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Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
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A snowspeeder banks low over the plains of Hoth, an AT-AT looms out of the white, and you fire a tow cable and start circling its legs. Shadows of the Empire opens with the Battle of Hoth, and in late 1996 it was the closest a game had come to putting players inside a Star Wars film. LucasArts released it on the Nintendo 64 that December, just a few months after the console's North American launch, as part of a multimedia project that also spanned novels, comics and toys.
The story fills the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. You play Dash Rendar, a mercenary smuggler flying the Outrider, who is drawn in to protect Luke Skywalker while Prince Xizor, head of the criminal Black Sun syndicate, schemes to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. Inventing a brand-new hero for the trilogy's most famous gap was a bold choice, and Dash gives the game a scrappier point of view than the films' Jedi heroics.
The real appeal is variety. After Hoth comes third-person shooting through Echo Base, a running gunfight through an asteroid field, a junkyard showdown with IG-88 on Ord Mantell, and a battle against Boba Fett and Slave I at the Gall spaceport. A swoop bike chase tears through Mos Eisley and Beggar's Canyon, and the endgame moves from the sewers of Imperial City to Xizor's palace and his orbiting Skyhook. Challenge Points hidden in every level give completionists a reason to scour each stage, and John Williams' film music plays over the action.
Critics were divided on the on-foot levels and their camera, while the Hoth battle was praised from day one, and strong sales eventually earned the game a Player's Choice reissue. It is a time capsule from the N64's first winter and from the Expanded Universe at its most ambitious, and that Hoth opening still makes a thrilling first five minutes on original hardware.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- LucasArts
- Players
- Single player
About the game
As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance. May the Force be with you!
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