Developed by LucasArts and published by Nintendo in 1996, primarily a third-person shooter, with multiple types of vehicular combat sequences.

The player controls the mercenary Dash Rendar to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor. It is part of the 'Shadows of the Empire' multimedia project and has a backstory between 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi'. Tracks from the multimedia project's soundtrack are included in the musical score. Shadows of the Empire was the third-best-selling Nintendo 64 game for 1997, with more than one million copies sold.