Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Remake Plans Revealed as KOTOR 1 Reimagining Continues Development at Saber

Saber Interactive’s troubled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is reportedly inactive successful improvement – and a KOTOR 2 remake whitethorn beryllium connected the way, too.

The latest update connected the long-in-the-works Star Wars remake travel from a Game File report, which pulls from tribunal documents related to a false-advertising suit launched against Saber’s Aspyr Media and Lucasfilm successful 2023. Recently filed records related to the suit, which progressive the cancelation of the Restored Content Modification (RCM) for the Nintendo Switch KOTOR 2 re-release, look to incorporate some updates for the KOTOR remake arsenic good arsenic mentions of a mysterious task known arsenic “Juliet.”

Attorney Ray Kim prodded for details astir what Project Juliet was during the deposition of Lucasfilm Games vice president Douglas Reilly. The Star Wars institution VP’s effect near small country for ambiguity.

“Juliet was the codification sanction for a task wherever we were going to bash a afloat remake of KOTOR II with modern art, modern gameplay, you know, support the communicative and the characters and the general—the wide contented of KOTOR II, but remake it for modern hardware and modern machines with updated graphics and each those benignant of things,” Reilly said. “It was thing we were discussing with Aspyr.”

As for that long-lost chopped KOTOR 2 content, Reilly clarified that “the program was we would remake the contented that was successful the RCM arsenic it relates to Star Wars successful that Juliet project.” Whether oregon not a KOTOR 2 remake remains successful improvement is hazy for now, with Reilly’s past update saying Juliet was “technically connected the roadmap” arsenic of March 2025. Should Saber proceed development, it seems the program is for a reimagined mentation of the full experience, adjacent the RCM content, to beryllium included successful the last build.

Many different details connected the expected KOTOR 2 remake stay a mystery, but the bully quality is that Reilly says “we’re starting with the remake of KOTOR 1,” clarifying that “Aspyr isn’t moving connected those games.” Instead, the KOTOR remake is said to present beryllium successful the hands of the squad down Hellraiser: Revival astatine Mad Head Games.

It’s yet different update connected a remake of a classical Star Wars video crippled that was archetypal announced each the mode backmost successful 2021. It’s since earned its spot among different gaming projects that person yet to spot the airy of day, with erstwhile updates leaving fans with debased expectations that the reimagining could ever travel to be. Still, Saber has stayed affirmative astir its KOTOR remake successful caller months, telling fans successful March that, “everything that we person talked astir is inactive successful development.”

While we hold for immoderate updates connected the KOTOR remake oregon adjacent that imaginable KOTOR 2 remake, you tin spot our database of each Star Wars video crippled successful development. You tin besides work our 9/10 reappraisal of the archetypal KOTOR, arsenic good arsenic our 8.7/10 reappraisal of its sequel.

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