Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Relive the most thrilling moments of the original trilogy - Train to be a Jedi, fight Darth Vader and Boba Fett, escape from the fearsome Rancor Beast, and destroy the Death Star
• Unlock Jedi abilities and powers like Jedi Power Slash, the Force Push, and the Jedi Jump -- supplement these powers with high-tech weapons
• Action-packed driving challenges as you pilot X-Wings and Speeder Bikes through real Star Wars locations
• Exciting multiplayer battles with a GameLink connection, like X-Wing dogfights and Capture-The-Flag modes
• Enjoy real content from the Star Wars films as you play -- images and stories from the classic first Star Wars trilogy

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002CTTHQ
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1.2 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 15, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,245 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

For the first time, the legendary Star Wars movie trilogy arrives on Game Boy Advance. Players will experience the most exciting and memorable scenes from Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

Control Luke as he becomes a Jedi, fight Darth Vader and Boba Fett, escape from the fearsome rancor beast, and destroy the Death Star.

Game Features

• Adventure through the most exciting and memorable scenes from the classic Star Wars movie trilogy, controlling Luke Skywalker as he becomes a Jedi Master: Battle Darth Vader and his vaunted stormtroopers.
• Discover fantastic Jedi abilities and powers: Achieve victory with moves including the Jedi Power Slash, the Force Push, and the Jedi Jump. A variety of powerful physical abilities and weapons are also available.
• Battle in fast-action single-player and multiplayer adventures: Use R2-D2 to unlock key elements, assisting Luke in cooperative single-player adventures. Also compete in dogfight and capture-the-flag multiplayer modes.
• Action-packed driving challenges: Use reflexes to pilot an X-Wing across space, and drive lightning-fast Speeder Bikes through Endor Forest.
• Authentic Star Wars trilogy movie stills and content: Imagery and storyline direct from the classic Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi movies.

Product Description

Star Wars: Apprentice Of the Force lets you live out classic moments from the first Star Wars trilogy on your Game Boy Advance! Control Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 as they survive great dangers and face the Empire.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Force is Repetative With This One, September 26, 2004

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S. Rhodes - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force (Video Game)

Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the force seems like the greatest way to fully enjoy Star Wars. This is not a bad game but as my title says, its repetative. That's not to say its a bad game, it just rehashes too much at throughout each level.

The game is comprised of five chapters, ten levels in each chapter so the game is 50 levels long. You control Luke throughout your journey through the Star Wars Trilogy. You'll begin in A New Hope and end in Return of the Jedi. The game follows the story quite closely and throws in a scene shot (not an actual scene, think of Super Star Wars) from the movie every now and then.

The game plays out simple. Each level is a 2D side-scroller where you'll work your way from one of the level to the other. When you first begin its really easy to get into it. The game doesn't present any major challenges and then you get to the moment where you have to stop to massacre a bunch of your enemies at once. Pretty soon this becomes a chore in almost every level. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't have it play out the same way. Luke doesn't take much damage... and he deals out a lot. Top that off with most levels can be progressed through pretty fast so in short it feels like your doing the same thing over and over again. This also wouldn't hurt so much if the game weren't so easy.

There are a few fun levels though. The Trench of the Death Star is pretty fun, and so is the Speeder Bike chase from Return of the Jedi but these level are too few and far between. Mostly you'll just play through the side-scrolling levels. If the game didn't have 40 of these levels and had a bit more variety in the gameplay it would be a little better.

However, Luke does get lots of different moves. When you begin you can only do the basics like jump, crouch shoot and the like. By the time you get to the end of the game you'll be able to do backflips, double jumps and a whole lot more. After each chapter Luke gains another ability or two he can use. This makes it so there's plenty for you to do. I wish as the game went on though, enemies attack patterns would change. An enemy that only fire one blast at you will always only fire one blast at you. As you get further into the game the difficulty level never ups itself.

After you get through the game though, you can rush through the game playing the levels that aren't the same old side-scrolling. But that isn't enough to warrant this game for a buy.

Graphic wise the game doesn't live up to the full potential of the GBA. Visually it isn't appealing enough but it runs pretty fast and stays consistant. I haven't experienced any slow down. The game is pretty colorful but a bit more of a facelift would've been nice.

The audio in the game is disturbingly good. While John Williams classic score sounds a little odd coming from the GBA speaker at times, it matches up with the movies really well. The game also borrowed voices from the movie and dumped them in; from the Jawas to Darth Vadar. There are some original tunes but most you'll recognize from the movies.

This isn't a bad game but it also offers no replay value. Its too easy for starters and eventhough its 50 levels long you can finish it in a day or two. Should you buy it you won't have it long before you fully exploit what it has to offer. The repetativeness of each level is also tedious after a while.

Overall, this is not really a bad game but it really isn't good either. Great idea, but it doesn't live up to the potential of what it could be.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars After playing for one hour..., September 21, 2004

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David S. Coleman "bellyflower" (Chino, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force (Video Game)

There is a lot of text in this game. I say, "Enough with this reading, lets play the game". The graphics and the music are nothing spectacular. There are better games out there. From what I've seen so far, I think they would have had a better game if they'd just ported over the code from the old "Super Star Wars" game on the Super Nintendo. The game play is very similar to that older game. You run around as Luke, shooting things. I'm guessing it's a bit redundant for me. And I know my five year old won't enjoy having to press the button to skip over all that text. Hope George Lucas puts our money to good use and deliver us an awesome movie next Summer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SNES Star Wars Trilogy is Much Better, June 19, 2007

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Sherrill Leslie (Bloomington, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force (Video Game)

Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force is a pretty good game. You move through Star Wars IV, V and VI playing as Luke Skywalker. Along the way you gain Jedi powers and meet other characters as you work to defeat the Empire. I enjoyed this game a lot but I agree with the comments that it was too easy. I am generally not very good at video games. A game that most people defeat over a weekend takes me months. I was able to defeat the entire game in only two weeks of playing the game on and off. I thought the graphics and sounds were pretty nice. They use several detailed still pictures from the movies. The music was pretty good too. I am disappointed that this game is not nearly as nice as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Star Wars trilogy games. In those games you can play as different characters from the movie and the game story is much lengthier and difficulty much higher. There are several games for Game Boy Advance that are mostly just copies of SNES games. I was hoping Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force would be more like that.