PC players will soon have the opportunity to control and rewrite the history of the Galactic Civil War in an all new real-time strategy (RTS) game, Star Wars: Empire at War.Set a few years before the events of Episode IV A New Hope, the game will let players witness aftermath of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, including the creation of the Rebel Alliance, and Darth Vader's rise to power. Star Wars: Empire at War is scheduled for a release in Fall 2005 from LucasArts.
Using an entirely new game engine created by the Las Vegas-based developer Petroglyph, the game will feature beautifully rendered land and space battles set on memorable planets such as Hoth, Tatooine and Dagobah as well as never-before-seen environments taken directly from the Star Wars films and expanded universe novels. In the game, players can choose to join either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire, building and setting up tactical forces that can be unleashed on the enemy in real-time 3-D.