The first game was good, but this sounds like real fun.
What's geekier than a Star Wars game? A Star Wars game in which everything from the Millennium Falcon to the Wookiees is made of Legos. The first attempt to make one wordlessly retold the lame prequels, but its sly wit and cooperative two-player mode helped the title sell a stunning 3.5 million copies anyway. The follow-up, launching in September, is based on the original trilogy. Players use the Force to solve puzzles and snap together X-wings and landspeeders to vanquish the emperor's minions. Here's what happens when Danish bricks get blasted into a galaxy far, far away. Some assembly required.
LEGO Star Wars II, Deconstructed
1. Princess Leia's infamous metal bikini accessorized with Vader's head and Han Solo's blaster? Intergalactic! The flexible character creator lets you mash up Star Wars icons.
2. You may be Luke Skywalker, but you'll have to build your own landspeeder if you want to run down stormtrooper scum on Tatooine.
3. Most major action set pieces from the trilogy have been re-created in the game. In the Battle of Hoth, Rebel speeders blast AT-ATs, sending their constituent bricks crashing to the ice.
– Jim Rossignol
