The game was re-released with four other Star Wars games as Star Wars: The Best of PC in 2006, and it and the rest of the Jedi Knight/Dark Forces series was re-released on Steam and Direct2Drive in 2009. After the LucasArts closure in 2013, Raven Software developers released its code on Sourceforge under GNU GPLv2 licensing.
The single player game takes place after Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and its expansion Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith, eight years after the Empire's defeat at the Battle of Endor in Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The player is the series protagonist Kyle Katarn: after nearly falling to the dark side himself, the former Jedi Knight has severed his connection with the Force and returned to his mercenary ways alongside longtime partner, Jan Ors. They continue to aid the struggling New Republic in the fight against the Imperial Remnant, using both ranged and melee combat.
