Star Wars: Dark Forces
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![The player engaging a Dark Trooper](/Images/godic/202501/16/Dark_Forces_Gameplay1716.png")
![The Jedi game engine used in Dark Forces allows atmospheric effects such as red haze.](/Images/godic/202501/16/DF_Gromas1716.gif")
Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1995 for DOS and Apple Macintosh, and in 1996 for the PlayStation. The storyline is set in the Star Wars fictional universe and follows the character Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working on behalf of the Rebel Alliance. He discovers the Empire's "Dark Trooper Project", which involves the development of a series of powerful new battle droids and power-armored stormtroopers.