Lucas Learning was a subsidiary of LucasArts in order to provide challenging, engaging and fun educational software for classrooms.[1] They have created many award-winning educational games for the PC such as The Gungan Frontier and DroidWorks were based on the national curriculum.[2]
The company was located in San Rafael, California,[3] and was headed by former MECC senior vice president of development and creative director Susan Schilling.[4] Shilling asserted that Lucas was personally involved with the products and that a company mantra was to stay away from violence.[5] They released games from 1998 until announcing their cancellation of a Mac version of Star Wars Super Bombad Racing in mid 2001, the year Lucas Learning was eventually reorganized into Edutopia, or the George Lucas Educational Foundation, independent from Lucasfilm and left the market.[6]
List of Video Games
| Title | Platform | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: DroidWorks | PC | October 28, 1998 |
| Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier | PC | May 24, 1999 |
| Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center | PC | August 17, 1999 |
| Star Wars: Pit Droids | PC | September 18, 1999 |
| Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey Adventure Book | PC | November 15, 1999 |
| Star Wars: Anakin's Speedway | PC | March 20, 2000 |
| Star Wars: Early Learning Activity Center | PC | August 15, 2000 |
| Star Wars Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy | PC | September 1, 2000 |
| Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (Developed by Lucas Learning) | PS2 | April 23, 2001 |
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ Lucas Learning - Company Mission on www.lucaslearning.com (December 20, 2001) (backup link archived on December 20, 2001)
- ↑ Lucas Learning - Letter to Educators on www.lucaslearning.com (February 8, 2002) (backup link archived on February 8, 2002)
- ↑ Lucas Learning - George Lucas' Vision on www.lucaslearning.com (February 8, 2002) (backup link archived on February 8, 2002)
- ↑ MECC executive to join Lucas firm by Alexander, Steve on www.highbeam.com (February 24, 1996) (backup link archived on February 21, 2017)
- ↑ Game developers dazzle E3 crowds with new titles and technology by Olson, Karen Torme on www.highbeam.com (May 17, 2000) (backup link archived on February 21, 2017)
- ↑ Lucas Learning axes Mac game, exits consumer market on www.macworld.com (June 20, 2001) (backup link archived on July 5, 2019)
External links
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Lucas Learning on Wikipedia -
Official website (backup link) - Interview with Lucas Learning's Jane Boston about company's philosophy and direction on thejournal.com (backup link archived on May 24, 2019)
