Overview

This mod is a retelling of the Star Wars Expanded Universe story, Shadows of the Empire (also referred to as 'SOTE'). The Shadows of the Empire story features multiple conflicts. Emperor Palpatine continues his battle against the Rebel Alliance. Prince Xizor attempts to take Vader's position at the Emperor's side. Luke Skywalker reflects upon his encounter with Darth Vader on Cloud City. Dash Rendar, a mercenary, is hired by the Rebel Alliance to search for Han Solo - and rescue him from the carbonite-cold clutches of Boba Fett.

The Shadows of the Empire story takes place between Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Originally made by Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1996, this interquel was told as a three-part multimedia project, which was meant to explore the possibility of making another Star Wars film. It was made up of a novel, comic book series, and a video game (made for Nintendo 64, and later ported to PC).

The Shadows of the Empire mod will feature all of the levels from the original SOTE game. In addition, we plan to integrate the story of the comics and novel adding more levels which tie together the three originally very different storylines. This makes for one sizable mod. The original levels will also be modified and expanded to take advantage of the possibilities of the Quake 3 engine. At this time, we plan to have nineteen playable levels.