Star Wars: Commander

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Star Wars: Commander was a mobile strategy game produced by Disney Interactive that featured characters, locations, and technology from the Star Wars saga. The game was released on August 21, 2014 for iOS devices, with a limited early release for select international markets. The game was officially shut down on June 12, 2020.

Publisher's summary[]

Choose your side: Will you command AT-ATs and TIE Fighters as the Empire? Or call on iconic heroes like Han Solo and Princess Leia as the Rebellion?
Build and defend your base: Train unique troops specific to each faction, and fortify your base with deflector shields, turrets, heavy artillery, and other defenses!
Lead epic battles: Strategically deploy powerful armies, units, and vehicles against enemies and players around the galaxy!
Form the ultimate Squad: Build strong alliances with friends and other players!
Travel to multiple planets and complete special missions: Play an all-new story as a valiant leader on the front lines of the Galactic Civil War.
Upgrade your strike team and its defenses: Strengthen your forces with multiple levels of upgrades for each unit!^[8]

Plot summary[]

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Chapter I[]

Chapter I
MERCENARY DECISION

After the destruction of
the Imperial DEATH STAR,
the war between the Rebel
Alliance and the Galactic
Empire rages on.

In the far reaches of the
Outer Rim, a rugged band
of mercenaries land on the
desert planet of TATOOINE
to establish a new base
of operations...

Players can side with the Rebellion or the Galactic Empire

The game features a storyline which takes place between the Star Wars episodes A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. A band of mercenaries has arrived on Tatooine to build a new base of operations. The group is led by Saponza and his partner. The mercenaries settle in at Saponza's homestead as their new base.^[9]

Shortly after settling in, a band of thugs attack the base. After defeating the thugs, the group discovers that they worked for Jabba the Hutt, who has been angered by the defeat.^[9]

In search of allies to protect themselves against Jabba, the mercenaries seek out contract jobs for both the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.^[9]

Upon returning from their contract jobs, the mercenaries find their base destroyed by Jabba's forces. In order to get it rebuilt, the mercenaries must fully align with either the Empire or the Rebels.^[9]

Chapter II[]

Chapter II
PLANETARY MANEUVERS

The Rebels continue to
strike out at the dubious
ambitions of the Galactic
Empire, who march on,
retaliating with seemingly
limitless forces.

AS the conflict escalates,
both factions seek to
gain the upper hand, vying
for strategic positioning
in a treacherous game of
galactic cat and mouse....

After Saponza's partner helped win the battle for Tatooine, the agent was cleared to move his forces to other planets to continue fighting in the war against enemy forces.

Gameplay[]

Players can earn rewards by completing chapters

Star Wars: Commander is a strategy game that is available for Android, iOS, and Windows devices.^[2] Players use the touchscreen as their input and receive orders from the characters using holograms. They build up their base by acquiring credits and alloy and deploying various buildings. Troops and vehicles can be upgraded through the Research Lab.^[10] Special hero units can be created in the game. These heroes are unique to each side. For example, players on the side of the Rebel Alliance can recruit Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and R2-D2. The Empire can recruit Darth Vader, Elite AT-AT, Royal Guard and Veteran AT-ST.

Campaign[]

There were limited campaigns in the game that unlock units, and these campaigns took place on various planets including Dandoran, Er'Kit, Hoth, Tatooine, Takodana, and Yavin 4. If you join a squad of players you will be in squad wars where you are on Sullust.

Empire
Heroes	Infantry	Vehicles	Mercenaries	Equipment
Veteran AT-ST AT-MP Mark III Royal Guard Elite AT-AT Darth Vader Johhar Kessen	Stormtrooper Phase II Dark Trooper Scout Trooper Dewback Trooper Technician Heavy Stormtrooper Stormtrooper sniper Imperial shock trooper Jump Trooper	Speeder Bike AT-ST Walker 2-M Hover Tank AT-MP AT-AT Probe Droid Mobile Heavy Cannon AT-DP MTV-7 614-AvA speeder bike	Gamorrean Warrior Twi'lek Incinerator Luggabeast Munitioneer Dowutin Hunter Security Droid	Shoretrooper Heavy Shoretrooper Snowtrooper Heavy Snowtrooper AT-ACT Cold Weather AT-MP Mark III Enhanced Heat Sink (Rapid Fire Turret) Enhanced Heat Sink (Mortar Turret) Enhanced Heat Sink (Burst Turret) Reinforced Mounting (Rapid Fire Turret) Reinforced Mounting (Mortar Turret) Reinforced Mounting (Burst Turret) Reinforced Wall Bracing Reinforced HQ Bracing
Rebel
Heroes	Infantry	Vehicles	Mercenaries	Equipment
Han Solo Chewbacca Leia Organa R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Johhar Kessen	Rebel Soldier Wookiee warrior Bantha Rider Rebel Pathfinder Medic Droid Heavy Soldier Rebel Sharpshooter Rebel Vanguard Jetpack Trooper	Speeder bike T2-B Repulsor Tank AAT-1 Hover Tank AT-AP Juggernaut Anti-Vehicle Skiff Rebel Hailfire Droid AT-TE AT-RT Walker V-4X-D ski speeder	Gamorrean Warrior Twi'lek Incinerator Luggabeast Munitioneer Dowutin Hunter Drabatan Saboteur	Artic Heavy Trooper Cold Weather Rebel Hailfire Droid

Buildings[]

Empire
Headquarters	Resources	Army	Defense	Turrets
Droid Hut Headquarters Squad Center Scout Tower	Credit Market Alloy Refinery Credit Vault Alloy Depot Contraband Safehouse Contraband Trade Port	Barracks Factory Starship Command Research Lab Unit Transport Hero Command Cantina Armory	Wall Shield Generator Tie Fighter Trap Tie Bomber Trap Droideka Sentinel Platform Droideka Oppressor Platform IDT Trap	Rapid Fire Turret Mortar Turret Sonic Cannon Turret Rocket Turret Burst Turret
Rebel
Headquarters	Resources	Army	Defense	Turrets
Droid Hut Headquarters Squad Center Scout Tower	Credit Market Alloy Refinery Credit Vault Alloy Depot Contraband Safehouse Contraband Trade Port	Barracks Factory Starship Command Research Lab Unit Transport Hero Command Cantina Armory	Wall Shield Generator X-Wing Trap Y-Wing Trap Droideka Sentinel Platform Droideka Oppressor Platorm LAAT Trap	Rapid Fire Turret Proton Mortar Sonic Cannon Turret Rocket Turret Burst Turret

Starships[]

Empire	Rebel
Starships	Starships
TIE Fighter TIE/IN interceptor TIE Bomber TIE Defender Imperial Dropship Transport TIE Advanced VT-49 Decimator T-5 Deliverance TIE/sk x1 experimental air superiority fighter	X-Wing Starfighter Z-95 Headhunter Y-Wing Starfighter B-Wing Starfighter Low Altitude Assault Transport A-Wing Starfighter HWK-290 light freighter E-50 Landseer Fang fighter

Development[]

The game was announced on the Tumblr page of its publisher, Disney Interactive, on June 24, 2014. It had a limited release in certain markets,^[2] including Australia,^[8] followed by a general release on the iOS platform on August 21, 2014^[2] and a subsequent release on the Android and Windows 8 platforms on September 18, 2014.^[11] However, the Windows servers and Apple/Android servers are separate from each other, preventing players from interacting across servers.

A "hackathon" was held in mid-October 2014 in which developers of the game brainstormed ideas for new features. The best-in-show feature was "faction flipping," which would allow players to create a secondary account through which they could play for the side they had not chosen previously, either the Empire or the Rebellion, without having to restart the game, retaining all progress on the current account. The people's-choice winner was traps, such as a sarlacc pit that would swallow troops that came too close.^[12]

On August 21, 2018, it was announced that Disney was handing over operations of Star Wars: Commander to editor Zynga and that its subsidiaries NaturalMotion will assume the continuity of live services.^[1]

On March 13, 2020, it was announced in-game that the game was to close on June 12 2020, 11 am GST, with all in-app purchases disabled and the game removed from the app stores.^[3]

Appearances[]

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By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Gial Ackbar
BoShek (Appears in artwork)
C-3PO (Appears in artwork)
Landonis Balthazar Calrissian (Appears in hologram)
Chewbacca
E5-PT2 (First appearance)
Dyro Felldor (First appearance)
Bib Fortuna (Appears in hologram)
Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only)
Kada Jahr (First appearance) (Appears in hologram)
"Jundland General" (First appearance)
Maz Kanata
Kekit (First appearance)
Johhar Kessen (First appearance)
L3-37 (Mentioned only)
Liana Kor (First appearance)
Kosh (First appearance) (Appears in hologram)
Orson Callan Krennic (Mentioned only)
Danry Ledwellow (First mentioned)
Mon Mothma

Hondo Ohnaka (Appears in hologram)
Leia Organa
Kendal Ozzel
Sheev Palpatine (Mentioned only)
Jennica Pierce (First appearance)
R2-D2
Nhego Roolan (First appearance)
Luke Skywalker
Saponza (First appearance)
Saponza's partner (First appearance)
Therm Scissorpunch (First appearance)
Han Solo
Unidentified Naval officer (First appearance)
Ur Ur (First appearance)
Darth Vader
Oto Vans (First appearance)
Maximilian Veers (Appears in hologram)
Garindan ezz Zavor (Appears in artwork)

Creatures

Bantha
Fathier
Luggabeast (First appearance)
Nerf (Mentioned only)
Rancor
- Hunter rancor
- Rage rancor (First appearance)
- Shadow rancor (First appearance)
Reptile
- Dewback
- Krayt dragon
  - Canyon krayt dragon (First appearance)
- Lizard
  - Tauntaun
Orbak (First appearance)
Terentatek (First appearance) (Head only) (Appears in artwork)
Wampa (Mentioned only)
Womp rat (First appearance)
Zakkeg (First mentioned)