A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… there used to be a healthy sampling of video game tie-ins to the Star Wars movies. This has been happening back as long as we remember and it even happened with A New Hope. Sure it took a little longer but who doesn’t remember playing the painfully tough Star Wars game on the NES?

We later received a SNES port of the game called Super Star Wars and also got Super Empire Strikes Back and Super Return of the Jedi. While these games are mostly known for being super hard, they also give many people fond memories as they look back to their adolescent days. There were plenty of games set during the original trilogy so don’t just get to thinking these were the only ones.

Fast forward to 1999 and the movie that was a victim of its own hype, The Phantom Menace, and we get even more movie tie-in games. It can even be argued that Episode I actually received the best of the tie-in games. We received the podracing game, Jedi Power Battles, Battle for Naboo, an actual movie game and Star Wars Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan gets a bad rap but I found it be be a pretty solid game, despite the wonky controls. The game released as an Xbox exclusive and controlling your lightsaber was done by moving the right analog stick.

Moving forward to Attack of the Clones and we receive an official tie-in game for the Game Boy Advance and Star Wars: The Clone Wars which was a vehicle-centric take on the start of the Clone Wars. We also got a second Game Boy Advance game but the less said about that the better. This represents a significantly smaller portion of games than Episode 1 received.

By Episode 3, the video game tie-ins have already all but died out. We received the surprising good Revenge of the Sith tie-in game but that’s it. The Clone Wars tv series had several tie-in games and then the Disney takeover happened.

Since the takeover, we haven’t seen any movie tie-in games outside of Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With technology and the ability to make these games more abundant than ever, it seems a little surprising that nobody has tried to make another movie tie-in game. Admittedly, most movie tie-in games are pretty bad but Star Wars has proven to have an established fan base.

Take Star Wars Battlefront (2015) for example, this game was heavily criticized for its Season Pass structure and received mixed reviews as a result. However, the game still went on to sell over 10 million copies, making the game an overwhelming success. Don’t you think it’s possible that a The Last Jedi tie-in game could sell well?

Maybe fan interest in movie games have died out but with the sudden explosion of new Star Wars movies every year, it’s possible interest has been renewed the series once again. There are now three generations of fans out there who are Star Wars fans – you have the parents who saw the Original Trilogy in theaters, their kids who grew up with prequels and now you might even have their kids who are growing up with the Sequel Trilogy.

While we’re not begging for a new movie tie-in game (help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope) we would certainly like to see one. Having Star Wars Battlefront 2’s single-player campaign fit in to the overall narrative of Star Wars is certainly a start but I want more. And I know I shouldn’t.

You can see how the movie games begin to die out over time with them almost grinding to a halt with Revenge of the Sith. We’re still getting a lot of books that tie-in to the grand scheme of things but what about video games? I’d certainly love to see a mediocre The Last Jedi game just so I can relive my dreams again.

Shoutout to Wikipedia for doing all the heavy lifting, here’s the list of tie-in games for each Star Wars movie. This doesn’t even count the titles like Rogue Squadron or Starfighter, either.

Episode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars (1983–88) – Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Apple II, DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Nintendo GameCube

(1983–88) – Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Apple II, DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Nintendo GameCube Star Wars (1987) – Famicom

(1987) – Famicom Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star (1991) – PC-9801, X68000

(1991) – PC-9801, X68000 Star Wars (1991–93) – NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear

(1991–93) – NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear Super Star Wars (1992) – SNES, Wii Virtual Console, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita

(1992) – SNES, Wii Virtual Console, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Star Wars Arcade (1993) – Arcade, 32X

(1993) – Arcade, 32X Star Wars: Trench Run (2009) – iOS, Unity

(2009) – iOS, Unity Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner (2010) – iOS

(2010) – iOS Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (2013) – multiplatform pinball video game

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1982) – Atari 2600, Intellivision

(1982) – Atari 2600, Intellivision Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985/88) – Arcade, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari, GameCube

(1985/88) – Arcade, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari, GameCube Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1992) – NES, Game Boy

(1992) – NES, Game Boy Super Empire Strikes Back (1993) – SNES, Wii Virtual Console

(1993) – SNES, Wii Virtual Console Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (2013) – multiplatform pinball video game

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Death Star Battle (1983/84) – Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 5200, ZX Spectrum

(1983/84) – Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 5200, ZX Spectrum Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Ewok Adventure (unreleased) – Atari 2600

(unreleased) – Atari 2600 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1984/88) – Arcade, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, GameCube

(1984/88) – Arcade, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, GameCube Super Return of the Jedi (1994) – SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear, Wii Virtual Console

(1994) – SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear, Wii Virtual Console Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (2013) – multiplatform pinball video game[2]

Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) – Windows, PlayStation

(1999) – Windows, PlayStation Star Wars: Episode I (1999) – Pinball

(1999) – Pinball Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (2000/01) – PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance

(2000/01) – PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo (2000/01) – Nintendo 64, Windows

(2000/01) – Nintendo 64, Windows Star Wars Episode I: Obi-Wan’s Adventures (2000) – Game Boy Color

(2000) – Game Boy Color Star Wars: Obi-Wan (2001) – Xbox

Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Action) PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox

(2002) (Action) PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) – Game Boy Advance

(2002) – Game Boy Advance Star Wars: The New Droid Army (2002) – Game Boy Advance

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith