Why god why?  I ask myself as I’ve just read that Lucasarts is supposedly going to publish a game for Xbox 360/PS3 based on the animated series and movie Star Wars: Clone Wars.  When we could have fantastic things that fans like me enjoy, such as another Battlefront, instead we’re getting yet another in an aggravatingly long line of Star Wars junk that has essentially ruined the franchise.

Star Wars has been grinding into a strictly for kiddies series for a very long time now, and the Clone Wars show pretty much sent the franchise over the edge, with the overabundance of cutesy stupid moments.  Now instead of a game everyone loved, again like Battlefront, we’re getting another Clone Wars game?!

What is happening?  What happened to the days of really badass and seriously cool Star Wars experiences like Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, or Jedi Academy, or Knights Of The Old Republic, or Shadows Of The Empire?  What happened to the darkness of the Star Wars franchise.  That terrifying feel of evil that The Empire Strikes Back brought about?  Now everything feels cheesy and cartoony.   Like the clones run around cheerfully fighting a battle while people are viciously killed all around, but instead of any sort of mention of the horrors of wars and evil, they crack jokes and do goofy stuff to score physical comedy points. 

It all makes me sad, and one more game to bring the franchise further from the things that made it extremely entertaining, also makes me sad.  No wonder I had to turn to Trek to keep my space geekdom alive.  But…oh wait…that looks soon to be destroyed as well, as the series is about to re-launch under JJ Abrams tutelage.  In which Abrams is set to scrap any characteristics that made Trek appealing or original, and instead turn the series into a big budget action affair with a plotline you’ll forget ten minutes after having seen the film. 

Sorry, got a little rant-y there.  Happens sometimes though.  At least we all have our memories of Battlestar Galactica, and the four shining seasons of dark plotlines in space we were presented.

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