Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order review – the force is strong in this one

PC, PS4 (version tested), Xbox One; Electronic Arts
With its satisfyingly challenging lightsaber combat and on-brand recreation of the Star Wars galaxy, this is the game fans have been waiting for

Star Wars video game fans have waited impatiently - for almost a decade - for a romp through their favourite galaxy in the best traditions of the action-adventure game. Out of mercy (for I, too, am a fanatic), I'll cut to the chase: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order does indeed deliver on that. Hitting all the right notes - and not just with the fluttering woodwind and heavy brass of the John Williams-styled orchestra - Fallen Order is right on brand.

It has the ancient ruins of mystical past civilisations seamlessly blended with the crashed hulks of light-speeding starships; the militaristic, sterile, black and red halls of the Empire, with rapidly sliding doors that open on to lush landscapes. Alien life lurks everywhere, some cutesy, some deadly.