The Jedi Knight series began in 1995 with the release of Star Wars: Dark Forces for DOS, Macintosh, and PlayStation. While the first game is set a year after the events of A New Hope, the sequels take place in the decade following Return of the Jedi.
The series focuses primarily on Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial officer who becomes a mercenary working for the Rebel Alliance, and later a Jedi and instructor at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy. Star Wars: Jedi Knight is a first-person shooter and third-person shooter video game series set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe. Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Macintosh, PlayStation, Linux, GameCube, Mac OS X, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 The logo for Jedi Knight games, used in Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academyįirst-person shooter, third-person shooter