Combined with the film-grade sound effects and the always spectacular John Williams film score, there's nothing technological that should stand in the way of this being an all around great game. The coolest gameplay mechanic by far is the ability to deflect incoming laser fire with a quick flick of your lightsaber. If you just run around holding down the block button, the laser fire will only be deflected in random directions, making it a useless tactic. However, if you time it just right, your saber will send enemy fire streaking right back at the bad guys. Since there are many places throughout the game where the enemies are too far away from you to make it to melee range safely, this deflecting tactic is an important one to learn.
Level design is spot on most of the time.
As I mentioned before, this game really is a throwback to the old school days of NES and Genesis gaming when Contra and Streets of Rage were kings of their respective domains. Half the game is running and jumping while the other half is hacking and slashing with your lightsaber. If you were ever a fan of the games I just mentioned, odds are you spent a lot of time playing cooperatively with your friends. This mode of play is also included, allowing two of you to dish out Jedi justice at the same time. The first boss has convenient storage space up top.