Because he's genre savvy enough to know that the Empire's military superiority means shit when they're fighting plucky underdogs. The Rebel Assault games take place in an alternate universe where a guy called 'Rookie One' took Luke Skywalker's place in history and blew up the Death Star, so instead of hunting for his son, Vader's just hunting for a new super weapon now. Wow, there's no need to yell 'Galactic Empire' at me, especially as it's always been lower case in the movies. Toward this end, his forces have scoured the Galaxy for a new weapon a weapon Vader hopes can catch the Alliance off guard and give the Empire undisputed rule of the Galaxy. Though before you do, I should warn you that there'll be SPOILERS for the original trilogy of Star Wars films down there too.īy destroying the Death Star, Rebel Forces proved themselves a serious threat to the GALACTIC EMPIRE.ĭarth Vader, enraged by his defeat, became obsessed with the Alliance's elimination. There is a good explanation for that which I'll reveal if you scroll down to the next picture. You might be wondering why it just says "Rebel Assault" up there without a "II" on it. But hey how I was I supposed to know what the difference between a 486SX and 486DX was before the internet! In fact I still remember the shame I felt having to take it back to the shop and buy the first game instead. I didn't get to play it for a long while though due to my PC being ass. So it was made in the finale years of the pre-Special Edition, pre- Phantom Menace era. To give you an idea of where this fits on the Star Wars video game timeline, it came out the same year as Dark Forces, a year after TIE Fighter and Super Return of the Jedi, and two years after the original Rebel Assault. I didn't really notice at the time, but LucasArts were really fond of putting the creator's name on the box back in the 90s. So this week on Super Adventures I'm playing Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire, by Vincent Lee. It's Star Wars' 40th birthday today and I'm celebrating by playing a Star Wars video game! I was tempted to play the game for Star Wars Day a few weeks ago on May the 4th, but the 40th seems like a bigger deal (plus I'm fond of putting things off as late as I can).
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