Lego Star Wars: The Video Game from the other two movies in their desired order. Completing all the game's levels with full stud bars will unlock an additional chapter based on the opening scene of "A New Hope", which features a 'prototype' Darth Vader, who uses Anakin's fighting style, and a Stormtrooper whose movements are identical to the Clone Troopers (both of these are remodeled in ). The background music is the same music used in the "Star Wars" movies, but as the game was released before "Episode III"s soundtrack, music from the original trilogy (1977, 1980 and 1983) was used for that movie's levels. For
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire the job after writing the novelizations of "The Mask" for Bantam, and "Aliens" based upon graphic novels by Dark Horse Comics, which had been licensed by Lucasfilm to create "Star Wars" comics. In addition to the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Perry read the first spin-off novel in the franchise, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", to get an idea of how to write for Vader. A prequel novel was planned, to be written by author Charles Grant, but was cancelled due to a Lucasfilm Licensing move from Bantam to Del Rey Books. The comic book emphasizes the destiny of Boba Fett