Fond memories of this game, Rogue Squadron and Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire.
All three were epic in their own fantastic way, with Rogue Squadron giving you the flight experience and Dark Forces 2 - Jedi Knight giving you the battle aspect - with at the time indeed the first time that you could handle a lightsaber and cut someone's arm off!
Rebel Assault then mixed those two (without the lightsaber though), which was at times brilliant and at times frustrating - especially the flying missions were not as smooth as in Rogue Squadron.
I still remember how incredible that Jedi Knight was, just feeling special cause you weren't just playing as Luke Skywalker in the NES/SNES games, but an actual new character that was learning the ways of the Force.
Besides, the cinematics in that game really made it feel even more epic than it already was - those actors really delivered and made it feel like you were playing Episode 7 (or a Star Wars Anthology).
If there's one EU character that I really want to see join canon besides the likes of Thrawn, Quinlan Vos, etc. it's Kyle Katarn (or, some Knights of the Old Republic and Legacy characters are higher on the list but Revan and Cade Skywalker don't have to appear in film for me to feel they are canon).
Kyle would just be awesome, his storyline in both Dark Forces 2 and Jedi Outcast was amazing and man... if SaberForge would make his lightsaber hilt, it would buy it in a heartbeat
(Qu Rhan's lightsaber that you inherit in the game as well for that matter).