Just discovered this game last week (I live under a rock), let’s gooooo
Star Wars Empire At War
Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. It uses Petroglyph's game engine Alamo. In October 2006, an expansion titled Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption was released.
We have an official discord now!
The mod community is very much alive with mods released featuring The Old Republic, Realism mods, The New Republic, Halo, Star Trek, and many more with more on the way as of 2023!
I've been playing since release and the mods have only gotten better in the last couple years so the amount has exploded. I am working on migrating as much of the community over here from reddit as I can right now.