The Slowest Ship: Han Solo Adventures

I'd have used the Hive Of SCUMM and Villainy pun, but people were mean in QT3 about Kotaku stealing it

I picked this up on QT3. It’s someone trying to do a Han Solo adventure game in the style of SCUMM adventure games. It is, of course, totally doomed. But still – the tiny bit of teaser footage is amazingly evocative, and a great way to start the week. Unless you saw it over the weekend, in which case it’s very tiresome. Get off the internet at the weekend and make out with people, that’s what I say.

Star Wars Uncut – Scene 196 from Stacy Davidson on Vimeo.

19 Comments

  1. 31/08/2009 at 08:19 Jayt says:

    why is it doomed

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    31/08/2009 at 08:21 Cooper says:

    Incoming cease and desist?

  3. 31/08/2009 at 08:23 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:

    I saw it over the weekend!

  4. 31/08/2009 at 08:37 We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog says:

    Wow, it looks awesome! Will it come out for the iPhone? :) Hope so!!

  5. 31/08/2009 at 08:43 NegativeZero says:

    If they distribute it for free will Lucas still come down on them hard? I was under the impression that they encouraged fan experimentation with Star Wars as long as it’s not for profit?

  6. 31/08/2009 at 09:09 Lack_26 says:

    I would pay for this if Lucas Arts decided to take the team on-board and released it for a couple of pounds.

  7. 31/08/2009 at 09:12 Kenny says:

    Frankly, the dialogue was better than the “we have more voice over than any game ever therefore our game = immersion” PR pap The Old Republic has had to show for itself…

    However, I’m dissapointed by the title which led me to believe this was a new Hal Barwood desktop adventure.

  8. 31/08/2009 at 09:13 PC Monster says:

    Is this a Solo effort, then?

    I’m sorry. I’ll get my coat.

  9. 31/08/2009 at 09:33 Xercies says:

    I’m sure this is a game that just likes to point out THAT HAN SHOT FIRST!

  10. 31/08/2009 at 10:04 Okami says:

    Xercies: Damn, I wanted to be the first one to make a “HAN SHOT FIRST!” joke..

  11. 31/08/2009 at 10:26 Optimaximal says:

    For the record, this segment is for the Star Wars Uncut project, which is why it uses the soundtrack from the film etc.

    The full episodes will be original stories and text-only.

  12. 31/08/2009 at 12:11 Lunaran says:

    I’ve had a Fate of Atlantis poster on my wall for years and never once realized that a Han Solo adventure in the same vein would be such an epicly good idea until this morning.

  13. 31/08/2009 at 12:59 Carra says:

    Lucasarts lawyers coming in 3, 2, 1…

  14. 31/08/2009 at 13:48 Bobsy says:

    Lucasarts won’t necessarily come down on this at all. They’ve not done anything to stop Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth, after all. But like IJatFoY, this is probably far too big a project to ever see completion with part-time production.

  15. 31/08/2009 at 14:15 Jochen Scheisse says:

    They will force them to remodel the Puzzle so Han shoots second, and replace the Lasers with Flashlights.

  16. 31/08/2009 at 14:36 bildo says:

    It’s a good idea for a game but won’t he run out of han solo dialogue at some point? Find a sound a like, then keep going. It’s a cool project.

  17. 31/08/2009 at 16:11 Matt says:

    “Get off the internet at the weekend and make out with people, that’s what I say.”

    Placed directly above the Sunday Papers, in which it is written:

    “Sundays are for doing a lot of work, avoiding that lot of work with games of Champions, etc.”

    So Saturday is make out day, then? That explains so much!

  18. 31/08/2009 at 21:05 LionsPhil says:

    That’s some nice proper 2D artwork in the banner screenshot.

  19. 31/08/2009 at 22:40 Fumarole says:

    It is not named Rebel SCUMM? For shame.