Copyright © 2008 Tracey Edwards

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, or rather here on earth in 1982, the Star Wars franchise decided to branch out into video games. The first 'The Empire Strikes Back' for the Atari proved such a hit that it was soon followed the following year with several others. Now of course there are several hundred Star Wars computer and video games and to celebrate I've listed the top ten that every fan should try and play.

1. Knights Of The Old Republic. Set thousands of years before the actual movies series, Knights combined classic RPG with a great story to produce one of the best games of the series ever played.

2. Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight. As a first person action game, Dark Forces II was superb, that you could use Jedi powers made it a must have game.

3. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. Some fun arcade style shooting action made Rogue Squadron II a firm favorite with space game fans.

4. TIE Fighter. Following on from the success of X-Wing, TIE Fighter improved it's storyline and graphics to produce an overall more enjoyable game.

5. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Based on the Quake III engine, this 2002 game was notable particularly for the great light saber battles.

6. Lego Star Wars II. Based on events of the original movie trilogy, the second lego game of the series proved to be very popular.

7. X-Wing. The original PC game that later would go on to inspire three full sequels and expansion packs, this game allowed you to finally fly an X-Wing and help the alliance.

8. Empire at War. In 2006 your attempts to control the universe could have been released in this popular strategy game.

9. Dark Forces. This 1995 Doom style shooter combined sharp graphics and a good plot to have you try and stop Darth Vader's attempts to create a bunch of Dark Troopers (really really bad Storm Troopers).

10. Republic Commando. Released in 2005 this first person shooter allowed you to play on the dark side while controlling a group of clones in the clone war.

So there you go, the top ten Star Wars Games of all time. While everyone will have a different opinion of which games should have made the list, these classics still seem to remain favorites in the hearts of true fans of the series.

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