I am a huge Boba Fett fan, and last night I got to play as the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter in BF2. I couldn't help but get totally stoked, and interupt my wife as she was enjoying her book, "Look, Boba Fett, I get to play as Boba Fett!" Being the super wonderful person she is, she took a break to cheer me on as I blasted clones with my EE3 rifle, cooked 'em with my flame thrower and disintegrated 'em with my wrist rockets.

After catching one laser too many and having to switch back to a storm trooper she asked me, "Was it everything you hoped for?" I thought about it and other than not being able to fly with a jet pack - it was awesome.

However, about 20 years ago (yeah I am that old) I remembered a time when all I needed was an appropiately shaped stick for a blaster, a little imagination and that was it. That got me thinking - what makes the SW games so great? Is it the chance to play as our favorite characters, or is it to be in the SW universe itself? For me its being in the SW universe more than the chance to play as a favorite character.

When I play as a favorite character its great, but for some reason its just as great as as it should be. I think its because I am focused on the objectives and forget its one of my favorite characters I am controlling. Its also the limitations of the game itself, you cannot link together the moves like they appear in the movie (I am certainly not dissing the games - I have a blast everytime I play them).