Star Wars: Rebellion

Star Wars: Rebellion is a video game related to the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It was developed by Coolhand Interactive and published by LucasArts. It was released for the personal computer on February 28th, 1998. It is a 4x real-time strategy game designed and written by Scott White.

Plot
The game starts right after the Battle of Yavin and the destruction of the Death Star. The Galactic Empire is ready to strike back against the Rebel base of Yavin IV, while the Rebel Alliance is readying to move to another system.

Apart from the given time of the beginning, the game stops being story driven, and the scenario expands freely. Although events of the later movies might occur (like the capture of Han Solo by bounty hunters and the construction of a second Death Star), or are even scripted to happen, (like the Jedi training of Luke Skywalker), the player can change or avert some events of the canonical timeline, including such things as not migrating to Hoth after Yavin, creating more than one Death Star, having Luke become a Jedi Master before he even meets Vader or the Emperor, or even lead the Empire into victory.

For gameplay purposes, many elements of the game are randomized at the beginning. For this reason, troop, fleet, and resource locations, as well as the allegiance of most planets, do not reflect canon information.

Notes & Trivia

 * Star Wars was created by George Lucas.


 * ''Star Wars: Rebellion (VG) redirects to this page.


 * The tagline for this game is "To control a world - to command a galaxy".


 * There is also a comic book series titled Star Wars: Rebellion, which has no connection to this game other than that it takes place in the Star Wars universe.


 * Story and character information provided in this game relates to the original Expanded Universe continuity and is no longer considered part of the official Star Wars canon.


 * The timeline of this game takes place immediately following the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which climaxed with the Battle of Yavin.


 * Strategy Plus Magazine gave Star Wars: Rebellion a four-star rating.


 * This is the first and only known appearance of IMP-22, which is a military protocol droid.