To follow on what @snyper2099 said, I am still frankly amazed that a third game in the Black Knight series ever came into being after a 30-year intermission - the last 20 years of which elapsing since WMS stopped making pinballs - along with the less-than-stellar life support prognosis for pinball still being around now back then. I really liked the first two, but I simply "knew" back in 1999 that BK2000 was now relegated to being the only BK sibling. Never thought about it after that.
Then about a year ago the whispers began. Then a few months ago they started getting louder. And louder. Then March 26, 2019 arrived. What I thought was impossible had actually just happened. Not only had pinball had survived, it had been thriving. The third BK game was real. And the designer of that first couple was in charge of this one too.
So even though the grinch thought he had stolen pinball from our lives and our souls and set dark times upon us once more, pinball still came roaring back. For Stern to do BKSOR bodes well too - especially given their penchant for movie, TV, music, etc. licenses.
I'm curious to see how Cosmic Carnival from Suncoast gets received too. But I'm thrilled to see what I hope is just the beginning of a resurgence in non-licensed/original pinball titles (BKSOR counts as it's not one of those TV/movie/music licenses even though rights had to be secured to do a third one.) And I hope more pinball design teams will get the opportunity every once in awhile to take a break from the licensed world to flex their creative muscles and design something completely original - and that those designs are well received alongside the licensed games and help show the wide range of what pinball has to offer players of all ages.