FINALLY, Knights Of The Old Republic Is Returning!

Get ready to take yet another trip to a galaxy far, far away.

by Andrew Pollard
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It feels like barely a month goes by where we don’t hear something about a new Knights of the Old Republic game, but this time there seems to be a renewed sense of optimism that we really are going to be able to revisit this beloved Star Wars gaming franchise.

From the usually reliable Jordan Maison over at Cinelinx, EA is once again looking to develop a new Knights of the Old Republic offering.

Now while a KOTOR remake was originally set in motion back in 2015, EA scrapped that project less than a year later due to not seeing it as a priority. Fast forward to a 2020 in which The Rise of Skywalker has just surpassed a $1 billion global box office haul, The Mandalorian has wowed Disney+ audiences, The Clone Wars is imminently returning for a seventh season, and, most importantly, Jedi: Fallen Order has received so much praise and plaudits, and you can see why EA might now think that it’s a wise time to move forward once more with a Knights of the Old Republic remake.

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The thing is, it appears that the straight-up Knights of the Old Republic remake is being re-imagined so that this new offering will instead serve as a soft redo that also serves as a pseudo sequel to the previous two Knights of the Old Republic games. The logic behind that is so that the current canon of the greater Star Wars IP can be integrated into KOTOR.

In addition to a freshened-up Knights of the Old Republic seemingly on the way, EA is at work on a slew of other gaming adventures set in a galaxy far, far away. An obvious sequel to the stunning Jedi: Fallen Order is just one such project, while the mysterious Project Luminous is rumoured to take gamers back 400 years before the events of A New Hope, and then there’s a to-be-revealed Star Wars title heading to the Switch.

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Expect more on all of these projects as further details become available.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.