Franchise whoring ^2

Take two massive franchises and put them together, what do you get? One helluva fun franchise all it’s own. I loved the first Lego Star Wars game, and the second one is even better.
Sure, it’s really, really short. The graphics aren’t so hot. And, it’s a damn kids game, but I honestly had more fun with the goofy, too-short kids game than I have with another Star Wars game since the first Knights of the Old Republic.

Controlling a bunch of Lego-ized characters from Star Wars is a hoot. The first time Chewbacca leapt onto a Lego Stormtrooper and ripped his arms off, I almost fell out of my chair laughing. The same kind of mildly perverse, yet in-jokey and deconstructionist humor pervades the game. The game’s a budget-priced $30, and the cutscene with Han and Greedo in the cantina is worth the price of admission alone. Buy this game now!