If you haven't seen Star Wars and/or haven't played Half-Life 2, then you deserve to be confused!
Every game has a instant value to it, if it includes the weapon of all weapons, the crowbar! What do you think it was that made Bioshock so popular and well received? Because of the bad ass robots with drills instead of arms? No. It's because your first mission is to "find a crowbar or something..". See? My logic is bulletproof!
.. on another note, Star Wars Force Unleashed really deserves the Hypesaw.