Video game
Star Wars: Dark Forces
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Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter computer game released on February 15, 1995, by LucasArts. The game introduces the character of Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial stormtrooper and agent, now a mercenary for hire in the service of the Rebel Alliance, and uses the 3D Jedi Engine. The story takes place both just before and mostly after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
A remaster of the game was announced to be under development for PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on August 23, 2023 by Nightdive Studios. It would feature cutscenes redone in higher quality graphics and remastered content. The remaster was released February 28, 2024.
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Facts
- Title
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Developer
- LucasArts
- Publisher
- LucasArts
- Released
- February 15, 1995 (PC)
- June 12, 1995 (Mac)
- Engine
- Jedi Engine
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Modes
- Single player
- Ratings
- ESRB: Teen (T)
- Platforms
- Personal computer
- Mac
- PlayStation
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation Portable
- Director
- Daron Stinnett
- Programmer
- Daron Stinnett
- Ray Gresko
- Winston Wolff
- Artist
- Justin Chin
- Writers
- Justin Chin
- Composer
- Clint Bajakian
- Timeline
- 0 BBY–1 ABY
- Next
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Who turns up here
Characters: 19
- Boba Fett
- Jabba's favorite kell dragon (first appearance)
- Kyle Katarn (first appearance)
- Crix Madine
- Max (pictured only)
- Rom Mohc (first appearance)
- Mon Mothma
- Meck Odom (first appearance)
- Leia Organa (mentioned only)
- Jan Ors (first appearance)
- Palpatine (mentioned only, pictured only)
- Rebus (first appearance)
- Ruu San
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure
- Toka (first appearance)
- Unidentified Gamorrean 1 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Gamorrean 2 (first appearance)
- Darth Vader
- IT-O interrogation droid
Species: 10
- Bunny (pictured only)
- Dianoga
- Duck (mentioned only)
- Kell dragon (first appearance)
- Ewok
- Gamorrean
- Gran
- Hutt
- Human
- Trandoshan
Planets: 11
Places: 10
- Anoat City (first appearance)
- Ice Station Beta (first appearance)
- Ramsees Hed (first appearance)
- Imperial City
- Danuta research facility (first appearance)
- Weapons Research Facility (first appearance)
- Gromas Mines (first appearance)
- Imperial Detention Center (first appearance)
- Talay (city) (first appearance)
- Tak Base (first appearance)
Galaxy: 1
- Gromas system (first mentioned)
Starships: 14
- Fuel Station Ergo (first appearance)
- Arc Hammer (first appearance)
- EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought
- Executor
- HWK-290 light freighter (first appearance)
- Moldy Crow (first appearance)
- Imperial-class Star Destroyer
- Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Minstrel-class space yacht (first appearance)
- Star Jewel (first appearance)
- Tantive IV (mentioned only)
- TIE Fighter
- DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (mentioned only)
Organizations: 6
Events: 17
- Clone Wars (mentioned only)
- Galactic Civil War
- Operation Skyhook
- Mission to Danuta (first appearance)
- Attack on Tak Base (first appearance)
- Mission to Anoat (first appearance)
- Mission to Anteevy (first appearance)
- Mission to Cal-Seti (first appearance)
- Mission to Coruscant (first appearance)
- Mission of Fest (first appearance)
- Mission to Fuel Station Ergo (first appearance)
- Mission to Gromas (first appearance)
- Mission to Nar Shaddaa (first appearance)
- Mission to Orinackra (first appearance)
- Mission to Talay (first appearance)
- Mission to the Arc Hammer (first appearance)
- Mission to the Executor (first appearance)
Technology: 28
- Phase I dark trooper (first appearance)
- Phase II Dark Trooper (first appearance)
- Phase III dark trooper (first appearance)
- MSE-6 series repair droid
- Viper probe droid
- Autoturret (first appearance)
- Assault cannon
- Darth Vader's armor
- Mandalorian armor
- Stormtrooper armor
- Blaster pistol
- Bryar pistol (first appearance)
- Blaster rifle
- E-11 blaster rifle
- Repeating blaster
- Imperial repeater rifle
- Exchange coupling (first appearance)
- Land mine
- I.M. mine (first appearance)
- Nava computer (mentioned only)
- Packered mortar gun (first appearance)
- Power cell
- Sequencer charge (first appearance)
- Concussion rifle
- Stouker concussion rifle (first appearance)
- Thermal detonator
- Vibroblade
- Star of Alderaan
Lore: 1
Media: 1
Everything else: 62
- Battle droid
- Dark Trooper (first appearance)
- Interrogation droid
- Probe droid
- Remote
- Dark Trooper Project (first appearance)
- Imperial Security Operations (first appearance)
- Admiral
- Bounty hunter
- Captain
- Jeron (first mentioned)
- General
- Moff
- Imperial commando
- Imperial Machines
- Mercenary
- Sissk (indirect mention)
- Stouker (first mentioned)
- Clone
- Cyborg
- Cruiser
- Hyperspace pod
- Dark Trooper hyperspace capsule (first appearance)
- Smuggler ship (Ergo)
- Armor
- Battery
- Blast door
- Blaster
- Comlink
- Data-tape
- Decoder
- Garbage compactor
- Head lamp
- Infrared goggles
- Fusioncutter
- Jeron fusion cutter (first appearance)
- Keycard
- Medkit
- Mine
- Nava card (first appearance)
- Datapad
- Personal energy shield
- Power generator
- Hydroelectric power generator (first appearance)
- Power Generating Unit (first appearance)
- QS100 Welding Arm (first appearance)
- Rubber (mentioned only)
- Tracking device
- Vibro-weapon
- Alliance Starbird
- Boot
- Cargo container
- Death mark
- Death Star plans
- High Galactic
- Imperial crest
- Metric ton
- Omnisignal unicode
- Phrik
- Plasma
- Plastoid
- Water
Not in the archive: 5
- Smuggler ship (Cal-Seti)
- Code lock (first appearance)
- Engine port
- Ice cleat
- Code key (first appearance)
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