Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is an arcade-style flight action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. The first of three games in the Rogue Squadron series it was published by LucasArts and Nintendo and released for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 64 in December 1998. The game's story was influenced by the Star Wars: X-wing – Rogue Squadron comics and is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy taking place primarily between events in the films Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. The player controls Luke Skywalker commander of the elite X-wing pilots known as Rogue Squadron. As the game progresses Skywalker and Rogue Squadron fight the Galactic Empire in 16 missions across various planets.