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lieselstarwarsgamesWe can’t play A New Hope without going to Tatooine, am I right? (Warning: screencap-heavy.)
Forget the intro – let’s just go straight to Tatooine.
As usual, we don’t see poor Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru – instead Luke just buys the droids by himself . . . and then the Jawas steal the droids back and Luke gets attacked by the Tusken Raiders (one of whom can be seen MILKING a bantha!) and rescued by Obi-Wan while looking for the droids. Is there any such thing as a Star Wars video game that includes Owen and Beru?
Anyway, as you can see, we’ve got a lot to explore here.
And God, the lighting is so PRETTY! Anyway, you can ride on the banthas to reach these studs on the cliff.
Oh, and I have to show you a screenshot of the twin suns.
Well, there’s of course plenty of stuff to break apart for studs, though Tusken Raiders are constantly attacking. Maybe they want revenge for what Luke’s father did.
Oh, and you can build a sandcastle!
As we make our way through the desert, you’ll notice a minikit that, alas, we still can’t get.
There’s also a wonder of nature – FLOWERS growing on Tatooine! Thanks to a sprinkler that’s permanently running, these flowers can grow in the barren wasteland.
Well, enough marveling – Obi-Wan needs to use the Force to make the flowers explode for studs. Sorry, but no wonder of nature gets between me and studs!
It’s possible to get the minikit up here in Story Mode . . .
. . . but it takes a hell of a lot of patience since you have to land precisely on those tiny Lego cylinders in order to jump to the cliff. It saves some trouble to wait until you can use the super jump.
Oh, and Obi-Wan can use the Force on a shovel to dig up bricks that can be built into a treasure chest that contains studs!
Anyway, you’ll slide down the sand hill if you try to climb it, so have Obi-Wan use the Force on some Lego bricks lying around to make a ramp – and a satellite dish for good measure.
I love how random some of the stuff in this game is. Well, in the next area we run into – you guessed it – more Tusken Raiders. Kill them and then build a box that you can push around and stand on to get across that nasty-looking tar pit.
And here we are, the sandcrawler!
The Jawas won’t bother you, even when you start destroying all their wares for studs and riding their bantha. They won’t even bother you if you punch them – they’ll just run away. In order to get in the sandcrawler, first Luke needs to build an ascension gun target from the junk lying around, then ascend up to this platform and pull the lever. (By the way, it’s hilarious to watch Obi-Wan try to jump up after him.
Obi-Wan and Luke can take turns using the Force and pulling levers until they get to the tippy-top. Enjoy the view!
But how do we get inside? Well, Obi-Wan and Luke can both pull these conveniently-placed levers to activate the . . . vacuum thing that sucked R2 up into the sandcrawler in the movie. So yeah, we spent all that time getting to the top, but now we have to jump back down so we can get sucked into the sandcrawler. At least this game doesn’t have fall damage.
Ah, inside the sandcrawler again. Kind of weird how these ANH games always seem to have Luke go inside the sandcrawler to rescue R2 when he never does that in the movie. But hey, it’s fun to explore the sandcrawler. You can even build a little droid who goes wandering off after dropping a blue stud.
Use the Force and break shit for studs, of course, but don’t forget to Force-push the Gonk droid and watch its little legs kick in the air – HA!
In the next room, you find poor R2 all locked up! NO! How can we save him?
Well, after shooting shit and building some more droids for studs, pull on this lever to bring a box out.
The lever will give you an unlimited number of boxes, so push them up to the gates and they’ll explode, opening the gates for studs and even a minikit!
Oh, yeah, you can also save R2 this way. With R2 free, he can open the door to the next room.
We’ve got R2, but where’s 3PO? Well, after we’ve scanned this room for studs (by the way, I love that molten metal in the background), you need to run over those round things on the floor to bring up a pair of levers, which Luke and Obi-Wan can pull to open the door and reveal . . . 3PO!
Now HERE’S where the Jawas start giving you trouble. You need to push on that rotating lever thing to align the vacuum-thing over 3PO’s cage, then have R2 activate the droid panel to get 3PO out, then when you’re done collecting studs, use 3PO to unlock the door. However, the Jawas will frequently use those remotes they use in the movie to temporarily turn the droids off, giving you very little time to use the activation panels. But hey, 3PO looks funny how he slumps over when turned off.
In the next room, collect all the studs you can and use the Force on the gates to open the ramp out into the fresh air! The end of the level? Nope, we’ve still got to get to Obi-Wan’s house.
This next area is full of tar pits – step in them and you instantly sink. We need to use 3PO at the activation panels to drain the pits.
Luke can also build an ascension gun target to reach a minikit! Yay!
And ho boy, this next area is tricky.
Yup, we’ve got to get across this giant canyon. Fortunately, we’ve got a Jedi with us who can jump over the rocks and use the Force to build bridges. Of course, then we’ve got to deal with ANOTHER tar pit – but luckily 3PO can drain this one too.
Sheesh, I knew Tatooine was hazardous, but who would have thought it was THIS hazardous just to get home? But anyway, Obi-Wan can also use the Force to make palm trees grow on Tatooine because why not?
Last area, and we’ve got a HUGE tar pit blocking our way with no activation panel in sight. But, how convenient, someone left a broken landspeeder just lying around.
Just fix the speeder and we can drive it off – finders keepers!
Now we could drive straight to Obi-Wan’s house, but why would we do that when there are studs on the little islands in the tar pits AND a minikit?
Okay, okay, it’s rude to leave everyone else stranded. After having your fun, drive over to Obi-Wan’s house and pull on this lever to activate a bridge.
And wha? There are stormtroopers in Obi-Wan’s yard! Guess they traced R2 here, but we can get rid of them in a pinch. Oh, I love how Obi-Wan’s got his Jedi capes hanging out to dry here.
We could go in right away, but again, there’s fun to be had. Obi-Wan can build a lawnmower to mow his . . . sand. Yeah, guess the sand needs mowing.
R2 can activate a panel that will turn on sprinklers to make some more of those wonderous Tatooine flowers grow – before we destroy them for studs, of course.
You can even ride on a dewback to get on the ROOF!
Okay, okay, this level’s long enough as it is. Step on the switches outside the door to get inside and Obi-Wan and Luke will watch Leia’s message and Obi-Wan will give Luke Anakin’s lightsaber – and Luke promptly slices off 3PO’s head. HA!
Whew, that was a long level, but it was profitable. Luke and old Obi-Wan have been unlocked, and at the bar we can buy a Tusken Raider . . .
. . . and a Jawa.
Next time we go to Mos Eisley, which means a certain you-know-who is going to show up. Prepare for lots of geeking out next time.
Forget the intro – let’s just go straight to Tatooine.
As usual, we don’t see poor Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru – instead Luke just buys the droids by himself . . . and then the Jawas steal the droids back and Luke gets attacked by the Tusken Raiders (one of whom can be seen MILKING a bantha!) and rescued by Obi-Wan while looking for the droids. Is there any such thing as a Star Wars video game that includes Owen and Beru?
Anyway, as you can see, we’ve got a lot to explore here.
And God, the lighting is so PRETTY! Anyway, you can ride on the banthas to reach these studs on the cliff.
Oh, and I have to show you a screenshot of the twin suns.
Well, there’s of course plenty of stuff to break apart for studs, though Tusken Raiders are constantly attacking. Maybe they want revenge for what Luke’s father did.
Oh, and you can build a sandcastle!
As we make our way through the desert, you’ll notice a minikit that, alas, we still can’t get.
There’s also a wonder of nature – FLOWERS growing on Tatooine! Thanks to a sprinkler that’s permanently running, these flowers can grow in the barren wasteland.
Well, enough marveling – Obi-Wan needs to use the Force to make the flowers explode for studs. Sorry, but no wonder of nature gets between me and studs!
It’s possible to get the minikit up here in Story Mode . . .
. . . but it takes a hell of a lot of patience since you have to land precisely on those tiny Lego cylinders in order to jump to the cliff. It saves some trouble to wait until you can use the super jump.
Oh, and Obi-Wan can use the Force on a shovel to dig up bricks that can be built into a treasure chest that contains studs!
Anyway, you’ll slide down the sand hill if you try to climb it, so have Obi-Wan use the Force on some Lego bricks lying around to make a ramp – and a satellite dish for good measure.
I love how random some of the stuff in this game is. Well, in the next area we run into – you guessed it – more Tusken Raiders. Kill them and then build a box that you can push around and stand on to get across that nasty-looking tar pit.
And here we are, the sandcrawler!
The Jawas won’t bother you, even when you start destroying all their wares for studs and riding their bantha. They won’t even bother you if you punch them – they’ll just run away. In order to get in the sandcrawler, first Luke needs to build an ascension gun target from the junk lying around, then ascend up to this platform and pull the lever. (By the way, it’s hilarious to watch Obi-Wan try to jump up after him.
Obi-Wan and Luke can take turns using the Force and pulling levers until they get to the tippy-top. Enjoy the view!
But how do we get inside? Well, Obi-Wan and Luke can both pull these conveniently-placed levers to activate the . . . vacuum thing that sucked R2 up into the sandcrawler in the movie. So yeah, we spent all that time getting to the top, but now we have to jump back down so we can get sucked into the sandcrawler. At least this game doesn’t have fall damage.
Ah, inside the sandcrawler again. Kind of weird how these ANH games always seem to have Luke go inside the sandcrawler to rescue R2 when he never does that in the movie. But hey, it’s fun to explore the sandcrawler. You can even build a little droid who goes wandering off after dropping a blue stud.
Use the Force and break shit for studs, of course, but don’t forget to Force-push the Gonk droid and watch its little legs kick in the air – HA!
In the next room, you find poor R2 all locked up! NO! How can we save him?
Well, after shooting shit and building some more droids for studs, pull on this lever to bring a box out.
The lever will give you an unlimited number of boxes, so push them up to the gates and they’ll explode, opening the gates for studs and even a minikit!
Oh, yeah, you can also save R2 this way. With R2 free, he can open the door to the next room.
We’ve got R2, but where’s 3PO? Well, after we’ve scanned this room for studs (by the way, I love that molten metal in the background), you need to run over those round things on the floor to bring up a pair of levers, which Luke and Obi-Wan can pull to open the door and reveal . . . 3PO!
Now HERE’S where the Jawas start giving you trouble. You need to push on that rotating lever thing to align the vacuum-thing over 3PO’s cage, then have R2 activate the droid panel to get 3PO out, then when you’re done collecting studs, use 3PO to unlock the door. However, the Jawas will frequently use those remotes they use in the movie to temporarily turn the droids off, giving you very little time to use the activation panels. But hey, 3PO looks funny how he slumps over when turned off.
In the next room, collect all the studs you can and use the Force on the gates to open the ramp out into the fresh air! The end of the level? Nope, we’ve still got to get to Obi-Wan’s house.
This next area is full of tar pits – step in them and you instantly sink. We need to use 3PO at the activation panels to drain the pits.
Luke can also build an ascension gun target to reach a minikit! Yay!
And ho boy, this next area is tricky.
Yup, we’ve got to get across this giant canyon. Fortunately, we’ve got a Jedi with us who can jump over the rocks and use the Force to build bridges. Of course, then we’ve got to deal with ANOTHER tar pit – but luckily 3PO can drain this one too.
Sheesh, I knew Tatooine was hazardous, but who would have thought it was THIS hazardous just to get home? But anyway, Obi-Wan can also use the Force to make palm trees grow on Tatooine because why not?
Last area, and we’ve got a HUGE tar pit blocking our way with no activation panel in sight. But, how convenient, someone left a broken landspeeder just lying around.
Just fix the speeder and we can drive it off – finders keepers!
Now we could drive straight to Obi-Wan’s house, but why would we do that when there are studs on the little islands in the tar pits AND a minikit?
Okay, okay, it’s rude to leave everyone else stranded. After having your fun, drive over to Obi-Wan’s house and pull on this lever to activate a bridge.
And wha? There are stormtroopers in Obi-Wan’s yard! Guess they traced R2 here, but we can get rid of them in a pinch. Oh, I love how Obi-Wan’s got his Jedi capes hanging out to dry here.
We could go in right away, but again, there’s fun to be had. Obi-Wan can build a lawnmower to mow his . . . sand. Yeah, guess the sand needs mowing.
R2 can activate a panel that will turn on sprinklers to make some more of those wonderous Tatooine flowers grow – before we destroy them for studs, of course.
You can even ride on a dewback to get on the ROOF!
Okay, okay, this level’s long enough as it is. Step on the switches outside the door to get inside and Obi-Wan and Luke will watch Leia’s message and Obi-Wan will give Luke Anakin’s lightsaber – and Luke promptly slices off 3PO’s head. HA!
Whew, that was a long level, but it was profitable. Luke and old Obi-Wan have been unlocked, and at the bar we can buy a Tusken Raider . . .
. . . and a Jawa.
Next time we go to Mos Eisley, which means a certain you-know-who is going to show up. Prepare for lots of geeking out next time.
