Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker wrote a novel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", which was originally commissioned by George Lucas for the purpose of being filmed as a low-budget sequel, as a fallback plan in the event that "Star Wars" did not do well. It was published in 1978, a year after the movie's release. This made it the first full-length original novel to be published in the Star Wars expanded universe. The next official novelization of a "Star Wars" movie was "The Empire Strikes Back" by Donald F. Glut in 1980. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker Star Wars: From the
Star Wars: Battlefront Star Wars: Battlefront Star Wars: Battlefront is a series of first- and third-person shooter video games based on the "Star Wars" films. Players take the role of soldiers in either of two opposing armies in different time periods of the "Star Wars" universe. The series was launched in 2004 by LucasArts with "", developed by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts. The game received positive reviews and sold well. In 2005 Pandemic developed a sequel, "", which was also critically and commercially successful. The games were followed by "" (2007) and "" (2009) for handheld consoles and "" for mobile devices. LucasArts