LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game

Lego Star Wars: The Video Game is a video game based on the Star Wars-themed toy line by the LEGO Group, taking place during the prequel trilogy (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith), and a small segment from A New Hope although all with some humorous sidelines. LEGO Star Wars was released on April 5, 2005, a full month before the final Star Wars film premiered, which surprised most people since the game contains many spoilers about the movie.

It was developed and published by Traveller's Tales and Giant Entertainment for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Windows, with Griptonite Games developing the Game Boy Advance version. All versions were distributed on April 5, 2005 by Eidos Interactive. It was later released on the Apple Macintosh by Aspyr in August 2005, then on the GameCube in October.

While billed as a "kids game", it peaked at the top of the UK charts during early May 2005, losing the spot to the official game of Episode III, but remaining on the rest of the month on the top spots of the chart.

There are a total of 59 playable characters. Every playable character, modeled like actual Lego parts (but with far more mobility) has its own unique skills. Jar Jar Binks, General Grievous, and Grievous' Bodyguard, for example, can jump higher than most characters. The 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker, and the 10 year old Boba Fett can crawl in narrow or small spaces where other characters are unable to go. The astromech droids R2-D2 and R4-P17 are able to hover over chasms, open certain doors, and disable other droids, excluding General Grievous and his bodyguards. Qui-Gon Jinn can swing his saber four times by attacking in the right pattern, instead of three like the other characters. Darth Maul uses a double-bladed lightsaber that is slightly faster, and General Grievous has four lightsabers, but cannot use the Force. All of the different Jedi and Sith have their own unique style of lightsaber wielding, and can use the Force to solve certain puzzles. Any unlocked character can be found walking around in Dexter's Diner, the area from which you choose what level to enter, excluding the Droideka. LEGO Star Wars also has a feature called "free play", which enables the player to play the same level again, but with the ability to switch between characters and thus get into areas containing extras the player was unable to get before. A player can use any character in free play. You can even have good and evil team up, such as Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul, despite Darth Maul is the one who killed Jinn. The free play option will only appear when the player finishes a level. Levels that are played in vehicles cannot be played in freeplay. Some characters, such as Chancellor Palpatine, the PK droid, and the Gonk Droid, can't do anything but walk, but the droids, including protocol droids and astromech droids, will not be attacked by a computer enemy.

Characters in GameCube, PS2, Xbox and PC versions
There are a total of 59 characters for Lego Star Wars with 56 on the GameCube, PS2 and Xbox systems. That means that all except three is on the consoles. The ones missing are the Tusken Raider, Gungan, and STAP. Every character has an ability with the exception of the following three: Chancellor Palpatine can jump but that's it. The PK Droid can't do anything except move. The Gonk Droid is very slow and can't jump or do anything, but it is invincible. You always get one or more of every kind of ability with you in Free Play.There also some characters in the cutscenes that are unplayable such as Boss Nass, Mawhonic, Watto, and the Kaminoans.

The 56 characters for GameCube, PS2, PC and Xbox are:

Levels for the Gamecube, PS2, PC and XBOX

 * Episode 1
 * 1. Negotiations: Saak'ak, Naboo Orbit
 * 2. Invasion of Naboo: Naboo Swamps
 * 3. Escape from Theed: Theed Palace
 * 4. Mos Espa Podrace: Mos Espa, Tatooine (Podracer)
 * 5. Retake Theed Palace: Theed Palace
 * 6. Darth Maul: Theed Hangar and Generator


 * Episode 2
 * 1. Discovery on Kamino: Tipoca City
 * 2. Droid Factory: Geonosis Droid Factory
 * 3. Jedi Battle: Petranaki Arena
 * 4. Gunship Cavalry: Geonosis Deserts (LAAT)
 * 5. Count Dooku: Geonosis


 * Episode 3
 * 1. Coruscant Space Battle: Coruscant Orbit (Jedi Starfighter)
 * 2. Chancellor in Peril: Invisible Hand
 * 3. General Grievous: Pau City, Utapau
 * 4. Defense of Kashyyyk: Kachirho, Kashyyyk
 * 5. Ruin of the Jedi: Jedi Temple, Coruscant
 * 6. Darth Vader: Klegger Corp Mining Facility, Mustafar

Bonus Level: Tantive IV

Vehicle Levels
Each episode has one vehicle level as well as the Jedi levels, they are:

The Phantom Menace: Pod Race

Attack of the Clones: Republic Gunship

Revenge of the Sith: Jedi Starfighter

Chapter 1: Negotiations
Prologue: In response to the sudden blockade of Naboo by the Trade Fedration, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his aprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi leave Coruscant to try and stop it. They discover the Trade Federation was not at all pleased to see them and they are forced to escape.

Epilogue: After being attacked by hoards of battle droids, escaping two Droidekas and finding a new 'friend' (TC-14), Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan hide in a Trade Federation MTT as it is boarded onto a Trade Federation landing ship intent on leaving an army of Battle Droids on Naboo to conquer it. TC-14 stays behind with its true masters, leaving the two Jedi yet again alone.

Chapter 2: Invasion of Naboo
Prologue: Now on Naboo, there is little the Jedi can do to stop the hoards of Battle Droids as they leave the swamp in the direction of Theed. Qui-Gon notices a Gungan about to be crushed by an MTT and saves him just in time. Jar Jar Binks, the Gungan, introduces himself and leads the way to a mysterious underwater city where the Jedi hope to find help.

Epilogue: Jar Jar and the Jedi meet Boss Nass, leader of the Gungans and, using the force, Qui-Gon manages to convince Boss Nass to help them out. The big leader gives them a Bongo, which they use to travel to Theed.

Chapter 3: Escape from Naboo
Prologue: The Jedi and Jar Jar were too late. The queen has already been captured by the immense army of Battle Droids, however they manage get rid of the few droids with her. The team splits up, but no longer would they find each other again.

Epilogue: The team leaves Naboo in the Queen's cruiser and escape from Naboo. As they leave Naboo, they have to pass the Trade Federation blockade, but thanks to R2-D2, an astromech droid, they survive. However the ship is severely damaged and they are forced to stop at Tatooine for repairs.

Chapter 4: Mos Espa Podrace (Vehicle level)
Prologue: Unfortunately the part they need is at sale at an outrageous price. Luckily enough for them, a small boy by the name of Anakin decides to help them out by participating in a 'podrace' which, if he won, would raise the team enough money to buy the part.

Epilogue: Against all odds, the only human with a high enough reaction level to participate in a podrace defeated Sebulba and won the money needed to buy the part. Anakin also chooses to leave Tatooine to train with Qui-Gon, in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a jedi.

Chapter 5: Retake Theed Palace
Prologue: R2-D2, Anakin, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Jar-Jar, Padmé Amidala and Captain Panaka return to Naboo. They request help from Boss Nass who agrees on using his army as a distraction whilst the team attacks the palace to capture the Trade Federation Leader: Nute Gunray. Whilst Jar-Jar and the other gungans confront a massive army of Battle Droids, the rest of the team infiltrates into the palace.

Epilogue: The team finds itself in the hangar of the palace and prepares to leave just when they come into Darth Maul. Panaka and Padmé understand this is the Jedi task and leave them alone, only to be confronted with Droidekas. Anakin and R2 jump into a Naboo Starfighter, hiding, but when they notice their friends' blasters can't affect the Droidekas' shields, they use their ship to save their friends, accidentally jumping into space at the same time.

Chapter 6: Darth Maul (Boss level)
Prologue: Darth Maul instantly proves to be worthier than the Jedi, who can do little against his dual lightsaber, and Maul backflips over a hole and lifting the bridge up with the force.

Epilogue: Obi-Wan was late. He didn't manage to keep up with the other two and watched his master fight Maul. Maul suddenly hits Qui-Gon in the chin using the handle of his saber, making Qui-Gon nearly fall back, and as he does that, Maul stabs Qui-Gon in the stomach. Obi-Wan is shocked at this and attacks in a burst of rage. Yet Maul pushes Obi-Wan into a pit using the force, making the Jedi lose his saber in the process. As Maul waits for Obi-Wans hands to tire, thus making him let go of the outcropping he was holding onto, Obi-Wan jumps up, uses the force to pull his masters saber, lands and cuts Maul in half (the top half falling into the pit behind him), all so quickly Maul couldn't have moved. Obi-Wan runs over to his master and watches him die in his hands. Later there is a celebartion of the victory over the Trade Federation and official Peace between Naboo and Gungans, where everything seems to end well, for now...

Chapter 1: Discovery on Kamino (Boss Level)
Prologue: Obi-Wan travels to Kamino wit his astromech droid pal R4-P17 in search of the assassin that tried to murder Padmé Amidala, not knowing he was about to get a big surprise.

Epilogue: Obi-Wan found the assassin (Jango Fett) and his son (Boba Fett) on Kamino but was unable to prevent them from fleeing. He also discovered a big clone army for the republic, which he was unaware that the republic would need one. Fortunately, he placed a homing beacon on Jango's ship, the Slave I, and was able to track him down to Geonosis.

Chapter 2: Droid Factory
Prologue: As Anakin, R2-D2, C-3PO and Padmé secretly traveled through space, they received a message from Obi-Wan requesting help. They immediately travel to Geonosis and enter the Droid Factory there in search of Anakin's master.

Epilogue: Anakin and the team found Obi-Wan. Unfortunately, Jango found them. The crew was outnumbered and captured.

Chapter 3: Jedi Battle (Boss Level)
Prologue: Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padmé were taken to the arena where their execution was about to be enjoyed by a massive crowd of Geonosians. Little did they know that Anakin and Padmé weren't the only ones to receive the signal, the other Jedi also received it. Mace Windu surprised Count Dooku, the evil Sith Lord who was leading the battle droids, and Jango Fett, as he and an entire army of Jedi tried to rescue the two Jedi and Padmé.

Epilogue: With Jango Fett dead, and the three heroes freed, things were starting to look bad for the Jedi rescuers, but when Yoda and an army of clone troopers arrived and wiped out most of the battle droids in a few minutes, Dooku dispaired and fled. But things weren't over yet, as Anakin and Obi-Wan jumped into a ship and left the arena into a massive war that was starting outside it. As the gunships lifted off, a saddened Boba Fett cradled his father's battle-scarred helmet, vowing revenge against the Jedi.

Chapter 4: Gunship Cavalry (Vehicle level)
Prologue: As Dooku fled into a far away hangar, Anakin and Obi-Wan's ship ran after him, helping their new clone army along the way.

Epilogue: The ship fled as the giant Separatist Core Starship behind them exploded. Now that that was done, Obi-Wan and Anakin rushed to the hangar where Dooku was, prepared to defeat him and hopefully prevent a war.

Chapter 5: Count Dooku (Boss level)
Prologue: Dooku wasn't expecting the two Jedi to attack him, however using his superior abilities didn't have much trouble fighting them.

Epilogue: Yoda had come in just in time, for Anakin was on the ground and Obi-Wan was too weak to fight Dooku on his own. However, Dooku managed to hold Yoda back by throwing a massive crane onto Anakin, and whilst Yoda saved him, Dooku fled. Now on Coruscant, Dooku met with his sinister leader, Darth Sidious, and they both laughed evily at the war they had started, between clones and droids.

Chapter 1: Battle Over Coruscant (Vehicle level)
Prologue: General Grievous, the commander of the separatist forces, was able to kidnap Palpatine, supreme chancellor of the Republic, and take him to his ship. However, he was surprised to find the Republic fleet attacking his, and had trouble escaping with his prize. This gave Anakin, R2-D2, and Obi-Wan enough time to try and infiltrate Grievous's ship, and save their leader.

Epilogue: After passing through the most adrenaline-filled space sequences, the two Jedi and R2-D2 reached Grievous's ship although Obi-Wan's ship is damaged.

Chapter 2: Chancellor in Peril
Prologue: Anakin, Obi-Wan and R2-D2 safely landed on the ship and started to search for Palpatine, unaware of what awaited them.

Epilogue: They had saved Palpatine and defeated Dooku, all seemed well. All, that is, until they met Grievous, who ran away leaving behind his skilled Magna Guards (known as Grievous Bodyguard in the game). However, the Jedi were able to defeat them and land the ship on Coruscant as Grievous escaped to Utapau.

Chapter 3: General Grievous (Boss level)
Prologue: With Dooku gone, the Battle Droids were left in the command of General Grievous. This meant that the Jedi had but one last enemy to confront to end the war. Jedi scattered all over the galaxy in search of the General, and Obi-Wan searched Utapau. There he met with Commander Cody (in the game the clone with a golden line down the front of his face), and together the two ambushed the General.

Epilogue: With his four powerful arms, each holding a lightsaber, Grievous knocked out Cody and pushed Obi-Wan away who, like in the battle against Darth Maul, lost his lightsaber. as Grievous prepared to do a final slash against Obi-Wan, the Jedi pulled Cody's blaster to him using the Force and shot, thus finishing off the General.

Chapter 4: Defense of Kashyyyk
Prologue: As Yoda and Chewbacca watched the war between the Wookiees and clones against the droids, Sidious appeared on a hologram and issued Order 66, turning the clones against the Jedi. The clones at once followed the instruction, for Sidious was also Palpatine, leader of the Republic and therefore leader of the clone army. All across the galaxy, clones gunned down their Jedi leaders...and Yoda could not be an exception.

Epilogue: Yoda and Chewie had just faced not only an army of clones, but also an army of battle droids, for both were against the Jedi. Yoda got in to his pod as he said goodbye to Chewie and Tarfful (in this game known simply as Wookiee), and left to return to Coruscant.

Chapter 5: Ruin of the Jedi
Prologue: Obi-Wan found Yoda at the entrance of the Jedi temple, now laid in ruins. They both seemed sad, until Obi-Wan spotted three hooded Jedi. He started to run towards them, but Yoda stopped him and observed them.

Epilogue: Their entire lives had been laid to ruins by the clones. As they traveled more and more through the temple, they just wanted to cry. There were no survivors from the attack, and the Temple was nothing more than a ruin. As they entered the hologram room, they took a look at a recording. What they saw filled them with terror: Anakin slaughtering Shaak Ti. Obi-Wan understood what had happened to his student and friend, and rushed to Mustafar to confront him.

Chapter 6: Darth Vader (Boss level)
Prologue: After the failed attempts of the Sith and Separatists, Palpatine seduced Anakin, podracing champion of Tatooine, Jedi of Coruscant, hero of the Clone Wars, and husband of Padmé, to the dark side as his new apprentice. His first objective was to wipe out the Separatist leaders on Mustafar. When Anakin saw Padmé's ship arrive, he was filled with joy. When he saw his pregnant wife, he felt like the happiest man in the Galaxy. But when he saw Obi-Wan leave the ship behind her, he was filled with hatred at her for betraying him, and nearly choked her to death. And as Mustafar's many volcanoes started to loose control, he prepared to destroy his master.

Epilogue: The two heroes who had been friends their entire life started to grow tired of the battle that felt to have been going on for hours. But when Anakin tried to jump attack his master, Obi-Wan chopped off his legs and his good arm. Obi-Wan watched as his friend burned to death, deciding whether he should or shouldn't save him. Turning his back on his friend, he took Anakin's saber and went back to Padmé's ship. As Padmé gave birth Luke and Leia, her twin son and daughter, she died, whilst Anakin was given the black body, making his transformation into Darth Vader complete.

(This level is unique in that the two players can fight against each other, but only when they reach the final stage - in the following cutscene, Obi-Wan emerges victorious, regardless of whether or not the playing controlling him defeats Anakin)

Secret Level
To unlock the secret level, the player must obtain "True Jedi Status" on all levels. In order to obtain True Jedi, the stud bar that appears at the top of the screen for every level must be filled up; it flashes and the lights move around when this is achieved. The blue studs are worth 1,000 studs, the gold studs are worth 100, and the gray studs are worth 10.

A New Hope
The two characters you start with are Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper on the Tantive IV. You walk through many halls full of objects and walls which can be blasted for studs, and encounter a handful of Rebel Troopers. When you defeat them, you get to a locked door that requires a protocol droid to open it. Behind the opposite door, you will find a puzzle to solve that requires good timing; doing so will free C-3PO himself, who will join your party and get you past the locked door, behind which is a room with various sizes and shapes of LEGO bricks strewn about. Use the Force to arrange the bricks so that they spell out the word L-E-G-O, and a shower of blue studs will fall from the ceiling. After that, you have a few more Rebel scum to dispatch, and then you enter the final room, where a cut scene shows that famous scene of Leia reprogramming R2-D2...and the message "To be continued...".

Game Boy Advance version
The Game Boy Advance version of Lego Star Wars has several differences, (mostly for the sake of portability), including less playable characters (15, 23 with cheats, see chart below), devalued credits (grey pieces are worth 1, blue 5 and yellow 10 credits), fewer levels and only one player character on screen at a time and cutscenes are renders of the home console versions. However, it still remains a fairly large cartridge (128 mbit).

Characters in the GBA version
All lightsaber users are able to deflect blaster shots aimed at them (provided they are attacking the shot), and each character has his own style. They also are the only ones able to use the Force to interact with undeployed platforms and switches.

Blaster characters can charge a shot by holding the button, making it stronger and able to pass through several enemies. However, as they don't have the shot deflecting abilities of Jedi, their use is quite limited.

The last 8 characters are only available by cheating.
 * Qui-Gon Jinn, lightsaber, Force cloak
 * Jar Jar Binks, energy ball, run, jumps higher than most characters
 * Padmé Amidala, blaster, thermal detonators
 * R2-D2 and R4-P17, mine, can hover chasms and interact with consoles
 * Anakin Skywalker, lightsaber, throw lightsaber
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi, lightsaber, Force pull
 * Yoda, lightsaber, Force immobilize
 * Chewbacca, blaster, punch
 * Darth Maul, dual-bladed lightsaber, Force push
 * Jango Fett, blaster, homing missile, can jump and hover chasms
 * Count Dooku, lightsaber, Force lightning
 * Clone Trooper, blaster, thermal detonator
 * Darth Vader, lightsaber, lightsaber throw, highest jump in the game
 * Tusken Raider, Gaderffii, punch
 * General Grievous, lightsabers
 * Battle droid blaster, thermal detonator
 * Super battle droid blaster
 * Geonosian blaster
 * Gungan energy ball, run, jump
 * Droideka blaster
 * STAP blaster
 * C-3PO no weapons

Inconsistencies with established canon
Like most video game realizations, LEGO Star Wars at times deviates from the movies it is based on. Many of these deviations are caused by levels maintaining the potential for two cooperative players throughout the entire game, even in scenes where the movies depict only one major protagonist. For example, in order to allow two players for Obi-Wan's duel with Jango Fett, R4-P17 accompanies Obi-Wan the entire time on Kamino (see below).

Episode I

 * TC-14 helps Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon stow away on an MTT.
 * Jar Jar is Tan Not the Original Orange.
 * Obi-Wan's lightsaber shorts out when he and Qui-Gon rescue Amidala on Naboo. (Throughout the game Obi-Wan is generally clumsy, falling down or stumbling several times in cutscenes)
 * Obi-Wan is Present During the Podrace.
 * C-3PO Has Gold Platings.
 * Darth Maul at no Point Attacks Qui-Gon on Tatooine.
 * Anakin neutralizes the droid army before Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan even encounter Darth Maul on Naboo in Epi.I.
 * Darth Maul keeps fleeing.
 * In the final lightsaber duel, Darth Maul is assisted by a retinue of battle droids as he is chased by both Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are never separated by the generator shields.
 * Darth Maul's lightsaber remains completely intact during the duel.
 * After being killed, Darth Maul's upper half falls down the pit, but his legs remain on the upper level and move around.

Episode II

 * On Kamino, Obi-Wan asks the Kaminoans specifically about the Kamino saberdart.
 * R4-P17 is present during Obi-Wan's battle with Jango Fett.
 * Also, R4-P17 is depicted as a full size astromech droid, while in actuality she is much shorter and more compact in order to fit in Obi-Wan's Athersprite.
 * Anakin and Padmé rescue Obi-Wan on Geonosis, after which all three are captured.
 * Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padmé are set to be executed by droid firing squad, not by Acklay, Nexu, and Reek creatures.
 * The three cannot manage to free themselves; Mace Windu rescues at least one of them.
 * Kit Fisto and Ki-Adi-Mundi are not present at the Battle of Geonosis.
 * Anakin and Obi-Wan fight against Geonosians and battle droids before their duel with Count Dooku.
 * Obi-Wan and Anakin attack Dooku together.
 * Anakin at no point wields two lightsabers (though in Epi. II, Chapter 5, he wields the green lightsaber tossed to him by a random Jedi in the film).
 * Though Obi-Wan is struck, he is never incapacitated by Dooku, and he is able to fight alongside Yoda until Dooku flees.
 * When Obi-Wan is captured, he is bonded differently than in the film

Episode III

 * Obi-Wan and Anakin disable two Banking Clan frigates and blast through a Venator Cruiser's hangar before reaching the Invisible Hand.
 * Obi-Wan's fighter is never boarded by buzz droids.
 * Dooku never incapacitates Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan continues fighting to Dooku's death, and Anakin does not need to carry him off.
 * Rather than cutting off Dooku's hands and beheading him, Anakin slices off an arm and slices the Sith Lord with both blades.
 * Invisible Hand does not break in half.
 * Obi-Wan's duel with Grievous is very short; there is no chase sequence as seen in the movie.
 * Boga is not present at the duel between Obi-Wan and Greivous.
 * Commander Cody is in the battle with Obi-Wan and assists him in fighting against General Grievous, but no battle droids are present.
 * Commander Cody is killed by General Grievous.
 * Grievous's head falls off after being shot by Obi-Wan.
 * All clone swamp troopers have the armor of the 501st Legion.
 * After Order 66 is executed, the clones and battle droids ally with each other on Kashyyyk.
 * When Yoda and Obi-Wan investigate Coruscant, they find that clone troopers have disguised themselves as Jedi.(This also appeares in ROTS novel.)
 * The clone troopers are white skinned, instead of the tannish color present in Boba and Jango Fett.
 * Anakin doesn't Force Choke Padmé.
 * Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel is drastically altered, with the two assisting each other more than fighting.
 * Anakin's lower body falls in the lava after the duel. None of his hair or eyebrows are burned off.
 * Anakin's lightsaber is no longer blue, like in the ROTS movie, but red during the duel.

Episode IV

 * Darth Vader leads the initial boarding party on the Tantive IV, wielding his lightsaber against rebel soldiers.
 * Darth Vader releases C-3PO from a cylinder, after which the droid helps Vader navigate through the ship.
 * There is only one stormtrooper present.

Sequel
A sequel, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, has been announced covering the last 3 movies in the saga, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. A release date has been set for September 12, 2006.