During the mission 'Vengeance on Kothlis', Wedge Antilles orders one of the pilots to 'cut the chatter'. In Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Wedge received this reprimand himself.
One of the launch titles for the Nintendo Gamecube.
Factor 5 was given an early prototype of a Dolby Prologic II audio decoder from Dolby Labs and they discovered a way to get full positional audio working, something that even surprised the company Dolby. Because of that, it became the first game ever to take full advantage Dolby's new Prologic II decoder, enabling the game take advantage of future 5.1 surround sound receivers.
The only actor to reprise his role from the films is Denis Lawson, who plays Wedge Antilles.
Though the game is from the Rebel point of view, two bonus missions allow the player to control Darth Vader in his Tie Advanced X1 Prototype.