Star Wars : Starfighter Star Wars : Starfighter is a flight simulation video game for the PC , Xbox and PlayStation 2 that takes place during , released on February 19 , 2001 . " Star Wars : Starfighter Special Edition " is an improved version of the original release , " Star Wars : Starfighter " . It included several bonus features not included in the first title , such as improved graphics , special bonus levels , unlockable fighter craft and even some two - player versions of story levels . The game ' s script was worked on by Matt Jacobs . In 2003 , Tsunami Visual Technologies , Inc . released a version of the game for the TsuMo arcade motion multi - game system . This version featured five levels . On April 28 , 2015 , the game was made available on PlayStation Network , allowing it to be played on PlayStation 3 . Summary . The storyline follows the exploits of three pilots prior to and during the Invasion of Naboo ; Naboo starfighter pilot Rhys Dallows , mercenary Vana Sage and Feeorin pirate Nym . While Dallows defends Queen Amidala from mercenaries in the Naboo system , Vana Sage is betrayed by the Trade Federation near Eos , and Nym carries out raids on Federation freighters over Lok . The three ultimately cross paths , and set out to fight back against the Trade Federation following the death of Dallows ' mentor , Essara Till , and the capture of Nym ' s base on Lok . The pilots join the Battle of Naboo , with Nym and Vana protecting a groundside settlement while Dallows takes the fight to the orbital Droid Control Ship with Bravo Squadron . Plot . The story begins with Rhys Dallows , a budding N - 1 starfighter pilot . After a short combat tutorial with his mentor Essara Till , the two are assigned their first joint mission . They are to escort Padmé Amidala traveling in the Royal Starship as she meets with Trade Federation officials . The meeting is revealed to be a trap , and Rhys and Essara are forced to defend the royal starship from mercenaries until it can escape . After it jumps into hyperspace , Essara is killed by an unidentified ship , and Rhys ' s ship is disabled . Rhys is later rescued by the Toydarian Reti in the Zoomer . The story shifts to Vana Sage , a mercenary employed by the Trade Federation . She is hired to help test the Scarab - class droid starfighter , which serves as an informal tutorial for controlling her ship . After completing the task , her astromech droid , Mod - 3 , intercepts a transmission about the illegal invasion of Naboo . The Trade Federation subsequently terminates her contract and sends numerous " Hunter - Killer " droids and a squad of mercenaries to kill her . Vana manages to destroy all but one of the droids , which leads her to a droid production factory on the volcanic planet of Eos . After a brief investigating of the factory , she returns to her base of operations , awaiting Reti and Rhys . Nym , a Feeorin pirate Vana had managed to capture at some point before the events take place , had escaped and now threatened to kill Vana . She manages to buy him off by telling him about the droid factory she discovered on Eos , which he repays by trapping her in a locker and meeting back up with his pirate group above Lok . Nym then had started a piracy operation which began the First Battle of Lok , disabling a freighter in orbit and managing to send it crashing to Lok ' s surface , Nym ' s pirates steal valuable supplies from the crashed freighter and attempt to return to their base by navigating through a river defending the small freighter to a cave . The Trade Federation strikes back , overrunning Nym ' s pirates and forcing him to self - destruct the base as they return to Vana ' s home . Reti and Rhys arrived at Vana ' s home and found her in the locker and released her . Nym then arrived back at Vana ' s station , After the meeting between Rhys , Vana , Nym and Reti , the four ally with each other in an attempt to stop the Trade Federation once and for all . The character played as varies throughout the second half of the game , as the small group destroys the droid factory on Eos , disables a Trade Federation freighter and steals supplies , delivers those supplies to Bravo Flight , rescues Trade Federation prisoners , and then defends the Naboo Royal Guard ' s outpost . Failure of this mission only occurs if either the outpost is badly damaged or 5 / 10 defense turrets are destroyed . The final mission takes place around the Droid Control Ship , as Bravo Flight destroys the receiver stations on the exterior of the ship . When they destroy all the droid starfighters currently deployed , the leader of the Trade Federation - hired mercenaries appears . The shield to one of the hangar bays opens ; a landing craft leaves as the mercenary and Rhys enter . The lander can be destroyed but requires tremendous amounts of time and damage to destroy . The shield closes again , trapping Rhys inside and the rest of Bravo Flight outside of the ship . Inside the hangar bay , several landing craft surround the area . These can also be destroy except the landers . Destroying these makes the hangar safer to navigate . A fierce battle throughout the inner bays of the ship ensues , with Rhys eventually destroying the mercenary ' s ship . When Anakin Skywalker fires the shot that destroys the control ship , Dallows escapes the doomed vessel by destroying the shield generator blocking his escape route . After the battle , the three heroes meet and exchange farewells before Nym ' s departure to rejoin his fellow pirates . Bonuses . Missions . These missions are unlockable by completing campaign missions with gold medals . Vehicles . These vessels are unlocked for use in every mission by attaining certain gold medals or entering cheat codes .