Star Wars and Lucas Arts related newsgroups announced today that they’re preparing to launch the sequel “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2” sometime in the next coming year.

The sequel to the original has been expected for quite some time now, as the first LucasArts game was a massive hit in 2008, selling over 5.7 million copies till Feb. 2009. The new Star Wars volume is largely set in an unexplored era of the “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith” and “Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope”. Once again, players will assume the role of Starkiller, and the plot promising to pick up where the original concluded. You’ll be playing as Darth Vader’s secret apprentice during the time between Episodes III and IV.

Nevertheless, we hope LucasArts can follow the examples set by a few in recent months by making a sequel that actually addresses the faults of the original. Or by remaking the first level of The Force Unleashed and extending it into a full game, thus making a game where the entire point is to ping wookies off of treetops using your mind.

The trailer for the game was released during the Electronics Arts week on the 12th of December in Los Angeles, which also doubled as the game’s world premiere. The game is expected to launch on all consoles.