Lucas Learning issued this press release today:

Lucas Learning Ltd. today announced they will cease production of Star Wars Super Bombad Racing for Windows and Macintosh. This decision reflects the new direction that will shift the company's focus away from consumer entertainment products to direct-to-school educational products. Lucas Learning will create, produce and market a suite of curriculum-based products targeted directly to schools, grades K-12.

Lucas Learning has focused on the consumer marketplace since its inception in 1996. The company created eight (8) award-winning edutainment CD-ROM titles based on the popular Star Wars license. The Star Wars software library includes topics such as math, early learning skills, ecology and logic and offers a range of products suitable to children ages four and up.

In April 2001, Lucas Learning also launched their first console title, Star Wars Super Bombad Racing for the PlayStation(r) 2 computer entertainment system. The company will continue to market their existing titles, but will no longer produce new titles for the consumer marketplace.

"We are very excited about this new beginning for Lucas Learning," said Jane Boston, general manager of Lucas Learning Ltd. "Our ability to focus exclusively on the educational market is a wonderful opportunity to bring George Lucas' vision - to make learning engaging and inspiring - to life. We are very confident that the quality of our products, our commitment to education and the unique advantage we have being part of the Lucas family will enable us to deliver an innovative and universally appealing product to schools, while meeting the need for outstanding core curriculum."