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Han Solo In Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings

New footage on StarWars.com shows Millennium Falcon pilot Han Solo as a playable/unlockable character in upcoming title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

Sure, the same actor played both Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and yes, George Lucas created both characters. But really? Seems a tad on the gimmicky side — like putting Yoda in SoulCalibur or something.

Oh wait. Never mind. Carry on, LucasArts!

Exclusive Footage [StarWars.com Thanks, Alex!]

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  • Liquiiiid

    @Patriot Infinity: I think it's Deckard that is Han Solo in another dimension, far far away...

    Liquiiiid

  • lasttoblame

    @Patriot Infinity: Actual game dialogue:"I've got a really bad feeling about this. I didn't kill my wife, I don't like eggs and I hate snakes."

    If this all sounds contrived, I don't know, I'm making this up as I go. I know.

  • Jellocakes

    @prototype beta: Because Lucasarts fired the in-house team working on the PS3/360 versions and left the external teams making the game for SD systems continue.

    Jellocakes

  • Paul Soth

    @Patriot Infinity:

    Actually in Dark Horse Comic's Star Wars Tales series, there was a (oh so not cannon, don't even ask) story where the Millenium Falcon crashes in the Pacific Northwest, Han dies, and Chewbaca becomes Bigfoot.

    Then years later, Indiana Jones finds the Falcon with Solo's skeletal remains at the controls and remarks "This all seems familiar somehow."

    No, really.

  • Sloopydrew

    @Black-Dog-Howls:

    Er ... um ... That got us no where -- even though I know where you were going. Phoenix did do a GREAT job at playing a young Indy. He had all of Ford's facial tics down to a science without turning himself into a caricature. If they would have cast someone like that as Indy's son, we would have probably gotten a decent spin-off. Now we'll get what? The Adventures of Mutt Jones in Mars Attacks?

  • MrBionic

    @Lezard: You're right. The N64 usually had much better looking games.

  • kiddoblivion

    I see they're sticking to canon and going for "OLD FACE".

    kiddoblivion

  • Michael Salazar

    Well they did "meet" in an Alt. Extended Universe/Dark Horse comic by W. Haden Blackman published in 2003.

    [bit.ly]

    Michael Salazar

  • dkrefft

    Uhhhh you guys remember that you could unlock Han Solo AND Indiana Jones in Mercenaries...right?

    This is soooooo not a new idea.

    But hey, it's Lucasarts, I just want them to stick around long enough to remake Jedi Knights. So buy this shit!

  • SketchyIndividual

    @Lezard: It actually looks worse then Milo's Astro Bowling

  • Hey_Blinkon

    @FatalChaos: I think this is a Saturn screenshot or something.

    Hey_Blinkon

  • Alex_Mexico

    @Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar:
    A president filled with lame one-liners, even:
    "GET OFF MY PLANE!"

  • Lezard

    @MrBionic: If you think that looks like a Nintendo 64 screenshot, you need your eyes checked.

  • Sammo21

    Both Indiana Jones and Han Solo were unlockable in the first Mercenaries game. Just saying.

  • mergedwarrior

    This needs to be re-done so that when you're in the Han skin you have your blaster, and not some revolver.

    I also need some red lasers. Let's get it done people.

  • corme

    @Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar: I WANT MY FAMILY BACK! :O

  • mrdietsoda

    @Jawmuncher:

    "Never tell me the odds!"

  • ShaSt One

    @dry-roasted-peanuts: Did Han Solo have a time machine, you ask? Surely if a ship can make the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs it can do something as trivial as travel through time!

  • Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of

    @Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar: Wtf? I swore this was on someone else's post. Damn it, Kotaku.

    Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar

  • BlitzGrilo

    @Makeda:

    [darthno.ytmnd.com]

    BlitzGrilo

  • Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of

    He looks really sad in that pic..I guess he didn't want to be in this game. Don't blame him.

    Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar

  • Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of

    @bfwings55: I also wanna shoot Greedo before he shoots me.

    Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar

  • J.Bourne

    Cool. So I'm a huge fan of the Indiana Jones films. I was wondering why they would put Han Solo in this game.

    ...And so I just now realized that Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones, and Han Solo as well.

    Gosh I'm smart. I need some sleep.

    J.Bourne

  • Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of

    @Makeda: And that's the only thing he says, sadly.

    Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar

  • Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of

    @SPECIALciaNAPKIN: Don't forget he was the president.

    Sebnotic Says You're Jealous Of My Avatar

  • Revenge_of_Nekojin

    @the7k: I'd rather play with slave costume Leia too.

  • Black-Dog-Howls

    @curly haired boy: River Phoenix would have been Indy, but he's dead.

    Black-Dog-Howls

  • Luigi87

    I'd rather play as Harrison Ford. Then **** would get real.

  • MrBionic

    Wow, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings is coming out for the N64? SCORE!

  • HowardC

    Isn't Han Solo basically Indy minus the hat plus a very gay vest?

    HowardC

  • BossVersion1

    @FatalChaos: Greedo shot first.

    BossVersion1

  • Ghetto-Cornetto

    LUCAAAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!

  • SPECIALciaNAPKIN

    @Patriot Infinity: Han was a Blade Runner too.

  • Takamofo

    What a nerf herder.

  • Kirbysuperstar

    @WildKnightblazer: You think THAT causes a Time Paradox? Guybrush was playable in Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. At least on PC, anyway. You just typed in "Iwannabeapirate" and BAM, Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate.

  • Makeda

    @BlitzGrilo: I cant believe that is pretty much ALL I remembered from that movie, heck.. i even forgot its title until you said it >_<

  • SketchyIndividual

    Wait, what? Really?

    I mean... really?!

  • aeonpulse

    Boba Fett!? Boba Fett!! Where!?!?

  • prototype beta

    Everytime I see something about this game, all I can think is "Why no Xbox/PS3 love?"

    prototype beta

  • dry-roasted-peanuts

    How can Han Solo show up in Indiana Jones? He lived a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. What, does he have some fancy time machine or something?

    dry-roasted-peanuts

  • Jawmuncher

    @K1NG EV1L:

    It was so cool seeing Han Solo or Indy drive a Corvette with C4 strapped to it only to jump put and explode the car to High Heaven

  • aw3str1k3r

    @aw3str1k3r: Sorry. Seeing time paradox made me think of MGS...

  • aw3str1k3r

    @WildKnightblazer: Fission Mailed

  • DreamDivision

    @Fadakar: Agreed on all points.

    DreamDivision

  • Crash__Man

    they did the same thing in the Lego games. was that "gimmicky"?

    ... it's just for fun, fellas. y'know, like a video game =P

    Crash__Man

  • Patriot Infinity

    @Spiffyness: Oh that's right! So he's going to be unlockable as himself in the game? That makes more sense. I saw Han Solo in The Fugitive. Was that another alternate dimension thing or was that just a time paradox?!

  • Captain Pretty Good

    @Spiffyness: Hehe, oh god sometimes I love the internet. :)

  • spookyxelectric

    If they were going to go through the effort of modeling Han Solo's outfit, they might as well model his blaster rather than have him firing a revolver.

    spookyxelectric

  • Spiffyness

    @Patriot Infinity: No, no, silly. Han Solo is the name of the actor who played Indiana Jones.

    Spiffyness

  • WildKnightblazer

    You can't do that, Lucasarts! You've created a time paradox!

    WildKnightblazer

  • FatalChaos

    Is it me or is his head not proportioned correctly?

  • the7k

    @Kyoya: It'd certainly make sense for her to use Indy's Whip.

  • Fadakar

    This hardly sounds gimmicky at all. You said it yourself, both belong to Lucasarts, both played by Harry Ford. It's just as "gimmicky" as Lloyd being in that stupid Soul Calibur cash-in for the Wii. And people looked at that as a buying point.

  • Kyoya

    Aw, I would rather have a playable slave costume Leia.

    Kyoya

  • curly haired boy

    has anyone contacted harrison ford about cloning himself?

    we need the next generation of indy, and that LeBoofe fella, despite being his son in the movie, ain't gonna cut it.

    curly haired boy

  • K1NG EV1L

    Solo and Jones were both in the first mercenaries as well.

    K1NG EV1L

  • Patriot Infinity

    Wait... I thought Han Solo actually was Indiana Jones, just in another dimension. I'm confused!!!

  • bfwings55

    Wow. Holy shit.

    I don't care who you are, you know you want to play as Han Solo headbutting guys.

  • Str8_Jihadin

    If you have Han, you MUST have Chewie!

    Those two are inseparable!

  • BlitzGrilo

    quoting Darth Vadder @ Revenge of Sith:
    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

    BlitzGrilo

  • Akomander

    @BlitzGrilo:

    DO NOT WANT!

  • jeremyschultz

    It needs an unlockable Deckard from Blade Runner. Or how about the old Han Solo from Six Days Seven Nights with Anne Heche.

    jeremyschultz

  • mazola

    he looks like Frodo Solo in that picture

    mazola

  • happybeard

    @Spiffyness: If Han Solo is the actor who plays Indiana Jones, then how come "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" sucked so hard?

    happybeard

  • Brodka

    @HowardC: Han is a true skeptic. Recall that he basically didn't believe in the Force in Ep. IV despite the fact that the Jedi Knights had basically run the Galaxy up until like 20 years ago.

    Whereas, Indy believes in lots of "hokey religions" given his respect for the supernatural powers of certain Arks, Grails, Stones, and Skulls.

    Brodka

  • lolomfgisuck

    @MrBionic: lol...

    Score one for MrBionic!

    lolomfgisuck

  • lolomfgisuck

    @Crash__Man: This is what I was thinking... I really enjoyed finding the lego starwars characters. I thought it was a nice touch.

    lolomfgisuck

  • ShiftBreaker

    @Kirbysuperstar: Honestly, if they did that for this game, it'd already be a guaranteed purchase. Guybrush AND The Fate of Atlantis?

    ...Wait, why not Guybrush IN The Fate of Atlantis.

    Oh, I just died.

    ShiftBreaker

  • Deosi Feldspar

    how neccessary!

    Deosi Feldspar

  • Paul Werner

    @K1NG EV1L: too bad the 2nd mercenaries wasn't up to the same quality level that the 1st was (still had some fun with it though)

    Paul Werner

  • Paul Werner

    @Paul Soth: Wait what??? Now I HAVE to get those to check that out. Thanks. (prays you weren't being sarcastic)

    Paul Werner

  • Sonira - AND MY AXE!

    @happybeard: ): You just had to mention it...

  • Kuciwalker

    Wait, isn't he the default character anyway?

    Kuciwalker

  • AlexTHVK

    @Str8_Jihadin:
    Have him instead of Henry Jones for the 2P game and there you go.

    AlexTHVK

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