Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader (2001)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader is a 2001 shooter video game made by Factor 5 and LucasArts.
Strap into the cockpit and the whole galaxy tilts under you. Rogue Leader is an arcade flight game that hands you an X-wing, a squadron callsign, and the Rebellion's most famous dogfights: the Death Star trench, a strafing run over the ice fields of Hoth, an ambush on a Star Destroyer. You fly as Luke Skywalker's pilots, threading turbolaser fire, popping torpedoes into thermal ports, and pulling snap turns while TIE fighters scream past. A launch showpiece for the GameCube, it chases the feel of the films at full throttle, all speed and spectacle.
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What is Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader about?
Strap into the cockpit and the whole galaxy tilts under you. Rogue Leader is an arcade flight game that hands you an X-wing, a squadron callsign, and the Rebellion's most famous dogfights: the Death Star trench, a strafing run over the ice fields of Hoth, an ambush on a Star Destroyer. You fly as Luke Skywalker's pilots, threading turbolaser fire, popping torpedoes into thermal ports, and pulling snap turns while TIE fighters scream past. A launch showpiece for the GameCube, it chases the feel of the films at full throttle, all speed and spectacle.
When was Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader released?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader was released on 9 November 2001.
Who made Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader was made by Factor 5, LucasArts and Activision.
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A few thoughts on Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader
Made for anyone who wants the space-battle rush without the wider saga's weight. For the sweeping Rebellion story it draws on, watch Return of the Jedi, whose fleet assault this game practically restages. Readers can chase the pilots further in Rogue Squadron, the novel that follows the same squadron between films.
Meet the pilots of Rogue Squadron in print
The squadron you fly with has a long life on the page. If Rogue Leader leaves you wanting the pilots' backstories and the war between missions, these Expanded Universe novels follow Rebel fighter squadrons and the wider conflict, filling in the lives behind the callsigns you scramble alongside.
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