
They are all almost entirely made up of a series of hallways with the occasional nook containing a randomly generated treasure chest or audio log – almost like Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s world. Most of your time is spent blasting your way through Batuu’s visually impressive but linear and straightforward levels, the first few of which are true offenders in the category of tutorial-ing you to death. If you’re wondering if you ever get to play as a Jedi: you do! But that chapter is more of a side adventure than the main course.

The All-kit multi-tool makes otherwise trivial interactions like solving basic puzzles to open a door or a treasure chest feel more like you’re a kid playing with a toy that makes a whirring noise or shoots fire or sparks. The fleshed-out arsenal feels especially punchy due to the haptic feedback and trigger resistance of the Sense controllers, and each blast can repel your trigger finger with an impressive level of force.

They all look lifelike up close, almost as if you’re holding authentic Star Wars props. The droid shop and the cantina are treated as Galaxy’s Edge’s two central hub areas, though it’s disappointing you can’t explore any more of the settlement itself.įrom the opening, there are plenty of chances to live out your Star Wars fantasies with fully modeled blasters, satisfying shotguns, throwable lightsabers, rocket launchers, and obscure weapons that can be comfortably dual-wielded or two-handed if you wish. They come across as exasperatingly cheesy at first, with overtly obnoxious dialogue lines that seem like they were pulled directly out of The Phantom Menace – and you can’t skip any of it.

Here you meet Seezelslak, the cantina’s sole proprietor, and Mubo – a droid repair shop owner who’s your main smuggling client. A crash-landing puts you on the planetary surface of Batuu, a backwater world marked by a podunk settlement you might recognize as the setting of the Star Wars-themed section of Disney’s real-life theme parks.
