Microsoft will release a limited-edition Kinect Star Wars bundle with droid-inspired designs this holiday season, it said on Thursday.
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A limited edition, Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 will feature designs inspired by your favorite droids.

Microsoft and LucasArts unveiled a console bundle for the upcoming Kinect Star Wars game at a San Diego Comic-Con International panel on Thursday morning. The bundle will include an Xbox 360 console with a 320 GB hard drive, the Kinect sensor and the motion-controlled Star Wars game. It will also include the Kinect Adventures game that is currently bundled with the motion-sensing camera controller.

Set for release this holiday season, the bundle will cost $450, equivalent to the price of an Xbox 360 console, a Kinect and a game.

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Star Wars fans of all ages will likely lose their midichlorians over the design: The console is inspired by R2-D2’s paint job and features custom sounds that mimic the little droid’s beeping repartee, while the controller is the gold metallic hue of C-3PO. The Kinect sensor is colored white to match the console.

Kinect Star Wars, based on our play time with its Jedi mode at E3, will likely be a divisive game; our sister site Ars Technica found it to be a “train wreck”, but agrees with Wired.com that its manic lightsaber-flinging action will make it a smash hit for kids. With this impressive bundle, it seems like Microsoft is putting a lot of effort behind making it one of its biggest holiday games.

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Microsoft also said at Comic-Con that the game will feature a Podracing mode in addition to the Jedi lightsaber duels.