Obsidian pitching new Star Wars RPG

Obsidian Entertainment pitched a Star Wars RPG concept to LucasArts before the Disney deal, and is currently hoping to get the ball rolling again once the dust settles.

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Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Knights of the Old Republic 2, still wants to tinker more in the Star Wars universe. Studio CEO Feargus Urquhart says they pitched a new RPG to Lucasarts, before Disney bought it lock, stock, and barrel. Though it hasn't gotten approval from Lucasarts, Obsidian plans to keep pitching once the dust settles on the Disney deal.

"There's a lot of different eras in Star Wars, and that's what we would focus on," Urquhart told Rock Paper Shotgun. He hopes that by picking a different era, they might avoid Disney feeling gun-shy after EA's big investment in The Old Republic failed to catch fire.

"We pitched a between-Episode III and Episode IV game [to LucasArts]," he said. "Because we think that timeframe is super interesting. It's the fall of the Republic, the extermination of the Jedi, it's Obi-Wan going off and making sure Luke is okay. You have the Sith, but you have the extermination of all Force users except for very, very few. So it was an interesting time to set a game, and you know, Chris Avellone came up with a really cool story. We also latched onto it because it has elements people remember, but not the stories. It can just completely not involve [the movies]. It can tease them, but nothing else."

Now that Disney has bought up the brand it seems to have ambitious movie plans, including a new trilogy and spin-offs. Its game plans, however, are more nebulous. Urquhart is still hopeful, but is waiting for the right time to pitch again.

"We haven't [talked with Disney yet]," he said. "We're kind of waiting for the smoke to clear. But that’s one of my next big things to do. To kind of go over there and [get the ball rolling again]."

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    February 8, 2013 9:35 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Obsidian pitching new Star Wars RPG.

    Obsidian Entertainment pitched a Star Wars RPG concept to LucasArts before the Disney deal, and is currently hoping to get the ball rolling again once the dust settles.

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      February 8, 2013 9:40 AM

      Fuck yes. KOTOR2 was amazing up until the final 3rd. By that point it was obvious it was pushed out of the door to meet LucasArt's deadline. A few months more and it would've been grand.

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        February 8, 2013 10:37 AM

        Kotor 2 was a bag of shit that killed the franchise.

        Screw Oblivion and hope Disney puts a boot up their ass.

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          February 8, 2013 10:48 AM

          Obsidian knows how to make RPGs they just need to be allowed to finish them. I ended up liking Fallout New Vegas more than I did Fallout 3.

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            February 8, 2013 10:51 AM

            Yeah, same. Obsidian know how to write. Alpha Protocol is a great example, but the gameplay was pretty awful. If they're given a franchise with already fine-tuned gameplay (KOTOR, FO3) and they can build a narrative around it, they do a good job.

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              February 8, 2013 5:50 PM

              They were given Kotor 2 and didn't do a good job. Schedule aside, you plan a project based on the time you have, not shoot for the stars and release a piece of crap.

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                February 8, 2013 5:58 PM

                Nobody ever delays a video games to protect the integrity of the game, do they? It couldn't be that LucasArts expected too much in too short a timeframe. Nope.

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          February 8, 2013 10:49 AM

          Obsidian were forced to cut content and release it early with bugs and incomplete threads.

          They weren't at fault. The story they were writing was good, entertaining, but fell apart at the end.

          It didn't kill the franchise, TOR did. All people wanted was KOTOR3.

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          February 8, 2013 11:02 AM

          You mean The Old Republic killed the franchise.

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            February 8, 2013 2:04 PM

            With you on this one.

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            February 8, 2013 5:50 PM

            Yeah, I've been blaming Obsidian for years, so I'm a little behind the time, but there's a reason there was a Kotor mmo and not Kotor 3.

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              February 8, 2013 5:55 PM

              Yes, EA wanted lots of money.

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          February 8, 2013 12:17 PM

          Nope. You are wronger than wrong.

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          February 8, 2013 12:59 PM

          I just played through KOTOR 2 with the aftermarket player mod that fixes the quests.

          That game was a peice of shit. So bland, uninspired. The whole plot shit made no sense and didn't fit in at all, and the gameplay was boring as shit.

          I loved Kotor, Jade, etc. and it was just such a letdown.

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            February 8, 2013 2:04 PM

            Most bland uninspiring games I tend to turn off. I don't know how you made it all the way through a piece of shit considering it takes quite a few hours to do properly. What about the plot did not make sense?

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              February 8, 2013 2:11 PM

              I'm pretty stubborn, I kept hoping for it to get better but never did

              the whole

              You created a 'hole' in the force and voluntarily gave up using the force but then gained it back slowly and then don't really have any control over a decision on what to do about the 'hole'?.?

              The whole hey let's find the masters as the major plot device and then you do (takes well over half the game) and have a meaningless conversation with them before they get killed. Then go to malachor and turn off the mass shield generator and it's over with no satisfactory ending on what happens to all the sith that are around. (or your companions)

              The companions weren't really that interesting or good this time around, even HK-47 was pretty boring.

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                February 8, 2013 3:11 PM

                Kreia explains what happens to your friends at the end if you ask her to look. You also have the options of telling her to STFU and die so you may have missed it.

                The Gaping hole in the force was caused by all the deaths the exile caused and forcibly removing herself from the force. Through it came Visas's Boss who began feeding on force users. He wasn't really a Sith. The Exile at the end left to find Revan who was battling the real Sith threat in the outer rim.
                What decision needed to be made on the hole?

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            February 8, 2013 6:14 PM

            Wasn't part of the issue due to them being forced to basically rush it?

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            February 11, 2013 6:03 AM

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          February 8, 2013 2:06 PM

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          February 8, 2013 6:14 PM

          wtf man? Kotor 2 was awesome, it was just too rushed and lacked a good ending and more polish.

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          February 8, 2013 6:17 PM

          It fell somewhat short at the end but I wouldn't consider it a bag of shit that killed the franchise. Hell after ME3, SWTOR and DA2 I think I trust obsidian more than Bioware at this point.

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      February 8, 2013 9:44 AM

      WILL I BE ABLE TO FUCK DUDES IN THIS Y/N???

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        February 8, 2013 10:56 AM

        Rumor is they're upping the ante and there will be a whole gay Death Star.

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          February 8, 2013 11:01 AM

          The laser doesn't destroy planets, it simply turns the whole population of the planet gay. It's a slow but fabulous extinction process.

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            February 8, 2013 1:32 PM

            So it's the backstory for the gay planet in SWTOR?

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          February 8, 2013 11:05 AM

          Which will look like a disco ball

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          February 8, 2013 6:11 PM

          So the planet destroying beam will come out of a replica of goatse right?

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      February 8, 2013 9:48 AM

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        February 8, 2013 10:22 AM

        Hopefully they'll get a CHANCE to finish this one.

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      February 8, 2013 11:00 AM

      Make KOTOR 3 assholes!

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      February 8, 2013 11:09 AM

      I'd kinda like to see an ARPG Star Wars game.

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        February 8, 2013 11:13 AM

        That would be awesome. I'd like to see *any* SciFi ARPG.

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        February 8, 2013 5:56 PM

        Make it like Diablo 3 where you play Anakin running around slicing up younglings and tusken raiders.

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      February 8, 2013 1:35 PM

      I eagerly await this headline:
      Some studio pitched a Modern Tie-Fighter remake or Sequel concept to LucasArts before the Disney deal, and is currently hoping to get the ball rolling again once the dust settles.

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      February 8, 2013 2:15 PM

      And so the Star Wars universe shall be forever milked!!

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      February 8, 2013 4:04 PM

      Single player? OK!

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      February 8, 2013 6:18 PM

      I find this being a news story odd. Games get pitched all the time, and most go nowhere. Is it just that he went public about it in hopes to drum up support?

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      February 10, 2013 8:22 PM

      So I really don't understand why you guys are bashing KOTR2 what I remember of that game it was awesome. The story had me the whole time. I replayed that game so meny times I been wanting to be a 3 for years now. Also remember that the game came out on the og xbox give them a break.

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