LucasArts prepares for Comic-Con showing next week
Comic-Con will kick off next week in San Diego and game companies will be there in full force alongside reps from the comic book, entertainment and anime industry hawking their wares and showing off their latest products. One of those game companies hoping to make a splash is LucasArts, which plans to showcase seen products in various ways.
LucasArts will be offering hands-on demo time with Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (Xbox 360, Wii) and LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Xbox 360) for the first time at its booth. Key members from the development teams will also be on-hand to answer questions, be interviewed and walk through both titles.
Dark Horse artist Alex Sanchez and BioWare writer Rob Chestney Star Wars: The Old Republic Mini-Comic signing from 2-3 PM Friday, Saturday and Sunday and LucasArts Producer Craig Derrick, Art Director Jeff Sangalli, and Artist Dela Longfish will be on hand to sign some special The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition loot Thursday through Sunday from 11AM to Noon.
A Star Wars The Old Republic Panel in Room 7AB will take place from 1 to 2 PM on Friday. Panel attendees include the Jake Neri – Producer at LucasArts, Hall Hood – Senior Writer at BioWare, Alexander Freed – Managing Editor at BioWare, Dallas Dickinson – Senior Content Producer at BioWare, and Jeff Dobson – Art Director at BioWare. and on a related note, a Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer will be shown off at the Lucasfilm booth Saturday and Sunday at 11 AM, 1PM, 3PM and 5PM.
Finally, LucasArts says that it will be making a world exclusive announcement or two at the Star Wars Spectacular keynote on Friday from 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM in Hall H. What that announcement will be is unknown at this time, but we’ll let you know.
