Our Favorite Star Wars Features
Happy Star Wars day! It's May the 4th [be with you], which is very clever and a great excuse to talk about Star Wars and really hit that search engine optimization juice to have the words "Star" and "Wars" in an article as much as possible. But the fact of the matter is, we do genuinely love Star Wars here at Game Informer and have eagerly covered its video game adaptations for years. Six Star Wars games have appeared on Game Informer covers, and it's fair to assume we will have more in the future (this is not a tease – just an admission that I'm sure there are cool Star Wars games on the way).
- Star Wars Outlaws - Issue 365
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Issue 315
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Issue 275
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Issue 167
- Star Wars: Episode I - Racer - Issue 73
- Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire - Issue 45
But we have covered Star Wars in other ways, as well, beyond featuring it on the cover. Below you will find some of our favorite features covering the franchise over the years.
Fall Of The Empire: How Inner Turmoil Brought Down LucasArts
Former Game Informer editor-in-chief Andrew Reiner dove deep into the fall of LucasArts back in 2013, interviewing various developers about what happened and why it collapsed.
The Story Of The Darth Maul Game That Never Came To Be
Another piece by Andrew Reiner (potentially the world's biggest Star Wars fan), followed up his wider LucasArts piece with a more focused look at a Darth Maul video game that made significant progress in development, but was cut in half and dropped down an endless chasm before it could officially exist. Unlike the character, however, the game was never revived.
Shadows Of The Empire – Remembering Star Wars’ Most Audacious Video Game Adaptation
I am a huge fan of the Star Wars game Shadows of the Empire. I can't argue it is the best, but I can argue that it is my personal favorite. Back in 2018, I tracked down one of the game's directors, Jon Knoles, and spoke in depth about the creation of the game, Shigeru Miyamoto's feedback, and a lot more.
Jedi: Survivor Composers Explain What Makes A Score 'Sound' Like Star Wars
Following the release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Charles Harte spoke with composers Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab about arguably one of the most difficult musical jobs in any entertainment medium: composing a soundtrack that pays homage to and emulates (without being the same) arguably the most iconic musical score of all time
117 Rapid-Fire Questions About Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
During our cover story trip to check out Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Leo Vader (inarguably the funniest man on YouTube) asked the game's director (who also directed God of War III), Stig Asmussen 117 equally hilarious questions about the game and Star Wars in general.
Super Replay | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Back in 2021 Andrew Reiner, former PC editor Dan Tack, and Marcus Stewart played through Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in its entirety.
We have plenty more Star Wars features all over gameinformer.com. These are just a few of our favorites.