A textbook example of how to screw up a sure thing, the Nintendo DS version of Lego Star Wars is the 'must avoid' release of the year.
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Genre: Action Expected release date: Q4 2006 Release date: September 12, 2006 Published by: LucasArts Developed by: Amaze Entertainment LucasArts
Luke, Han and Leia get blocky in the sequel to last year's surprise hit
May 18, 2006
Our first real glimpse of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was of Luke Skywalker running over pedestrians in a landspeeder. As he thoughtlessly careened around the streets of Mos Eisley, any Lego people who got in his way were reduced to flailing their limbs while lying helplessly on their backs. No wonder those goons in the cantina don't like him.
While it still features plenty of the adorable lightsaber-swinging, puzzle-solving, multiple-character-controlling action that made the
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As Traveller's Tales allies itself with the LucasArts empire, its feisty adaptation remains rebellious
Mar 17, 2006
Lego Star Wars didn't so much secure the support of a wide audience as capture, for entirely separate reasons, the hearts of two. Children warmed to its unpatronising approach and to adults it provided an antidote to George Lucas' wavering prequels.
For its successor - at first glance a project with everything to gain - the use of Episodes IV to VI as source material is, in the eyes of adults at least, of significant concern. Will innocent parody earn the same appreciation when applied to
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ESRB Rating
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy is rated: Everyone
Cartoon Violence