The Force has never been with you quite like this.
With a push of a button, Darth Vader’s sinister apprentice can lift a canister and send it careening into a squad of stormtroopers, or rip a Tie fighter from the air and send it spiraling into a tower.
He can even pull down a massive star destroyer and crash it into a planet.
“Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” has quite a bit that fans will find familiar, but it’s the unique ability to manipulate objects and enemies with the Force that makes it a stand-out addition to a long line of entertaining games.
The story for this console-based, third-person actioner begins shortly after Episode III (Revenge of the Sith), then picks up again years later but still prior to Episode IV (Star Wars, or A New Hope, depending on your level of fandom). You play as Darth Vader’s secret apprentice, Starkiller, as he hunts down remaining Jedi. The tale takes quite a few twists, and adds some nice surprises, so I don’t want to get too into detail.
George Lucas himself had a hand in the game’s story, but I’m not sure how fans would feel about that these days.
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