The Complete Saga is one of the first games I can recall playing with my siblings, alongside things like Wii Sports and Rock Band. I thought about just emulating that version instead but I figured the original GameCube versions would be less intensive to stream with friends, so expect the sequel to this one soon.

You could argue it's a little insubstantial, but LEGO Star Wars for me is tons of casual, low-stakes fun. The Minikits turn it into somewhat of a collectathon and bring a bit more to the table, but not necessarily challenge. I'm more than fine with this game being easy as it is, likely being a game aimed for children and all, but I can see how it would be a detractor for some.

The only major problems are with the flying stages, which are apparently nerfed in The Complete Saga anyways. Here, while you still have infinite lives, they're noticeably more strict than the rest of the game. Gunship Cavalry is especially bad, an isometric shooter reminiscent of the really shit one from Earthworm Jim 2. The controls are both far too floaty and yet also kind of limited, in the sense that there's only one plane of movement and it isn't conveyed well visually. You'd think from the way everything is laid out that you would be able to raise or lower yourself, but such is not the case. Either way, probably the only outright crap level in the game, as the other two flying stages throughout definitely feel a bit less awkward.

While it isn't quite the same as my childhood memories with just one player, I had a lot of fun revisiting this. The Original Trilogy is up next, and as far as the movies themselves go I've always been much more fond of those. Looking forward to that.

Not that much harder than the other Super Star Wars games in retrospect, but it likely is still the hardest and they already set a pretty needlessly high bar difficulty-wise. Feels a bit more thought out for the most part in terms of polish and such but because it's so obtuse it doesn't really end up feeling like much of a better experience. The lack of variety in music isn't really improved upon, the stage design is a bit weaker, and now there are required Chewbacca levels that are extremely fucking agonizing. The real advantage here is the somewhat improved variety, and just barely enough to boost it from a 4 to a 5. I also quite like the bullshit Darth Vader fight at the end for some inexplicable reason. It sucks so bad but there's really something about it.

There's definitely a charm to these games in spite of everything, but I'm not really convinced they're particularly good anymore. I'll do Super RotJ just so I can have all three rebeaten but I doubt I'll have much more to say.