Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon is a video game based on the events of the original Star Wars trilogy of films, developed by British company Pocket Studios. Published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance, the game lets the player pilot various space ships in the battles against the antagonistic Galactic Empire. The story follows the pilots of the space ship Millennium Falcon, Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, as they help save the galaxy from the Empire's forces.
Flight of the Falcon is a 3D shooter game and was developed by Pocket Studios. The game was first announced on June 23, 2003, by THQ. It was originally scheduled to be released that summer, but the date was pushed back to November 21, 2003. Flight of the Falcon has received mostly negative reviews. It has been criticized for its lagging graphics and gameplay, and for its excessively long levels, which made the game repetitive. Praise focused on the sounds and music in the game, and the detailed backgrounds in the levels.
Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon is a 3D aerial shooter game. It is set in the same time as the original Star Wars film trilogy, when the antagonistic Galactic Empire has taken control of the galaxy. The story follows the pilots of the space ship Millennium Falcon, smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca. While they struggle to pay off a debt to Jabba the Hutt, soldiers of the Galactic Empire board their ship. Han Solo and Chewbacca fight them off and, after an encounter with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker, flies off to help save the galaxy from the Empire.
In the game, the player is able to pilot various space craft, including the Millennium Falcon, to help the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire's forces. Other space ships that can be piloted in the game include a speeder bike from the film Return of the Jedi, an X-wing, and a landspeeder. They are used in either close range battles or high-speed flying action. The fast landspeeder, for example, is used in a level in which the player has to finish a race before the time runs out. The weapons and protective shields on the space ships can be upgraded.
Flight of the Falcon features 14 missions that are based on the storylines from the Star Wars films. The plot of the game, however, does feature twists not seen before, such as various new battles with enemy forces. The locations of the battles include asteroid fields, canyons, and the skies of places such as the planet Yavin and the moon Endor. The player has to face enemy ships such as TIE fighters, Star Destroyers, and Boba Fett's Slave 1 ship. The Death Stars from Star Wars: A New Hope and Return of the Jedi are also attacked by the player. Flight of the Falcon does not come with a save function. Instead, players are rewarded with passwords in the game that can be entered if the console is restarted so that they can resume where they previously left off.
