There have been, to date, one jillion Star Wars video games. (That figure is approximate). But in many ways, there was only one — the 1983 Atari game Star Wars. I played this game when I was barely old enough to understand the films, much less do well at any of the levels, particularly that difficult trench-run.
So after reading an article here discussing possibly the worst Star Wars game ever I thought to myself, what’s the best? If you asked 25 people, you’d probably get 25 different answers.
Star Wars: Battlefront III was once a game well and truly in development, at UK studio Free Radical. Since its 2008 cancellation, it has been supposedly off and on more times than anyone can count. Like many studios, Free Radical had its fair share of ups and downs, hits and misses over the years. But despite the mixed successes of their earlier games, it was one particular brush with the dark side of Star Wars that finally pushed them over the edge.
Internet personality and brave gamer JonTron plays through yet another terrible game for your amusement.
There are loads of terrible Star Wars games. We’ve talked about them here before. But there’s different reasons someone can say a game is terrible. They might not like the genre, or the platform, or the way the game has treated the Star Wars canon.
You know what day it is, right? Man, I can’t wait for all of my social media feeds to explode with cheeky chappies saying “May the Fourth be with you.” That’s going to be so hilariously original, right? [/patronising sarcasm]. The one good thing to come from such shenanigans is this: cheap Star Wars games.