Ep. 222: 'Achievement Oriented' on the Past and Future of 'Star Wars' Games

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion name-check their favorite 'Star Wars' games and talk to Jack Sorensen, the former president of LucasArts, about how he helped oversee several classic titles during the heyday of in-house 'Star Wars' development (5:24). Then they welcome Douglas Reilly from Lucasfilm and Justin McCully from Electronic Arts to discuss the upcoming slate of 'Star Wars' games (34:10) and the challenge of telling original stories within the larger 'Star Wars' universe (38:10). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Bill Simmons.
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0:59.9	Hello and welcome to Achievement Oriented, a gaming podcast from Channel 33.
1:06.0	My name is Ben Lindbergh and I'm a writer for TheRinger.com and on the other line, if
1:09.8	you continue to fight, what will you become?
1:12.1	It's my colleague at TheRinger, Jason Concepcio.
1:15.2	Star Wars.
1:17.2	Nothing but Star Wars this week.
1:20.6	Star Wars Week at TheRinger.
1:21.6	Star Wars Week on Achievement Oriented.
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