Star Wars video games

*For the list of the Star Wars games, see List of Star Wars video games*.

The *Star Wars* franchise has spawned over one hundred computer, video, and board games, dating back to some of the earliest home consoles. Some are based directly on movie material, while others rely heavily on the non-canonical *Star Wars Expanded Universe* (rebranded as *Star Wars Legends* and dropped from the canon in 2014).

The *Star Wars* games have gone through three significant development eras: The early licensed games, the games developed after the creation of Lucasarts, and the games created after the closure of Lucasart, whom were licensed to *EA Games*, and include an *EA Star Wars* logo.

The first era is the one of the early licensed games (1979-1993), and happened during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of gaming. At the time videogame graphics were so simple that video-games barely featured any kind of narrative. Video-games mostly consisted on retellings of the original trilogy films, during the 8-bit era focusing most of the time on a single scene of a film. Lucas had licensed the rights to *Star Wars* video-games.

The second era is the one of LucasArts and modern self-published games (1993-2014). It started after *Star Wars* creator George Lucas took interest into the increasing success of the videogame market, and decided to founded his own video-game development company Lucasarts, deciding *Star Wars* video-games should be developed by his own company, so he could have more creative control in them and their narratives (though he wouldn't regain the license until 1993). During this era, the games graphics evolved enough for games to be able to tell complex narratives, which started retelling the stories of the films, until eventually having their own original narratives set in the same continuity as the films, with voice overs and CGI-cut scenes. After Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, the games developed during the first two eras were discarded from the canon in 2014 and reassigned to the non-canonical *Star Wars Legends* label. In addition to that Lucasarts was closed by Disney in 2014.

The third era, is the *EA Star Wars* (2014–present), the games during this era are considered canonical to the franchise, the video-game rights were reassigned to EA games due to LucasArts closure by Disney. And feature more influence from the *Star Wars* film-makers.

Though there have been many hobbyist-made and freeware games based on the *Star Wars* movie series and brand, this page lists only the games that have been developed or published by LucasArts, or officially licensed by Lucasfilm.
Platforms: Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Famicom, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Sega Master System, Sega Dreamcast, Game Gear, GameCube, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Mac OS, OS X, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android, Linux.

## Early licensed games (1979-1993)

*Main article: List of Star Wars video games*
In 1978, Apple Computer produced an unlicensed Star Wars game on cassette tape for its Apple II. As a "space pilot trainee", the player destroys TIE fighters using a first-person heads-up display. The first video game cartridge bearing the name Star Wars appeared that year on the RCA Studio II clones Sheen M1200 and Mustang Telespiel Computer.

The first official licensed *Star Wars* electronic game was Kenner's 1979 table-top *Star Wars* Electronic Battle Command. The game had three levels of play (basic, intermediate, and advanced). Players took turns examining star systems with the aim of avoiding black holes, locating enemies, and searching for MAGNA, "the FORCE-giving star". The game was billed as "the most exciting computer game you will ever play".

### The original trilogy

Licensed releases for the Atari 2600 began with *The Empire Strikes Back* (1982) in which the player piloted a snowspeeder during the Battle of Hoth, destroying AT-AT walkers. Several other games appeared, such as *Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle* (1983), where the player controlled the Millennium Falcon in a mission to destroy the second Death Star, and *Jedi Arena* (1983), the first game to attempt to simulate a lightsaber battle (in this case, clearly inspired by the *Star Wars* scene, where Luke Skywalker trains with a seeker). In 1983, the *Star Wars* arcade game was released by Atari based on the 1977 film. In this game (featuring color vector graphics and the first ever digitized speech from a film) the player enters the seat of Luke's Red Five X-Wing fighter, battles waves of TIE fighters led by Darth Vader, weaves through towers across the surface of the Death Star, and plummets through the battle station's trench in an attempt to destroy it. The sequel for the game, *The Empire Strikes Back*, used the same technology to re-create scenes from the second film, including battles with AT-AT walkers and an asteroid field.

Due to the video game crash of 1983, which temporarily killed the home console market, no further games based on the franchise were released until 1987 when UK software publisher Domark released several 8-bit versions of the *Star Wars* vector arcade game, followed by similar conversions in 1988 of *The Empire Strikes Back* machine. In 1987, Namco developed a *Star Wars* game for the Family Computer for the Japanese market exclusively, based on the 1977 film, but with several liberties taken with its storyline.

In 1991, the platformer *Star Wars* was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Game Boy and Game Gear, and one year later, *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back* covered the plotline of the fifth episode of the saga. Also in 1992, *Super Star Wars* was released for the SNES, followed by the remaining games in the trilogy: *Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back* (1993) and *Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi* (1994), the latter also receiving conversions for the Game Boy and Game Gear in 1995.

The following is a list of *Star Wars* games that are based on the feature films, developed during this development era:

#### *Episode IV: A New Hope*

* *Star Wars* (1983–88) - Arcade
	+ **Re-released** for: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Apple II, DOS, Macintosh, Amiga.
* *Star Wars* (1987) - Famicom
* *Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star* (1991) - PC-9801, X68000
* *Star Wars* (1991–93) - NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear
* *Super Star Wars* (1992, First game in the *Super Star Wars* trilogy) - SNES
	+ **Re-released** for: Wii Virtual Console, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
* *Star Wars Arcade* (1993) - Arcade
	+ **Re-released** for: 32X

#### *Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back*

* *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back* (1982) - Atari 2600, Intellivision
* *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back* (1985/88) - Arcade
	+ **Re-released** for: BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari.
* *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back* (1992) - NES, Game Boy
* *Super Empire Strikes Back* (1993, Second game in the *Super Star Wars* trilogy) - SNES
	+ **Re-released**: Wii Virtual Console

#### *Episode VI: Return of the Jedi*

* *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Death Star Battle* (1983/84) - Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 5200, ZX Spectrum
* *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi* (1984/88) - Arcade, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, GameCube
* *Super Return of the Jedi* (1994, Third game in the *Super Star Wars* trilogy) - SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear
	+ **Re-released**: Wii Virtual Console
* **Canceled:** *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Ewok Adventure* -Atari 2600 (unreleased)

### Stand-alone titles

#### 1980s

* *Star Wars: Jedi Arena* (1983) Atari 2600
	+ **Re-release(s):** Mobile (2005)
* *Star Wars: Droids* (1988) Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum – based on the *Star Wars: Droids* series
* *Template:Interlanguage link* (1985, System 3 Software Ltd) ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64

## LucasArts and modern self-published games (1993-2014)

*Main article: LucasArts*
In the early 1980s George Lucas decided to invest in videogames. So through Lucasfilm, Lucas started his own video game company, which he named LucasArts. However, since Lucas had already licensed the rights to develop *Star Wars* games, the company instead developed original adventure games and World War II flight combat games. LucasArts regained the rights to develop *Star Wars* games in 1993, at that point the videogame company put their previous experience in flight simulators to use, and released a *Star Wars: X-Wing*, the first self-published *Star Wars* video game and the first space flight simulation based on the franchise.

### The prequel trilogy

As *The Phantom Menace* release approached, dozens of licensed *Episode I* tie-in titles appeared, even educational titles, the market was flooded with several games, most of them of questionable quality. However at the same time, titles based on the *Expanded Universe* flourished with critical acclaim, such as the expansion to Jedi Knight, *Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith* and the first game in the *Rogue Squadron* series. Template:Citation needed

#### *The Phantom Menace*

* *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace* (1999) - Windows, PlayStation
* *Star Wars: Episode I* (1999) - Pinball
* *Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles* (2000/01) - PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance
* *Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo* (2000/01) - Nintendo 64, Windows
* *Star Wars Episode I: Obi-Wan's Adventures* (2000) - Game Boy Color
* *Star Wars: Obi-Wan* (2001) - Xbox

After the release of *Episode I* in theaters in 1999, an onslaught of games from the prequel trilogy began to be released for most major platforms. The first releases were the regular *video game adaptation* (action-adventure) and *Star Wars Episode I: Racer*, based on the podracing sequence in movie. Others, including *Battle for Naboo* and *Jedi Power Battles*, were released, but with little success. The first strategic game in the *Star Wars* expanded universe was titled *Star Wars: Rebellion* and broke new ground in that it incorporated ships and planets not found in the original canon, such as the Rebel Assault Frigate and the Bulwark Cruiser. But for all its ground-breaking new looks, it was not as successful as would have been hoped. The second strategic title, *Star Wars: Force Commander* was also released, but failed to keep up with other RTS games, since it was more focused on battling (no resource gathering) and used a primitive 3D engine. About a decade later, resource gathering lost popularity in favor of faster-paced combat-centric RTS games.

#### *Attack of the Clones*

* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2002) (Action) PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
* *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones* (2002) - Game Boy Advance
* *Star Wars: The New Droid Army* (2002) - Game Boy Advance

In 2002, *Attack of the Clones* premiered in theaters, and another wave of *Star Wars* based games, including *The Clone Wars*, *Star Wars Racer Revenge*, and *Bounty Hunter* were released, this time focusing on events and characters from *Attack of the Clones* such as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Wars.

*Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter* was released, allowing the player to be a Jedi Master flying a Jedi starfighter. A third RTS game with a much more conventional approach to the genre's norms and using the *Age of Kings* engine, *Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds*, offered a better alternative to those seeking strategy in the Star Wars universe.

#### *Revenge of the Sith*

* *Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith* (2005) - PlayStation 2, Xbox
	+ **Handhelds and mobile**: Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, Mobile

Adjoining the release of *Revenge of the Sith*, a video game adaptation (action) was also released close to the premiere, with various degrees of success. *Star Wars: Republic Commando* was also released in 2005.

### *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* animated series

* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels* (2008) - Wii
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance* (2008) - Nintendo DS
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes* (2009) - Windows, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii
* *Clone Wars Adventures* (2010) - Windows, Mac (Shutdown)

### *Legends* franchises

Formerly known as *Star Wars Expanded Universe*, was renamed into *Legends* in 2014 and the games ceased to be canon. The *X-wing series* marked the start of the *Star Wars* games moving away from remaking the official films and began to focus more on the Expanded Universe. Other titles were published or licensed by LucasArts, such as The Software Toolworks's *Star Wars Chess* who also used the first "multimedia explosion" to release *Rebel Assault* (1993), which used FMV and photos extensively.

The 1996 Nintendo 64 title *Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire* was part of a LucasArts attempt to create a story between *The Empire Strikes Back* and *Return of Jedi*, putting the player in control of mercenary Dash Rendar. *Shadows of the Empire* featured fan-favorite parts from the *Super Star Wars* line, such as another reenactment of the Battle of Hoth, piloting a snowspeeder and tying a cable around AT-ATs legs. After the Special Edition original trilogy re-release in 1997, LucasArts published other titles, including *Star Wars: Yoda Stories* and *Star Wars Monopoly*, as well as a *Star Wars*-themed fighter, *Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi*.

#### *X-Wing*

*Main article: Star Wars: X-Wing (video game series)*
Space simulation
* *X-Wing* (1993) - DOS, Macintosh
	+ Expansion(s): *Imperial Pursuit* (1993) and *B-Wing* (1993)

**Compilation**: *X-Wing (Collector's CD-ROM)* (1994)

* *TIE Fighter* (1994) - DOS, Macintosh
	+ Expansion(s): *Defender of the Empire* (1994)

**Compilation**: *TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM)* (1995)

* *Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter* (1997) - Windows
	+ Expansions: *Balance of Power Campaigns* (1997), and *Flight School* (1998)
* *X-Wing Alliance* (1999) - Windows

*X-Wing* was one of the best-selling games of 1993, and established the beginning of the *X-wing* computer game series, which garnered numerous awards and recognition. *Star Wars: X-Wing* was followed by several sequels and expansions, such as *Star Wars: TIE Fighter*, *Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter*, and *Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance*.

#### *Rebel Assault*

Rail shooter
* *Star Wars: Rebel Assault* (1993) DOS, Mac, Sega CD, 3DO
* *Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire* (1995) DOS, PlayStation, Mac

#### *Jedi Knight*

*Main article: Star Wars: Jedi Knight (series)*
First-person shooter
* *Star Wars: Dark Forces* (1995) DOS, Mac, PlayStation
* *Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II* (1997) Windows
	+ Expansion(s): *Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith* (1998) Windows
* *Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast* (2002) Windows, Mac, Xbox, GameCube
* *Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy* (2003) Windows, Mac, Xbox

The first step towards modern games was done with 1995's *Dark Forces*, the first *Star Wars* first-person shooter video game. A hybrid adventure game incorporating puzzles and strategy, it featured new gameplay features and graphical elements not then common in other games, made possible by LucasArts' custom-designed game engine, called the Jedi. The game was well received and well reviewed, the game put the player in the role of Kyle Katarn, who would later appear in multiple games, novels, and comics. After the Special Edition original trilogy re-release in 1997, LucasArts published *Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II*, then *Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith* released in 1999. In 2002, its sequel *Jedi Outcast* was released and gave players the first chance to experience advanced lightsaber duels, and it also detached itself from the usual idea of movie tie-ins. One year later, the last game in the *Jedi Knight* series, *Jedi Academy* was released. Katarn is a former Imperial stormtrooper who joins the Rebellion and ultimately becomes a Jedi, a plot arc similar to that of Finn in the 2015 film *The Force Awakens*.

#### *Rogue Squadron*

*Main article: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (series)*
Action/Space simulation
* *Star Wars: Rogue Squadron* (1998) Windows, Nintendo 64
* *Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader* (2001) GameCube
* *Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike* (2003) GameCube
	+ Note: The co-op campaign of *Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike*, is composed of all the missions of the single player campaign of the previous game *Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader* (except for 2 missions which are not included), however such missions can only be played in multiplayer, and can not be played in single-player. Additionally as a bonus, the game includes the Arcade games of Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

#### *Star Wars Racer*

Racing video game
* *Star Wars Episode I: Racer* (1999) Windows, Mac, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64
	+ **Handhelds**: Game Boy Color
* *Star Wars: Racer Arcade* (2000) Arcade
* *Star Wars Racer Revenge* (2002) PlayStation 2
	+ *Racer* related titles:
		- *Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing* (2001) PlayStation 2

#### *Galactic Battlegrounds*

Real-time strategy
* *Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds* (2001) Windows, Mac
	+ Expansion(s): *Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns* (2002) Windows, Mac

#### *Starfighter*

Action/Space simulation
* *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2001) Windows, PlayStation 2
	+ *Star Wars: Starfighter Special Edition* (2001) Xbox
	+ *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2003) Arcade
* *Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter* (2002) Xbox, PlayStation 2

#### *Knights of the Old Republic*

*Main article: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (series)*
Role-playing game/Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
* *Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic* (2003) Windows, Xbox, Mac, iOS, Android
* *Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords* (2005) Windows, Xbox, Mac
* *Star Wars: The Old Republic* (2011) (MMORPG) Windows
	+ Expansion(s): *Rise of the Hutt Cartel* (2013), *Galactic Starfighter* (2014), *Galactic Strongholds* (2014), *Shadow of Revan* (2014), *Knights of the Fallen Empire* (2015), and *Knights of the Eternal Throne* (2016)
* **Canceled:** *Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic III* Windows, Xbox
	+ - **Mobile**: *Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic* (2013)

In 2003, *Knights of the Old Republic*, a BioWare RPG that debuted on the Microsoft Xbox and PC. *Knights* (also known as KotOR among fans) was critically acclaimed, even winning "Game of the Year" at the Game Developers Choice Awards, (along with many other critics) in 2003. *Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords* was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and released in 2004. KotOR II was praised for its cerebral writing and moral ambiguity, similar to The Empire Strikes Back. Another MMORPG titled *Star Wars: The Old Republic* was developed by BioWare, which released globally on December 20, 2011. Pre-orders went up for sale in July 2011 and open beta weekends were confirmed for September 2011.

#### *Star Wars Battlefront* (Pandemic Studios)

*Main article: Star Wars: Battlefront*
* *Star Wars: Battlefront* (2004) PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, Mac
* *Star Wars: Battlefront II* (2005) PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable
* **Canceled:** *Star Wars: Battlefront III* (2008) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
	+ **Handheld:**
		- *Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron* (2007) PlayStation Portable
		- *Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron* (2009) PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS
	+ **Mobile:**
		- *Star Wars: Battlefront Mobile* (2005)
		- *Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons* (2009)

*Star Wars: Battlefront* (2004). *Star Wars: Battlefront II* in 2005.A third Star Wars
Battlefront title was planned for 2006 but was cancelled. It is also to be noted that *Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron* was released on November 3, 2009 for the Nintendo DS and the PSP. This is the first *Battlefront* game to offer a transition from space to ground battles at the players choice. After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the restructuring of the *Star Wars* canon, the *Battlefront* series was rebooted by EA DICE.

#### *Empire at War*

Real-time strategy
* *Star Wars: Empire at War* (2006) Windows, Mac OS X
	+ Expansion(s): *Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption* (2006) Windows

**Compilation**: *Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack* (game and expansion package) (2007) Windows

#### *The Force Unleashed*

Action-adventure
* *Star Wars: The Force Unleashed* (2008) Windows, Mac OS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii
	+ **Complete edition re-release with all dlcs**:*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition* (2009) Windows, Mac OS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
		- **Handhelds**: Nintendo DS, iOS (*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Mobile*)
* *Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II* (2010) Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii
	+ - **Handhelds**: Nintendo DS, iOS

*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed*, released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, uses a new, detailed graphics engine. The Wii version utilizes the motion sensing and accelerometer capabilities of the Wii Remote (simulating the ability to swing a lightsaber) and its Nunchuk attachment (used to perform Force powers).*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2* was released in the United States on October 26, 2010.

### Stand-alone games

#### 1990s

* *Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire* (1996) (3rd person shooter) Nintendo 64, Windows
* *Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi* (1997) (Fighting) PlayStation
* *Star Wars: Yoda Stories* (1997) (Adventure) Windows
	+ **Handheld**: (1997) Game Boy Color
* *Star Wars: Rebellion* (Star Wars: Supremacy - UK) (1998) (Real-time strategy) Windows
* *Star Wars Trilogy Arcade* (1998) (Rail shooter) Arcade
* *Star Wars Millennium Falcon CD-Rom Playset* (1998) (Rail shooter-adventure) Windows 95-98-Me

#### 2000s

* *Star Wars: Force Commander* (2000) (Real-time strategy) Windows
* *Star Wars: Demolition* (2000) (Vehicular Combat) PlayStation, Dreamcast
* *Star Wars: Bounty Hunter* (2002) (Third person action) GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
* *Star Wars: Republic Commando* (2005) (First person shooter) Xbox, Windows
	+ **Mobile**: *Star Wars: Republic Commando: Order 66* (2005)
* Compilation: *Star Wars: The Best of PC* (2006) (Compilation) Windows

#### 2010s

* *Star Wars: Battle Pod* (2015) (Rail shooter) Arcade

#### Stand-alone handheld and mobile games

The following is a list of *Star Wars* titles that are handheld and mobile games. Additional handheld and mobile games are listed above. Unless otherwise mentioned they are for mobile phones.

* *Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon* (2003) (Action/Space simulation) Game Boy Advance
* *Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force* (2004) Game Boy Advance
* *Star Wars: Battle For The Republic* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Grievous Getaway* (2005)
* *Star Wars Imperial Ace 3D*
* *Star Wars: The Battle Above Coruscant* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Lightsaber Combat* (2005)
* *Star Wars Trivia* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Ask Yoda* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Puzzle Blaster* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Jedi Assassin* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Lethal Alliance* (2006) (Action-adventure) PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS – set between episodes III & IV
* *Star Wars Cantina* (2010)
* *Star Wars: Trench Run* (2009) - iOS, Unity
* *Star Wars Battle of Hoth* (2010)
* *Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner* (2010)
* *Star Wars: Imperial Academy* (2011)
* *Star Wars: Force Collection* (2013)
* *Star Wars: Tiny Death Star* (2013)

### Miscellanea games

The following games are more of *Star Wars* themed, rather than actually influencing the franchise's fictional plot, they are classified together because of sharing the same genre, rather than officially being part of the same series. Excluded are the games listed above.

#### Table games and virtual pinball

Table games:

* *Star Wars Chess* (1993) (Chess engine) DOS, Sega CD, Windows
* *Star Wars Monopoly* (?) Windows

Virtual pinball:

Pinball simulations with video game elements, sold as standalone sets as well as downloadable add-ons for Zen Pinball 2
Star Wars Pinball (2013) Windows, Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360, 3DS, PSVita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Kindle Fire, Android, iOS

* *Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back* (2013)
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2013)
* *Star Wars Pinball: Boba Fett*

Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force (2013) Xbox 360, PSVita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS

* *Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi* (2013)
* *Star Wars Pinball: Darth Vader*
* *Star Wars Pinball: Starfighter Assault*

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within (2014) Xbox 360, PSVita, PS3, PS4, Android, iOS

* *Star Wars Pinball: Masters of the Force*
* *Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope* (2013)
* *Star Wars Pinball: Droids*
* *Star Wars Pinball: Han Solo*

Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels (2015)

Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens (2016)

* *Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars: Resistance*
* *Star Wars Pinball: Might of the First Order*

Star Wars Pinball: Rogue One *(2017)*

Star Wars Pinball: The Last Jedi (2018)

* *Star Wars Pinball: Ahch-To Island*
* *Star Wars Pinball: The Last Jedi - Survive*

Star Wars Pinball: Solo Pack (2018)

* *Star Wars Pinball: Solo*
* *Star Wars Pinball: Calrissian Chronicles*
* *Star Wars Pinball: Battle of Mimban*

#### Kinect Motion Sensor

* *Kinect Star Wars* (2012) (Kinect) Xbox 360

#### Educational

Developed by Lucas Learning:

* *Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge*
* *Star Wars: The Gungan Frontier*
* *Star Wars: Droid Works* (1999) Windows, Mac
* *Star Wars: Pit Droids* Windows, iOS
* *Star Wars Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy* (Developed by Argonaut Games)
* *Star Wars: JarJar's Journey Adventure Book*
* *Star Wars: Anakin's Speedway*
* *Star Wars: Early Learning Activity Center*

Other educational:

* *Star Wars: Behind the Magic* (1998) (Multimedia encyclopedia) Windows, Macintosh
* *Star Wars: Jedi Math* (2008) (Educational) Leapster
* *Star Wars: Jedi Reading* (2008) (Educational) Leapster
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008) (Platform/Educational) Didj
* *Star Wars: Jedi Trials* (2009) Didj

#### Jakks Pacific- Plug It In & Play TV Games

* *Star Wars: Lightsaber Battle Game* (2005) Handheld TV game
* *Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith* (2005) - Jakks Pacific TV Game
	+ *Star Wars GameKey* (expansion) (2006)
* *Star Wars: Original Trilogy* (2007) Jakks Pacific TV Game
* *Star Wars: Republic Squadron* (2009) Jakks Pacific TV Game

### Closure of Lucasarts and cancelled games

With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, it was announced that LucasArts' development arm would stop making video games indefinitely. Additionally various online browser games have shutdown their servers, and can no longer be played.

#### *Star Wars Galaxies* (MMO/RPG Shutdown servers)

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
* *Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided* (2003) Windows
	+ Expansion(s): *Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed* (2004), *Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees* (2005), *Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan* (2005),
	+ Spin-off : trading card game : *Star Wars Galaxies: Trading Card Games - Champions of the Force* (2008, PC),

**Compilaition(s):** *Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit* (2005), *Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience* (2005), and *Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures* (2006)

The first MMORPG, titled *Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided*, was also released in 2003 and was subsequently followed in 2004 by its first expansion *Jump to Lightspeed*. Two more games, *Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees* (a second expansion to *Galaxies*), and ' After the films, more *Star Wars* titles continued to be developed and released. *Empire at War* (an RTS), was released in early 2006. While released and being active for years, the servers shut down on December 15, 2011. Notwithstanding the game's closure, there are several private emulator projects in various stages of development that intend to allow users to experience *Star Wars Galaxies* in different incarnations of the game's existence. However since the game can no longer be played the way it was originally meant, the game counts as cancelled.

#### Cancelled stand-alone-games

At E3 2012, EA with LucasArts announced *Star Wars 1313*, which focuses more on the life of a bounty hunter as he descends to the level 1313 on Coruscant to unravel a criminal plot. The game focuses more on gunplay and bounty hunter gameplay rather than the Force users and lightsabers combat. It was set to release in Fall 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows. *1313* has subsequently been cancelled by LucasArts following its purchase by Disney. The following are the stand-alone *Star Wars* videogames that were canceled, the canceled titles that were part of a series are listed along its respective series.

* *Star Wars 1313* (2013) (Action-adventure)
* *Star Wars Outpost* (2013)
* *Star Wars: First Assault* (2013) (First-person shooter)
* *Star Wars: Attack Squadrons* (2014)
* *Star Wars: Battle of the Sith Lords* (Action-adventure)
* *Star Wars: Rivals* (2018) (Third-person shooter)

## *EA Star Wars* licensing to *EA games*, and the restructuring of the *Star Wars* canon (2014-present)

After Lucas Arts closed. On May 6, 2013, Disney and Lucasfilm revealed a partnership with Electronic Arts that granted EA the rights to produce *Star Wars* games for consoles and PC, with Disney retaining the freedom to handle the games for mobile platforms, such as smartphones, tablets and browsers. Later in April 2014, most of the previous licensed *Star Wars* videogames, novels, comics produced since the originating 1977 film *Star Wars* were rebranded as *Star Wars Legends* and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.

Among the EA subsidiaries responsible for creating the *Star Wars* games within the deal, were the developers DICE, BioWare and Visceral Games. After the canon restructuring, EA announced their new games would fall under the restructured canon, as of now all console games are considered canonical, although only the ones with an actual "story mode" narrative.

### Rebooted series

So far *Battlefront* is the only rebooted video-game series, however the popularity of other former series might lead them, also coming back rebooted into the restructured canon.

#### *Battlefront* (EA DICE)

*Main article: Star Wars: Battlefront*
* *Star Wars Battlefront* (2015)- PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
	+ Multiplayer only.
* *Star Wars Battlefront II* (2017) - PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One

After the restructuring of the *Star Wars* canon, the *Battlefront* series formerly developed by Pandemic, was rebooted by EA DICE. The first game was released in 2015, rushed into the market to tie-in with to the release of *The Force Awakens*. As a result of the shorter development time, developer EA DICE decided to take a significant departure from all previous instalements of the franchise and focus the game entirely on online multiplayer, completely axing the inclusion of a single player campaign or any sort-off narrative, the move was heavily criticized by fans, including Finn actor John Boyega. Only original trilogy characters (Luke, Leia, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Darth Vader and Palpatine) and planets (Tatooine, Hoth and Endor) were playable. Downloadable content later added the planets Jakku (from *The Force Awakens*) and Scarif (from *Rogue One*); The second *Battlefront* is the first on the series to be considered part of the *Star Wars* canon as it course corrected the mistake of the previous game, by including a singleplayer campaign with a story-mode set between the ending of *Return of the Jedi* and the beginning of *The Force Awakens*, in which the player controls a female imperial officer named Iden Versio. The multiplayer mode features characters from the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies, as well as anthology films. All of its downloadable contents are expected to be free.

### *Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order* (2019)

*Main article: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order*
Respawn Entertainment is working on *Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order*. The story will take place between *Revenge of the Sith* and *A New Hope*.

### Untitled *Star Wars* game by Visceral games

*Main article: Project Ragtag*
Visceral Games was working on an untitled game set in the time between *Return of the Jedi* and *The Force Awakens*. Amy Hennig, former *Naughty Dog* writer and director who oversaw the *Uncharted* series, joined Visceral as creative lead on the project codenamed *Ragtag*. On October 17, 2017, EA announced the closure of Visceral Games. EA reassigned the game to its EA Worldwide Studios, led by EA Vancouver, and said they will revamp the gameplay, which had been described as a linear, story-heavy title, into "a broader experience that allows for more variety and player agency". On 15 January 2019, Kotaku's Jason Schreier reported that the game code-named Project Ragtag had been canceled according to three people familiar with goings-on at EA. *Rogue One* writer Gary Whitta, openly criticized EA games for the cancelation, adding he hoped, Disney would handle the *Star Wars* licence to other companies.

### Other rumored console games

The lower than expected sales and mixed fan reception towards EA Games handling of the *Star Wars: Battlefront* subfranchise has led to rumors of Lucasfilm considering to change the terms of the license agreement. Lucasfilm is rumored to be courting either Ubisoft or Activision to either replace EA, or sharing rights to develop *Star Wars* games with them.

### Mobile games

* *Star Wars: Assault Team* (2014)
* *Star Wars: Commander* - Android, iOS, Windows Phone (2014)
* *Star Wars: Galactic Defense* - Android, iOS (2014). Spans the Rise of the Empire Era and the Rebellion Era.
* *Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes* - Android, iOS (2015). Spans the Rise of the Empire Era, Rebellion Era, and the Era of the New Republic.
* *Star Wars: Uprising* - Android, iOS (2015, discontinued November 17, 2016)
* *Star Wars: Heroes Path* - iOS (2015)
* *Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions* - Android, iOS, Windows Phone (2015)
* *Journeys* series:
	+ *Journeys: The Phantom Menace* - iOS (2014)
	+ *Journeys: Beginnings* - iOS (2014)
	+ *Star Wars: Force Arena* (2017)- Is player versus player real-time strategy mobile game for iOS and Android from Netmarble Games and Lucasfilm. *Force Arena* is set in the Rebellion era of the *Star Wars* storyline. Players control customized squads of characters and vehicles in a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) environment. The roster of over 80 available characters includes Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Darth Vader, Palpatine, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Moff Tarkin, Doctor Aphra, Ezra Bridger, and Jyn Erso.

## *Star Wars* crossover based video game franchises developed by other companies

In some cases Lucasfilm has allowed other videogames franchises to do their own *Star Wars* games, resulting in crossover hybrid franchises, that are developed by other studios.

### *Lego Star Wars*

*Main article: Lego Star Wars (video game series)*
Genre: Action-adventure
Lego made videogames based on their *Lego Star Wars* toys, as part of their Lego video games franchise. Due to the technical limitations of handhelds, the handheld versions always result in an entirely different game telling the same story as the console version, however the PlayStation handheld versions tend to imitate more closely the console versions albeit with some reduced areas and features.

* *Lego Star Wars: The Video Game* (2005): Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Mac
	+ **Handheld(s):** Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance
* *Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy* (2006): Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Mac
	+ **Handheld(s):** Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable
* *Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars* (2011): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows, Mac
	+ **Handheld(s):** Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable
* *Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2016): Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Mac
	+ **Handheld(s):** Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita
* *Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga* (2020): Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

**Compilation(s):** *Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga* (2007) a remix of *Lego Star Wars: The Video Game*, and *Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy*. Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Mac

* **Handheld(s):** Nintendo DS
* **Mobile:** iOS, Android.

#### Lego mobile and web browser games

* *Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2* (2009): Unity
* *Lego Star Wars: Ace Assault* (2011)
* *Lego Star Wars: Ace Assault 2* (2012)
* *Lego Star Wars: Battle Orders* (2012): Unity
* *Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles* (2013): Android, iOS
* *Lego Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles* (2014): Android, iOS
* *Lego Star Wars: Microfighters* (2014): Android, iOS

### *Angry Birds Star Wars*

*Angry Birds* made two *Star Wars* games.

* *Angry Birds Star Wars* (2012)
* *Angry Birds Star Wars II* (2013)

### *Disney Infinity*

Genre: Toys to life, Action-adventure, Sandbox
The *Disney Infinity* series allowed to use *Star Wars* characters along characters from other franchises owned by Disney, including characters from the Marvel and Pixar films.

* *Disney Infinity 3.0* (2015): Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, iOS, Android

### Guest-appearances of *Star Wars* characters in other videogame franchises

This category refeers to videogames from other franchises were the inclusion of *Star Wars* characters is very minor and restricted only to small easter eggs or an unlockable character cameo.

#### Multiple guest-appearances in a series

* *Tony Hawk's Pro Skater* series:
	+ *Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3* (2001), Activision – Skateboarding game featuring unlockable Darth Maul. Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC
	+ *Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4* (2002), Activision – Skateboarding game featuring unlockable Jango Fett. Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC
* *Indiana Jones* series:
	+ *Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings* (2009), LucasArts – Action-adventure game featuring unlockable Han Solo. Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable
	+ *LEGO Indiana Jones* series:
		- *Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures* (2008), LucasArts – Action-adventure game featuring unlockable Han Solo and cameos from other Star Wars characters. Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows
		- *Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues* (2009), LucasArts - Action-adventure game featuring cameos from *Star Wars* characters. Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Windows

#### Single appearances

* *Night Shift* (1990), Lucasfilm Games – Platform game featuring action figures of various *Star Wars* characters. Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Mac, PC, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
* *Secret Weapons Over Normandy* (2003), LucasArts – Flight simulation game featuring unlockable X-wing and TIE Fighter. Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC
* *Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction* (2005), LucasArts – Features unlockable character Han Solo. Xbox, PlayStation 2
* *Soulcalibur IV* (2008), Namco Bandai Games – Fighting game. At release featuring Darth Vader exclusively in the PlayStation 3 version, with Yoda exclusively in the Xbox 360 version, and Darth Vader's apprentice Galen *Starkiller* Marek in both versions. Months after the release, Darth Vader and Yoda were made available for purchase as downloadable content, each at the version they were absent at release. Each of the *Star Wars* characters had his own ending on the "Story Mode". However, in late 2016, all dlc in SoulCalibur IV was removed from the PlayStation and Microsoft stores for unknown reasons. It was later revealed to be due to unexpected licensing legal problems caused by Disney's purchase of *Star Wars*. Template:Reference needed

## Cultural impact

### Fan-made *Star Wars* games

#### *Galaxy in Turmoil*

On January 25, 2016, Frontwire Studios began an attempt to produce an unofficial *Battlefront* installment called *Galaxy in Turmoil*. The fan made game was in production using Unreal Engine 4 and was based off the cancelled *Star Wars: Battlefront III* by Free Radical Design. Although early versions of the game contained assets from Free Radical Design, they soon became "place holders" as the full game planned to be released using assets and music made from the ground up. On June 4, 2016, *Galaxy in Turmoil* gained a distribution deal through Valve and was planned to be released for free on Steam which generated a fair amount of attention.

On June 22, 2016 Lucasfilm requested the production of *Galaxy in Turmoil* be halted. On July 31, 2016, Frontwire Studios announced the cancellation of the game was due to the "possibility of *Galaxy in Turmoil* taking away attention from Electronic Arts' Battlefront franchise". Proposals of *Galaxy in Turmoil* falling under the paywall of Electronic Arts, and ideas of Lucasfilm giving Frontwire Studios a Star Wars IP licence were both rejected due to an agreement between Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm. Although Frontwire Studios may have fallen within Fair Use laws, legal conflict was avoided and the fan made Star Wars inspired project was canceled. There is a playable alpha that contains assets from Free Radical Design that was released to the public then removed early on within *Galaxy in Turmoil*Template:'s lifetime. *Galaxy in Turmoil* is now planned to be released as a brand new "cyber-punk" themed IP without any *Star Wars* references, but still with *Battlefront III*-inspired mechanics including space-to-ground battles.

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