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Can you recruit clones in Zero Company? Yes, but not until late in the story
Yes. Clone troopers become a recruitable origin for custom Operators after a main-story mission in the last third of the campaign; clone armour works on anyone from the start. In a second campaign they are available as soon as recruitment opens. When, how, what it costs, the 20-Operator cap, and the mods.
How to play Galactic Battlegrounds on Windows 11: buy Saga, then fix what breaks
Galactic Battlegrounds Saga is $5.99 on Steam and GOG and runs on Windows 11. The patch that fixes the colors, the 20-minute crash and widescreen, what to do by symptom, whether to add Expanding Fronts, and how people still play it online.
How to play Episode I Racer on a modern PC: which store, which launcher, and why the frame rate matters
Episode I Racer runs on Windows 11 from GOG or Steam, but it can freeze while loading, stretches on a wide screen and breaks its own physics at high frame rates. The store to buy from, the community launcher that fixes most of it, and the fixes for everything else.
How to play Republic Commando on a modern PC: the one fix to install, and what it cures
Republic Commando is $9.99 on Steam and GOG and breaks in the same five ways on every modern PC. The free community fix that handles widescreen, FOV, the frame rate and the level-load crash, plus the audio, controller and Steam Deck fixes it leaves to you.
The KOTOR II Restored Content Mod: what it adds, and the right way to install it
TSLRCM fixes over 500 bugs and puts back the HK factory and a coherent ending, and yes, you still need it. When the Steam Workshop button is fine, when to use the installer instead, and why the droid planet is a separate download.
How to run Jedi Outcast on a modern PC: four console commands, one mod launcher, and the multiplayer that never died
Jedi Outcast is $9.99 on Steam and GOG and runs on Windows 11, but it starts in 640x480 and frames its cutscenes wrong. The four commands that fix it, the free Remastered mod that fixes everything else, why JK2MV is how you play online in 2026, and what to do about Steam Deck.
How to play X-Wing on a modern PC: which of the three versions to launch, and the Unity rebuild
X-Wing Special Edition is ten dollars and contains three different games. Which build to launch on Windows 11, the joystick rule that decides it for you, the DOSBox settings that fix the DOS versions, and XWVM, the fan rebuild that runs the original in Unity.
Zero Company squads, round two: Senate Guards, Delta Squad and a clone fan in a surplus helmet, and this time the mods are doing the work
Seven more of the most upvoted squads on r/ZeroCompany, embedded from the people who made them. The difference from round one: half of them use armour the game does not ship with, and the subreddit's loudest complaint is now about everyone who is not a clone.
How to play TIE Fighter on a modern PC: three routes, and the free one is the best
TIE Fighter is ten dollars on Steam and GOG, but the version you get by default is the wrong one. Which of the three bundled builds to launch, why GOG beats Steam here, the joystick problem, and the free total conversion that turns it into a 2026 game.
Star Wars Empire at War mods: the best ones in 2026
Empire at War is twenty years old and still the most played Star Wars game of its decade. The mods are why. Here is which one to install, sorted by era.