{"id":6014,"date":"2011-09-09T19:43:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T00:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2015-02-24T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T22:17:12","slug":"on-completing-lego-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=6014","title":{"rendered":"On Completing LEGO Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 6, 2005, I bought LEGO Star Wars<\/i> for the Xbox. (I also blogged about the death of Pope John Paul II<\/a> and Tartan Day<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Today, September 9, 2011, I finished LEGO Star Wars<\/i> 100%. I built all seventeen minikit starship models. I scored True Jedi on all seventeen levels and built the Tantive IV, which unlocked the level based on the original Star Wars<\/i>. (It tells the story of the film’s opening scene from Darth Vader’s perspective. Kinda neat.)<\/p>\n

The game is done.<\/p>\n

Two thousand, three hundred, forty-eight days.<\/p>\n

Playing through the game in the last week, I remembered why I didn’t complete every level 100% originally back in 2005 — the game is<\/i> sodding difficult in places. Take the “Defense of Kashyyyk” level, for instance; not only is acquiring all ten minikits almost impossible (you have to be downright lucky for two of them), but death happens so<\/i> often on the beach that collecting all the studs is extremely unlikely. (It was only the fact that I bought the Invincibility extra that I was able to score True Jedi on that level.)<\/p>\n

Now that I’ve completed the game and unlocked everything, I feel like replaying some of the chapters in Story Mode, especially the final chapter, just so I can re-experience the slapstick humor of Darth Vader’s creation. (Seriously. When I saw Revenge of the Sith<\/i>, I’d completed each chapter of the game, so I knew, at least in LEGO terms, how Darth Vader’s creation was handled. Thus I found it ridiculously hilarious when I saw it on-screen, and I laughed hysterically in the theater. I realize it’s hip to hate on Sith<\/i>, but let’s be frank — it’s a dull, anti-climactic film that does nothing unexpected and does what it does do in the least interesting way possible.)<\/p>\n

Will I finish LEGO Star Wars II<\/i><\/a> in less than two thousand, three hundred, and forty-eight days? I might<\/i> be able to finish it to 100% completion by Valentine’s Day 2013. Maybe… possibly…<\/p>\n

What about LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars<\/i>? Well, I haven’t been impressed with it enough to want to return to it…<\/p>\n

That said, I hold out hope for a LEGO Star Wars IV: The Expanded Universe<\/i>. I want LEGO Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic<\/i> chapters, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Unleashed<\/i> chapters, LEGO Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire<\/i> chapters, and LEGO Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy<\/i> chapters. Ooh! LEGO Star Wars: Dark Forces<\/i> would be good, too. That would be a lot of game, though; maybe The Thrawn Trilogy<\/i> could be its own game, and it could have LEGO Star Wars: Dark Empire<\/i> chapters, too.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I’m being nerdly in my wish-list there, aren’t I?<\/p>\n

What surprises me is that there hasn’t been more done to exploit the LEGO Star Wars<\/i> brand. I’d love to write an illustrated LEGO Star Wars<\/i>: The Novel<\/a> for children. I’m surprised that Dark Horse Comics hasn’t done anything with LEGO Star Wars<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Anyway. LEGO Star Wars<\/i>. I’ve finished the game. It’s over. It’s done.<\/p>\n

Two thousand, three hundred, forty-eight days.<\/p>\n

Now, let’s hunt some orc! :h2g2:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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