My star wars interest has awakened again with andor, and ive so far tortured myself through jar jar binks in episodes 1 and 2 to refresh the lore on palpatines rise to power and transformation from the republic to the empire.
I am considering jumping into the clone wars before moving into episode 3. Both movie, series and the ps2-era game.
Are they worth it from a lore perspective?
Ah good to know - i really enjoyed some of the EU back in the day, like the kyle katarn stuff and shadow of the empire (maybe its mostly nostalgia). But i guess whatever happens in the clone wars game will not be “accurate” as the lore input im after. I did barely play both it and republic commando as a kid - i remember republic commando being pretty cool, but at the time i couldnt get into it (maybe i couldnt figure out the tactical stuff or maybe i was just too busy force grip kicking people online in jedi academy?). Cool to hear it has a widescreen fix! I see its on gog, so i might grab myself a copy!
Nothing wrong with the old EU material. I like a lot of it, even preferring large chunks compared to the current canon. It depends on your goal, and if your goal is to brush up on current canon then knowing about the canon split will save you a lot of time.