Monopoly - Star Wars Episode 1 Edition

by Star Wars

Product Features

• 8 Star Wars tokens - Anakin Skywalker, Jar Jar Binks, Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Amidala, Darth Sidious, Ba
• A monopoly board like no other! Slide in the Title Deed cards and collect them as you buy properties
• Black dice to fuel your moves around the board.
• Collector edition with 3-D gameboard
• For age 8 to adult

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000IWFU
• Item model number: 41018
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,465 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Product Description

Collectors Edition Picture on front of box has ankain and darth maul but is of Anakin older and of Darth maul with double blade saber.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great facelift for an old favorite, July 24, 2000

By 

Alexa Raven "Volunteer" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monopoly - Star Wars Episode 1 Edition (Board Game)

I like this edition! The theme of Star Wars is tied into the board layout quite well. The board is advertised as "3-D", which means that the playing surface for the characters is raised. This creates a "well" that contains the "Jedi" and "Sith" cards (the version's names for "Community Chest" and "Chance"). I like the well -- it keeps the dice from leaving the board if someone should throw them too hard. Another nice point about the board, are little slots that hold the buildings in place; that means if the board is nudged, the buildings don't go flying off their repective property lots. The makers changed the names of the buildings from houses and hotels to apartments and towers. The last touch is, that the buildings STACK. The effect is quite appealing.

I use the term characters instead of pieces for a good reason; the players use sculpted characters from the movie to travel around the board. There are four from the "light" side and four from the "dark" side. I was impressed by the sculpting; considering how small the pieces were, they were quite recognizable. The four light side pieces are; Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon Jin, Anakin Skywalker and Jar-Jar Binks. The four dark side pieces are: Darth Sidious, Darth Maul, Sebulba and a battle droid. While I understand that the makers were attempting to please both adults and children, I thought they could have included Obi-Wan instead of Jar-Jar. I hope that the company will consider adding a "supplemental" set of characters, to allow the players a larger choice of pieces (and to please the Obi-Wan fans!).

A nice touch for the banker, is the money "rack" -- it keeps all of the bills sorted and easily visable for quick transactions. For all of those who were Banker and had to use a flat surface will appreciate this touch.

I do have a few quibbles, though. The "Free Parking" and "Jail" squares were not altered to fit the theme; I found it annoying to have the 30's vintage illustrations amongst the Star Wars' squares. Also, the blue backgrounds on the Generator Plant and Moisture Farm (the game's version of Electric Company and Water Works) are practically the same shade of blue as some of the other property pieces. The banker (or whomever sets up the board) MUST pay attention to the names of the property cards during game setup. Finally, I noticed a couple of printing errors in the game's rules and regretfully, the company didn't change the terms to fit the version -- the terms still refer to the game format of the original.

All in all, despite my "nits", this is a nice themed version of the venerable game that should be a hit with Star Wars and Monopoly enthusists.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best versions of Monopoly, December 29, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monopoly - Star Wars Episode 1 Edition (Board Game)

Physically, this has got to be the best version of Monopoly available. Each title/deed card is placed in a slot on the actual game board. This makes is very easy to see which properties have been purchased. It also makes it very easy to find the title/deed card when you purchase a property. Like Monopoly 2000, the apartments stack on top of each other. Episode I Monopoly goes a step further and actually has holes where the apartments and hotels secure themselves to the board.

The biggest disadvantage that we found were the names of the properties. On occasion, we would get confused as to which properties we landed on, etc.

If you are a Star Wars fan, this is a must-have game. If you are not a Star Wars fan, the physical features of the game alone make it a valuable upgrade from other versions of Monopoly, including Monopoly 2000.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The World's Greatest Board Game Returns to a Galaxy Far, Far, August 12, 2002

By 

Jamy Shaffer (Edgerton, OH United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monopoly - Star Wars Episode 1 Edition (Board Game)

Away...
As an owner of the original trilogy Monopoly, I was delighted to see the world's greatest game combine with the world's greatest movie series, but I found it to be little more than a run-of-the-mill game of Monopoly with only a few special extras. When the Episode I edition came out, I received it for Christmas and have loved it ever since. It is so amazingly cool!!! The property deeds attach to the board. The hoses and hotels (or as they are referred to here, apartments and towers) are stackable and also attach to the board, so there is no bothersome vandalism of property improvements. I love it so much that I even combined the money from the original Star Wars Monopoly with the new so the bank lasts longer. After these two editions came out, the world has been subjected to needless editions of the game that don't hold a candle to the fun, excitement, and beauty of this masterpiece. I even take it out just to look at the game.