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It’s been 32 long years since we last saw our heroes on the big screen in Return of the Jedi. But on Dec. 18, one of the most famous franchises — if not THE most famous franchise — in movie history is returning to theaters in the much-anticipated next chapter of their story with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Over the next 20 weeks, we will celebrate the franchise by looking back and ranking the best, the worst, the weirdest and the most amusing moments in Star Wars history.

What makes a good Star Wars game? Since Atari’s The Empire Strikes Back debuted in 1982, there have been more than 100 videogames associated with the license across every platform. But for every Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader, there’s a Kinect Star Wars (egads). Not even longtime custodians of the brand LucasArts hit it out of the Senate every time.

With two new films in the saga and three anthology films due out over the next few years, Disney Interactive Arts and others are picking up where the now defunct LucasArts left off by adapting the new adventures to gaming format .As Yoda might say, to understand the future, into the past you must look. If the previews are any indication of things to come, the future of Star Wars videogames looks promising. But true to franchise form, there have been enough missteps in previous titles to justify my cautious optimism. So let’s focus on the better moments in Star Wars gaming history and what Disney can learn from them.

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