Just for you Cillian for that final season of smallville as released via interviews with the smallville director :



Brian Peterson (executive producer):

* The Superman suit that will be used in Smallville is the EXACT SAME suit used in Superman Returns – but slightly altered. (Brian Peterson recalled his excitement about finally receiving the Superman Returns suit from Warner Bros.)

* Lex Luthor will return to Smallville WITH or WITHOUT Michael Rosenbaum. The studio, networks and producers have opened their doors to get him to return, but there is no word, as of yet. They wanted Rosenbaum as Lex for the premiere, but couldn’t make it happen.

* Clark will fly! When I asked him about whether we’d get the “Superman moment” (where Clark rips open his shirt, don’s the suit and fly’s off), he fumbled for an answer and then finally said, “We have our own take on what we want to happen.” – yeah, I don’t know what that means either.

* Alice Mack’s final stint as Chloe Sullivan will be spaced throughout the entire season. They want to use her as much as possible. (Hopefully, that means she won’t be killed off.)

John Schneider (Johnathan Kent):

* Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) will return for the season premiere.

* Clark and Jonathan will be working together on the Kent’s farm. Jonathan will warn Clark that something dark is coming (Darkseid) and then proclaim that “One day, you will become the greatest hero that the world will ever know. (Schneider also inadvertently showed his drivers license to the entire audience in Ballroom 20 and is curious to see how many people will be camped out on his lawn.)

Erica Durance (Lois Lane):

* While Lois Lane knows that Clark is the red-blue-blur, Clark still believes that his identity remains a secret to her.

* When I asked Durance if (like usual) there will be some kind of villain-of-the-week that shows up and wipes Lois’s memory – and the knowledge of who Clark truly is – she responded by saying, “I hope not!”

Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer):

* Granny Goodness was the elderly woman outside of Tess Mercer’s hospital room in the ninth season finale. Tess has some connection to her, but Freeman hasn’t been told what that connection is yet.

Justin Hartley (Oliver Queen/Green Arrow):

Comic-Con: Interviews With The Cast & Producers Of Smallville

* Regarding a Green Arrow spin-off: “I don’t know, I guess anything is possible. I think it would work – we’ll see. I haven’t been approached, though. So, we’ll see what happens.”

* Hartley will direct an episode
this season (last year, he wrote the episode “Sacrifice”).

* As far as he knows, Black Canary will NOT be coming back for the final season.

* Hartley would like to see Oliver Queen be “at peace” and “comfortable in his own skin” when Smallville comes to an end. He also noted that he hopes that doesn’t come until the end of the season – and not in the middle – because nobody wants to see someone that’s “vanilla.”

* Hartley hopes to steal the Green Arrow costume after Smallville is over since he hasn’t been able to gain any weight while playing Oliver Queen/Green Arrow.

Unfortunately, since I was in the middle of interviews with the cast of Supernatural at the time, I was unable able to see the video shown during the panel.

While I was upset at first that I wasn’t able to see the Superman suit, once I found out that it was the suit from Superman Returns, I figured I could just rewatch that – or not (that movie was pretty terrible).

As we get closer to the September 24th premiere of Smallville season 10, there’s no doubt that more information will be released. When that happens, you can be sure that Screen Rant will be on top of it.

You can catch the tenth season premiere of Smallville, September 24 @8pm on The CW.

So, out of curiosity, was the Tie Defender part of the expanded universe, other than the video games?

Lego recently came out with one, so I was wondering what the inspiration was. Since it brought back so many fond memories of playing Tie Fighter, and since I could pay for it with an hour and a half of overtime with my new job (...and she gets a 30% discount...), the wife let me get it! =D I'm happy.

Now I need to talk her into letting me get a rebel fighter. Unfortunately they are more pricey, and the cheapest is a yellow Y-Wing (not my favorite...).

Was reading up on the SOE Fanfaire and found some interesting news regarding SWG and what is coming down the pipe with their next few Content pushes.
Thought I'd share it with ya..

"SWG Galactic Gathering 2010
Here are the discussion points from the Galactic Gathering panel. Please post your comments and questions in the discussion thread. We've got some really cool stuff planned for SWG and we are looking forward to your feedback.

Star Wars Galaxies
Galactic Gathering 2010
Sony Online Entertainment
Fan Faire 2010
August 6th, 2010


Panelists
Tony Tyson – "Teesquared" Producer
Michael Farone – "Fiasco" Lead Designer
Jeff Haskell – "Jaskell" Designer
Mikkel Jensen – "Hjal" Designer
Alex Allen – "Aphox" Lead Artist
Lorin Jameson – "DeadMeat" Austin Director of Development
Lydia Pope – "Zatozia" Community Manager

Welcome!

Development Plan Overview

Rare Loot System
Profession & Game-play improvements
Witches of Dathomir (working title)
Player Created Load Screens
Galactic Civil War
Chronicles & Storyteller Updates
Unique Spawns
Holiday Events
And more!

Development Plan

Rare Loot System

What is the Rare Loot System?
There are 3 types of loot you can discover: - Normal
- Elite
- Boss
Just play the game. - Any eligible mob can drop a rare loot container.
Combat only? - The initial version is focused on combat only but we plan to look into ways non-combat professions can earn this loot as well.
Normal Loot Example – The Proton Chair
Normal Loot Example – Target Dummy
Elite Loot Example – Xeno Couch
Elite Loot Example – Office Desk
Boss Loot Example – Perfect Power Crystal
Boss Loot Example - Aurillian statue part 1
Boss Loot Example – Rare Painting
When will the system go live? – The Rare Loot System will be coming to public test Soon™

Development Plan

Profession & Game-play

What is the goal? - Address abilities and expertise choices that are not used.
- Fix things that are broken.
- Enhancements and updates will include non-profession changes.
- For example,
-- Chronicles
-- Politician
Who is next and will all the professions get attention? - As mentioned previously, the next professions are Officer and Entertainer.
- We plan to continue to address top profession & game-play issues.
- Which senators are here now?
Get on public test and check out the changes.
Post your feedback in the forums.

Development Plan

Witches of Dathomir (working title)

Our next big content update.
What's going on with the Nightsisters?
Are there Afflicted outside the Quarantine zone?
Is the Blackwing virus spreading?
This is all for you to find out.
And it's time to save the galaxy AGAIN!
New rewards & collections. - The clothing worn by the Nightsisters and the Singing Mountain Clan will be craftable and wearable
- This includes the MASK!
Repeatable content to reap greater rewards.

Development Plan

Player Created Load Screens

The time has come to update the tips on the load screens.
We will be putting up a forum thread where you will be able to contribute new tips.
You will also be able to add flavor text and mention your character and server.
We will be pairing your tips with our artwork that matches the planet and categories of your tip.
Tip:
wook wook Enable "Options->Interface->Creature Names and Radar Symbols Blink when in Combat" to help show you when creatures have aggression towards your character.
Tip Category:
wook wook User Interface, Combat, Options
Flavor:
wook wook "Be careful!", Teesquared said to his companions. "The Dathomir Quarantine Zone is dangerous enough. Try to keep the undead in check. If a bunch of them come at us ... well then it's time to run!"
Flavor Category:
wook wook Dathomir, Death Troopers, Quarantine Zone, Undead
Credit:
wook wook Teesquared of TestCenter

Development Plan

Galactic Civil War NOW

More rewards and perks coming soon.
From the poll on the forums the majority of players want consequences that are both good and bad.
While we want the impact of the GCW felt throughout the game we don't want it to be a barrier.
We're still working on some ideas with your feedback in mind.
We are considering both Trader & Entertainer benefits.
Galactic Civil War Leader Boards
What will the Leader Boards show? - Running list 25/10/10
- Winning list 10/5/5
What are the rewards? - Badges, Titles, Collections.
- Guild & City travel points like group pickup point.
- And more.
How can you see them? - War Terminal
- Intel Pad
- War Table
Any consequences? - Possible assassination orders for the winners, with rewards (Badges/Titles/Collections) for the Bounty Hunter and the target.
When will Leader Boards be live?

Galactic Civil War NEXT

Space - Invasions in space with capital ships.
- Winning in space will affect ground and vice versa.
- The impact will be felt in the ground invasions and the player cities.
- For example, this could impact ground forces ability to place bases.
Player Cities - Mayors can buy props and place them like city decorations.
- These props provide GCW bonuses and spawns.
- They are the target of attack and defacement from the opposing faction.
- Perks & Rewards – call Elite AT-AT, Shield Generators, Turrets, and more.
- City Specialization

Development Plan

Chronicles

Perform Relic - Give Entertainers another reason to perform.
- There will be challenges.
-- Do performances for other players.
-- Do a certain dance or song.
-- Perform at a specific location.
-- Perform as a band.
-- And more!
Spawn Relic - Earn Spawn Relics by killing Mobs.
- With these relics Chroniclers will be able to add creature spawns to quests.
- Have the creatures utter text as part of the story.
- The creatures will drop loot too.
Storyteller
Event Props for Storyteller - They will be for sale during the events only.
- They will last until the events end.
- You can decorate your house or city for the event.
Development Plan
Unique Spawns
What are Unique Spawns? - Tough solo, single group, and multiple group mobs that will randomly spawn and wonder around the planets.
What are the rewards? - Yes. They will have some cool rewards. Plus each unique spawn will have a collection associated with it. These mobs would go great with the new rare loot system…
Where will the mobs spawn? - They can spawn anywhere.

Development Plan

Holiday Events

We will continue to run the holidays events. - Galactic Moon Festival
- Wookiee Life Day
- Ewok Festival of Love
- Empire Day/Remembrance Day
There will be new collections, badges, and rewards.
Development Plan
And more!
The next TCG set - It's coming!
- There will be new game play
Reduced price of CTS - All transfers will be $25."

I couldn't find if this had been dioscussed here or not (or if it was kosher too even) but has anyone checked out the Galaxiesreborn Emu?

http://www.galaxiesreborn.com/

Looks legit, legal & free.

Everyone,

Someone has tried to take over the city today. Frankly I am surprised it took this long... Someone named Odwan has put his name in for Mayor. I have challenged them and with my alts I will most likely win. Hell, a level 1 city is only five people anyway. Their guild name is JEDI, and they say that they have already talked to me about taking over the city. I do not remember this conversation, but other than that they seem to want to keep the name and everything associated with it. They have also offered 50 million credits for our city since I haven't logged on and they probably think I am ignoring them. Heh.

If I do give them access, the first thing they will probably do is rename it and kick me out. Thus ending CH's five or so year run.

I leave this to all of you who ever called CH home. My vote is to send them packing, but that is just because I am selfish. Maybe they will actually bring activity back to that little corner of Dantooine. We sure as heck aren't.

So... What do I tell them?

This needs to be made! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NATeU-r0GDU

Quote:Ever since we heard that Star Wars: The Old Republic was going to include space combat as one of its features, we've felt a bit like Red Squadron in A New Hope -- "standing by." It almost seemed too good to be true, especially since the rumor came out that the space portion of the game would be an on-rails shooter.

It's with great glee, then, that we have received more news on TOR's space combat in the upcoming October issue of PC Gamer. The seven-page spread confirms that the space combat won't be a free-form flight simulator like X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, but instead will be a "tunnel shooter" designed to create highly cinematic battle sequences for players to experience. Space combat hotspots will be unlocked as players progress through the game, and while they'll initially be solo instances only, eventually BioWare hopes to implement PvP and team combat in the future.

In a tunnel shooter, players will be able to move ships up, down, left and right, although their overall course is locked in by the scenario in question. Ship collision, rotating quest objectives, customizable ship cosmetics, achievements, various difficulty levels and incentives to repeat missions also seem to be a go for this portion of the game. While a lot of the details are still hidden from our prying eyes, we're sure that BioWare will have a lot more to say on this in the near future.

some species will be determined by the class you play, here are the known playable species so far, I will update the list as I get more info

For the Empire:

Rattataki Bounty Hunter

Chiss Imperial Agent

Sith Pureblood Sith Warrior

Zabrak Sith Inquisitor

For the Republic:

Twi’lek Smuggler

Miraluka Jedi Knight

Mirialan Jedi Consular

Where the %$*^ have Scythe and Ryna been? Long story short...I got my Series 6 & 63 license last July, have been working my tukhus off, get my bachelor's in January, and just today I got my Series 7 securities license and next month I start my promoted job. Ryna's just finishing up her master's, is tenured this year, and has basically been waiting for TOR. Have been living life a little bit now and again, but all in all...

We're here.

cy:

I have been lurking the forums for some time, and have been debating whether or not I want to play TOR. And if I do (probably will), would I want to play along side SBR?

I know that the game still has another year before release, but now should be the time for recruiting people. Before I stop there, I should note that I do know the risks of pre-recruiting. But to advertise a Republic guild that is mature 18+ casual/hardcore (or whatever the case may be) isn't that hard to do. A year atleast gives you time to weave out the bad eggs, get to know the good, and those who stay active on the boards within that time - would obviously be around during the game. And I have seen none of this. (not bashing, just saying) SBR could throw their name out there every once in a great while.

Basically, right now I would like to know who intends on really playing TOR.
What your class/profession is going to be, if you do intend to play.
What the guild as a whole intends on focusing on. (ie PvP/PvE/End Game)

And it's not that I don't intend on playing with you guys, but since playing LOTRO, and being part of one of the most notorious hardcore/raiding guilds between all of the servers, I've become more focused on end game content in the MMO aspect. That and playing Sith.. might have a toll. I really haven't decided yet.

If I do end up playing for the Republic, I'll most likely play as an off-tank Jedi Knight type, or strictly healing/force wielding Jedi Counselor.