further information and new screens from the quite frankly unforgettable LEGO Star Wars. In what initially appears to be one of the most blatant attempts to merge two franchises in a desperate bid to grab your cash, LEGO Star Wars surprised everyone who?s seen it with its beautiful style and fun gameplay, creating a brilliantly conceived alliance that blends the unique worlds brilliantly.

GameSpot reports:

Lego Star Wars really has a great look that's consistent with both the Star Wars movies and the Lego milieu. The characters look just like those ubiquitous little Lego people that you've no doubt seen here and there (they're impossible to avoid, since the Lego company has sold around 3 billion of them), with blocky legs and feet and amusingly blank expressions on their faces. All the level backgrounds have a clean, sparsely detailed look to them that's reminiscent of the Lego Star Wars toys that have been released (and in fact, many of the vehicles in the game are taken straight from that line).

IESB has a gallery of pics and an interview with the creators. Here are a couple of the questions:

Q) Is Lucasfilm giving you rough footage from the Revenge of the Sith to create the Episode III parts of the game?
Yes, we?re privileged to be working closely with Lucasfilm.

Q) Can you tell us about the cinematics that are shown in the game?
We have many cinematic sequences in the game, to help tell the whole story of Star Wars Episodes I, III and III ? all with a unique LEGO attitude. Technically, yes, we?ll be rendering them in-game ? and I can assure you that they look *superb*. We have some fantastic animators working to create some hugely entertaining action: spectacular, mischievous and dramatic.

There's also a fact sheet at XBox365.

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You can also read more about the game in the links below:

• Star Wars LEGO Game


• More on the LEGO Game


• More on the Star Wars LEGO Game


• Lego Star Wars Games Clips