Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
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Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
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| Developer(s) | LucasArts |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Designer(s) | Jon Knoles |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PlayStation 2 |
| Release date(s) | December 5, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
| Media | Gamecube disc, DVD-ROM |
| Input methods | Gamecube controller, Dualshock 2 controller |
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a Star Wars video game developed and published by LucasArts for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2, released in 2002. In the game, players play as the bounty hunter Jango Fett, featured in the 2002 film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. In the game, Temuera Morrison — who portrayed Fett in the film — supplies Fett's voice, and his likeness is used in some cutscenes.
The main objective of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is to hunt Dark Jedi Komari Vosa. During the game, the explanation as to why Jango Fett is chosen as the template for the Grand Army of the Republic is revealed, as well as how Boba Fett, his cloned "son" is born. Players also fight many "bosses", such as Montross and the Bando Gora. There are also side objectives, such as collecting secondary bounties, that open special bonus items in the game. When the player beats a chapter, 'blooper reels' - comedic machinima productions - are unlocked.
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[edit] Plot
The game takes place shortly after the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Jango Fett is hunting a criminal, Meeko Ghintee, for his friend Rozatta, the Toydarian owner of Outland Station. After the capture, Jango receives a transmission from Darth Tyranus inviting him to participate in "a special hunt... for a special prey." The reward is five million credits for the capture of the deranged leader of the Bando Gora, Komari Vosa. Jango agrees to the hunt.
There are rumors that the Bando Gora are behind some strange narcotics shipments (referred to as 'death sticks'), and Jango decides to pursue a low-life death stick dealer named Jervis Gloom, wanted by the Coruscant police. Jango captures Gloom in the Entertainment District, and coerces him to reveal his sources. This leads Jango to a nerf processing plant in the Industrial Sector, run by a gangster named Groff Haugg. When Jango arrives, however, he encounters Montross, who has already tortured and killed Haugg, and learns that the both of them are pursuing the same prey. Jango fights Montross, who flees, before finding a message on Haugg's computer terminal from the gangster's co-conspirator, the corrupt Senator Trell. Jango then fights his way through Trell's heavily-guarded apartment tower to the Senator's penthouse, and learns from Trell that the death sticks came from a Malastare crime lord named Sebolto, before he throws the crooked politician off a balcony to his demise, ensuing a battle with one of Coruscant's police gunships.
After Roz's advice, Jango proceeds to the asteroid prison Oovo IV to break out Bendix Fust, with the idea of delivering him to Malastarian drug lord King Sebolto, to gain an audience. Deep in the prison, Jango is surprised when another bounty hunter, Zam Wesell, reaches Fust before him. The two meet at gunpoint, but decide to work together to escape the lockdowned prison. Jango's ship, Jaster's Legacy (Jaster being a commander of Jango's regiment in the Mandalorians), is destroyed; he then proceeds to commandeer a Firespray class police ship, naming it Slave I.
Fett and Wesell travel to Malastare to deliver Fust to Sebolto. Wesell delivers Fust while Jango goes in the "back way", trekking through the dense jungle. Wesell escapes from Sebolto, and heads down the compound to where she has to call a Skiff hover vehicle for Jango to cross the Chasm separating the Compound from the Jungle. They then go back up the compound to Sebolto's Palace, and the dug king escapes down a pipe. In the next level, Sebolto is seen sliding down the pipe and down into a Death Stick Factory, crashing into a wall and falling down a chasm, at which Fett murmurs, "It'll be a sour batch..."
He ventures through the factory, and eventually comes to a cave crawling with members of the Bando Gora. Once he gets past them, he reaches a supply ship. On further inspection, he finds Huttese markings on it. Then Montross comes with a Skiff hovership, and the two of them battle again, ending in a draw. Wesell brings the ship and the two of them escape.
Not knowing which Hutt is involved with the Bando Gora, the pair split up to question the two Hutts, Jabba and Gardulla. Finding Jabba clean, Fett proceeds to Gardulla's palace, and finds Wesell captured in a holding cell. Fett leaves her there to avoid sounding an alarm, and proceeds to search for Gardulla. After being briefly apprehended (and discovering that Wesell is a changeling and had lied to Fett), Fett reaches Gardulla and learns the location of Vosa's system.
Fett contacts Rozatta, who had helped him throughout his journey, and tells her the system, but Montross had been listening in and attacks Rozatta, rigging her space station to explode. Montross then taunts Fett, telling him that his friend is in danger. Enraged, he temporarily abandons his mission to help Rozatta. She is fatally wounded, and her dying words are for Fett to pass on his legacy, and not to live for nothing. She then dies, and Fett escapes just before the station explodes.
After fighting his way across the planet's surface, Fett arrives at Vosa's castle, where he finds Montross is already waiting for him, and they duel a final time. Jango finally defeats Montross, who wants a warrior's death, but Jango lets the Bando Gora tear him apart as he walks away. Jango is finally able to proceed to Komari Vosa's lair. He enters the outer rooms, but is soon overwhelmed and taken prisoner by Bando Gora slaves. He is tortured, both physically and mentally, by Komari Vosa. Zam Wesell appears, and frees him from the restraints before being injured. Fett grabs his blasters, and drives Vosa out of the room. After tending to Wesell, Fett follows Vosa through the castle and fatally wounds her. As she dies on the ground, Darth Tyranus steps from the shadows and greets Fett. Tyranus explains that the entire ordeal was a test, of which Fett had proven to be the best. He offers Fett a considerably larger sum to go to Kamino, to be the template for a clone army. Fett agrees, on the condition that he gets the first unaltered clone for himself (passing on his legacy), whom is later known as Boba Fett.
[edit] Star Wars history and ties to Bounty Hunter
The origin of Jango Fett's ship, Slave I, is unveiled in this game. This is the same ship that Jango's son, Boba, pilots in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
According to the Expanded Universe fiction, when the Mandalorian Commandos were first formed by Jaster Mereel, a rebel faction of the Mandalorians broke away from Jaster and formed the Death Watch. The two were in basic terms mortal enemies. In Open Seasons Part 2 (available as an unlockable feature), Mereel and his team along with Fett and Montross are ambushed by the Death Watch during a mission. Montross foolishly tries to push ahead against Mereel's orders and is almost killed. When Mereel endangers himself to save Montross, Montross uses his jet pack to flee the scene and leaves Mereel to die. As Fett watches the proceedings, he is unable to save Mereel. Becoming the new leader of the Mandalorians, Fett exiles Montross from the group for his betrayal. Montross leaves and becomes the rebellious bounty hunter in the game. Fett inherits Mereel's ship, which he uses in the game until its destruction on Oovo IV.
Also mentioned is the Battle of Galidraan, where Madalorians battle against many Jedi on the planet of Galidraan. The battle was actually led by Count Dooku, who was then a Jedi. Accompanying him during the battle was none other than his apprentice, Komari Vosa – before she became a Dark Jedi, and before Tyrannus became a Sith. During Jango's torture, Vosa mentions the battle where she killed 20 Mandalorians. Jango Fett also took part during the battle, killing many Jedi. However, by the end of the battle all of his Mandalorian comrades were dead, leaving Fett the last Mandalorian alive (this is a title he takes but is not accurate: other Mandalorians still alive include, Montross, Silas, the Mandalorian Protectors back on Mandalore, Mandalore police (planetary defense), and the Death Watchmen, all of who did not take part in the battle. In fact the only Mandalorians to die at the Battle of Galidraan were the 20-30 members of Fett's clan).
[edit] Reception
Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine gave the game an above-average 7/10, complimenting the core shooting and production values, but criticising its repetitive nature. The summary read: "A Star Wars-themed 3D shooter with some optional bounty hunting. Good mindless fun, but it promised more."