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My wife and I have found a new way to spend time together, and its name is Lego Star Wars II.

The majority of my childhood was spent building Lego pieces (from towns to naval battles), as well as falling in love with action, adventure, science fiction, and fantasy movies. The Star Wars series were a perfect blend of all four. Now, I'm not that much of a geek as some of my friends - Brian Campbell, I'm looking your way - but I like to think that my love for the genre and series is slightly greater than average.

So naturally, when the first Lego Star Wars game hit, I was curious.

Unfortunately, although the premise of Lego Star Wars was cute, their setting in the more recently-made trilogy didn't peak enough of my interest. I played the demo, saw the potential, but wasn't hooked.

Fast-forward a few years later, and the buzz generated for Lego Star Wars II - ironically the second game was made using the first set of movies... which happen chronologically second (confused?) - caught my eye.

Was this game going to be just like the first? Or will the change in setting to episodes 4-6 fix the issues I had with the first?

My worries were squelched when I read that I wasn't alone in feeling like the premise of using Legos with Star Wars was a bit of a breakthrough, but that the setting didn't sit right with many of the audience. In this second
installment, the formula just feels like it comes together with ease. As a result, I find my wife and I enjoying this game for two separate aspects, each of which would not be able to make a great game on its own: Legos and the original Star Wars movies.

The Lego-influenced portion of the game is used to great effect. Coins are replaced by small circular Lego pieces, puzzles can be completed by assembling loose pieces into bridges, and you have the ability to rearrange character pieces, like giving Lando a blue lightsaber (which matches his Han Solo pants)

The Star Wars aspects of the game are also richly-developed. Many of the characters exhibit the same traits that you have come to expect from watching the movies, like watching Princess Leia **** a Storm Trooper when she performs a melee attack, or witnessing Chewbacca perform his characteristic arm-rip ability that is mentioned in the movies.

Intersperse within the game, you also get a lot of slap-stick humor, which is icing on the cake. Little things, like watching R2-D2 fall off the back of Luke's desert speeder add a nice touch.

Another of my favorite aspects of the game - and the probably the wisest decision chosen by the developers - is the inclusion of co-op play and free play.

In co-op play, I can enjoy the game on my own for twenty minutes while my wife puts our daughter to bed, and then have her join me when she's finished, without any interruption to the game.

With free play, we are able to replay already-completed levels with new characters (different characters are unlocked as you encounter them in each level). As different characters have different abilities (the force, the ability to slip into areas only accessible by Storm Troopers), you can access previously-inaccessible portions of the level.

While we have yet to get to any of the later parts, where vehicles such as the X-wing is used, I can't wait.

Brilliant! Had my LOLing, fo sho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRQv4_xnjvA

Hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuQ5lxOPQVs&search=vader

Vadar vs. the Japanese Police

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMMSyp1AEwY&search=robot%20chicken

Vadar explains it all to Luke

Pr0n!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqloHbHlA40&feature=Views&page=4&t=t&f=b

http://www.devilducky.com/media/42822/

Hilarious!!!