Sideticks was the original aircraft controller. The worlds first aeroplane the wright flyer had a sidestick. All the early generation aircraft had sidestick. Later the yoke made their appearance.. The early yoke was perfectly round just like a car wheel.
Later the yokes were shaped like half wheel. the clocked turned again when Airbus installed sidesticks 22 yrs ago on their A320 and the rest is history.
Boeing 787 design team intially made a backdriven sidestick for the 787. How ever the senior management wanted to retain the yoke because they wanted cockpit commonality with the 777.
Had Boeing installed backdriven sidestick for thier 787 they could have made new history.