“It’s a good chance to poke around in an unexplored part of Star Wars.”Īnother piece of concept art was revealed during ILMxLAB’s panel, not from Episode II, but rather from a captivating moment in Episode I: Vader’s meeting with the Black Bishop, which the player secretly watches from inside a ventilation shaft. The Mustafarians know of it through legend,” Snow teases. This is a hidden area of the fortress that hasn’t really been explored. “We’re trying to make it feel very atmostpheric.
The tomb will be found within the ancient fortress discovered toward the end of Episode I. “He becomes quite important in Episode II, and we learn about his background,” Snow says. In another piece of new Episode II concept art, the Black Bishop - a mysterious figure who meets with Vader in Episode I - appears near a tomb. “Our goal is to make the Force in Episode II as satisfying as the lightsaber felt in Episode I.” “That is something that we’re still working really hard on,” Snow says, “to make it feel as good as we can.” Without a lightsaber, initially at least, the Force will be your only real weapon. But then, of course, Vader takes it in his own direction.”Īt the end of Episode I, Vader draws the player’s lightsaber away and destroys it, so the Force, by necessity, will be a massive component of Episode II. So in this moment that the concept art reveals, you see him starting to manipulate objects and he’s starting to show you how you can use the Force to create something. He talks about the power of the dark side as well as the things you can do with the Force. So we wanted it to be slightly darker and more twisted.
The way we thought about this was, we wanted to give you the Vader equivalent of Yoda teaching Luke about the Force in Empire Strikes Back. “The first image is really part of the training. “You will get to use the Force in Episode II,” Ben Snow, director of Vader Immortal, tells. It’s something any Star Wars fan would love and should get the chance to try.Īt the surprising conclusion of Episode I, Vader promises to instruct the player in the ways of the Force, as they aid the Sith Lord in his search for an ancient artifact.Įpisode II will deliver on that promise, as seen in the artwork below, revealed last week during ILMxLAB’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con. In your ship, you can look at Star Destroyers passing above, manipulate controls and switches, and, if you dare, reach out and touch that strange small creature (and this writer jumped back when it tried to bite) when Vader walks into your personal space, you stand guarded and nervously at attention and igniting a lightsaber and deflecting stormtrooper blaster bolts provides a fantasy fulfillment rarely achieved in interactive storytelling. It’s a Star Wars experience like no other. In Vader Immortal – Episode I, the first installment of ILMxLAB’s immersive VR experience, players find themselves captured by the Empire and taken to Mustafar, where they come face-to-face with Darth Vader - and eventually wield a lightsaber. If Vader Immortal – Episode I was a first step into a larger world, then Episode II will be a full-fledged leap. Spoiler warning: This article discusses plot points and details of Vader Immortal – Episode I and Episode II.
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