Star Wars: Starfighter (2001)
Star Wars: Starfighter is a 2001 shooter video game made by LucasArts and Disney Interactive.
Three pilots, one blockade, and a lot of sky to cross. Star Wars: Starfighter puts you in the cockpit over the green world of Naboo as the Trade Federation closes in, flying arcade dogfights that run from planetside strafing runs to open space. You climb through twenty craft and fourteen environments, chasing objectives inspired by The Phantom Menace and building toward the assault on the Droid Control Ship. It favors instinct over simulation: bank hard, line up the shot, trust the reticle. A brisk, cinematic flight game rather than a technical one.
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What is Star Wars: Starfighter about?
Three pilots, one blockade, and a lot of sky to cross. Star Wars: Starfighter puts you in the cockpit over the green world of Naboo as the Trade Federation closes in, flying arcade dogfights that run from planetside strafing runs to open space. You climb through twenty craft and fourteen environments, chasing objectives inspired by The Phantom Menace and building toward the assault on the Droid Control Ship. It favors instinct over simulation: bank hard, line up the shot, trust the reticle. A brisk, cinematic flight game rather than a technical one.
When was Star Wars: Starfighter released?
Star Wars: Starfighter was released on 21 February 2001.
Who made Star Wars: Starfighter?
Star Wars: Starfighter was made by LucasArts and Disney Interactive.
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A few thoughts on Star Wars: Starfighter
For the same thrill of an ordinary pilot thrown into a galaxy-sized fight, The Last Starfighter is the obvious watch: a kid drafted to fly real starships after acing an arcade cabinet. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story scratches the other itch, the grounded, ground-level side of the same war.
Underdog pilots against long odds
Starfighter is about scrappy flyers holding the line over Naboo as the Trade Federation closes in. These share that outmatched-pilot spirit and the pull of a galaxy worth defending, from a coin-op hero drafted into a real war to squads flying against a much larger military machine.
Big cinematic action
Starfighter chases that arcade rush of a well-timed run and a target exploding right on cue. For the same blockbuster momentum on foot, these deliver spectacle-driven action-adventure, all confident set pieces, tight controls and moments built to make you feel like the hero of the reel.