“It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you…”.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Disney had yet to purchase the Star Wars IP and George Lucas was still somewhat involved in its ongoing success. One of the last major initiatives before the Disney purchase was Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a multimedia project that aimed to bridge the two movie trilogies at the time. One of the pillars of this project was a planned line of video games that aimed to immerse players in the world of Star Wars in a way never done before, the first of which is now re-releasing for the Switch. Over a decade later, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is absolutely showing its age, but those who played it in younger years may want to give it a revisit just for the trip down memory lane.
First, let’s go over a brief reminder of which edition of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed this is, because originally there were eight different versions (remember the iOS port?) that all had distinct content and features, to the extent that some versions were almost entirely different games. This port is an upscaled version of the entry that released on Wii, which was largely the same as the versions on PS2 and PSP, but with the addition of motion controls and an exclusive PvP local multiplayer mode. While it does feel like a bit of a missed opportunity that there wasn’t an attempt here to create a ‘definitive’ version that would unite all the exclusive elements of each port from the PS3/360 generation, this is at the very least a competent port of the game you may remember from Nintendo’s home console at the time.
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