The following screenshots are scanned from NextGen Magazine. It should also be noted that they come from a build of Rogue Leader that is more than a month old and, as you can see, does not yet feature proper bump-mapping or advanced lighting effects, which developers LucasArts and Factor 5 have since then added. Still, bearing all of this in mind, we think you'll agree that the game looks spectacular, even at its early stage.

Forget anything you have heard about polygon counts and processor sizes — this re-creation of the cinema’s most famous battle is nearly flawless. GameCube may not boast the largest polygon counts, but it makes very smart use of polygons and textures, resulting in an amazingly true-to-the-movies recreation.

From the moment you enter the trench that circles the Death Star, you cannot help but notice the crisp look of its walls. These are not the faded and rough-looking walls in past Star Wars games — including Starfighter on PlayStation 2. This trench has the same dull plastic look as the one in the movies.