I don't know, to me that just seems more like "A long time from now," you know? Now any self-respecting editor here knows that Star Wars is supposed to have taken place "A long time ago," right? But even if it was "A long time ago," I mean, they had all these lasers and robot-butlers made of gold and spaceships that blew up planets and planets that blew up spaceships. But none of that changes the fact that you just spent fifty food to build Artoo-Detoo.
Naturally, as the manual explains, you're feeding the Ugnaughts who build Artoo-Detoo, but you don't see any of that. There are certain parts where it seems awkward - like the fact that you still have to farm food in order to build your robot workers. Ultimately the engine is fantastic and the licensing is faithful and entertaining, but I'm left wondering if a two-year old game that simulated medieval combat can successfully translate into a Star Wars RTS. It's more on the expansion-pack level in terms of innovation but there is enough novelty to catch your eye. They forgot to mention that the Blacksmith is now called the War Center or that wood is now called carbon. New units (Jedis and stuff) and legendary characters (Princess Leia and stuff).New technologies (stealth, shields, etc).Authentically detailed Star Wars settings such as Yavin and Dagobah.
To help orient us to the changes from the Age of Empires engine, the folks at LucasArts have provided a quick summary of the new features: It also knows Yoda, Skywalker and Darth Vader but not Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi or Porkins.) (By the way, MS Word does recognize the word Chewbacca but not Wookiee.
So why not go read the Age of Kings review and just take the parts where it says William Wallace and replace it with Chewbacca? Because Galactic Battlegrounds makes a number of changes that add a little fun (and a bit of stress) to the two-year-old RTS that was designed to simulate a world built on medieval technology.
The fact of the matter is that Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds is pretty much Age of Kings right from the start. But despite their fancy education and their nice teeth, those people are liars. A lot of people will tell you that Galactic Battlegrounds is based off of Age of Kings (known to the wider world as Age of Empires II). I've used the "two great tastes that taste great together" metaphor quite a few times in the past but I was wasting it this is the game that that phrase is made for.