Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:31AM5 comments ›
Mon Aug 11, 2008 — by Matt Raub
George Lucas Hangs Up The iPhone
Lightsaber app no more...
Those who own or know people who own an iPhone have probably come in contact with an application that has been on the iTunes top 25 applications since the birth of the App Store, and easily one of the most entertaining. The PhoneSaber app is a very simple yet enjoyable application which uses the accelerometer of the iPhone, turning the phone into a makeshift Lightsaber, sounds and all – minus the ability to cut off your bastard son's hand.
Well, it looks as if Star Wars creator and ultimate ruiner of all things good George Lucas has expressed that he is not pleased with the fact that there is a Lightsaber application, seeing as how his video game developer, LucasArts, along with sister company THQ, have all the rights for handheld Star Wars video games. This coming on the heels of the I Am Rich App scandal, Apple has pulled the popular PhoneSaber from the App Store.
There are currently talks about LucasArts retooling the application under thier name to coincide with the "Unleashing the Force" iPhone game later this year, with better functionality (and a price). Either way, if you own the application, and don't feel like spending $4.99 in six months to buy the exact same thing, make sure you don't delete it in a fit of rebellion.
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Comments (5)
Vinnie Bartilucci (10:59 AM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
I guess my main question is why does the Iphone have an accelerometer? Is that so you can make like in the old days when you'd shake a radio to make it work better?
The best use of a similar process is in the Lego Star Wars games for the Wii, you can have your Jedi characters use their lightsaber by waving the Wiimote around. Fun.
Glenn Hauman (9:35 PM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
It has an accelerometer so that it can figure out which way the screen is oriented, for display purposes. It's used the most in the web browser, but shows up in other places.
Anonymous (6:02 PM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
Not only is "panultimate" not a word, but you also managed to use it wrong.
Patrick Calloway (11:18 AM on Tue Aug 12, 2008)
And how exactly, pray tell, can you improperly use a 'not a word'? If something doesn't exist, how can there be rules governing it's use....?
Sue (4:30 PM on Fri Aug 15, 2008)
Wow you should learn some English vocabulary. The correct word is "penultimate", look it up on Google.