LucasArts have begun work on a handheld videogame version of the CG Star Wars tv show.

Episodes one and two may have reached a low point in the Star Wars saga, but it did spawn the awesome Clone Wars tv show. Not only that, but it will also spawn a DS version of a game based on that very show.

According to Develop Magazine, LucasArts have begun work on a Clone Wars game for the Nintendo DS. Clone Wars will be the first internally developed handheld title for LucasArts, handled by its newly-expanded sister studio LucasArts Shanghai, which was originally setup in 2005 to produce digital film content.

Ex-Psygnosis and EA veteran Feargus Carroll takes the role of project lead, bringing with him 12 years of experience working on titles such as Freedom Fighters, Black & White 2 and Battlefield: Modern Combat.

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