In what many consider to be the best moment of the PlayStation Showcase earlier this week, a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake was announced for the PS5. Aspyr will be heading the development in collaboration with Lucasfilm.
Aspyr and Lucasfilm have collaborated on many projects before, such as on ports of the original Knights of the Old Republic to iPhone and iPad. Since EA owns BioWare, which is the developer of the original Knights of the Old Republic game, it would make sense to wonder about EA’s place in the remake.
Game Awards Chief, Geoff Keighley, took to directly asking EA. Unfortunately, EA might as well have not responded, as its answer was vague and uninformative. Keighley posted EA’s response to his Twitter, and it reads as follows:
We are proud of our long-standing collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, which will continue for years to come. Our talented teams have created some of the most successful games in the history of the Star Wars franchise, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: Squadrons. We love Star Wars and look forward to creating more exciting experiences for players to enjoy.
It seems that the most likely explanation is that EA is not involved with the Knights of the Old Republic remake, but it doesn’t want to say that directly because it doesn’t want to take away from how dedicated it’s been to Star Wars games?
Whatever the case, BioWare made it clear that it is not involved in the remake at the very least. On BioWare’s official Twitter page, it shared a tweet regarding the remake that reads, “We’re proud of the work we did on the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and genuinely cannot wait to play Aspyr’s Remake! As we continue our work on Star Wars: The Old Republic, we will watch with great interest. May the Force Be With You.”