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Star Wars Rebellion
Developer(s)Coolhand Interactive
Publisher(s)LucasArts
Director(s)Scott Witte
Designer(s)Scott Witte
Composer(s)Peter McConnell
Michael Land
Clint Bajakian
Platform(s)Windows
Release
Genre(s)Real-time strategy, 4X
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Star Wars Rebellion (known as Star Wars Supremacy in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a real-time strategy 4X game released in 1998 by LucasArts and set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe.

Reception

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The game received poor reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Next Generation stated, "LucasArts should start looking more closely at what it slaps the Star Wars brand on, as consumers will be less likely to forget or forgive."[10]

According to PC Data, the game was the U.S.' 18th-best-selling computer game during the January–November 1998 period.[13]

The game won the award for "Most Disappointing Game of the Year" at GameSpot's Best & Worst of 1998 Awards.[14] It was also nominated for "The Underachiever Award" at IGN's Best of 1998 Awards, which ultimately went to Trespasser.[15]

Rebellion has been more positively remembered in retrospect, with PC Gamer noting it is a "pretty effective Star Wars story generator" with compelling grand strategy elements.[16] Game Rant also notes the game as for its rich Star Wars digital encyclopedia, unique for its time.[17]

Macworld saw LucasArts' 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War as a successor to Rebellion.[18] Ars Technica notes that the Fantasy Flight's Star Wars: Rebellion board game is loosely based on the computer game.[19]

References

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  1. ^ Gentry, Perry (March 23, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Star Wars Rebellion for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Dembo, Arinn (April 16, 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Ocampo, Jason (April 7, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Cirulis, Martin E. (July 1998). "Got a Millennium to Kill? (Star Wars Rebellion Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 168. Ziff Davis. pp. 172, 177. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Shaw, John (April 17, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on August 27, 2002. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Bergren, Paul (June 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Game Informer. No. 62. FuncoLand.
  8. ^ McDonald, T. Liam (April 8, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion Review [author mislabeled as "Tim McDonald"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 12, 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  9. ^ Airainecer (February 11, 2013). "Test: Star Wars Rebellion". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Next Generation. No. 43. Imagine Media. July 1998. p. 117. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  11. ^ Trotter, William R. (June 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 6. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 10, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  12. ^ Argy, George (May 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". PC PowerPlay. No. 24. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 68–70. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  13. ^ IGN staff (January 4, 1999). "Best Selling Games of 1998". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  14. ^ "Best & Worst of 1998 (Most Disappointing Game of the Year)". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 18, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  15. ^ IGN staff (January 29, 1999). "IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  16. ^ Andy Kelly (2021-05-04). "The weird old Star Wars games that time forgot". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  17. ^ Fisher, Maddie (2024-01-14). "Best Star Wars Strategy Games, Ranked". Game Rant. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  18. ^ Holt, Chris (June 3, 2010). "Star Wars: Empire at War". Macworld. IDG. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  19. ^ Anderson, Nate (2016-03-26). "Star Wars: Rebellion review: A fully operational 4-hour board game". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
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