First of all, I reccommend to anyone planning on reading both of these to read the novel first. I love Dark Horse, so I read their's first, but then took a long time to finish the book because I already knew what was going to happen, and wasn't as excited about finishing it.

Overall, it was an interesting idea to have Palpatine actually be responsible for the beginning of the Rebellion (although it probably would've started on it's own anyway, but maybe not until much later, and without success). It was also a nice touch to have our well known Rebel symbol actually be Galen Marek's family crest!

I've already read a lot of complaints about the story, and some of it is understandable, but this is still an enjoyable story, and I don't have any problem fitting it in with the already established continuity. Some people have a problem with there being such a strong force-sensitive individual, but I don't understand why there couldn't have been. They don't understand how he could've stood up to Vader and Palpatine when even Yoda couldn't stand up to one of them, but why not? Palpatine is fifteen years older now, and secure in his reign. Vader is also getting older, and the only reference we have of his fighting ability at this point in time is against Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker. I don't think it is so unbelievable that someone highly trained in the Force could stand up to them.

Anyway, I'm probably still going to buy the game for the WII and play it. It looks like a lot of fun.