I miss them too. I make up for it playing the X series[1] and Freespace mods[2]. X series is more like a single player Eve (also has lots of mods like Freespace), while Freespace is more like X-Wing/Tie Fighter. There's even a Star Wars mod for Freespace (might be one for X, but have not checked).

[1] http://store.steampowered.com/app/2820/

[2] http://www.gog.com/news/freespace_2_open_source_code_project...