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	'''''Star Wars: Rebellion''''' (released in the United Kingdom as '''''Star Wars: Supremacy''''') is a 1998 real-time grand strategy game for Windows 95, published by [[LucasArts]] and developed with Coolhand Interactive of Palo Alto, California.<ref name="la-intro">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Introduction page, archived 8 December 2004 (Wayback Machine).</ref><ref name="la-overview">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Overview page ("About the Designers", "Grand Strategy"), archived 8 December 2004.</ref><ref name="review">Evaders99, "What is Rebellion? A Review – also known as Supremacy", SWRebellion, 20 January 2003.</ref> LucasArts described it as its first ''Star Wars'' grand strategy game.<ref name="la-intro" /> The player commands either the [[Rebel Alliance]] or the [[Galactic Empire]] across a whole galaxy, managing planets, production, fleets and characters.		'''''Star Wars: Rebellion''''' (released in the United Kingdom as '''''Star Wars: Supremacy''''') is a 1998 real-time grand strategy game for Windows 95, published by [[LucasArts]] and developed with Coolhand Interactive of Palo Alto, California.<ref name="la-intro">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Introduction page, archived 8 December 2004 (Wayback Machine).</ref><ref name="la-overview">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Overview page ("About the Designers", "Grand Strategy"), archived 8 December 2004.</ref><ref name="review">Evaders99, "What is Rebellion? A Review – also known as Supremacy", SWRebellion, 20 January 2003.</ref> LucasArts described it as its first ''Star Wars'' grand strategy game.<ref name="la-intro" /> The player commands either the [[Rebel Alliance]] or the [[Galactic Empire]] across a whole galaxy, managing planets, production, fleets and characters.

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{{Claude-authored|source=LucasArts' archived Star Wars Rebellion product site (Wayback Machine, Dec 2004); SWRebellion review "What is Rebellion?" (2003); swrebellion.net "Get the Game" page}}
'''''Star Wars: Rebellion''''' (released in the United Kingdom as '''''Star Wars: Supremacy''''') is a 1998 real-time grand strategy game for Windows 95, published by [[LucasArts]] and developed with Coolhand Interactive of Palo Alto, California.<ref name="la-intro">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Introduction page, archived 8 December 2004 (Wayback Machine).</ref><ref name="la-overview">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Overview page ("About the Designers", "Grand Strategy"), archived 8 December 2004.</ref><ref name="review">Evaders99, "What is Rebellion? A Review – also known as Supremacy", SWRebellion, 20 January 2003.</ref> LucasArts described it as its first ''Star Wars'' grand strategy game.<ref name="la-intro" /> The player commands either the [[Rebel Alliance]] or the [[Galactic Empire]] across a whole galaxy, managing planets, production, fleets and characters.

== Setting ==
The game starts just after the destruction of the first Death Star in ''A New Hope''. It has no scripted story; the course of the war depends on the players.<ref name="la-overview" />

== Gameplay ==
=== The galaxy ===
The galaxy contains 100 to 200 star systems, grouped into 10 to 20 [[sector]]s of ten systems each. The player chooses the galaxy size and a difficulty level when starting a game.<ref name="la-overview" /> Each system has its own loyalty, resources and forces.<ref name="review" />

A system's '''loyalty''' (popular support) is separate from '''control''' (who owns it): the Empire can control a planet whose people fully support the Alliance. Loyalty can be won by diplomacy or by force; force works quickly but can leave a resentful system that later switches sides. Planets need enough garrison troops to prevent uprisings.<ref name="la-tips">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Gameplay Tips page ("Loyalty, Control and Diplomacy", "Maintenance", "Manufacturing"), archived 8 December 2004.</ref>

=== Time ===
The game runs in real time rather than in turns. Time passes in game days, and the player can change the speed or pause.<ref name="la-faq">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, FAQ page, archived 8 December 2004.</ref><ref name="review" />

=== Resources and production ===
Mines produce raw materials and refineries turn them into the refined materials that every facility, ship, troop and special force needs. Each mine-and-refinery pair also adds 50 maintenance points; the maintenance pool limits how many units a side can keep, and blockades stop maintenance from getting through.<ref name="la-tips" /> Construction draws refined materials in portions, so a build is delayed, not refused, when materials run short. There is no real build queue: changing the quantity of a build in progress resets it.<ref name="la-tips" />

=== Characters and missions ===
Characters lead fleets and armies and carry out [[missions]] such as diplomacy, espionage, sabotage, abduction and research. The LucasArts site gives 55 characters in all (28 Alliance, 27 Empire), drawn from the films, the Zahn novels and Dark Horse comics, with one or two created for the game; the same site's image gallery mentions 60 heroes and villains.<ref name="la-overview" /><ref name="la-images">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Images page, archived 8 December 2004.</ref> Force-sensitive characters can be trained as Jedi.<ref name="la-tips" />

=== Tactical combat ===
When opposing fleets meet over a system, a real-time 3D tactical battle begins. The player can command task forces and fighter squadrons directly or let the computer resolve the battle.<ref name="la-overview" /><ref name="la-images" /> The 2003 SWRebellion review called the tactical mode a forerunner of games such as ''Homeworld''.<ref name="review" />

== Winning ==
* '''Alliance:''' capture Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine, and take Coruscant.
* '''Empire:''' capture Luke Skywalker and Mon Mothma, and destroy the Rebel headquarters, which starts in a random location and can move.<ref name="la-overview" /><ref name="la-faq" />

== Multiplayer ==
Two players can play against each other over a LAN, modem-to-modem, a direct connection, or the Internet through The Zone (zone.com).<ref name="la-faq" /><ref name="la-info">LucasArts, ''Star Wars Rebellion'' product site, Product Info page, archived 8 December 2004.</ref>

== System requirements ==
The original release required Windows 95, a CD-ROM drive, a Pentium 90 processor, 16 MB of RAM and DirectX 5.0.<ref name="la-info" />

== Availability today ==
The game is sold digitally on Steam and GOG (the GOG version is DRM-free), and is described as working on Windows 7, 8 and 10.<ref name="getswr">swrebellion.net, "Get the Game", https://swrebellion.net/getswr/ (accessed 22 October 2026).</ref> The community [[Rebellion Fix]] improves compatibility with modern versions of Windows, and the game can be modified with editors such as [[RebEd]] and the [[Star Wars Rebellion Editor (.NET)]]. A community remake, [[Rebellion 2]], entered alpha in 2026.

== References ==
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[[Category:Star Wars: Rebellion]]

Star Wars: Rebellion - Revision history

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