BioWare had a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic and make it more KOTOR like, but EA's board of directors shut it down
Former BioWare lead designer James Ohlen revealed a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic into a more KOTOR-like experience called 'The New Republic'. Despite convincing Lucasfilm executives Kathleen Kennedy and Dave Filoni, as well as EA's Patrick Söderlund, the project was ultimately rejected by EA's board of directors due to concerns over the original game's high budget.
- Entities
- Company: Electronic Arts
- Game: Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Person: Patrick Söderlund
- Person: Casey Hudson
- Topic: RPG
- Company: BioWare
- Company: Lucasfilm
- Company: Embark Studios
- Game: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Person: Kathleen Kennedy
- Topic: Game Development
- Topic: MMORPG
- Person: Dave Filoni
- Person: James Ohlen
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