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Han Solo smuggles his way into Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

by Griffin McElroy on May 14th 2009 3:15PM

Dear Mr. Lucas,

Despite certain ... differences we may have had in the past, we still remain amongst your loyal throng of followers. As such, we were hoping you could impart some of your potent wisdom unto us regarding the upcoming fedora-fitted Wii/DS/PS2/PSP title, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. See, a recent video from StarWars.com shows us a fairly sizable, though incomprehensible Easter egg -- intergalactic smuggler extraordinaire Han Solo will be playable in the game.

Yes, Mr. Lucas, it is neat -- but we need to know how it's possible. Don't feign ignorance. We know you don't let non-canonical events relating to your timeless empires slip into your licensed products. Seriously, give us something. The Millennium Falcon slipped into a time vortex? Mr. Solo is, in fact, an immortal Time-God? Harrison Ford is the Highlander? We know you know. Spill the beans, George. You owe us that much.

Regards,
Joystiq

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Tags: DS, george-lucas, han-solo, indiana-jones, indiana-jones-and-the-staff-of-kings, lucasarts, Nintendo, staff-of-kings, star-wars, Wii

Reader Comments (28)

What if it's something as simple as an unlockable costume for Indy? That would make sense, given that both were H. Ford.

Um, isn't a parsec a unit of distance, not time?

I think your sarcasm detector might be broken.

AHHHH ANGRY NERD RAGE.

seriously tho, i didn't even hear about this game...

Dear Joystiq,

Your answer is right in front of you, you just aren't looking hard enough. It is obvious that Mister Han Solo ended up getting froze in Carbonate AGAIN and Indy ended up finding him on his journey to return the crystal skull to the aliens. I can't believe I had to explain this to you! COME ON GUYS!

Exactly. Star Wars is supposed to occur "A long, long time ago..." so that he was frozen again and preserved, and the aliens from Crystal Skull dropped him off at Indy Earth.

Fanon is fun!

I recently had the misfortune to come across some erotic gay fanfiction based on the 19th century children's novel, Tom Brown's Schooldays.

Fanon ftw, I guess..

Have we even got a GOOD Star Wars came this gen? It seems like there were tons last gen, Battlefront, Rogue Squadrom, KOTOR...where are the good Star Wars games this gen?

game*

I enjoyed The Force Unleashed, it wasnt great but it was pretty good.

i had GREAT fun with battlefront renegade squadron. the multiplayer is still some of the best on PSP. but yeah, battlefront 2 on every system except psp, KOTOR 1&2, and rogue squadron were infinitely better than anything we've had so far this gen.

I crave another Fate of Atlantis

This is where Han Solo went in his brief exodus in A New Hope before he came back to save Luke.

Han was a secret character in Mercenaries and The Force Unleashed

he was in mercenaries? wow. the second one or the original? and why did you get lowranked?

the original, once you located a certain amount of the WMDs or secret plans or whatever BS, you got a cheat code to play as Han. Some of the collectibles had funny names too, like Kessel Spice or Death Star Schematics

Why the F**K have we never gotten a Han Solo game?

Or even a co-op game with Han and Chewie.

WHY. IT'S THE PERFECT STARWARS GAME.

This game is looking a helluva lot better than it originally did.

I'm impressed

I'm surprised you can see anything through all that bloom

Hey, all that Next-Gen development had to be put somewhere

But seriously, less bloom, more texture work

...HAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!.............HAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!.......

I hear that you can also play as Jack Ryan and Richard Kimble.

(Yes, I'm kidding.)

random piece of related trivia: it's george lucas' birthday today

NERD ALERT:

Probably not "canon", but Indy did meet Han ... at least in the funny pages (ie. comics). During a blind hyperspace jump, Han and Chewy land on Earth. They are attacked by natives of South America, who kill Han. Enraged, Chewie went into a rage and howled a lot ... creating the Sasquatch myth. A hundred or so years later, Indy and Short Round are investigating the myth and they stumble onto the skeleton of Han.

“I’ve never seen anything like it. Not even in Atlantis…. But it’s all somehow familiar.” - Indy

GET OFF MY GAME!

It's actually a Play.com exclusive unlock: http://www.play.com/Games/Wii/4-/9367943/Indiana-Jones-And-The-Staff-Of-Kings/Product.html

Well, for the UK that is, obviously.

If you're wondering how they eat and breathe and other science facts... remember, it's just a video game. You really should relax. :)

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