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- <strong>Republic Commando</strong> | Lucasfilm's 2004-2009 EU multimedia project | lore retcon #2,378
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Republic Commando | 2004-2009 EU multimedia project | lore retcon #2,378
Another oft-forgotten and overlooked Prequel era EU multimedia project whose content & lore was later altered & retconned away
Intro:
'Republic Commando, alternatively titled the Republic Commando series or the Republic Commando novels, was a multimedia project launched around the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando, a first person shooter (FPS), that was released in 2005.
It primarily consisted of a series of novels by Karen Traviss focusing on members of the clone commandos of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.
A second game, entitled Star Wars: Imperial Commando, was originally planned but was cancelled before it reached development. Similarly, Traviss’s planned Imperial Commando series of novels was cancelled after its first entry, Imperial Commando: 501st.’
^ from https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Republic_Commando
The Republic Commando series is primarily set in the Clone Wars era of Star Wars (though the then-lore at the time has elements going through to the Original Trilogy era and beyond). There is also an overlap of sorts in while the Republic Commando series is its own multi-media project, it also forms a part of the larger 2002-2007 Clone Wars multi-media project as well.
There were 5 completed novels, 2 short stories, and 2 video games in the Republic Commando series (links to wookiepedia):
Republic Commando: Hard Contact | novel | October 2004
Star Wars: Republic Commando | game | February 2005
“Omega Squad: Targets” - in Star Wars Insider 81 | short story |March 2005
Republic Commando: Order 66 video game | mobile phone game | August 2005
Republic Commando: Triple Zero | novel | February 2006
“Odds” — Star Wars Insider 87 | short story | April 2006
Republic Commando: True Colors | novel | October 2007
Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel | novel | September 2008
Imperial Commando: 501st | novel | October 2009
Imperial Commando 2 | canceled novel
Star Wars: Imperial Commando | canceled game
as well as a soundtrack and merchandise similarly found in other Star Wars multimedia projects (MMPs) at the time.
A Thread Index:
• Intro (this post)
• The Game
• The Novels
• The Lore (from 2002 to 2007 / the 2008 TCW series retconning and replacing this lore)
• The Merchandise
• Conclusion and Legacy
• Other EU multimedia projects that are no longer canon or were retconned