Star Wars: Empire at War

Star Wars: Empire at War is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that takes place in the Star Wars universe. Promising to end the perceived mediocrity of past Star Wars RTS games (like Star Wars: Force Commander and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds), Empire at War started from the ground up.

The game was developed by Petroglyph, comprising many former members of Westwood Studios (known for the Command & Conquer series). This company has developed a completely new engine specifically for Empire at War known as Alamo. It uses several higher-end shader effects such as soft shadows, specular lighting, and particle effects for dust clouds and explosions.

The game spawned an impressive mod community, and was followed up by an expansion pack, Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, taking place between the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Endor.

Notes & Trivia

 * Star Wars was created by George Lucas.


 * "EAW" and " EAW" serve as shortcuts to this page for the purposes of sourcing.


 * Star Wars: Empire at War (VG) redirects to this page.