Star Wars Battlefront

We'd like to say Star Wars thrives due to its developed characters and provoking science fiction storytelling, but the real answer is a lot simpler: lightsabers.

Star Wars may not have invented the laser sword, but Lucas took the idea and owned it. Now it's the generic term the entire globe uses to describe an energy blade of any type. Like Coke is all cola and Kleenex is all tissue, lightsabers are all melee beam weapons. They're

We're entering the age of dream gaming. The old limitations of videogames have essentially been overcome. If developers have the resources, they can create a playable representation of anything. We all wanted to duel as Jedi, and with the creation of Jedi Knight we could. We longed to dive-bomb tanks in a Spitfire, dodging flak and skimming across the desert. Battlefield 1942 let us. We wished to fight in an endless online war, playing as a tiny cog in a conflict spanning continents. PlanetSide