Star Wars: Commander gives Clone Wars-era kit to the Rebels in their fight against the Empire

Disney Interactive has found a fan-friendly way to tie the Clone Wars into a game that takes place after Luke Skywalker has turned the Death Star into a space junkyard.

Star Wars: Commander, a free-to-play strategy game that debuts worldwide for iPhones and iPads today, depicts the Rebel Alliance as a force that must scrounge for its gear, not necessarily manufacture it all, in order to face the Empire. This isn’t something you see in Star Wars strategy games, where the Rebels have access to loads of tech that’s not in the films and that’s roughly on par with the Imperial Army and Navy (this was especially egregious in 2006’s Empire at War for PC). Here, the Alliance has turned to leftover Clone Wars weapons to take on Darth Vader and his legions of AT-ATs (All Terrain Armored Transports) and Stormtroopers.