Today we were given yet another Star Wars rumour to wind down the week. Ain’t It Cool News reported earlier that one of the many ideas currently floating around Disney’s Lucasfilm is a movie version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. This rumoured adaptation went viral after Star Wars mythos creator turned screenwriter, Drew Karpyshyn said the following via his personal website:
“I don’t have any produced or sold screenplays yet. I have one script that’s nearly complete, and I will be looking for an agent soon to help me market it to major Hollywood studios.”
Drew Karpyshyn does reportedly have a “nice in” with Lucasfilm. Yet, besides the vague reports and heavy speculation, there’s no actual evidence Karpyshyn is writing a Knights of the Old Republic screenplay, or anything Star Wars related. His screenplay really could be anything. The landmark RPG was rumoured to be one of the many “spin-off” film pursued under the command of Disney by many sites over the past 24 hours.
UPDATED: However these KOTOR movie rumours appear to be on thin ground. Ain’t It Cool News have now updated their report to say Karpyshyn told them that he “has heard nothing about a Knights of the Old Republic movie.” Although I want to see this movie with every fibre of my being, and Lucasfilm may one day embrace their the non-Skywalker extended universe franchises for the big screen, this one doesn’t look likely right now. I will still look forward to the day when they make this film. Until then however we still have the video game and novel series.
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Couldn’t agree more about the need for them to eventually make a KOTOR movie. It’s not really about the video game, but more about them running out of Skywalker material… and Skywalkers!
If Disney really is going to make 2-3 SW films a year, they will sooner or later have to turn to the KOTOR part of expanded universe. It’s inevitable. I’m actually penning an article, part of which features this same argument, right now too.
I love the idea of a KOTOR film but my only concern is how they would give all of the main characters equal screentime. Revan plus all of the available party members means ten main characters that would all be jostling for screentime at varying points. Also there might be a little too much planet hopping for a two hour film.
Does anybody fancy a film series about the group of Jedi who followed Revan on his crusade against the Mandalorians? A sort of gritty war movie series, with a bit of Akira Kurosawa in it? Because I’d love to make those films one day!
Oh yeah. Knights of the Old Republic is the way to go with Star Wars. Doesnt need to be based on the game, even. Just the era. Shaking my head with this sequel stuff.. wtf
This universe is so big that they can jump anywhere with KOTOR.
Revan fighting the Mandalorian wars would be a nice addition, even a film itself. I honestly feel that a trilogy could be produced just on the Revan canon. All the characters cannot be forced into a two hours flick, of course not, however elements can be adapted into an entertaining series of films.