Talk:List of Star Wars video games

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[edit] Chronological order

I propose sorting the names in chronological order, not alphabetical. If someone wants to see it in alphabetical he would as well click on the 'Star Wars games' category. -Anonymous

I'm going to try to do this myself. As with all things in the Star Wars canon, this should be in a chronological order. The Wookieepedian 02:53, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Night Shift?

Does Night Shift (computer game) count as a Star Wars game? Siyavash 02:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 3D Beat-em-up?

I was watching G4 the other day and they had a special on Star Wars games. They showed a clip of a Tekken-esque 3D beat-em-up with Star Wars characters a few times and I was wondering if anyone knew what game that was because I don't think I see it anywhere on this list. Glitch13 20:00, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi. Jedi6-(need help?) 22:17, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) Seen this already? 08:03, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

List of LucasArts Star Wars games → List of Star Wars video games – {The current title is too limiting, especially since we don't have a actual List of Star Wars video games. Jedi6-(need help?) 03:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC)} copied from the entry on the WP:RM page

Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
  • Support per myself. Jedi6-(need help?) 03:25, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Support: Considering this page talks about every single Star Wars games, the new name would be more proper. Tutmosis 03:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. All Star Wars video games are made by LucasArts, right? -- wacko2 06:07, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose, all official Star Wars games have some level of LucasArts involvement. Dark Forces and Jedi Knight, as I recall, were developed internally and also published by LA. Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, and Galaxies, to name a few, were developed by outside companies but were published by LA. Besides, this article does not list every single Star Wars game, rather "only the games that have been developed and/or published by LucasArts." (emphasis mine) — EagleOne\Talk 23:48, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
    • There is several flaws with your logic. If every Star Wars game has Lucasart involvement why don't we just call it list of Star Wars video games and get rid of the redundant part. Also this list is for video games but it isn't in the title. Jedi6-(need help?) 02:54, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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  • All Star Wars games are published by LucasArts except for a few cases like Lego Star Wars. Jedi6-(need help?) 06:16, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] After the name change

Now that this page no loger mention LucasArts in the title, shouldn't it include all officially licensed games, such as the Parker Bros. titles and the arcade games? Rhindle The Red 18:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chronological order

Don't forget people, these games need to be in chronological order. In order of year, and if two games were released in the same year, in order of released date (you can check the release date by visiting the page for the actual game itself). And for unreleased games, try to put it where it "would" have come out, there aren't enough known unreleased starwars games for them to warrent their own section at the moment JayKeaton 07:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The recent conversion to a table

Does anyone think that format works? It seemed really too bloated for a table. This list could certainly work as a table (or, more likely, series of tables), but it needs to be better thought out than that one. Rhindle The Red 02:56, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Uh, it was a series of tables. Do you have any suggestions more specific than "it seemed really too bloated"? If it could work as a table, why not fix it, modify it or make constructive suggestions instead of reverting my work? The table format has several advantages to the hodge-podge format: It presents data in a standard way, making it easier to read. It makes it easy to determine what games were produced for what systems. It also makes it easier to determine what data is missing (since this list is incomplete). For these reasons, reverting my changes was counter-productive to the development of this article. For other editors to compare, here are the versions before and after my changes. Jaksmata 15:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Counter-productive is making a massive change like that without discussion. There was no mention of a desire to make this list to a table and I think it needs to be hashed out before such a massive change is implemented. What was wrong with your tables? The "Nintendo/Sony/etc." columns waste tons of space and added nothing. A simple "platform" column would suffice. The series and film sections no longer stand out as they did, making them harder to find, not easier. And the way it was formatted (with the series in the first column) actually made it look less like a list. So, while I stated that this list *could* work as a table, I fail to see a strong argument why it should be one. Just because other lists are is not good enough. The information in this list is too disparate for a table, in my opinion (see here) and works better as a series of straightforward lists. Rhindle The Red 13:09, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback, I understand your concerns now. I'm going to wait for other editors to comment before addressing anything specific. Jaksmata 14:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] total number?

should there be a total? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.175.102 (talk) 19:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Short answer: No. Long answer: There's a lot of problems with putting a total number. First, it's a moving target that can be out of date as new games come out. This page already admits that it is incomplete, so counting the ones here won't help. Then there's issues with what qualifies: would an expansion to another game count as one? Would a special edition with additional features count? Would same-named games that differ by platform be counted individually? So, having a number would imply a certainty that can't be. Jaksmata 20:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)