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Apple Computer produced an unlicensed Star Wars game on cassette tape for its Apple II in 1978. A player acting as a space pilot trainee destroyed TIE fighters using a first-person heads-up display.
On the 24th of April 2014, most previous licensed Star Wars video games were rebranded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise. This decision affected all media produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars including novels and comics.
Disney and Lucasfilm revealed a partnership with Electronic Arts on the 3rd of April 2013 granting EA exclusive rights to produce Star Wars games for consoles and PC for a decade. EA released its first Star Wars video game under the Disney brand on the 14th of October 2014.
BioWare developed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic which debuted on Microsoft Xbox and PC in 2003 winning Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards. Obsidian Entertainment created its sequel The Sith Lords in 2004.
Star Wars Galaxies launched in 2003 as the first MMORPG before servers shut down on the 15th of December 2011. This title was part of the era that ended when most previous licensed Star Wars video games were rebranded as Star Wars Legends.