Star Wars: Republic Commando

Star Wars: Republic Commando is a first-person shooter Star Wars computer and video game, released in the US on March 1, 2005. It was developed and published by LucasArts for the Windows and Microsoft Xbox platforms. The game uses the "Unreal Engine" developed by Epic Games.

Synopsis
Star Wars: Republic Commando follows the tale of 'Delta Squad', an elite group of clone commandos, through three missions during the Clone Wars. Trained in squads of four by Mandalorian mercenaries such as Walon Vau and Kal Skirata, the commandos were more capable than their rank-and-file clone brethren, having undergone live-fire training as opposed to mere computerized simulations. All clone commandos were proficient with a large variety of weapons, computer systems, and demolitions equipment.

The game covers Delta Squad’s activities in three locations, the planet Geonosis, a derelict Acclamator I-class assault ship designated the Prosecutor, and the planet Kashyyyk. In each location, the player leads the squad through a series of objectives while battling against enemy forces ranging from droids to Trandoshans. The player is assisted throughout the game by a clone advisor designated CT-01/425 who updates mission objectives as each level progresses.

The game helps to bridge the gap between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III:  Revenge of the Sith. The developers state that if the novels and movies are seen from the point of view of the Jedi, then Republic Commando is from the point of view of the troops.

Cast

 * RC-1138 (Delta Three-Eight or "Boss"), voiced by Temuera Morrison
 * RC-1140 (Delta Four-Oh or "Fixer"), voiced by Andrew Chaikin
 * RC-1207 (Delta Oh-Seven or "Sev"), voiced by Jonathan Cook
 * RC-1262 (Delta Six-Two or "Scorch"), voiced by Raphael Sbarge
 * Taun We, RAS Ship Computer, voiced by Rena Owen
 * Trandoshans, Trando Multi-player announcer, Clone trooper sergeant, Republic voices, Radio chatter voiced by David W. Collins
 * Automated ship voice, Clone Troopers, Clone trooper lieutenant, Gunship pilot voiced by Roger L. Jackson
 * Yoda, Captain Talbot, Trandoshan slaver #2 voiced by Tom Kane
 * Battle droid, Super battle droid voiced by Clint Young

Crew

 * Director&mdash;Tim Longo
 * Writers&mdash;Ryan Kaufman, Michael Stemmle, John A. Hancock, Justin Lambros

Characters



 * Taun We
 * The Delta Squad
 * RC-1138 Boss
 * RC-1140 Fixer
 * RC-1207 Sev
 * RC-1262 Scorch
 * Clone advisor CT-01/425
 * Captain Martz
 * Captain Talbot
 * Tarfful
 * Yoda
 * General Grievous
 * Sun Fac
 * Mace Windu

Creatures

 * Mynock
 * Geonosian arthropod
 * Kashyyyk amphibian

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * Droideka
 * IG-100 MagnaGuard
 * Advanced dwarf spider droid
 * Types of the Scavenger droid

Events

 * Clone Wars

Locations

 * Kamino
 * Tipoca City
 * Cloning facility
 * Geonosis
 * Petranaki arena
 * Chaykin cluster
 * Prosecutor
 * Kashyyyk
 * Kachirho
 * Core ship

Organizations and titles

 * Galactic Republic
 * Confederacy of Independent Systems

Sentient species
Geonosian
 * Geonosian warriors
 * Geonosian Elites
 * Human
 * Trandoshan
 * Trandoshan Slavers
 * Trandoshan Heavy assault mercenaries
 * Trandoshan mercenaries
 * Wookiees
 * Unknown tridactyl species

Vehicles and vessels

 * Acclamator I-class assault ship
 * Prosecutor
 * Arrestor
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport
 * All Terrain Tactical Enforcer
 * V-19 Torrent starfighter
 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Trandoshan dropship
 * Nantex-class territorial defense starfighter
 * Lucrehulk-class battleship
 * Lucrehulk-class Core Ship

Republic Weapons

 * Retractable Knuckle plate vibro blade


 * DC-15s Side Arm Blaster
 * DC-17m Interchangeable Weapons System (With all three configurations)

Trandoshan Weapons

 * Accelerated Charged Particle Array Gun
 * Accelerated Charged Particle Repeater Gun
 * Heavy Accelerated Charged Particle Repeater Gun
 * LJ-50 Concussion Rifle

Wookiee Weapons

 * Bowcaster
 * Wookiee Guided Rocket Launcher

Geonosian Weapons

 * Geonosian Force Pike (Unusable by the Commandos of Delta Squad)
 * Geonosian Elite Beam Weapon

Detonators/Grenades

 * Thermal Detonators
 * EC Detonator
 * Sonic Detonator
 * Flash-bang grenade

Turrets

 * Beam Turret
 * Trandoshan rocket turret
 * Wookiee rocket turret.

Tools and Miscellaneous

 * Bacta Dispensers
 * B-1 battle droid dispenser
 * B-2 battle droid dispenser
 * Droideka dispenser

Map Editor
A map editor was released with one of the patches to Republic Commando. It used the Unreal engine, UnrealEd.

Trivia
"Looking forward to hanging out—and hearing more about trip back home I‘ll be in PA for july 4th bbq-wanna do that again? 15 years later? Otherwise I’m not sure if I’ll be back in city on Monday or stay down there since I do have that day off…let me know how things unfold for you" “Based on our / revised project / schedule, and / after talking / with chris, / its apparent tha / t it would be good / for the project / if I delayed my / upcoming vacation / by a week. Thus, / I will be gone from / Monday, Septemb / er 20th / for 3 weeks, / and will return / on Monday, / October 11th. / However, I will / still be out on / riday, September / 10th, as my / parents are takin / g a road trip acro / ss the country / The new / objective elipse / thing makes it / really hard to / see. It’s a major / imparment to comb / I know we / ve revisited / it a ton of times / but it just / blocks out too / much of the playe / ’s view to be he / lpful. I’d sugge / st either a halo / style 3d world / position indicator / or a 2d indicato / at the top of the” (the /’s replace the original line breaks, missing letters are as in the original text). It can be speculated that, because they needed something to appear on the HUD, the programmers just took random texts out of internal memos or e-mails and translated them to Aurebesh.
 * The main character's number in the game is 1138. This is paying tribute to one of George Lucas's pre-Star Wars projects, THX 1138.
 * A novel tie-in of the game (Star Wars: Republic Commando Hard Contact) was released in October 2004, with a sequel (Triple Zero) released in February 2006. The third book in the series, True Colors was released October 30, 2007, with a fourth book (Order 66) in development.
 * There are several references to the original trilogy quotes. When you approach B1 battle droids, Scorch says "Ah! These must be the droids we're looking for!" and "Look sir, droids.", and when you approach the Core Ship, Sev says "Look at the size of that thing", both references to A New Hope. When Boss is pointing his weapon at a lightsaber, he says, "An elegant weapon for a more civilized time, eh? Well guess what? Times have changed!" is another reference to "A New Hope."
 * There is also a hidden lightsaber in one of the multiplayer levels onboard an RAS cruiser.
 * The game's main menu screen features scrolling text written in the Aurebesh font. Similar to some of the Aurebesh texts in Galactic Battlegrounds, the selection is totally unrelated to Star Wars. When translated, the text reads:
 * When the player is incapacitated, the right side of the HUD shows a scrolling Aurebesh-text, that repeats until the Delta 38 is revived by one of his squadmates. Translated, it reads:
 * Several holograms in the game display Aurebesh text which reads "I hate computers so much"
 * Some key differences between what is seen in the game and in the films are that all of the B1 battle droids have metallic-gray armor plating (which appears to be rusty). They also have oversized circular cybernetic eyes instead of black optical sensors. Also some species have had changes made on their physical structure. The Wookiees and the Geonosians, for example, are taller than normal. The Geonosians also look more mechanical than as they are portrayed in the films. However, some of them are classified as Geonosian elites&mdash;who can belong to a different subspecies.
 * The game features high levels of violence, an unlikely occurrence in a Star Wars game. For example: when the player punches an enemy to death or kills them any other way when they're at very close range, it (the enemy) essentially spills blood (or oil in the case of droids) over the clone commando's helmet visor, which subsequently cleans itself automatically. The Geonosians (having the most violent death graphical sequences of organic enemies) can explode if enough damage is dealt. Another example of heavy violence is that the player can venture through a Geonosian birthing chamber and kill Geonosian infants. Also, if a player shoots his Wookiee allies, they bleed red blood. This violence is not only limited to alien species, but extends to Humans as well (as the clones are Humans). This is more apparent in the Acclamator-class assault ship raid, where at least in two sites of the ship some clone troopers are torn apart with a little spill of blood near them.
 * The Trandoshans are, unlike the other species in the game, not taller, but shorter than is the norm in other media. Most are short and stocky to the point of looking overweight. They bear a stronger resemblance to Barabels. This is explained by Fixer when he says that they are lazy because they are slavers.
 * On the second part of the level "Attack of the Clones," during the ride down the booby trapped elevator, elevator music can sometimes be heard.
 * Game will not run on nVidia 8x00 series cards, unless Bump-Mapping settings is set to low.
 * The Chaykin Cluster could be named after Andrew Chaikin the man who voices "Fixer".