Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is a video game that was first released for the Nintendo 64 video game console and the PC on December 7, 1998. It was one of the first Nintendo 64 games to support the console's Expansion Pak, which allowed higher-quality graphics to be displayed while playing.

The story is set in between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, beginning six months after the Battle of Yavin, (with the exception of the final and secret levels) and shows the missions set during the formation of Rogue Squadron.

Several unlockable vehicles appear in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. By inputting certain text-based cheat codes, the player could unlock the Millennium Falcon, a TIE/In interceptor, an AT-ST (available only in a secret bonus mission on the N64 but on PC can be used on all levels except Taloraan), a 1969 Buick Electra (replacing the V-wing airspeeder, although it still was handled and used as a V-Wing), a T-16 Skyhopper (available only in an unlockable bonus mission), and an N-1 Starfighter. When The Phantom Menace was released, Naboo Starfighters were unveiled to the public for the first time. Factor 5, anticipating the movie's release in 1999, programmed in the unlockable extra and released the code in conjunction with the movie. During the five months between the game's release and that of Episode I, fans of the game discovered many of the secret vehicles, but the Naboo Starfighter remained unknown due to its unusual method of unlocking. The former two vehicles became playable when a clever or witty password was entered and R2-D2's beeps affirmed it, but the Naboo Starfighter required two consecutive codes made up of seemingly random alphanumerics, and R2-D2's sounds did not play after the first code.

In 1999, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron won the Origins Award for Best Action Computer Game of 1998.



Ambush at Mos Eisley
This mission serves as a training area for players to jump into the action and practice aiming and targeting skills.

Briefing
This mission takes place on Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine, a bleak, forbidding desert world scorched by twin suns in the Outer Rim. Tatooine has recently been colonized due to its strategic location near several hyperspace routes. Its largest spaceport city, Mos Eisley, is a crossroads for interstellar commerce, and is populated with pirates, thieves, and smugglers.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Protect the homesteads
 * 2) Destroy the probe droids
 * 3) Protect Mos Eisley
 * 4) Eliminate the Imperial forces

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 3:00 Enemies Destroyed 31 Accuracy 15% Friendly Saves 50 Bonus Collected 0

Rendezvous on Barkesh
This mission introduces major enemies such as the AT-ST.

Briefing
You’ll fly this mission on Barkesh, a planet noted for its hot, humid, tropical jungles in its southern regions. The local resistance there is transporting supplies desperately needed by the Rebellion. The Empire will do everything in its power to stop the transfer, and has posted Imperial scout walkers in the planet's canyons.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Escort supply convoy to safety

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 5:45 Enemies Destroyed 30 Accuracy 40% Friendly Saves 19 Bonus Collected 0

The Search for the Nonnah
This mission introduces large protection missions which revolve around defending a certain target.

Briefing
In this mission, you'll be flying over the lakes of Chorax, trying to locate a downed Rebel ship in a race against the Imperials looking for the ship as well. The Chorax system is located in the Rachuk sector, and contains one medium-sized star and one planet. It is a haven for pirates and smugglers.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Locate crashed Rebel ship
 * 2) Protect the ship from invading Imperial Forces

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 10:00 Enemies Destroyed 38 Accuracy 20% Friendly Saves 1 Bonus Collected 0

Defection at Corellia
Here, the player is subjected to their first major challenge: the AT-AT.

Briefing
The planet is home to Han Solo, General Crix Madine, and Rogue Squadron's own Wedge Antilles. With its rolling hills, immense oceans, and cities with wide-open spaces, Corellia is a pleasant spot in the galaxy. The Corellian System is known for its fast ships, wily traders, and pirates. The planet's extensive shipyards attracted the attention of the Empire, who then invaded and occupied it.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Investigate strange readings
 * 2) Protect the Capitol Tower
 * 3) Protect the Tech Center
 * 4) Protect the Evacuation Shuttles

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 10:00 Enemies Destroyed 50 Accuracy 20% Friendly Saves 95 Bonus Collected 1 (Advanced Proton Torpedoes)

Liberation of Gerrard V
Another level of destroying the enemy ships brings this introductory chapter to a close.

Briefing
This mission pits you against a skilled Imperial ace, Kasan Moor. You'll be flying over Gerrard V, a planet whose surface is covered by deserts and oceans. Its topography is dominated by steep raised areas, called towers, and low-lying depressions, known as saddles. Populated by Rebel supporters, Gerrard V once revolted against the Empire, but this insurrection was crushed by orbital bombings from Imperial Star Destroyers.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Escort Y-Wings to their targets
 * 2) Disable civilian yachts
 * 3) Destroy the big gun turret

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 5:15 Enemies Destroyed 33 Accuracy 30% Friendly Saves 6 Bonus Collected 0

Chapter II
CHAPTER II, ROGUE SQUADRON

Kasan Moor, Imperial Ace and leader of the dreaded 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron has now defected to the Rebel Alliance.

As a loyal soldier for the Empire, Moor witnessed both its cruelty and hypocrisy in the destruction of her home world, Alderaan.

Convinced to join Rogue Squadron, Moor offers her flight expertise in addition to knowledge of hidden Imperial strongholds...

The Jade Moon
This mission ups the ante for more experienced players to exercise their newly developed skills.

Briefing
You'll begin your next mission on a moon of Loronar, home to construction facilities where the Empire's biggest warships and special weapons platforms are built. This moon's surface is punctured by rocky valleys, deep canyons, and craters.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Use trench to avoid missile turrets
 * 2) Locate and destroy the shield generator
 * 3) Escort and protect Madine's troops

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 6:00 Enemies Destroyed 45 Accuracy 40% Friendly Saves 7 Bonus Collected 1 (Advanced Shields)

Imperial Construction Yards
Here, players must traverse stealth and a difficult sneak attack to succeed in this mission.

Briefing
This mission sends you over the facilities of Balmorra, a factory planet that builds advanced weapons of destruction for the Imperial forces. Located at the Outer Edge of the Galactic Core in the Nevoota system, Balmorra's plains are marked with numerous canyons and mountains and, of course, industrial buildings. Although occupied by the Empire, the inhabitants of Balmorra long for independence and free markets for their renowned weapons technology.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Approach the base undetected by radars
 * 2) Locate and destroy the AT-ST factory
 * 3) Locate and destroy the AT-AT factory

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 6:30 Enemies Destroyed 80 Accuracy 45% Friendly Saves 0 Bonus Collected 1 (Advanced Bombs)

Assault on Kile II
The pilot is truly introduced to the Y-wing, giving more diversity for the player to enjoy.

Briefing
On this planet, you'll be attacking the Imperial Enclave, an enormous facility that supports the Empire's naval operations in that sector of the galaxy. The surface of Kile II is marked by canyons and large, enclosed areas, where you'll find the Imperial spaceport, a long-range sensor post, and troop barracks. Towards the end of the mission, Rogue Squadron's second-in-command, Wedge Antilles is shot down and captured by the Imperials.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Locate and destroy the sensor array
 * 2) Locate and destroy the Imperial Spaceport
 * 3) Locate and destroy the Imperial garrisons

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 6:00 Enemies Destroyed 65 Accuracy 60% Friendly Saves 0 Bonus Collected 0

Rescue on Kessel
The first of two levels taking place on Kessel, this mission tests the player's ability to use the secondary weapon: the ion cannon.

Briefing
This mission takes you to the reddish, potato-shaped planet of Kessel, where the Empire has a notorious prison facility. Kessel's surface is covered with salt flats and pockmarked by deep craters and mines. The thin atmosphere of this inhospitable planet is barely breathable, so special factories have been built to generate oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Rescue Wedge
 * 2) Locate and disable the train

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 4:30 Enemies Destroyed 26 Accuracy 40% Friendly Saves 5 Bonus Collected 0

Prisons of Kessel
The second of two levels taking place on Kessel, this mission tests the player's ability for protection missions and dogfighting.

Briefing
In this mission, you'll once again fly over Kessel, one of the few planet where glitterstim spice is produced. This valuable substance is prized for giving telepathic abilities to anyone who consumes it, although users can become addicted to it. Before joining the Rebel forces, Han Solo used to smuggle glitterstim spice from Kessel. The Empire uses forced labor to mine this spice, and guards it heavily.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Protect and escort Madine's shuttle
 * 2) Destroy the power generator

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 10:30 Enemies Destroyed 103 Accuracy 40% Friendly Saves 35 Bonus Collected 1 (Advanced Seeker Missiles)

Chapter III
CHAPTER III, THE NEW THREAT

With the rescue of Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron at full strength, the Rebel Alliance turns its attention to a new Imperial threat&mdash;Moff Kohl Seerdon.

Preparing to capture Thyferra, with its precious supply of the healing bacta, Seerdon is now consolidating his power for a massive attack. His success could very well break the fledgling Rebellion and surely doom the galaxy to Imperial rule.

Luke Skywalker and Rogue Squadron are assigned to disrupt his operations with swift hit-and-run missions against key targets such as the Imperial mining operation near Taloraan...

Battle Above Taloraan
A mix in the terrain, that is, the lack of it. Here, more freedoms are given for flight, which can be challenging as much as it is an advantage.

Briefing
In this high-altitude mission, you'll be flying in the cloudy atmosphere of Taloraan, an enormous gas planet with a strong magnetic field in the Kelavine system of the Expansion Region. The planet's tibanna gas is breathable at high altitudes, and is also used in the production of weapons.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Locate and destroy the Imperial tibanna gas containers
 * 2) Avoid civilian casualties

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 7:00 Enemies Destroyed 90 Accuracy 70% Friendly Saves 1 Bonus Collected 1 (Advanced Blasters)

Escape from Fest
A notoriously difficult level where players must take on AT-ATs as well as other walkers, all the while protecting a trio of extremely fragile rogue AT-PTs.

Briefing
This mission takes you to a planet in the Atrivis sector of the Outer Rim near the Mantooine system. Enormous, steep mountains and valleys punctuate Fest's landscape. Atop one of these mountains, the Empire has a top secret Weapons Research Facility, where experiments are conducted to create new metal alloys. Among the inhabitants of Fest are a resistance group who opposes the Empire.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Locate captured AT-PTs
 * 2) Free the AT-PTs
 * 3) Escort the AT-PTs to the landing zone
 * 4) Destroy the Imperial Research Facility

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 6:30 Enemies Destroyed 65 Accuracy 25% Friendly Saves 7 Bonus Collected 1 (Seeker Torpedoes)

Blockade on Chandrila
Chandrila involves protecting another train and a city from Imperial forces.

Briefing
You and Rogue Squadron will call on the rural agricultural planet of Chandrila, in the Bormea sector of the Core Worlds. This sparsely populated, naturally beautiful planet has two large continents surrounded by oceans, with vast plains covered by grasses and forests. While the inhabitants of Chandrila are peace-loving, they have openly supported the Rebels against the Empire.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Escort and protect supply train
 * 2) Protect the city

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 5:45 Enemies Destroyed 35 Accuracy 20% Friendly Saves 4 Bonus Collected 1 (Advanced Bombs)

Raid on Sullust
The game really takes off as the player is forced to negotiate very difficult dogfights over dangerous terrain.

Briefing
In this mission, you'll fly through the thick, hot, dark clouds over Sullust, a bleak, volcanic planet in the Sullust system. With the planet's surface shrouded in toxic gases, the millions of native Sullustans have created a large underground network of caves and cities. These beautiful sub-surface sites are popular tourist attractions. Sullustans are friendly, outgoing creatures with jowls, mouse-like ears, and large round eyes, who are prized as navigators, since they never forget a path they've traveled.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Destroy the transmitters
 * 2) Destroy the capacitor

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 4:00 Enemies Destroyed 40 Accuracy 75% Friendly Saves 0 Bonus Collected 1 (Seeker Torpedoes)

Moff Seerdon's Revenge
This mission involves protecting bacta tanks and dogfighting Imperials on a much higher level of difficulty.

Briefing
The locale of this mission is Thyferra, a foggy, humid world with thick, tropical rain forests. This Polith system planet is inhabited by the insect-like Vratix, who developed a remarkable fluid called bacta. This miracle liquid can heal every medical condition from a scratch to a life-threatening emergency. Not surprisingly, bacta has become much sought-after by medical clinics throughout the galaxy, and by cartels that seek to control the galactic bacta industry to reap huge profits.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Protect the bacta containers
 * 2) Avoid civilian casualties
 * 3) Destroy all Imperial bunkers, fighters and bombers
 * 4) Locate and destroy Moff Seerdon

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 6:00 Enemies Destroyed 45 Accuracy 30% Friendly Saves 55 Bonus Collected 1 (Seeker Cluster Missiles)

Chapter IV
CHAPTER IV, DARK EMPIRE

Six years after the Battle of Endor, the fight for freedom continues. Even without the thousands of Jedi Knights who formed the backbone of the Old Republic, the Rebel Alliance has managed to control three quarters of the galaxy.

Darth Vader is dead but a reborn Empire, under a mysterious new leader, strikes back at the struggling Rebel Alliance, hoping to crush the fledgling New Republic.

Massive World Devastators, more powerful and unstoppable than the Death Star, ravage entire planets.

Rogue Squadron, which is now commanded by Wedge Antilles, persists in mounting daring missions throughout the galaxy...

The Battle of Calamari
The final true "mission" involves tricky dogfighting in V-wing craft and an all out battle with massive World Devastators.

Briefing
In this all-out encounter with the Empire, Rogue Squadron will do battle on Mon Calamari, a planet almost completely covered by water. This marine world is inhabited by two species, the peaceful Mon Calamari, who live on islands and floating cities, and the wary Quarren, who live deep beneath the sea and can breathe both air and water. The Mon Calamari build enormous starships and warships from their orbiting shipbuilding docks, and are valuable members of the Rebel Alliance.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Destroy the World Devastators
 * 2) Protect the city

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 5:30 Enemies Destroyed 24 Accuracy 25% Friendly Saves 87 Bonus Collected 0

Beggar's Canyon
The first bonus level is almost a type of mini-game, involving a race rather than variations of dogfighting.

Unlock Method
Earn bronze medals on all previous levels.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Win the race

Requirements for Gold
Competitor Beaten Wedge

The Death Star Trench Run
The second bonus level puts players in control of the Rogues' first victory: the Battle of Yavin.

Unlock Method
Earn silver medals on all previous levels.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Chase the Imperials through the trench
 * 2) Destroy the power plant at the end of the trench

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 2:45 Enemies Destroyed 30 Accuracy 70% Friendly Saves 0 Bonus Collected 0

The Battle of Hoth
The third bonus level puts players in control of the Rogues' costly mission: the Battle of Hoth.

Unlock Method
Earn gold medals on all previous levels.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Destroy probe droids
 * 2) Defend Rogue Ten from AT-ST attack
 * 3) Defend the generator from the Imperial attack

Requirements for Gold
Completion Time 3:45 Enemies Destroyed 29 Accuracy 60% Friendly Saves 0 Bonus Collected 0

CHICKEN
The secret bonus level of the Nintendo 64 version puts players in control of an Imperial AT-ST, in a rather odd mini-game of "Destroy Everything in Sight." This includes destroying an Imperial base consisting of a radar array, guarded by Probe Droids, Turbolasers, and Stormtroopers, destroying a Jawa encampment, destroying a small town, and destroying a Rebel base guarded by tanks and laser turrets.

Unlock Method
Type CHICKEN for the passcode.

Mission Objectives

 * 1) Destroy all things Imperial

Requirements for Gold
n/a

Characters

 * Wedge Antilles
 * Chewbacca
 * Wes Janson
 * Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
 * Crix Madine
 * Kasan Moor
 * Dak Ralter
 * Carlist Rieekan
 * Kohl Seerdon
 * Zev Senesca
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo

Droid models

 * R2-series astromech droid
 * Viper probe droid
 * XR-85 tank droid

Events

 * Battle of Mon Calamari
 * Blockade on Chandrila

Locations

 * Balmorra
 * Barkhesh
 * Chandrila
 * Chorax
 * Corellia
 * Death Star I
 * Fest
 * Weapons Research Facility
 * Gerrard V
 * Hoth
 * Jade Moon
 * Kessel
 * Kile II
 * Imperial Enclave
 * Mon Calamari
 * Sullust
 * Taloraan
 * Tatooine
 * Mos Eisley
 * Thyferra

Organizations and titles

 * Alliance to Restore the Republic
 * Galactic Alliance

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Wookiee
 * Bothan

Vehicles and vessels

 * Amphibion
 * Armored Hover Train
 * AT-AT
 * AT-PT
 * AT-ST
 * A-Q5 Waveskimmer
 * BTL Y-wing starfighter
 * Buick
 * CR90 Corellian Corvette
 * Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Nonnah
 * RZ-1 A-wing interceptor
 * Sentinel-class landing craft
 * N-1 Starfighter
 * T-16 Skyhopper
 * T-47 airspeeder
 * T-65 X-wing starfighter
 * TIE/ln starfighter
 * TIE/D automated fighter
 * TIE/I starfighter
 * TIE/sa starfighter
 * V-wing airspeeder
 * World Devastator
 * XR-85 tank droid

Weapons and technology

 * Missile turret
 * Turbolaser
 * Big gun turret

Behind the scenes
During most of the game, players will hear the distance of "one-seven-decimal-two-eight" (During Blockade on Chandrila, Kasan Moor says "Enemy fighters at one-seven-decimal-two-eight!"). During the battle of Hoth, General Veers asks "Distance to power generator?", and the snowtrooper answers "one-seven-decimal-two-eight". This is a subtle reference to Empire Strikes Back.

During the Battle of Mon Calamari, Wedge leads Rogue Squadron in V-Wings to the surface of Mon Calamari, and destroys three World Devastators by knocking our their shields and destroying the "legs" of the ship. However, in Dark Empire, Wedge serves with Lando Calrissian on a Star Destroyer, until they flee the ship when a World Devastator destroys the Star Destroyer. The V-Wings never flew directly from space to the surface of Mon Calamari, they work like Snowspeeders, and used a transport to get to the surface of Mon Calamari. Also, at the time of the Emperor Reborn crisis, Tycho Celchu was Rogue Leader, not Wedge. The World Devastators also lack detail, they are supposed to be large enough to destroy a Star Destroyer with its "jaw", but in the game, the "jaw" is only big enough to swallow what could be a Corellian Corvette. Wedge also calls his R5 unit "Mynock", but during the Bacta War, Mynock's factory code name was discovered and renamed "Gate". It is also impossible to have an astromech droid on a V-Wing, due to the lack of a droid compartment.

In their review of Star Wars: Battle for Naboo, GameSpot mistakenly claimed that Mark Hamill voiced Luke Skywalker in Rogue Squadron.

Voice cast

 * Bob Bergen: Luke Skywalker
 * Robert Foster: Wedge Antilles
 * Olivia Hussey: Kasan Moor
 * Neil Ross: Han Solo/General Rieekan
 * Raphael Sbarge: Dak Ralter
 * Terence McGovern: Crix Madine/Wes Janson
 * Paul Amendt: Rogue Ten (Tarrin Datch's Hoth callsign in other sources)