Now that Electronic Arts has just recently lost the exclusive rights to the Star Wars license when it comes to video-games, it’s worth taking a look back at the franchise’s older games. The 2000s were a golden era for Star Wars games, as the creativity wasn’t remotely limited and releases were full of dogfights, on-foot missions pulled right out of the original trilogy, and even pod racing.
The developers made great use out of Nintendo’s consoles too. With Nintendo having the perfect consoles for the most inventive developers, whether it’s the unique sensor controllers for the Wii or the handheld DS, Lucas Arts took advantage of the systems and created greatness.
10 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (N64)
As Rogue Squadron was one of the first Star Wars Nintendo games, it really showed what the system was capable of and how good Star Wars games could actually be. Though it doesn’t hold a candle to its successor, it’s still loads of fun and it’s much more arcade-like of the two. However, unlike its sequel, Rogue Squadron doesn’t have any missions on foot, which is great for players who just want to blast their way through ships, but it makes the game a little repetitive.
9 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)
Being the major influence behind arguably the best Star Wars game to come from EA, Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order, The Force Unleashed is an incredible third-person adventure game, and certainly, the best looking of the lot. Players take control of a new Jedi fans have never seen before, but they are assisting Darth Vader in getting rid of all of his kind. Not being able to unlock Vader as a playable character at any point in the game is a missed opportunity, but being able to force grip enemies in mid-air is still tons of fun nonetheless.
8 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (GC)
With so much going on in between the theatrical movies, especially given that there are so many books (canon and non-canon) filling in the blanks, it only makes sense to explore them in a video-game format. The Clone Wars is based between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and it allows players to control Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Mace Windu. The game was one of the most addictive third-person shooters on the GameCube, and though it has some clunky graphics, its gameplay is fantastic, making it one of the awesome Nintendo games that deserve a Switch rerelease.
7 LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Wii U)
Before the new movies split the fan base in half, The Force Awakens was a solid start to Disney’s new trilogy, and LEGO’s take on it is just as great. Not only does the game look stunning, as light bounces off the LEGO bricks in a way that hadn’t been seen before, but it also does justice to the actual story of The Force Awakens too.
What’s even better is that not only can players control new characters such as Rey and Kylo Ren, but even BB-8. There are also loads of new levels that take place between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
6 Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith (DS)
Though Revenge of the Sith was the first polarizing Star Wars movie, as many fans reluctantly agree that it’s the best of the prequel trilogy, it had a rather spectacular tie-in game on the proper consoles. Not only that, but the Nintendo DS version was just as good. The game wasn’t just a port of the main game, but it was built from the ground up as a belt-scroller, and it featured a cartoon style art direction that was completely original too. The game features all the major events from the movie, and there are some exclusive missions that aren’t available on the much inferior GameBoy Advance version.
5 Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (GC)
In the early 2010s, there was a game in the production called Star Wars 1313 in which players would be controlling the coolest bounty hunter of them all, Boba Fett. But that, unfortunately, became one of the video-games canceled for weird reasons. However, there are still cool Star Wars games where gamers play as bounty hunters, they just have to dig up a generations-old console to play them. Star Wars: Bounty Hunter was released for the GameCube in 2002, and players controlled Jango Fett as they explored several different worlds going up against dark Jedi, and it was the most exciting game of that console’s generation.
4 Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (DS)
Long before it was one of the game franchises that EA has ruined, the Battlefront series was the best thing about Star Wars outside of the movies.
The Nintendo DS port of the first Battlefront game is one of the very best DS games, as it’s much better looking than most other releases on the portable Nintendo. It does have some shortfalls, such as how repetitive the game can get. However, the gameplay is brilliant and the third-person shooter is almost as fun on the DS as it is on the proper consoles.
3 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii)
The Complete Saga compiles two games together, LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. What the LEGO Star Wars series has done so well is turn the movies that weren’t well-liked into some joyous adventures with some exciting battles, and they managed to turn wooden characters into not just plastic, but give them a sense of purpose as well. That’s exactly what they did with The Video Game, as it sees fans reliving the prequel trilogy.
But with the original trilogy, all of the charisma and excitement already exists. It all makes it one of the most fun games on the Wii, as fans are able to relive some of the original trilogy’s most satisfying moments.
2 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (GC)
Putting aside the fact that the newly released Rogue Squadrons, as great as it is, has some major storylines that were never resolved, Rogue Squadron video games date back close to 20 years. Rogue Squadron II gave players such a great sense of speed, as they could race through space in X-Wings and a slew of other spacecrafts. It’s hard to believe what is essentially a flight simulator is one of the best Star Wars games of its generation, but the graphics still look great and it’s all tied together with small on-foot missions from the original trilogy.
1 Star Wars Episode I: Racer (N64)
As soon as the game boots up, players are treated to “Duel of the Fates” playing over the top of the main menu. Though the song is completely unrelated to pod racing, the game has already combined the two very best things about The Phantom Menace.
The pod racing in The Phantom Menace is mesmerizing and it’s one of the few great uses of CGI in the prequel trilogy. It’s something that needs to make a return both in film and in games, as the gameplay mechanics that are achievable today would make Star Wars Episode I: Racer truly mind-blowing.
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