Kinect Star Wars is the game that old Star Wars fans fear the most. Luckily, for LucasArts, they don't really seem to care about the relatively small number of original trilogy fans who bemoan anything new to their once-beloved galaxy far, far away.

Rancor Rampage is enjoyable and could be great for parties; The dancing works as well as Kinect dancing always works; Kids will love the art style and forgiving controls

Controls are slow; laggy and often not translated accurately enough; The narrative in the story mode isn't interesting enough; Some odd control choices make Podracing barely playable at times; It makes lightsabers feel slow; boring and awkward

For Star Wars fans already incensed by execrable prequels, muscle-bound merchandise and Jedi Masters flogging mobile phones on televisions and billboards across the land, the collection of mini games comprising Kinect Star Wars is unlikely to rescue the franchise's dignity.

A short time ago, at an E3 not so far away, Microsoft unveiled the prototype for their Kinect sensor. Once the initial outcry from core gamers had begun to subside (sort of), we were left to dwell upon the sheer potential of this latest Xbox peripheral.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a small boy dreamed of wielding a lightsaber and becoming a Jedi. Well, for a long time read 35 years, and for far, far away read Muswell Hill, but you take the point; Star Wars Kinect is a game that has long been eagerly awaited.So how does it do?

Now that the Kinect has more than a year under its belt, we're finally starting to see a true second wave of games for the device that attempt to push the envelope even further. Recent releases such as Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure and Kinect Disneyland Adventures offer up a variety of very...

is the sole reason Kinect and every other motion controlled gaming device was invented. Any peripheral that could take us one step closer to life in a galaxy far far away was always going to be welcomed with open arms, even if so far, the farthest we've travelled is back to town to nab a refund.

Kinect Star Wars Product Manager Glen Gregory talks about the development and design decisions behind Kinect Star Wars...

Kinect Star Wars has players using Kinect to wield the force, Tom Hoggins tests out his Jedi skills

"...it, but after playing multiple star wars games i got so excited to see one come out for kinect i went to gamestop as soon as i could to pre order it. but it was just a huge let down and disappointment as it seems it was made for kids.

you can hold a light - saber somewhat

movement sucked

Not really that fun! My kids don't really play this game they only played it once or twice and stopped. I woudn't say this game is boring but it's ok.