Well, you can play with diffused production (like, 4 small shipyards in a sector instead of a big one). But I sure prefer to launch one cruiser every 50 days rather than 4 every 200 days. Feels more satisfying, even if the long term production rate is the same ^^. And it's easier to manage and to defend with a few planetary defenses, if you chose a big enough planet.

Hmm, I didn't even knew this game existed. MOO in star wars universe, coool thing, wishlisted for now though...

Well, it's an acquired taste. It's very unique in what it does, and it really gives you the feel of running the empire or rebellion in a galactic war against the other side. It can take awhile to learn the interface and how to play, however. Still, it's one of my favorite games; especially if you can play it with a friend.

I've played a bit again, and it's still just as engrossing as it was before. Playing as the Rebellion, I had a small group incite rebellion on one of the empire's worlds that didn't like them much, which convinced them to go neutral in the conflict and remove they support from the empire. Some of their people slipped us information that 3 imperial fleets were converging on their planet now, presumably to land their ground forces and force them to rejoin the empire. However the empire had made an error, and the fleets were arriving about 5 days between each other. I had most of my fleet in that sector, and so timed a hit and run attack to intercept the victory star destroyer and two transports arriving early, destroyed them, then withdrew before the two imperial star destroyers could arrive. At this early a stage in the game, that's a decent blow to their fleet, it will take them a couple hundred days to rebuild that.

At roughly the same time, I had sent luke skywalker on a mission to sabotage one of the empire's shield generators on what I assumed was a low-importance planet. Unfortunately he discovered that Darth Vader was present on the planet, who confronted and captured Luke. I have Han Solo and Chewbacca in the same sector, heading to another world to sabotage another shield generator, and now have to decide to risk sending them in to try and rescue Luke while Darth Vader is still present on the world; hopefully before they can send Luke back to Coruscant. Alternately, I could take a risk and send my entire fleet to that world and attempt to overpower and capture Vader, though that is a very much a long shot.

Later in the game you might even discover some of your characters are randomly force sensitive, and can work to train them.


It's one of my favorite games, and the only Star Wars game that really captures the conflict, and has your own story emerge as you play. Though don't expect great graphics, and the space battles are only serviceable, nothing flashy about them.

Thanks for the answers, will wishlist for now


Don't forget Team Galactic Battlegrounds, which is going strong too

I never tried Age of Empires and Galactic Battlegrounds is the closest thing so.....

This question does not pertain to this site, because I for one don't play MMOs and I'm not really big on the idea of GOG offering them, but wasn't there a massive SW MMO launched ten or so years ago? I remember working in a bookstore when it was introduced and seeing all sorts of promo stuff (maps, stats) in the gaming mags. Last I heard, a couple of years ago the traffic was so low for it the game might shut down. Is this real or am I hallucinating the whole thing?

Was Star Wars: Galaxies and was closed at the end of 2011

All I can say here is that this is an extremely special, highly memorable game.

That will infuriate you like few others can.

It's a right bugger to get into, however it's well worth it, particularly in multiplayer.

Ok thanks for that. Will wishlist.

Love this game but it doesn't love my PC. Any time I play a space battle it slows to a crawl and makes the PC so slow I have to do a hard reboot. Anyone know what I've got wrong in settings? I'm on a win 7 64 bit PC, i5 processor, 6GB ram.

Don't know the answer, but try asking in the SW : Rebellion GOG forum there : http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_rebellion#1433715568

Has anyone successfully set up a multiplayer game?

You would be better off asking / checking in the game subforum: http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_rebellion#1447078764

Sadly gog borked these being automatically added under the "community" tab upon owning a game some time ago.

Edit: of course you could have just looked at the last post before you made yours for the same answer instead.

You can play it on GamerRanger if that helps.
Seen a few playing it.....