LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game

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Description

LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game allows players to relive the events of the Star Wars prequel movie trilogy (Episodes I, II and III) in LEGO form. Players take control of over thirty characters to play through key moments from The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The storyline includes most of the important events in the movies, omitting or adding a few sequences. The presentation of these events, however, is humorous, with all the characters and environments made out of LEGO bricks. Objects would often break apart like physical LEGO bricks, characters have comical expressions, and all dialogue from corresponding events from the movies is replaced by gestures.

The basic gameplay is action with platforming and light puzzle-solving elements. Players navigate two or more characters through stages, each representing a chapter in a movie. These chapters must be unlocked in a plot-dictated order, eventually completing the entire movie. Characters use different weapons (blasters, lightsabers, crossbows, etc.), and each character type also possesses specific abilities. For example, Jedi can use the force to lift, combine, and destroy objects; robots can unlock encrypted doors; other characters may use a grappling hook to access higher platforms, etc. Some of these abilities overlap (i.e. a problem can be solved in more than one way), though often a specific type of character is required to deal with the situation. In the single-player mode, one player can switch between the available characters; in the co-op mode, two players navigate at least two different characters.

A few levels involve players piloting aircraft, fighting hostile vehicles, overcoming obstacles or destroying targets on the ground. The Free Mode allows players to access previously visited stages with any characters they have unlocked. This may lead to a discovery of previously inaccessible areas. Various collectible items and LEGO studs (which serve as currency) can be gathered during exploration. Characters cannot permanently die in the game; when a character is killed, he or she only loses collected LEGO studs.

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "乐高星球大战" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "LEGO Star Wars: Le Jeu Video" -- French title
• "LEGO Star Wars: Il Videogioco" -- Italian title
• "LEGO Star Wars: El Videojuego" -- Spanish title
• "LEGO Star Wars: Das Videospiel" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Force Powers-themed games
• Inspiration: Movies
• Inspiration: Toys
• LEGO licensees
• LEGO Star Wars series
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Setting: Space station / Spaceship
• Software Pyramide releases
• Star Wars canon
• Star Wars licensees
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars games
• Travellers Tales LEGO games
• Xbox Classics releases
• Xbox Platinum Family Hits releases

User Reviews

Lego Time in a galaxy far, far away…	PlayStation 2	Terrence Bosky (5463)
The Force Is Strong With This One....	PlayStation 2	Guy Chapman (1999)
Lego + Star Wars = Great Game for kids; bad game for grownups	PlayStation 2	Edward Beezy (41)
A Very Fun Game	PlayStation 2	J.D. Majors (17)

Critic Reviews

GameSpy	Xbox	Apr 05, 2005		90
Daily Game	PlayStation 2	Apr 18, 2005	7.9 out of 10	79
Netjak	Xbox	May 11, 2005	7.9 out of 10	79
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	May, 2005	7.5 out of 10	75
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	May 09, 2005	15 out of 20	75
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Jul, 2005		70
Edge	Xbox	Apr 14, 2005	7 out of 10	70
macHOME	Macintosh	Dec, 2005		60
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Apr 22, 2005	8 out of 20	40
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Apr 22, 2005	8 out of 20	40

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Demo Version	6	Evolyzer (19329) Mar 22, 2017

Trivia

1001 Video Games

Lego Star Wars appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Disc Format

The majority of PlayStation 2 releases of this game were published on CD-ROM. The North American Greatest Hits version of the game was published on DVD-ROM and is the only known PlayStation 2 version of the game to exist on this format. This change was likely made due to the loud disc drive noise that comes as a result of CD-ROMs spinning at a faster speed than DVD-ROMs, and the slower load times associated with CD-ROM.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2005 – #5 Offline Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • 2005 – #5 GameCube Game of the Year
  • 2005 – #9 PS2 Game of the Year
  • 2005 – PS2 Platformer of the Year
  • 2005 – Most Underrated Game of the Year (PC)

Related Web Sites

• Lego: Star Wars - The Video Game (The Official Site.)
• Solution Guide (UHS file in question and answer format beginning with hints to help you solve the puzzles yourself before the final solutions are revealed.)
• The Bricks That Bind a Galaxy (An Apple Games article about the Macintosh version of LEGO Star Wars, with commentary being provided by Development Director Jonathan Smith (August, 2005).)
• Wikipedia: LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Information about LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game at Wikipedia)