Lucasfilm is upping its video game slate. While there's a long history of Star Wars games within the expanded universe, there are far fewer titles that Disney perceives to be canon. Those initial Legends games often impacted the wider continuity. Knights of the Old Republic for example, which is now gaining a remake, completely forged a brand-new era while Shadows of the Empire represented a much wider, cross-medium project.
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