"Lightsaber on!" jokes aside, Kinect Star Warsshould be really cool. The Star Wars universe was friggin' made for a near-magical technology like Kinect, making the lukewarm impressions from E3 and Gamescom all the more disheartening.

It appears Microsoft and Terminal Reality have come to realize the game could use some more work, too, telling OXM (and then confirmed by me) that Kinect Star Wars will no longer be released this year.

"Microsoft and LucasArts have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011 to ensure the full potential of this title is realized," said the company in a statement. "We will communicate additional timing information at a later date."

Perhaps more distressing, the R2D2-themed Xbox 360 has also been delayed.

[insert Star Wars joke about a million voices dying out or something]

"Lightsaber on!" jokes aside, Kinect Star Warsshould be really cool. The Star Wars universe was friggin' made for a near-magical technology like Kinect, making the lukewarm impressions from E3 and Gamescom all the more disheartening.

It appears Microsoft and Terminal Reality have come to realize the game could use some more work, too, telling OXM (and then confirmed by me) that Kinect Star Wars will no longer be released this year.

"Microsoft and LucasArts have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011 to ensure the full potential of this title is realized," said the company in a statement. "We will communicate additional timing information at a later date."

Perhaps more distressing, the R2D2-themed Xbox 360 has also been delayed.

[insert Star Wars joke about a million voices dying out or something]

I'm afraid, in your anger you delayed her. 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 

That sucks...

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LIGHTSABER ON!

Only a good thing really if they are delaying it to make it better. We'll have to see if it justifies it's delay next year.

@Nyro said:

I'm afraid, in your anger you delayed her. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

you win the internet today lol

How many game reporters died to bring us this information?

We all know this is going to be a terrible mess or never come out, right? Like that Harry Potter Kinect thing?

Ooooh the Jedi are gonna feel this one...

This Christmas, Darth Vader will not feel your presents...

Lightsaber...off?

Lightsaber...off?

So other than Dance Central 2 what games are coming for Kinect this year?

I came to this article hoping that the comments would be filled with Star Wars jokes. You did not disappoint me giant bomb community.

LIGHTSABER OFF! 

cuz its totaly still broken maybe??? E3 demo was baaaad man!

Game didn't look finished, so good on them.

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I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced...

No wait, maybe more like two or three voices.

@Etaber said:

LIGHTSABER ON!

@Vegsen said:

Lightsaber...off?

@b33 said:

Lightsaber ON!

@Phatmac said:

LIGHTSABER OFF!

Keep your voices down! My lightsaber's over here spazzing out and now my dog won't stop barking at it!

This deserves a Vador force choke

Delaying this title isn't really going to make it any better.

The only R2-D2 related hardware I want is that projector somebody built into the model of a to scale R2-D2.

"Delay ON"

[insert Star Wars joke about a million voices dying out or something]

If they take this time to make it the first GOOD game for kinect that let's you move around on not-rails then it's game of the year...but all they're doing is adding voice commands... 
 
LIGHTSABAH ON!

@Nyro said:

I'm afraid, in your anger you delayed her. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Well for such a short article (Of which the ending joke was funny) the first comment is a hum dinger as well bravo good sir, Bravo.

When the person demoing the game who would have spent a few hours makeing sure it dosnt screw up. makes all the exact same mistakes (AT Tank lack lusterly drops when moveing it) as first time demoers getting to try it out. Then there is some issues....aside from it not looking at all fun with floaty and slow responses.

@Etaber said:

LIGHTSABER ON!

@Vegsen said:

Lightsaber...off?

@b33 said:

Lightsaber ON!

@Phatmac said:

LIGHTSABER OFF!

Keep your voices down! My lightsaber's over here spazzing out and now my dog won't stop barking at it!

Meh. It'll suck no matter how long they work on it. Namely because it doesn't seem designed around the Kinect; they're just shoehorning actions people supposedly want to do onto the damn device. Who wants to have no lightsaber in their hands but then swing around like a moron pretending it's there? The only way a Kinect Star Wars could work is if it was all about force pushing people around. But did they ever once consider making a game about a Jedi who DOESN'T use a lightsaber? Nope. They don't know what they're doing.
 
The R2 Xbox was nice though. But I'd only get it if I didn't have to get it with an Kinect, game or any of that stuff. Have to be watching trade-ins closely to nab one of those babies. Whenever it comes out.

I'm glad to see there going to spend more time working on it. What I've seen of that game does not look appealing at all. Maybe, they'll make it a bit more than a cliche hack n' slash.

@MrKlorox said:

@Etaber said:

LIGHTSABER ON!

@Vegsen said:

Lightsaber...off?

@b33 said:

Lightsaber ON!

@Phatmac said:

LIGHTSABER OFF!

Keep your voices down! My lightsaber's over here spazzing out and now my dog won't stop barking at it!

"Set phasers to kill!" ..  Wait...

The game continues to look awful but that R2D2 360 still looks sick.

@drowsap said:

@Nyro said:

I'm afraid, in your anger you delayed her. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

you win the internet today lol

@Meatsim: Agreed.

I'm actually glad it's delayed so I have more time to save up for the console bundle.