The Outdated Republic Returns to ‘Star Wars’ Video Video games

For years, followers have been begging and hoping for remakes of two of probably the most beloved Star Wars video video games ever made: Knights of the Old Republic, and its sequel, The Sith Lords. They’re not getting these, at least not yet. As a result of they’re getting a brand new sport as a substitute.

In a shock announcement on the Recreation Awards tonight, Lucasfilm and Arcanaut Studios revealed Star Wars: Destiny of the Outdated Republic, a model new single-player motion RPG impressed by the world and player-choice-driven storytelling of the Knights of the Outdated Republic video games.

In a brand new interview on the official Star Wars web site with Destiny‘s lead director and head of Arcanaut, ex-Bioware developer Casey Hudson (director of Knights of the Outdated Republic in addition to the Mass Impact video games throughout his time on the studio), Destiny of the Outdated Republic is described as a “up to date imaginative and prescient of a definitive Star Wars expertise” and an all-new story impressed by the beloved Outdated Republic setting. Destiny shouldn’t be a direct sequel or continuation of the Knights of the Outdated Republic video games, however as a substitute follows a brand new participant character, a Pressure consumer “on a journey by a galaxy on the sting of rebirth.”

It’s at the moment unclear if Destiny is ready within the authentic “Outdated Republic” period of the previous Expanded Universe continuity—now dubbed Star Wars Legends—or if the sport will probably be one of many first authentic canonical explorations of the interval made for the reason that reboot of Star Wars continuity in 2014. The trailer teases a number of iconic items of design from the unique KOTOR, together with the wreckage of what appears just like the Leviathan, a distinguished flagship of the Sith Fleet seen all through the sport that’s finally destroyed throughout the climactic battle for Rakata Prime.

“Star Wars‘ previous is an unlimited open canvas for creators to discover with out having to navigate storytelling touchstones from different media,” Lucasfilm Video games VP Douglas Reilly stated of the sport’s setting. “Being set previously offers us an immense quantity of open area to inform new authentic Star Wars tales, whereas staying true to the spirit of the galaxy all of us love. There are, fairly actually, infinite tales to inform. Whereas we are going to at all times honor and have a good time the core saga, it’s essential to discover new territory, meet new characters, and see new components of the galaxy.”

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