Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

 is an American science fiction and adventure video game that takes place within the continuity of the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It is one of the last major projects of the original "Expanded Universe", and is the only video game that franchise creator George Lucas had direct involvement in. It yielded a sequel game in 2010. Despite Lucas' involvement, these games are no longer considered part of the official Star Wars canon following the buyout of Lucasfilm by Walt Disney Productions in 2011. The game was produced by LucasArts and released on September 16th, 2008.