Personally it would be Republic Commando - the books were good too, but I just want a sequel!
Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight
This one for me. Such a solid, classic shooter. Only problem was the first level or so was obnoxiously hard, at least for 10 year old me.
For me it was how scary the game got a few levels in. The probe droids with the deserted homes where you get ambushed, oof. Had to have my dad play through those levels while I watched, but he didn’t know where to go so I eventually had to gather the courage to do it myself!
KOTOR 1+2 and battle front 2.
Oh I can’t forget about the GOAT empire at war.
Easy. X-wing vs Tie Fighter. Had so much fun with those games on the PC back then.
I would go further back and say the original X-Wing and TIE fighter 1993-1994
X-Wing (1993). I’m old. It is still one of the best games I’ve ever played.
I spent so many hours on that game as a kid. I had a Sidewinder joystick on my Acer i386 running Windows 3.11.
Years later I played X-wing: Alliance but it just wasn’t the same.
I’ve always loved Galactic Battlegrounds because RTS are fun. Rebellion is another great one that another commenter mentioned. I was also a fan of Jedi Knight and Jedi Academy and replaced them on switch a year or two back.
Local co-op on Republic Commando was so much fun! It might just be because I was 12, but the gunplay felt awesome and the death match maps were fun and well designed.
Jedi Academy has always been my favorite, love the lightsaber combat in that one
Kotor, but mostly the second one. With the restored content it’s so much better than anything else that it feels unfair.
Galaxies. RIP
Definitely Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Rebellion by a long shot. And that’s saying something considering how much I loved Jedi Academy and X-Wing vs TIE.
Having characters run missions that shaped the course of the Galaxy really helped the game write its own stories in the Star Wars universe. Things could happen like Chewie becoming force sensitive, getting trained by Luke, and then Chewie could lead a mission to blow up a Death Star!
The constant cat and mouse game between the Rebels and the Empire was exciting. The game has kind of been reimplemented in a board game by the same name by Fantasy Flight Games. The board game is good, but there’s still magic about the original that I haven’t seen replicated anywhere else.
Rebellion was one of my first strategy games and I absolutely loved following the careers of all the characters I read about in the books. It’s what built the foundation of my love for grand strategy games like Stellaris.
