You could say that the Star Wars franchise is taking a little bit of a break following the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but we all know that machine is always chugging along in the background. Fans of the galaxy far, far away have been wondering where the series will head to next and during what time period, and it looks like the answers to those questions could be found in a video game.
Initially reported by Ziro.hu and corroborated by MakingStarWars.net, the supposed Project Luminous will start with a game. That's the next set of Star Wars films to me and you. Set in the High Republic era, it will "have Jedi exploring the unknown regions". VG247 then gets in on the act by claiming that the latter website is a fairly trusted source for Star Wars leaks, further backed by the fact that the two websites in question both manage to tell a very similar story.
Should this rumour ring true, EA Motive will most likely be the team behind the title in question. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order developer Respawn Entertainment has apparently already had a sequel to the adventures of Cal Kestis greenlit, but it's surely not going to be ready by the time 2021 comes around. Let's hope the video game in question is more exciting than a Star Wars Battlefront 3 on PlayStation 5, however.
What do you hope to see from the Star Wars universe next? Share your favourite lightsaber colour in the comments below.
[source ziro.hu, via makingstarwars.net, vg247.com]
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Knowing EA it will be a open world destiny clone with loot boxes
they may have done good on Fallen Order but this is still EA we are talking about
SW BF2 is a good game. It's not 2017 anymore!
But more Jedi? Come on, give us something different!
@thefirst I loved it, personally.
@thefirst Ha, I take it you haven't seen any of the Prequels!
Also, it's the best of the new Disney ones imo with the exception of Rogue One.
I'd much rather have some games based upon the original trilogy, I think its borderline criminal that the closest we'll ever get to playing through those are the SNES games given today's gaming technology
@carlos82 honestly i think part of the issue with Star Wars now a days is their refusal to move away from the Original Trilogy
i think going away from the whole "Skywalker Saga" (as Disney call it) is probably the best thing they can do to reinvigorate the brand
Is it me, or does it seem like, with the success of Fallen Order, we're heading towards the start of an oversaturation of Star Wars games?
More specifically, games that will range in quality? Maybe I'm too pessimistic or I'm looking at it the wrong way.
@FullbringIchigo in reality we never needed the recent trilogy to be connected to the originals, those new characters could have stood on their own. Ryan Johnson even had the perfect opportunity halfway through Last Jedi when Kylo killed Snoke, instead he went with an hour long "chase", didn't further the narrative and fluffed the ending.
To be fair though Adam Driver was by far the best part of that trilogy for me
@thefirst I thought it was fine, probably need to watch it again, a bit disappointed they didn't follow up on all the set up from TLJ both Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley were great.
@carlos82 he's the Harrison Ford of this generation, he'll have a fantastic career.
@carlos82 i think the main issue with the Sequel Trilogy was the lack of focus, all 3 films were supposed to be one story but none of them felt like they were connected together at all, events in one never really seemed to effect the next that much, while there was some story connections they all felt like separate films, at least the Prequels (regardless of if you liked them or not) were consistent with each other
to be honest i expected better from Kathleen Kennedy, she was producer on some great films such as Jurassic Park for example and she worked on all the previous Star Wars films, she should know better
@FullbringIchigo good job kid. Fallen Order begs to differ however.
@daveofduncan and i said that in my post, just because they did one game right doesn't mean anything for the next, not where EA is concerned
Loved Jedi Fallen Order. Basically the SW game been waiting for years. So more for Respawn and I am all in... Motive - not that much.
@Col_McCafferty I've seen the prequels, as have most people, so your comment is a bit ridiculous. The Disney era movies started off well, but they became pure fanfic nonsense.
The prequals, for all their faults are much more memorable, have a better, more coherant story, and had a clear goal. The dialogue, some acting and CG backgrounds brought it down. It didn't feel like two directors playing a tug of war with it.
But definitely much better than Disney fanfic.
Pls be another Adventure game like Fallen Order and not another Battlefront.
@FullbringIchigo You probably right on that one.
Vince Zampella told EA they would use Frostbite only when a game needed it and Stig Asmussen held the line when Lucas Arts suggested it be about "blasters or bounty hunters"... so I have hope they keep making what they want.
EA Motive was just a payday for Jade Raymond on her way to Google.... little confidence anything good will come out of that.
@oldschool1987 yeah well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
@thefirst the Last Jedi is the worst one!
Crap dialogue, story, jokes and ruined Luke.
That casino stuff? What was the point in all of that?!
Anyway guys, it's over now. Chill.
basically just make something similar to mass effect 2 but use the star wars races and replace the reapers with the empire/first order/final order whatever. jedi powers are an ideal replacement for the biotics.
The last 2 Star Wars games have been great so look forward to this. BF2 really became something awesome over time and Fallen Order was a fantastic experience.
Disney getting Star Wars at first seemed good. But they just make film after film and none of them have even come close to matching the original trilogy.
@thefirst not the worst. But not better than TLJ.
@hotukdeals as a fan I can tell you that if the original trilogy were released today they’d suffer the same fate as the new trilogy. Nostalgia makes for the best beer goggles.
@Col_McCafferty TLJ story topped ROS in every way! Rise was a terrible way to end the trilogy. JJ seemed amateurish in his direction.
@thefirst same here. TLJ is the best of the 3. All anyone every talks about is the “pointless” Casino run as if Han, Chewey, and Lando didn’t go on the same pointless run with the same result lol.
@AhmadSumadi thing is it might not be JJ's fault, not if the rumours of what Disney did in post-production are true
I enjoyed Cal's adventure more than Rey's last two.
@FullbringIchigo thing was just so disjointed. A trilogy in which the 2nd film is nearly negated by the 3rd lol. Tripe!
@AhmadSumadi yeah i mentioned that in a previous post, the films didn't feel like a trilogy but 3 unconnected films that just happen to follow on from each other
@FullbringIchigo seems that those of us who like TLJ don’t like ROS and vice versa.
@AhmadSumadi it does seem that way, if you look on most social media posts it's mainly people who loved the Last Jedi hating on it and people who hated the Last Jedi singing it's praises
needless to say Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker are very divisive films
After the abysmal "Single player campaign" of BF2 I have no faith in The Motive studio. I'm not looking forward to this sadly.
@Neolit you're hired! 😆 we'll do a George Lucas and edit Episode VII by swapping out the father killing scene for the one from Episode IX, nobody will notice the water in the background 😉. Then just remake everything from Snoke dying onwards and we should be good to go
Personally with Star Wars I'm much more interested in the Netflix style series that are appearing, especially the upcoming one featuring Cassian from Rogue One. As for main movies, I think they need to take a break for a few years and explore different parts of the universe.
As for new games, I'd love to see a new Rogue Squadron game or have a game where you can play as Chirrut from Rogue One.
I would love another adventure type style Star Wars game like Jedi Fallen Order. Or another game similar to the Unleashed games.
@Col_McCafferty yep, never claimed otherwise lol. It seems to be a common opinion lately though
@Col_McCafferty Have to agree with you, but I still dont like who's reys parents are it just makes no sense...
Return of the jedi was the first movie I seen at the cinema. Not really related but just saying 😋
@hotukdeals Nothing comes close to the originals but it was a different time when the effects blew everyone's mind. Nowadays every film has cgi... god I sound old 🤔
Starwars actors should be kept in a box between films as seeing the rey and finn actors on talk shows makes me hate them even more. Having said that its made me like driver even more so maybe it's just them...
@thefirst that's a lot of stuff you didn't like!
There's no right or wrong here but I don't remember feeling as underwhelmed by a Star Wars film as I did coming out of the cinema having just watched Last Jedi. There was some good stuff in it and I don't hate it (it's still a Star Wars film at the end of the day) but I think it ruined TFA and TROS then had to pick up the pieces.
Gah! Broke my New Years resolution to not read the comments section of anything relating to Star Wars.
Rey could have been a good character but they Mary Sued her to the top. Disney and Kathleen Kennedy made Star Wars an agenda piece. My problem with that. Leia was the original BA she had more kills and was more accurate than the boys in the OT. Somehow those who didn't SEE Star Wars seen Leia as a damsel in distress. That my friends was and is why the Disney fanfic trilogy is crap. Rian did nothing new he sat in front of a computer watching our predictions and twisted every last one, watch any interview you can see it.(that part is speculation) I walked out of TLJ calling it Speed 4 in space it was missing Sandra Bullock and whoever the lead guy was. People called that crap something new. We didn't need to continue our Star Wars the galaxy is huge what they did was take a dump on what we loved. Let's not even talk about Galaxy's edge while we are at it. I call a vote of no confidence in Disney!
Still want the uncharted star wars game. And 1313 damnit!!
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