While it's customary to treat any Star Wars related game with a healthy dose of cautious optimism, the recently released demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has us more than a little excited to get our hands on the full game. And it looks like we're not the only ones, as LucasArts has announced that the demo has broken the download record for Xbox Live.

During the first eight days of its release, The Force Unleashed saw more than a million downloads, and combined with the PlayStation Network version that launched at the same time, more then 2.3 million people have had a chance to see what it feels like to be Darth Vader's secret apprentice.

The previous record holder on XBL was another recent release, Too Human. That demo saw approximately 900,000 downloads during the same amount of time.

While the demo was fun, as a massive Star Wars geek I'm still unsure as to whether or not the the game will live up to the hype. At least I finally know what it feels like to drop a TIE fighter onto a bunch of Stormtroopers.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on September 16 for the PlayStation 2 & 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.