Star Wars : Galactic Battlegrounds Star Wars : Galactic Battlegrounds is a 2001 game , developed by Ensemble Studios and LucasArts , who also published the game in North America . The Japanese version published by Electronic Arts and Squaresoft Joint Venture Electronic Arts Square . It was released in November 11 , 2001 . The game was built on the " " technology that was used to build the Age of Empires II game . An was released in 2002 , featuring elements from " " . Later that year , both Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns were released in a box set , Star Wars : Galactic Battlegrounds Saga . Plot . Early missions . The original game has six campaigns . Some of the missions represent actual battles from the movies , like the Battle of Hoth . Gameplay . At commencement of the game , each player can choose one of the available factions and will begin a typical game with a command center and a handful of workers . The idea of the game is to gather resources , build units and research technologies to ultimately conquer ones opponents . When a certain amount of resources have been stockpiled , they can be used to advance to the next technology level which opens up new construction and research options , as well as unlocking newer and upgraded units . If the game begins with the First Tech Level , each player is limited in what can be . Aside from a few basic troopers who are fairly useless except as scouts , most construction options revolve around the player ' s economy and getting that off the ground . Once 500 food has been stockpiled , the player will have the option to advance to the Second Tech Level . This will open up more buildings and units forming basic armies . 800 food and 200 nova will allow advancement to the Third Tech Level where combat can become truly three dimensional with the ability to construct air units . 1000 food and 800 nova will let the player then advance to the Fourth and final Tech level where expensive upgrades are available but the benefits they bring to one ' s faction are often worth the excessive cost . Each worker unit which often takes the form of labor droids , Wookiees , or whatever suits the player ' s faction , can be individually controlled by the player and they can be ordered to gather resources , construct buildings and even attack enemy units and buildings . There are four types of resources , all of which need to be gathered at a steady rate in order to supply a constant flow of resources : Carbon is used primarily to construct buildings and is often used in technology research and can be found in trees or in " carbon deposits " . Food is used to help train units and can also be used to a lesser extent in technology research . Food can be gathered from muja fruits , fish , hunting or farms , and from nerfs or banthas housed in an animal nursery . Nova crystals are used primarily in technology research and to train some units . They are also used as currency at the marketplace where buy and sell prices are listed in nova crystal value . The crystals are primarily mined but can also be traded for other resource at the marketplace , trade caravans can deposit a fixed amount of crystal between two marketplaces and Holocrons can provide a steady stream if housed at a Jedi Temple or Sith Temple . Finally , there is ore which is mostly used to construct fixed defensive structures like turrets , fortresses and anti - air defenses as well as in some technology research . Ore is often the scarcest resource on the map and the player will have to buy extra at the marketplace once exhausted . Cheats . " While playing , press ' Enter ' to open up the chat screen . Type one of the following codes and press ' Enter ' again ( Note : Some codes require you to highlight a unit for the code to work ) " Easter eggs . Some levels also featured some ' easter egg s ' : In some marginal and hard to reach places ( like mountain peaks , or areas behind trees that have to be harvested in order to reveal ) , some well known characters can be found if the player decides to explore the corners of the map with air units : Aurebesh texts . Galactic Battlegrounds also contains many text easter eggs , found in the game ' s briefing / debriefing screens . While many of the screens contain gibberish phrases , some seem to be inside jokes between LucasArts employees . Notable excerpts are presented here by civilization : Gungan : boss gallo / he has a big robe / one four / mesa sicka gungan guys ; jerb wi 2 wjbe eks oh and by the way this is boss rogoe / a slave gungan why did george have to bring jar jar back in ep2 ? ; so sad its my last day / i am going to miss this / its a game i hope like it ; the two jedi in the gungan city hey did anyone see any gungan women ? ; orb of peace / naboo is victorious / long live naboo / PCP Wookiees ( Colonization of Alaris Prime ) : chewie / jp i love you / two one / harvesting food / status : not done yet / tomorrow for sure ; image one / one two / wookiees approach / status ; guarded heavy / will move forward cautiously / end transimission ; obi - wan ' s lightsaber is long and dngerous / two hands are better than one / the ring ; one two four / final town buildings / qui - gon / status : obi - wan is lost / check out the trees / hes in there Trade Federation : teh tf tanks dstryd the the buildings / - dstry - capture - pillage ; the search for the gungans has ended / c - whats d - up ; - warning - droids no longer functioning Galactic Empire : ooold / vader speaks / the lord of the sith / dodonna learns his lesson ; Salvage the rebel base - - take all survivors to command / processing for detention block b ; mara jade occupation : bad ass / location death star code red surveylance ; stormtroopers bad guys / s - - jim tudner f - - bob billy newman b - - jack burton k - - mike terpsta j - - chris williams l - - paul c pierce f - - haden blackman Note : the names of Paul Pierce and John Paul Soto appear at the bottom of all screens in the Imperial campaign . Rebel Alliance : random troopers / joey russo / this is echu shen can yog guess it really is ; < Screen displays two X - wings flying over a forest > bob see any deer / yeah this is more fun than those banthas / not yet remember year when got that buck with my proton torpedo ; ; - you are here ( pl ) ease keep all ( han ) ds inside the boat at all times ; yes its an eye ball uh 282n good old rotj ; leia and luke looking on at rebels / what will they do who knows : ben kenobi does ; boom yey the empire bast is one fire too bad its not jar jar / and this is fire shooting out of the doorw ohh ahh ; the rebel transport ship otherwise known as a tunaboat / kiptan the boat smells like fish again / this will be earth in a few million years who would have ever thought future site of dr . evil ' s new asteroid base . . . ohh haha Wookiees ( Liberation of Kashyyyk ) : han chewie buddies / solo action status : huge / gone today ; bowcaster safety lock / chewie will kick your ass ; run chewie / one two three / wookiee transports sail across the water sttus : safe and secure / next mission comb matted fur ; many parties among the trees / hiding ewok babies / wookiee party house ; run run / free at last today / wookiee freedom at last / lando and han looking on Game types . The original game comes with six solo - player campaigns with the expansion pack adding two more , all of which reflect events in galactic history . There is also a Standard Game feature , which pits human player ( s ) against a set number of AI opponents for control of a map . The standard goal is to defeat one ' s enemies by either forcing surrender or annihilation . Other variations include race to construct a Monument first , " King - Of - The - Hill " and regicide . Technology & Research . To acquire technology , the player must first construct . Buildings are either economic , military or research orientated . Economic buildings will be drop - off points for resources as well as upgrades to worker gather speed . Military buildings can create new units , offers upgrades for those units or are defensive structures which help protect a base . Research buildings provide upgrades to units , buildings and defensive structures . The cost of the research will depend generally on the technology level and advantage that the research provides . Technology plays a central role . Early in the game , players must balance economic and military priorities , allocating scarce resources . Too much emphasis on researching technology and moving through the Levels without creating manpower , can leave an army vulnerable to attack . On the other hand , putting resources into a large population at the expense of progress , can lead to defeat if the enemy has progressed and is able to field a small but more powerful attack force . Monuments and holocrons . Holocrons are special unique items that are scattered around the map , and can only be picked up by Jedi or Sith . Once placed within a Jedi Temple or a Sith Temple , a holocron steadily generates free nova crystals for the civilization that holds it ( this reflects the historical realities of the power and influence that possessing knowledge has ) . Certain factions will gain extra crystals from holocrons , others will gain fewer . To capture a holocron from an enemy temple , the temple must suffer heavy damage to the holocron is ejected before its annihilation and then a Jedi / Sith unit can collect it . The standard skirmish victory condition allows for a " Holocron victory " - if one player gathers all holocrons , a countdown begins and if it expires , victory is awarded . It should be noted that , the Holocrons are very similar in function , to the Relics from " " , for they are both stored in Temples , and generating resources : Nova crystals and gold , respectively . Monuments are massive structures that require large amounts of resources and time to build . If a player completes a Monument , and it stands intact for an uninterrupted period of time ( 400 game days ) , they win . Each civilization has their own Monument ( typically a famous work of historical architecture ) . Scenario editor . The game also gives players the option of creating their own levels in the Scenario Editor . This can allow players to create their own levels and even combining multiple levels into a campaign . The levels can be made using all terrain types featured in the game and can place every type of unit and building available in the game , including units listed as heroes which are characters that specifically appear in the campaigns , such as Chewbacca . Some other characters from the Star Wars universe can also be used in Scenarios that aren ' t anywhere else the game , such as Dash Rendar and the " Outrider " , as well as characters invented solely for the game , such as Excellency Lathe Parthenian and Tallamitta . Units & Factions . Each faction typically has a set number of advantages and disadvantages which ensures that the differences between each faction is not just cosmetic . Certain factions will be able to access various parts of the technology tree while others are denied certain upgrades . There are also a number of unique technologies and one faction specific unit trainable at the Fortress . These differences can be turned off at the beginning of a skirmish game so that everyone has access to the same technologies and units . In team games , there is a further bonus to that team . Note : units separated with commas means different versions of the same unit . Galactic Empire . Faction Bonuses : Aircraft 5 % cheaper , Upgrades to Heavy Mech units 10 % cheaper Fortress builds 10 % faster Team Bonus : Mech units + 10 % speed Gungans . Faction Bonus : Can construct underwater prefab shelters , buildings are organic and can self regenerate , Workers have 10 % ore mining bonus in Technology Level 3 & 4 . Team Bonus : Ships - 15 % cost , Shield generators - 15 % cost Rebel Alliance . Faction Bonus : Farmers + 5 carry capacity , Fortress + 1 range , Line of sight and search radius , the Rebels have two unique units Team Bonus : Farm food maximum raised by + 35 Royal Naboo . Note that the Royal Naboo are not playable in the campaign mode , only in skirmish mode . Faction Bonus : Nova collection + 10 % , Holocrons produce more nova , Fortress has increased attack versus mechs and heavy weapons Team Bonus : Air Cruiser + 10 % speed Trade Federation . Faction Bonus : No prefab shelters needed , Fortress + 3 Anti - Air range Team Bonus : Heavy weapons + 15 % speed Wookiees . Faction Bonus : Carbon collection is 5 % faster in Tech Level 3 & 4 , Fortress + 5 line of sight and + 10 % strength Team Bonus : Troopers + 2 line of sight and + 2 search radius Planets . Battles take place in the following background settings , also available for custom missions . Reception . Critics believed that the game showed the limitations of the engine , which was probably not fit for sci - fi games : Laser shots often hit their target even when the craft wasn ' t pointing at them , and the proportions ( like in the cases of AT - ATs or Rancors ) were unrealistic . The game also shows some historical and factual inconsistencies , such as telling players that the AT - AT was developed during the Galactic Civil War when in fact it was developed during the Clone Wars . Among the assault units in the game , the basic Trade Federation trooper is a B1 - series battle droid , and the basic Confederacy trooper is a B2 - series super battle droid . While the B2 is manifestly an upgraded version of the B1 , the game makes them equal . Also , the NR - N99 " Persuader " - class droid enforcer , identified vaguely in the game as the " Corporate Alliance Tank Mech " , is portrayed as much larger and more powerful than it actually was according to canon . Additionally , the IG - 227 " Hailfire " - class droid tank is improperly assigned as an anti - air unit . It should be noted that in some cases , levels are very different from the missions on the movie . For example , if the player is playing as the Empire on the Endor Mission , the Rebels have four bases , this disagrees with the movie and most canon sources , which state that the Rebel force deployed on Endor was very reduced . Also , in the middle of the mission , the " Millennium Falcon " and R2 - D2 , C - 3PO , Luke and Leia escape . This is inconsistent , too , as Luke was at the Death Star II at the time of the battle and the " Millennium Falcon " and the multiple X - Wings and Y - Wings seen on the mission were fighting against the Imperial Fleet .