Lego Star Wars: The Video Game - Cheats and Hints

Lego Star Wars is a bold endeavor right from the start. Lucas Arts and Traveller's Tales made quite a gamble with the franchise when they thought a funny approach of the cult movie series will not upset the fans. They were proven right and the huge sales of the game and the positive response from the gaming community has paid off. Even if the PC version was a port from its console counterpart and the controls suffered a little (if you're not in possession of a gamepad), the funny presentation of the story made all the effort worthwhile. If you're not too big on third person lego-based characters and gameplay, here's a little help.

Cheats:
BEQ82H = Princess Leia
L54YUK = Rebel Trooper
A32CAM = Darth Sidious
VR832U = Disquised Clone
MS952L = Mace Windu (Episode III)
RS6E25 = Clone (Episode III Walker)
N3T6P8 = Clone (Episode III Swamp)
BHU72T = Clone (Episode III Pilot)
ER33JN = Clone (Episode III)
SF321Y = General Grievous
ZTY392 = Grievous' Bodyguard
14PGMN = Count Dooku
EUW862 = Shaak Ti
CBR954 = Kit Fisto
DP55MV = Ki-Adi Hundi
A725X4 = Luminara
LA811Y = Bobba Fett
PL47NH = Jango Fett
XZNR21 = Super Battle Droid
LK42U6 = Battle Droid (Geonosis)
19D7NB = Geonosian
F8B4L6 = Clone
H35TUX = Darth Mual
92UJ7D = Padme
PP43JX = Royal Guard
DH382U = Droideka
EN11K5 = Battle Droid (Commander)
987UYR = Battle Droid
KF999A = Battle Droid (Security)
R840JU = PK Droid
U63B2A = Gonk Droid

The codes below need activation in the "Extra" menu when you press [Esc] after you have entered them like the above cheat codes.
NR37W1 = Silly Blasters
L449HD = Classic Blasters
IG72X4 = Big Blasters
SHRUB1 = Brushes
PUCEAT = Tea Cups
LD116B = Minikit Detector
RP924W = Moustaches
YD77GC = Purple
MS999Q = Silhouettes
4PR28U = Invincible

Unlock Superkit and Mystery Diner Door
Unlock the superkit (the Tantive IV model outside Dexter's Diner) by filling the Jedi bar while playing. This incidentally unlocks access to the mystery door. Filling the Jedi bar is not a simple function of money, but also in grabbing all the pre-staged LEGO studs in each mission. Dying in a stage will reduce the Jedi bar (although once the bar is at maximum and pulsing, it cannot diminish).

In vehicular missions (particularly the pod race), the player needs to smash and destroy all the destructible objects to gain money. The invulnerability cheat ($1,000,000 in the shop) can help you get a full Jedi bar in most of the non-vehicular stages.

Cheese-Kill Anakin Skywalker
In stage 3-6, have a second player take control of the boss and force the character to jump over the lava pit. Just before Anakin Skywalker hits the lava, have the second player hit pause and drop out of the game, resulting in the AI taking a hit. Keep repeating the process and you can force an easy win.

Switch Hitting
Freeplay (or Free Mode) is best for exploring previously cleared stages for studs and minikit parts. A preset "cast" is selected for a particular stage or mission which allows a player to access all the doors previously missed in Story Mode. Use the L or R keys to cycle through the cast while playing on free mode.

Begging at Dexters
Dexter's Diner, where you select your stage/missions is a veritable loot heaven. Your characters never lose money if they die at Dexter's Diner, so each time you complete a stage, walk around the place with any Jedi character and force pull studs from all the objects around the hub level.

Give Me Credits
When starting the game, it is best to save all your money for the invincibility cheat, however reaching 1,000,000 coins is difficult. I found that the fastest way to collect coins is in level 5 of episode III, "Darth Vader". At the very beginning of this level, you have to run down a corridor while the floor crumbles under you. If you happen to fall in the lava, you simply start at the beginning of the hall again. The cool thing is that you do not lose your coins. You can run down this hall over and over again, getting around 4,000 coins each time and then just dying at the end of the hall.