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LEGO Star Wars (GameCube)

LEGO Star Wars combines two childhood favourites, LEGO and Star Wars, to create an innovative and exciting action-adventure title designed for young gamers. The game is based on "The Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones" and the eagerly awaited "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith." Blending the unique world of designs of LEGO toys with the unforgettable characters of the prequel eras of the Star Wars universe, LEGO Star Wars will offer dynamic vehicles, environments and characters to young players, who will be able to live all of the adventures of the most memorable and exciting scenes from the Star Wars films. [Eidos Interactive]

Eidos Interactive / Giant Interactive Entertainment
Third-Person Action, Adventure
Players: 2
E (Everyone)
Developer: Traveller's Tales
Released October 25, 2005

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

79 / 100

Critic Reviews

90 GameSpy
It's definitely not a serious look in to the franchise, but this game has been marinating in fun for months, and the goodness has soaked all the way in.
85 NintendoWorldReport
Overall, the faults of Lego Star Wars can be forgiven just to play as a Lego General Grievious swinging four lightsabers, or as Yoda bouncing around, or as Chewbacca.
83 GameZone
For the young crowd the game is wonderfully accessible and for the older crowd it will not fail to pull you into its charming interpretation of the Star Wars saga’s prequels.
80 Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
Simple. As easy as breathing but hugely entertaining. A 'kids' game that can be played by anyone. [NGC]
80 IGN
It has everything a family-oriented title needs: it has personality, puzzles, cooperative modes, replay value, low violence, a lack of frustrating difficulty, and most importantly, it has Darth Vader.
78 Gaming Horizon
Lego Star Wars is a fun, adventurous one or two-player game for the whole family, and it features all the recent Star Wars lore and more active scenes for those who just love a good, old fashioned Star Wars fight. It’s a quick trip, though, and the game is quite easy to play, even with the few difficult puzzles and racing/shooting sequences.
76 GameSpot
Traveller's Tales delivers a short but inviting adventure that makes deft use of both of its almost arbitrary licenses.
70 Nintendo Insider
A solid title, with an exceptional co-op mode, lots of unlockables, and let’s face it, a better ending than the actual trilogy it’s based on.
65 Nintendo Power
The level design is mostly bland, the controls aren't as tight as they should be. [Dec 2005, p.120]

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