In a new feature to the series, the player can modify the character's gender and appearance, and can construct a lightsaber by choosing the hilt style and blade color. Jedi Academy is powered by the Quake 3 engine, the same engine used by Jedi Academy's predecessor, Jedi Outcast. These two ports were also ported and published by Aspyr. Additionally, ports for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 were announced on September 4, 2019, and were released on March 26, 2020. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X (published by Aspyr) in September 2003 and for Xbox (developed by Vicarious Visions) in November 2003, and received positive reviews. It was developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts in North America and by Activision in all other territories worldwide. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is a 2003 first- and third-person shooter action video game set in the Star Wars universe, and is the final entry in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight game series.
