Darth Vader to Invade Network Associates Coliseum.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders This article is about an American football team. For other uses, see Raider. The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California.
WHO: The Oakland Raiders and Darth Vader
WHAT: Star Wars Trilogy invades Network Associates Coliseum
WHEN: Sunday, September 26, 2004
WHERE: Network Associates Coliseum
CONTACTS: Mike Taylor, Oakland Raiders, 510-864-5000
Lynn Fox, Lucasfilm, 415-662-1924
The Force will be with the Oakland Raiders when Darth Vader Darth Vader fallen Jedi Knight has turned to evil. [Am. Cinema: Star Wars] See : Evil descends upon Network Associates Coliseum with his Storm Troopers as the Team of the Decades -- the Oakland Raiders -- face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers This match-up between Oakland and Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. coincides with the September 21 release of the STAR WARS TRILOGY on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. -- the most-awaited DVD of all time -- and its companion video game, Star Wars Battlefront. This Sunday's event, kicking off a season-long STAR WARS presence at Network Associates Coliseum, will feature appearances by some of the most popular Star Wars characters, including Darth Vader, as well as special giveaways and other celebrations. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi are available in a four-disc set that includes a bonus disc filled with all-new special features -- including the most comprehensive feature-length documentary ever produced about the STAR WARS saga and never-before-seen footage from the making of all three films. Each of the three films in the STAR WARS TRILOGY has been digitally restored and re-mastered by THX A design system that provides realistic sound playback for movie and home theater from THX, Ltd., San Rafael, CA (www.thx.com), an independent spin-off from Lucasfilm, Ltd. The THX Sound System was developed during the production of the Return of the Jedi in 1982 and named after George for superior sound and picture quality. Star Wars Battlefront is an action/shooter game that gives fans and gamers the opportunity to re-live and participate in all of the classic STAR WARS battles like never before. Players can select one of a number of different soldier types, jump into any vehicle, man any turret on the battlefront and conquer the galaxy planet-by-planet online with their friends or offline in a variety of single player modes. Single player modes include "Instant Action," "Galactic ga·lac·tic adj. 1. Relating to milk. 2. Promoting the flow of milk. galactic 1. pertaining to milk. 2. galactagogue. Conquest" and the story-based "Historical Campaigns" mode that lets gamers experience all of the epic STAR WARS battles from Episodes I-VI, fighting from the perspective of each of the four factions within the game. The game is available for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the PC. |
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