Star Wars: Starfighter

Star Wars: Starfighter - Special Edition

The Special Edition of Star Wars Starfighter for Xbox features high-quality air and space combat, with added missions, a two-player mode, expanded racing and capture-the-flag play, and improved graphics. Set…

26 November 2001

What Star Wars: Starfighter - Special Edition is

Star Wars: Starfighter - Special Edition is a shooter game developed by Lucas Arts and released in 2001. It is available on Xbox only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Special Edition of Star Wars Starfighter for Xbox features high-quality air and space combat, with added missions, a two-player mode, expanded racing and capture-the-flag play, and improved graphics. Set in the Star Wars universe and inspired by The Phantom Menace, players must save Naboo from the Trade Federation's invasion. Players choose from three pilots, each with a unique ship: Rhys, a Naboo pilot-in-training with the N-1 starfighter; Vana, a Naboo expatriate with an ultra-fast, stealthy ship; and Nym, an alien pirate with a powerful, heavily armed starship.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars: Starfighter - Special Edition is the 97th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles in 2001.

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What it launched against

Star Wars: Starfighter - Special Edition launched on 26 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

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