Greetings Troopers! Well whether you're celebrating the news or lamenting it, there is no doubt that this week's news is a pretty big deal if you're a Star Wars fan. With Disney buying up Lucasfilm and all the intellectual properties that go with it, and in addition to that the promise of a new Star Wars film in 2015 it is a very exciting time indeed.

Posted by TALON_UK on Nov 4th, 2012

Greetings Troopers!

Well whether you're celebrating the news or lamenting it, there is no doubt that this week's news is a pretty big deal if you're a Star Wars fan. With Disney buying up Lucasfilm and all the intellectual properties that go with it, and in addition to that the promise of a new Star Wars film in 2015 it is a very exciting time indeed.

George Lucas will be stepping down as part of his ongoing retirement plans, and though he will still be staying on as a creative consultant, Star Wars will effectively be transferred into new hands, and fresh talent is going to get the chance to have a crack at that galaxy far, far away.

Now after an initial reaction of a pitiful Vader from Episode III like scream of...

"NOOOOOoooooooo!!!"

If you think about it this could very well be the best thing to happen to Star Wars in a long time. The prequels didn't exactly go down a storm with everyone though they still did very good box office, and Star Wars seems to be at its best when it is the combination of George Lucas' grand ideas, a good scriptwriter who can write great snappy dialogue, and a director who can draw fantastic performances from their actors. Yes The Empire Strikes Back, that's you I'm looking at. And with rumors abound that a Lucas treatment for a third trilogy may form the basis of this new trilogy of movies I'm cautiously optimistic. Of course it is too early to tell if this will be the greatest thing ever, or an unmitigated disaster, but one thing for sure is that this has really got everyone excited about Star Wars again which is no bad thing.

To help celebrate this brave new world of new future Star Wars movies, First Strike will be holding a gaming event weekend hosting games on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of November, for further details check out the image above.

See you out there Troopers!