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LucasArts's Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game was one of the first games made available for Nintendo's 64-bit system, Nintendo 64. The Microsoft Windows version came more than a year later.

In the game, you control the mercenary Dash Rendar in his efforts to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor's hands. It is based on the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project and takes place as a backstory between Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Story

The game is divided in four parts (or chapters). The first one takes place during the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back. Dash Rendar is trapped in Hoth when the Imperial Forces attack. As the player, you have to destroy AT-ATs, AT-STs, probe droid and snowtrooper. In the second part, Dash Rendar is sent to Ord Mantell to interrogate IG-88 about the whereabouts of Boba Fett. It turns out he is on the moon of Gall. IG-88 meets his demise. Dash confronts Boba Fett on Gall, but the bounty hunter manages to escape.

Jabba the Hutt is told by Prince Xizor to eliminate Luke Skywalker, so he hires a group of bounty hunters to kill him. It is Dash's job to protect Luke and destroy the bounty hunters in a dangerous swoop bike race. He succeeds, and the two go to an imperial cargo ship, the Suprosa, whose location was given to them by Black Sun. It is there he, with the help of the Bothans (not seen in the game) find the second Death Star's plans. Dash, Luke, Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca infiltrate Xizor's palace on Coruscant through the sewers to save Princess Leia, who has been captured. They succeed, destroy Xizor's palace, and escape. Your final objective is to destroy Xizor's Skyhook. A space battle occurs, with you behind the wheel of the Outrider, instead of manning the guns.

The game's greatest surprise comes at the end, when Xizor's skyhook is destroyed. The reader of the book and the comics usually think that Dash Rendar dies in the battle that follows, but his real destiny is only revealed in the game. Dash lives, as shown in an additional cutscene, having hyperspaced away at the last moment, but only when the game is completed on medium difficulty or above. He decides to lay low for a while, taking advantage of his apparent demise.

Levels

1. Battle of Hoth
2. Escape from Echo Base
3. The Asteroid Field
4. Ord Mantell junkyard
5. Gall Spaceport
6. Swoop bike Race
7. Imperial Freighter Suprosa
8. Sewers
9. Xizor's Palace
10. Skyhook Battle

Voices (PC Version)

Bob Bergen .... Luke Skywalker
John Cygan .... Dash Rendar
Lisa Fuson .... Leia Organa/Guri
Tom Kane .... Leebo
Nick Tate .... Prince Xizor/IG-88

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