Leading the charge on a complete story rewriteĬontributing critical plot points, including main story 'McGuffin'Ĭollaborating with level designers on mission concepts and components My responsibilities on this title, which had already been in development for years at LucasArts, included: Although Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm ultimately caused our project to be canceled in 2013, I'm very proud of the work we accomplished. It was a fantastic opportunity, and I was honored to be working on that IP and with what amounted to an all-star development team. Information on the project has been thin on the ground ever since its media debut, leading to much speculation that it would be a next-gen release.I was hired in 2011 by LucasArts to become the Lead Narrative Designer of their ambitious next-gen console title, Star Wars 1313. LucasArts hasn't commented on Kotaku's story, and is sticking by its previous messaging that the project has not been cancelled.Ĭheck out the Star Wars 1313 gamescom trailer below to remind you what you're missing. When 1313 debuted at E3 2013, it still didn't have a story or characters, the source added. Sometime in 20, the source said George Lucas saw the game and suggested a number of Star Wars backstories be woven into it, further derailing the project's tentative story plans. During this upheaval Underworld became Hive, and turned into a third-person action adventure ala Uncharted. In 2010, the TV show was shelved and the game was rewritten as a standalone title, and the source said LucusArts went through a transition, planning a number of Star Wars-licensed clones of popular titles like Call of Duty and even Farmville. The original plan was for an open world RPG in the spirit of BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic, but enhanced by episodic DLC updates. The game is now expected to skip E3 2013, and miss its projected 2013 launch.Īnother source told the site that 1313 was first conceived under the title Underworld in 2009, as a tie-in to a live-action TV show, set between the prequel and original trilogies. Kotaku claims more than one source for word that the project was put on hold after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in November.

When reached for comment on the matter, a LucasArts representative told Kotaku (via D'toid) that 'Star Wars 1313 continues production.' So that's good news, then.

Apparently this isn't the case after all, according to a representative from LucasArts. Yesterday, industry whispers indicated that Star Wars 1313 had been nudged onto the backburner by Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm.

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