If you've seen Star Wars: Episode 2, you know that Jango Fett is one of the baddest mothers on the planet. Lucasarts is capitalizing on the popularity of this Bounty Hunter by sticking him in his own game. So is this just another movie license quickie job designed to relieve geeks everywhere of $50? Not a chance.

Billed as a Pre-Alpha build, the GameCube version already looked better than the majority of titles on the show floor. Jango is exquisitely rendered with very detailed textures, as would be expected with access to movie material. Something that can't be borrowed from the movie, however, is all of the animation and abilities Jango displays on-screen.

Just about anything you'd expect the most elite of mercenaries to be able to do, you can do. Hanging from a ledge, you can still maneuver and shoot at enemies, leap from ledge to ledge, never missing a beat. You can lock-on to target enemies, or use an auto-aim feature to take out adversaries rapidly. The detail here is unbelieveable; using Jango's dual blasters, he can auto-aim two enemies at once, or lock on to one and continue to auto-aim at the second. Our jaws dropped as Jango actually crossed his arms to target a new enemy. There's a lot of weaponary, the aforementioned dual-blasters are the standard complement, as well as his backpack missile, a flame thrower, grenades, etc.

Speaking of grenades, it's possible to jump up, hang from a ledge, and whip a grenade up onto a platform, then jet-pack yourself away to a safe distance before the explosion. Wow.

As our guide explained to us, the game takes place before Episode 2, and tells the story of how Jango was chosen by Count Dooku to be the template for the clone army. Darth Sidious commands Count Dooku to have a particularly troublesome Jedi eliminated. Needing to find a perfect specimen for cloning, Dooku places a bounty on the Jedi's head, thinking that whoever is cunning enough to destroy this Jedi will make an excellent candidate.

To subsidize his hunt, Jango can go after secondary bounties as well, using a scanner to find civilians with prices on their heads. Once identified, you'll know the price, now it's up to you to tag them and bring them in ... dead or alive (each with a different price). Jango Fett is all about action; there is no penalty for killing civilians (you are NOT a hero), so feel free to torch an entire bar if it nabs you a bounty.

This is NOT a puzzle game either, if you see a door that is intent on not allowing you to progress, whip out the laser torch and cut your way in. A true bounty hunter doesn't let such obstacles stand in his way.

Bounty Hunter should be released this fall. I highly suggest that you make plans to pick up this excellent single-player adventure, especially if you're a fan of the man in the Mandalorian Battle Armor.