Ubisoft has recently signed "a long-term licensing partnership with LucasArts" and with this, their first As part of their long-term licensing partnership with LucasArts, Ubisoft is offering Star Wars: Lethal Alliance to Star Wars fans everywhere for the PSP and DS. Due out sometime in December, here are the details of Lethal Alliance courtesy of GameSpot:

Lethal Alliance weaves a tale around the Imperial-fighting escapades of Twi'lek Rianna Saren, a skilled Rebel Alliance fighter and acrobat, and her security droid, Zeeo, a defensive specialist. In relation to the franchise's saga, the game fits between the last prequel to appear in theaters -- 2005's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- and the first movie of the original trilogy, 1977's Episode IV: A New Hope.

Ubisoft said Lethal Alliance players must take advantage of each character's unique strengths to progress -- the ultimate goal being the theft of the Death Star's blueprints.

Even though the game will hit around the same date for both handhelds, Ubisoft says that each has been worked on by two different development houses -- Ubisoft's Montreal division handled the PSP version and Casablanca studio produced the DS game. As you can expect, the games will reflect different experiences based on which device they're used on.

Besides providing the usual cast of Star Wars characters -- Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Princess Leia -- the game will also offer some sort of multiplayer component, though Ubisoft was mum on those details.

[Update: LucasArts contacted us to let us know that the "long-term licensing partnership" with Ubisoft was not, in fact, recently signed but rather pre-existing. Earlier titles included 2004's Star Wars Trilogy on the Game Boy Advance.]