

That being said, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a third-person action adventure game developed by Respawn Entertainment, the former Call of Duty creators who know a thing or two about making kick-ass pieces of entertainment. Seriously, what’s up with that colon placement? It’s needlessly confusing and flies in the face of the naming convention established by every other Star Wars title. Take Dark Souls but make it easier, add a tablespoon of Uncharted and a dash of the familiar Metroidvania concept of areas that can only be unlocked by acquiring a new skill, and you’ve got the strangely titled Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Two sequels, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedirefined the established formula, adding quality of life improvements such as a save system and the use of primary and secondary weapons, but the original is still the one to beat. Players control a pixelated Luke, Han Solo or Chewbacca while they battle banthas and stormtroopers across Tatooine and the Death Star, meeting familiar characters like C-3PO and R2D2 along the way. Released in 1992 for the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) and loosely following the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, Super Star Wars features an incredible variety of gameplay, from familiar side-scrolling platforming to then nascent 3D-ish sections where you pilot a speeder and X-Wing. Given the sheer volume of games it would be foolish to try and rank them all, so here’s the best of the best.

For every Star Wars: Rogue Squadron bringing balance to the force, there’s a Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi that will make you want to give in to your anger. And, just like the Star Wars films, not all of the games are gems. There have been nearly 200 Star Wars video games since that first opening crawl entranced a generation of moviegoers more than 40 years ago, launching one of the world's largest multimedia empires.
