When I watched the first Star Wars movies, it always seemed that the Jedi were just extremely long lived due to the Force and that the Empire had been in power for such a long time people had forgotten about the republic. Even Yoda mentioned he was many hundreds of years old.

It wasn't until the horrible prequels that this was shown to be incorrect and that it had only been a couple of decades. Of course the prequels also introduced other stupid crap like midichlorians (sp?), ship and vehicle designs that seemed far more advanced than anything the empire had 20 years later, tech like robot sized force fields that block light sabers, the Emperor's face being caused by force lightning (instead of just being ancient), etc etc.

Plus, it wasn't just Han Solo who felt this way. For instance:

Tarkin: The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.

Motti: Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fort-(begin force choke).

So, to be fair, either the Jedi should have had very little presence in the Republic in the prequels (like to the point that nobody really believed in them beyond 'that's a bunch of hokum), or it should have been many years between the fall and the rebellion. Of course, that means that Luke and Leia would have to have been like great great great grandkids of Vader's, but either way would have made more sense. Having them basically 'running' the Republic's military and people seeing them use the Force all the time just doesn't fit.

Nice CG but I don't like the saber fights or force powers. Every since Ep 1 the saber fights have been a flurry of flashing lights, cool leaps and overpowered force powers where guys can throw around objects weighting many tuns as if they were throwing a toy.

I mean am I the only one who thought the old battles were better. The sword play was slower and more deliberate (and more realistic). The fights were battles of will as well as sabers. Throwing an object around took serious concentration and it was a rather cumbersome ability in the first place. Only the most powerful of jedi and sith had abilities like force lightning or the ability to throw around objects. It's almost as bad as that last superman movie with the superman who could live a continent made of kryptonite out of the ocean lol.

Ok rant over hehe. Cool CG, to bad the actual gameplay and saber duels look 'nothing' like that.

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>> ^MaxWilder:
Nice review as usual, but I really wish he'd done the PS3 and Xbox360 version. The game royally sucks. It is an incredibly difficult button-masher, where all the bosses have to be invulnerable to 7/8ths of your attacks because you're so overpowered. And when an enemy knocks you down, which is often, you are unable to move and vulnerable for several seconds. Talk about frustrating!
Sure picking up stormtroopers and throwing them off a ledge is entertaining. And zapping everybody (who isn't immune) with force lightning is great. But anybody in the game can fend off your lightsaber with a metal rod. Seriously, it is reduced to the least important weapon in your arsenal for most of the game. And the special finishing moves are so closely tied to a "Simon Says" type button hunt that you aren't able to watch the cool animation.
For some reason I felt compelled to finish it (on the normal difficulty setting, not the hard or impossible settings for sadists). Perhaps it was because of that small and blackened place in my heart I still hold for Star Wars. But I really didn't enjoy the game. It will go on my shelf and never be opened again.


But you have to prefer the more negative reviews - they're usually much more amusing.

Nice review as usual, but I really wish he'd done the PS3 and Xbox360 version. The game royally sucks. It is an incredibly difficult button-masher, where all the bosses have to be invulnerable to 7/8ths of your attacks because you're so overpowered. And when an enemy knocks you down, which is often, you are unable to move and vulnerable for several seconds. Talk about frustrating!

Sure picking up stormtroopers and throwing them off a ledge is entertaining. And zapping everybody (who isn't immune) with force lightning is great. But anybody in the game can fend off your lightsaber with a metal rod. Seriously, it is reduced to the least important weapon in your arsenal for most of the game. And the special finishing moves are so closely tied to a "Simon Says" type button hunt that you aren't able to watch the cool animation.

For some reason I felt compelled to finish it (on the normal difficulty setting, not the hard or impossible settings for sadists). Perhaps it was because of that small and blackened place in my heart I still hold for Star Wars. But I really didn't enjoy the game. It will go on my shelf and never be opened again.

Darth Scooter is still developing his force lightning abilities on Rebel LOLcats.