LucasArts announced Thursday that two new titles in the Star Wars universe will land on the Wii and DS this coming holiday. The games, based around the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie and subsequent TV series, will give players new ways to control lightsaber action and the overall badassery that comes with being a Jedi.

Star War The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels will be exclusive to the Wii and feature motion sensitive lightsaber fighting that even mimicks which direction you’re swinging the Wii remote. Though the rest of the game sounds like it could potentially fall into awful movie-game territory, the idea of swinging your virtual lightsaber is enough to get even the most skeptical of fanboys panting in anticipation. We’ll have to wait and see what the rest of the game looks like.

The DS will join the action with SWTCW: Jedi Alliance, a game that looks to bring back the touch-screen controls that worked so well in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, as all of the action will take place with the stylus. The game also features drop-in/drop-out co-op play via wireless, so provided you can find a friend nearby, you’ll be able to team up to take down the Sith. Perhaps the coolest feature of the game (being a fanboy geek myself) is that it will feature an entirely new storyline within the Clone Wars era, expanding on the movie/TV series and giving players more insight into the time period in their favorite fictional history.

Check out the official press release for more information.

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