Star Wars sequel trilogy of episodes "VII", "VIII" and "IX". Dale Pollock, George Lucas's biographer, revealed in a 2012 interview, that as part of his biographical research during the 1980s, Lucas had allowed him to read the plot outlines for the at the time comprising 12 planned "Star Wars" film episodes, albeit on the condition of signing a confidentiality agreement. Those plans Pollock saw, however were drastically changed after "Empire Strikes Back" released because Lucas decided not to make the sequel trilogy, and instead finish the story as a trilogy, by ending the storyline with "". This led Lucas to rework and fully incorporate
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