Hello, today I’m reviewing LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game for Nintendo Gamecube, a fun 3D platformer that’s based on Episodes 1-3 of the prequel trilogy.

I will be rating the major categories on a 1 to 5 star rating scale.

Graphics: **
The graphics are rather basic, but still good-looking, in fact, they look like the graphics from Sonic Heroes, just used to make LEGO people and vehicles.

Sound: *****
The sound is absolutely great, using actual music and sounds from the movies, so when you swing that lightsaber, you're going to hear a real lightsaber!

Characters: ***½
No one's perfect, and the characters aren’t that great either, but they do resemble the actual LEGO Mini-Figures they’re supposed to look like, so you can at least tell the difference between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader.

Also, each character is unique in its own special way. Some can jump higher than others, some can crawl through certain vents, and some are completely useless.

Vehicles: **
The vehicles actually do resemble the LEGO sets they’re meant to resemble. Unfortunately, they cannot be used in free play and are only used once for each vehicle level.

Difficulty: **½
Well, the levels can be difficult at times, but some of them could be beaten by a cow, if cows could play video games.

The main challenge of the game is collecting all the characters and unlocking the secret level, other than that, you could probably beat Episodes 1-3 in about a week.

Controls: ***½
The controls are simple, but highly effective, though using the Force can be difficult at certain points in the game.

Gameplay: ***½
The levels are very easy to beat, except for certain levels in Episode III and Episode II, but collecting all the secrets will make you want to play them all over again.

Story Mode: **
These are the main levels, where you can only play as certain characters. The levels are 3D jump-and-run style, where you battle various enemies from that part of the movie and try to move on to the next level, with the occasional puzzle and maybe a boss to fight.

Free Play Mode: ***
Free Play Mode allows you to go back to those levels, just using a wide variety of characters, some of which are needed to find certain secrets that are un-obtainable by the characters in Story Mode. The levels themselves are exactly the same as in Story Mode, just without the cutscenes.

Vehicle Levels: *
The vehicle levels are extremely simple, you ride around in a little LEGO vehicle that resembles the Star Wars vehicle from that moment in the movie. The level goes in a straight path along which you much shoot enemies, which are almost always TIE Fighters.

Replayability: **½
While the levels are fun, once you’ve unlocked everything, you’ll probably get bored with the game.

Fun Factor!: ***
The game is rather fun, with enough challenge to make you want to play through each and every level, but once that’s done with, you’ll probably get bored with the levels.

OVERALL: ***½
I highly recommend renting this game. If you like it enough, buy it, but don’t expect to get much for your money: the game is dreadfully short.