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As seen in this nifty timeline graphic, the two kicked things off back in 1999 at the International Toy Fair in New York City.


In 2019, Lego announced a celebration of its 20-year partnership with Star Wars with five special-edition kits. It's not brand spankin' new, but it's cool and is currently for sale for only $29.99. In the rabbit hole of Star Wars memorabilia we encountered during our research about the game, we came upon a special-edition Lego kit of Anakin Skywalker's podracer. They'd probably have to put in extensive work if they wanted to do that, and then we'd end up with something inferior like the disappointing sequel Star Wars Racer Revenge from 2002.Game developer Aspyr Media, the Star Wars franchise and Sony recently announced that a remastered version of "Star Wars Episode I: Racer" is set to release on the Playstation 4 and the Nintendo Switch in May. It's kind of a shame the game couldn't be updated to allow for online play, but that's probably not easy when you're bringing that old of a game to current generation systems.

Lucasfilm and developer Aspyr will bring the classic racing game back with modernized controls and everything that made the original game great to begin with. made the exciting announcement about a Star Wars: Episode I Racer re-release coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
