How to Play Lego Star Wars

Come on, 'fess up: You played with Legos when you were a kid, didn't you? You played with Legos and you just loved Star Wars. So what excuse do you have to not play Lego Star Wars? This game is good fun for the whole family. Give it a try!

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

1. Find a copy of the game. It was released on all the major consoles and for PC, so you should have no trouble finding one for your system.

2. Load it up and get playing. You will start out in the rest area as either Obi Wan Kenobi or Qui Gon Jinn. From here, you can purchase new characters, some extra goodies or hints and enter cheat codes. You also use this area to access the play levels. The ones initially available are marked in green above the door.

3. Notice that if one of your characters moves to the side of the screen, the other cannot move in the opposite direction. You will need to stick together to get around. Teamwork!

4. Enter a level and get to it. There are several objectives in each level. The first is simply to get through it. Each level has puzzles to solve, some of which require teamwork. Don't worry if you get blasted-your character will reassemble himself in a moment.

5. Collect studs. These are the little gray, gold and blue chips that are lying around and come flying out of things when you hit them. Collect as many as you can. A meter will appear at the top of the screen, and when it starts flashing gold, you have attained true Jedi status, and started on your way to unlocking some secrets.

6. Keep an eye out for mini-kit pieces. This is your final objective for each level. These will appear as floating gray canisters, and are tricky to get. Some mini-kits require you to re-enter the level with specific characters to get to it.

7. Keep an eye on which characters you accumulate as you go through the levels. Lots of characters have unique abilities that will help or even become necessary. Anakin Skywalker can slip into tunnels, C-3PO and R2-D2 can interface with some security systems and bounty hunters like Jango Fett can throw bombs to blow special objects to smithereens.

8. Have fun! Lego Star Wars is an absolute hoot to play, especially if you've got a lot of Star Wars fans around to watch. The movies in between are an extra treat.

9. Consider going back into the levels when you're done and collecting all the mini-kits. A special level awaits you if you can find them all.