The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic franchise might not have allowed fans of the massive license to listlessly swing their lightsabers or use the force to manually move massive objects, but the RPGs did manage to emerge as some of the best attempts at bringing Star Wars to interactive entertainment. Plenty of people still enjoy The Old Republic, an EA and BioWare produced MMO that’ currently free-to-play. However, that doesn’t mean a third game has never existed in some form. Quite the contrary: Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone recently revealed that Knights of the Old Republic 3 was actually in pre-production at his studio.
What really happened, though, that put the project on halt before it could see the light of day?
"It was a matter of getting LucasArts to greenlight the title and I… To be honest I don't know all the reasons that went into this, whether they wanted to have an internal team do it, whether they logistics didn't work out…” Avellone said.
The fan demand has always been there, but it could have just been simple timing that prevented the game from exiting pre-production.
"Ultimately, it felt like we were pitching and pitching and it just wasn't going anywhere, and at some point people just drew a line and said 'it's just not going to happen,' which made us kind of sad,” he continued. “But, OK – if that's the business, that's the business."
If you’d like to learn more about the possible story and cast for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3, check out the full Eurogamer interview.