And it’s all tied, of course, to the recent cinematic release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The game is meant to be a special experience coinciding with release of the new Oculus Quest virtual reality home gaming system, which comes with three episodes of the Vader Immortal video game, said Sean Griffin, chief business development officer for Nomadic. Players receive a score that’s added to a national leader-board, which compares them to others at each of the six locations where the pop-up exists. The game costs $10 for about eight minutes of playing time. “He loves Star Wars,” said his father, Frank Loreto. 26, when they stopped at the pop-up near Nordstrom. Loreto and his family were doing some post-Christmas shopping at the Del Amo Fashion Center Thursday, Dec. Purchasers will also receive a bonus Mii Swordfighter outfit: Ancient. Everything was around me and I didn’t know what to hit.” Each Challenger Pack contains 1 new fighter, 1 new stage, and additional music tracks. “I don’t know what’s real anymore,” 14-year-old Ryder Loreto, from San Pedro, said last week, shortly after experiencing the game and taking off the Oculus Quest headset. One hand holds a lightsaber, with which customers can strike the drones and other opponents away the other hand holds a device allowing the virtual-reality Jedi to activate “the force,” allowing them to summon objects, grab their opponents or throw things across the room. Locations also exist in Northern California, Texas and New Jersey.Īs the virtual reality headsets come on, customers get transported to a large, industrial-looking room, where robot drones the size of softballs fly toward them and others fire lasers. The pop-up gaming experience, by immersive entertainment company Nomadic, can be found at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance Cinemark Century Huntington Beach and the Ontario Mills Mall in Ontario. Well, wonder no longer: Star Wars fans can now experience a Jedi training session - albeit in a virtual world - at one of three Lightsaber Dojo locations throughout Southern California until Feb. Ever wondered what it feels like to be a Jedi warrior wielding a lightsaber?