Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)
1998 Star Wars video game
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Star Wars Rebellion (known as Star Wars Supremacy in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a real-time strategy 4X game released in 1998 by LucasArts and set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe.
| Star Wars Rebellion | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer | Coolhand Interactive |
| Publisher | LucasArts |
| Director | Scott Witte |
| Designer | Scott Witte |
| Composers | Peter McConnell Michael Land Clint Bajakian |
| Platform | Windows |
| Release | |
| Genres | Real-time strategy, 4X |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 50%[2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| CNET Gamecenter | 8/10[3] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus |   [4] |
| Computer Gaming World |  [5] |
| EP Daily | 5/10[6] |
| Game Informer | 5.5/10[7] |
| GameSpot | 4.5/10[8] |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 16/20[9] |
| Next Generation | [10] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 60%[11] |
| PC PowerPlay | 88%[12] |
The game received poor reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Next Generation stated, "LucasArts should start looking more closely at what it slaps the Star Wars brand on, as consumers will be less likely to forget or forgive."[10]
According to PC Data, the game was the U.S.' 18th-best-selling computer game during the January–November 1998 period.[13]
The game won the award for "Most Disappointing Game of the Year" at GameSpot's Best & Worst of 1998 Awards.[14] It was also nominated for "The Underachiever Award" at IGN's Best of 1998 Awards, which ultimately went to Trespasser.[15]
Rebellion has been more positively remembered in retrospect, with PC Gamer noting it is a "pretty effective Star Wars story generator" with compelling grand strategy elements.[16] Game Rant also notes the game as for its rich Star Wars digital encyclopedia, unique for its time.[17]
Macworld saw LucasArts' 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War as a successor to Rebellion.[18] Ars Technica notes that the Fantasy Flight's Star Wars: Rebellion board game is loosely based on the computer game.[19]