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" (a fact that contributes to its status as one of the most underrated games of 2005), 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 9-10 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. 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 astromech droids, will not be attacked by a computer enemy.

Characters in GameCube, PS2 and Xbox 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 55 characters for GameCube, PS2, PC and Xbox are:
 * Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (Padawan)
 * TC-14
 * Jar Jar Binks
 * Queen Amidala (Padmé in queen outfit)
 * Panaka
 * Padmé Amidala (Padmé in royal outfit)
 * R2-D2
 * Anakin Skywalker (Child)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Knight)
 * R4-P17
 * Anakin Skywalker (Padawan Learner)
 * Padmé Amidala (Padmé in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones outfit)
 * C-3PO
 * Mace Windu
 * Padmé Amidala (Padmé in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones outfit after being scratched by the Nexu)
 * Yoda
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Master)
 * Anakin Skywalker (Jedi Knight)
 * Palpatine
 * Commander Cody
 * Chewbacca
 * Wookiee (possibly Tarfful)
 * Darth Vader
 * Stormtrooper
 * Gonk droid
 * PK droid
 * Security Battle Droid
 * Battle Droid
 * Battle Droid Commander
 * Droideka
 * Royal Guard
 * Padmé Amidala (Padmé in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Tatooine outfit)
 * Darth Maul
 * Clone trooper
 * Geonosian
 * Geonosian battle droid
 * Super droid
 * Jango Fett
 * Boba Fett
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * Kit Fisto
 * Shaak Ti
 * Count Dooku
 * IG-100 MagnaGuard
 * General Grievous
 * Episode III Clone Trooper
 * Clone Pilot
 * Clone in 501st Legion armor
 * AT-RT Clone Walker Pilot
 * Mace Windu (Mace in a gray outfit)
 * Disguised Clone (Clone Trooper in Jedi Robe)
 * Darth Sidious
 * Rebel Trooper
 * Princess Leia

==Levels for the Gamecube, PS2, PC and XBOX


 * Episode 1
 * 1. Negotiations
 * 2. Naboo Swamp
 * 3. Escape from Theed
 * 4. Mos Espa Podrace
 * 5. Retaking Theed Palace
 * 6. Darth Maul


 * Episode 2
 * 1. Discovery on Kamino
 * 2. Droid factory
 * 3. Jedi Battle
 * 4. Gunship Cavalry
 * 5. Count Dooku


 * Episode 3
 * 1. Coruscant Space Battle
 * 2. Chancellor in Peril
 * 3. General Grievous
 * 4. Battle of Kashyyk
 * 5. Ruin of the Jedi
 * 6. Darth Vader

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, 21 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.


 * 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

The last 7 characters are only available by cheating. note: names in italic are only playable after purchase in free play.

Inconsistencies with established canon

 * Obi-Wan's lightsaber shorts out when he and Qui-Gon rescue Amidala on Naboo.
 * R4-P17 is present during Obi-Wan's battle with Jango Fett.
 * All clone swamp troopers have the armor of the 501st Legion.
 * Commander Cody is in the battle with Obi-Wan against General Grievous.
 * Commander Cody is killed by General Grievous.
 * Grievous's head falls off after being shot by Obi-Wan.
 * Obi-Wan is not carried off by Anakin after being knocked out by Dooku.
 * Dooku is killed in a different way than in Episode III.
 * Invisible Hand does not break in half.
 * TC-14 helps Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon stow away on an MTT.
 * Darth Maul's lightsaber remains completely intact during his duel with Obi-Wan.
 * Darth Maul's upper half falls down the pit, but his legs remain on the upper level and move around.
 * The clones and battle droids ally with each other on Kashyyyk.
 * Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel is drastically altered.
 * Anakin falls in the lava after the duel.
 * Clone troopers already begin slaving Wookiees, while they still ally with the clone troopers in the movie, without noticing Order 66.
 * The clone troopers are white skinned, instead of the tannish color present in Boba and Jango Fett.
 * Anakin and Obi-Wan fight against Geonosians and battle droids before the dueling with Count Dooku.

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. The release date is going to be on September 12th, 2006.