Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985 video game) as it was not as fresh as the previous game. Additionally, it was sold as an upgrade kit, so arcade operators that had "Star Wars" running and getting steady incomes from it did not go for the upgrade. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985 video game) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the vector graphics "Star Wars" arcade game. It was released by Atari Games in 1985 as a conversion kit for the original game. As in "Star Wars", the player takes the role of Luke Skywalker in a set of battle sequences in a
Star Wars sequel trilogy that there would be no Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, since the time feels right to move on: In 1999, when asked about the possibility of someone else making "Star Wars" films, Lucas said, "Probably not, it's my thing." In August 1999, at a press conference in New York City to discuss "The Phantom Menace", Lucas described the "nine year commitment" required to make a "Star Wars" trilogy. In 2002, he said: "Basically what I said as a joke was, 'Maybe when Harrison and Carrie are in their 70s, we'll come back and do another version.' The thing