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SITH UNSEEN: A RETROSPECTIVE

call in the clones the Wookiee chieftain who later works with
STAR WARS: Chewbacca to facilitate Master Yoda’s escape after

REPUBLIC COMMANDO Order 66. Delta Squad successfully rescue Tarfful
from his reptilian captors and, possessing the vital
intelligence they’ve uncovered, Tarfful leaves the
RELEASE DATE: PUBLISHER: planet in order to deliver the data to Coruscant.
February 28, 2005 LucasArts
Grievous escapes to his ship, the Invisible Hand,
linking the game directly to the opening space
n this first-person video game, players battle of Episode III.

take on the role of RC-01/138, a clone The Separatist presence on Kashyyyk in
I commanding the elite unit Delta Squad. Republic Commando is what prompts Master
Nicknamed ‘Boss,’ you lead a team of three Ki-Adi-Mundi’s question to the Jedi Council
troopers into warzones strewn across the in Revenge of the Sith: “What about the droid
Star Wars galaxy. attack on the Wookiees?” In response, Yoda
The game’s storyline follows Boss from the announces he will oversee the Republic’s response

conflict’s opening salvo at the Battle of Geonosis, to this invasion, and Tarfful can clearly be seen
as seen in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002), waiting when the Jedi Master arrives at the troop
with the player guiding Delta Squad in missions staging area to prepare for departure. Back on
that span the duration of the war. Levels include Kashyyyk, Boss and Delta Squad operate against
investigating the seemingly derelict Acclamator- the Separatists in Tarfful’s home city of Kachirho,
class assault ship Prosecutor to a recognizable contributing covering fire for the Republic’s

engagement on the planet Kashyyyk. reinforcements.
Delta Squad’s The game concludes on a cliffhanger, with

excursion to the Delta Squad ordered to exfiltrate aboard a
Wookiee homeworld gunship and await further instructions. At that
includes numerous point, Yoda has arrived on the scene, ready
links to Revenge of to head up the Clone Army’s war strategy.

the Sith. Boss and his Republic Commando’s final moments tease the
comrades arrive on upcoming Battle of Kashyyyk that would feature
Kashyyyk prior to the in Revenge of the Sith, setting the stage for the
Battle of Coruscant, Separatists’ offensive against the clone troopers
where they uncover and Wookiees who are establishing defensive
General Grievous positions on Kachirho’s beaches.
and the Separatists
collaborating with Republic Commando’s final moments
Trandoshan slavers
on a plan to enslave tease the upcoming Battle of
the local population. Kashyyyk that would feature
The Trandoshans have
imprisoned Tarfful, in Revenge of the Sith.

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