In the 49 years since the first Star Wars film — later retitled A New Hope — was released in theaters, the franchise has had unimaginable success when it comes to the video game arena. From RPG classics like Knights of the Old Republic to the success of the Star Wars Jedi games, Lucas’ galaxy far, far away has become a coveted world for developers to play. But how many Star Wars games really feel close to the flavor of George Lucas? One upcoming game feels very old-school in a very specific way— Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
The brilliance of adapting Star Wars into gaming comes from the sheer versatility of the universe: there’s combat-heavy games that emphasize the devastating potential of lightsabers, third-person shooters that hand you a blaster and put you in a Clone Trooper helmet to experience galactic warfare from a boots-on-the-ground perspective, Kinect Star Wars even went so far as to give us Galactic dance battles in the Mos Eisley cantina.
