Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine

Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine
Production information
Developer(s)	ILMxLAB
Publisher(s)	Lucasfilm Ltd.
Release date	July 18, 2016
Genre	Virtual reality experiment
Chronological information
Timeline	Post–Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine is a cinematic virtual-reality experiment set in the Star Wars universe. Created by ILMxLAB and released on July 18, 2016, the game was developed under the guidance of Rob Bredow, chief technology officer at Lucasfilm Ltd., and co-written by Bredow and Pablo Hidalgo, Star Wars canon keeper.

It takes place after Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, with the player taking the role of an aspiring Padawan hoping to join Luke Skywalker in his effort to rebuild the Jedi Order.

Opening crawl

STAR WARS: TRIALS ON TATOOINE It is a time of rebuilding. Having defeated the evil Galactic Empire, the Rebel Alliance has reformed as the New Republic. After many journeys to distant corners of the galaxy, uncovering secrets from the forgotten past, Luke Skywalker stands ready to create a new JEDI ORDER. One hopeful Padawan is studying the ways of the Force on a distant desert world, awaiting an important delivery from Han Solo…

Continuity

Despite not having any obvious non-canonical elements, ILMxLAB's Vader Immortal Experience Guide does not list this as being considered Canon, saying that Droid Repair Bay, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, and Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I are the only ILMxLAB experiences released at the time considered Canon by Lucasfilm.

Credits

By type 

Cast

Crew

Cast

Ross Marquand as Han Solo

Appearances

By type 

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

Characters

Chewbacca R2-D2 Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) Han Solo Unidentified hopeful Padawan (First appearance)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid

Events

New Republic Era Mission to Tatooine (Hopeful Padawan) (First appearance)

Locations

Outer Rim Territories Arkanis sector Tatoo system Tatoo I Tatoo II Tatooine Ghomrassen Guermessa Chenini

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic (Mentioned only in opening crawl) Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Jedi Jedi Order (Mentioned only in opening crawl) Padawan New Republic (Mentioned only in opening crawl)

Sentient species

Human Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Starship Freighter Light freighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Shuttle Lambda-class T-4a shuttle Starfighter TIE line TIE/ln space superiority starfighter

Weapons and technology

Blaster Lightsaber Moisture vaporator

Miscellanea

Binary The Force Force powers Moon Planet Plasma Star

Bibliography

• Step Inside Star Wars: Talking Trials on Tatooine with ILMxLAB's Rob Bredow on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine VR Teaser on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Goes VR at GDC 2016 on StarWars.com (backup link)
• ILMxLAB Brings Virtual Reality to Star Wars Celebration Europe on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Day 2017 Gaming Deals! on StarWars.com (backup link)

Notes and references

In other languages

• русский