I personally felt that the first Jedi Knight game will be one of 3 all time favorite Star Wars games and my personal all time favorite video game of all time. (1. Jedi Knight, 2. S.W. Knights of the Old Republic, 3. XWing II: Tie Fighter). I played the CDRom version of Jedi Knight for Windows 98 2nd Edition on with 64 MB Ram and a brand new NVidida RivaTNT graphics card. It was Star Wars gaming nirvana for me. I also really liked the Sequel Outcast. Didn't enjoy the first 2 levels where you didn't have force powers or a light saber. The 3rd and final game of the series was this: Jedi Academy. I really loved how the game started as a fun adventure from the Get Go. The fun factor of being a Padawan from the start of the game made this a very enjoyable sequel. I liked it more than Jedi Knight 2 Outcast, but I still feel that Jedi Knight was a better game. Academy was also the last game from LucasArts that focused on this game style light saber/Force combat. There wouldn't be this type of game up through the TakeOver by Disney. This was also the last use of the Quake 3 Graphics Engine and it was showing at the time of it's release. Compared to other action games that came out during this era the Quake 3 Engine could still look good but was starting to show it's age. The fact that no other games would be released in the Jedi Knight franchise made this game the sad/bittersweet farewell for me after finishing it. I will always remember the joys of playing as and along side Kyle Katarn. In fact, I will probably load this game right now and play it again. May 4th is just a day away as I type this, so to all my fellow SciFi/Star Wars geeks out there. May the 4th be with you.
