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Will we ever see a revival of Knights of the Old Republic 3? Maybe not but Knights of the Old Republic II developer, Obsidian Entertainment, is keen to take on the project as it turns out that the studio does discuss the game on a fairly regular basis.
While speaking to IGN about Obsidian's upcoming game, Pillars of Eternity, Project Director, Josh Sawyer and Lead Producer, Brandon Adler, mentioned that the studio remains full of Star Wars fans and that the subject of Knights of the Old Republic 3 comes up “every three to six months”.
“I think there are a lot of the people at the studio that would like to do Knights of the Old Republic 3,” Sawyer said. He then goes on to explain why he thought Lucas Arts never got around to reviving the project:
“I think at that time LucasArts was really focused on what they considered to be extreme, extreme blockbusters and even though the Knights of the Old Republic series was pretty successful, it just never seemed like something that was going to happen at that time. ”
While the studio hasn't had a serious discussion about creating the game, it has developed a few ideas and acknowledges how awesome it could be: “It’s something that comes up every three to six months,” Adler added. “We bring it up and talk about it. Not anything terribly serious, but we just say ‘wouldn’t it be cool if?’ and just develop some ideas for what we’d do with that stuff.”
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KitGuru Says: I've been hoping for a Knights of the Old Republic 3 ever since I completed the first two games on the original Xbox. I would love to see Revan return as a main character and experience a brand new story. Hopefully Obsidian's enthusiasm will be noted and eventually we may get another Star Wars RPG on the same level as the KOTOR games. Would you guys like to see a Knights of the Old Republic 3? Would you rather it was developed by Bioware or Obsidian? And most importantly, did you enjoy the first two games in the series?
Source: IGN
Obsidian really didn’t showcase what they could do or how they would take a universally beloved game like KOTOR and take it into a new and exciting realms. What they did was give us an unpolished, rushed game that while it had its moments was not the game that KOTOR II deserved to be and was certainly not the game the fans deserved.
But I think Obsidian has come a long way since KOTOR2 and the possibilities of a KOTOR game with current gen technology makes me giddy. Imagine a reactive environment that responded to force powers in ways we’ve seen before, for example ordering your smuggler team member to shoot a kalto tank before you electrify the liquid and wipe out a whole room of Sith or pulling a steam carrying pipe off a wall and using the mist as cover to protect your squad from an advanced AI that’s trying to flank you. Imagine a Star Wars game that finally gave us the ability to dynamically flay and splay our enemies with light sabers, removing limbs and slicing through CPU’s in real time dependent on where our light sabers hit our enemies in pure unscripted glory.
And best of all, a real dynamic story that changes completely depending on our actions. Will the Sith rise to conquer the Jedi with you at the helm as their Dark Lord or will they find the Jedi unassailable as you are guide then with your wisdom and benevolence? Perhaps you’ll reject the old ways and instigate a new Revanite Empire by following the middle path, in KOTOR3 there should be no railroading, no predestination, only the choices you make pushing the story ahead in a completely dynamic sandbox universe that should feel huge yet the ripples of our actions will spread far and wide.
KOTOR3 if it was released now could very well be the best Star Wars game ever made, if Obsidian cared about their fans and wanted to correct the mistake that was KOTOR2 they should do it by making the next GOTY the best goddamn Star Wars game we’ve ever seen.