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Obi-Wan Meets Manny 21 Nov, 2000, 23:02 / 3 comments

By DJG


Sadly, development on the much anticipated sequel to Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan, has been put on quite permanent hold. LucasArts had this to say:

"Following an extensive review of the project and a great deal of deliberation, LucasArts Entertainment Company has ceased development of Star Wars: Obi-Wan for the PC. The expected breadth and scope of the Obi-Wan project could not be met given limitations of technology and the company's recently heightened quality standards. LucasArts is now planning to bring the game and its assets to a next-generation console platform. Further announcements will be made in this regard next year.

LucasArts remains fully committed to developing games for the PC platform, as evidenced by its current development alliances with Verant Interactive, BioWare Corporation, and other soon to be announced projects.

We wish to thank our fans for their continued support through this process and assure them that our number one goal is to provide them with high quality, fun games."

I'm sure petitions will be up by tomorrow [the LEC community is a big group of petitioners - maybe Al or George could use them =)].

So, Mixnmojo hopes that Manny Cavalera will give Obi-Wan a good ride to the ninth underworld.
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3 Comments

  • BlueSteel on 22 Nov, 2000, 21:57…
    This is really a shame. Especially because I can't imagine any so-called "next-generation-console" which is REALLY faster than a modern PC (that T&L on newer grahpics-cards is quite amazing and makes them definitely faster than any console-thingy...) I mean, was it really THAT bad technically? Or, on the other hand, was there EVER a LEC game with a decent 3D-Engine??? And did they ever care about it? NO! So: why do they now?!? I never played LEC games because of the technical side, but because of the superb gameplay and story that made them great. And Owi-Wan was definetly very high on my anticipation-list for the next months....
  • Mad Lord Snapcase on 22 Nov, 2000, 19:15…
    It was obviously below par in quality terms, and this is a neat way of scrapping it.
  • Narrative on 22 Nov, 2000, 13:28…
    Noooooooooo! (In Obi-Wan style scream from Episode I) What a shame. Rest in peace Obi-Wan PC... for now at least.