Star Wars Kinect

Is an upcoming Star Wars rail shooter video game by LucasArts and Terminal Reality and published by Microsoft Games Studios for the Xbox 360 that utilizes the Kinect motion peripheral. Intended for players of all ages, it is set to be released in the winter of 2011.

The playable character in Star Wars Kinect is a Jedi and one of several new characters who will be introduced by the game. Using the controller-free Kinect system, the player stands in front of the television and uses hands to lift and throw objects with the Force or wield a lightsaber uses body movement to drive to control X-wing Starfighters and podracers or uses a voice component to make additional commands. It takes places during the prequel trilogy timeline of the Star Wars universe.

The game also includes settings from the original trilogy such as the planet Bespin featured in Star Wars Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back.  The player will also fight Darth Vader in the game.

Microsoft Game Studios had planned to develop a Star Wars game since early in the development of the Kinect system. Kudo Tsunoda, creative director for Microsoft, said of this decision: "It's one of those things where you can see how the unique parts of Kinect can bring to life the fantasy of being a Jedi in a way no other game console or media can do."  Craig Derrick was LucasArts' lead producer on Star Wars Kinect. The visuals of the animation were augmented in such a way to make the Jedi fighting techniques appear realistic because, Derrick said: "What we found early in development is that no one wants to look like 'Star Wars Kid' in front of their friends."  The release of the game was formally announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, on June 6, 2011, where the first gameplay trailer and portions of the game were shown.