Practicing math skills in Star Wars Math-Jabba's Game Galaxy (Lucas Learning, for kids 6 to 9) is somewhat like having kids add up the check when you go out to dinner to make sure it's right. There's plenty of practice for that kind of incidental math here, which in the real world is so important. But if you're looking for drill and focus on basic math facts, often so important in the long run in the grades 1 to 4 curriculum, this isn't the place. Logic and strategy are paramount here with math "know how" just part of playing the games. For some kids, this kind of math by osmosis works really well, but be sure to consider the audience to whom it's going to be presented. Evil reeks out of every pore of the cunning Podracer Subulba, the opponent in Dueling Dice. When adversaries roll the dice, wacky pit droids, equal to the dice total in number, appear on platforms. Kids continue to do the calculations of how much they have thrown right on the screen until they near the target number. Go over the target number and you lose all of your pit droids and the game. The goal of Digotto is to create the highest number, lowest number, or closest to a target number using digit droids with numbers painted on their backs. Kids pull a lever to find out what rule their digit droids must match and try to put the droids in the right place in the numbers they form to fit the rule. Ratts Tyerell invites kids to play a rather open-ended board game with their chosen animated game piece while answering addition, subtraction, multiplication, equivalency and geometry questions as they go. The grand prize is winning puzzle pieces for the Naboo Puzzle and gaining levels. With all the Wupiupi credits kids earn, they can buy all the parts on the checklist that they need to repair their space ship-but it takes some real perseverance. For real Star War fans, though, it could be worth it, because in the Spaceship Hanger you can rebuild your spaceship, test the engines and blasters, and even upgrade parts using a set of blueprints that show you the options. This customizing of the ship is meant for a true fan, who can then launch their ship, collect space junk, and return home. Given how far the kids who tested this got before giving up, though, most kids might not ever see this part of the program. One saving grace is the optional two-player mode. This definitely gives this software more staying power, although true video game fans may find that the rewards received come too slow for the effort they make. Bottom line: this program gets an A for creativity, but a C for engaging the audience.