Empire Strikes Back on Game Boy is one of those games I'm going to die without finishing. It just becomes so unplayable after a while.

Jedi Outcast should have been higher though.

HK-47 alone makes the KotOR series #1 by default.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1gTas7OAA

Do feel like playing rogue leader again... hope i'll get my wii up and running

You are strong and wise. And I am very proud of you.

Shadows of the Empire is the only one I ever played in my entire life that was worth remembering.

@Cashews Bounty Hunter is basically Shadows 2.

Lots of good games here, however I've said it before and I'll say it again..... when is there going to be a Star Wars collection with NES Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, SNES Star Wars, ESB and ROTJ and throw in N64 SOTE, RS and Gamecube RS 2 and 3! You have my money already! PS and may the fourth be with you all today. PPS I appreciate the licensing issues involved with my request, however who would have thought we would have a TMNT collection now??!!

I know it'll never happen but I really want an HD Remaster of Rogue Squadron on Switch (or at the very least, put the N64 version up on Nintendo Switch Online along with Shadows of the Empire)!

@DarthFoxMcCloud Yep with you there, it's about time these treasures were remastered on the Switch!

@TheHighGround Hello there

Man I want them to release the original Lego Star Wars collection on the switch so bad. Loved it even if it’s a bit dated now.

Surprised the Skywalker Saga isn’t number 1 since it honestly seems like the perfect Star Wars game period to get into. Well for what it’s worth I’ll be celebrating the Star Wars holiday by doing a nice big old session of Jedi: Survivor tonight after work.

What's with the release dates on this article? The Super Star Wars games definitely did not come out in 2009.

It has always kind of bothered me how more developers didn't take advantage of the Gamecube's graphical prowess the way that Factor 5 did with Rogue Leader.

I skipped ahead to make sure RS2 was #1.

I have the bottom 4 games on the list 😆
Flight of the Falcon should be #39. It's 3 levels of unrelated mini-games strung together with mediocre controls and sometimes awful graphics. And when you die you start back at the beginning of the level.
The cover art was definitely the best part of the game.
The other three had their good moments though..

Played Revenge of the Sith (GBA) on an emulator early this year. An absolute blast

Here's hoping for a console re-release of "Star Wars: Rogue Squadron."

Oooookay. I'm going to get the damned Skywalker Saga cause it's on sale, despite not being a fan of LEGO or Star Wars. Somehow (I assure you), it's still your fault if I do this dumb thing and dislike the game.

I know many Star Wars games are on sale on the eShop and I was tempted to splurge...until I realized I have nearly all of them on GOG.

We need a new Rogue Squadron game. Jedi Survivor does bring me some hope, as we are seeing some OK star wars games again, but looking at the past you have to say Disney are making a right mess of their vodeogames. They need to stop outsourcing based on money, and start having a cracking at it themselves based on quality.

@FawfulsFury
General Kenobi!
You are a bold one.

They ever get around to finishing KOTOR2?

@DarthFoxMcCloud I think Rogue Squadron is available in HD on Steam.
Otherwise, just get a Nintendo 64. I'm best best case an RGB modded one and one of these super modules with all N64 games on it. You can than throw away the laughable Switch Online selection.

There's a good amount of worthwhile Star Wars games. Too bad Nintendo gamers can't enjoy Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor, since they are like best of all.
But maybe on the next system.

Glad the Skywalker saga finished behind the original I was really disappointed with it, you spent most of the time running around and the puzzles weren't at the same level.

I recently got Star wars Rouge Squadron on the N64. Holy crap it is decent. I knew it was a good game just didn't realize it was that good

Whoever made this list raise your fists and meet me behind the Denny's

@dartmonkey Have you thought about doing a best movie tie in switch game list? With Alien Isolation, the Jurassic Park collection, Ghostbusters and more, it could be quite a good list!

The SNES trilogy should have been in the top 10. They were real videogames and true Star Wars games. Anything Lego is a dumbed down, not really that funny waste of time.

This is as voted by NL users themselves, I know. But besides Rogue Squadron 2 & 1 being the top 2 the placings are all a bit odd. The Skywalker Saga ought to be no.3 and the Wii complete saga collection being high in the positions is understandable. But the other lego star wars games are too overrated. I liked them, but they're not THAT good, lol. I even think Force Unleashed ought to be higher. The SNES trilogy ought to be higher as well, though I struggled with them last time I played the games - on the Wii VC was it? You have to acknowledge how good they were for their time. I think I've played about 60-70% of these games purchased mainly based on reviews and some on a whim I have dabbled in the odd ds release. Extreme waggly Lightsabre Duels Wii was one of my "guilty games". Lol

The visuals in Rogue Squadron 2 were absolutely mind blowing back in the day, particularly the battle of Endor mission where you fly into the second death star. Really felt like playing a scene from the movie.

The super star wars games will always be close to my heart, even though I don't think I've ever actually beaten any of them, haha.

And I still love Shadows of the Empire. The use of licensed music from the films really helps elevate that game.

I never played Star Wars post Super Nintendo era, but Super Star Wars brings back so many fond memories. Seeing it is only 14 in the list makes me wish I had time to play other titles. When the Wii was in full swing I was running around trying to collect GCN games from mark down bins and was desperate to get a copy of rogue squadron but never got my hands on it

Suggestion to the editors: these list articles would be amazing if you could choose to reverse the order. I just skip to the #1 title and read backwards anyway. Doing it last to first is a bit click baity for my thinking, and scrolling backwards I usually go through 2-3 pages anyway.

There have been so many good games released in the last 30 years that it's hard to single out just one as the best. In my opinion, one of the best was Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GCN). A phenomenal game in every way.

The very first Lego one and part 3 The Clone Wars are my favorites. So disappointed with the Skywalker saga.

@AstraeaV
What was wrong with Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, compared to the older games? I did not play the older games.

is it just me or some GC games look way better than on Switch ?

Honestly not surprised that most of the Star Wars games that I own turned out to be absolute stinkers, especially Jedi Power Battles and Attack of the Clones. Probably the only "good" Star Wars game that I have on this list is Rebel Strike. Maybe The Force Unleashed (the Wii version, that is, although I also have the DS version).

I do have Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy on the PS2, but since it's PlayStation and not Nintendo, I doubt that counts. Ditto with Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, which I own on the PC (as in, an original copy of the game, back when you needed two discs to play through the whole thing: the first half of the game on one disc, the second half on the other), and Angry Birds Star Wars, which I have on iOS. I even have a rather simple game for the PC called the Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset, which uses a mockup of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit that you lay over your keyboard and use that as a controller.

It is quite the pity that many Star Wars games, especially on Nintendo consoles, just aren't that good, either due to hardware limitations, boneheaded decisions from the dev teams or their higher-ups, time constraints, or being just a cheap cash-grab. But personally, I think it's best if they told original stories instead of trying to adapt the movies.

That being said, if there was one Star Wars game that I wish came to consoles, it was the Star Wars Trilogy Arcade game made by Sega in 1998, which adapts scenes from the Original Trilogy. I played it at a GameWorks many years ago and fell in love with that game. Being able to play it at home or on the go has always been a dream of mine. How I wish Sega would just port it to consoles already!

RIP Expanded Universe. For me, the KOTOR games, as well as some of the comics and novels, were the best thing about Star Wars. Of course, they can’t exist without the original films/media (which I still like a lot), but I feel that the best examples of Star Wars media were created as part of the Expanded Universe. Yes, there is also dross, but the gems are true diamonds. Although George Lucas had an on/off relationship with it, he allowed it to happen as long as certain elements/stories of the whole Star Wars universe were kept intact. Out of this agreement sprung games such as KOTOR, which delved into the distant past rather than tread on any film canon.

Now Disney is in charge and it feels as if the Dark Side has won. Not the cool Dark Side, with its lust for power/development and a commitment to a selfish form of mysticism. Rather, it’s the banal and tedious Dark Side, with its lust for control and safety at the expensive of creative expression. Unfortunately, I just don’t gel the new trilogy, or the Mandalorian, or Jedi Outcast/Survivor.

Maybe there’s hope, though. Now Disney has established themselves with the IP, maybe they can start to take some risks, or let third-party developers do it for them.

Rogue squadron games are my favorite star wars games. The graphics on the Gamecube are amazing even today.

Christmas 2024.

Analogue 3D.

Star Wars Rogue Squadron.

Good times!

(Subject to Analogue achieving a street date... and my nostalgia for the game not being tainted by reality!)

Rogue Leader is AMAZING. It really needs to be remastered, it would instantly become another must have.

I love how some of the LEGO games made it up to the top, they actually deserve it

Little confused how Lego Star Wars the complete saga is higher than skywalker saga. As someone who loves both of them skywalker saga is definitely the better game

The NES one it’s the best one. It had a lot of variety, amazing 8 but portraits of the characters (That seemed magic back in the day) great music.

Where's a new Rogue Squadron game for the Switch? That's an open goal for success...

I have Battle for Naboo lined up as my first game when the Analogue 3D drops later this year! Haven't played it before so looking forward to it!

In the meantime, I'm about to start Super Return Of The Jedi on the Pocket. There was a Game Gear port of the game - not the other two sadly. I'll probably end up putting all three of the SNES versions on the openfpga SNES for the Pocket, as I think that's one of the best ways to play these classics today (unless you pick up an Analogue SNES). Intrigued to see how the Game Gear version does though, and I love the save state feature to help you past tricky parts - the openfpga SNES hasn't had the save state feature added. Too much work apparently (I'd argue it was worth the work, but I'm not the one doing it so hey!)

I would like to see the Super Nintendo trilogy appear on Nintendo Switch...

Again, Episode I: The Battle for Naboo is CRIMINALLY underrated. The best Episode I tie-in game, period. Yes, better than Racer.

It's not eligible for the list but I needed to scratch a Star Wars itch recently a couple of years ago and I picked up Disney Infinity 3.0 and the Star Wars bits and bobs for reasonably cheap, and I had a really good time with it. Fetch-quest-a-riffic.

Not to be that guy but I would move classic collection higher on the list. I will admit it was absolute crap at launch but the more updates it has gotten over the past few weeks the better the experience has gotten.

The storage is also bull crap seeing that it takes up half of my SD card

100% agreed, Rogue Squadron II is just a brilliant game. Holds up really well and I still go back and play it (and think for a brief minute I'll reach gold on each mission this time, hah).

@nocdaes Agreed, I'd preorder that in a heartbeat.

I tend to disagree slightly with the end of this list. Jedi power battles isn't a great game, but was a technically impressive ps1 port to the GBA that kept the better elements of the game in tact, and is playable from start to finish (timing for deflection of blaster bolts with the lightsaber especially feels nice). It is the simplest of the long line of isometric star wars games that reused it's engine, but also fun to play. Flight of the falcon, on the other hand, is not fun from the moment you leave the title screen. The attempt to cram rogue squadron onto the GBA sounds amazing in principle, but in practice the compromises to make 3D work kill the experience. There are no objectives, enemies are single pixel at a distance and blend in with the starline, and the game feels designed for analogue controls but plays with a dpad, which never had the precision to line up a shot. Technically ambitious but not very playable, it is more of a tech demo than a game.

First off, I'm genuinely shocked KOTOR isn't #1.
Second, TCS is actually the weakest Lego SW game imo. I felt like it was too drawn out and not exciting enough.
Third, I kinda want to see a Switch version of Outlaws just to see how low it ends up on the list.

I should also mention that Lego Star Wars III was one of my go to games for the Wii back then. Whereas others had NSMBW and MKWii, I had that, Hotwheels Track Attack, Phineas & Ferb Quest for Cool Stuff, Mario Party 8, and, eventually, Super Mario Galaxy. Safe to say I was better off than most Wii owners.

The GameCube games
The Clone Wars and Bounty Hunter were great!

lego star wars the complete saga is #1 and its not nostalgia talking i SWEAR

I always thought I hated Episode 2, but on a rewatch last year I decided it’s actually one of my favorites.

Rogue Leader should have even a higher score. What a fantastic game!
Why don't they bring the Rogue Squadron games to the Switch, I wonder...?

Shame that since Disney took over not only are the movie and TV offerings subpar, but also we have a lot fewer games. They went very hard on the mobile trend and mostly neglected consoles. EA did nothing worthwhile with the exclusive license. Jedi Survivor series is decent but not as good as Jedi Knight. Outlaws does not look too exciting either. Shame.

Man, I still remember the sheer joy of getting my Gamecube on release day, and then firing up Rogue Squadron II...what a masterpiece!

@amongtheworms Rogue One, Clone Wars Season 7, and Andor (which is currently ongoing) were/are really good.

@batmanbud2

Ty for the recs. Heard good things about Clone Wars in general, so might get on that!

I'm glad that KOTOR is getting its well-deserved acknowledgement.
I'd also love to see a remake of Star Wars: Empire At War for Switch 2 (no, not just a port please, the original PC version didn't age well) since the new mouse mode should make it easy to control a pointer in strategy games.

I again extoll the virtues of Episode I - Battle for Naboo. Just a fantastic underrated gem. If you love the Rogue Squadron games, you'll love it.

Hopefully we will get a Skywalker saga upgrade/patch on the Switch 2. So everything is not looking like a blurry mess.

What I would love to see is a NES and SNES star wars collection on the switch 2, N64 and Gamecube star wars games on NSO. Even better, remastered N64 and Gamecube games on the Switch 2. Take my money now!

@batmanbud2 my favorite of the lego games was the clone wars mainly cause is one of the only few star wars game that actually focus on the WARS part
besides the usual puzzle fun levels and the vehicle testing hangars, it features a very complex real time strategy mode in which you must manage your resources in order to purchase troop fabrics (clones for the republic side , droids for the separatist side) and also vehicle fabrics , turrets and other defensive buildings
While you simultaneously focus on gathering coins to build the fabrics and killing the incoming enemy troops + vehicles and destroying the fabrics that spawn them
Unlike most real time strategy games you don't just oversee the battle you also Partake in it,

you could ride the vehicles produced and lead the land troop squads and use them to move faster and to destroy enemy bases easier, if your vehicle is destroyed you must try to quickly find another nearby deployed ally one

also WHAT outlaws is closing? i didn't download it cause i was scared to end up in another F2P game that could be a whale-ish pay to win game
but now that is closing i really should play it before is gone forever and i regret doing it

Out of these Rogue Squadron 2 is my favorite, I still think it looks good to this day.

May the 4th be with you, fellow Nintendo Lifers! Looking at this list, Star Wars had some really, really bad games. But those who were good made up for all of it. Especially the phenomenal RPGs of the Old Republic.

I remember never having finished Super Star Wars for the SNES. It was so unbelievably hard. I might revisit it at some point, though. What stands out for me, looking at this list, is the lack of games like X-Wing vs TIE-Fighter. Those games were so good. And also the lack of Battlefront on Nintendo consoles. I guess the better games skipped the big N in favour of more powerful hardware. A surprise to be sure, and an unwelcome one, too.

This article is back. It's like poetry. It rhymes.

11 of them are LEGO games

I played the Battle of Hoth over and over in SOTE... no idea what happens after that... but it was my favorite Star Wars game.

Playing star wars outlaws currently, having fun with it.

Most hours logged has to be for the N64 episode 1 racer.
Me and my friends wore that one out.

Blew our minds in 1999, hah!

Thanks for typing that out so I don't have to! Words out of my mouth.

It used to be said that old licensed games and collections would "never be re-released in a million years", but they seem to be pumped out with regularity recently, so there is hope! A new hope!