Summary

• Jedi can get repetitive in games, so try Star Wars games with non-traditional protagonists like mercenary Dash Rendar in Shadows of the Empire.
• In Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, play as Jango Fett to capture a fallen Jedi and dive into the criminal underworld of the Bando Gora syndicate.
• Star Wars Battlefront series offers a diverse range of characters and battlefields beyond Jedi, making it a safe pick for non-Jedi gameplay.

Jedi Knights are one of the key building blocks of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Wars lore. They get bestowed amazing Force powers that can do all sorts of things, which are sometimes 168澳洲ꦍ幸运5开奖网:made even ෴cooler and more effective in the games, as well as wield weapons known as lightsabers. But ultimately, they're a little o𝕴verrated and quitꦐe heavily overused in a video game capacity.

Luckily, there are Star Wars games that take risks and deviate from the traditional use of a Jedi protagonist, because working with lightsabers 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and getting to customize them only goes so far in entertainment value before things get repetitive. Here are Star Wa💧rs games where the Force n♒eed not be with you!

10 🍸 Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire 🔥

Shadows of the Empire is a treat of a Star Wars game because it gives you a side you don't really get from the main canon, bringing characters and storylineꦑs from a 1996 Legends novel of the same name. Your protagonist is a Rebꦫel-aligned mercenary and smuggler named Dash Rendar💃 and the compelling villain is Black Sun leader Prince Xizor.

This game ⛄is set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, except it follows the insidious ꦕplot of Prince Xizor seeking to claim Darth Vader's position with the Emperor by vowing to kill Luke Skywalker. To stop Xizor, Dash Rendar seems to be the Rebel Alliance's only hope in this mission.

9 Star Wars: Lethal Alliancꦫe 🥂

While there may not be a Rogue One Star Wars video game adaptation following characters Jyn Erso, Saw Gerrera, Cassian Aꦯndor, or the rest of the squad, there already exists a game with a similar premise of stealing the Death Star plans. It's the PSP and Nintendo DS-exclusive Ubisoft game called Lethal Alliance, which instead entrusts this crucial task that would turn the tide in the Civil War to a Twi'lek mercenary named Rianna Saren.

It's probably one of the lesser-known Star Wars games, yet remains an underrated gem. The design is a very linear, level-based approach with an emphasis on blaster combat and platforming sections. As Rianna, you meet characters like Princess Leia and Kyle Katarn and also gain a co♊🧸mpanion droid named Zeeo that helps you throughout your journey much like BD-1.

8 Star Wars Episode 1:▨ Race♓r

Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace has long been ridiculed as one of the worst things about the prequel trilogy, but it did bring some iconic droids, battle sequences, characters, and ideas. One of its best parts was the podracing activity involving a young Anakin Skywalker🙈, so, of course, that element wꦿould fit perfectly for a Star Wars version of a racing game.

Is it the best-looking or most exciting Star Wars game? Not particularly when compared to newer Star Wars games, but you'll still have a whole lot of fun and engagement competing with others across different podracing maps. Although you do get to play as Anakin Skywalker before🅺 he grows into a traitorous Jedi, there are over 20 other podracers to choose from.

7 ꦬ Star Wars: Emp🧜ire At War

Why be in the shoes of a rebel soldier, Jedi, or Imperial fight💦er on the battlefield when you can control the fate of battle and all its mov♍ing parts in an RTS setting? That's precisely the vision Star Wars: Empire at War tries to achieve, allowing you to manipulate the course of the Galactic Civil War from either side.

Like all real-time strategy games, you get to put down and c♏ontrol various kinds of units going into battle, from vehicles to machines to infantry units (in this case, all the ones present♉ in Star Wars canon). Jedi may play a role in that, but they're not the main focus. It's more about the campaigns and conflicts fought across iconic locations in the Star Wars universe as well as in space.

6 Star Wars: The Old Republic ⛄

If BioWare set out to make 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a large-scale Star Wars MMORPG and did not allow you to roleplay anything other than a Jedi, that would've been a massive letdown. Thankfully, The Old Republic allows for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a diverse set of classes within its character creator, which range from Smuggler to Trooper, I𓂃mperial Agent, and even Bounty Hunter.

It's a massively multiplayer online world set in the unique timeline of over 3,000 years since the beginning of the films from the studio behind KOTR and Mass Effect, so you know you're in for intricate Star Wars storytelling where you can create your own story. There have been 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:plenty of 𝓀exciting expansions over the years for it as well.

5 🦹 Star Wars: Squadrons 🎐

Star Wars: Squadrons is by no means the first game to be based entirely on the dogfighting element of the series, but it is, however, the most polished, well-executed, and narrative-driven one available. It also breaks new ground 168澳洲幸𓄧运5开奖网:for LGBTQ+ representation in Staᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr Wars canon with non-binary Vanguard pilot Ke🐷o Venzee, bisexual f♌emale Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, and gay Imperial squadron commander Varko Grey.

The game is set after the events of Return of the Jedi and might be even more enjoyable in VR mo💯de. You'll be immersed in the first-person view of an X-wing or TIE fighter's cockpit, depending on which side you're pitted against during missions, and the visuals, sound, and combat will truly make you feel like you're experiencing the movies.

4 🧜 Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

It's 1995, and Star Wars ꦇalso wants to hop onto the trend of crafting something similar to early FPS games like Doom, System Shock, and Wolfenstein 3D. The end result is Star Wars: Dark Forces, which has now received an official 2024 remaster and remains an overall solid FPS entry in the roster of Sta꧅r Wars video games.

With a similar narrative setup to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (even though Dark Forces came first), the game has you take on the role of Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial officer-turned-freelance mercenary who joins the Rebel Alliance. Katarn's mission is to put an end to the Empire's Dark Trooper Project supervised by General Rom Mohc, one of the most compelling villains the Star Warsℱ games have to off🐼er.

Kyle ღKatarn does eventually become a Jedi, but that moment will come long after this game. You can see him as a Jedi in Star Wa🅘rs Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.

3 St꧋ar Wars: Bounty Hunter ♍

Why be a Jedi when you can play as the legendary Jango Fett in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter? This ღgame is also your chance to learn more about Jango Fett's backstory prior to the events of Attack of the Clones and to spend a little more time with him in general than you had in the movie. Let's face🧔 it, he's a pretty cool bounty hunter who deserved a much better arc.

In this game, Jango must infiltrate the criminal underworld of the Bando Gora syndicate to capture its head Komari Vosa, who also happens to be the former Jedi Padawan of Count Dooku who fell to the Dark Side. You also get to see how Jango met fellow bounty hunter Zam Wesell and claimed his ship. Although an older game that launched the same year as Episode 2, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a PS4 version is now available.

2 Starꦗ Wars Republic Commando

The best first-person shooter story with no Jedis in its lead cast, however, is Star Wars Republic Commando. What makes this game great is that you're an original Clone Trooper in charge of a team of commandos known as Delta Squad, and th𝄹e gameplay is largely reliant on you giving your squad members orders they can carry out.

It's pretty much akin to the squad-based combat of Mass Effect, Spec Ops: The Line, or Ghost Recon Wildlands but in a Star Wars context. Delta Squad is sent on a variety of missions, and you get to experience more of the world 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:🅷from the ﷺpoint of view of a clone trooper in the even꧒ts between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

1 ꦇ Star Wars Battlefront Series 𒁃

When it comes to non-Jedi games, the Star Wars Battlefron💜t series is a safe bet. Not only because of the variety of games that exist now, but also because of the variety of characters and battlefields you get to experience throughout each installment. It's been going strong ever since 2004, later evolving into the modern 2015-2017 rebo🐲ots Battlefront and Battlefront 2 (though we suggest avoiding the 2024 Battlefront Classic Collection).

You can still always be a Jedi or Sith if you want, but there's a wide range of options, including battle droids and notable non-Jedi characters from the movies and shows. 2017's Battlefront 2 was also notable for delivering a campaign where you play as Iden Versio, a new female TIE fighter pilot for the Empire who defeꦇcts to the Rebel Al🔜liance and is put in command of a new squadron there called Inferno Squad.