Kinect Star Wars release date set for April, Limited edition 'R2-D2' Xbox 360 also confirmed

[Reasonable]

coolbeans said:

Reasonable said:
Love the console look. Dislike everything I've seen about the game. I'm not a Star Wars nut, but still it pains me a little to see such a popular and interesting franchise reduced to "Galactic Dance Mode". I guess I can understand a bit more why the die hard fans from the OT bay for Lucas's blood these days.

Do love the console though. I'd be tempted to buy that and bin the game.

He wasn't even involved in creating this though.  Blaming SW Kinect on Lucas would be the same as blaming him for that Christmas Special.

1 - no point pointing this out to me.  I'm the messanger on how others react.

2 - Lucas knew about and authorised the use of the characters for the SW Special.  He wasn't involved but he has admitted in interviews I've seen that he and the team at Lucasfilm made a bad decision allowing it.  Which leads to...

3 - He is seen as the figurehead for the franchise.  George Lucas controls and owns all IP for Star Wars - if there's a Kinect Star Wars game it has to have been approved by at least his organization.  Fundamentatlly, if he chose he could prevent such use of the IP so the fans will always ultimately blamce him.

I will say though - you have reminded me that Kinect Star Wars cannot be the nadir for the franchise as that honour will probably (hopefully) always lie with the Christmas Special.