

When a player advances a Tech Level, more units, buildings, and upgrades become available. The player can advance through the four Tech Levels by paying a certain amount of resources. The player can build separate units at separate buildings designed specifically for different types of units. Ore is used for defensive structures as well as the Gungan unique unit Fambaa. Nova Crystals create the more high-end units and can be gathered through getting special "holocrons" (from Relics in AoE 2). Carbon is used in place of Wood in Age of Empires 2 for buildings and artillery. Food is used for low-end units and troopers, as well as the work force. The player search and gather resources such as Food, Carbon, Nova Crystals, and Ore and then using the resources in order to create new buildings, units, workers and so on. The player starts the game with a Command Center, a scout, and three workers (in a normal random map game) for whichever of the six original factions they choose. Jackson, Murphy Dunne, Philip Proctor, Carolyn Seymour, Ethan Phillips, Victor Raider-Wexler, Harvey Jason, Guy Siner, Lewis MacLeod, Grey DeLisle, Kath Soucie, Terry McGovern, Kimberly Brooks, Frank Welker, Lisa Fuson, James Warwick, Hamilton Camp, Michael Ralph, Tom Kane, Charles Martinet, with Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd reprising their film roles. The game also features a large cast of veteran voice, television and film actors, including: Nick Jameson, Jamie Alcroft, Douglas Rye, Obba Babatundé, Bob Bergen, Jeff Coopwood, James Horan, Neil Kaplan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Rob Paulsen, Rachel Reenstra, Jess Harnell, Scott Lawrence, Roger L. The games were built on the Genie engine, the same one used in Age of Empires and Age of Empires II. No sequels have been made, although other Star Wars themed RTSes have been made such as Star Wars: Empire at War. Later that year, both Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns were released in a box set, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga. An expansion pack, Clone Campaigns, was released in 2002, adding two new factions and campaigns. The Naboo are only available in multiplayer. There are two campaigns in the game centered on the Wookiee race, and one campaign each for the Gungans, the Trade Federation, the Galactic Empire, and the Rebel Alliance. The factions in the original game include the Wookiees, Royal Naboo, the Trade Federation, the Empire, the Rebels, and the Gungans.

Players have a choice of factions and campaigns. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a real-time strategy computer game set in the Star Wars universe. Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (through gog.com) LucasArts, Disney Interactive Studios (since 2012)
