Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Promotional North American PS2 cover art of Jango Fett in Bounty Hunter
Promotional North American PS2 cover art
Developer(s)LucasArts
Publisher(s)LucasArts
Director(s)Jon Knoles
Producer(s)Joe Brisbois
Designer(s)Jon Knoles
Programmer(s)Priamos Georgiades
Artist(s)Ian Milham
Writer(s)Haden Blackman
Composer(s)Jeremy Soule
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
GameCube
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: November 19, 2002
  • PAL: December 6, 2002
GameCube
  • NA: December 7, 2002
  • PAL: February 7, 2003
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a 2002 action-adventure video game developed and published by LucasArts for the GameCube and PlayStation 2.[1] Limited Run Games re-released a limited supply of the game physically for the PlayStation 4 on June 28, 2019. Bounty Hunter is a prequel to the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and a continuation of the comic book Jango Fett: Open Seasons by Haden Blackman.

Set in the Star Wars Legends expanded universe, the title's story follows former Mandalorian warrior Jango Fett during his prime as a bounty hunter, and provides the backstory to the character's role in Attack of the Clones, explaining several elements from the film such as how he acquired his iconic ship, Slave I, met his partner-in-crime, Zam Wesell, and was chosen as the genetic template for the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic. In the game's overarching narrative, Fett is hired by the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus to eliminate the Dark Jedi Komari Vosa, and becomes entangled in an extensive "death stick" trafficking conspiracy while clashing with several criminal syndicates and an old rival.

The title received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, who praised its graphics, length, sound and level design, and shooting mechanics. Criticism was aimed at the game's repetitive nature, camera control, and technical issues, while the bounty hunting system, which allows players to search each level for secondary targets with a price on their head and capture them dead or alive for a reward, was met with mixed reactions.

  1. ^ "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Release Information for PlayStation 2". GameFAQs. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2014.