Jedi Academy Website
Hey all. Just thought I'd get you guys know that this is coming out soon. ^_^ It's obviously the sequel to Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, in which you follow Kyle Katarn through a series of linear New Republic timeline-based missions. JKII won best weapon on G-Phoria (for those of you who get that station and can stand watching it for any length of time) for it's Lightsaber, and Jedi Academy is choosing the lightsaber to focus on.
This time around you are able to customize your own cadet from numerous SW Universe alien races for induction into Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy. Craft your own lightsaber and follow either lightside or darkside paths as you traverse through the free-form missions of the game that will bring you to locales like Hoth, Tatooine, and of course Yavin 4 where the Academy itself is located.
Ligtsaber combat this time around has been even further refined from JKII, and you will be able to fight in scenes on par with movie duels (or in many cases actually surpassing those!) in 'cool' factor. Choosing from the double-bladed lightsaber (ala Darth Maul) or even Dual Sabers (Anakin from AotC) you can hack your way through Sith cultists, enraged Tusken Raiders, even a Rancor, with the smoothest graphics in a Star Wars game to date.
*laughs* Oy.. You'd think I WORKED for LucasArts. Anyhow, enjoy all. Mark off here if you get the game, we can cross sabers sometime.