In the Rebel campaign, the fledgling Rebel Alliance begin with an attack on the shipyards at Kuat introducing the player to basic space combat before infiltrating the planet of Wayland on a basic ground combat mission. It occurs during the events leading up to “A New Hope”. The game’s plot is that of the Galactic Civil War and the construction of the Death Star. Land battles are fought with infantry and ground vehicle units, while space battles are fought with starfighter squadrons and large spacecraft.
Battles can take place on a planet (land battle) or above the planet (space battle). There are three game modes: storyline-based Campaign, Galactic Conquest and Skirmish. In October 2006, an expansion entitled Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption was released. The most recent patch was released on July 20, 2006.
Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts.
