but will we get to see all six?
star wars is returning to theaters in glorious 3d!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes, i know, it is phantom menace. okay, lets deal with this right away. the prequels are not like the original trilogy: i should hope not! film making and storytelling has changed since the original trilogy not to mention the change in the setting. you need to have a peaceful republic for palpatine to manipulate and you need to have an innocent boy to grow up to become the tragic anti-hero darth vader. jar jar: okay, i will give you that one, i can not defend jar jar. qui-gon was right, he has no intelligence. darth maul: awesome, no complaints here but had to mention him because he is awesome. if for no other reason, you should return to the theater just for darth maul.
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yes, that is my character, a level fourteen sith marauder with a lightsaber in every fist baby :)
the cover of pc gamer magazine number 223 for febuary 2012 promised a “launch guide from day one to level 50″ of this new game i love so much. i was very interested in knowing how to improve my gameplay so i picked it up immediately. the magazine does provide a launch guide for the game, sort of. for levels one through ten it gives you a brief description of the various character classes. for levels ten to fifty it provides links to websites showing there recommended skill tree chooses for the various character classes. related pages included brief descriptions of the planets available, companion npcs and tips for a single pvp arena bringing their launch guide to a total of ten pages. do not buy this issue for the so-called guide, just follow these links instead and you will get all the tips they provided.
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UPDATE: 1/19/2010-
now that the game has become free to play, even the software has been made freely available and can be downloaded from their website at startrekonline.com
come january 17, 2012, starfleet academy will open it’s doors to all of the federation, fully embracing star trek’s noble position of abolishing currency. yes, star trek online goes free to play! i imagine you will still need to make the initial software purchase but beyond that there is no purchase necessary. seriously no further payment required. you get two character slots, and full access to all quests, raids, content, locations, etc. there are only a few limits placed upon free players compared to subscribers or lifetime members and there are a few benefits added to the paying accounts. if i were not a lifetime member i would seriously consider moving down to a free account because you really can play everything. from a lifetime member position i am worried that too many people will move down to a free model and put the game in jeopardy.
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looking for a new diamond? turn right at the second star and continue on for about four thousand light years. keep your eyes open for psr j1719-1438 in the constellation serpes. psr j1719-1438 is a millisecond pulsar star about the size of a small city. being a pulsar, it emits a highly focused beam of radio waves that are sent out across the depths of space like a lighthouse. in orbit around this star is planet psr j1719-1438 b, which should really be renamed Lucy. this planet is unique in that it is a diamond 60,000 kilometers (37,300 miles) across (half the size of Jupiter). scientists believe it to be a mere 600,000 kilometers from its sun, the pulsar, and completing a full rotation in approximately two hours and twenty minutes.
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want a motorcycle suit to go with your light cycle? ud replicas is your answer. this company makes different motorcycle suits from mimicking what you can see on the big screen from such properties as batman, x-men, star wars and tron. the tron suit comes in two styles, sam flynn for the guys and quorra for the ladies. both suits have all the body armor needed to be ce approved as a safety-oriented motorcycle suit along with grade a cow hide leather and heavy duty stretch spandex inserts. sadly the light panels are not led, but rather a highly reflective, extremely light sensitive reflective details which “the smallest amount of light will trigger an incredibly bright glowing effect”. each suit is custom made to order and each piece of the suit can be ordered as opposed to the entire suit. the entire quorra suit costs $753.00 and the sam suit costs $767.00.
