Best Star Wars Software for 7yr. old

Its fairly straighforward.

James

My 6 year old and 11 year old (and me too) love to play Lego Star Wars. There are a few levels where my youngest has some difficulty but overall can handle the multiple functions even when playing 2 player using the same keyboard.

Also, a new version is due to release with more features focusing on the original trilogy.

It has some real funny moments!

Lego Star Wars the Video Game is the one I would reccommend. My 8 year old loves it! He can choose to play any one of 30 different characters, build, create and go through Episodes I, II, and III. If you'd like to try a demo of the PC game to see if you approve, follow the link below:
http://legostarwarsthevideogame.com/flash/player.cfm?lang=us

The best games for your 7 year old grandson will not be in front of any computer, but outside. Kids do not need responsible grownups to seat them in front of the mind-sucking-tube, they do that themselves. We need to try and get them to develop physically and mentally healthy. Just my opinion, but I'm sure I don't need validation to know it's the right one.
Stands to logic.

My son is five, and he prefers the Pod Racer game. But his older friends who come over usually want to play the Lego Star Wars game with him.

If he's going to be planted in front of a computer rather than playing outside, at least try to get him something constructive and relatively nonviolent. One spacecraft firing laser cannons at another isn't nearly as bad as a FPS game where the object is to waste another human(oid). The former is clearly fantasy, while the latter will only confuse him over what is acceptable social behavior (the police and military use FPS games to teach killing skills). The more exploring/learning and cooperation a game teaches, the better off we all are.

A specific question deserves a specific answer.

The Lego Star Wars video game is a blast. My 6 and 9 year olds love it. Here are some good points:

* It is a 2 player game and often REQUIRES COOPERATION between the players.
* The characters DON'T DIE. They are Legos so they just get disassembled. You can play forever on the same level (except for the timed levels). You will, however, lose some "currency" each time you come apart.
* Once you collect enough currency (Lego studs) you can buy other characters or "features". One such feature is "moustaches" which will put a moustache on every character (good and evil) and some of the droids as well!
* Lots of unrelated silliness (features, not bugs). My kids love to just wander around the levels after the bad guys are all gone. They find ways to climb the walls and such.
* Younger players will need help and encouragement with a few of the harder levels but my 6 year old has (after quite a few frustrated tries) gotten through just about the whole thing.

nuff said...

If he likes that, next stop: Lego Chess (maybe).

First of all, not many new Star Wars games are too great, in my opinion. I would recommend Star Wars Droidworks, which is a sort of cooperative/science/engineering type game, my 9 year old sister has played it for 30 minutes a day for several years.(Rules on Computer Use) There is another mathematics game I cannot recall the name of, but if it comes to mind I will let you know.

This is listed as 10+ years but my experience with it so far has been ok for my 9 and 7 year olds. They love it.

It has lots more features than the first one as well like the ability to assemble kits and drive/fly them as part of the game.

I hope to get to play it soon... The kids have it monopolized!

My 6 and 7 year old have played Lego Star Wars for a little over a year now and we have just purchased II last week. Because of school work and sports obligations they are only allowed to play video games on the weekends but they love the games. They are a lot of fun for both of them. I do wish they would make a four player version though as we have more kids come over and it is hard to "take turns".
One of the major differences from I to II is that in I the characters can fall or be pushed off the side which ruins the play for the others. I only know this as my youngest thought the sound R2D2 made when he fell of the side was great and kept throwing him off the side when ever he could (much to the chagrins of the other kids). In II my youngest little imp loves to use a crane and pick up the other characters and dropped them to their doom or drop large objects onto R2D2 to blow him up. I can't help but laugh when I hear his maniacal little laugh. Fun!