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The original game includes six full factions – Empire, Rebels, Royal Naboo, Trade Federation, Wookies and Gungans – while the Clone Campaigns expansion (bundled with the GOG.com re-release) tosses in the Galactic Republic and Confederacy armies. LucasArts must have spent an impressive amount of time translating countless elements of Star Wars lore into its design. Built using the Genie engine that produced Age of Empires, Galactic Battlegrounds benefitted greatly from working with a traditional strategy game model and is still immensely satisfying even more than a decade after its original release.Ī big part of Galactic Battleground‘s appeal is its attention to detail. One of the most memorable examples, however, was Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds one of the first attempts to bring Star Wars into an RTS format. For every Luke Skywalker guided by the force, there are hundreds of Rebel troops that rely on tactics and orders to achieve their hard-won victory.įor some reason, that grand-scale strategy experience isn’t seen too often in Star Wars video games. The thing is, the whole thing is still technically about a war requiring strategy, forethought and armies. It’s a universe where a humble moisture farmer can become a hero mere days after being handed their first lightsaber. Star Wars is the kind of franchise associated with plucky rogues and dashing displays of bravery.
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Original Release: 2001, Platform: PC, Developer: Ensemble Studios, Publisher: LucasArts, Image Source: GOG