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83-665: The series deals with the Rebel Alliance unit, Rogue Squadron, who under the command of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles use starfighters to engage and defeat the Galactic Empire . The games are set during episodes A New Hope , The Empire Strikes Back , and Return of the Jedi and recreate the battles that take place during those films, notably the Battle of Hoth , which is in every Rogue Squadron game in one form or another. Both of

166-482: A PlayStation Portable . An English demo was released for Asian countries except for Japan, prior to the game's release. The game's soundtrack was composed by John Debney . Lair received mixed reviews upon release, with critics praising the game's visuals and art direction, while criticizing its control scheme. Sony released a reviewer guide to teach reviewers how to properly review the game. Analog stick support and DualShock 3 controller support were later introduced to

249-498: A " Lair Reviewer's Guide" following negative reviews of the game. It is common practice to post a fact sheet with review copies of a game, but this guide was mailed separately, and after negative reviews of the game had been published by the website. As well as providing a 21-page booklet containing artwork, background story, and six pages of instructions regarding the game's control system, the booklet invited reviewers to "Open your mind and hands for something very different." Despite

332-607: A Mon Calamari flagship barely manage to escape the 501st Legion and Death Squadron with the stolen data plans. Right after the battle, the Tantive IV , an Alderaanian corvette carrying Princess Leia Organa is captured by Vader's flagship, Imperial I -class Star Destroyer Devastator , while attempting to deliver the plans to Bail Organa on Alderaan . All members of the Alderaanian Consular Security onboard are either killed or taken prisoner and Princess Leia Organa

415-556: A Rebel assault on an Imperial facility on the heavily-defended planet Scarif successfully manages to capture schematics of the Death Star. The Battle of Scarif was the first major engagement against the Empire, and ended in a pyrrhic victory; all members of Rogue One are killed in action, and the Rebel fleet was decimated. After successfully capturing the Death Star plans, Alderaanian soldiers aboard

498-586: A better future using insurgency weapons and tactics. The Rebel Alliance was first featured as the main protagonistic faction in the films A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). The faction's origins were alluded to in Revenge of the Sith (2005), and their early activities are featured in the Disney XD television series Rebels , the anthology film Rogue One (2016), and

581-410: A complement of expensive starfighters equipped with FTL hyperdrives and deflector shields that traveled alongside the fleet. This was in contrast to Imperial naval doctrine, whose TIE-series starfighters were lightly armored and lacked hyperdrives to lower unit cost and discourage pilot defection. The Alliance's focus on small light combat ships and on starfighters allowed them to effectively fight

664-530: A decisive advantage over the Galactic Empire's "big powerful ships" doctrine. Anti-Imperial operations emphasized depredation and delayed actions, covertly relocating compromised bases to another secured system, interdiction in slowing down the Imperials' momentum, and inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle, becoming decisively engaged. The Alliance finds its strength almost entirely in

747-458: A desert in Mokai territory but dies in the process from the wound Loden delivered. Rohn soon reunites with Atta-Kai's Blood Dragon, who adopts Rohn as its new rider. While searching the desert for water, Rohn and the dragon discover the elder of the Mokai, Ren-Kai, under attack from a Spider Wasp, which the two slay. Ren reveals that some of the Mokai managed to survive the bombings and are hiding out in

830-525: A high score was Japan's Famitsu , which gave it a score of 9, 7, 8, 9 for a total of 33 out of 40. Although the game was praised for its graphics, artwork, storytelling, soundtrack, and sound quality, it was also heavily criticized for its control scheme. In 2010, GameTrailers placed the game 7th in their list of the "Top 10 Most Disappointing Games of the Decade". Sony (the game's publisher) attracted criticism from video game blogs by mailing review websites

913-506: A liability; described as "a ragtag force strategically ill-fed and cobbled together of incompatible ships and squadrons". The Alliance fleet shifted military doctrine ; the guerrilla warfare aspect of the grand strategy was de-emphasized, and conventional forces took over the primary prosecution of the war. Once the New Republic became powerful enough, the Alliance fleet was reorganized into

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996-413: A new tactics menu that allows the player to form up their squadron or set a target for their squadron such as laser turrets or enemy TIE fighters . The game also expanded on the unlockable levels of the original-- Beggars Canyon is included in the tutorial, the opening level Battle of Yavin was included in both games, and Battle of Hoth was made more authentic. Rogue Leader features short clips from

1079-529: A stateless strategy in conjunction with wolfpack - guerrilla warfare against the Imperial fleet throughout the galaxy. Capital ships are portrayed as having no place in the Rebellion, as they are described as expensive to build, maintain, and to keep fully crewed. The Rebellion is portrayed as far too limited in both manpower and resources to justify putting so much of both into a giant target. The Galactic Empire , on

1162-529: A successor of the Alliance, to stand against the First Order , a new military power formed by hardline remnants from the Empire. After Disney's acquisition of the franchise, Lucasfilm announced in 2014 that previous works outside the theatrical films and The Clone Wars would no longer be considered canon, but began to be republished under the Legends banner. Canon members: Lair (video game) Lair

1245-649: Is an action-adventure video game developed by Factor 5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment . It was released for the PlayStation 3 in August 2007 in North America. In Lair , the world is filled with deadly volcanoes, which devastated the world's natural resources and air. It led the native people to split into two warring nations: the poor Mokai, and the well-off Asylia. The story revolves around Rohn Partridge, an Asylia Sky Guard, who eventually turned to support

1328-440: Is exactly what the mastermind of this heist Luthen Rael wanted. The Rebels episode, "Zero Hour", demonstrates the Imperials' absolute naval supremacy when they successfully entrapped the "Phoenix Fleet" during the Battle of Atollon , and forced them in engaging on equal footing; resulting a decisive victory for the Imperials and the total decimation of the Rebel fleet. During the events of Rogue One and A New Hope ,

1411-514: Is held hostage for a time by Darth Vader . In order to punish both her and her home planet government's central involvement in the Rebel Alliance, Leia is forced to witness Alderaan 's destruction by the Death Star . The Princess is subsequently rescued by Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , Chewbacca , and Obi-Wan Kenobi , who then deliver the station schematics to the Alliance. Subsequent analysis of

1494-539: Is the first PlayStation 3 title to have been fully playable via the Remote Play function, allowing it to be accessed through the Internet on a PlayStation Portable . Though not fully playable, as motion sensor controls are not available on PSP. The machine lacks L2 and R2 buttons and a right analog stick, which are necessary to pass certain levels. Initially the game was a Wii tech demo. On April 15, 2008, an update

1577-677: The Battle of Scarif under Cassian Andor , and spearheaded the ground assault during the Battle of Endor . The Alliance military largely consisted of mothballed , improvised, repurposed , or stolen civilian ships from dozens of manufacturers; they lacked the means, resources or shipyards to build, maintain and crew thousands of military-grade capital ships . The Alliance constantly had to change bases and their carrier ships routinely had to escape into hyperspace before recovering their fighter complement. The biggest and most powerful warship they had available were several MC80 star cruisers supplied to

1660-472: The Delegation of 2000 were arrested; Mothma and Organa retained their Senatorship by remaining outwardly obedient to Palpatine, while secretly leading the unification of disparate bands of insurgents into what they termed the Rebel Alliance. The Disney series Rebels depicts the development of the rebellion against the Galactic Empire beginning five years before A New Hope (5 BBY) and fourteen years after

1743-617: The Disney+ series Andor . Note : All dates in this article are in the BBY/ABY format. This is a fictional in-universe dating system centred on the Battle of Yavin in Episode IV: A New Hope in which the first Death Star is destroyed. BBY is Before the Battle of Yavin ; ABY is After the Battle of Yavin. Significant dates in the uprising are: The earliest possible origins of the Alliance to Restore

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1826-578: The GameCube Rogue Squadron games feature "making-of" documentaries. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was 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 between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (with

1909-524: The Massassi Group based on Yavin 4 , which by Rogue One (1 BBY) and A New Hope (0 BBY) was commanded by General Jan Dodonna . One last important rebel cell that later became part of the Rebel Alliance was the Mon Calamari Exodus Fleet , commanded by Admiral Raddus and Admiral Ackbar , formed out of civilian spacecraft during the Imperial occupation of Mon Cala in 18 BBY (1 year into

1992-635: The Alliance Grand Army ; Crix Madine serving as General of Alliance Pathfinders . The Alliance military could never decisively win a "land war" with the Empire. Generally speaking, the quality of Alliance infantry varied greatly by unit . Due to the highly decentralized structure of the Alliance, these units often operated independently with little oversight, and were frequently lacking in discipline, equipment, intelligence and combat skills. They often consisted of convicts, street thugs, pirates, outlaws, and anyone whose profession placed them at odds with

2075-412: The Alliance by Alderaan . The Imperial leadership considered collateral damage as " acceptable margins " in rooting out insurgents; this contrasted against the Alliance's surgical precision to avoid civilian casualties . To minimize losses, the Alliance military leadership heavily favored carrier battle groups supporting starfighter strike crafts for fast-attack style of warfare, thereby leveraging

2158-614: The Alliance by Mon Calamari , but the Alliance Fleet kept these in reserve and never risked deploying them, even when strategically-critical bases in Atollon , Yavin , and Hoth came under siege. The Alliance fleet is geared towards fabian strategy , space superiority , wolfpack operations , hit-and-run tactics , secret missions, subterfuge , and general elements of a stateless military grand strategy . They used gunships and corvettes to screen Imperial starfighters. Their warships carried

2241-500: The Alliance learns of the construction of the ' Death Star ', an enormous superweapon capable of obliterating entire planets, intended to cement the Empire's rule of terror. Intelligence gathered reveals that a Death Star engineer antipathetic to the causes of the Empire had intentionally included a design flaw that, if exploited, could bring down the entire station. With the help of the Rogue One squad led by Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor ,

2324-477: The Alliance. The New Republic found itself with no shortage of recruits and resources: the declining popularity of the Empire pushed many long time Imperial loyalists to the Rebel cause, including those of Inferno Squadron, who after Operation Cinder, which saw the destruction of countless Imperial worlds, opened the eyes of many to the atrocities of the Empire. Even the most dedicated Imperials such as Inferno Squadron commander Iden Versio were moved to defect after

2407-513: The Asylians' land, the Mokai attack the Asylians from the rear. The spiritual leader of the Asylians, the Diviner, preaches that the Mokai are pagans and savages, defying abominations to the will of God, but the Mokai are truly a misunderstood people, hanging on to survival and only attacked the Asylians out of desperation for food (their attacks focused on their granaries). The game mainly revolves around

2490-596: The Burners imprisoned there. During the rescue Rohn battles Loden, who rides a powerful species of gorilla-like dragon called the Bull Dragon. Loden attempts to kill the fleeing prisoners by flinging enormous boulders from the Maelstrom's gravitational pull onto the prison but Rohn intervenes and kills Loden and succeeds in rescuing the imprisoned burners. The combined forces of Mokai and defected Burners charges towards Asylia, battle

2573-560: The Death Star in a last-ditch attempt to exploit the vulnerability before it could fire upon the Rebel base. Despite fighters sustaining heavy losses, one pilot—the Force-sensitive Luke Skywalker —successfully guides torpedoes down the exhaust port. The Death Star is obliterated in a catastrophic explosion, and the battle ends in a decisive Rebel victory. In the Star Wars comics, the Rebellion wins numerous victories against

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2656-561: The Death Star. Despite the Corps' high-maintenance costs and being chronically understaffed, with starfighter logistics, aerospace engineers and veteran pilots being limited in numbers, the Alliance doctrine—raiding targets before they could mount a defense, then leaving—proved flawless in singling out vulnerable targets and attacking only when they had strength, and only when the results were spectacular. Seventy percent of sorties were reconnaissance missions: finding targets for starfighter raids became

2739-612: The Diviner's forces, prevent the volcanoes from erupting and kill the Diviner. During the battle Koba-Kai is shot down by the Diviner's forces. After the battle Rohn finds him and Koba-Kai comments on how beautiful the sunsets in Asylia are, Rohn goes on to say that the new world that the Asylians and Mokai were to build together would never be the same, to which Koba-Kai replied "Let us hope not," before dying. Rohn asks Atta-Kai's Blood Dragon to carry Koba-Kai's body home, afterwards Ren approaches Rohn and tells him that his people are waiting. Lair

2822-553: The Emperor, and to all sentient beings in the Galaxy, to make clear to all the Purposes and Goals of this Rebellion. We believe that the Galactic Empire has willfully and malignantly usurped the rights of the free beings of the Galaxy and therefore, it is our unalienable right to abolish it from the Galaxy. We, the Rebel Alliance, do therefore in the name—and by the authority—of the free beings of

2905-521: The Empire after the destruction of the Death Star, destroying its major weapons factory on Cymoon 1, breaking an Imperial blockade around the Rebel world of Tureen VII by stealing the Imperial I -class Star Destroyer Harbinger and recruiting the Mon Calamari trading fleet to be refitted as an assault fleet. Such firepower would finally allow the Alliance to attack the Empire on a larger scale. However, one of

2988-529: The Empire when and how they could. Not until the Battle of Endor would the whole force of the Rebellion be once again united in a single place. In The Empire Strikes Back , the Alliance suffers a crushing defeat on Hoth when one of their main command centers, Echo Base , is overrun by the Darth Vader's elite personal Imperial armed forces, the Death Squadron and the 501st Legion . The remaining forces of

3071-476: The Empire's policy towards its citizens and therefore changed its relationship with its citizens. In 5 BBY, on the relatively unremarkable planet of Aldhani, a small Rebel team managed to infiltrate the local Imperial depository, stealing a decent portion of the sector payroll. This created a massive Imperial overreaction, increasing their security spending and draconian law enforcement policies, making all future rebellious activity even more costly and difficult, which

3154-525: The Empire, 18 years prior to the Battle of Yavin ). Near the end of the third season of Rebels , in "Secret Cargo", Alliance co-founder Senator Mon Mothma , escaped assassination for condemning the Ghorman Massacre and speaking out against the Emperor (2 BBY). She called out to the various rebel cells and insurgency factions to unite into a unified coalition: We, the beings of the Rebel Alliance, do this day send forth this Declaration to His Majesty,

3237-543: The Empire, such as Jun Sato 's Phoenix Squadron . Senator Bail Organa (along with his wife, queen Breha Organa) of Alderaan and former Jedi Ahsoka Tano both play a pivotal role in coordinating these splinter cells into a legitimate threat capable of challenging Imperial rule. Funded primarily by the Royal House of Alderaan, the alliance began to allocate resources towards a united front against Imperial rule. The Spectres and Phoenix Squadron were later integrated into

3320-424: The Empire. These infantry were tolerated by Alliance Command, both for their willingness to mount an insurgency against the Empire, and for them being expendable. Mission critical operations were carried out by few standardized special forces units, dubbed "pathfinders", who had previous military training for infiltration, asymmetrical warfare, and were capable of operating without resupply. Pathfinders volunteered in

3403-539: The Galactic Empire and its authoritarian rule. Its stated goal is to restore the liberal governance of the previous Galactic Republic , which had been dissolved after its leader Palpatine seized absolute power and declared himself emperor . It is the main protagonistic faction of the original Star Wars trilogy . In the Star Wars universe, the Rebel insurgency conducts covert operations on Imperial garrison worlds, utilizing

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3486-488: The Galactic Empire's well-funded and well-armed military. The Alliance Starfleet almost never become decisively engaged or placed their ships at risk; they avoided pitched battles , frontal assaults , wars of attrition and conventional , symmetric engagements with the Imperials at all costs. Instead of engaging the Imperials in open firefights, the Rebel Alliance largely embraced flexible non-committal attack tactics utilizing mainly fast attack CR90 corvettes supplied to

3569-466: The Galaxy, solemnly publish and declare our intentions: To these ends, we pledge our property, our honor, and our lives. Many Rebel ships arrive at a rendezvous point above Dantooine to unite and form the "Alliance to Restore the Republic". The Alliance Military and its activities were overseen by Alliance High Command, who managed the logistical and strategic matters of the Rebellion's efforts against

3652-694: The Mokai and releases Atta-Kai's dragon from Loden, thus putting Rohn on thin ice with Loden, the new captain of the Sky Guards. Loden leads a massive air strike on the Mokai City, bombing the city and attacking what Loden thought to be an armory, but was actually a temple where the women and children had sheltered themselves from the attacks. Rohn is devastated when he discovers the victims and defies Loden, who declares Rohn an enemy of Asylia and delivers near fatal blows to both Rohn and Rohn's Plains Dragon. Rohn's dragon, in an attempt to save Rohn's life, carries him into

3735-457: The Mokai. Among them is Jevin, Rohn's best friend, who informs Rohn that the remaining two Guardians were executed by the Diviner and that some of the Sky Guard had defected from the Diviner's rule over Asylia and were imprisoned in the Maelstrom (an Asylian prison situated within a dimensional vortex). Knowing they would need reinforcements, Rohn and Koba-Kai lead an attack on the Maelstrom to free

3818-413: The Mokai. Most of the game's battles are air-based combat, with some fought on the ground by landing the dragon and fighting troops and other land-based creatures. A morale system is also present, in which enemies may retreat if they suffer from low morale. Lair is the first PlayStation 3 title to have been fully playable via the Remote Play function, allowing it to be accessed through the Internet on

3901-590: The Naboo Starfighter required two consecutive codes, 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 . Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader was released as launch game in 2001 for the GameCube . Developed by Factor 5 and published by LucasArts, Rogue Leader expanded on the original game with improved graphics and

3984-597: The New Republic Military, charged with the defense of the New Republic. About a year after the Battle of Endor, the Rebellion defeated Imperial forces during the Battle of Jakku , formally established the New Republic government, and suspends offensive operations. Thus, the Galactic Civil War came to a close. Three decades later, by the time of The Force Awakens , the New Republic backed the Resistance army,

4067-407: The Rebel ships were destroyed in the battle before Leia found a way around the sabotage and allowed the remaining ships to escape. However, Generals Jan Dodonna and Davits Draven, as well as several other high-ranking Rebel officers, were killed during the battle and the remaining Rebel ships were separated in their flight. Mon Mothma instructed all Rebel cells to regroup in time while striking out at

4150-492: The Rebellion are forced to stay mobile, using Admiral Ackbar 's flagship, Home One , as their headquarters. By Return of the Jedi , the Alliance has regrouped and learned that a second, more powerful Death Star is being constructed, and will be completed under Emperor Palpatine's personal supervision. Mon Mothma has Admiral Ackbar and Lando Calrissian command the Alliance fleet and dispatches Han Solo and Princess Leia in leading Alliance's elite special forces to disable

4233-458: The Rebellion's allies, Queen Trios of Shu-Torun (whose world's technology had been fitted into the ships of the new Rebel fleet), revealed herself as an undercover Imperial agent sent by Darth Vader to sabotage their efforts. With their ships unexpectedly paralyzed by the Shu-Torun technology, the gathered Rebel fleet could do little as they were targeted for destruction by Vader's Imperial fleet. Half

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4316-587: The Republic are told during the events of Revenge of the Sith . In deleted scene 2 called "A Stirring in the Senate", a group of six Senators including Padmé Amidala , Mon Mothma and Bail Organa meet in the latter's office to discuss ways to counter the already unjustified extraordinary powers of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine "subverting the Constitution" as the Clone Wars were waning, with Mothma stating their goal

4399-572: The Trade Federation. After Rogue Squadron III , Factor 5 worked on releasing a Rogue Squadron trilogy with higher graphics and gameplay improvements for the Xbox console. It was cancelled when management in LucasArts changed in 2003 even though the game was 50 percent complete at the time. Factor 5 shifted to making an Xbox 360 launch title, Rogue Squadron: X-Wing vs Tie Fighter . It was designed to be

4482-475: The company shifted its focus to releasing a Rogue Squadron trilogy compilation for the Nintendo Wii. It was based on Factor 5's original work on the Xbox, but was further enhanced to include a variety of motion control options and motion-based lightsaber duelling. While it was completed it remains unreleased due to the financial crisis in 2008 which caused their publishers to back out of the project. The rights of

4565-459: The controller left or right to knock the dragon sideways and out of the battle. Lair takes place in a world threatened by numerous emerging volcanoes , causing much of the land to be destroyed and the air to be polluted. As a result, natives divided the world into two kingdoms: the Mokai, whose lands are arid and depleted of resources, and the seemingly noble Asylians, who live in one of the last remaining bountiful, green areas. Desperate to gain

4648-452: The desert and Rohn helps protect them from Asylian attacks. Ren, knowing that the Mokai people need a new leader, asks Rohn to rescue General Atta-Kai's son, Koba-Kai, who is imprisoned in Asylia. Both Rohn and Koba-Kai defend the Mokai people from further attacks and acquire a small fleet of Asylian ships. The Mokai launch an attack on the Asylians and reclaim Mokai City. After the battle a group of Asylian Burners arrive and submit themselves to

4731-511: The dominant Galactic Empire. Alliance Intelligence was headed by Spymaster Bail Organa and Spymaster Ahsoka Tano , which proved essential for maintaining communications, finding missions for the various Alliance Cells, and coordinating the Alliance's highly decentralized structure. At the time of the Battle of Endor , its chief commanders were: Gial Ackbar serving as Admiral of the Alliance Starfleet ; Jan Dodonna serving as General of

4814-418: The end of Imperial rule over the galaxy. Following their victory at the Battle of Endor, a provisional New Republic was officially formed by Alliance members. This, combined with the Imperial power vacuum , political infighting, and Operation Cinder —Palpatine's scorched earth contingency plan—encouraged thousands of inhabited planets to either declare independence from the collapsing Empire or defect to

4897-573: The exception of the final level 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 interceptor , an AT-ST , a 1969 Buick Electra , and a Naboo N-1 Starfighter from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace . LucasArts, anticipating

4980-670: The fall of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order in Revenge of the Sith (19 BBY). The show focuses on a motley group of rebels (all of whom have been affected by the Empire in one form or another) that banded together aboard a freighter starship called Ghost . They called themselves the Spectres and were led by Hera Syndulla. By the end of the first season, it is revealed that there were various clandestine cell systems that were resisting

5063-437: The film'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 The Phantom Menace , players 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 password was entered and R2-D2 's beeps affirmed it, but

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5146-539: The first multiplayer focused title in the series, but the game was cancelled by LucasArts before completion due to uncertainties in the console market. Factor 5 was approached by Sony to create a launch title for the upcoming PlayStation 3, but Sony declined on the Rogue Squadron series. The game engine and assets were then adapted into the PlayStation 3 game Lair . After Factor 5's exclusivity period with Sony ended,

5229-464: The game. It was Factor 5's last game developed before its closure in May 2009. The player assumes the role of a dragon-riding knight named Rohn Partridge. Rohn is given the tasks of defending a certain area, destroying certain objects, eliminating enemies or creatures, and other mission-based objectives. After each stage, the player can earn either gold, silver, or bronze medals, depending on performance during

5312-632: The gameplay patch, it is not compatible with the Remote Play function. The developers would later admit to a troubled development process many years later. John Debney was hired to write the soundtrack for Lair with Kevin Kaska composing the additional music. Debney has had experience writing music for epics, but Lair is his first video game soundtrack. The score was performed with a 90-piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. Lair ' s soundtrack received critical acclaim, with some calling it "one of

5395-729: The group), it is explained that the Delegation of 2000 disgruntled Senators will present a petition to the Chancellor. Amidala was more willing to oppose Palpatine now, but wanted to involve the Jedi, at least Anakin Skywalker . However, aside from one Senator agreeing, the others doubted whether the Jedi Council would be loyal to the Republic or the Chancellor, and opted to wait. Amidala died in premature childbirth not long after her last-ditch attempt to prevent Anakin's fall . In The Imperial Handbook , Grand Moff Tarkin related that most members of

5478-406: The level. A platinum medal is also available, though unlike the other three its requirements are hidden. Earning medals assists in unlocking combos and behind-the-scenes videos. Most of the game's battles are air-based combat, with some fought on the ground by landing the dragon and fighting troops and other land-based creatures. In some locations, the game features a morale system tied to the enemy;

5561-477: The linear format of the two previous titles and featured two intertwined storylines following the adventures of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles . Rebel Strike was the first in the Rogue Squadron series to include a multiplayer mode. The game featured two-player competitive dogfights, races, and land assaults as well as a co-operative campaign including all but two of the missions from Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader . Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo

5644-410: The lower an enemy's morale, the less he will fight, and it is possible that he will retreat from combat. The game relies heavily on the PlayStation 3's Sixaxis motion controls. The player flies the dragon by tilting the controller, with additional moves also using motion sensing; one such example is fighting a dragon by tilting the controller to match the enemy dragon's flying height, and then slamming

5727-445: The movie trilogy, during the menu screens and cut-scenes. Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike was released in 2003 for the GameCube , and was developed by Factor 5 and published by LucasArts. It added to the game the ability for the player to depart their starfighter and join in on a land battle as well as enter into land vehicles such as an Imperial AT-AT and AT-ST during certain missions. The mission selection screen broke away from

5810-487: The other hand, is portrayed as capable of always fielding greater numbers and greater firepower. Being able to hit high-valued targets and get out is therefore depicted as being much more important to the Empire. While the Empire labels all dissenters and rebels as extremists and terrorists in Imperial propaganda , the Alliance is depicted and portrayed in various Star Wars media as a group of resilient freedom fighters , based on tolerance, self-empowerment, and hope for

5893-523: The pursuits of Rohn, one of the Burners (dragon-riders) Sky Guards (the air force-based military). At first Rohn adopts the feeling of hatred towards the Mokai the Asylians have but over the course of the story begins to have more sympathy towards this misunderstood people. The leader of the Mokai, General Atta-Kai, approaches the Guardians of Asylia (three individuals with ruling power in Asylia) in peace to ensure

5976-464: The schematics reveals the critical vulnerability to be an exhaust port leading directly to the station's reactor core. The Empire discovers the location of the primary Alliance headquarters on a moon of the planet Yavin through a tracking device covertly planted on Han Solo 's vessel, and deploys the Death Star to destroy the base and crush the insurgency once and for all. During the ensuing battle of Yavin , Rebel starfighter squadrons lead an assault on

6059-492: The starfighter arena, offering some of the most effective and versatile small strike craft within Star Wars canon. The Alliance was plagued by lack of resources: it was low on fighters, manpower, real estate. Jan Dodonna believed unsupported hyperspace-capable starfighters could undermine the Empire's control of space and demonstrated this to the galaxy by winning high-profile victories: Star Destroyers , shipyards, local fleets and

6142-459: The station's defenses while Luke distracts Darth Vader. The Alliance subsequently wins the Battle of Endor , in which Emperor Palpatine , Darth Vader , the Death Squadron -Imperial armada, and much of the Imperial hierarchy are killed in action. The loss of the second Death Star and other invaluable Imperial naval assets, along with the deaths of Imperial leaders aboard, marked the beginning of

6225-472: The strongest of video game scores." A review on Tracksounds gave the soundtrack a score of 10/10, the highest possible score. ScoreNotes.com also reviewed the soundtrack and gave it a full score. Several critics also compared the tracks to some of the works in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace by John Williams . Debney stated that he was interested in writing music for a video game after seeing

6308-552: The survival of both people. The Diviner, in an act to maintain his power over his people, has Loden, one of the Asylia's Sky Guards assassinate Atta-Kai, one of the guardians and the Sky Guard Captain, Talan, prolonging the war between the two people and capturing Atta-Kai's Blood Dragon in the process. After witnessing the assassinations of both Atta-Kai and Captain Talan, Rohn begins having second thoughts about Asylia's attitude towards

6391-518: The title were later absorbed by LucasArts during the Factor 5 bankruptcy liquidation. [REDACTED] Category Rebel Alliance The Rebel Alliance (known formally in-universe as the Alliance to Restore the Republic ) is an organization that features in the fictional world of the Star Wars franchise . The Alliance is portrayed as a stateless coalition of rebel dissidents and defectors who oppose

6474-613: The top priority of Alliance intelligence. The introduction of the A-wing , B-wing and X-wing , along with the former Imperial officers who piloted them, only improved upon that advantage. The fall of the Old Republic and the birth of the Empire, as depicted in Revenge of the Sith , marked the beginning of the bloody Galactic Civil War . As portrayed in the live-action series Andor , one single moment in Galactic history completely changed

6557-460: The witnessing the destruction of her homeworld Vardos . Finally realizing the Empire's propaganda had deceived them, many Imperials began to feel shame over their actions, in particular over the destruction of Alderaan . Despite fact that the New Republic was now winning the war, had a lot more resources than before—and a lot more recruits—the New Republic was suffering from logistic nightmares. The decentralized structure that served them well became

6640-505: The work in Medal of Honor by Michael Giacchino . The score was released as a limited edition 2 CD-set on April 8, 2014 by La-La Land Records. During development, Lair gained attention due to its graphical presentation and developer Factor 5's reputation. However, upon release, it was seen as a critical and commercial failure. It received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . The only reviewer that gave it

6723-507: Was "preserving democracy within the Republic". Amidala was initially skeptical of Palpatine's evil intentions because he had supported her during the Trade Federation's occupation of Naboo ( The Phantom Menace , 32 BBY), but Organa and Mon Mothma announced the formation of an anti-Palpatine 'organization'; the six Senators agreed to a pact of silence. In deleted scene 3 titled "Seeds of Rebellion" (in Amidala's apartment with two new Senators joining

6806-401: Was released on December 18, 2000, for the Nintendo 64 and on March 12, 2001, for PC , and was developed by Factor 5. "Battle for Naboo" is a spiritual successor to the original game in its design, with added land and water combat. It very loosely follows the plot of Episode I: The Phantom Menace , but focuses on minor film character Gavyn Sykes, a Nabooian security lieutenant, as he fights

6889-636: Was released on the PlayStation Network , adding analog stick support, extra playable dragons, and rumble support for the DualShock 3 controller. The game now uses the directional pad for actions such as the 180 degree turn and the "dash forward" ability. An English-language demo for Lair was made available to Asian markets only, excluding Japan, in April 2008. Even though the Lair Trial Version includes

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