LucasArts today announced that a special edition of the upcoming PC title Star Wars: Empire at War will hit store shelves on February 16, 2006, the same day as the standard edition. Packed with exclusive bonus content available nowhere else, the limited Star Wars: Empire at War Collector?s Edition, adds the following features to the highly anticipated strategy title developed by Petroglyph Games:

Five new playable Skirmish maps span the galaxy from the shipyards of Kuat to land and space battles on Ryloth and Polus

3D lenticular packaging brings to life the classic Star Wars action depicted on the front of the standard edition

Exclusive concept art illustrates the evolution of the game?s look

Two screensavers that celebrate the Star Wars universe with X-wings, TIE fighters, and a demonstration of the Empire?s ultimate weapon, the Death Star

Four wallpaper images will set your desktop in a galaxy far, far away

Star Wars: Empire at War puts the power to command an entire war for the Star Wars galaxy at your fingertips, with battles focused on action-packed combat rather than tedious resource gathering. Set a few years before the events of Episode IV A New Hope, LucasArts? new PC game lets players wage war on ground and in space, as well as experience the creation of the Rebel Alliance, the strengthening of the Empire and the beginnings of the Galactic Civil War.

Rated ?T? for Teen by the ESRB, Star Wars: Empire at War Collector?s Edition will be available at select retailers with a suggested price of $59.95. For more information on the game and to download the new demo, log onto the official product website at www.empireatwar.com.