Star Wars: Episode I Racer

Star Wars: Episode I Racer
Production information
Developer(s)	LucasArts
Publisher(s)	LucasArts
Release date	May 19, 1999 April 4, 2000 (Dreamcast) June 23, 2020 (PlayStation 4, Switch) October 27, 2020 (Xbox One)
Genre	Racing
Modes	Single player Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64 Dreamcast Game Boy Color PC Mac Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Chronological information
Timeline	32 BBY
Next	Star Wars: Racer Revenge

Star Wars: Episode I Racer, alternatively styled Star Wars Episode I: Racer, Star Wars: Episode I: Racer, or simply Star Wars: Racer, is a racing game released by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Macintosh, and Dreamcast platforms.

It is a racing game that is based on the podracing scene from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, putting the player in the cockpit of 23 (25 counting cheat code character replacements in the Nintendo 64 version) different podracers on 25 different tracks on 8 unique worlds. Jake Lloyd, Andrew Secombe, Lewis MacLeod, Greg Proops, and Scott Capurro all reprise their roles from the movie.

Opening crawl

EPISODE I RACER
For generations, the GALACTIC PODRACING CIRCUIT has thrilled citizens of the Outer Rim Territories with its fast and dangerous contests of repulsor and turbine-driven land vehicles. Amid the ruffian and racing elite, one champion stands above the rest. His name is Sebulba, a cunning and ruthless pilot who wins by any means necessary. To challenge him, all the best Podrace pilots gather on the desert planet Tatooine for the legendary BOONTA CLASSIC determined to claim the title of fastest podracer in the Galaxy...

Tournament structure

Sebulba races through the winter terrain of Ando Prime.

Players can enter the tournament with a character, wherein placing first, second, or third earns the player prize winnings (if chosen) and unlocks the champion of the track. Not all tracks feature unlockable racers; however, winning a race also unlocks new tracks. With the prize money, players can buy upgrades for their podracers.

Amateur Podracing Circuit

1. Boonta Training Course (Sebulba)
2. Mon Gazza Speedway (Teemto Pagalies)
3. Beedo's Wild Ride (Aldar Beedo)
4. Aquilaris Classic (Clegg Holdfast)
5. Malastare 100 (Dud Bolt)
6. Vengeance (Fud Sang)
7. Spice Mine Run (Mars Guo)

Semipro Podracing Circuit

1. Sunken City ("Bullseye" Navior)
2. Howler Gorge (Ratts Tyerell)
3. Dug Derby (Elan Mak)
4. Scrapper's Run (Wan Sandage)
5. Zugga Challenge (Boles Roor)
6. Baroo Coast (Neva Kee)
7. Bumpy's Breakers (Ark "Bumpy" Roose)

Galactic Podracing Circuit

1. Executioner (Toy Dampner)
2. Sebulba's Legacy (Sebulba)
3. Grabvine Gateway (Anakin Skywalker)
4. Andobi Mountain Run (Mawhonic)
5. Dethro's Revenge (Ody Mandrell)
6. Fire Mountain Rally (Ebe Endocott)
7. The Boonta Classic (Sebulba)

Invitational Podracing Circuit

1. Ando Prime Centrum (Slide Paramita)
2. Abyss (Bozzie Baranta)
3. The Gauntlet (Gasgano)
4. Inferno (Ben Quadinaros)

Planets

• Ando Prime
• Aquilaris
• Baroonda
• Malastare
• Mon Gazza
• Oovo IV
• Ord Ibanna
• Tatooine

Starting Racers

• Anakin Skywalker
• Dud Bolt
• Ebe Endocott
• Elan Mak
• Gasgano
• Ody Mandrell

Unlockable Racers

• Aldar Beedo
• Ark "Bumpy" Roose
• Ben Quadinaros
• Boles Roor
• Bozzie Baranta
• "Bullseye" Navior
• Clegg Holdfast
• Fud Sang
• Mars Guo
• Mawhonic
• Neva Kee
• Ratts Tyerell
• Sebulba
• Slide Paramita
• Teemto Pagalies
• Toy Dampner
• Wan Sandage

Cheat Code Racers

• Cy Yunga - Replaces "Bullseye" Navior
• Jinn Reeso - Replaces Mars Guo

Upgrades

Traction R-20 Repulsorgrip 250 truguts R-60 Repulsorgrip 400 truguts R-80 Repulsorgrip 600 truguts R-100 Repulsorgrip 1200 truguts R-300 Repulsorgrip 2600 truguts R-600 Repulsorgrip 6000 truguts

Turning Control Linkage 200 truguts Control Shift Plate 400 truguts Control Vectro-Jet 700 truguts Control Coupling 1600 truguts Control Nozzle 3800 truguts Control Stabilizer 7500 truguts

Acceleration Dual 20 PCX Injector 800 truguts 44 PCX Injector 2200 truguts Dual 32 PCX Injector 5600 truguts Quad 32 PCX Injector 7000 truguts Quad 44 Injector 10400 truguts Mag-6 Injector 14000 truguts

Top Speed Plug2 Thrust Coil 1000 truguts Plug3 Thrust Coil 2400 truguts Plug5 Thrust Coil 6000 truguts Plug8 Thrust Coil 14000 truguts Block5 Thrust Coil 17500 truguts Block6 Thrust Coil 20000 truguts

Air Brake Mark II Air Brake 700 truguts Mark III Air Brake 1400 truguts Mark IV Air Brake 3600 truguts Mark V Air Brake 7000 truguts Tri-Jet Air Brake 10400 truguts Quadrijet Air Brake 14000 truguts

Cooling Coolant Radiator 50 truguts Stack-3 Radiator 100 truguts Stack-6 Radiator 300 truguts Rod Coolant Pump 900 truguts Dual Coolant Pump 2700 truguts Turbo Coolant Pump 5400 truguts

Repair Single Power Cell 150 truguts Dual Power Cell 300 truguts Quad Power Cell 800 truguts Cluster Power Plug 1400 truguts Rotary Power Plug 4000 truguts Cluster2 Power Plug 7000 truguts

Other versions

PC version

The PC version has different cheat codes, as well as additional cut scenes for the racetracks introductions as well as an opening cinematic (scenes of which were re-created with in-game models and tracks in the N64 version). It should be noted that in the PC's opening movie, Gasgano is seen being knocked out of the Boonta Eve Classic by Sebulba, though other sources list Gasgano as having finished the race. The music is vastly superior in the PC version (it plays from the CD and is in WAV format), and the speedometer uses vector graphics instead of raster graphics in the N64 version, for a superior effect. Also, the title screen is different, and the PC version supports multiplayer over IPX, instead of multiplayer on the same platform.

Game Boy Color Version

The Nintendo Game Boy Color version of the game is notably different from the other versions. Tracks are played out like Drag Races, as in there is one lap. Players race against a track favorite, and winning will grant the player a new character to play as. In addition, at the game's start only Anakin Skywalker is available. All of the racers, except Neva Kee, appear, but only a handful of the planets remain. The planets in this version are Tatooine, Ando Prime, Baroonda, Mon Gazza, and Malastare. However, each planet has four different courses. Upon beating four races on one planet, players may duel Sebulba. If they win, they gain Sebulba's pod. If they lose a future race, they lose Sebulba's pod until they unlock it again.

Gameboy Color Planets and Courses

• Tatooine
  • Tatooine drag course 1 (vs. Teemto Pagalies)
  • Tatooine drag course 2 (vs. Ark "Bumpy" Roose)
  • Tatooine drag course 3 (vs. Mawhonic)
  • Tatooine drag course 4 (vs. Gasgano)
• Ando Prime
  • Ando Prime drag course 1 (vs. Slide Paramita)
  • Ando Prime drag course 2 (vs. Fud Sang)
  • Ando Prime drag course 3 (vs. Ebe Endocott)
  • Ando Prime drag course 4 (vs. Aldar Beedo)
• Baroonda
  • Baroonda drag course 1 (vs. "Bullseye" Navior)
  • Baroonda drag course 2 (vs. Toy Dampner)
  • Baroonda drag course 3 (vs. Wan Sandage)
  • Baroonda drag course 4 (vs. Clegg Holdfast)
• Mon Gazza
  • Mon Gazza drag course 1 (vs. Ody Mandrell)
  • Mon Gazza drag course 2 (vs. Mars Guo)
  • Mon Gazza drag course 3 (vs. Ben Quadinaros)
  • Mon Gazza drag course 4 (vs. Boles Roor)
• Malastare
  • Malastare drag course 1 (vs. Dud Bolt)
  • Malastare drag course 2 (vs. Bozzie Baranta)
  • Malastare drag course 3 (vs. Elan Mak)
  • Malastare drag course 4 (vs. Ratts Tyerell)
• Any drag course (vs. Sebulba)

Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch release

Twenty-one years after the original release of the game, it received an HD re-release for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch that added local multiplayer functionality. It was originally scheduled for May 12, 2020, but was delayed and eventually released on June 23 of that same year. The Switch version also supports motion controls, allowing players to use them to operate the individual throttles of the podracer's twin engines.

Xbox One

The Xbox One version released on October 27, 2020.

Reception

In March 2004, GMR Magazine rated Episode I Racer the fifth best Star Wars game of all time. WatchMojo.com ranked the game as an honorable mention in a Top 10 Star Wars Video Games list.

Review scores

Publication	Score
IGN	7.6 of 10 (N64)	8.0 of 10 (PC)
GameSpot	8.4 of 10
EGM	9.5/9.0/9.0/9.0 (N64)	8.0/8.0/8.0 (PC version)
Compilations of multiple reviews
Game Rankings	76 of 100

Continuity

In the Episode I novel and movie, Anakin Skywalker's podracer was clocked at 941 kph (about 585 mph), granting it the title "Fastest Podracer in the Galaxy". Episode I Racer disregards this information because podracers, with maximum acceleration, could achieve speeds of 1046.1 kph (650 mph) without boosting.

Also, in the game, Ben Quadinaros's podracer had a boost thrust of +643.7 kph (400 mph), which is double the boost thrust of Anakin's pod, 321.9 kph (200 mph), thus granting Quadinaros's pod a stunning top speed of 1,689.8 kph, (1,050 mph) which is the fastest speed of all podracers, on a flat surface.

Strangely, the game also shows Anakin Skywalker potentially racing on a number of planets, and even being favored for a race track on the planet Baroonda, even though there is very little (if any) indication that he ever raced on any planet other than Tatooine. Therefore, it is likely that any involvement he had with podracing on these other planets would be non-canon in the Legends continuity

Media

Editions

• UPC 023272653422; April 30, 2001; LucasArts Entertainment Company; LucasArts Archive Series edition

Cover gallery

Nintendo 64 edition

LucasArts Archive Series edition

Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Special thanks

Cast

Jake Lloyd—Anakin Skywalker Andrew Secombe—Watto Lewis MacLeod—Sebulba Greg Proops—Fode Scott Capurro—Beed Dominic Armato—Ben Quadinaros/Clegg Holdfast Bob Bergen—Ody Mandrell/Jinn Reeso/Cy Yunga/Gasgano Gregg Berger—Wan Sandage Dave Fennoy—Toy Dampner Roger Jackson—Ark "Bumpy" Roose/Ebe Endocott Nick Jameson—Aldar Beedo David Jeremiah—Dud Bolt/"Bullseye" Navior Tom Kane—Elan Mak/Slide Paramita Peter Lurie—Boles Roor/Neva Kee Terence McGovern—Ratts Tyerell/Bozzie Baranta Michael Sorich—Mawhonic/Teemto Pagalies Jim Ward—Mars Guo/Fud Sang

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Bozzie Baranta (First appearance) Aldar Beedo Jar Jar Binks Dud Bolt Fenn Booda (First appearance) C-3PO Toy Dampner (First appearance) Ten-Abu Donba (First appearance) Ebe Endocott Maja Fey'ja (First appearance) Fodesinbeed Gasgano Dethro Glok (First appearance) Mars Guo Clegg Holdfast Jabba the Hutt Qui-Gon Jinn Neva Kee Elan Mak Ody Mandrell Mawhonic "Bullseye" Navior (First appearance) Nugtosh (First appearance) Teemto Pagalies Slide Paramita (First appearance) PT01 (First appearance) PT02 (First appearance) PT03 (First appearance) PT04 (First appearance) Ben Quadinaros R2-D2 Jinn Reeso (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) Boles Roor Ark "Bumpy" Roose Wan Sandage Fud Sang (First appearance) Sebulba Anakin Skywalker Ratts Tyerell Unidentified Ithorian bartender (First appearance) Unidentified Jawa (First appearance) Nave Vengaris (First appearance) Watto Cy Yunga (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) Groff Zugga (First appearance)

Organisms

Dewback Exogorth Gravel-maggot (Mentioned only) (as insult) Mee Opee sea killer Ronto Sarlacc

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid DUM-series pit droid Power droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid P-100 salvage droid Salvage droid holding arm

Events

Boonta Eve Classic

Locations

Ando Prime (First appearance) Andobi Mountain (First appearance) Andobi Mountain Pipeline (First appearance) Andobi Village (First appearance) Ando Prime Centrum (First appearance) Beedo's Wild Ride (First appearance) Howler Gorge (First appearance) The galaxy (Mentioned only) Malastare Dug Derby (First appearance) Malastare 100 (First appearance) Methane lake (First appearance) Sebulba's Legacy (First appearance) Sketto Canyon Bend (First appearance) Sketto Leap (First appearance) Table Rock (First appearance) Mon Gazza system (First appearance) Mon Gazza (First appearance) Acre's Spaceport (First appearance) Mon Gazza Speedway (First appearance) Mon Gazza Spice Mines Miner's Town Spice Mine Run (First appearance) Zugga Challenge (First appearance) Outer Rim Territories (Mentioned only) Aquilaris system Aquilaris (First appearance) Aquilaris Classic (First appearance) Aquilaris Grand Arena (First appearance) Bumpy's Breakers (First appearance) Floating City (First appearance) Old City (First appearance) Sunken City (First appearance) Baroonda (First appearance) Baroo Baroo Coast (First appearance) Baroo Heads (First appearance) Fire Mountain Rally (First appearance) Golden Ravine (First appearance) Grabvine Gateway (First appearance) Hoodu Geyser Fields (First appearance) Inferno (First appearance) Nazwa ruins (First appearance) Swallow Mud Marsh (First appearance) Kessel (Mentioned only) Oovo (First appearance) Oovo asteroid belt (First appearance) Oovo IV (First appearance) Desolation Alley (First appearance) Cell Block D (First appearance) Executioner (First appearance) The Gauntlet (First appearance) Vengeance (First appearance)

Outer Rim Territories, continued Ord Ibanna (First appearance) Abyss (First appearance) Dethro's Revenge (First appearance) Scrapper's Run (First appearance) Tatooine Arch Canyon Beggar's Canyon Boonta Training Course (First appearance) Droopy Drop Dune Sea Ebe Drop Great Pit of Carkoon Hutt Flats Jag Crag Gorge Jawa Bend Jett's Chute Laguna Caves Mos Espa Mos Espa Grand Arena Mos Espa Podracer Cantina (First appearance) Mushroom Mesa Snaky Curve Starlite Flats Tusken Turn Watto's Shop Tund system (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Manta RamAir (Mentioned only) Order of Dai Bendu (First appearance) Pizer-Errol (First mentioned) Shelba (Sourcebook only) Turca (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Aleena Ciasi (First appearance) Devlikk Dug Er'Kit Fluggrian Glymphid Gran Gungan Human Hutt

Ithorian Jawa Majan (First appearance) Navior's species (First appearance) Nosaurian Nuknog Phuii Sneevel Talid (First appearance)

Toong Triffian Troig Toydarian Unidentified blue-skinned short-legged species (First appearance) Veknoid Vulptereen Xamster Xexto

Vehicles and vessels

910 Special (First appearance) Anakin Skywalker's Podracer BRE Block6 Tri-Ram (First appearance) BT310 Quadra Consular-class cruiser Cy Yunga's Podracer (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) FG 8T8-Twin Block2 Special GPE-3130 IPG-X1131 Longtail J930 Dash-8, Split-X Configuration Jinn Reeso's Podracer (First appearance) (Nintendo 64 version only) KRT 410C KV9T9-B Wasp MARK IV Flat-Twin Turbojet Ord Pedrovia Plug-2 Behemoth

Plug-F Mammoth, Split-X Configuration Plug-8G 927 Cluster Array engine Quadrijet 4-Barrel 904E engine RQ 550C Dart (First appearance) Sandcrawler Digger crawler Shelba 730 Razor (First appearance) Spice mining crane (First appearance) Stinger 627 S (First appearance) Titan 2150 rocket engine Scatalpen Tribubble bongo TurboDyne 99-U engine Vulptereen 327 XL 5115 engine

Weapons and technology

44 PCX Injector (First appearance) Block5 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Block6 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Cluster Power Plug (First appearance) Cluster2 Power Plug (First appearance) Control Coupling (First appearance) Control Linkage (First appearance) Control Nozzle (First appearance) Control Shift Plate (First appearance) Control Stabilizer (First appearance) Control Vectro-Jet (First appearance) Coolant Radiator (First appearance) Dual 20 PCX Injector (First appearance) Dual 32 PCX Injector (First appearance) Dual Coolant Pump (First appearance) Dual Power Cell (First appearance) Energy binder Holoprojector Mag-6 Injector (First appearance) Mark II Air Brake (First appearance) Mark III Air Brake (First appearance) Mark IV Air Brake (First appearance) Mark V Air Brake (First appearance) Power coupling

Plug2 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Plug3 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Plug5 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Plug8 Thrust Coil (First appearance) Power coupling Quad 32 PCX Injector (First appearance) Quad 44 Injector (First appearance) Quad Power Cell (First appearance) Quadrijet Air Brake (First appearance) R-20 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-60 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-80 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-100 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-300 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) R-600 Repulsorgrip (First appearance) Repulsorlift Rod Coolant Pump (First appearance) Rotary Power Plug (First appearance) Single Power Cell (First appearance) Stack-3 Radiator (First appearance) Stack-6 Radiator (First appearance) Tri-Jet Air Brake (First appearance) Turbo Coolant Pump (First appearance)

Miscellanea

Amateur Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Bendu Statue Chance cube (Mentioned only) Galactic Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Geyser Huttese Huttese (writing system) (Number system only) Invitational Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Podracing Quarterly (as Podracer Quarterly) Semipro Podracing Circuit (First appearance) Spice (Mentioned only) Trugut

Sources

• New Products from Episode I on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Around the Galaxy: Dark Horse Unmasks The Phantom Menace" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 6
• Interview on Nintendo's Racer official page (content now obsolete; archived from the original on December 11, 2000)
• Star Wars: Episode I Racer Official Nintendo Player's Guide
• "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7
• "A Celebration For The Ages" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7
• "Jake Toys With Success" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7
• "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• "Figure It Out: Podracing Potential" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• Race Different – Racer for the Mac on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• New Games Available Now on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars: Episode I: Racer Official Website on LucasArts.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Red Five, I'm Going In" — Star Wars Insider 65
• The Best Star Wars Games of the 64-Bit Era on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Replaying the Classics: Star Wars Episode I: Racer on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• 10 Essential Star Wars Games You Can Play Right Now on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• The Classic Star Wars Episode I Racer Comes to Nintendo Switch and PS4 on StarWars.com (backup link)
• 'Good Games Should Never Be Forgotten': Producer James Vicari on the Rerelease of Star Wars Episode I: Racer on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Over 20 years after its debut, the Force- and fandom- is still strong with Star Wars Episode I: Racer on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Day 2023 Games and Experiences Deals! on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• 5 Classic Star Wars Video Games to Play This Summer on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Episode I Racer PC in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars Holiday Gift Guide 2023 on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Day 2024 Games and Experiences Deals! on StarWars.com (backup link)

External links

• Star Wars Episode I Racer on Nintendo's official website (content now obsolete; archived from the original on March 1, 2000)
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer Instruction Booklet (N64) on Games Database (archived from the original on August 7, 2020)
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer Instruction Booklet (Game Boy Color) on The Game is Afoot Arcade (archived from the original on October 6, 2021)
• Star Wars: Episode I Racer on Wikipedia
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer (Game Boy Color) on MobyGames

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