However Disney is looking to leverage the Star Wars license among third-parties and Obsidian has already expressed how keen they are to get back into the IP, if given the chance.
Obsidian created Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, a sequel to BioWare’s original entry. They’d like to explore the timeline between Episode III and IV if they can.
”I had seen the news about LucasArts which was sad to see. LucasArts was a great supporter of Obsidian when we were first starting out and many of their games are ones I, personally, count as favourites,” said Feargus Urquhart.
”As for Obsidian pitching a Star Wars game, or games for that matter, we would love to. Getting to work within the Star Wars world was a tonne of fun and it would be great to get to do so again.”
KOTOR2 was a much darker tale than BioWare’s, and explored more morally grey areas. Unfortunately it was suffering from a rushed time table and was plagued with bugs cropping up. A huge community effort led to the release of a ‘restoration’ mod that reintroduced a lot of cut content as well as tidied up glitches.
Lead designer Chris Avellone praised the tireless efforts of the Sith Lords Restored Content Mod. There’s no denying a deep passion exists for Star Wars among gamers, so will Disney give Obsidian another shot?