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Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace Walkthrough
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Level 5: Escape from Theed
Mission: Protect the Queen; Reach the hangar
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In this mission you have to make sure the Queen is not killed, otherwise the
level automatically ends. You both need to reach the hanger safely. If
you are separated from the Queen because you are scouting ahead, and you
get a message that she has died, next time check back on her more often, or
don't stray too far from her.
Unless you are following this section of the walkthrough from beginning to end,
it is impossible to give an exact strategy that everyone can use. That's just
the nature of this level and the enemy AI. Enemies can attack unexpectantly,
you may have left the queen at a different point than I did, or done things
in a different order than I've done here (which will definitely affect your
game). For this level, I'm providing one of the strategies I used to finish
it. Just keep keep your eyes (and ears) open, check on the queen often, and
protect her as best you can from the droids.
You start the level separated from your comrades (how original), and the Queen
is running from gunfire, so follow her. Go up the stairs, to the right, then
left, through a circular room, and down some stairs to the garden. Kill a
couple of battle droids along the way. The queen should tell you that there's
a secret path behind the statue. If she doesn't lead you to the statue or
she's still somewhere behind you, go back to her and let her lead you. Push
the statue forward and make sure there's a big enough path for her to get
through or she won't follow you.
Once through, keep going up the stairs until you get to a door that is jammed.
You'll have to make a running double jump to the balcony on the other side.
But first, force push the droid off the balcony. Once across and near
the window, jump down to a secret balcony below you. Here you'll find a
proton missile launcher with 5 shells (you're going to need it). Jump
back up and go through the window into the room. Push the button to let the
queen inside. Listen to the queen and take the blaster with 250 shots and
a small health powerup (you would have done it without her permission anyways).
Exit, make sure the queen is following you, and go down a few steps. The
queen will tell you that she'll stay there while you scout ahead. Remember
to come back and check on her from time to time during your battles, because
even though you can clear the area of droids and go a little further, more
droids will come back when you're back is turned and try to kill her.
Go down the stairs and droids will start attacking you. Go right, and take out
a few droids. Go back to the left path. You'll be greeted by a couple of
battle droids. Kill them, and continue forward until you come to a dead end.
There's a door to the right, and an open room above you. First, jump up and
grab the ledge above you. Kill the droid and take the light repeating blaster
with 300 shots. Jump back down and kill any battle droids you see. Make sure
you check on the queen at this point because more droids should be attempting
to silence her snotty little attitude right now.
After you check on the queen, go back down the left path and through the door
on the right. Ignore the boy, jump onto the upper level, and grab the health
pack. Talk to the boy, and tell him it's safe to return to his mother.
Follow him to his mother (the door near the queen) and you should get another
full health pack for saving her son. You can save this health pack for later.
Talk to the queen and take her with you. Go forward, keep to the left side,
and you'll eventually come to a courtyard with a big battle tank shooting at
you. A locked security gate is to the right. The queen will stop on the left
side of the courtyard and be in a relatively safe area. The queen will tell
you that you need to open the gate, talk to her and tell her to make a run for
it when you get the gates open. Make sure you kill any battle droids in the
area before you scout ahead.
You'll need to get up on the bridge. From the courtyard, go up the stairs on
the left, kill a couple of droids on the way, and around the corner on the
bridge is a wounded soldier asking for water. If you want to help him, jump
off the bridge near him where there's a broken side railing and you can see a
small path. Follow the path around the corner and up the stairs. There's a
shield here, but if you pick it up the downed solider may not talk to you
while it's active. There's also a flask of water and a fusion coil (which
you'll need for the next level). Push the red button to open the door and
you'll be back on the bridge with the wounded soldier.
Go across the bridge, and the door at the end has a droid and a small health
pack. Exit, and continue down the side balcony and go through the windows
(you may need to check on the queen again beforehand). Walk through the
door on the left and cross a small covered bridge. Right after you cross
the bridge into another room, notice the side door on the right. You'll find
a blaster with 250 shots behind it. Cross another covered bridge and go
through another room.
Continue forward and you'll find yourself at the top of some stairs. To your
left in the corner is an open window. Crawl inside, and you'll find a light
repeating blaster with 300 shots on the floor. In the compartment is a full
health powerup. There's also an R2 unit and a dead person (kind of makes you
wonder if R2 had anything to do with it). If your shield is still active, you
may not be able to fit in the window, so come back here when it has worn off.
Go down the stairs and you'll end up in a small courtyard behind the
battle tank. Show the lone droid near the battle tank the pretty color of
your lightsaber, and then whack the tail end of the tank with your saber to
make it move out of your way. Once the tank has moved, you can push the red
button in the corner and open the locked security gates. If you go up the
other set of stairs in this area, you can free a wimpy prisoner and he may
give you a thermal detonator (but don't take his advice about using the
detonator on the tank).
Find your way to the queen. If she took your advice and made a run for it
when the doors opened, she'll be in the new area beyond the security gate. If
not, or you told her to wait, go back to her in the courtyard and tell her the
gates are open, then make a run for it. If you really want to waste your
ammo, it is possible to kill the battle tank (it'll take a very long time).
In the new area past the gates, kill the three droids coming at you on the
ground. And watch out for the two droids in the window above you. You'll
have to use your saber to reflect the shots back at them. A word of warning:
DON'T kill any of the battle droids on either side of the archway near the
stairs, because this will cause more destroyer droids than you can handle to
be released in the area. If you leave those battle droids alone, you will
only have to deal with 2 destroyer droids. If not, then it is possible to
still get through the level (I had about 6 destroyers my first time through).
Off to the side is an R2 unit. Leave him alone, you'll need him there when
you return to Theed later on in the game.
Talk to the queen and she should lead you to the stairs on the right
(remember, don't kill the battle droids here). Tell her to follow you up
the stairs. Make sure you quickly run ahead of her and don't let her catch
up, otherwise she'll get ahead of you and into the path of the destroyer
droids on the other side of the arch. But you also want to make sure she
is not left far behind on the stairs, or the battle droids might get her.
You'll cross a small bridge (the archway) and come to a room. In the
compartment is a full health powerup, and on the floor is a proton missile
launcher with 5 shells. Go to the exit on the far side, and you can see
some stairs leading down. Make sure the destroyer droids are NOT in this
area when you go down, wait for them to pass. They patrol the area in a
predictable circular pattern. When they are gone, and go down ONE set of
stairs and turn right. Wait for the destroyer droid to roll into your line
of sight, and shoot it with your proton missile launcher. Try to get in
your first shot before its shields come up. Two to three shots should do
it. And remember, you can always run up the stairs back into the room for
safety.
After the first destroyer is history, go down another set of stairs on the
left, turn right, and walk forward just a little bit (don't walk too far
forward or the droids under the archway will start shooting at you). There
is another destroyer droid moving around in a circular pattern. Wait for him
to be in your line of sight, and get him with your proton missile.
Go back into the room (or to the bridge if you ran a little too fast) and get
the queen. She should follow you (if not, run into her or talk to her to
coax her into moving). Once she starts moving out of the room, stay out of her
way. If you are lucky and you didn't destroy any of the battle droids under
the archway, there should be no more destroyer droids in the area. She'll walk
directly to the locked blast doors on the far side. Follow her there. Go down
the steps near the blast doors, and take out the two droids on the bottom (one
will come out of a door).
In order to open the blast doors, you need to go up another set of stairs
that you passed on your way to the blast doors. Look for the star symbol
on the ground, and there are stairs near there. Go up and talk to the rude
woman if you want. She'll tell you (if you're nice) how to open the blast
doors. There's a full health in the bedroom around the corner if you need it.
Go out the window, hang a right, and you'll see a rope above you. Jump up and
cross to the other side. Once across, jump onto the outer balcony and go
through the glass door. Find the red button that opens the blast doors, and
exit through the bottom level.
Get the queen through the blast door (if she hasn't already gone through), and
when she stops, tell her to stay put while you scout ahead. There will be 2-3
battle droids near some land mines, so show them the butt end of your blaster.
When you come to a bridge that's raised, jump over it and get into the boat.
You can talk to the boatman if you like. And yes, there really is a deadly
waterfall at the end of the river. From the boat, go into the room, get the
blaster with 250 shots, and go up the stairs onto the balcony. Shoot or force
push the release lever on the balcony across from you to make the bridge go
down. Now the queen can cross.
Go back for the queen and she'll follow. Make sure she doesn't step on any
land mines (shoot and destroy them first if you have to). Once you cross the
bridge, she'll start running ahead of you and leading you. You'll come to an
area near a fountain where the queen stops. Go forward a little bit, and
she'll say "we're trapped." Around the corner are 2 battle droids and a droid
using a heavy repeating cannon. Ignore them for a moment, because there are
more battle droids coming from behind you. Take them out. Then kill the two
battle droids in front of you.
If you need it, there's a small health powerup in a room on the other side of
the fountain. But there's also a battle droid in there.
There will be one droid left operating the heavy repeating cannon. Once you
take this droid out, a destroyer droid will appear, so be prepared. Look up
above you near where the queen is standing. There's a ledge you can jump on.
Jump up and cross it all the way to the end. You may see two battle droids to
your left that you can take out from up here. Now, carefully look to your right
and you'll see the cannon droid. Jump down behind him, and take him out
quickly with your saber. The queen should start running towards you. If not,
quickly go get her and lead her away. A destroyer droid may show up near the
fountain, so get behind the heavy repeating cannon and use it. Or if you have
any proton missiles left, that will also work.
When it's safe, the queen will run ahead a little bit and stop on the right
side, near a corner with two doors. She'll stay there until it's "safe." Go
into one of the doors and talk to the man. Ask him for help, and he'll open
up the door next to it and you can find a full health pack and a floating
seeker droid.
Exit, and make sure there are no droids behind you that can take out the queen
as you move forward. Continue forward, and you're almost near the end. There
are a few soldiers hanging about, talk to them if you want, but they aren't
very good at fighting for you.
You'll come to a big courtyard. On the right is a fountain, two destroyer
droids, and a blaster with 250 shots. Unless you are desperate for ammo, it's
not worth it. To the left is the hangar, but there are a lot of battle droids
guarding it. Now would be a good time to use your flash grenades if you have
any left.
Once you've made junkyard metal of the droids, go back and get the queen.
Lead her to the outside of the hangar where she'll stop. Talk to her and
tell her to stay put while you scout ahead. Go inside the hangar and kill 3
more battle droids. Go back out to the queen and tell her you need to get to
her ship. At the far end of the hanger is Qui-Gon and company. End of level.
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