It's not a bad game, but it's not an oustanding one either..
This game mainly has two different mode you can play. One is Strategic mode, and another one is Tactical mode. Strategic mode lets you occupy planets as you go through space and land tactical battles against your enemy, and generally the goal is to eliminate your opponent. This mode is based on pretty interesting and unique playing style. Everytime you start a new game, it is like starting your own Star Wars story, which was the developers' main intension of the game. However, because of the repetitive tasks you might get bored fairly easily. Also, the game time runs continuously, so you better know what you are doing, and make decision pretty fast, because every second you waste thinking about the buildings you want to build and units you want to produce, your computer will be getting ready to attack one of your weakest bases.
Tactical mode lets you play on either space or land based map with the general "you build, gather and destroy the other" style of game play. Except for the fact that there is reinforcement limits for each team. I was personally disappointed with this mode, especially with space tactical battle because it is in fact, not really tactical at all. You will just have to overwhelm your opponent with your units, and by doing that, you will probably win the game 9 out of 10 times.
Graphic and sound were generally above average, and they usually look pretty good. There is a movie mode you can activate during the tactical battle, and most of the time it looks pretty good. Just make sure you don't activate the mode during the battle and stare at the scene too long because while you are watching it you don't have control over your units.
I personally gave 8 out of 10 for the value just because gameplay is the most important factor for a good game to me, and this one did not meet my expectation. Like I said, it's not that bad, but you might get bored fairly quickly. It's kind of the game that you might want to play occasionally, but not something you would want to stay up many nights to play.