Lit A/V Kotor? remake? is? probably? (not?) happening?

I thought Microsoft/Xbox passed just because Disney/Lucasfilm didn’t offer to pay them enough.

 

Anyone expected anything else out of Aspyr, a company responsible solely for ports, that hasn't developed any real videogames? Whoever came up with a brilliant idea of hiring them for such a monumental project, and announcing that in the first place with nothing but 30 seconds bullshot teaser, is a genius.
If this remake never gets made, it's for the better, I think.

 

Assuming "indefinitely delayed" is not a euphemism for "cancelled" and that Aspyr still intends to pursue the project... even if things were going smoothly this would still be years away from gracing our consoles anyway, so is a delay of six months or a year really all that bad? On the other hand, if the project is indeed nailed to the perch, that's sad news. Saves us from endless "is it going to be canon?" debates, but still sad news.

 

I had read it was because they didn’t like Aspyr. But who knows.

 

Nothing will save us from the canon debates.

As to the game, all bets are off. Game development can be very rocky but what goes off track can be gotten back onto it.

 

Don't take this the wrong way, but: lol.

 

Another Star Wars event placed on hold. If it isn’t a novel, comic book, or animated series I can’t get excited cause somewhere along the line you just get hit with the bad news

 

Anyone who says that the movies are the worst handled aspect of SW of the last 10 years is kidding themselves. Video games have won the title and will continue to hold that title.

 

While technically accurate in that EA squandered the license, the films have a much bigger profile than the games. So far more people care about them.

It's pretty hard to find any SW game that has done anything to spark anything near either a prequel or sequel controversy, some of which appear to be eternally burning.

 

The lesson here is that Lucasfilm should lean on animation as a medium more. There seems to be less BTS drama involved.

 

Maybe they didn't like them enough for the money they were offered.

I don't know but if you find it tell me.

I guess multiverse theory says it is somewhere.

 

Somewhere EA didn't get the SW license, Obsidian had enough time on KotOR 2, Factor 5 didn't go bust and did Rogue Squadron IV, while Amy Hennig did 1313.

 

Yeah, I know, but I'm not a cynic, and as Jedi Ben said, an on-hold project can be put back on track. In this case, given the popularity of KOTOR and the fan reaction to the announcement, it's hard to imagine they wouldn't try to get this project moving again in some form or another. But, who the heck knows what's really going on behind the scenes at Aspyr. Given that the Bloomburg article is behind a paywall, I certainly don't

 

The problem isn't the Bloomberg paywall, it's that Schreir tends to be accurate.

 

I have Bloomberg so I’ll summarize:

Aspyr built a vertical slice as an internal proof of concept and to show to rights holders. The vertical slice was so resource intensive the heads of the company immediately called into question if the project was feasible. The project halted. Then two project heads and high level employees were fired suddenly. Throughout the process Embracer had been encouraging Aspyr to let Saber Interactive (the group that ported Witcher III to Switch) help out with coding duties. Most Aspyr staff imagine that if the project were resumed it would be done by Saber Interactive, which most likely would mean everything Aspyr did would be scrapped. However, that’s quite a bit of an if.

Edit: In addition, Aspyr’s top level had been lying or overestimating its capabilities throughout, as they had promised Disney, Embracer, et al. a 2022 release date, but internally employees did not realistically expect they could be finished before 2025.

 

2022 release date!?

What a load of balls. No way was this going to be out this year. 2025? Sounds about right.

 

What a mess. Yeah, looks like this was definitely a much bigger bite than Aspyr knew how to chew. And I seriously can't believe they were trying to convince anyone that a 2022 release date was feasible. That alone should have been a major indicator something was amiss.

 

Especially in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world.

 

I'm alright if this gets officially cancelled eventually. I won't say I wasn't excited, but on the other hand the OG KotOR still exists. A new Star Wars game is a new Star Wars game; I don't need it to replace an old Star Wars game.

This also frees up the Revan story to be canonized in a different way. I kinda sorta think it would be neat to have future movies be Sith focused. If they did like a trilogy of trilogies again they could do like a Bane trilogy, Revan trilogy, Plagueis trilogy or something like that. Not that I necessarily expect this to happen, but if Revan's story is Canon'd via video game that would limit the possibilities there.

 

A game being remade doesn't generally block access to the original unless its Rockstar or Blizzard.

Nor would Revan being covered in a game limit options, even if the game was deemed canon.

 

Also, the thing about video games is almost nothing gets officially cancelled because that’s bad PR. It’s a dumb model but it’s the model.

 

If I recall correctly Story Group did confirm, via the Canon Rule of Thumb if in no other form, that this version would also not be canon.

Fans: Is the KOTOR remake going to be canon?
Story Group Member, via Twitter: To answer your question, the original game was part of Legends.
Fans: So... is the remake going to be canon?
Story Group Member, via Twitter: I answered that question very unambiguously in my previous tweet.