Lego+Star+Wars

**Summary/Review**
Lego Star Wars is a video game that takes you through the adventure of Star Wars episodes IV-VI. In this game you do not only take control of one character, but any of the characters throughout any of the movies (even characters that appear in the later episodes). The game begins with you in a Cantina in Mos Eisley, and you can begin to practice your controls by smashing chairs, shooting people, or jumping around. This gives you a feel for the game before you have to even start your first mission. Inside the Cantina they have all the characters that you can choose to be, a machine to create your own characters, bonus games, a list of statistics of how you faired on other levels, unlockable content, and throughout the room are doors that lead you to different stages of the game.

There are three separate adventures in this game and they are broken down by the Episodes IV, V, and VI. Each adventure has its own journey of levels that you can go to at any point and try to beat. The first time you go through a stage they have pre-set characters for you to use, but after you go through it once you can go back and use whatever characters you like. And the great thing about this game for children is the fact that you never die! Anytime your health goes all the way down you explode into Lego blocks and they gather back up and give you 1 of your hearts(life) back.

Throughout each stage there is a plethora of secret bonuses to achieve, and some of them require different characters to unlock. For example, R2-D2 is required to unlock some doors and Jenga Fett is needed to rocket-pack you in some places. It gives it wonderful replay value, especially for those kids that want to unlock every single item and get every single coin so they can complete the game completely.

The game has a rating of E, for Everyone.

**Developer**
TT Games was the developer of this video game, but it was published by Lucasfilm. TT Games has been in operations since 2005 and it is comprised of three different divisions merged together: Traveller's Tales, TT Fusion, and TT Game Publishing. Traverller's Tales has been making video games for eighteen years with over 45 million copies sold to date. Lucasfilm owns the rights to the Star Wars world and Lego is the owner to the use of Lego, the collaboration of the two giving birth to Lego Star Wars.

//Lego Batman: The Video Game, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure, Lego City Stories, Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Lego Battles: Ninjago, Lego Pirates of the Caribean: The Video Game, Lego Star Wars III: Clone Wars, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Lego Rock Band, Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, Lego Battles, Lego Star Wars: The Video Game.// Also, Lego Star Wars is a field of its own. There are several box-sets of Lego Star Wars toys where children can build the ships and cities from the Star Wars world. There is also an interactive website (listed in the cited section) that has several different games and things to do like comics, stories, mini-games, archives, and more.
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**Historical Context**
The video game has a multi-faceted history linked to both toys and film, specifically [|spin-offs]. Star Wars has been a large part of American culture since it was released in the 70s. The Legos brand is also a recognizable cultural phenomenon.

**Major Themes**
Star Wars, Sci-Fi, Legos, Adventure, Action, Puzzle Solving, Good vs Evil

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