Editing Star Wars (section)

=== Video games ===
{{Further|Star Wars video games|List of Star Wars video games}}
The ''Star Wars'' franchise has spawned over one hundred<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.igdb.com/2017/12/12/star-wars-40-years-in-gaming|title=Star Wars Infographic: 40 Years in Gaming|work=www.igdb.com|access-date=December 12, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215110841/https://blog.igdb.com/2017/12/12/star-wars-40-years-in-gaming/|url-status=live}}</ref> computer, video, and board games, dating back to some of the earliest [[home consoles]]. Some are based directly on the movie material, while others rely heavily on the non-canonical Expanded Universe (rebranded as ''Star Wars Legends'' and removed from the canon in 2014). ''Star Wars'' games have gone through three significant development eras, marked by a change in leadership among the developers: the early licensed games, those developed after the creation of LucasArts, and those created after the closure of the Lucasfilm division by Disney and the transfer of the license to [[Electronic Arts]].

==== Early licensed games (1979–1993) ====
The first officially licensed electronic ''Star Wars'' game was [[Kenner Products|Kenner]]'s 1979 table-top ''Star Wars Electronic Battle Command''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Kenner/SWBattleCommand.htm |title=Kenner ''Star Wars'' Battle Command |publisher=Handheldmuseum.com |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123215906/http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Kenner/SWBattleCommand.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Coopee |first=Todd |title=''Star Wars'' Electronic Battle Command Game |url=https://toytales.ca/star-wars-electronic-battle-command-game/ |publisher=ToyTales.ca |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813220551/https://toytales.ca/star-wars-electronic-battle-command-game/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1982, [[Parker Brothers]] published the first ''Star Wars'' video game for the [[Atari 2600]], ''[[Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1982 video game)|Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bogost |first1=Ian|author-link1=Ian Bogost|last2=Montfort|first2=Nick|title=Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System|publisher=[[The MIT Press]]|year=2009|isbn=978-0-262-01257-7|title-link=Racing the Beam}}</ref> followed soon the year later by ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Arena]]'', the first video game to depict lightsaber combat. They were followed in 1983 by [[Atari]]'s [[rail shooter]] [[arcade game]] ''[[Star Wars (1983 video game)|Star Wars]]'', with [[vector graphics]] to replicate the Death Star trench run scene from the 1977 film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/7-30-a-brief-history-of-star-war-games-part-1.html|title=A Brief History of ''Star War'' Games, Part 1 (Slide 1–6) |work=Tom's Hardware |date=May 20, 2007|publisher=[[Tom's Hardware]]|access-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref> The next game, ''[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1984 video game)|Star Wars: Return of the Jedi]]'' (1984), has more traditional [[raster graphics]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi |title=''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' |publisher=[[MobyGames]] |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316113601/http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi |url-status=live }}</ref> while the following ''[[Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985 video game)|Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1985) has vector graphics.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Retro Gamer]] |issue=70 |pages=82–83 |title=The making of ''The Empire Strikes Back''|date=November 2009}}</ref>

[[Platform game]]s were made for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], including the Japan-exclusive ''[[Star Wars (1987 video game)|Star Wars]]'' (1987), an international ''[[Star Wars (1991 video game)|Star Wars]]'' (1991), and ''[[Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1992 video game)|Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1992). ''[[Super Star Wars]]'' (1992) was released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], with two sequels over the next two years.

==== LucasArts and modern self-published games (1993–2014) ====
{{Main|LucasArts}}
Lucasfilm founded its own video game company in 1982, becoming best known for adventure games and [[World War II]] flight combat games, but as George Lucas took more interest in the increasing success of the video game market, he wanted to have more creative control over the games and founded his own development company, [[LucasArts]]. Improved graphics allowed games to tell complex narratives, which allowed for the retelling of the films, and eventually original narratives set in the same continuity, with voice-overs and CGI [[cutscene]]s. In 1993, LucasArts released ''[[Star Wars: X-Wing (video game)|Star Wars: X-Wing]]'', the first self-published ''Star Wars'' video game and the first [[space simulator|space flight simulator]] based on the franchise.<ref name="LA History 2">{{cite web |url=http://www.lucasarts.com/20th/history_2.htm |title=LucasArts Entertainment Company: 20th Anniversary (Part Two: The Classics, 1990–1994) |publisher=[[LucasArts]] |date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623025112/http://www.lucasarts.com/20th/history_2.htm |archive-date=June 23, 2006}}</ref> It was one of the bestselling video games of 1993 and established its own [[Star Wars: X-Wing (video game series)|series of games]].<ref name="LA History 2" /> The [[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (series)|''Rogue Squadron'' series]] was released between 1998 and 2003, also focusing on space battles set during the films.

''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces|Dark Forces]]'' (1995), a hybrid [[adventure game]] incorporating puzzles and strategy,<ref name=PCG>{{cite magazine |last=Mizell |first=Leslie |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |date=October 1994 |title=''Star Wars: Dark Forces'' preview | pages=34–37}}</ref> was the first ''Star Wars'' [[first-person shooter]].<ref name="Toms DF">{{cite web|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/7-a-brief-history-of-star-war-games-part-1.html#s29|title=A Brief History of ''Star War'' Games, Part 1 (Slide 29–32)|date=May 20, 2007|publisher=Tom's Hardware|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2014|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20141002211452/http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/7%2Da%2Dbrief%2Dhistory%2Dof%2Dstar%2Dwar%2Dgames%2Dpart%2D1.html#s29|url-status=live}}</ref> It featured gameplay and graphical features not then common in other games, made possible by LucasArts' custom-designed [[game engine]], the [[Jedi (game engine)|Jedi]].<ref name="Toms DF" /><ref name=PCG /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/december03/doom/clones/index2.shtml|title=Bringin' in the ''DOOM'' Clones |last1=Turner|first1=Benjamin|last2=Bowen|first2=Kevin|date=December 11, 2003|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127062845/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/december03/doom/clones/index2.shtml|archive-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Byte>{{cite web|url=http://www.byte.com/art/9512/sec10/art1.htm|title=Today's hot first-person 3-D shoot-'em-ups |last=Baldazo|first=Rex|date=December 1995|website=[[Byte (magazine)|Byte]]|access-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123045145/http://www.byte.com/art/9512/sec10/art1.htm|archive-date=November 23, 2008}}</ref> The game was well received,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950319/2111023/cd-rom|title=Tech Reviews CD-Rom – Dark Forces|last=Kent|first=Steven L.|date=March 19, 1995|website=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=December 15, 2008|archive-date=July 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719012008/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950319&slug=2111023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=GRDOS>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/3397.asp?q=dark%20forces|title=''Star Wars Dark Forces'' – PC|publisher=[[GameRankings]]|access-date=December 30, 2008|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114043252/https://www.metacritic.com/game|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=GspotDOS>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/darkforces/review.html|title=''Star Wars Dark Forces'' Review |last=Dulin|first=Ron|date=May 1, 1996|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=October 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018150903/http://uk.gamespot.com/star-wars-dark-forces/reviews/dark-forces-review-2538507/|archive-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref> and it was followed by [[Star Wars: Jedi Knight (series)|four sequels]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/377/377807p1.html |last=Boulding |first=Aaron |title=''Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast'' Xbox review |date=November 19, 2002 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |website=[[IGN]] |archive-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816142910/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/377/377807p1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-jedi-knight-jedi-academy-designer-diary-1/1100-6073921/| title=''Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'' Designer Diary #1| website=GameSpot| date=August 25, 2003| access-date=April 26, 2016| archive-date=May 21, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521081044/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-jedi-knight-jedi-academy-designer-diary-1/1100-6073921/| url-status=live}}</ref> The series introduced [[Kyle Katarn]], who would appear in multiple games, novels, and comics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/898/898223p1.html |title=Top 25 ''Star Wars Heroes'': Day 2 |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=August 12, 2008 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=March 3, 2017 |archive-date=March 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313165545/http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/898/898223p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Katarn is a former [[stormtrooper (Star Wars)|stormtrooper]] who joins the Rebellion and becomes a Jedi,<ref name="Toms DF" /><ref name=MG>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-dark-forces|title=''Star Wars: Dark Forces''|publisher=[[MobyGames]]|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225122620/http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-dark-forces|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SW Kyle">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/character/kylekatarn/|title=Katarn, Kyle|website=StarWars.com |access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912124400/http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/kylekatarn/|archive-date=September 12, 2011}}</ref> a plot arc similar to that of Finn in the sequel trilogy films.<ref name="THR Jacen" /> A [[massively multiplayer online role-playing game]], ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'', was in operation from 2003 until 2011. After Disney bought Lucasfilm, LucasArts ceased its role as a developer in 2013, although it still operates as a [[Brand licensing|licensor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/disney-shuttering-lucasarts-moving-to-licensed-games-model/|title=Disney shuttering LucasArts, moving to licensed games model|last=Terdiman|first=Daniel|website=CNET|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830034804/https://www.cnet.com/news/disney-shuttering-lucasarts-moving-to-licensed-games-model/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== ''EA Star Wars'' (2014–present) ====
Following its acquisition of the franchise, Disney reassigned video game rights to [[Electronic Arts]]. Games made during this era are considered canonical, and feature more influence from the ''Star Wars'' filmmakers. Disney partnered with [[Lenovo]] to create the [[augmented reality]] video game ''Jedi Challenges'', released in November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/31/star-wars-jedi-challenges-augmented-reality-game-launches-with-lenovo-mirage-headset.html|title=Lenovo, Disney launch 'Star Wars' Jedi augmented reality game that lets you use a Lightsaber|first=Arjun|last=Kharpal|date=August 31, 2017|publisher=CNBC|access-date=September 27, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071352/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/31/star-wars-jedi-challenges-augmented-reality-game-launches-with-lenovo-mirage-headset.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/how-jedi-challenges-brings-star-wars-to-life-at-home|title=How Jedi Challenges Brings Star Wars to Life at Home|date=November 3, 2017|website=StarWars.com|access-date=September 27, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165227/https://www.starwars.com/news/how-jedi-challenges-brings-star-wars-to-life-at-home|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, it was announced that [[Zynga]] would publish [[free-to-play]] ''Star Wars'' mobile games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/zynga-disney-star-wars-games-1202911645/|title=Zynga Partners With Disney For New 'Star Wars' Games|website=Variety|date=August 21, 2018|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903045810/https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/zynga-disney-star-wars-games-1202911645/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Battlefront'' games received a canonical reboot with ''[[Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game)|Star Wars: Battlefront]]'' in November 2015, which was followed by a sequel, ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)|Battlefront II]]'', in November 2017. A single-player action-adventure game, ''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]'', with an original story and cast of characters, was released in November 2019. A [[Space flight simulation game|space combat game]] titled ''[[Star Wars: Squadrons]]'', which builds upon the space battles from ''Battlefront'', was released in October 2020.