TITLE
Shadows Of The Empire – Remembering Star Wars’ Most Audacious Video Game Adaptation
AUTHOR
Kyle Hilliard
PUBLICATION
Game Informer
YEAR
2018
ARTICLE TYPE
Article
FROM THE ARTICLE
In 1996, right before the special editions of the original Star Wars trilogy released in theaters, and three years before The Phantom Menace, one Star Wars story tried to make an impact without the aid of an accompanying film. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was LucasArts’ attempt to tell the story between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi across multiple types of media, and one of its pillars was a video game. Shadows of the Empire marked a direct collaboration between Star Wars and Nintendo, helped launch the N64, and suffered as a result of its undeniable hubris. Despite all this, the game is one of the earliest examples of a 3D, third-person action game, and it holds a special place in the hearts of young-at-the-time Star Wars fans.
COMPANIES MENTIONED
LucasArts
Nintendo
GAMES MENTIONED
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Jon Knoles
Shigeru Miyamoto
PLATFORMS MENTIONED
Nintendo 64
ALTERNATE LINK
Archived Copy @ Internet Archive
PRINT AVAILABILITY
September 2018 (Issue 305)