LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a LEGO Star Wars Video Game released in 2011 by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts. It can be played on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation 3, PSP, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. The game was first announced on February 8, 2010, and follows the events of the ending of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and the first two seasons of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. Several new features were introduced, such as head-to-head player combat, as well as new abilities like lightsaber slicing and squad command. 
== Gameplay ==
Like past LEGO games, players control minifigures, controlling them to make them run around, jump, and attack enemies. Most characters, in addition to attacks and weapons, also have additional abilities, such as grappling or using the force. Players may play as one character at a time, switching between the available characters. Free Play, made possible after completing a level in Story Mode, also allows switching between any character currently unlocked and bought. There are 20 story missions and 40 bonus levels to play through. Through playing the levels and bonus missions, players also unlock gold bricks. A gold brick is unlocked when a level is completed, when all minikits are found, and when "True Jedi" is achieved.
The game includes characters from both series of the Clone Wars, as well as some from the rest of the saga. New character abilities include squad command, lightsaber slicing, lightsaber jumps, long distance Jedi attacks and grapple tie-ups, picking up droids, and stepping on certain pads in which Jedi perform "combo moves" to destroy certain objects. The game also features an updated character creator, allowing players to make their own characters.
Like the other TT LEGO games recently produced, the game features an easy to navigate "central hub", where players can choose to purchase upgrades and select levels to play. The hub for LEGO Star Wars III is the Star Destroyer Resolute,LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Features Massive Ships, Minor Upgrades - kotaku.com though the player also has access to the Invisible Hand at some point, where they may find sith- and Separatist-oriented characters and missions. Players cross between hubs using ships, and in doing so, may also partake in space minigames with the starfighters they purchase. In addition, gaining gold bricks unlocks new areas in each hub.
A new feature included in the game is player-versus-player combat, where each player will build LEGO bases and defend them. Vehicle levels have also been upgraded slightly. Now the player can land their ship and begin fighting on foot.
The game is to be considered the most detailed LEGO game ever to be put into production up until that point. Details include being well polished with realistic lighting, shadows and textures. The game has sharper graphics and can render over 200 characters on screen at once.Gamesradar preview
== Characters ==
* Commander Cody Promotional image of game (pictured in gallery)
* Count Dooku LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Geonosis Cutscene Part 1 - YouTube.comLEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Cutscene Geonosis Part 2 - YouTube.com
* Droid Commando 
* Droideka 
* Dwarf Spider Droid 
* Eeth Koth 
* General Grievous 
* Han Solo TheForce.Net - Latest News - LEGO SW III: TCW Han and Leia
* Jango Fett 
* Jabba the Hutt 
* Ki-Adi Mundi 
* King Katuunko 
* Kit Fisto 
* Lok Durd 
* Luminara Unduli 
* Mace Windu 
* MagnaGuard 
* Nahdar Vebb 
* Nute Gunray 
* Nuvo Vindi 
* Obi-Wan Kenobi 
** Old Ben Kenobi StarWars.com - LEGO Star Wars III: Old Ben Revealed!
* Orn Free Taa 
* Padmé Naberrie 
** Padmé Amidala (Geonosian Arena) 
* Palpatine StarWars.com - LEGO Star Wars III: Darth Sidious Revealed!
** Chancellor Palpatine 
** Darth Sidious 
* Plo Koon 
* Poggle the Lesser 
* Princess Leia 
* Queen Neeyutnee 
* R2-D2 
* R3-S6 
* R6-H5 
* Robonino 
* Rotta the Huttlet 
* Riyo Chuchi
* Rune Haako 
* Stass Allie 
* Super Battle Droid 
* Tactical Droid 
* Wag Too 
* Wat Tambor 
* Whorm Loathsom 
* Wullf Yularen 
* Yoda 
=== Creatures ===
* Acklay 
* Orray 
* Reek 
* Roggwart 
* Nexu 
* Zillo Beast
=== Vehicles ===
* AT-TE 
* BARC Speeder 
* Hailfire Droid 
* Plo Koon's Starfighter 
* Republic Attack Shuttle 
* Spider Droid 
* The Twilight 
* Armored Assault Tank
* AT-AP Walker
* Y-Wing Starfighter
=== Episodes ===
* Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) (video section on Lucasarts site)
* Ambush 
* Shadow of Malevolence 
* Destroy Malevolence 
* Rookies 
* Duel of the Droids 
* Lair of Grievous 
* Jedi Crash 
* Defenders of Peace (picture section of Lucasarts site)
* The Hidden Enemy (picture section of Lucasarts site)
* Blue Shadow Virus 
* Trespass (Lucasarts website)
* Innocents of Ryloth (picture section of Lucasarts site)
* Liberty on Ryloth 
* Hostage Crisis
* Weapons Factory (video section of Lucasarts site)
* Legacy of Terror
* Grievous Intrigue
* The Zillo Beast 
== List of Known Abilities ==
* Lightsaber Throw 
* Squad command
* Lightsaber slicing
* Lightsaber jumps
* Long distance Jedi attacks
* Grapple Tie-Ups
* Story Swap
* Battlefield Control
* Free Force
== Notes ==
* Best Buy offered a demo of the game, presenting the choice of two different levels from it. An Xbox-360 demo was also released on 2/22/11.
* Shaak Ti does not appear in this game
== Gallery ==
File:Lego_Star_Wars_III-_The_Clone_Wars.jpeg|Promotional image.
File:Imageload.gif.jpeg|The cover for the Wii platform.
Image:LSWIII Coral.jpg|Yoda fighting Battle Droids on Rugosa.
Image:LSWIII Yoda.jpg|Yoda with Clone Troopers.
Image:LSWIII Troops.jpg|Clone Troopers on Rugosa.
Image:LSWIII Closeup.jpg|Clone (Jek).
Image:LSWIII Closeup2.jpg|Clone Trooper Jek with a Z-6 Cannon.
Image:LEGOAmbush.png|Yoda battling Ventress.
Image:LSWIII Space.jpg|The Malevolence in a space battle.
Image:LSWIII Gor.jpg|Kit Fisto, Captain Rex and Nahdar Vebb fighting Gor.
Image:LSWIII Gor2.jpg|Another shot of Kit Fisto, Captain Rex and Nahdar Vebb fighting Gor.
Image:LSWIII Vebb.jpg|Nahdar Vebb.
Image:LSWIII Rex.jpg|Captain Rex.
Image:LSWIII Yoda2.jpg|Yoda.
swiii1.png|Droids on the Malevolence.
swiii2.png|Obi-Wan Kenobi on Ryloth.
File:LSWIII.jpeg|Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker possibly in the Malevolence.
swiii3.png|Obi-Wan, Anakin, and R2-D2 possibly in the Malevolence.
swiii4.png|Obi-Wan and a Clone aboard the Resolute.
swiii5.png|Obi-Wan and a Clone on Rugosa.
swiii6.png|A Clone on Christophsis.
swiii7.png|Republic forces on Maridun.
swiii8.png|A Clone Trooper on Rugosa.
swiii9.png|An AAT and 2 Battle Droids on Rugosa with a minikit.
swiii10.png|A Clone Walker on Maridun.
Pitcure 5.jpg|A Clone Trooper.
Pitcure 6.jpg|A Clone Trooper near a computer.
Pitcure 8.jpg|A Clone Trooper being fan elevated.
Pitcure 9.jpg|A Clone Trooper next to several boxes.
Acklay.png|Anakin fighting off Battledroids and the Acklay at the battle of Geonosis in Episode II.
Ahsoka.png|Ahsoka jumping off from the Twilight.
LEGOR3.png|R3-S6.
AT-TE.png|Republic AT-TEs on Ryloth.
Rookies Droid.png|Commando Droids on the Rishi Moon.
Force.png|Anakin using the Force aboard the Malevolence.
Mandurim.png|The Lurmen villagers from Maridun.
Orn-Free Ta.png|Orn Free Ta and Mace Windu at Wat Tambor's arrest.
Palp.png|Chancellor Palpatine.
Rookies.png|Captain Rex and Commander Cody from "Rookies".
Shuttle.png|The Republic Shuttle on the Rishi Moon.
Slice.png|Anakin slicing through a door.
Toydarians.png|Asajj Ventress and the Toydarian King, King Katuunko.
Tradefed.png|The Trade Federation Command Ship.
Typho.png|Captain Typho and Queen Neeyutnee.
Venator.png|Venator Class Star Destroyers.
Clone.png|A Clone Trooper on Rugosa.
Ambush.png|Yoda and Clone from "Ambush".
Ambush2.png|Yoda and two Clone Troopers.
Naboo Ship.png|Naboo Cruiser in the Theed hangar.
Superdroids.png|Super Battle Droids flying towards a Star Destroyer.
Republic Cruiser.png|Ahsoka Tano and Rex next to a crashed Republic Frigate on Maridun.
Geonosis.png|Republic troops on Geonosis.
Reek.png|Anakin riding on a Reek.
Plosf.png|Plo Koon flying by the Malevolence.
Proton.png|Plo Koon aiming a Proton Torpedo.
Yuliren.png|Anakin Skywalker and Wulff Yularen.
Gengrev.png|General Grievous on the Malevolence.
Magnaguards.png|Anakin fighting off two MagnaGuards.
Anakin_Jumping.png|Anakin leaping.
Splitscreen.png|A Split Screen play example.
Manevolance.png|The Malevolence.
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ForceBuild.png|Ahsoka using Force Build.
Swap.png|A Story Swap example.
Ambush7.png|A Battle Droid and a Super Battle Droid.
Ambush6.png|The Toydarian King Katuunko.
Ambush5.png|Asajj Ventress and a group of Battle Droids on Rugosa.
Ambush4.png|An Escape Pod falling on Rugosa.
Ambush3.png|Yoda and a Clone within an escape pod.
Ambush21.png|A Republic ship crashing.
Ambush1.png|Seperatist Starships attacking Republic ship.
New battle of genosis.jpg|The Battle of Geonosis.
Campo de bat.jpg|Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano on the battlefield.
Rex fighting with droids.jpg|Captain Rex facing Battle Droids.
PadmeAnakinIII.png|Padme and Anakin.
AsajjVIII.png|Asajj getting mad at the Toydarian King.
Newarena.png|The Geonosis Arena.
Geonewsians.png|Geonosians attending the execution.
Geoicecream.png|Geonosians buying ice cream.
Geoscoreboard.png|A Geonosian keeping score.
Seperatists.png|Separatists overseeing the execution.
Obigeo.png|Obi-Wan in captivity.
anakinpadme.png|Anakin and Padme moments before the execution.
Anakinlove.png|Anakin falling in love with Padme.
photogeo.png|Geonosians attending the execution.
geoexecution.png|Anakin and Padme arriving to the arena.
geochain.png|Geonosian securing Anakin's chain.
lipstickpadme.png|Padme applying makeup.
lastmoments.png|The heroes moments before the execution.
bobajango.png|Jango Fett offering his son ice cream.
Poggle calling the execution.png|Poggle announcing the execution.
That Reeks.png|The Reek.
Acklayroar.png|The Acklay.
Nexunotlego.png|The Nexu.
themonsters.png|The Geonosis monsters at the execution.
nexudeath.png|The death of the Nexu.
madseperatists.png|The Separatists angry over the Nexu's defeat.
oversizeddroidekas.png|Droidekas surrounding the heroes.
Maceicecream.png|Mace Windu surprising the Separatists.
Embarris.png|Barriss Offee surprising the Geonosians.
Adi Gallia.png|Stass Allie attacking Geonosians
Jango.png|Jango Fett attacking Mace Windu
Heroesbackinaction.png|The heroes receiving weapons from Mace Windu
Obiacklay.png|Obi-Wan facing the Acklay
thebattleofalifetime.png|Mace Windu striking at Jango Fett
Battle Droids.png|Battle Droid troops marching into the arena
Bobahelmet.png|Boba Fett placing his father's helmet on
bdfleet.png|Super Battle Droids marching
Heroessurroundedbybd.png|The heroes surrounded by Battle Droid troops
gunships.png|Republic Gunships landing on Geonosis
clones!.png|Clone Troopers firing at Battle Droids
reflect.png|Mace Windu and Obi-Wan reflecting laser bolts
flirtandshoot.png|Anakin and Padme flirting while battling droids
masteryodathisis.png|Master Yoda
flirtingagain.png|Yoda using the force on Anakin and Padme
Dookusad.png|Count Dooku in sadness
takingoff.png|Republic Gunship taking off
clone345.png|Clone Trooper wielding a Battle Droid's head
Assaj x obi-wan and anakin.jpg|Anakin and Obi-Wan vs Assaj
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Grievous bull.jpg|Nadar Vebb and Possibly Clone trooper (jek) Fighting Grevious's Roggart.
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== See also ==
* LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Prima Guide
== References ==
== Sources ==
* http://chrissmall.wordpress.com/viedo-lounge/
* Star Wars.com video
* BrickTuts.com
* Official LucasArts site
* Gamers Daily News article
* Joystiq article
* Eurobricks topic
* Star Wars.com article
* Lego Fans Blog
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