A Star Wars Survival Game Has the Perfect Setting

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Over the last four decades or so, Star Wars has enjoyed a fairly lucrative career in the gaming landscape. Even when no new movies were being made, the Star Wars video game factory was usually hard at work producing the next title. And while not all of them were critical successes, the video game market breathed new life into the franchise, bringing new opportunities to expand the Star Wars universe and new fan-favorite characters to the lore.

Over the years, Star Wars games have taken on a variety of gaming genres, from the Battlefront series using first-person shooter mechanics to Empire at War using 4X strategy gameplay and Rogue Squadron using aerial combat. There's been no shortage of variety when it comes to Star Wars games, but there is one genre that the franchise hasn't attempted before. A Star Wars survival game has a great deal of potential, and wouldn't have to look very far for the perfect setting.

Could Luke Skywalker Get His Own Star Wars Disney+ Series?

One of the most tragic, and popular, events in Star Wars canon is Order 66, when the Emperor finally reveals his plot to overthrow the Jedi, calling upon his Clone forces to «execute Order 66,» activating a chip inside their brains that turns them on their Jedi generals. In Revenge of the Sith, an effective montage plays following this moment, showing a number of Jedi being brutally gunned down by their Clone comrades.

Newer Star Wars media has also dipped into this event, with several new characters in the Star Wars canon having their backstory closely linked to this monumental moment of history. Most recently, in a Book of Boba Fett episode, Grogu's whereabouts during Order 66 have been revealed, with him being present in the Jedi Temple during the 501st