Kinect Star Wars is a video game developed by and published by for the that uses the motion . The game features four game modes: "Jedi Destiny", the primary game mode; ; Rancor Rampage; and Galactic Dance-off. In Jedi Destiny, players assume the role models of as they wield their and use to attack enemies mostly from the using gestures. Podracing is a race-based game mode, Rancor Rampage is a destruction-based game mode, and Galactic Dance-off is a dance-based game mode similar to the . Studios had planned to make a Star Wars game that utilizes the Kinect since the early development of the motion-sensing system. The game was formally announced at and released worldwide on April 3, 2012. It was the last game to be published by LucasArts before halted all internal development at said company a year later. Craig Derrick served as lead producer on the game.
Kinect Star Wars received generally mixed reviews, with reviewers often praising the game's art and presentation but criticizing the perceived underdeveloped gameplay, weak writing, and inaccurate controls.
- Kinect Star Wars features four subgames. In its primary mode, known as Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising, players take control of one of multiple .
- Using the Kinect, the player uses their hands to wield a in combat
- Players also can lift and throw objects with using specific gestures.
- The story takes place during the timeline of the Star Wars universe, beginning shortly after and concluding with the events of .
