yeah this shit is just the goated star wars game and they should do everything their power to try and top this one. the story is a little unremarkable but i REALLY enjoy the mantis crew. greez and merrin are great. also the last 2 chapters and last couple of bosses were presented very well. exploring some more planets wouldve been cool, but the last couple of setpieces are visually stunning

ok but what i really loved and didnt expect to was the amount of exploration that wasnt just "climb here and grab the collectible." they involved puzzles (pretty good ones at that), platforming (which is REALLY fun in this game ESPECIALLY WITH A GRAPPLING HOOK), and pretty fun ableit samey minibosses. i did this one side quest that led me to a massive fucking underground maze where 3 bounty hunters kept taunting me behind barricaded doors and one had a pet rancor. i made the rancor eat her. although it wasnt quite the scale of elden ring, stumbling upon these random mazes and dungeons really reminded me of my fist elden ring playthrough. they were clearly made with love.
also the side conversations that droids and stormtroopers have are insanely funny and you should sit through them all.

every game should have a grappling hook. thanks for reading