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Star Wars
Games set in the Star Wars universe across half a century — from LucasArts' classic era to modern action-adventures and everything between.
Star Wars is unusual as a games "franchise" because it isn't one. It's a licensing umbrella with eras, publishers, and genres that barely resemble each other. The LucasArts / BioWare period gave us KOTOR 1 and 2, two of the best RPGs of their generation. The 2000s were a mix of experiments — Republic Commando, Battlefront, Dark Forces descendants. The EA era has been defined by the Jedi series and, more recently, Outlaws.
The coverage here treats the franchise as a set of eras, not one line. Some Star Wars games deserve serious critical weight (KOTOR 2 and the Jedi games especially). Others are historically interesting rather than still-playable. A few are simply the best the licence has ever been.
Reviews, retrospectives, and the broader question of what makes a Star Wars game actually feel like Star Wars.
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