While this is a big step up from the first one in some ways, the story is just not as good. The combat, visuals, acting, etc. are all really great, but you don't really go to many different planets and the game took me half as long to beat (granted I didn't get stuck on boss fights or pulling down a star destroyer for hours), but it was still significantly shorter and had a far weaker story. I personally enjoyed the story of the first one, but this one seems very flat. That's why despite having a blast playing through this game, I gave it a 4 as opposed to a 4.5 stars.

While story isn't a requirement or deciding factor in a good score from me, I can still appreciate a good story when I see one, and be disappointed when one falls flat. The end fight against Vader was fun at first but it got very tedious and repetitive. I loved those final cutscenes though where Vader is just so cold. He knows the power of having attachments and that he can use Juno against Starkiller just as Padme was used against him.