Star Wars: Dark Forces

Video Game
1995
T

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.2K

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After successfully retrieving the Death Star plans, Kyle Katarn is hired by the Rebel Alliance to uncover information about a secret trooper project the Empire has in development.After successfully retrieving the Death Star plans, Kyle Katarn is hired by the Rebel Alliance to uncover information about a secret trooper project the Empire has in development.After successfully retrieving the Death Star plans, Kyle Katarn is hired by the Rebel Alliance to uncover information about a secret trooper project the Empire has in development.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Kyle Katarn
(voice)
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Julie Eccles

Jan Ors
(voice)

Jack Angel

Rom Mohc
(voice)

Peggy Roberts-Hope

Mon Mothma
(voice)

Denny Delk

Stormtrooper
(voice)
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Scott Lawrence

Darth Vader
(voice)

C. Andrew Nelson

Darth Vader
(uncredited)

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10doctorindyj

First Person Shooter, Star Wars, 'nuff said!

This is a great game. There is no better way to say it. Although there is some cruelness to Ewoks. The story line is original while still including some classic elements from Star Wars. Kyle Katarn is a great character and the sequel expands on him to an even greater degree. Also the Dark Troopers are just too cool especially the Final Boss Dark Trooper.

8Keyan-the-Eagle144

One of the best Doom clones of the 1990s

When this game was coming out, I was so excited. I was looking forward to playing a 3D game set in the Star Wars universe. After playing Doom, this turned out to be even better. You can jump, you can crouch, you can look up and down, and you have ten different weapons instead of seven. Also unlike Doom this is more of a thinking-man's shooter. You don't just shoot enemies throughout levels, you solve puzzles like flipping switches and finding codes to unlock certain doors. OK, that's still like Doom but like I said, it's better than that aforementioned game. Plus, we get the saga of a former Imperial who is looking to do work as a mercenary with the Rebel Alliance. My only beef with the game is that there is no in-game save feature. It only has a between-missions checkpoint and nothing more. Hey, it's better than nothing, right? Plus, the music is good. And the enemies are numerous and there's more than just Imperials. Give them all you've got!

Foeth

Good, but...

This Shoot 'm up has good level design and interesting locations, perhaps giving one of the best atmospheres of the early shooters, though the fact you cannot save ingame will frustrate the player quickly and will make him stop playing. Still, a good game, which introduced jumping to the First person Shooter.

10Swfan25

A Great Game

A great game of its time. You could play for hours and enjoy yourself. It had a good story and fit in well with the star wars universe. Worth your time to buy and play.

7gangstahippie

Great for its time.Alright for today's.

Rated T for Violence.

I have had Star Wars Dark Forces for many years now.When I was seven I played this game and Full Throttle all the time.For 1994 when this game came out it was a great first person shooter which was loosely based on the original three Star Wars films.However instead of playing Luke Skywalker you played as another person but Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers from the Star Wars movies.When I got my Windows XP along with Full Throttle this game did not work so I have not played this game in a very long time.You basically go through levels killing stormtroopers and other baddies with the weapons you have.Star Wars Dark Forces is a very good game for its time but today its just mediocre with many elements in the game such as graphics being dated.

7/10

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Trivia
The player character was originally meant to be Luke Skywalker, and the events of the game were originally meant to follow the events of Star Wars: Épisode IV - Un nouvel espoir (1977). The game designers instead decided to create a unique character and set the stage before the first film.

Goofs
Jabba's dialogue when he speaks to Kyle before he is thrown in the kell dragon pit are samples from Le Retour du Jedi (1983) and originally meant something different in Huttese than what the subtitles in the game imply. It is likely that the dialogue sample was used simply out of convenience.

Quotes
Mon Mothma: This Imperial officer, Crix Madine, wishes to defect to the Alliance. He has supplied us with information on the development of a new weapon... A new type of stormtrooper: the Dark Trooper.
Kyle Katarn: [Kyle cocks an eyebrow, considering for a moment] A new type of stormtrooper that can take out a Rebel base that quickly? I should have kept working for the Empire.

Alternate versions
The original German version has many references to violence removed in dialog to avoid being indexed but nonetheless got BPjM indexed anyway:
In the intro and the briefing for the first mission, Kyle's blaster pistol is referred to as a stunning pistol. Because of that detail, Mon Mothma has been given extra lines of dialog before the first mission, mentioning that the guards needed to be stunned to avoid casualties.
In the briefing for the second mission, Jan says "I'm relieved" instead of "I'm impressed" and "Good luck, Kyle" instead of "Good hunting, Kyle".
Before the sixth mission, Jan urges Kyle to stay alive. In the censored version, she says that he should avoid being detected.
The 2024 remaster release by Nightdive Studios waived this censorship in Germany, especially since the game is no longer indexed in Germany since 2020.