LucasArts has announced that its sending The Force to Nintendo in early next year by providing Star Wars – The Force Unleashed for the Nintendo Wii. We all know just how much Nintendo is already dominating the game consoles market and this will certainly help them along.

The Force Unleashed will of course take advantage of the Wii’s motion sensitive remotes letting users wave the Wii Remote as a lightsaber as we all have dreamed of doing at one point or another. (I can’t wait to hear it make that signature swooshing sound effect.) The Nunchuk controller will also take part giving you another hand powered with The Force.

In the game players will be casted as a “bad guy”, helping out Darth Vadar as one of his secret apprentices with a goal of ridding the galaxy of Jedi. The setting will take place somewhere between the episodes of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and promises to reveal new unknown information about the Star Wars Galaxy. The Force Unleashed is expected to be available for the Nintendo Wii in Spring 2008.

LucasArts – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed