Star Wars: Commander – Now Available to Download!
Disney Interactive has recently released the first canonical Star Wars video game (not counting Star Wars Journeys: Episode I, which is a retelling of The Phantom Menace), set shortly after A New Hope. The strategy game features an entirely new storyline revolving around the construction and protection a mercenary base that is being installed on Tatooine, as well as combat operations carried out from the base for either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire.
The game takes place after the Battle Of Yavin, in which the Rebel Alliance is starting to gain support against the Galactic Empire with their major victory. Of course, the Rebel’s revolution has a long way to go, and the Empire still has a strong foundation and the military to back it up, with an arsenal containing AT-ATs, AT-STs, and AT-MPs (previously used in The Force Unleashed II – great to see they aren’t letting good ideas from the Legends continuity go to waste). However, the Rebels have been able to repurpose old technology from the Clone Wars (including AT-RTs and the massive ten-wheeled Juggernauts from Revenge Of The Sith, along with the previously-unseen Saber Repulsion Tank) in order to counter any Imperial advances. The trailer for the game can be seen here:
The player starts off as a mercenary allied with a man named Saponza, and the pair quickly become involved with either sabotaging the Rebellion or overthrowing the Empire based on the player’s choices. Along the way, players will run into new characters and familiar faces, including Darth Vader, Bib Fortuna, Leia Organa, Chewbacca, and Han Solo. (Not Luke Skywalker, though! If I’m correct in making an assumption on the way that the new timeline is going to work, I believe that the Jedi-to-be may be busy with the events that will be covered in the 2015 novel Heir To The Jedi. If that’s the case, I think that’s a clever way of directly tying one canon story to another.)
The game is a freemium title, which is to say that you can play it for free, but you can get access to content at a faster pace if you use real-world money to pay for an in-game currency (which, to reiterate, is an optional feature – if you don’t want pay up, then you’ll just have to wait a while in-game). The title is currently available for Apple iOS software, and will be coming to Android, Windows, and Google devices in the near future (about a month or so), which will allow you to play the game on your own computer.
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
Well, if this is canon and a big battle takes place on Tatooine, this might be how that AT-AT foot got stuck in the sand of EPVII (if Abu Dhabi is Tatooine, that is)
Oh, come on…
It is not canon, none of the mobile games is, as far I know.
It’s canon… Sort off. The creators say that the actual story of the game is canon, but the stuff like PVP isn’t.
As I mentioned in the article, Star Wars Journeys is also canon, but it just covers material that already exists. This is the first game to actually tell a new canon story.
As soon as I saw this on Facebook I downloaded it and it is so fun! Its like Clash of Clans lol But STAR WARS
No Android. Lame.
Did you see the last sentence? It’s coming to Android, you just have to wait a month. Apple had a sort of deal with Disney to exclusively publish the game for a while before it expanded to other platforms.
You’re correct, Android is lame.
I like other fruits apart the apples.
Boring bitten fruit…
Like Blackberries. Blackberries are awesome, and much better for you than apples. 😉
More mobile junk.
Could you please be more specific why you find this game to be “junk”? Is it the gameplay itself or the overall storyline? Or is it buggy and maybe uses too much virtual memory and lags? Too complicated or maybe too difficult for some younger players to grasp? More details would be great for those readers who might be considering getting this game for themselves or their children.
I’d hate to think that someone on this site would just post a negative comment on something they never actually saw or used…
I have seen it, it is mobile junk. If you don’t know what free to pay shovelware is then you should stay away from video games.
Is all you do is be an asshole? Every video game article your on it saying this sucks or that sucks. Why? Can you give me solid reasons why this game sucks? I know its just a mobile game but its great to play when your Xbox or PlayStation is at home and your not
Hey, they don’t really like profanity directed at other poeple on here. I did give you a reason its a free to play, but pay to win game, thats why it sucks. If you have a i pad get Knight of The Old Republic for it instead.
Actually, as a license, STAR WARS has surprisingly few games that are actually very very good – I mean, so good they compete with the best games regardless of genre. While I lived and loved games such as Jedi Knight, and to a degree KOTOR (if only it had been set in a proper Star Wars setting), much of that love comes because it is SW, not because it is a particularly engrossing game. The only truly excellent SW games are “X Wing” and “TIE Fighter” and how old are they?
Why not a properly done STAR WARS RPG based on the West End Games or Fantasy Flight Games tabletop RPGs? Maybe Battlefront 3 will become that game that takes SW back to awesome gaming.
I personally think KOTOR may be the best Star Wars narrative ever created in a videogame. Especially because it took us to a completely different time period and still managed to feel more like the Star Wars themes and universe better than anything since the OT. Including the prequels.
I do agree that the X-wing franchise is absolutely stellar too. I just really loved KOTOR. I didn’t like any of it’s “sequels” though.
Excuse me, I call horses**t. In recent years:
KotOR I & II
The Old Republic
The Force Unleashed I & II
Jedi Knight I – III
Battlefront I – V (soon!)
Lego Star Wars I – VI + Clone Wars
And in earlier years:
Shadows of the Empire
Rogue Squadron I – III
X-Wing, TIE-Fighter & XvT
Rebel Assault I & II….
So yeah, horses**t it is, then.
Just like pulling the emergency handle on a train, there should be a hefty fine for those that abuse the ‘report comment’ facility.
Say 5 years solitary confinement, beginning on Dec 17th 2015.
Ouch!
Play a real video game like Star Wars Empire At War.
Will be released for Windows Phone? A shame if they don’t
Not missing anything good.
Yep. Check the last paragraph.
Thanks. I read in another site and wasn’t any information about that.
Mild complaint inbound for those that just want to avoid such things 🙂
I’m a little worried with this flood of… canonical stuff coming down the pipe. I was hoping everyone would really stop and consider the importance of each conical decision and yet it seems like a rush to market.
This is how the old EU and other things started to mess up continuity. Don’t just throw things out there. Or at best… don’t consider them canon. Literally just say it’s a game based on the SW universe and save the canon stuff for really well done and important entries to the franchise.
Otherwise why did we even bother to get rid of the EU at all?
I like my complaints extra spicy, but you have a good point.
I agree, that’s a very good point. In order to create a truly cohesive continuity, they should really examine what they’re doing with it closely. And not every little mobile star wars game needs to be cannon, as you say.
On the other hand, I find it likely that Leland Chee is in fact paying close attention to the new continuity and likely approving it in such a way that it is all cohesive and together. At least, that’s what I would think he’d be doing, along with the Lucas Film story group…
It does seem a bit crap to force the entire SW audience to buy an over-priced console (seriously, the PS4 is STILL over £300!) and a £40 game, just so that we can keep up with the saga…. It’s not really fair to force people’s hands like that, and creates something of an elitist fan-base of those who can and cannot afford to buy them. Shoddy move, Disney. Not impressed.
Are you talking about Battlefront? Because Battlefront is coming to the PC, and most likely for Macs later on. You don’t need to buy a console if you already have a PC.
A computer that can run it well.