Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire tells the story of Prince Xizor's quest to replace Darth Vader as the leader of the Sith, and wipe out the Rebels' chances of victory. The only man that can stop him is the interstellar bounty hunter Dash Rendar. The game is based on the novel of the same name, with locations including ice planet Hoth, Mos Eisley and the sewers of Imperial City, all in full 3D.

Levels each have very different objectives, ranging from piloting snowspeeders on Hoth and racing speeder bikes on Tatooine to shooting stormtroopers and droids on foot throughout the galaxy. Dash primarily uses a blaster with unlimited ammo, but can also find more powerful weapons with limited ammunition. Each level has optional "challenge points" that are hidden throughout the level, and finding all of them will unlock a cheat dependent on which difficulty setting the save file is on.

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Alternate Titles

"スター・ウォーズ　帝国の影" -- Japanese spelling
"Star Wars: Teikoku no Kage" -- Japanese title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	Nintendo 64	$2.62
	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	Nintendo 64	$2.62
	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	Nintendo 64	$2.62
	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	Nintendo 64	$2.62
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User Reviews

A guilty pleasure	Windows	vedder (18685)
The little brother of the series, this game provides a quick blast	Windows	RussS (784)
Solid Star Wars action, and the game that spawned Rogue Squadron	Nintendo 64	Shadowcaster (238)
The game now lives in shadows	Nintendo 64	Sam Hardy (76)
The Force is strong with this one…for the first level.	Nintendo 64	PCGamer77 (3027)
A long time ago in a store not so far away, this might have been worth it.	Nintendo 64	Matt Neuteboom (941)
Enjoyable but flawed gaming experience	Nintendo 64	Simoneer (30)
Great game that follows the novel	Nintendo 64	darthsith19 (65)

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The Press Says

Coming Soon Magazine	Windows	Sep, 1997	92 out of 100	92
Christ Centered Game Reviews	Nintendo 64	Jun 01, 2005	91 out of 100	91
Retroage	Nintendo 64	Mar 19, 2010	9 out of 10	90
Gamezilla	Windows	Aug 17, 2000	88 out of 100	88
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Oct, 1997		80
Gamesmania	Windows	1997	80 out of 100	80
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Oct, 1997	79 out of 100	79
Game Play 64	Nintendo 64	Aug, 1997	76 out of 100	76
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Dec 04, 1996	7.1 out of 10	71
Game Revolution	Nintendo 64	Jun 06, 2004	C+	58

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Trivia

Dash Rendar is the only character developed from the Star Wars franchise that actually made it "back" to the movies. You can see his modified starship, the Outrider YT-2400 lifting up and taking off from Mos Eisley as Luke and his gang enter the city in the new revised sequence featured on the Star Wars: Special Edition.

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