Screenwriter Drew Karpyshyn, formerly of BioWare, has addressed those new Star Wars movie rumors about him that are swirling online.
Ain’t It Cool News, citing sources at BioWare, claimed that Karpyshyn was secretly working on a screenplay for a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic feature film being developed by Lucasfilm as one of their planned Star Wars spin-off movies.
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies
Obsidan, the studio that brought you Fallout: New Vegas and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, were working on an RPG set in the Aliens universe. Though it was ultimately cancelled in 2009, footage has apparently been leaked of a pre-alpha version of the game. Reddit user Wild_Marker first drew our attention to it, and Unseen64 is the outlet who posted the footage.
The footage shows off some early animations for the characters, as well as gameplay involving a four-person squad. The AI and graphics are obviously not finished, but it’s still fun to imagine what could have been if Obsidian been allowed to finish it. It certainly couldn’t have been worse than the poorly reviewed Aliens: Colonial Marines, right?
Speaking with RockPaperShotgun, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said that the studio is lobbying to develop a new Star Wars game for LucasArts, now wholly owned by Disney. The game the studio is pitching wouldn’t take place in the same time period as Knights of the Old Republic, though, as Urquhart views this as a bad pitch since The Old Republic didn’t perform exceedingly well. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games
Speaking with RockPaperShotgun, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said that the studio is lobbying to develop a new Star Wars games for LucasArts, now wholly owned by Disney. The game the studio is pitching wouldn’t take place in the same time period as Knights of the Old Republic, though, as Urquhart views this as a bad pitch since The Old Republic didn’t perform exceedingly well.
Instead, Obsidian wants to make an RPG that takes place between Episodes III and IV, when the Jedi are being purged and the Emperor is further securing his empire. Urquhart added that Obsidian designer and writer Chris Avellone, who has written several Star Wars comics as well as Knights of the Old Republic II, has, “
