Not many titles had the force to gather so many fans for movies and games of the series alike. I only played Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith on Playstation 2 and that was like 3 years ago. A month ago when the demo of The Force Unleashed was released, I couldn't wait for the retail version to get in stores. Now it's here and I must say I'm really impressed with what Lucas Arts came up.

The timing of the game is somewhere between episodes III and IV, and we have a new protagonist in the game, named Starkiller, Darth Vader secret apprentice. From his early years, Starkiller was raised and trained by Darth Vader and now it's time for his final test. This is where our story begins.

You start the game with Starkiller being as powerful or maybe more powerful as Darth Vader. So, it happens to be on a Wookie planet and it kinda shows what you can become. Masses of Wookies rush to you as you clear the path (and I really mean that) lifting and throwing them like dolls. You can also make use of Force Push which will, obviously push the foes long distances, teaching them how to fly.

If this title will really unleash the force, you'll find out in the next lines. Lucas Arts tried to create a game easy to play, that auto-selects the targets and auto-block beams shots from enemies (well, most of the time; more on that later on force upgrades). The game is designed to pick-up-and-play and they really did it right. With a very simple and intuitive control scheme, you'll have no problem smashing through enemy lines. The right-trigger is assigned for picking, lifting or moving objects and people. While holding the RT you can move them on the four axes with the two analog sticks. Simple, right?

Holding the left-trigger will open the special skills tab where you can access skills like Force Repulse, a powerful shockwave that repels all nearby enemies and objects; Light saber Throw, hurls your light saber at distant enemies and finally Lightning Shield which surrounds yourself within a protective shield that also increases your light saber damage.

As you progress, you'll gain experience points that will increase your level. With each level you'll receive points which you can spend on Force Powers, Force Talents or Force Combos. Let me give you a quick tour of the force upgrades. Force Power contains skills like Force Push, Force Lightning, Force Grip and the other three special powers mentioned above. Each can be upgraded up to three times and for each upgrade you'll need to spend more power points. We also have Force Talents with skills like Fortitude (increases your maximum health), Force Focus (increases total energy), Force Affinity (energy regeneration), Resilience (reduces the amount of damage you take), Defense Mastery (the ability to deflect and reflect blaster fire) and many more. I was saying earlier that you are able to deflect most of the fire because not even a sith apprentice can be that good... I guess I would suggest pumping up this skill because it's really helpful as it Deflects and Reflects fire back to enemies.