Released three years after Wing Commander, the first Star Wars: X-Wing game may not have been the first space flight sim, but it was certainly a pioneer of the genre. Similarly, the Star Wars: Rogue Squadron series was far from the first arcade-y dogfighter, but its cinematic and technical qualities were unmatched at the time. Naturally, then, there was a lot of excitement when EA announced a sort of spiritual successor back in 2020: Star Wars: Squadrons.