LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy is a video game announced by LucasArts on September 12, 2006, based on the Star Wars-themed toy line by the LEGO Group, and the sequel to the highly successful LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game.

Description
While the original was based on the prequel trilogy, the sequel gives a humorous look at the three movies of the original trilogy, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. It is scheduled for release in September of 2006 for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and PC.

Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance are to be in a portable style as the original was on the Game Boy Advance.

The game will be published by LucasArts (replacing the original's Eidos Interactive), and developed by Traveller's Tales, who was also responsible for the original. It will feature a total of over 100 playable characters, 56 of them unlockable by having a saved game from LEGO Star Wars on the memory card or hard drive. The game will also include several new features including vehicles, character-specific abilities and customizable characters.

Known features
Please note, that some of this information was collected from multiple sources such as Gamespot and Wikipedia and hasn't been seen in official material from Lucasart's Official Website.


 * The game will take place during A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.


 * Unlocking a character or vehicle will also unlock the LEGO blocks that comprise it. These blocks can be mixed to create custom, new playable characters or vehicles.


 * Some characters will have unique special abilities (along with the general special abilities that were present in the first game, such as Force push). Here are some examples:
 * Chewbacca: Able to rip arms off.
 * Bounty hunters, such as Bossk, IG-88, and Boba Fett: Able to throw thermal detonators.
 * Princess Leia: Slapping enemies in the face.
 * Darth Vader: The signature Force Choke.
 * Emperor Palpatine: Force Lightning.
 * Luke Skywalker (Episode IV): Able to punch enemies.
 * Lando Calrissian: Martial Art attacks when close to enemies.
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi: Jedi Mind Trick.
 * Han Solo: Athletic blaster moves.


 * The more you play, the harder the game gets. The difficulty level will ajust to suit the player. It has been confirmed by interviews that the "adaptive difficulty" feature can be turned on or off.


 * Vehicles that you build in minikits are accessible to play with. You can also select a vehicle for free play.


 * If you have saved data from Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, then you will be able to import the characters of Lego Star Wars onto Lego Star Wars 2, bringing the character total to over 100. Adding all the selections together, there is a large roster of characters.


 * Every character (except droids) will be able to build with LEGO bricks, with the Force or not.


 * Vehicles are accessible in almost every level.


 * There is a new power-up brick, which upgrades the abilities of certain characters, such as double-strength lightsaber attacks.

Just like in the first game where levels were accessed by entering doors in Dexter's Diner, levels in this game will be accessed in the Mos Eisley Cantina. The player will be able to customize characters, save them, and then use them in Free Play Mode. The player will be able to buy hints, characters, secret features, and most likely go outside for street fights.
 * Levels

Only Episode IV's and V's level content is known. They are:

Episode IV
Chapter 1: Secret Plans

Playable Characters: Princess Leia, Captain Antilles

Just like in the movie, the action begins aboard the Rebel blockade runner, the Tantive IV. Darth Vader and a platoon of stormtroopers have boarded the ship, and the player must guide Leia and Captain Antilles through the ship to find R2-D2, who will carry the stolen plans for the Death Star off ship.

For the first stage in the game, this is fairly long. The Tantive IV is not a tiny ship, and the level design reflects that. As the player works his/her way through the corridors, he or she will frequently be required to assist Rebel troopers, who are fighting back the invading stormtroopers.

Chapter 2: Through the Jundland Wastes

Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (Tatooine), Ben Kenobi

Playable creatures: Bantha

After fleeing the Tantive IV, it isn't long before R2-D2 and C-3PO are captured by Jawas and then purchased by Luke's uncle Owen. When R2 runs off to deliver Leia's message to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke goes after him and is rescued from a Tusken Raider attack by that crazy old hermit, Ben Kenobi.

At this point in the game, Luke doesn't have his father's lightsaber or any mastery of the Force, so it's up to old Ben if the player needs any Jedi business taken care of. As the player travels through the Jundland Wastes, he/she must fend off Tusken Raiders and Jawas. Running loose all over the level are dozens of Womp Rats, which are great for a little target practice.

Chapter 3: Mos Eisley Spaceport

Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (Tatooine), Ben Kenobi, R2-D2, C-3PO, Han Solo, Chewbacca

Playable Vehicles: Landspeeder, AT-ST

Playable creatures: Dewback

This level introduces the player to how vehicles are handled in the game. Unlike the original where the vehicle stages were on rails, the player can now freely drive Luke's landspeeder around the town. If he/she hops out to go exploring, he/she musn't stray too far from it or Jawas will come along and whisk it back to the beginning of the stage.

A variety of extra goodies can be found by thoroughly exploring a level. After the player is done using the landspeeder, he/she can sell it at a used vehicles lot. At the end of the stage, the player meets up with Han Solo and his faithful Wookiee partner Chewbacca, where the player can take control of them as well.

Chapter 4: Rescue the Princess

Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (stormtrooper), Han Solo (stormtrooper), Ben Kenobi, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO

From Tatooine, it's off to the Death Star to save Princess Leia before she's executed. Since the Death Star is crawling with stormtroopers, it would be best to try and blend in. To that end, Luke and Han have donned a couple of stolen stormtrooper uniforms, but in this game, they don't have helmets. Luckily, whenever the player gets to a door that only stormtroopers can get through (there are cameras mounted near the doors), there tends to be a helmet dispenser nearby. When Luke and Han are wearing the helmets, enemy stormtroopers will ignore them, until one of the heroes starts shooting. In addition to stormtroopers, the player will also face off against TIE fighter pilots and Imperial officers. Near the end of the stage, the player must provide cover fire for a computer-controlled Ben Kenobi as he attempts to shut down the tractor beam that is keeping the Millennium Falcon aboard the Death Star.

Chapter 5: Death Star Escape

Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia

This level is the second half of the player's romp through the Death Star. With Leia freshly sprung from her cell, the player begins the stage in the Death Star's trash compactor. Once he/she escapes, it's just a matter of blasting his/her way through the hordes of stormtroopers until he/she reach the Falcon. This level contains a fairly complicated puzzle that involves multiple character swaps and lever switching.

Chapter 6: Rebel Attack

Playable Vehicles: X-Wing

The supposed final chapter in A New Hope is entirely composed of the assault on the Death Star. The first portion of this level is seen from a near top-down view, as the player maneuvers his/her X-wing across the battle station's surface, shooting down TIE fighters and dodging enemy fire. You will occasionally encounter force fields that block his/her path. To disable the forcefields, you need to pick up a proton torpedo from a dispenser that comes out of the ground. The torpedo will follow behind your engine until you press the fire button and launch it at the forcefield generators. The player's X-wing is also capable of pulling off a few advanced moves like loops, barrel rolls, and 180° turns.

The second half of the stage is the familiar run down the Death Star's trench. The viewpoint shifts to the traditional behind-the-X-wing view. You can even flip around in the trench and go the other way, but to finish the level you must go straight. Once the player outruns Darth Vader and his TIE fighter escorts, the player must drop their proton torpedoes into the exhaust port. The only catch is that the exhaust port has a shield! As the game gets closer to its date release, you'll find out how to disable it.

Episode V
Chapter 1: Hoth Battle

Playable Characters: Snowspeeder

For years, fans have been begging LucasArts to let them experience the battle of Hoth in a video game. Finally, the company has listened, and we now have a chance to see what it's like taking on the giant AT-ATs with a mere tow cable and plenty of sarcasm on my part. But while we've seen Hoth in plenty of Star Wars games before, we've definitely never seen a LEGO version of it, have we? This entire stage is played in a snowspeeder. During the first segment of the stage, you pilot the craft over Hoth's surface, taking out both probe droids and AT-STs. You will occasionally come across a passageway that's blocked off by a wall. To destroy the obstacle, you must track down a machine that dispenses bombs. Using the snowspeeder's tow cable, the bomb is dragged behind the ship until it is thrown at its intended target. The weight of the bomb actually affects your control of the speeder. To get any distance when you throw the weapon, you'll have to get a bit of a windup first. Just don't fly the bomb too close to a probe droid -- the obnoxious little robots can steal them from you. In later parts of the stage, you'll have to take on a few AT-ATs. Just like in the film, you'll want to trip them up in the snowspeeder's tow cables, but to truly finish them off, you'll have to drag a bomb and detonate it on the downed Imperial walker.

Chapter 2: Escape From Echo Base

Playable Characters: Han Solo (Hoth), Princess Leia (Hoth), Chewbacca, C-3PO

"Imperial troops have entered the base!" With the Rebels' shield generator destroyed and snowtroopers pouring into their icy headquarters, it's time for the good guys to beat a hasty retreat. The stage begins with Han and Leia running through the base while fending off attacking snowtroopers. Some passageways are blocked by walls of ice, but some quick building with piles of LEGO bricks will create a heater that melts the walls and allows our heroes to get on their way. You'll occasionally burst into a room and take waiting snowtroopers by surprise. If you look quick, you'll see that the invaders are warming their little, plastic behinds on heaters like the ones you've built. Eventually, you meet up with Chewie and 3PO, and you'll have to get past a fairly elaborate puzzle that involves building a snowmobile to help the protocol droid reach an elevated platform. If only li'l Anakin programmed jumping into 3PO when he was built, this whole thing could have been avoided.

Chapter 3: Falcon Fight

Playable Characters: Millennium Falcon

With Echo Base lost, it's time to make sure that the Rebels can get past the Imperial blockade in orbit around Hoth. Pilot the Millennium Falcon through the swarms of TIE fighters and TIE interceptors and make your way to the real targets -- the massive Star Destroyers. Luckily, you don't need to take out entire ships, just their gun turrets. Fend them off long enough for the Rebel transports and escort frigates to escape. With your allies out of danger, Han flies the Falcon into an asteroid field to ditch the pursuing Imperials. Getting through the field is made even more dangerous by the asteroids embedded with explosive mines. By shooting these booby-trapped rocks, you'll discover a proton torpedo hidden within. These torpedoes must be collected and used to blow up massive asteroids that block your way. Keep in mind that you'll also have to deal with attacking TIEs while all this is happening.

Chapter 4: Dagobah

Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (Pilot), R2-D2, Luke Skywalker (Dagobah), Yoda

As in the film, Dagobah is where Luke begins to learn the ways of the Force. During the first part of the stage, Luke (still in his X-wing jumpsuit) and R2-D2 must maneuver their way through the planet's swamps in order to find the mysterious Jedi master named Yoda. Piles of LEGO bricks can be built into ladders and bridges to assist you, and you'll have to deal with wild creatures like bats and giant snakes. Once you find Yoda, Luke's training begins (and he gets a change of clothes). Since the farm boy's powers are still weak, carrying Yoda on his back will allow Luke to use Force powers as you continue through the swamp. Eventually, Luke's powers manifest themselves, and he demonstrates them by building a tractor out of LEGO bricks. We don't remember that part from the movie either, but it was still pretty funny. And yes, you will enter the cave that is strong with the dark side of the Force and confront the vision of Darth Vader.

Chapter 5: Cloud City Trap

Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (Bespin), R2-D2

The duel with the phony Vader was just practice for the real deal here. Luke and R2 arrive on Cloud City and find it crawling with stormtroopers. The duo starts working their way through the city, using R2 to open up any locked doors as they go. Soon, they encounter Vader in the carbonite freezing chamber. As Luke and Vader fight, you can take control of R2, who can interface with a computer terminal that causes vents in the floor to expel gases. If Vader is standing on one of the vents, he'll begin coughing and become stunned for a moment. Use this chance to take control of Luke once more and deliver a few lightsaber blows. Eventually, Vader will flee, forcing you to chase after him. You'll end up fighting the Sith Lord a few times throughout the city until the final, climatic scene in the city's central air shaft. I won't spoil how the non-speaking LEGO Darth Vader reveals Luke's true parentage to him, but it sure got a chuckle out of me.

Chapter 6: Betrayal Over Bespin

Playable Characters: Lando Calrissian, Princess Leia (Bespin), Chewbacca, C-3PO

Episode V's final chapter backs up the timeline a bit as we follow Han and Leia's adventure in Cloud City. The stage begins with Han being frozen in carbonite and carried off by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Now, Leia, Chewbacca and Lando must chase after him in an attempt to save their friend. As you make your way through the corridors of Cloud City, you'll have to fight stormtroopers and dodge the fleeing citizens. Since this is your first chance to play as Star Wars' resident ladies man, Lando Calrissian, I suggest you take full advantage of it. In addition to his blaster, Lando has some smooth kung-fu moves for close combat. Since the game follows the plot of the movie, Boba Fett eventually escapes with the frozen Han. After that, you must lead the crew back to the Millennium Falcon so that they can escape the Imperial threat.

Episode VI
Chapter 1: Jabba's Palace

Characters: Luke Skywalker (Jedi), Han Solo (White Shirt), Princess Leia (Boussh), C-3PO, R2-D2, Princess Leia (Slave)

Just like in the movie, you start in Jabba's Palace. You will fight the rancor, and maybe blast your way through some of his minions.

Chapter 2: The Sail Barge

Characters: Luke Skywalker (Jedi), Han Solo (White Shirt), Chewbacca, Princess Leia (Slave), Lando Calrissian (Jabba's Palace Guard Disguise), R2-D2, C-3PO

This is the level where you say your farewell to Tatooine forever. You will have to fight through Jabba's guards, kill Jabba, and have a boss fight with Boba Fett. And yes, you will be able to jump from skip to Sail Barge.

Chapter 3: Speeder Chase

Characters: Chewbacca, Han Solo (Endor), Princess Leia (Endor), Luke Skywalker (Endor) and possibly Wicket the Ewok

Vehicles: Speeder Bike

This is the well looked forward to Speeder Bike Chase. First, you must kill some scout troopers. Then you get on a speeder bike and blast your way through Endor. After that, you have to search for Leia. And you get to escape from the Ewok Trap. Nice level, eh?

Chapter 4: The Battle of Endor

Characters: Chewbacca, Han Solo (Endor), Princess Leia (Endor), Wicket the Ewok, Ewok, C-3PO, R2-D2

Vehicles: AT-ST, Speeder Bike

You have to attack the Shield Bunker in this level. Use Wicket to distract the Scout Troopers, then take controil of the others and walk into the Shield Bunker. Kill everyone inside. Then a cutscene will activate and you will be captured and brought outside. Then the ewoks arrive. Now do as you please. Kill stormtroopers, take control of R2 and hack into the bunker, get on a vehicle or something else. It's entirely up to you.

Chapter 5: The Death Star II

Characters: Luke Skywalker (Jedi) and unknown other.

In this level you cut through stormtroopers and Death Star Troopers until you get to Darth Vader and you are captured. There isn't anything special in between, just making your way through the Death Star. You may have to duel some of the Emperor's Royal Guards

Chapter 6: Duel in the Throne Room

Characters: Luke Skywalker (Jedi) and unknown other

You do 2 boss battles here, Darth Vader and the Emperor. At the end you are bombarded with Force Lightning. Then a cutscene activates and Darth Vader kills the Emperor. Then you celebrate on Endor.

Confirmed/playable
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Unconfirmed/unplayable
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