Several products were released, including a novel, a junior novelization, a comic book series, a video game, a soundtrack, trading cards, role-playing games, posters, model kits, Micro Machines toys, and a series of action figures and vehicles.

The venture was intended to reinvigorate interest in the franchise ahead of the 1997 theatrical Special Editions of the Star Wars Trilogy released the following year. The idea was to create a story set between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and to explore all commercial possibilities of a full motion picture release without actually making a film. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a 1996 multimedia project created by Lucasfilm. Shadows Of The Empire : Lucasfilm's mid-to-late 1990's EU multimedia project Author oojason Date 2, 9:48 PM Author oojason Time 2 9:48 PM (Edited) Post linkĪs there seemingly isn’t already a thread for the overall Shadows Of The Empire ‘multimedia project’ on here…Īn Index for this ‘Shadows Of The Empire’ (SOTE) thread… **Shadows Of The Empire** : Lucasfilm's mid-to-late 1990's EU multimedia project - Original Trilogy Sign In

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