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38. Star Wars: Episode I: Obi-Wan’s Adventures (GBC)
Another one quick to tick the ‘dull’ and ‘repetitive’ boxes, if you think the isometric adventures on the GBA were tough going on the eyes, Obi-Wan’s Adventures takes that style of game back a console generation in an ‘adventure’ set concurrently against the events of Episode 1. It’s not awful, just ugly and entirely pedestrian.
37. Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force (GBA)
A Ubisoft side-scroller, Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force sure looked impressive. It used the same engine as the console’s port of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, with smooth animation and 3D-style character models.
Giving you the chance to relive the original trilogy anew in 2004, bland gameplay was once again its undoing. Totally vanilla, utterly underwhelming, but could’ve been worse.
36. Star Wars: Lethal Alliance (DS)
Another Ubisoft entry, Star Wars: Lethal Alliance put a Twi’lek named Rianna on the cover, which is about the most exciting thing this third-person shooter has going for it.
Ditching lightsabers for blasters, the story features characters new and old (Kyle Katarn’s in it) and includes the theft of the Death Star plans before Rogue One arrived to wipe the canon clean. With obligatory touchscreen shenanigans because DS, it’s not awful by any means, just generic.
Star Wars deserves better, no?
35. Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (Switch eShop)
For those who enjoyed the original release back around the turn of the millennium, Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is just about the safest remaster you could imagine. The instant level unlocks and expanded character roster are both nice touches, but Aspyr’s limited improvements leave this feeling very of its time.
If you can get past the sluggish combat, painful platforming, and performance ‘quirks’, then this is a fun trip down memory lane; if you can’t, then prepare for a lesson in what games felt like a long time ago.
34. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (NES)
A relatively ho-hum 8-bit platformer where you play as young Skywalker battling through variations of the locations from the movie, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back could not be more average. For kids desperate to play as hero Luke, it was passable filler but no more.
A Game Boy version also exists, but if you’re gagging to play through the best film of the saga in video game form, you’re much better off going with the 16-bit ‘Super’ iteration. Indeed, LucasArts didn’t even bother with an 8-bit Return of the Jedi — the developer simply jumped generations and started afresh with Super Star Wars on the SNES.
