Presenting Gametrailers' new series: Star Wars Retrospective
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Mar 9th 2008 at 4:30PM }
If you were like us, you obsessively pored over every installment in Gametrailers' Final Fantasy Retrospective. Mixing one part nostalgia and one part detailed biography, it was one of our favorite (and one of GT's most viewed) online video series ever. You can understand our elation, then, when we heard they would be doing another retrospective on yet another major facet of geek culture -- the Star Wars Retrospective.
Based on the trailer above, we assume it will follow the same format as their first retrospective, chronologically detailing the history of all ninety-some video games that take place in the Star Wars universe -- from the good, to the bad, to the ... well, you know. The first chapter of the ten-part series drops this Saturday -- to help pass the time, why don't you tell us about your favorite midichlorian-infused LucasArts adventure?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Urza @ Mar 9th 2008 4:39PM
Oh hell yes! I was wondering where all the retrospective have gone, now I know!
ogvor @ Mar 9th 2008 4:49PM
Actually kinda excited about this. All of gametrailers retrospectives are like little professional mini-documentaries. I know more about Zelda and Final fantasty than some of my friends who played more games in those series. If only this was the kind of programming we got on gaming television.
ogvor @ Mar 9th 2008 4:51PM
Also, can I say that me and my friends actually liked Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi?
Rod Munch @ Mar 9th 2008 4:51PM
TIE Fighter! Thats the best one! Gotta love shooting them triangles and balls in the training tunnel! Seriously though, it was a brilliant game.
Deck @ Mar 9th 2008 4:52PM
Oh this should be really good! Excited for it!
As for my favorite Star Wars game adventure.... I will have to go with Knights of the Old Republic. It really was a beautiful masterpiece.
Limezor @ Mar 9th 2008 4:56PM
Jedi Power Battles was such an epic game on PS1.
Jason @ Mar 9th 2008 5:05PM
Shadows of the Empire is my favorite Star Wars game. KOTOR comes in a close second.
What made Shadows so much better than the Star Wars game before it was the great soundtrack/audio quality. It was the first Star Wars game I remember playing that had good sounding music straight from the original score. It made the game feel so epic. Another plus was that it wasn't a rehash of the movie's plot but an original story. I think it helped that it was based off the novel and not just a story that a game director came up with.
tc @ Mar 9th 2008 5:09PM
seeing kyle katarn vvvwing-ing again makes me itchy for jedi outcast!
now where'd i put that cream...
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 9th 2008 5:26PM
I approve of this message.
PS: I used to have a blast at StarWars: Battlefront on my cousin's Xbox.
DangerMouse @ Mar 9th 2008 5:34PM
Awesome. I've been going back through some of my star wars games over the past week, namely Dark Forces & DF2:Jedi Knight. These games are great, and it's sad to see how flawed jedi outcast & jedi academy were due to them running the story line through the mediocre machine. Hearing Kyle say "sith spit" makes me cringe. It's like it was written by 3rd graders. Graphics were ok, since it was powered by the Quake 3 engine, but the level design was so average, and after playing DF2, it's downright disappointing. It's a shame that DF2 hasn't aged well, but the live action cutscenes are definitely a treat.
jopojelly @ Mar 9th 2008 9:17PM
I agree. Jedi Knight was so awesome. The levels were huge, the game play entertaining and challenging, and the levels were beautiful. The levels of Jedi Outcast were ok, but not as good. Jedi Academy, however, was very pathetic. Levels were so linear you didn't even need to think.
Someone should mod a new game to imitate Jedi Knight....
arrakisman @ Mar 9th 2008 5:44PM
Tiefighter was my favorite but the franchise really got its break with Emipire for the 2600.
arrakisman @ Mar 9th 2008 5:45PM
Tiefighter was my favorite but the franchise really got its break with Emipire for the 2600.
Hibiki Rush @ Mar 10th 2008 3:01PM
Star Wars Battlefront is my top....
LightWarrior @ Mar 9th 2008 7:26PM
It's got to be like what?...The ONLY movie that can translate into a game so well....not only that but several genres....they'll probably make note of that little fun fact in it's retrospective.
Joeshie @ Mar 9th 2008 7:30PM
Man seeing this really brings back the memories. Being somewhat of a Star Wars geek myself, I've played dozens of Star Wars games. From the arcade Star Wars game in Chucky Cheese where you attacked the Death Star all the way to the recent stuff.
Veko @ Mar 9th 2008 7:47PM
I won't lie. I'm excited. I hope they talk a lot about the Jedi Knight games. They're the best Star Wars games so far, IMO.
Deck @ Mar 9th 2008 10:35PM
This is really just bring the Star Wars out in us all isn't it?
ComradeTrotskii @ Mar 9th 2008 11:06PM
Just that short clip there and I'm reminded that there were some stinkingly awful Star Wars games.
Thank goodness there were also a bunch of really great ones.
Kinda like the movies they were based on, eh George.
TheQuagster @ Mar 9th 2008 11:17PM
I didn't see a clip of Star Wars Trilogy Arcade!! WTF that was my favorite star wars game.
Ken Seang @ Mar 10th 2008 12:15AM
Rouge Squadron II on gamecube was the spectacular and the Jedi Outcast II and Academy had some good times as well.
Kyera @ Mar 10th 2008 12:31AM
TIE Fighter, hands down the best.
Pha7e @ Mar 10th 2008 3:20AM
My neighbor has one of the Star Wars vector graphic game arcade cabinets. Despite all the other good games, I still get the biggest thrill from playing that one.
t_m @ Mar 10th 2008 11:02AM
Tie Fighter and Jedi Knight are both two of the best games ever made.
Dark Forces and X-wing were pretty cool too. As was the awesome old cabinet vector graphics starwars arcade game.
Unfortunately everything since Jedi Knight has been average at best, though the Rogue Squadron games were kinda fun, and usually terrible.
KoToR (1) ruled of course, but i'm not sure its really even a star wars game.
Dave @ Mar 10th 2008 12:55PM
The original Dark Forces had some really incredible level design, a good story, and fun combat that omitted lightsabers and force powers. Definitely a game that seemed ahead of its time.
KrazyIan @ Mar 10th 2008 1:14PM
X-Wing & TIE Fighter were the shit back in the day.
Side note, where did space shooter/sims go? Last big names I heard about were the Freespace series.
Silly Sauce @ Mar 10th 2008 2:00PM
Rebel Assault & KOTOR FTW!!
BenBeats @ Mar 10th 2008 4:24PM
Dude, Republic Commando, all the way. Most underrated Star Wars game in existence. I asked one of the developers at E3 2006 if they were gonna make a new one and the answer was "We aren't ready to disclose that information."! BOOYAH! You heard it here first. Joystiq! CONFIRMED!