Reader Discussion – Our Favorite Star Wars Gaming Memories

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Like every year, May the Fourth is the perfect time to celebrate all things Star Wars and bask in our dearest memories from the sci-fi franchise, many of which come from the games we've played based on the space epic. Those games allowed us to live out our greatest Star Wars fantasies and let us participate in the most fantastic moments of the Star Wars universe. Some let us clash lightsabers in heart-pounding duels, make a desperate stand against the empire with a scrappy group of rebels, or even choose between the dark and the light sides of The Force. The prolific nature of Star Wars in games has produced countless exciting scenarios and compelling stories, though some of the best moments happen to have existed outside of the game.

Many of us at Game Informer are fond of our time with various Star Wars titles and want to share some of our favorite stories surrounding them in honor of the occasion. We hope you'll do the same with your favorite memories in the comments section at the bottom of the page.

Marcus Stewart – Keep your KOTORs, Battlefronts, and Fallen Orders. Before all of that, my little brother and I had Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles on PlayStation 1. If you’re unfamiliar, the game is essentially a 3D Star Wars beat ‘em up set during the events of The Phantom Menace. As Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, my brother and I madly flailed our lightsabers to cut down through waves of droids until we took on Darth Maul himself. It was the first game that truly made me feel like a badass Jedi, and visiting locations from the film like Naboo was an added perk. Jedi Power Battles is one of my favorite co-op games on the PS1 and rivals the pod racing game as the best thing to come out of Episode I.

Matt