An unfortunate step down in quality and presentation, however I admire the fact they tried something to freshen things up a bit. To be fair, back in the day, I absolutely loved this. The platforming sections were, and still are, dodgy as fuck, but it was a time when Star Wars was nowhere near as accessible as it is now. This game precedes the dvd release of the original trilogy, meaning that unless you had the out of print VHS tapes or were one of the 5 laser disc owners, the only way to see the film's was hope they were on TV at Xmas.

Having cut scenes lifted straight from the films was astonishing at the time, especially given how good quality those cut scenes are. They look fantastic for a pre hd era videogame. And I think that's why I gave this a lot of slack back in the day.

Playing this in the oversaturation era, it's really showing its age. The dog fighting is as good as the previous game, and some of the missions have a bit of inventiveness about them. Going from a bombing run to driving an AT ST then an AT AT is a lot of fun, and once you get to grips with the speed, the speeder bikes on Endor are thrilling.

But as I mentioned, there's platforming and you can tell the developers did not have that genre in their tool set. The sail barge level is fucking abysmal, and Dagobah just about get a pass because you get a fuck ton of lives.

They've definitely gone for quantity over quality, but when it's good, it stands along side the second game, but when it's not, it's your usual star wars licence fare of that era.