Lucas Learning - Press Release Archives - Young Jedi Knights Master Math, Music and Reading in Lucas Learning's Star Wars Yoda's Challenge

San Rafael, Calif. -- August 30, 1999 -- Jedi Master Yoda invites young candidates into the Jedi Council chamber to pursue the paths of math, music and reading in Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center from Lucas Learning Ltd. Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center, now available for PC and Macintosh, is a mission-based activity center for children ages six to eight, where the inspiring world and characters of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace unfold in a series of fun and challenging games and puzzles.

Players, along with Yoda, are given the opportunity to choose from six entertaining and immersive missions. Each activity features twenty to forty preset puzzles organized into four levels, all concentrated on building a variety of math, reading and music skills while accomplishing a worthy goal. With the wise Yoda as guide, children can jam with the Cantina band and help create a songbook for the young Anakin Skywalker, trap Battle Droids in the forest to help save the environment, and recover ancient relics in a Naboo swamp cave. The levels are designed to gradually increase in difficulty and complexity, introducing new concepts and challenges along the way.

"Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center offers youngsters the opportunity to build key skills while delving into the rich and stimulating world of Star Wars: Episode I," says Lisa Dawson, product marketing manager for Lucas Learning. "Children are able to interact with their favorite Episode I characters while sharing in captivating and rewarding activities."

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Lucas Learning Ltd. develops and publishes engaging interactive entertainment and educational software that provides learning opportunities through exploration and discovery. Based in San Rafael, California, as well as on the Internet at www.lucaslearning.com, Lucas Learning is one of six companies in the Lucas group, which include Lucasfilm Ltd., Lucas Digital Ltd., Lucas Licensing Ltd., Lucas Online and LucasArts Entertainment Company.