Star Wars: Starfighter

Star Wars: Starfighter
PlayStation 2 cover art
PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)LucasArts
Blitz Games
Secret Level, Inc. (PC, Xbox)
Publisher(s)LucasArts
Director(s)Daron Stinnett
Writer(s)Matthew Jacobs
SeriesStar Wars
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Arcade, PlayStation 3
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: February 21, 2001[1]
  • EU: March 23, 2001
Xbox (Special Edition)
Windows
  • NA: January 22, 2002[3]
  • EU: February 8, 2002
PlayStation 3
  • NA: April 28, 2015
  • EU: May 4, 2015
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Star Wars: Starfighter is a 2001 action video game, developed and published by LucasArts, that takes place right before the Battle of Naboo. The player unites alongside three starfighter pilots and is allowed to take control of several different spacecraft to help stop the invasion that threatens Naboo.

Starfighter was revealed at E3 2001. Initially released for PlayStation 2 (PS2), an Xbox version was later released as Star Wars: Starfighter: Special Edition. An additional port to the PC followed in late January 2002, based on the PS2 version. Both ports were performed by Secret Level, Inc.. In 2003, an arcade version was released on Tsunami Visual Technologies' motion-base platform. LucasArts re-released the game on the digital distribution platform Steam on July 8, 2009, and on the PlayStation 3 in the US in 2015 via the PlayStation Store. A sequel was released in 2002, named Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter.

  1. ^ IGN staff (February 13, 2001). "The Making of Starfighter". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Torres, Ricardo (September 25, 2001). "Star Wars Starfighter: Special Edition (Preview)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 10, 2002. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  3. ^ IGN staff (January 17, 2002). "Starfighter Gold". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002. Retrieved March 9, 2024. Look for it for around 40 bucks on [January] 22nd...