Lego Star Wars: The Video Game

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Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
North American box art for PC
Developer(s)	Traveller's Tales, Griptonite Games, Aspyr Media, Giant Interactive Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive, LucasArts
Series	Lego Star Wars
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Mac OS X
Release date(s)	March 29, 2005 Game Boy Advance NA March 29, 2005 PAL April 22, 2005 JP July 7, 2005 PlayStation 2 NA April 2, 2005 PAL April 22, 2005 JP July 7, 2005 Windows NA April 2, 2005 PAL April 22, 2005 Xbox NA April 5, 2005 PAL April 22, 2005 Macintosh NA August 23, 2005 PAL September 7, 2005 GameCube NA October 25, 2005 PAL November 4, 2005
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2 players)
Rating(s)	CERO: A ESRB: E PEGI: 3+
System requirements	OS: Windows 2000 or better, Processor: PIII 1 GHz, RAM: 256 MB, Hard drive: 500 MB free space, Video Card: 32 MB, Sound: DirectX 9 compatible sound card, CD-ROM: required.
Input methods	Keyboard, Gamepad

Lego Star Wars: The Video Game is a video game based on the Star Wars themed toy line by the Lego Group, that takes place during the prequel trilogy (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith), with a bonus segment from A New Hope. Lego Star Wars was first released on April 5, 2005, a full month before the final Star Wars film premiered.

It was developed by Traveller's Tales for the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2 video game consoles and Microsoft Windows personal computers, with Griptonite Games developing the Nintendo Game Boy Advance version. These initial versions were published in April 2005. A Mac version, developed by Aspyr, was released in August 2005. A Nintendo GameCube version of the game was released on October 26, 2005. All versions were published by Eidos Interactive and LucasArts. As of April 2009, the game has sold around 5.92 million copies, combining the sales of all platforms.^[1]

Lego Star Wars was billed as a kids' game and received the "Game of the Year" award from Kidzworld.com^[2] It received generally positive reviews (PC version Metacritic score was 77^[3]) and peaked at the top of the UK charts during early May 2005.^{[citation needed]} It later lost the spot to the official game of Episode III but maintained a consistently high chart position throughout the month.

Its sequel, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, was released in September 2006, while a compilation, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga was released on November 6, 2007.

[edit] Synopsis

The story of Lego Star Wars is similar to those of Episodes 1–3, with minor differences. Scenes that do not include much action in the movie are only lightly touched on in the game or removed entirely. Scenes are also changed to make them more humorous.

This game was released before Revenge of the Sith, possibly driving sales up as the basic plotline was present in the game.^{[citation needed]} To prevent inadvertent spoilers however, most reviewers warned that this was the case in their reviews.

[edit] Gameplay

[edit] Characters

Lego Star Wars contains a total of 56 playable characters. The playable characters are modeled like actual Lego parts and when they die, they fall to pieces like an actual Lego minifigure and also lose studs when they die. There are a wide variety of characters included in the game, all of which are unlocked by completing levels or by purchasing them at Dexter's Diner. Characters are divided into groups according to certain skills. For instance, Jedi can double-jump, use lightsabers, and have control of the force, which they can use to activate or lift Lego objects or defeat certain enemies. Jar Jar Binks, General Grievous and his bodyguard have the super jump, which allows them to reach obstacles that the Jedi and Sith can't jump to. Characters like Padmé Amidala and clone troopers who carry blasters have the ability to grapple. Droids, while not being armed, can travel through the game without being intentionally attacked by enemy characters also, protocol droids and astromech droids can open special doors. Every character, other than the PK Droid and Gonk Droid (whose only ability is that they are never attacked by enemies) have a special ability. However, an almost unknown Chancellor Palpatine can use the dark force.

Unlocked characters can be imported into the game's sequel, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, as an extra called "use old save", which costs 250,000 Lego Studs.

Because Lego Star Wars is based on the Prequel Trilogy (Episodes I, II and III), Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Jawa and other characters from the original Star Wars trilogy are not shown, appearing in Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. However, if you unlock the last level (an episode 4 preview), Darth Vader, a stormtrooper, a rebel trooper and Princess Leia become available.

[edit] Free Play

Lego Star Wars has a feature called 'Free Play', which enables the player to play a level again, but with the ability to switch between characters. This permits access to areas containing extras the player was unable to get before, like canisters. In Free Play mode, a player may use any character they have unlocked; unlike Story Mode, which only allows players to switch between the characters involved in that scene. The Free Play option will only appear when the player finishes a level in Story Mode. Levels that are played in vehicles can't be played in Free Play, but are able to be replayed in story mode like all the others.

[edit] Dexter's Diner

Dexter's Diner is the area from which the player chooses what level to enter, or can enter the Parking Lot to view any vehicles whose parts they have found. The parts to these vehicles are contained in 10 mini-kit canisters which are hidden through out each level. Battles often take place between canon-good and canon-evil characters, such as Jedi and Sith, respectively, in the Parking Lot as well. At the diner counter, the player may purchase unlockable extras in exchange for Lego studs they have collected by playing through the levels.

[edit] Game Boy Advance version

The Game Boy Advance (GBA) version of Lego Star Wars has several differences, including fewer playable characters, devalued studs, fewer levels, only one player character on screen at a time, and cutscenes consist of still frames of the home console versions.

All lightsaber users are able to deflect blaster shots aimed at them and each character has their own style. They also are the only ones able to use the force to interact with undeployed platforms and switches. However, unlike other versions of the game, blaster shots can only be deflected if they are headed straight towards the player at the front, not the back or sides of the character. Blaster characters can charge a shot by holding the button, making it stronger and able to pass through several enemies. However, they don't have the shot deflecting abilities of Jedi.

[edit] Deleted levels

There were several levels that never made it into the game, such as Anakin's Flight and Bounty Hunter Pursuit, which were incorporated into a bonus level and a main story level in Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga respectively.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Star Wars Games wikia
• Lego Star Wars: The Video Game at MobyGames
• Official website