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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure — The Weird Lost Star Wars Game That Should Not Be This Interesting

Header image for Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure showing an Ewok flying a hang glider through Endor while an AT-ST and retro pixel-game visuals appear alongside the modern scene.

There are cancelled games that sound boring the second you describe them, and then there are cancelled games that make you stop, blink, and say: hang on, they were going to let us play as an Ewok in a hang glider? That is Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure. Planned in 1983 for the Atari 2600, developed by Atari Games for publication by Parker Brothers, Ewok Adventure never made it to store shelves, even though the game was reportedly completed. It later became one of those fascinating lost corners of Star Wars gaming history — the kind of title that sounds half ridiculous, half brilliant, and somehow ends up being both. As part of our Complete List of All Star Wars Games Ever Made (1979–Present), this is exactly the kind of side road worth stopping for. It also fits naturally beside our recent looks at The Empire Strikes…

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