All the characters. All the action. All the fun!
- NA release: 26th October 2005
- EU release: 4th November 2005
- JP release: N/A
- Developer: Traveller’s Tales
- Publisher: Eidos Interactive
- NGC Magazine Score: 80%
- Mods Used: Widescreen Code
The birth of a very long era of Lego games, with Travellers Tales carrying on making their style of Lego games for more than two decades. It also marks a significant change in Lego as, Lego weren’t doing well at the start of the GameCube era (even avoiding putting the Lego branding on video games) but we’re revitalised by branching out to licenses with Star Wars, making this an important game for Lego.
The Star Wars license and this game was also perfect when it came to whet it could be about, with the prequel trilogy almost finished, it was the perfect time to celebrate both, with the game covering episodes 1, 2 and 3 (and releasing a few months before Revenge of the Sith came out in cinemas) and tells very abridged versions of the film, replacing dialogue with amusing bits of animation.
The gameplay is a hack n slash game with some basic platforming and puzzle solving. It’s never taxing and you instantly respawn when you die. Completing the story mode is quite simple but this does so much more once you open free play. Here, you can use characters from other levels and unlock hidden areas to find collectibles to unlock bonuses.
The lack of lives also comes into play here. You can collect Lego studs by interacting with just about everything, finding hidden areas and solving optional puzzles, but respawning will make you lose a significant amount. It’s a lot like Kirby games where completion is easy, but getting everything is a challenge. Personally, I just never found this style of Lego games, but for those that do, there’s a lot to them.
Fine
Lego Star Wars’s real success, though, lies in the fact that, while obviously targeted at kids, it’s entirely unlike turgid, fiddly efforts such as The Incredibles, and is instead immensely playable and impeccably put together.
David Harrison, NGC Magazine #113
Remake or remaster?
This was combined with its sequel in Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Official Ways to get the game
The Complete Saga version is available on Steam.
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