Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi

"Short attention span Star Wars freaks will surely dig Masters of Teräs Käsi, LucasArts' first fighting game."

- Jack Lyon

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi was a fighting game released for PlayStation in October 1997.

LucasArts' short description
''The 3D fighting genre fulfills its ultimate destiny with Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi, an intense one-on-one combat experience for the Sony PlayStation. The story revolves around the mysterious Arden Lyn, a master of the ancient art of Teräs Käsi, as she leads a group of the most feared champions of the Galactic Empire to eliminate the leaders of the Rebel Alliance. Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, plus a few surprise characters in a Star Wars environment like you've never experienced.''

Characters

 * Arden Lyn
 * Boba Fett
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Leia Organa
 * Chewbacca
 * Thok
 * Hoar

Secret characters

 * Darth Vader
 * Princess Leia (in metal bikini)
 * Stormtrooper
 * Mara Jade
 * Jodo Kast

Stages

 * A Tusken village on Tatooine
 * Hoth
 * Cloud City
 * Dagobah
 * The Emperor's throne room
 * The Rancor on Tatooine
 * Carbonite Freezing Chamber on Bespin
 * Forest moon of Endor

Critical reception
The game, while a welcome concept at the time of its release, was not well received. Some complaints include an inferior fighting engine, an improper usage of lightsabers and unbalanced characters. Despite this however, the game introduced new concepts to the Expanded Universe such as Teräs Käsi and Arden Lyn herself.

Screwattack rated the game the 10th worst fighting game in their top ten worst fighting games.

Trivia
The words teräs käsi are actually Finnish, though "steel hand" would actually be translated as the single word "teräskäsi."