Despite the tepid reception back in 2000, the Jedi Power Battles remaster is a fun return to simpler times when Star Wars video games ... which revisited The Phantom Menace as a 'beat 'em up ...

Modern Star Wars often goes deep ... set right before The Phantom Menace, is Atha Prime. He originated from a nearly-forgotten proposal Kenner Toys made to Lucasfilm way back in 1986.

Set before The Phantom Menace ... to be the chief villain of a new Kenner toy line. The Epic Continues line would have continued the story of Star Wars after the Original Trilogy’s conclusion.