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Image credit:ILMxLAB, Disney Interactive Studios
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Has Big “Prequel Memes” Energy (PC Review)Watch on YouTube
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Has Big “Prequel Memes” Energy (PC Review)
Sadly, Meta hasn’t reached the level of delusion required to build a VR Star Wars: Galaxies yet. But the galaxy far, far away can be experienced in VR in more fragmentary form. And since there’s a big new Star War in the form ofJedi Survivor[Rick’s column was supposed to be out last month but it went into my junk folder and I didn’t see it, Rick is not to blame - ed.], now seems an opportune time to explore the franchise’s interactive Outer Rim. So sit down beside me and lock in the auxiliary power as we make the jump to Hyp-VR space.
Star Wars: Vader Immortal Episodes 1-3
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - State of Play Launch Trailer | PS VRWatch on YouTube
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - State of Play Launch Trailer | PS VR
Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge Enhanced Edition - Official Trailer | PS VR2Watch on YouTube
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge Enhanced Edition - Official Trailer | PS VR2
That’s because vanilla Galaxy’s Edge literally only tells half the story, which is continued in the Last Call DLC. This adds a second chunk to your own adventure on Batuu, and adds a couple of extra Seezleslak stories, including one where you play as a stormtrooper. It essentially doubles the length of the base game, and allows its ideas greater room to breathe.
Star Wars: Squadrons
Star Wars: Squadrons – Official Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Star Wars: Squadrons – Official Reveal Trailer
Squadrons is my favourite game to emerge from EA’s shaky handling of the Star Wars license. Whereas every other EA Star Wars game felt like Sensible Business, Squadrons is a true passion project, an earnest attempt to bring back the glory days of Totally Games' X-Wing series of combat simulators.
As a flatscreen experience Squadrons is decent, but doesn’t quite recapture the magic of games like TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance. But Squadrons can one thing those ageing combat simulators couldn’t, and that’s physically place you inside the cockpit of a Star Wars spaceship. In VR, Squadrons its transcendent, letting you experience the scale and spectacle of Star Wars space battle like never before. Cruising through a rebel fleet and being able to appreciate the true size of the different spaceships is fantastic. And when the fighting kicks off, oh man. Charging headlong at a Star Destroyer as its green lasers ping off your shields, watching it grow in your vision until its massive bulk is passing overhead, it’s possibly the most thrilling VR experience I’ve ever had.
Non-canon Star Wars VR
Jedi Knight: Outcast VR - Early-Access Trailer (native on Quest 2)Watch on YouTube
Jedi Knight: Outcast VR - Early-Access Trailer (native on Quest 2)
Given the widespread appeal of wielding a VR lightsaber, there have been several attempts to make it happen outside of Disney’s industrial content farm. None of these are official Star Wars VR titles, but they might be worth a look if the above three games fail to sate your appetite.
First up isThe Outer Rim, an impressive total conversion mod for VR hack ‘n’ slash Blade & Sorcery. This mod adds blasters, Stormtroopers, Star Wars-y fighting themed around Mos Eisely and Knights of the Old Republic’s Ebon Hawk, and, of course, a ton of lightsabers. There’s no structure to any of this - Blade & Sorcery is about making your own fun - but so long as you don’t mind your lightsaber combat being a lot bloodier than normal, this is a pretty entertaining Star Wars sandbox.
