The 10 best Star Wars video games the universe has ever seen

From the Super Star Wars trilogy to The Force Unleashed, the best first-person shooters, role-playing games, Lego-themed releases and more associated with the space opera whose eighth instalment, The Last Jedi, is in cinemas this week

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Published: 8:03pm, 10 Dec 2017Updated: 8:02pm, 10 Dec 2017

Star Wars all but defines the word “epic”. A vast universe, a massive mythology, an almost endless number of stories to tell.

So far, the movies have been limited to the Skywalker saga, but the Star Wars video games have enjoyed more freedom, exploring the far reaches of its far-far-away galaxies through dozens of role-playing games (RPGs), first-person shooters (FPS), third-person adventures and an almost unmanageable number of Lego-themed releases.

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Some games are great, others less so, and a few are filled with controversy – most notably, the new release Star Wars: Battlefront II, which landed developer Electronic Arts in a firestorm of controversy over its micro-transactions.

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With the eighth Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, hitting Hong Kong cinemas on December 14 and gamers eager for some interactive light sabre duels, here are the 10 greatest Star Wars games of all time (minus any Lego or mobile releases, of course).

1. Super Star Wars trilogy (1992-1994)

OK, so we’re cheating a bit here: these are three games, not one. But their connected original trilogy storylines, coupled with indistinguishable gameplay, makes them one big release to us. The simple side scrollers let you to play as Luke, Leia, Han and others, through 50-plus action-heavy levels set across Tatooine, Hoth and other Star Wars landmarks.

Some stages were a snap, others near-impossible, but all of them allowed early gamers to relive their favourite flicks in glorious 16-bit.