The Galactic Civil War was one of the major conflicts to occur in the Star Wars galaxy's history. It was a rebellion by the Rebel Alliance/New Republic against the Galactic Empire (and the various groups that it splintered into after the Battle of Endor).
Although there was resistance against the Empire almost from its formation, the Galactic Civil War is generally considered to have begun with the formation of the Rebel Alliance in 1 BBY. The war didn't formally end until a treaty was signed between the Empire and the New Republic in 19 ABY; but most games of the war end with the Battle of Endor, as the Emperor's death there led directly to the splintering of the Empire into numerous factions, which spent much of the rest of the war fighting each other rather than the Republic.
Major battles and campaigns seen in the games[]
- Operation Skyhook
- Battle of Yavin
- Blockade of Yavin
- Dark Trooper campaign
- Battle of Hoth
- Battle of Endor
- Battle of Calamari
Games depicting the war[]
- Star Wars: Rebellion
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (up to the Imperial victory at Hoth)
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (as a series)
- (incomplete list)
Games depicting battles or campaigns of the war[]
- Star Wars: X-wing
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- Rebel Assault
- Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
- Dark Forces (the Dark Trooper campaign)
- (incomplete list)
Other games set during the war[]
- Yoda Stories
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Star Wars Force Unleashed (early war)
- Star Wars Force Unleashed II
- Dark Forces
- Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
- Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith (expansion)
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast (late war)
- Star Wars Jedi Knight III : Jedi Academy (late war)
- (probably an incomplete list)