"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ..."

Before starting I would like you to put the imperial march, in this way we put ourselves in a situation ..... So let's start

In 1982, two years after the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the first video game in the series appeared for Atari. As you well know the games of that system were very simple and had a very clear goal, since the machine could not do much more. In this case, it presented us with a side scrolling action title in which we controlled a ship from the rebels and, based on gunfire, we had to destroy the AT-AT that were trying to invade our base on the planet Hoth.

A year after the premiere of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, in 1984, a video game with the same name as the movie debuted in arcades. From an isometric view, the player controlled a series of vehicles through four different levels depending on the sequence, trying to avoid obstacles and enemies along the way.

In the first one, a speeder motorcycle was driven until reaching the Ewoks village; the second and third were interspersed every few seconds, one mounted on an AT-ST and the other on different rebel ships; in the fourth and last on the back of the Millennium Falcon, the Death Star reactor had to be destroyed and made to explode.

The first platform game in the series went on sale for NES in 1991, in which we could already enjoy for the first time a title that covered the film from start to finish throughout numerous levels. You could select between different characters, such as Luke or Han Solo, each equipped with their respective weapons. In addition, there were also parts where Luke's vehicle was controlled for touring the map or some stages with space battles. The truth is that by the time it was published it was quite complete, as happened with its successor 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back', which was the same style of play.

A year later Super Nintendo received 'Super Star Wars', followed by 'Super Empire Strikes Back' and 'Super Return of The Jedi', with superior graphics consistent with those of the Nintendo machine. All three were also about platform games and the differences between them were minimal, but they were entertaining as they were very complete and varied. In addition they also had battles against final bosses or the possibility of choosing between the protagonists of the saga at the beginning of each screen.

This pair of games were among the first in the series to appear on PC for MS-DOS. They were space simulators with a great sound job behind it, taking into account the technical limitations it had. The objective was to end the army of the rebels or the empire controlling ships such as the X-Wing, Y-Wing or Tie Fighter, depending on the chosen side.

Perhaps one of the most unknown games in Star Wars, but the characters of the saga became chips on a chessboard where the rebels faced the empire, how could it be otherwise? It was noteworthy that every time the player ate a figure of the opponent, an animation of both fighting appeared, some of them with good touches of humor.

In the first computer games they continued to surprise us with a variety of genres from the Star Wars universe, introducing us in 1995 the first FPS in the series and one of the first in the world that was distributed in CD-ROM format. During the game you could select a few different firearms and the graphics were completely 3D, something that at the time caught the user's attention a lot.

In the Star Wars: Rebel Assault sequel we came across a rail shooter based on the George Lucas universe, without focusing on any of the movies in particular. The levels in which a spaceship was piloted the only thing we could do with it was to shoot at the enemies, since they followed a pre-established path, just like in other phases that we drove a speeder motorcycle or others that we simply crossed corridors with a soldier rebel on foot.

In this curious title published first on PC we found a game that took up very few resources and could be played from the desktop. It is an RPG starring Luke Skywalker, having to complete missions that Master Yoda provides us in Dagobah. The most characteristic thing is that each mission, designed to be played between 10 and 20 minutes, was totally different from the previous one, with different objectives that ranged from interacting with inhabitants of other planets to collecting objects, killing some enemies or solving certain puzzles.

As additional data previously 'Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures' was also published, which followed the same gameplay scheme.

Darth Vader was a guest of honor on 'SoulCalibur IV', but years before he appeared in Namco's game, LucasArts developed his own Star Wars character fighting video game. Luke, Leia, Chewbacca or Boba Fett were some of the characters available along with other strangers (for whom the books have not been read) such as Arden Lyn or Mara Jade. Some criticism he received accused the little damage caused by the lightsaber, a weapon that, as you already suppose, is capable of ending the life of anyone with just one blow.

One genre that was still to be cited is racing and it also had its moment of glory thanks to pod racing from Episode I: The Phantom Menace (almost the only good thing it had). The game had 25 different circuits spread across several planets, including Tatooine or Malastare, while there was no shortage of pilots such as Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, Quadinaros and others that we have seen appear briefly in the film. He remembered 'F-Zero' for the sense of speed it provided and the different types of tracks, some covered with lava, others with areas of water and others with futuristic touches.

Another game that was published after the premiere of episode I is this adventure and action game that went on sale on various platforms. Players could select one of five available characters, although since they were all Jedi, they had the same abilities, apart from using force or their lightsaber to attack enemies or block shots. An option that added more fun to the campaign was the fact of including a cooperative mode for two people.

Do not be fooled by its graphic aspect, since we are not facing an 'Age of Empires' or 'StarCraft', but rather in the face of a real-time strategy title published in 2001 by LucasArts. Again it is also set in "The Phantom Menace", although an expansion dedicated to the movie "Attack of the Clones" was also released. The units included some terrestrial and other aerial, but none that we have not previously seen in feature films.

I hope this review of some star wars games that you did not even know exsitia liked you, so......