The insider previously said the announcement was unrelated to Quantic Dream’s Star Wars: Eclipse or Bit Reactor’s Star Wars Zero Company. Aside from the KOTOR remake, the other obvious choice became Respawn’s third Star Wars Jedi title. Electronic Arts confirmed that it was in development back in September 2024, so it wasn’t impossible.

Is it possible that this announcement is related to MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic instead? Probably, but what could qualify as a “big” announcement? A sequel, perhaps? Time will tell.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake was first announced in September 2021 for PS5 and PC. Though originally in the works at Aspyr, Saber Interactive would later take over, with CCO Tim Willits confirming it would receive more details “when the time is right.” Check out leaked concept art showcasing the revamped look for Kashykkk.

The screenshots indicate that the project was still quite early in development. The only one that would involve gameplay was essentially a whitebox prototype. This means that the environments were plain white boxes with none of the textures that you could identify from the game itself. Along with this, the main character is also wearing untextured armour, and the UI itself largely revolves around developmental needs, like getting graphs and curves for animations and performances, and being able to get debugging logs.

We also get a look at some concept art work for various assets, including Star Wars-styled terminals, industrial objects, a giant computer, and a blaster. Some melee weapons are also shown, specifically vibroblades, which tend to serve as early-game melee weapon options for players before the protagonist becomes a Jedi warrior capable of using a lightsaber.

The report indicates that the props from the screenshots were designed for an early-game level. There were also seemingly plans for a modular weapon system where different parts on a blaster, for instance, could be changed.

This is far from the first time that screenshots from Aspyr’s take on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake have popped up online. We last saw some screenshots back in September, which gave us a look at the remake’s take on the planet Kashyyk – the homeworld of the Wookies. The game’s take on the planet would have matched up with its depiction from Star Wars: Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, which showed the planet as being made up of dense jungles and settlements being built along tall trees.

The remake was first announced by Aspyr all the way back in 2021. However, the project was eventually cancelled before being transferred over to be developed at Saber Interactive. While this was initially just a rumour, the studio would later confirm that it was working on the remake. Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch spoke about the state of the remake, and how the studio wants to make sure that it “exceeds consumer expectations”.

“It’s clear and it’s obvious that we’re working on this,” Karch said. “It’s been in the press numerous times. What I will say is that the game is alive and well, and we’re dedicated to making sure we exceed consumer expectations.”

However, the studio hasn’t been keen on showing off development progress. Back in September 2024, CCO Tim Willits said that details about the remake will only be shown off when the studio is ready to do so. “Right now, we are focused on development,” he said. “We look forward to sharing more when the time is right.”

A little over a couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Saber Interactive had split from parent company Embracer Group and bought back its independence for $247 million, with the companies confirming at the time that one of the projects that Saber was taking with it was a “previously announced AAA game based on a major license”. It was widely speculated (and claimed in reports) that that title was the KOTOR remake, and Saber has now officially confirmed that.

In an interview with IGN, Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch provided the first official confirmation to date that the developer is indeed at work on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake. Karch did not provide details on the exact status of the project, but confirmed that it’s “alive and well”, and that Saber is committed to try and “exceed consumer expectations.”

“It’s clear and it’s obvious that we’re working on this,” Karch said. “It’s been in the press numerous times. What I will say is that the game is alive and well, and we’re dedicated to making sure we exceed consumer expectations.”

It remains to be seen how long it will be before Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake is publicly shown off again, given the lack of clarity on its current state behind-the-scenes. Last month, however, Embracer Group – which was confirmed to be still working with Saber on the aforementioned previously-announced licensed AAA title – suggested that the game still has “some time left” until launch.

Following its split with Embracer Group, Saber Interactive also confirmed that development is continuing on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Jurassic Park: Survival, and John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando.

Taking to Twitter in the aftermath of the Saber-Embracer deal’s official announcement, journalist Jason Schreier – who originally broke the story last month – said that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake is “going with Saber”.

In its announcement of the deal, Embracer Group also revealed that of the 14 Saber Interactive projects it had retained control of, one was “a previously announced AAA game based on a major license”. As per Schreier, it’s likely that that game is KotoR Remake, especially with two of those 14 projects also being described as “joint projects” with Saber Interactive.

Interestingly, in a recent conference call, Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors was asked about the licensed AAA project in question, and if it would be releasing within the next 12 months. Wingefors said (via VGC), “No, I think that kind of game needs some deep love and respect, so without giving full colour, I think it’s some time left until that is released.”

Later, when asked point-blank whether the project in question was the Star Wars remake, and if it was, which studio was leading its development, Wingefors refused to provide further comment.

When it was officially announced back in 2021, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake was confirmed to be in development at Aspyr Media (which will remain under Embracer Group ownership), though it was reported the following years that after sustained development troubles, Saber Interactive had taken over the project.

Saber Interactive and Embracer Group’s deal also includes an option for the former to acquire Metro developer 4A Games, though licensing and publishing rights for all existing and future Metro titles will be retained by Embracer Group-owned PLAION.

PlayStation has seemingly made every attempt to distance itself from the project after having been initially partnered with it, while Embracer Group, for its part, has refused to comment on how development is going. And what about Disney, parent company of Lucasfilm and of the Star Wars IP?

Disney’s head of gaming Sean Shoptaw was asked about the Knights of the Old Republic remake in a recent interview with Axios, and though he was unsurprisingly reluctant to provide specifics on how development is proceeding, he acknowledged the widespread love for the original game and the demand for it to return.

“Not a lot I can say on that point for some hopefully obvious reasons, but KOTOR is obviously an incredibly popular game, one that we are incredibly proud of and think that there’s still a lot of demand for. I’ll leave it there,” he said.

Does that mean a remake of Knights of the Old Republic is something that Disney much very much intends to go ahead with regardless of the partner it works with to get it done? Shoptaw has, of course, been purposefully vague in his statement, but it wouldn’t be the most surprising thing in the world if things ended up panning out that way.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake was announced in 2021, though less than a year later, reports emerged that the game had been indefinitely delayed, with developer Aspyr Media being taken off the project. Later reports claimed that Saber Interactive had been handed the reins instead.

And whether that still very much remains a valid question, it seems that development might not have paused on the game entirely. In a recent post on ResetEra, journalist Jason Schreier stated that he has been told by two people at Saber Interactive that they are still working on the game. However, though it does seem to be in development in some capacity, Schreier does also raise questions over whether the game will ever come out, or of it does, what form it will take.

“‘Is it alive?’ and ‘Will it ever actually come out?’ are two very different questions. A third is ‘If it does ever come out, what will it actually look like?'” he wrote. “That said, I’ve talked to two people at Saber who both say they’re still currently working on it, so I don’t believe that the comment that it isn’t being worked on “in any way” right now is true.”

For its part, Saber Interactive parent company Embracer Group has consistently refused to comment on the state of the project’s development, including as recently as earlier this month.

In fact, according to journalist Jeff Grubb, Star Wars: Knights of the Old – Republic is no longer in development whatsoever. Speaking during a recent episode of his Giant Bomb podcast Game Mess Mornings, Grubb said that development on the title has completely paused, even at Saber Interactive. According to him, at this point, the game is unlikely to ever see the light of day.

Embracer Group has, of course, been asked multiple times over the last couple of years about what the state of Knights of the Old Republic – Remake is, though the company has refused to comment on it (including as recently as earlier this week).

Back in September, the remake’s announcement was deleted from PlayStation’s official YouTube channel and Twitter page, though Sony claimed afterward that that was done due to music licensing issues.

A new report by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reveals that Aspyr Media has put Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake’s development on hold. Internally, the project has been indefinitely delayed, and apparently, Aspyr will now look for new contracts and development opportunities as it tries to figure out how to move forward with the remake.

As per Schreier’s report, a vertical slice of the game was finalized on June 30, but though the development team was happy with how it had turned out, it ended up not going down well with studio leadership, possibly due to a disproportionate amount of money being pumped into the demo’s development, leading to fears of production not being sustainable. Two design leads on the project – design director Brad Prince and art director Jason Minor – were also abruptly fired.

The report claims that when development on the remake began, Aspyr intended to have it out by the end of 2022, though now, the game’s development team considers 2025 a much more realistic target. Some at Aspyr also allegedly believe that Saber Interactive – which was confirmed earlier this year to be providing development support on the remake – will take over the project as its lead studio.

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR

Kicking things off with the Star Wars game that was most recently unveiled, and is perhaps the closest to launch- that we will get a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was never really in doubt. Within months of the original game’s launch, EA was calling it the first in a new franchise, and looking at the critical and commercial success it enjoyed, it wasn’t hard to understand why. Recently at Star Wars Celebration, Disney, Lucasfilm Games, EA, and Respawn Entertainment officially unveiled the sequel as Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, setting a 2023 launch window for it (which, according to leaks, will soon be narrowed down to Q1 of 2023), and confirming that it won’t be cross-gen, and will launch only for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Beyond that, a few other brief details have also been unveiled. Protagonist Cal Kestis and his buddy droid BD-1 will, of course, be returning, and will still be in hiding as the Empire and the Inquisition continue their efforts to hunt down all Jedi. The game’s teaser trailer has suggested that the Grand Inquisitor – who was a shadowy, unseen presence throughout Fallen Order – will have a more prominent role to play, and sure enough, returning director Stig Asmussen has said that the sequel is going to have a darker tone than its predecessor. Meanwhile, Asmussen also says that thanks to the more powerful hardware of the new consoles, Jedi: Survivor will feature real-time lighting, ray tracing, faster load times, and more dynamic combat. More details on the game will supposedly be shared later in the year.

RESPAWN’S STAR WARS FPS

Earlier this year, EA confirmed that Respawn Entertainment has not one, but three Star Wars games in the works. One of these is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which we’ve already spoken about, and one of the other two is a first person shooter. Right now, very little is known about this game, other than the fact that it’s being directed by Peter Hirschmann.

Hirschmann, of course, has been directly involved in the development of a number of Star Wars games in the past, including the likes of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and original Star Wars: Battlefront in 2005. More recently, he was also the director of Respawn’s VR exclusive Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Hirschmann has said that the Star Wars FPS is “a story I have always wanted to tell”, so we can probably assume it’ll be a story-driven title (or at least a good chunk of it will be)- but again, beyond that, details on the game are scant. Given Respawn’s track record with both Star Wars and shooters, however, there’s every reason to keep an eye on this one.

RESPAWN AND BIT REACTOR’S STAR WARS STRATEGY GAME

The third Star Wars game that was confirmed to be in the works at Respawn Entertainment earlier this year is perhaps the most curious of the lot (or so many would argue, at any rate). Technically, Respawn Entertainment, in spite of being involved with the project, is not leading development on it. That responsibility lies with Bit Reactor, a newly founded studio led by co-founder and CEO Greg Foertsch along with other former Firaxis Games lead developers who worked on XCOM.

Bit Reactor says its mission is “to usher in the future of turn-based tactics games”, so it’s safe to assume that the Star Wars game the studio is working on is going to be a turn-based strategy game a la XCOM. Beyond that, there isn’t much else that we can say about the game right now- but the idea of a turn-based tactics title set in the Star Wars universe is certainly an intriguing one.

STAR WARS ECLIPSE

Star Wars Eclipse, developed by Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream, was announced in December last year at The Game Awards, though at this point in time, it’s safe to assume that the game is years away from releasing. Official communication from Quantic Dream itself has been as good as non-existent since the game’s announcement, but multiple leaks from credible sources have claimed that the developer is having more than a few issues with the game’s development, ranging from technical troubles and issues with its engine to difficulties in recruiting people to work on the project. Reportedly, we might not see the game until as late as 2027 or 2028– which is so far ahead in the future, it almost isn’t even worth thinking about right now.

Given how far away the game seems to be from releasing, details on what it is and will end up being are far from nailed down, and again, officially, Quantic Dream hasn’t said much, other than the fact that it’ll be set in the Outer Rim during the High Republic era (roughly three hundred years before the events of the prequel trilogy), and that it’ll have multiple playable characters and a branching narrative, which is par for the course for this studio. But leaks have revealed some interesting potential details. Unlike Quantic Dream’s past games, Star Wars Eclipse will allegedly be a full-fledged action-adventure game set in an open world environment, and will also have some multiplayer elements. How long it will be before more details emerge remains to be seen, but that’ll obviously depend on how quickly and efficiently Quantic Dream can sort out its many internal issues.

STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC – REMAKE

For many Star Wars fans, this is probably the single most exciting Star Wars game in development right now, and for good reason. BioWare’s original Knights of the Old Republic is not only one of the studio’s greatest games of all time, it’s also one of the best RPGs ever made, and it tells what is to this day one of the most captivating Star Wars stories ever told. That’s a massive legacy, and the idea of a remake that does justice to that is an extremely exciting one. Of course, doing so will be no easy task, but if developer Aspyr Media – who have supposedly brought on a number of people who worked on the original to work on the remake as well – can live up to expectations, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake will end up being a huge hit.

What do we know about the game right now though? Not much, unfortunately. It’s still in the early stages of development, and Saber Interactive is aiding with its development. Some voice actors from the original game will be reprising their roles in the remake, including Jennifer Hale as Bastila Shan. Meanwhile, according to some rumours, the remake will feature action-based combat similar to God of War and Nioh, as opposed to the turn-based system of the original. Finally, it’s been officially confirmed that whenever the game launches, it’ll launch exclusively for PC and PS5 as a timed console exclusive for PlayStation.

SKYDANCE NEW MEDIA’S STAR WARS GAME

Amy Hennig-led Skydance New Media has confirmed in the last few months that it’s working on two Disney-owned licenses for AAA games, with one being a Marvel title and the other being a Star Wars game. At this point, we know almost nothing about it, other than the fact that it will be, in Hennig’s words, a “richly cinematic” game. What era will it be set in? What genre will the game tackle? Will it be a purely single player experience? It’s hard to say at this point- but given Hennig’s pedigree, it’s safe to assume, at the very least, that it’ll be a single player-focused game.

Of course, Hennig has some experience with the Star Wars license. At one point, she was leading a team at Dead Space studio Visceral Games on the infamous Project Ragtag, a story-driven action-adventure title that got cancelled shortly before Visceral was shut down in its entirety. Prominent leaker AccountNgt has claimed that this new game will be set in the Rebel Alliance Era (a.k.a. the original trilogy era), and that it’ll make use of some elements of Project Ragtag. That said, the project is presumably in the very early stages of production right now, so it’s hard to be too sure about anything at this stage.

UBISOFT MASSIVE’S STAR WARS GAME

We’ve known about this game longer than any other game we’ve spoken about so far, and yet we don’t have too many details on it. Developed by The Division studio Massive Entertainment on the Snowdrop Engine, the unnamed Star Wars title is confirmed to be an open world story-driven title- though given the studio’s pedigree and track record, one would assume that it’ll have at least some multiplayer elements. Whether or not that assumption turns out to be correct remains to be seen. Director Julian Gerighty has described it as being completely different from The Division, so it could go either way based on what we know right now.

And when might we get more concrete details on the game? Honestly, it’ll probably be a while. Shortly after the game was confirmed to be in development, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that it was at an early stage of production, while recently, insider Tom Henderson claimed that the game would probably launch sometime in 2025. Of course, it’s worth keeping in mind that Massive Entertainment is currently busy with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which is due out sometime before April 2023. Presumably, once that is out, the developer will turn its full attention to Star Wars.

Aspyr is owned by the Embracer Group, operating under the conglomerate’s Saber Interactive label. During a recent Embracer investors Q&A session, Matthew Karch – co-founder of Saber and a board member of Embracer – spoke abut the remake and its development.

When asked about how the remake’s production is going, Karch said that Aspyr is making it “the bst game they can make”, and also confirmed that Saber Interactive is lending development support for the game as well. He also referred the game’s exclusivity deal with Sony, which will see it launching as a PS5 console exclusive, alongside PC.

“Aspyr has gone full in to make this the best game they can make,” Karch said. “When we acquired Aspyr, we knew from the start that they were going to require our assistance. Saber has tremendous expertise in creating these types of products. We’ve done it on Halo, on multiple Halo products, we’ve done it on other titles that we’ve remastered or brought over onto other platforms. And so we’ve been spending a lot of time and effort working with them to bring this title over. I don’t think we’ve announced a release date on that one yet, [but] I do know there’s been an announcement that [there is] a collaboration with Sony.”

Karch went on to provide assurances that Knights of the Old Republic – Remake is going to be “fantastic”, but given the size and scope of the project, it’ll take “a lot of effort and time” to ensure that it lives up to expectations. That said, he also added that more news on the game will be arriving “within the next several months”.

“We’re fully confident that the game is going to be fantastic,” he said. “But it’s a massive, massive product, and massive products require a lot of effort and a lot of time to make good. Especially when you’re talking about a game that is already old, very old- we’ve had to basically remake that game from scratch. I would say within the next several months, you’ll be hearing more from us about it.”

Wrapping up, Karch stated that the Embracer Group expects the remake to be “one of the biggest sellers the year that it comes out”, and as such, is taking its time with it development.

“I’m feeling very, very positive about where we’re going to end up with it,” Karch said. But once again, we’re taking our time to make sure we do it right, because this is a game we think could one of the biggest sellers the year that it comes out. But so far so good.”

Details on the remake are scant for now. Other than the fact that it’s being rebuilt completely from the ground-up, one of the only things that developer Aspyr Media has confirmed so far is that the game will bring back several voice actors from the original title, including Jennifer Hale as Bastila Shan. Its development team is also comprised of several developers who worked on the original release at BioWare.

Earlier this year, reports claims that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake would feature action-based combat similar to God of War and Nioh, as opposed to the turn-based combat of the original game. Read more on that through here.

As for when the next update on the game arrives, that’s anyone’s best guess at this point- “the next several months” isn’t exactly a specific window, so it could mean any number of things. If we’re assuming that more details get shared in 2022, the game could show up at the imminent Summer Game Fest in June, the rumoured Sony showcase, Gamescom in August, or even The Game Awards in December.