Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985 video game) 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 first-person perspective. The game features the Battle of Hoth and the subsequent escape of the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field. The game was also released for various home computers in the late 1980s by Domark. The game
Star Wars expanded to other media Dave Filoni has used multiple characters and elements from "Legends" works in the series. Filoni explained that he followed Lucas's example in considering the films and television series canon, but allowing for the incorporation of "Legends" material. The first new canonical novel was "" by John Jackson Miller, published in September 2014, followed by the animated series "Star Wars Rebels" a month later. Marvel Comics began publishing a series of "Star Wars" comic book titles in January 2015. "" was released in December 2015, and marked the beginning of the sequel trilogy of films. Since then, multiple films have been