George Lucas is a man that loves to shove his member down your throat and get that money lodged deep inside your pockets.  He’s done it countless times with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series.  He’s pushed these classic series almost into the “sellout” genre offering Star Wars Burger King toys and even Trivial Pursuit games (which I own).  This doesn’t even get into the Indiana Jones Krystal Skull movie, and I won’t even go there. Point is, he hasn’t created an original game in quite some time

Hoping to dispel this rumor is LucasArts’ announcement to release an original game with an original story? Holy crap! This hasn’t happened since Fracture for the Xbox 360 and PS3, and well, let’s just forget about that game and go even deeper into the catalog and mention Gladius or Thrillville.  These other games not ringing any bells? That’s right, they shouldn’t, because LucasArts has had you on the Indiana Jones and Stormtrooper teet for way too long.

Lucidity follows the actions of a young girl named Sophie, being tasked to find her way across numerous levels of this all new 2D puzzler/platformer for the Xbox Live Arcade.  The twist is, you won’t be controlling Sophie, you’ll be in charge of manipulating the levels so she can make her way through.  Sophie will just be walking, walking towards anything on the right side of the level. Place a huge penis there shooting spikes? Or a Sarlacc monster? She’ll walk to it?  Even place a Pedo bear and a white windowless party van? Sophie will walk there.  You will be tasked with placing objects in her relentless trek to make her jump (placing a trampoline), climb up the edge of a walkway (in the form of a slingshot looking contraption), and placing stair pieces in real time for Sophie to interact with so Sophie does not fall to her doom.  The game looks different than anything LucasArts has ever done, and I guess that’s the point?  I’m sick of tasting that cheap plastic Stormtrooper teet.

Look for Lucidity to hit XBLA around the end of the month.