# OpenJPB: rebuilding Jedi Power Battles for PC

> OpenJPB rebuilds the Windows release of Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles as a replacement engine. It derives game-owned structures and behavior from the retail executable and PDB, provides portable reconstructed modules and a Win32 host, and loads assets from the user's Steam or GOG installation.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenJPB>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenJPB/blob/232a7bb90257a6ea96daef6d78c58a144ef9b1b3/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openjpb-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openjpb-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openjpb-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows, CMake, a supported C/C++ toolchain and Python 3 are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Real-asset runs require a legally owned Steam or GOG installation.
- **Limits:** PC reconstruction and validation remain the active milestone.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenJPB/blob/232a7bb90257a6ea96daef6d78c58a144ef9b1b3/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenJPB/blob/232a7bb90257a6ea96daef6d78c58a144ef9b1b3/STATUS.md>

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